Next tuesday is election day. Before going to the polls, voters want to understand the issues and know the candidates positions. Tonight, voters will have an opportunity to hear the Major Party Candidates for the presidency state their views on issues that affect us all. The league of women voters is proud to present this president ial debate, our moderator is howard smith. Thank you. The league of women voters is pleased to welcome to the cleveland, Ohio Convention center music hall president jimmy carter, the Democratic Partys candidate for reelection to the presidency, and governor Ronald Reagan of california, the Republican Partys candidate for the presidency. The candidates will debate questions onto mecca on domestic, economic, foreign policy, and National Security issues. The questions will be posed by a panel of distinguished journalists who are here with me. They are marvin stone, the editor of u. S. News world report, harold ellis, william hilliard, assistant managing editor
Streets around the building, and ill explain to you how that happened and how the research was done at the library of congress, which is sponsoring todays event, its a wonderful institution, the beautiful buildings, they are such Important Research materials they are, and its all available free. Use Public Access library, its one of the things that make our nation great. And im very grateful to the library of congress, for bringing here, and for continuing to give us such a wonderful material. Now, this is a self selecting crowd, i know some of you already know who Francis Perkins is, but a lot of people dont so lets start by asking this question, how many of you know who francis breakins is . Oh yes, this is great. How about this . How many of you know someone on Social Security, please raise your hand . How many of you know someone who is receiving unemployment insurance, or who has ever received Unemployment Compensation . Okay, friends perkins work. How many of you know someone who
My fellow citizens, im happy to join you for this benediction of our friday, Sunrise Service i assumed that everyone here is impressed with my control of this convention. And that my choice for Vice President , was challenged by only 39 other nominees. But i think we learned, from watching the republicans, four years ago as they selected their Vice President , that it pays to take a bit more time. And i can tell you, the eleanor is very grateful that the oregon delegation kept are in the race with martha mitchell. So i congratulate you on your patience, and i pay my respects to those two superb presiding officers of this convention, larry obrien, and even brought weight burke. If and so tonight i accept your nomination, with a full and grateful heart. This afternoon i crossed the wide missouri, and recommended a running make, two of the compassion, senator tom eagle ten. I am proud to have him at my side and im proud to have been introduced a moment ago by one of the most elegant, and
President ial debates. Im hale bruno from abc news and i will be moderating. The participants are dan quayle. [ applause ] democratic senator al gore. And retired vice admiral james stockdale. He is with the independent candidate ross perot. Now the ground rules for fonts debate, each can dlat have two plnts for an opening. This will be followed by a five minute constitution neither which they can ask questions of each other if they so choose. The order of response has been determined by a drawing. Our radio and tv audience should know they were given an equal allocation of seats for supporters. So could the audience please refrain from applause once the debate is under way been that plea from your moderator, lets get started. Good evening, its great to be here in atlanta for this debate where america will be showcased to the world. It is appropriate because in a real sense our constitution this evening will be about what kind of a nation we want to be four years from now. Its a pleasu
President ial nomination. He lost in the general election to the incumbent president , with Richard Nixon taking 49 states. Our coverage is from the Richard Nixon president ial library and museum. Chairwoman burke, senator kennedy, senator eagleton and my fellow citizens, im happy to join you for this benediction of our friday sunrise service. I assume that everyone here is impressed with my control of this convention in that my choice for Vice President was challenged by only 39 other nominees. But i think we learned from watching the republicans four years ago, as they selected their Vice President ial nominee, that it pays to take a little more time. And i can tell you that eleanor is very grateful that the oregon delegation at least kept her in the race with martha mitchell. So i congratulate you on your patience and i pay my respects to those two superb presiding officers of this convention, larry obrien and even brave weight burke. Yvonne braithwaite burke so tonight, i accept yo