Former VP Mondale undergoes heart surgery

[Tx4obama]

Source: AP

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Former Vice President Walter Mondale is recovering from heart surgery.

Mondale underwent the surgery Wednesday at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. His family said in a statement he is doing fine and is expected to make a full recovery.

Mondale is 86. The surgery comes soon after the death of his wife, Joan.

Walter Mondale was vice president in the 1970s, a Democratic nominee for president in the 1980s and an ambassador to Japan in the 1990s.

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[dhill926]

1. been a rough time for him...

wish him the best.

[DFW]

2. Hang in there Fritz!

One of the nicest guys I ever met in politics. My grandmother was involved in the Democratic "Minnesota Mafia" as far back as the 1940s. How exactly she got involved, I never knew, but she was acting as a NY fundraiser for HHH's first senatorial campaign in 1948, and Fritz was one of his protégés. He and my dad used to hang out at the Senate Press Gallery all the time, and were still on a close first name basis when Mondale was VP. I met him "again" as Carter's VP in 1977, though I had run into him many times as a kid, and once even on my college campus.

[cosmicone]

3. Get well soon one of our few honest politicians with empathy. n/t

[indepat]

4. Our best wishes, Mr. Vice President, for a speedy and full recovery

[Robbins]

5. Mondale

Wow he has outlived both his wife and daughter.

He's had It tough.

[Blue Owl]

6. Rough indeed

Get well soon, Walt!

[CTyankee]

7. Oh, what an awful time for this! Right after his wife dies!

This is terrible for him. I hope for the best for him, but this is such awful news it makes me sad beyond belief.

god bless, walter mondale...a good man...

[TwilightGardener]

8. I wonder how much the grief of losing his wife is making him ill. I wish him well.

[freshwest]

9. Godspeed your recovery. We have not forgotten your goodness. n/t

[Capt. Obvious]

10. Mondale recovering after surgery

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014726089

[dflprincess]

11. This must be so hard on his sons and grandchildren

All the best to the Mondales.