Ronald Reagan and George Bush Debate, April 23, 1980

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  • Full Title: Ronald Reagan and George Bush Debate from Houston, Texas, April 23, 1980
    Creator(s): President (1981-1989 : Reagan). White House Communications Agency. 1/20/1981-1/20/1989 (Most Recent)
    Series: Video Recordings, 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989
    Collection: Records of the White House Communications Agency (WHCA) (Reagan Administration), 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989
    Transcript:
    www.reaganlibrary.gov/researc...
    Production Date: 4/23/1980
    Access Restriction(s):Unrestricted
    Use Restriction(s):Unrestricted
    Contact(s): Ronald Reagan Library (LP-RR), 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley, CA 93065-0600
    Phone: 800-410-8354, Fax: 805-577-4074, Email: reagan.library@nara.gov
    National Archives Identifier:566220
    catalog.archives.gov/id/566220

КОМЕНТАРІ • 641

  • @mouadabulfdl
    @mouadabulfdl 3 роки тому +229

    The most strange thing that they are both dead and Carter still alive

    • @thomasjones4306
      @thomasjones4306 3 роки тому +39

      Gotta agree and carter was president before them two. Must be really healthy.

    • @laurieb.8049
      @laurieb.8049 3 роки тому

      SMH!!!!

    • @bendover6272
      @bendover6272 3 роки тому +31

      @@thomasjones4306 and he’s still building houses!

    • @mcgee9777
      @mcgee9777 3 роки тому +5

      Ronald abs Bush were also older than Carter.

    • @williamanthony9090
      @williamanthony9090 3 роки тому +7

      @moaz realF- Which only reinforces the old saying: "Bad Grass Never Dies."

  • @williamanthony9090
    @williamanthony9090 3 роки тому +304

    Better candidates, better moderator, better audience.... No wonder people are nostalgic for the past!

  • @martinjp1
    @martinjp1 3 роки тому +177

    Bush is like "You can be my wingman anytime" Reagan is like "bullshit you can be mine".

    • @amberdavidson6827
      @amberdavidson6827 3 роки тому +3

      Slider still stinks! :)

    • @roughhabit9085
      @roughhabit9085 3 роки тому +1

      Who was William Buckley going for? Lol

    • @markheneghan3804
      @markheneghan3804 3 роки тому +4

      @@roughhabit9085 Reagan Buckley not a fan of New World Order

    • @chreokphea3808
      @chreokphea3808 3 роки тому

      @@amberdavidson6827 ឲឲចច២ឲ២ចចចចដច២ចចច២ដចចេ២២២២២េ ច២២ដចច២ដច២ចុំ។ ២។ ២េចចច២ុំុំុំច២២២ចេ

    • @chreokphea3808
      @chreokphea3808 3 роки тому

      @@amberdavidson6827 ដ

  • @joshuamichael2400
    @joshuamichael2400 Рік тому +62

    Remarkable. A civil, intelligent debate between two articulate and well-informed people who had the best interests of their country at heart. We definitely don't see that anymore. I am a Democrat, but I came away from this debate impressed by both Reagan and Bush and I wish that modern politicians shared their passion for our country.

    • @Illstatevid
      @Illstatevid Рік тому

      It was scripted for those times.

    • @GrigVan
      @GrigVan Рік тому +1

      ​@@Illstatevid Are you lying?

    • @Illstatevid
      @Illstatevid Рік тому

      @Grig Van If I'm a politician. I'm lying

    • @jayrodny8419
      @jayrodny8419 11 місяців тому

      It was not civil

    • @mche7214
      @mche7214 11 місяців тому

      I am still learning about reaganomics and just discover a new one bidenomics in2023,I did not know economics went on and on.

  • @anthonydelossantos71
    @anthonydelossantos71 4 роки тому +355

    wow, we actually had adults running for president.

    • @RDO-tw4qn
      @RDO-tw4qn 4 роки тому +18

      VP Bush Sr tried to assassinate President Reagan in 1981.... POS thing to do.

    • @ryanwilliams6206
      @ryanwilliams6206 4 роки тому +32

      George h w bush was a major criminal. I'm tired of these people saying I don thg like trump's tone. Did a much better job as president than bush by far

    • @jimhanold9026
      @jimhanold9026 4 роки тому

      Indeed, Anthony Delossantos!~

    • @TheLAKERSareGodsTeam
      @TheLAKERSareGodsTeam 3 роки тому +1

      As opposed to your and my president Trump and a nation of feminized men.

    • @mrbriggs68
      @mrbriggs68 3 роки тому +2

      @@RDO-tw4qn show evidence of it i call B.S.

  • @kmland5299
    @kmland5299 3 роки тому +127

    They actually talk about real issues? Unheard of today

    • @queenpurple8433
      @queenpurple8433 3 роки тому +9

      They talk about real issues today but no one cares cause they just want their stupid special gender names on their ID because for some
      Reason they need the government to validate them.

