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EVENT IS MARK ZIBAREBACK OF THE "THE LOS ANGELES TIMES"
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COVERING HIS SIXTH PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN." WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN? >> A LOT OF SECURITY, NOT SURPRISING, SORT OF A BIG SCRUM IN THE FILING CENTER -- THAT'S...
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CENTER SO IT'S PRETTY CRAMPED. >> YOU GET THE SENSE THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 2,500 REPORTERS COVERING THIS TONIGHT? >> IT SEEMS LIKE I'M SEATED NEXT...
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LOT OF PEOPLE HERE. >>
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HOW DOES SOMEONE LIKE YOU ANDULA THE OTHERS WHO ARE THERE TONIGHT WHOSE JOB IT IS TO COVER POLITICS REALLY GET A SENSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE ENVIRONMENT...
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IN? >> WELL, IT'S -- I MEAN, MIAMI
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AND CORAL GABLES ARE THE BACKDROP BUT I MEAN, THE REAL STORY FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME WHO IS COVERING THE DEBATE IS WHAT HAPPENS IN THOSE 90 MINUTES, OR
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88 MINUTES, THAT THEY SPEND UP ON THE STAGE. A LOT OF IT IS A LOT OF RUN-UP, A LOT OF BUILD-UP, A LOT OF HYPE. IT'S NOT UNLIKE THE SUPER BOWL. I DON'T...
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WHERE IT'S LIKE LET'S PLAY THE GAME NOW, SO FOR ME THERE ARE A LOT OF ATMOSPHERICS, THERE IS A LOT OF BACKGROUND NOISE BUT WHAT REALLY MATTERS IS WHAT...
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NEEDS TO CONVINCE THEM THAT HE CAN DO A BETTER JOB SO THE ONUS IS ON HIM. HE'S BEEN CAMPAIGNING FOR A COUPLE YEARS FOR PRESIDENT. ALL THAT SAID THERE...
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THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT SENATOR KERRY STANDS FOR, WHAT HE WOULD DO. HE NEEDS TO SHAKE THE RACE UP, THAT'S WHAT HOO NEEDS TO DO, AND TONIGHT IS HIS FIRST...
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ABOUT ME,nr MY WORDS HERE, YOU MAY HAVE SOME DOUBTS ABOUT ME AND THE COURSE I HAVE CHOSEN BY NEVERTHELESS
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IT'S A BETTER COURSE THAN SENATOR JOHN KERRY WOULD PURSUE. >> TODAY, SKS, I'M SURE YOU WERE IN -- >> TODAY, OF COURSE, I'M SURE YOU WERE IN TOUCH...
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YOU WILL, FOR DISCUSSION. IT WASN'T LIKE IRAQ WASN'T GOING TO COME UP BUT IF
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ANYTHING IT SORT OF HEIGHTENS THE CONCERN, BRINGS THINGS TO A SHARnrPER POINT AND AGAIN, I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED TO SEE IF THE CANDIDATES BRING IT...
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THEMSELVES OR IF JIM LEHRER, THE MODERATOR, ASKS THEM ABOUT IT. >> WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE KINDS OF QUESTIONS THAT ARE ALLOWED TO BE ASKED TONIGHT...
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QUESTIONS, THERE IS NO PRESCREENING, THERE IS NO GIVING THE CANDIDATES QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE, A YEAR OR SO AGO WE HAD A RECALL ELECTION IN CALIFORNIA
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IN WHICH THE CANDIDATES WERE GIVEN THE QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE, SORT OF CONTROVERSIAL AT THE TIME. WE DON'T HAVE THAT TONIGHT. THE CANDIDATES ARE NOT GETTING...
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IS GOING OVER LENGTH, FILIBUSTERING, IF YOU WILL, BUT I WASN'T AWARE ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR CONTROVERSY YOU MENTIONED. >> SEE, THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH
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BEING RIGHT THERE ON THE SCENE AND BEING INSIDE THE MEDIA HALL ALL DAY. >> INSIDE THE BELTWAY, EXACTLY, EXACTLY. >> THANKS FOR STARTING OFF OUR EVENING...
