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Good evening, next tuesday is election day, before i go to the polls voters have to understand the issues, and know the candidates positions. Tonight, voters will have the opportunity to see and hear the Major Party Candidates for the presidency state their views on issues that affect us all. The lead of women voters is proud to present this president ial debate. Our moderator, miss howard k. Smith. Thank you mrs. Hainan filled. The lead of women voters is pleased to welcome to the Cleveland OhioConvention Center music call, president jimmy carter of the democratic parted for reelection to the presidency. And governor Ronald Reagan from california, the Republican Partys candidates for the presidenc ....
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 t ....
Standing in this very place, i proudly accepted your nomination for president of the United States. And with your help and with the votes of millions of americans, we won a great victory in 1968. Tonight, i again proudly accept your nomination for president of the United States. And let us pledge ourselves to win an even greater victory this november, in 1972. [applause] i congratulate chairman ford, i congratulate chairman dole, and armstrong and the hundreds of others who have laid the foundation for that victory by their work at this great convention. Our platform is a Dynamic Program for peace in the world. And speaking in a very personal sense, i express my deep gratitude and this convention for the tributes you have paid to the best campaigner in the nixon family, my wife pat. In honoring her, you have honored milli ....
[ cheers and applause ] [ cheers ] and we will never stay the honor of the United States of america. I realize many, particularly this Political Year wonder why we insist on an honorable peace in vietnam. From a political standpoint, they suggest if i was not in office when over a half million american men were sent there it will encourage our enemies to engage in aggression. In areas like the mideast, which are danger areas, small relations rely on the United States. To our friends and allies in europe, asia, the mideast, and latin america, i say the United States will continue its great bipartisan tradition by standby our friends and never to desert them. I have noted in this election year, theres been a great deal of talk about providing amnesty for those few hundre ....
The president of the United States [ cheers and applause ] mr. Chairman, delegates to this convention, my fellow americans, four years ago standing in this very place i proudly accepted your nomination for president of the United States. [ cheers and applause ]. And with your help and with the votes of millions of americans we won a great victory in 1968. Tonight, i again, proudly accept your nomination for president of the United States. [ cheers and applause ] and let us pledge ourselves to win an even greater victory this november in 1972. [ cheers and applause ] i congratulate chairman thorn, i congratulate chairman dole and armstrong, the hundreds of others who have laid the foundation for that victory by their work at this great convention. Our platform is the Dynam ....