Press that texas was in play. [cheers and applause] i think thats actually a surprise to think about that actually knows anything about texas politics, but i think the Biggest Surprise for me living here in texas is why has there not been more talk about were in texas, and two new yorkers are running for president . I dont think that should be allowed. Last time since duy versus dewey versus roosevelt. One book, how texas might eventually become a twoparty democracy [laughter] [applause] with the emphasis on the word might, and one book about the whole idea of how you organize events in campaigns and in people in office and just how incredibly complex that is and how important it is with a veteran who has a lot to say about that, especially about things that dont go right. If you remember mike due cacing kiss and the tank mike dukakis and the tank. Mary beth rogers, the last person to run a Successful Campaign to put a democrat, Anne Richards, into the Governors Office [cheers and appl
Are you sure . Okay, thank you. Boy, thats nice of ya. Come on now. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. And when i become president oh, excuse me. Boy, you are wired tonight. Thank you for comin. This is this is the tonight show, the 60 Minute Program that brings you the finest in comedy, entertainment, andand music. The preceding ad was paid for by the carson for comedy comtt did you know you folks are in burbank . [ cheers and applause ] see, in los angeles, the night is made for michelob. In burbank, the morning is made for metamucil. Its a whole [ laughter ] what do you say after the show we all go over to geraldos house and sign his nose cast . [ laughter ] did you see the tape of that on the news . What a fracas. A free for all of flying fists, broken noses. Looked like the last president ial debate. What the hell is that . Geraldo got hit with a chair, and his nose was broken, and his ratings went up. [ laughter ] which proves the old show business axiom, give the people
Years of the 20th century, by the way. Thats whats interesting. The jim crow rules, thats when they came in, when i talked about that transit, the boycotting the Transit System being segregated in mobile. I mean, up until then it was a very different world. Up until then black people could go to the restrooms. Not that they often had the money to go there, but they could go to white restaurants. So that changed. And the south is at a crucial juncture now, and well see which way things go. [inaudible] okay, thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] next up, former white house president ial events director josh king talks about his book, off script an advanced mans guide to white house stage craft, Campaign Spectacle and political suicide. Mitchell schwartz, andrew frank and steve barr, swaggering advance men who learned the craft on walter mondales campaign against reagan in 1984, served as my role models. They were the democratics answer to Michael Dever during that sum
[applause] and retired feiss admiral james stockdale, the Vice President ial nominee to independent candidate ross perot. Now the ground rules for tonights debate each candidate will have two minutes for an Opening Statement. I will present the issues to be discussed. For each topic, candidates will have one minute and 15 seconds to respond, followed by a fiveminute discussion in which they can ask questions of each other if they so choose. The order of response has been determined by a drawing, and we will rotate with each topic. At the end of the debate, each two minutesll have for a closing statement. Our radio and tv audience should know the candidates were given an equal allocation of auditorium space for their supporters, so i would like to ask the audience in the theater to refrain from applause or partisan demonstration once the debate is under way because it takes attention away from the candidates. With that plea from your lets turn first to senator gore for his Opening State
Diverse background of of policy and of partisanship, all coming together at this time, recognizing he is the man that we need to leave lead in these next four years, because these are tumultuous times. We have got to win the wars. We have got to get our economy back on track. We have got to not allow the greed and corruption on wall street anymore. And we have not got to allow the partisanship that has really been entrenched in washington, d. C. , no matter whos been in charge. When the republicans were in charge, i didnt see a lot of progress there, either. When the democrats, either, though, this last go around for the last two years. Change is coming. And john mccain is the leader of that reform. Senator. Ill be very brief. Can i respond to that . Look, the maverick lets talk about the maverick john mccain is. And, again, i love him. Hes been a maverick on some issues, but he has been no maverick on the things that matter to peoples lives. He voted four out of five times for george