Two small retro televisions with blank pale screens stand side by side against dusty pink.

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Walter F. Mondale

Modern politics today requires a mastery of television. I've never really warmed up to television and, in fairness to television, it's never warmed up to me.

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Our interpretation.

Mondale admits television was never his medium. Then he adds a graceful joke: it never took to him either. Losing an election gives the humour some sting, but he softens it by sharing the blame with the screen.

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