The President's News Conference
10/21/1987
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
We understood the key to prosperity was low-inflationary growth, and we achieved it.
I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and ...
I'm sure they'll—as we will—they'll take it for what it is.
Yes, I would be deeply disappointed.