    • @dvchel
      @dvchel 3 роки тому +2

      I know! Not red herrings and lies about white supremacy and putting people in cages.

    • @TSERJI
      @TSERJI 11 днів тому

      @@queenpurple8433 haha

  • @Dipplock
    @Dipplock 3 роки тому +107

    Man, Reagan was so clean in this debate

    • @latronko3320
      @latronko3320 2 роки тому +11

      He always was

    • @magos2610
      @magos2610 2 роки тому +1

      As a Chechnian, I respect mr. Reagan

  • @requiemuk2351
    @requiemuk2351 3 роки тому +45

    The fact that they wanna hear what the other candidate has to say is so refreshing.

  • @cameahgill8464
    @cameahgill8464 4 роки тому +200

    Wow this is fascinating. So much more polite and the candidates actually discuss specific policies, numbers, data etc. and this has to be because the population is better informed with an overall better education. Now reflect on what is different in society and why this must be.

    • @thegreatcheesedemon
      @thegreatcheesedemon 4 роки тому +11

      The things discussed at a debate or in a candidate's platform have tenuous links to how people vote. This was one intimate venue and not the entire electorate, after all. I think the cultural shift is real, but I don't think it's because people were better educated or better informed in 1980. I think it's the incentives of the media, and the development of strategy.
      In terms of personal reaction, seeing Bush calmly discuss how he was worried that his opponent would lower taxes by too much made me think it's a no-brainer that he lost.

    • @ryanwilliams6206
      @ryanwilliams6206 4 роки тому +11

      Bush can try to sound smart. But he was a major criminal that did every poor job as president. Would take trump anyday over bush

    • @Rickswars
      @Rickswars 3 роки тому +9

      Our liberal media and democrat party today are horrible people, don't blame the good common people of today for their actions. that's what they want you to do!.

    • @offscreen6578
      @offscreen6578 3 роки тому +4

      @@Rickswars I believe it's more complicated than that.
      I wouldn't say it's liberal media specifically but most of the media in general. With the rise of clickbait content in the age of internet oversaturation, news articles seemed less intent on reporting the truth and more intent on getting clicks.
      There's also the problem of absolute tribalism propagated by similar media outlets, social media outrage, and of course, the fact that Trump is currently the only representative of the Republican party despite being the most polarizing figure of this generation. This causes Republicans who don't even necessarily agree with him to feel as though they must support him, since the alternative is not supporting Republicans at all.

    • @joselitocastil378
      @joselitocastil378 3 роки тому +3

      Yes the deliberation of those running Presidents in US is healthy and educational to learn in video especially here in PH now that policies here are getting conventional that we are in multi party system here. It promotes growth and development especially the youth!

  • @jasonmorrow1981
    @jasonmorrow1981 3 роки тому +31

    Reagan was sharp and factual. I can see why people voted for him. So likable. Poor George. His policy would have been better, but he didnt have the "it" factor.

    • @sandyjuntunen4088
      @sandyjuntunen4088 2 роки тому

      Bush didn't have the courage to stick with the principles Reagan had. He was supposed to continue the policies, and rebuild our economy after all we spent rebuilding the military and bringing down communism. He raised taxes instead, bc dems promised to cut spending, of course never did, and it ruined the plan and cost him a 2nd term.

    • @jasonmorrow1981
      @jasonmorrow1981 2 роки тому +4

      @@sandyjuntunen4088 Don't disagree. Thus we got Bubba

    • @JC-wj3hx
      @JC-wj3hx 10 місяців тому

      I would agree too! Reagen was sharp.. actually so was Bush but he seemed abit out of touch? Carter was a phony, by all his accounts he didnt know what he was doing half of the time..

    • @iDeathMaximuMII
      @iDeathMaximuMII 10 місяців тому +5

      Bush Sr. was a good President but I believe his worst mistake was the promise of "No new taxes" as while he was definitely riding Reagan's ungodly popularity at the time, he had managed to make many who voted for him in 1988 to feel betrayed by 1992

    • @phantom0456
      @phantom0456 3 місяці тому

      Reagan was a straight PIMP! He busted out the baby powder, sprinkled it on his right hand, and proceeded to show Bish Sr. that his pimp-hand was WAY strong, metaphorically speaking.

  • @grievousgalaxylander1713
    @grievousgalaxylander1713 3 роки тому +68

    A time when the moderator was actually doing their job

    • @williamhall7349
      @williamhall7349 5 місяців тому +1

      That’s wasn’t biased if he was he didn’t show it today they are political activists

  • @felixramos3078
    @felixramos3078 3 роки тому +41

    WOW! We actually had real reporters, asking real relevant questions. Who would thought, that could be possible???

