Test. Test. Test. Is make a proposal on the most destabilizing weapons of all start, the strategic weapon. When the soviets said well, we dont like that proposal, we said we will be more flexible. I at the urging of the president went to again neavia and laid on the table a treaty to ban all chemical weapons. We dont want them to have a monopoly but we said look, lets come together. You come over here and see what youre doing, youll go over here and see what were doing, but lets save the kids of this world from chemical weapons, brilliant proposal to get rid of all of them. The soviets nyet, nyet, nyet. And the soviets, theyre not even willing to tell us the base. How many troops do they have . There are four sessions. We had an agreement on the hot line but Carter Mondale made an agreement, s. A. L. T. Ii agreement. But the Democratic Senate would not even ratify that agreement. It was flawed, unverifiable and not good. Our president wants to reduce, not just to stop, he wants to redu
Sponsor of the debate between republican george bush and democrat geraldine ferraro. Our panelists are john mashich, world news and world report, jack white, correspondent for time magazine, norma quarrels, correspondent for nbc news, and robert boyd, Washington Bureau chief for night ritter newspapers. Sandra venoger, senior Political Correspondent for abc news, is our moderator tonight. Sandy . Thank you, dorothy. The order of questioning was determined by a toss of the coin. Congresswoman ferraro won the toss. She elected to speak last, therefore, Vice President bush will get the first question. The debate will be billed upon a series of questions from the four reporters on the panel. A reporter will ask a candidate a question, a followup question, and then the same to the other candidate, then each candidate will get to rebut the other. The debate will be divided into two parts. There will be a section, the first one, on domestic affairs, the second on Foreign Affairs. Now, the man
Ferraro. Our panelists for the debate are john mashek, National Correspondent for u. S. News and world report, jack white, correspondent for time magazine, norma quarrels, correspondent for nbc news, and robert boyd, Washington Bureau chief for night ridder newspapers. Sander van oaker, senior Political Correspondent for abc news is our moderator tonight. Sandy . Thank you, dorothy. A few words about the order of our format tonight. The order of questioning was determined by a toss of the coin. Congresswoman ferraro won the toss. She elected to speak last. Therefore, Vice President bush will get the first question. The debate will be built upon a series of questions from the four reporters on the panel. A reporter will ask a candidate a question, a followup question, and then the same to the other candidate, then each candidate will get to rebut the other. The debate will be divided into two parts. There will be a section, the first one, on Domestic Affairs. The second on Foreign Affai
Democratic National Convention in new york city. In his speech, president carter called Ronald Reagans proposals, quote, fantasy and criticized his tax plans. Fellow democrats, fellow citizens, i thank you for the nomination youve offered me, and i especially thank you for choosing as my running mate the best partner any president ever had, fritz mondale. [ applause ] with gratitude and with determination i accept your nomination. [ applause ] and i am proud to run on the progressive and sound platform that you have hammered out at this convention. [ applause ] fritz and i will mount a campaign that defines the real issues, a campaign that responds to the intelligence of the American People, a campaign that talks sense. And were going to beat the republicans in november. Well win because we are the party of a great president who knew how to get reelectedFranklin Delano roosevelt. And we are the party of a courageous fighter who knew how to give em hell, harry truman. [ applause ] and a
Democrats Walter Mondale and congresswoman ferraro in the general election, winning the popular vote 59 41 . Ms. Ferraro was the first woman nominated for the vice presidency by a major party. This debate from philadelphia is just under an hour and a half. [applause] dorothy good evening. Good evening from the civic center in philadelphia, pennsylvania. I am the president of the league of women voters, sponsor of tonights Vice President ial debate between republican george bush and democrat geraldine ferraro. Our panelists for tonights debate are john mashek, National Correspondent for u. S. News world report, jack white, correspondent for time magazine, norma quarles, correspondent for nbc news, and robert boyd, Washington Bureau chief for knightridder newspapers. Sandra van ocher, Political Correspondent for abc news, is our moderator tonight. Sandy. Sandy thank you, dorothy. A few words about the order of the format. The order of questioning was determined by a toss of the coin. Con