Like All Good Liberals, Age Makes Mondale Regret His Hypocrisy You remember Mondale ... he ran against Reagan, then 73, in 1984. His biggest campaign issue was Reagan's age ... it was a cheap shot to be sure ... it's not like Mondale had the economy to fall back on, since he had been VP in the worst economic debacle in American history ... or foreign policy to fall back on, since he had been VP during the biggest American foreign policy debacle in US history ... so Mondale had to campaign against Reagan's age. Naturally, now that Mondale is running for the Senate, someone asked the 74 year old how he felt about the remarks. He immediately said that he was ``sorry'' for having raised the issue in 1984 and pointed out that he had apologized to Reagan's family the day after the comment. Note that he did not issue that apology to the American public or any newspapers.