  • @MatthewGraham027
    @MatthewGraham027 3 роки тому +68

    After seeing that monstrosity of a so called "debate" we had yesterday it is sad that we cannot get back to this. Please we need debates like this again.

    • @samuelbekele3601
      @samuelbekele3601 3 роки тому +3

      Same clown show different presentation. George Washington said political parties were dangerous, and he was right. These two men laid the foundation of what we are now.

    • @Hopper790
      @Hopper790 3 роки тому

      Impossible, but I much corrupted politicians

    • @theblackprince9487
      @theblackprince9487 2 роки тому +2

      Closest thing we got was glenn youngkins debates

    • @mshelnutt275
      @mshelnutt275 2 роки тому +4

      I agree. But with media gurus who insert themselves into the debate, we'd never have honesty again.

    • @entonybyrd8621
      @entonybyrd8621 2 роки тому

      It was caused by Trump.

  • @tonycollins968
    @tonycollins968 3 роки тому +5

    Amazing documentary. Thanks for sharing. Regards from Tony, Sydney, Australia.

  • @runJFK
    @runJFK 2 роки тому +27

    Wow, a substantive, respectful debate of the issues between two intelligent people. We’ve fallen a long way.

    • @GA-wq8xq
      @GA-wq8xq Рік тому +3

      Public and journalistic standards have fallen

  • @thomashowe1509
    @thomashowe1509 6 місяців тому +4

    My god. What happened to the GOP. They had Reagan and Bush at the same time running.

    • @Charles_Anthony
      @Charles_Anthony 5 місяців тому +2

      And yet the best the other party has today is a guy that falls up the stairs, needs a teleprompter and has no idea where he is.

  • @Eddie_Schantz
    @Eddie_Schantz 3 роки тому +39

    One thing they both had in their favor is they didn't have to deal with Jim Acosta.

    • @phantom0456
      @phantom0456 3 місяці тому

      Jim Acosta is a giant didlod.

  • @tompirro3040
    @tompirro3040 2 роки тому +13

    I remember when Reagan got elected. Within a month I almost doubled my salary and got something like a $500 rebate for that year 😅

  • @EmsaMun
    @EmsaMun Рік тому +10

    This is the kind of presidential debate I want to see.

  • @musicbygoldenj
    @musicbygoldenj 7 місяців тому +1

    Thank you for keeping the comments open to viewers.

  • @guse1219
    @guse1219 3 роки тому +8

    How where people expected to watch a debate without dancing graphics and running commentary at the bottom of the screen?

  • @kingslegion1
    @kingslegion1 3 роки тому +18

    IN MY life time only men were men... and this was how they argued.

    • @phantom0456
      @phantom0456 3 місяці тому +1

      Are you dead? Because if you’re not, then your post is factually inaccurate.

  • @jeffcarsello1725
    @jeffcarsello1725 3 роки тому +20

    Wow!!!an actual debate!!!what have we become?

  • @ashikhodaili4436
    @ashikhodaili4436 3 роки тому +15

    Both are good debaters
    But Governor Reagan has
    The advantage

  • @JohnHWelch63
    @JohnHWelch63 3 роки тому +15

    It's great to be able to go back in time and watch two US presidents and legends in the politial world have a good intelligent debate. God bless both these wonderful men and former presidents. They are both looking down from heaven and wondering what happened to our country with jaws agape! RIP Bush and Reagan!

    • @JohnHWelch63
      @JohnHWelch63 3 роки тому +2

      @Larry David Yup!! Exactly!!

    • @OnizukaSenseSay
      @OnizukaSenseSay 2 роки тому

      Correction: RIP Reagan. NWO Deepstate Criminal Bush RIH.

    • @sophiasplayroom
      @sophiasplayroom 8 місяців тому

      HA HA HA ........That's hilarious. It's truly incredible how people like yourself can be so totally wrong and mislead . The Bush family are prolific criminals and have been for generations. Both Sam Bush & Prescott Bush made a fortune during both world wars. Sam selling weapons to both sides and Prescott banking with the Nazis and exploiting POW in the concentration camps. You will also not that when both Bush's became President ( there were Wars). The very opposite is true of GHW Bush - he's in Hell , right next to Lucifer where he belongs!!!!

  • @itannoysme3348
    @itannoysme3348 2 роки тому +9

    Bush made a lot of sense, but Reagan was clearly the more personable candidate who knew how to connect with the audience. Charisma matters.

  • @asjason
    @asjason 3 роки тому +23

    Real gentlemen talking about real issues that matters to real people! What a contrast to today's world!

    • @xp8969
      @xp8969 3 роки тому

      Two of the worst presidents in American history

    • @asjason
      @asjason 3 роки тому +2

      @@xp8969 How can you say that given what's happened over the last 4 years?

