What right does the RNC have to put a confused old man on the convention stage to embarrass himself?

[cthulu2016]

It's disgusting.

28 years later and I still haven't forgiven them.

[rocktivity]

1. And they did it to Mitt Romney, too!

rocktivity

[SharonAnn]

4. And Charlton Heston in the 2000 Election.

Remember about "You'll only take this gun from my cold, dead hands"?

And not long after that we learned that he had Alzheimer's Disease.

Kind of a pattern, don't you think?

[cthulu2016]

7. I had forgotten that!

That was truly sad. In a hilarious sort of way.

[Tom Ripley]

2. They also did it with McCain

looks like it's a tradition

[HopeHoops]

3. "Nancy and I were driving down the coast, and I was looking out over the ocean..." - "Mr. President.

If you couldn't see he was well progressed in Alzheimer's by then, you don't understand the disease. I've dealt with it on both sides of the family (mine and my wife's) and it's not a pretty thing. My grandmother had no clue who I was. My wife's mother ONLY knew who I was - not even her daughters or granddaughters. I'm not sure why. It's tough to lose someone while they're still alive, but they are still gone. He was gone in 1980 ("there you go again&quot . He was more gone in '84, and to Mondale's credit, he didn't call him out on it. The poor moderator had to do it. "Mr. President. Mr. President. MR. PRESIDENT!" - "Um, yes?" - "Your time has expired."

I watched both debates.

[cthulu2016]

6. In my circle of friends, "Driving down the Pacific Coast highway" was the term for

being hopelessly out of it for at least a decade after that.

But he went on to win, what, 49 states? So who's laughing at whom?

[HopeHoops]

9. I still blame that on the TV maps. They miscalled predicted wins long before polls closed.

The actual vote count was totally off kilter with pre-vote polling and even the conservative analysts attributed it to the "why bother to vote if the other guy's already won" attitude that led so many to stay home.

Then again, he was running against a corps (who nonetheless managed to win his home state).

[Initech]

5. Considering that whole party is confused angry old white men...

Who repeatedly vote against their best interests because they let hate radio and Fux Noise do their thinking for them - it seems fitting!

[Whisp]

8. hahahaha!

this is way better than tv, DU after a night like last.