PeoriaBummer: Yes. And he even had moments like Biden did during the 84 debates.

Friendly reminder that Ronald Reagan was called senile so often it became a running gag on SNL and the late night shows. He then won 49 of 50 states in the 1984 election.

Were they calling him senile before he was elected?

Yes. And he even had moments like Biden did during the 84 debates.

Time to take a nap. I read this, and for a second was like, “There were EIGHTY-FOUR DIFFERENT DEBATES?!??!” 😂

Oh god. Could you imagine if we had 84 debates in this election cycle?! Turns out things COULD be worse!

I mean, that's the advantage of that system: how many people are REALLY going to be watching you stumble over your answer in debate #74?

Who *wouldn't* have moments like Biden, right???

Both ways, through the snow!

Well if you ask anyone to debate 84 times during any given election season, they’re going to start getting loopy after around 30 of them.

That's a fair point honestly.

Thank you. I thought so too.

Please link us to footage of this.

Although he had been president for four years when he defeated Mondale. He was up against Carter in 1980. (And yeah, we thought he was senile then, too.)

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