Geraldine Ferraro was chosen to be V.P. candidate for the 1984 general election. Selected as a candidate she never was in the winning position as Vice President elect. Hers was simply a candidacy through the party's selection process. :) Ronald Reagan & George Herbert Walker Bush won the election against Walter Mondale & Geraldine A. Ferraro. Mondale was Vice President under the lame duck Presidency of Jimmy Carter.
George H. W. Bush is the father of our current president George W. Bush.

fyi: The elder Bush is not referred to as Senior as the offspring's name is different. The middle name is not included for Geo. W. Bush. Therefore he is not referred to as Junior.

scotzoidman,

I couldn't agree with you more.

Zero or very close to. You were right on both counts, PF. I think there's a rule somewhere that requires politicians to have completed Deception 101 and Legalese 202 before running for office. (I looked up legalese and the definition was "A style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law." The rest is self-evident. :) )