This DVD contains the entirety of the Ronald Reagan - Jimmy Carter debate of October 28, 1980 as filmed by WHTV (White House TV.). Watched by 80.6 million viewers. The debate was moderated by Howard K. Smith and presented by the League of Women Voters. It represented the turning point in the Reagan campaign that put him way over the top in the polls and into the White House.
This DVD contains the entirety of the Ronald Reagan - Jimmy Carter debate of October 28, 1980 as filmed by WHTV (White House TV.). Watched by 80.6 million viewers. The debate was moderated by Howard K. Smith and presented by the League of Women Voters. It represented the turning point in the Reagan campaign that put him way over the top in the polls and into the White House.
Reagan closed with the powerful and clinching: "Are you better off now than you were four years ago? Is it easier for you to go and buy things in the stores than it was four years ago? Is there more or less unemployment in the country than there was four years ago? Is America as respected throughout the world as it was? Do you feel that our security is as safe, that we're as strong as we were four years ago? And if you answer all of those questions yes, why then, I think your choice is very obvious as to whom you will vote for. If you don't agree, if you don't think that this course that we've been on for the last four years is what you would like to see us follow for the next four, then I could suggest another choice that you have."
This DVD has a runtime of approximately 94 minutes.
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