    • @xp8969
      @xp8969 3 роки тому +1

      @@asjason Trump was terrible but nowhere near as many people died because of his policies as did because of the policies of Reagan and Bush, and Bush's son was even worse than them combined, it can be very easy for people to get distracted by the volume of Trump's obnoxiousness and forget about how far much worse evil was conducted more quietly by worse presidents in the past

    • @OnizukaSenseSay
      @OnizukaSenseSay 2 роки тому

      @@xp8969 Agreed Bushes we're / are evil. Trump is simply a mixed bag with nothing near the bad intent of the Bush / Clinton regimes who pretend to be on opposite sides.

  • @ttanza4004
    @ttanza4004 5 років тому +33

    WOW.....Ronald Reagan and George Bush actually yelling at each other!

    • @broadstreet21
      @broadstreet21 4 роки тому +21

      Sure, but they were both bigger than their disagreements and knew how to put differences behind them. I'd be curious to see if Bush won the nomination though, would Reagan be the running mate?

    • @TowGunner
      @TowGunner 3 роки тому +7

      Thank God that didn’t occur. Read my lips, no new taxes Bush singlehandedly derailed the Reagan Revolution.

    • @Baczkowa78
      @Baczkowa78 3 роки тому +2

      Ronald Reagan was Bush’s puppet

    • @Darth-vade123
      @Darth-vade123 3 роки тому +2

      @@broadstreet21 well to be truthful Reagan needed to win

    • @mikebradshaw6484
      @mikebradshaw6484 3 роки тому +4

      @@Baczkowa78 What are you smoking? Bush had to eat some crow to become VP.

  • @mattlittleton5137
    @mattlittleton5137 8 місяців тому +3

    This is truly the way a debate should be held. Notice there were no time constraints and that they had both agreed to that in the beginning. Now if you want to see an even more civil debate, look up the 1960 Kennedy/Nixon debate which was the 1st debate ever televised. It's even more civil as the two of them continuously compliment eachother and they're from different parties in that one.

  • @evanshiong642
    @evanshiong642 4 роки тому +26

    The difference between this debate and what we saw between August 2015 and March 2016 is so sad :(

    • @laurieb.8049
      @laurieb.8049 3 роки тому +1

      DONT WORRY TRUMP WILL FIX THAT 4U!! :-)!!!! GET HIM IN THAT WHITE HOUSE,,YOU PUT CREEPY JOE THERE ,,ALL HELL WILL BREAK LOOSE,,AND U WILL BE PAYING 6BUCKS A GALLON 4 GAS DO U WANT THAT? HMMM DO YAH???

    • @laurieb.8049
      @laurieb.8049 3 роки тому

      OH ALSO MAND8 VACCINES A CHIP EMBEDDED INTO YOUR SKIN U WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO NOTING& I MEAN NADDA WITH OUT A TOXIC VACCINE!!! DONT DO IT!!!

    • @ZekeorSomething
      @ZekeorSomething 3 роки тому

      @@laurieb.8049 He did a bad job at it also it's your comment is completely off topic

    • @laurieb.8049
      @laurieb.8049 3 роки тому

      @@ZekeorSomething I couldn't find a spot to put my topic so I just went here. I changed the topic heehee!! Trump is WORKING HARD FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE! DONT U KNOW!??
      hmmm
      Biden will take your house
      Take your car,higer gas prices,property tax,,higher all taxes
      Take your possessions,,guns ammo,etc,,take all your freedoms,,mandate vaccines,,,and bring in communism& socialism wich where we are ummm right about now! How u like him so far?? Kamala sucks2!

    • @laurieb.8049
      @laurieb.8049 3 роки тому +1

      @@cholobok because as much as I like trump for 4 more years,,I havent had a vaccine in over 20 yrs& I'm not about to start now! It takes years to come up with a vaccine u think imma get pricked with that!! TRUMP 4 MORE YRS VACCINES NO THANKS!! IM NOT SICK I TAKE VITAMINS,, I'm not getting a chip embedded thru my skin,read about fauci& gates hes not even a dr! Many TRUMP FANS WHO WILL NOT TAKE VACCINES,,THEY ALL TOXIC,,TELL ME HOW U FEEL AFTER U GET IT🤣🤣😵😵

  • @cfeldridge8383
    @cfeldridge8383 2 роки тому +11

    Either of these gentlemen would be a100% better president than what we now have with Let's Go Brandon..

    • @OnizukaSenseSay
      @OnizukaSenseSay 2 роки тому

      Reagan = Absolutely. Bush = Better economy but more NWO endless wars.

    • @cward1954
      @cward1954 8 місяців тому +1

      Both of them did become president. And they both were better than the clown show we have today.

