Republican National Convention Guests and Ghosts

At last week’s Democratic convention, all three former presidents — former Democratic presidents — spoke. This is par for the course, and natural: The faithful, and the general public, want to see the old guys.

When I was growing up, former presidents, and former nominees, always appeared at the conventions. With the exception of Nixon. That was always the interesting exception. So disgraced was he, he was not invited (apparently) to appear at Republican conventions.

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At last week’s Democratic convention, all three former presidents — former Democratic presidents — spoke. This is par for the course, and natural: The faithful, and the general public, want to see the old guys.

When I was growing up, former presidents, and former nominees, always appeared at the conventions. With the exception of Nixon. That was always the interesting exception. So disgraced was he, he was not invited (apparently) to appear at Republican conventions.