it has been a bumpy and uneven history. you start with 1960, the famous nixon/kennedy debate. we have been going ever since. that is not the way it played out. after the debates of 1960, we show you here, we entered a period that entered three presidential elections with no debates. lbj said, i am way ahead in the poll, no reason to debate. george wallace, in the race. nixon did not want to have him on any debate stage. you saw george mcgovern. we had three straight elections where there were no presidential
waxed. natural. sensitive. new dove ultimate antiperspirant. our unique water based formula and 6x more glycerin. helps restore skin to its best condition. new dove ultimate. . i say to mr. nixon, and i say to that what we need is a discussion of the problems that concern the american people, and we need to stand on the same platformat the same time. the president is too busy to debate. i expect the true reason mr. nixon won t debate, is that he is afraid, not so much of me,
debates. what changed everything, it was 1976. gerald ford was the un-elected president. appointed vice president. succeeded to the presidency when nixon resigned. he was behind in the polls, jimmy carter, one-term governor of georgia, they both saw an incentive. in 1976, carter and ford saw an incentive to debate. the debates were back on. they turned to the league of women voters who sponsored the 1976 debate. it continued in 1980. at the last minute, carter and regan debated. the famous line, there you go again. won the election. in 1984, the pattern was established, that is when the next big change happened. the two major parties look at this why are we letting the league of women voters set this
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happened, george, i run the country and i run it well. when the president does it, it s not illegal? i m just saying a president under article two, it s very strong. so, the question that he was asked there recalls this famous nixon interview. watch this. when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal. by definition. exactly. i mean, is article two really a get out of jail free card for the president? no, it is not. and if it ever does become that, we don t have the democracy we think we have. then we re moving into a an autocracy, if not a dictatorship, so, this is dangerous stuff. and why barr pushes it, i don t know. but it s clearly something that s been whispered in trump s ear, that he has all kinds of authorities and he thinks he can use them. but i m afraid it s not that s where the congress may have to step in and tell him he s wrong. john dean, thank you,