  • @dilbaghsingh5182
    @dilbaghsingh5182 2 роки тому +7

    The most interesting and appreciative of the intellectual debate for the presidential race is that the publicist not clapping unnecessarily in a biased manner and if clapping, clapping on a certain point on merit basis understanding the situation well. This is the basic difference between them and us and perhaps the difference of democracy of the two countries as well . I am feeling blessed to hear this fruitful debate between two great personalities the world has produced.I wish to salute here to both here .🙏🙏🙏

    • @dilbaghsingh5182
      @dilbaghsingh5182 2 роки тому

      Read the public in lieu of publicist appearing here in typo .

  • @firstlast3821
    @firstlast3821 3 роки тому +13

    Nobody is on their cell phone tweeting that they are at the debate and begging for “likes”.

    • @Onomatophobias
      @Onomatophobias 3 роки тому

      Well, pretty hard to tweet during the 80s

    • @firstlast3821
      @firstlast3821 3 роки тому +4

      @@Onomatophobias Yes Einstein that was my point. Was better then without the ability to tweet.

  • @carlanderton3rd
    @carlanderton3rd 6 місяців тому +2

    My favorite primary debate of all-time

  • @CarlosPerdomo
    @CarlosPerdomo 3 роки тому +3

    Also what made a big difference here was the media.

  • @Frank_Cohen
    @Frank_Cohen 5 років тому +6

    Up to 12:56

  • @toddjimmerson3491
    @toddjimmerson3491 Рік тому +7

    We need a Reagan of our own to save us !

  • @redkos
    @redkos 10 місяців тому +3

    It's clear why Bush was a 1-term President and why Reagan was reelected in a landslide. History proves Reagan to be correct on the issues. Which is another reason why Reagan always tops the lists of the most popular &/or best Presidents in history.

  • @stephenledbetter4044
    @stephenledbetter4044 2 роки тому +5

    You can see why these two men made such a wonderful team. Can you imagine what another term of Carter/Mondale would have done to this country?

    • @nuniabiz7982
      @nuniabiz7982 Рік тому +3

      Yes and we are seeing that damage being done nowadays

  • @rickydunn3921
    @rickydunn3921 2 роки тому +8

    These 2 are class. I wish they would do this today!!

    • @phantom0456
      @phantom0456 3 місяці тому

      I don’t know if I want to see two dead guys running for presid… oh wait, we already HAVE a dead President in the White House 😂

  • @LawFirm1970
    @LawFirm1970 2 роки тому +4

    The good old days competent people

  • @user-ki4uu2zx7d
    @user-ki4uu2zx7d Рік тому +2

    this is one of the best debates in the US history by the two great former presidents, we are able to know what is the true debating, not insulting or humiliating.
    each candidate had foresight to settle down the current situation, which was formed by the careful consideration in each perspective. and that revealed in their's dialogue naturally.

  • @tonyjohansson7567
    @tonyjohansson7567 Рік тому +11

    By far the two best presidents during my lifetime span, this far. Reagan and Bush 41 are both in my top 10 among all the 46 presidents.

    • @L_back
      @L_back 6 місяців тому +1

      Some of the best presidents of American existence

    • @umfilhodedeustotalmenteama5522
      @umfilhodedeustotalmenteama5522 5 місяців тому

      Reagan as president was a good actor, the king of idle talk. While he deceived the poor and the middle class with his soft talk, and impoverished them, the rich became richer and richer at their expense.

  • @johnperrry215
    @johnperrry215 Рік тому +2

    ❤ how civilized! It's like a breath of fresh air from the past! Thank you God that we still have this stuff that gives us hope!

  • @wascopI
    @wascopI 6 років тому +17

    love this channel wish i was 10 again

  • @stephcurry2350
    @stephcurry2350 5 років тому +6

    RIP

  • @victortachiquin4965
    @victortachiquin4965 5 років тому +7

    Reagan was a fuckin legend.

  • @naceurradja9794
    @naceurradja9794 8 місяців тому +2

    America will never give birth again. These two leaders, in every sense of the word,... Rest in peace, heroes. You served the world, not America, and today the world misses you.

    • @L_back
      @L_back 6 місяців тому

      We must bring ‘em back

  • @fjm1235
    @fjm1235 Рік тому +1

    Back then 63K federal employees. Now close to or about 1.8M. Problematic.

  • @uptop3711
    @uptop3711 3 роки тому +3

    It’s funny hearing Bush quote Art Laffer as an authority on tax cuts leading to increased deficits when his Laffer Curve ultimately shows that’s not always the case. I can’t remember whether the Laffer Curve was solidified during the Reagan administration, which would be an explanation of why he was quoted as being uncertain in this debate, as I wasn’t born yet, but just an observation of how history can unfold.

  • @fredartman9850
    @fredartman9850 Рік тому

    Great debate. Bring this back

  • @keleonicky
    @keleonicky 2 роки тому +7

    10:46 Ronald Reagan spot on!!

