what struck me about last night's convention audience...

[npincus]

it was a sea of whiteness.

[DJ13]

1. ........white hair everywhere as well

Looked like the VFW was holding a potluck dinner.

[Kutjara]

2. Yep, a roomful of white, old, scared, stupid people.

The smell in there must be something to behold.

[Historic NY]

3. You missed the 36 black delegates so few they wouldn't stand out

at the KKK convention.

[SheilaT]

4. Republican Conventions

are always very white. And mostly male. Don't know if you have ever watched any others (and that's not a slam, I simply don't know) but ever since the mid 70's the huge difference between the DNC and the RNC has been the difference in diversity.

Last week several posters here seemed to think that the MSM had gone out of its way to show racial, ethnic, and age diversity at the DNC, and I posted several times that no, the Democrats are like that. They have very specific rules about delegate selection that insure the diversity. And I said just wait until next week and all you'll see are middle aged white people.

If it's possible to find footage from earlier conventions, you'll see the exact same differences, going back at least thirty years.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

5. Well, McCain does like ABBA, after all.

[Arugula Latte]

6. That is SUCH an unfair characterization

because it was also a sea of empty seats.

[SheilaT]

7. Republican Conventions

are always very white. And mostly male. Don't know if you have ever watched any others (and that's not a slam, I simply don't know) but ever since the mid 70's the huge difference between the DNC and the RNC has been the difference in diversity.

Last week several posters here seemed to think that the MSM had gone out of its way to show racial, ethnic, and age diversity at the DNC, and I posted several times that no, the Democrats are like that. They have very specific rules about delegate selection that insure the diversity. And I said just wait until next week and all you'll see are middle aged white people.

If it's possible to find footage from earlier conventions, you'll see the exact same differences, going back at least thirty years.

[madrchsod]

8. i thought they were zombies