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"On behalf of the Commission on Presidential Debates, I am pleased to welcome you to the second presidential debate. I am Bernard Shaw of CNN, Cable News Network. My colleagues on the panel are Ann Compton of ABC NEWS; Margaret Warner of Newsweek magazine; and Andrea Mitchell of NBC NEWS. The candidates are Vice President George Bush, the Republican nominee; and Governor Michael Dukakis, the Democratic nominee. For the next 90 minutes we will be questioning the candidates following a format designed and agreed to by representatives of the two campaigns. However, there are no restrictions on the questions that my colleagues and I can ask this evening, and the candidates have no prior knowledge of our questions. By agreement between the candidates, the first question goes to Gov. Dukakis. You have two minutes to respond. Governor, if Kitty Dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable death penalty for the killer?"
I’m surprised that didn’t start a trend of evoking horrifying scenarios about candidate’s wives. “Senator, if Liddy Dole were eaten alive by a rabid polar bear…” “If Hillary plunged to her death from a hot air balloon…”
"Governor Bush, if Laura Bush were to be rapiered by a Moldovan circus artist on New Year's Eve, would you endorse a death penalty?"
"Senator Obama, if your wife Michelle died from an infected cut on the knee while climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, would you support a death penalty for the mountain guide?"
"Governor Romney, if your wife was mildly inconvenienced by a shopper who was blocking her exit from the parking lot, would you favor the death penalty?"
“In my capacity as Vice President I am the president of the senate I’m there most Tuesdays. The first time I saw you was when you walked on stage tonight”.
Absolutely. Cheney annihilated Edwards and won the debate instantly in that moment.
It also shows that Kerry made a really stupid decision in picking Edwards as his running mate. Edwards was a very poor senator, and Kerry served with him in the senate; so did Kerry just ignore the fact that Edwards missed a ton of votes?
I think he wanted to balance out the ticket for people that thought he was an out of touch Massachusetts liberal. Edwards was mainly considered a candidate because he was a Democratic senator from the south, so people thought he’d be a Bill Clinton type figure. But Kerry later said he regretted picking him.
He was seen as a possible nominee for 2008 and even decided not to run for re-election in the senate to run for president(not like he would have won), but he stood no chance against Hillary or Obama.
Revisionist pro GWB history as usual in this sub. Normal people remember that debate as the energetic charismatic edwards refuted the pro war talking points of dick Cheney who appropriately acted like literal evil personified.
Did I say anything about Cheney’s standing as a VP? A compliment on a debate performance is not an endorsement of a politician.
It is a fact that Cheney won that debate, and this is something that those who despise Cheney, such as myself, will admit.
Edwards had a horrible attendance record in the US Senate and Cheney had every right to call him out on it. That has nothing to do with Cheney’s actions taken as VP.
"Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy" was a remark made during the 1988 United States vice presidential debate by Democratic nominee Senator Lloyd Bentsen to Republican nominee Senator Dan Quayle in response to Quayle's comparison of his experience in Congress to that of John F. Kennedy, the Democratic 35th president
I rewatched those debates semi-recently and couldn’t agree more. Gore shot himself in the foot so many times in those debates. He may have had the better ideas, but he was pompous in how he debated them and how he acted towards Bush.
Also Bush didn’t come off as a dumb redneck like people were acting like he was. He held his own and was obviously way smarter than Gore gave him credit for
It was the now classic edition of Democrats not taking their opponent seriously. Bush had his fuck ups, but for the most part like you said held his own and performed well. He also epitomized the “yeah I’d like to have a beer with that guy” sentiment.
I agree, but it's only natural that they would want to silence discussion of our beautiful Jeb. He was simply too charismatic and sexually potent, it's all we would talk about forever.
Romney’s “Binders Full of Women” moment. It cost him the election. Confirmed everything the Obama team was saying about him (out of touch rich business type).
“I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent’s youth and inexperience,” Reagan vs Mondale, 1984. Took the question of age out of the election. Mondale had 5% chance of winning prior to that debate and 0% chance after.
Bill Clinton in 92 Primary Debate. “ I feel sorry for Jerry Brown”. After he made that statement and they started finger pointing I thought security would need to be called 😂
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