  • @tedroszerihin5903
    @tedroszerihin5903 3 роки тому +5

    Bush was the better candidate. Reagan was the better actor..

    • @xp8969
      @xp8969 3 роки тому +2

      Two of the worst presidents in American history

    • @facund8
      @facund8 2 роки тому +1

      @@xp8969 Obama and Biden? BY FAR! Democrats are sht

  • @prakspmputube
    @prakspmputube 2 роки тому +7

    OMG! This is true debate with so much mutual respect. When did we get out of this type of debate and respecting each other? The candidates also knew about the subject inside out. I want to go back to this.

  • @1967PONTIACGTO
    @1967PONTIACGTO Рік тому +3

    Bush...."but I do want to give the Governor a chance to respond"... imagine that.... not interrupting or shouting down the other person

  • @FellaB1009
    @FellaB1009 4 роки тому +2

    Wow!!

  • @fitpresenter2030
    @fitpresenter2030 5 місяців тому +2

    Politicians used to be really smart!

  • @dalemassicotte6198
    @dalemassicotte6198 Рік тому +3

    Reagan was right that the massive tax cuts increased revenues ... Bush was right that the deficit increased ... what history shows those deficits were increased by increased spending - not cutting taxes. No one ever talks about cutting spending across the board. Reagan talked about it a lot when he took office but how much spending was really cut?

  • @davephenix8449
    @davephenix8449 3 роки тому +13

    Reagan kicked ass just like he did with Carter

  • @jazsm5385
    @jazsm5385 4 роки тому +8

    I'm confused. Was this before the primaries? I'm sure this was, bcoz why would Reagan argue with his future running partner?

    • @beakt
      @beakt 4 роки тому +16

      The primaries were in progress. It's April. The nominating convention would be in July. As the presenter mentioned, Bush had just won more than half the delegates in Pennsylvania, but Reagan was already handily ahead. But, there were 24 state contests left to go, including delegate-rich California where Reagan had a huge advantage, still being pretty popular as the former governor.

    • @Darth-vade123
      @Darth-vade123 3 роки тому

      @distantvoices well kamala Harris is a piece of trash just like Biden they are corrupt communist and criminals

    • @ZekeorSomething
      @ZekeorSomething 3 роки тому

      @distantvoices What does the have to do with the topic?

    • @mikebradshaw6484
      @mikebradshaw6484 3 роки тому

      You're some kind of stupid. This was in April and they were still deciding who the Party's candidate would be.

  • @Yogeshkumar-tq5xp
    @Yogeshkumar-tq5xp 3 роки тому +5

    Debates are great until everyone started attacking Trump personally

    • @xp8969
      @xp8969 3 роки тому +2

      Apparently you've never heard Trump talk, he built his entire campaign on making personal insults and coming up with catchy but absolutely childish nicknames to disparage his opponents

    • @jamiebowles4588
      @jamiebowles4588 2 роки тому

      @@xp8969
      Apparently you never noticed that every time Trump got nasty he was retaliating to an equally nasty attack on himself.
      He never could resist the urge to defend himself (even when it was unwise).
      Moral: If you don't wanna lose to a bigger gun, don't draw your weapon.

    • @xp8969
      @xp8969 2 роки тому

      @@jamiebowles4588 so you're dyslexic, got it 😂

  • @jambuangzou5229
    @jambuangzou5229 2 роки тому +3

    Both of them want to hear each other.. respect.. when America had some dignity

  • @offscreen6578
    @offscreen6578 3 роки тому +24

    Watching this after the 2020 debates just feels like we lost the ability to be decent to one another.

    • @ishmael802
      @ishmael802 3 роки тому +3

      We? You mean Trump

    • @laurieb.8049
      @laurieb.8049 3 роки тому

      HELLLLOOOO! LOL

    • @jared1964
      @jared1964 3 роки тому

      There's only one person you're referring to and it ain't Biden

    • @offscreen6578
      @offscreen6578 3 роки тому +8

      @@jared1964 Nah it's two. Biden was a shitshow during the debates as well.

    • @nedmode9412
      @nedmode9412 11 місяців тому

      @@offscreen6578 nah

  • @yuanwu7368
    @yuanwu7368 3 роки тому +6

    Both future presidents were criticizing their former president, but their former president is the one still alive this day.

    • @SouL1Jacker
      @SouL1Jacker 3 роки тому +5

      So what?

    • @yuanwu7368
      @yuanwu7368 3 роки тому +1

      @@SouL1Jacker Just found how long Carter has lived after his presidency.

    • @duyho711
      @duyho711 3 роки тому +2

      Yuan Wu so Carter is just a loser, can not stay at White House in two terms and live the rest of whole life as a loser

  • @Heres_Johnny.
    @Heres_Johnny. 2 роки тому +3

    Gentlemen, both.

