I Wish We Would Go Back To The Old Way Of Selecting A Party's Candidate..... [View all]

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I'm 64y/o now and I remember the conventions of old when one sat on the edge of their seat when the delegations were pledging their votes for their candidate. Remember - the great State of Illinois - the Land of Lincoln - pledges all their votes for the next President of the United States - (fill in the blank).

We went through the roll call of all the states and in the end one candidate came out the winner and the party rallied around that candidate. One came out of those conventions very united for that candidate.

Now a national convention is just one big commercial filled with falsehoods and innuendos and IMHO most of people just tune out unless one is a die-hard party person.

I was real young but I remember watching these conventions on a black and white DuMont TV in my living room with my parents. I was too young to really understand what exactly was going on - but I know that I was mesmerized by the excitement of the convention.

Anyone else remember those days?