Former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee was polling so low going into the first Democratic presidential debate that it required glasses and a telescope just to see his poll numbers, so he almost had to improve just by being on stage Tuesday night.
Then again....
When asked why he voted to allow the merging of investment banks and traditional banks, he pleaded that the vote had been his first in office, his father had recently died, and he didn't know what he was voting for.
It was around that time that debate-watchers covered their eyes and ears and hoped that it would all be over soon.
Either that, or they went to Twitter to poke fun at him.
That Chafee answer might have been the most painful thing I've ever seen in politics.— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) October 14, 2015
Lincoln Chafee is historically bad at this.— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) October 14, 2015
SNL has to bring Will Forte back to play Lincoln Chafee.— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) October 14, 2015
I wish a nice person would escort Chafee offstage. #DemDebate— Ben White (@morningmoneyben) October 14, 2015
Lincoln Chafee's most memorable quote is going to be "Let me finish my question" when he meant "answer."— Ben Greenman (@bengreenman) October 14, 2015
chafee seems too much like running for student council— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) October 14, 2015
Who told Chafee he should run for president? Probably the same ppl who tell the ppl who can't sing that they should audition for Am Idol!— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) October 14, 2015
are we ever going to see lincoln chafee again or is my man just going to take off his pants and walk slowly into the mojave desert— Grrrreg Howlard (@greghoward88) October 14, 2015
This pretty much sums up Lincoln Chafee's evening. #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/QUPmLcQF45— Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) October 14, 2015
On the plus side, it seemed Chafee helped Americans of all stripes find something they could agree on.
Can anyone imagine Chafee as president? No way.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2015