Reagan and george h. W. Bush defeated one for multiple walter mondale. This debate from kansas city is just under an hour and a half. [applause] ms. Ridings good evening. Good evening from the Municipal Auditorium in kansas city. I am dorothy ridings, the president of the league of women voters, the sponsor of this final president ial debate of the 1984 campaign between republican Ronald Reagan and democrat walter mondale. Our panelists for tonights debate on defense and Foreign Policy issues are georgie anne geyer, syndicated columnist for universal press syndicate, marvin kalb, chief Diplomatic Correspondent for nbc news, morton kondracke, executive editor of the new republic magazine, and henry trewhitt, Diplomatic Correspondent for the baltimore sun. Edwin newman, formerly of nbc news and now a syndicated columnist for king features, is our moderator. Ed. Mr. Newman dorothy ridings, thank you. A brief word about our procedure tonight. The first question will go to mr. Mondale. Hell
Every four years, the president ial candidates turn from politics to humor at the l al Smith Memorial dinner. I have travel3ed the circuit for many years. I never understood how the absence of one individual could cause three of us to not have seen. You have said many times in this campaign, you want to give america back to the little guy. I am thatresident, man. It is in the honor to share this. Your greatgrandfather was my favorite kind of governor. The kind who ran for president and lost. You are right, a campaign can wire a lot of wardrobe changes. Blue in the morning. Coat forourt sport dinner. It is nice to wear what we wear around the house. Watch the dinner with Hillary Clinton and donald trump. Listen at 9 00 p. M. Eastern with the radio app. Now republican candidate donald trump speaks at a Campaign Rally in New Hampshire. This is just under one hour to rea. Mr. Trump thank you. Wow. Wow. Great crowd. They said just before i came on, this is the biggest crowd they have ever h
Walter mondale. Our panelists for tonights debate on defense and Foreign Policy issues are georgie anne geyer, syndicated columnist for universal press syndicate, marvin kalb, chief Diplomatic Correspondent for nbc news, morton kondracke, executive editor of the new republic magazine, and henry trewhitt, Diplomatic Correspondent for the baltimore sun. Edwin newman, formerly of nbc news and now a syndicated columnist for king features, is our moderator. Ed. Mr. Newman dorothy ridings, thank you. A brief word about our procedure tonight. The first question will go to mr. Mondale. Hell have 2. 5 minutes to reply. Then the panel member who put the question will ask a followup. The answer to that will be limited to one minute. After that, the same question will be put to president reagan. Again, there will be a followup. And then each man will have one minute for rebuttal. The second question will go to president reagan first. After that, the alternating will continue. At the end, there wil
Final president ial debate of the 1984 campaign between republican Ronald Reagan and democrat walter mondale. Our panelists for tonights debate on defense and Foreign Policy issues are georgie anne geyer, syndicated columnist for universal press syndicate, marvin kalb, chief Diplomatic Correspondent for nbc news, morton kondracke, executive editor of the new republic magazine, and henry trewhitt, Diplomatic Correspondent for the baltimore sun. Edwin newman, formerly of nbc news and now a syndicated columnist for king features, is our moderator. Ed. Mr. Newman dorothy ridings, thank you. A brief word about our procedure tonight. The first question will go to mr. Mondale. He will have two and a half minutes to reply. Then the panel member who put the question will ask a followup. The answer to that will be limited to one minute. After that, the same question will be put to president reagan. Again, there will be a followup. Then each man will have one minute for rebuttal. The second quest
Our opponents say things are okay, dont rock the boat, not to worry. They say we should be satisfied. But i dont think we can be satisfied when were spending 150 billion a year on interest alone on the National Debt, much of it going to foreign bankers or when 25 of our High School Students are dropping out of school or when we have two and a half million of our fellow citizens, a third of them veterans, who are homeless and living on streets and doorways in this country or when mr. Bushs prescription for our Economic Future is another tax give away to the rich. We can do better than that. Not working with government alone but all of us working together. Lloyd bentsen and i are optimists and so are the American People. We ask you for your hands and your hearts and your votes on the eighth of november so we can move forward in the future. Kitty and i are very grateful to all of you for the warmth and hospitalitity youve given to us in your homes and communities all across this country.