  • @Jumpjoe4587
    @Jumpjoe4587 Місяць тому +1

    I remember at that time when he said there you go again

  • @justsurfin5013
    @justsurfin5013 Рік тому +2

    What snapped my attention was in the beginning when GW Bush said "I want to give the Governor a chance to respond". You would NEVER see that kind of civil behavior now in a debate. They would be busy yelling over each other....oh and NOT giving any actual facts about their plans...just attacking each other :|.

  • @laurieb.8049
    @laurieb.8049 3 роки тому +5

    A shame he s gone now,,makes you wanna just vote 4 him right then&there right???

    • @xp8969
      @xp8969 3 роки тому

      Two of the worst presidents in American history

  • @BigBingFan
    @BigBingFan Рік тому +1

    Howard K. Smith is a CLASS ACT. We won't ever see his type anymore; gentlemanly, well-spoken. A conservative man who played fair.

  • @broadstreet21
    @broadstreet21 2 роки тому +2

    And what do they do later? They put their ideas together and serve as president and vice president.

  • @nemoest0
    @nemoest0 3 роки тому +4

    11:00
    Allowance for George W Bush!
    Can't believe that someone didn't pick that up in the 2000 campaign.

  • @jamesmmahoney
    @jamesmmahoney 2 роки тому +7

    The Great Communicator is on full display in this debate. No one else like him so far in our lifetimes.

  • @perfectmysterious1155
    @perfectmysterious1155 2 роки тому +3

    Two competed and supported each other and were put into comparison

    • @ursulapaciullo7100
      @ursulapaciullo7100 Рік тому +2

      They debated and George W Bush became Reagan’s VP

    • @perfectmysterious1155
      @perfectmysterious1155 Рік тому

      @@ursulapaciullo7100
      Some say their administration was best known for decreasing spending on domestic and social programs .Do you see that Reagan really advanced or introduced the truly improved domestic policies or see any other trends in their terms in office ?

    • @ursulapaciullo7100
      @ursulapaciullo7100 Рік тому +2

      @@perfectmysterious1155 I am not commenting on their politics, just that they were gentlemen

    • @ursulapaciullo7100
      @ursulapaciullo7100 Рік тому

      @@mismakabel2119 yes I know that but before all that they debated against each other for Presidency

    • @ursulapaciullo7100
      @ursulapaciullo7100 Рік тому

      @@mismakabel2119 ok 👍

  • @luismanuel2612
    @luismanuel2612 4 роки тому +6

    Taxes were always Bush's weak point ...

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 3 роки тому +1

      And his sons! But only because he consistently lied about them.

    • @xp8969
      @xp8969 3 роки тому +1

      Plus murdering Kennedy and orchestrating 9/11

  • @LuckstheMadElf
    @LuckstheMadElf 3 роки тому +5

    Always been the same old lies

  • @facund8
    @facund8 2 роки тому +6

    The human and intellectual quality of those 2! They went from a partisan debate to be both of them Presidents. Pure admiration to this greats gentleman! R.I.P. Mr. Reagan & Mr. Bush

    • @L_back
      @L_back 6 місяців тому +1

      We must bring them back for proper American politics!

  • @theincredibleimpression
    @theincredibleimpression 3 роки тому +12

    2 of the finest men ever to have walked this earth!

  • @tluangafanai8450
    @tluangafanai8450 11 місяців тому

    Greate Regan

  • @vibhavagarwalla8718
    @vibhavagarwalla8718 3 роки тому +2

    We did cut the son’s allowance but left him with an unlimited credit card.

  • @kurtcooper3699
    @kurtcooper3699 3 роки тому +3

    Anyone tired of being told by a moderator to keep your voices of pro American self sufficiency & such a man running for such an office to be quiet & no form of athusiasm of the people sharing the person of choice!! Let the peoples voices be heard & agree on America's choice. Stop the mediators from dictating HIS own agenda & personal opinion of who he favors!

  • @Boo-jy5ju
    @Boo-jy5ju 2 роки тому +1

    Dissatisfied

  • @Atli30
    @Atli30 Рік тому

    What the heck is going on here?? The candidates are debating each other directly and allowing each other to finish their sentences and thoughts. Ridiculous!!

  • @shang0h
    @shang0h 2 місяці тому +1

    These poor RINOs had no idea what would be done with their legacy

  • @ronniedurham7634
    @ronniedurham7634 2 роки тому +1

    I miss the late 80’s & early 90’s Life is just so simple and easy back then you didn’t have to worry about all this bullshit we deal with today👌💯🇺🇸

  • @bradyfry8031
    @bradyfry8031 2 роки тому +2

    There's no doubt in my mind that carter will live to be at least 100. Adam's, Bush Reagan and ford came close however.

