President jimmy carter and former california governor Ronald Reagan debated once. The debate took place in cleveland, ohio one week before election day. Good evening. Im ruth hiner fald of the league of women voters education fund. 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 see and 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 k. Smith. Thank you, mrs. Hiner field. The league of women voters is pleased to welcome to the cleveland, Ohio Convention center music hall president jimmy carter, the democrat irpartys candidate for reelection to the presidency and governor Ronald Reagan of california, the republican partys candidate for the presidency. The candidates will debate questions on domestic, economic, Foreign
Called Ronald Reagans proposals, quote, fantasy, and he criticized mr. Reagans military spending and tax cut 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 fred mondale. With gratitude and determination, i accept your nomination. [ cheers and applause ] and i am proud to run on the progressive and sound platform you have hammered out at this convention. A campaign that defines the real issues, a campaign that responds to the intelligence of the American People, a campaign that talks sense. Were going to beat the republicans in november. Well win because were the party of a great president who knew how to get reelected, Franklin Delano roosevelt. Were the party of a courageous fighter who knew how to give them hell, harry truman. And as truman said, he just told the truth and they thought it was hell. Were the party of a gallant man of spirit Joh
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
I would like also for you to recognize our genocide and to bring every single one from the Islamic State whether a leader, middle or a soldiers, to bring everyone who committed these crimes to justice. We would love to see that. Again, thank you very much mr. Chairman, i dont have any more questions. But i just would like certainly to thank all of you. And one of the Key Takeaways for me here is we talk a lot about the golden rule, treating other people the way we want to be treated. We both have children. Our children are out of school. Out into the world. But the schools that they went to, there was bullying. There was bullying. And in some cases i remember as a parent was aware of some bullying that was going on actually going to the school and speaking out against it and trying to make sure that did not persist. And i think we were successful. But i applaud folks of the islamic faith. I really applaud those who are speaking up. In some cases at risk, at real risk to your personal s
Something you highlighted in your testimony about them acting recently to recognize that lgbt rights are human rights. A first in that forum. You highlighted it and it is very important in moving forward. I guess i want to ask in terms of your po posals and recommendations to others, how important it is for governments and authorities and regimes to say lgbt rights are human rights and how dangerous is the absence of that, the silence to that. Thank you for this important question. From my own experience being a gay man in syria, i know i knew at an early age that the government has laws against us and we are not legal. I was not allowed to say it out loud. I was not allowed to be out in the open. It was punishable up to three years in prison. And worst that it could be persecuted by your own community members. Its very important for us to put the words out there. To say the government will be held accountable and say lgbt rights are human rights. From my understanding, my community in