  • @jacobadams4559
    @jacobadams4559 3 роки тому +2

    Very good debate. Reagan set up Bush to win the election, but his policies set up Bush for failure. The "no new taxes" thing didn't help either

    • @trialleadgen334
      @trialleadgen334 2 роки тому

      Reagan was the best president America had. Three terms - two of his and one of bush speaks for his achievements

  • @wally1452
    @wally1452 2 роки тому +5

    It has been years since I saw this on TV. I must say that it is rather interesting. Reagan and Bush, to my knowledge were never friends but they are taking the party way here and being nice to one another. Reagan must have found some reason later on to bring Bush in, which I wish he had never done. The Bush dynasty way back to Bushe's father, then later we will get "W" which brought our country down to the depths more than any Democrat ever dreamed of (except for several whacky ones that are now in the 2016-2020's years.)
    Anyway, I'll leave the Bush Dynasty dark things go by. I wish debates would be more civil and less hostility as they have been for last 30 years or so...this struggle for money and power in a nation as ours has raised its ugly head and sadly will stay until as all authoritarian countries do, we are headed to hell on earth. The story of the human heart that is all about self.

    • @arodgefan589
      @arodgefan589 Рік тому +1

      I think it’s fair to distinguish and separate Bush Sr from W. W was way more hawkish and neoconservative than his father.

  • @ronaldzent4845
    @ronaldzent4845 2 роки тому +2

    The League of women voters did a great job setting up these debates, and such professionalism, Howard K Smith, I think he was from the Golden Age of TV journalism, along with Walter Cronkite, Chet Huntley, David Brinkley, Harry Reasoner, etc. And others, Im from the Generation that grew up watching those guys, today's TV News Anchors aren't of the same caliber. But they aren't totally bad eirher

  • @tmmsplace
    @tmmsplace Рік тому +2

    I heard everyone was oppressed, repressed and suppressed BEFORE Joey B. made the Presidency, yet there are clearly many would-be victim groups healthy and importantly engaged in this debate from 1980!

  • @HarryBallSack1
    @HarryBallSack1 Місяць тому

    How far we have fallen.

  • @thomaskraus5125
    @thomaskraus5125 Рік тому +1

    Instead of raising interest rates on debt to arrest inflation it would be better to raise interest on bank deposits.
    If merchants/employers earned higher interest on their savings they would be better prepaired to resist passing along price increases to their customers.
    Consumers earning higher interest on their savings would save more for major purchases instead of taking on debt, increased savings would lead greater investment in the economy because rising savings would facilitate greater lending.
    Greater lending supported with larger down payments on loans would lead to higher economic growth with a lower debt burden.
    Keeping debt under control by raising interest on savings instead of raising interest on debt which slows economic growth which would cause a resession.

  • @robfrancis8690
    @robfrancis8690 2 роки тому +1

    The Kennedy brothers ACT for us.

  • @TheNelster72
    @TheNelster72 2 місяці тому

    Can an American here tell me what the organisation HEW is?

  • @jimhanold9026
    @jimhanold9026 4 роки тому +3

    Some interesting observations: The legendary news man Howard K. Smith was the moderator of the first 1960 Kennedy/Nixon debate in September, 1960. Mister Smith was employed by CBS; later-he moved to ABC when he co-anchored the evening news with ANOTHER legendary news man-Harry Reasoner! Additionally-George Herbert Walker Bush was egregiously mistaken in referring to Governor Reagan's tax cut proposal as "voodoo economics". ALSO-as former first lady Nancy Reagan said in her bestselling book "My Turn"-Reagan's PERSONALLY favored choice to be the 1980 Republican presidential nominee was then Senator Paul Laxalt of Nevada!

    • @umfilhodedeustotalmenteama5522
      @umfilhodedeustotalmenteama5522 5 місяців тому

      Reagan as president was a good actor, the king of idle talk. While he deceived the poor and the middle class with his soft talk, and impoverished them, the rich became richer and richer at their expense.

  • @kostasbaras604
    @kostasbaras604 4 місяці тому

    Many people saw in TV: MAN WALKED ,
    ON THE MOON.

  • @lebeautymarq8834
    @lebeautymarq8834 2 роки тому +5

    George H W Bush was pictured outside the Texas School Book Depository building in Dealey Plaza, Dallas on 22 November 1963.

  • @Nature_is_Liife
    @Nature_is_Liife 5 місяців тому

    Just starting 2024 with this masterpiece

  • @jorgecasariego6347
    @jorgecasariego6347 2 роки тому

    And gentlemen

  • @normlongstaff1721
    @normlongstaff1721 2 роки тому

    Nothing was said about HKR192

  • @markheneghan3804
    @markheneghan3804 3 роки тому +4

    Read my lips no new taxes.