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DONNA SHALALA OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI IS WITH US. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. >>
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YOU'RE WELCOME, SUSAN. >> WE TALKED
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TO YOU BY TELEPHONE THE MORNING AFTER IT WAS ANNOUNCED THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI WOULD HOST ONE OF THE DEBATES AND YOU SAID AT THAT TIME ONE OF YOUR MAJOR...
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CAMPUS, WE HAVE HAD EVERY EVENT
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WE COULD N!HINK OF INCLUDING BRINGING THE -- A COPY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDIANAPOLIS TO CAMPUS AND LOTS OF VERY DISTINGUISHED POLITICAL SCIENTISTS...
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THE DALAI LAMA WAS IN THIS VERY HALL TO TALK ABOUT WORLD PEACE SO THERE HAVE BEEN LOTS OF EVENTS ON CAMPUS. IN ADDITION OUR STUDENTS HAVE RUN AN EXTENSIVE...
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IS ABOUT THEIR FUTURE, NOT ABOUT MY FUTURE, AND I WANT ANOTHER STUDENT TO HAVE THE
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OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE, SO I'M GOING TO WATCH IT PROBABLY IN THE HALLWAY. >> THROUGHOUT THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, WE HAVV BEEN SEEING NATIONAL NEWS REPORTS...
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SECURITY ON CAMPUS -- NOT SURPRISING IN THE WAKE OF
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9/11, BUT HOW HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY LIFE AS THE SECURITY RATCHETED UP? >> WELL, WE ACTUALLY HAVE, AND WE HAVE HAD CLASSES...
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OF SECURITY BUT WE HAD ALL OF OUR CLASSES. WE HAD NO INTENTION OF CANCELLING CLASSES. WE THOUGHT THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO DID NOT WANTnr...
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YOU ALSO TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE STUDENTS FELT LIKE -- I HEARD THEY HAD TO WEAR I.D. TAGS, FOR EXAMPLE. WERE YOU HAVING ANY COMPLAINTS...
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OPPORTUNITY TO BE HOSTING THE DEBATE. THIS IS ABOUT PRIDE FOR OUR STUDENTS, BUT IT'S ALSO RAISING THEIR AWARENESS ABOUT WHAT'S AT STAKE IN THIS...
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DEBATE. >> CAN YOU GIVE US A
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SENSE OF HOW MUCH IT COSTS THE UNIVERSITY TO PUT ON AN EVENT LIKE THIS? >> WELL, IT WILL COST AT LEAST A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS. THAT WAS UNDERWRITTEN...
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SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THE COSTS OF THIS DEBATE FOR US SO THAT MEANT THAT WE WERE FREE TO GIVE OUR STUDENTS THE
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TICKETS. >> WHY DID THEY DO THAT? >> I WENT TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT. IT WAS A CONTRIBUTION TO CIVIC LIFE IN MIAMI. THEY UNDERSTOOD THE SIGNIFICANCE...
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WILL YOU JUDGE WHETHER
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OR NOT THIS HAS BEEN A SUCCESS FOR THE UNIVERSITY? >> NOT TOMORROW, BUT YEARS FROM NOW WHEN I RUN INTO A STUDENT THAT SAYS THAT THEIR LIFE WAS CHANGED...
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ROLE AS A PROFESSIONAL, AND THAT IS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CIVIC LIFE OF YOUR COUNTRY. >> LAST QUESTION FORco YOU, AS A MEMBER OF
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THE CLIq."UcNnr CABINET AND A HARD-CHARGING PARTISAN IN AN EARLIER PART OF YOUR CAREER, DOES IT FEEL FUNNY NOT TO BE INVOLVED IN THE POLITICAL PART ...
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PARTISAN IN GOVERNMENT LIFE, SO IT'S BEEN A RELATIVELY EASY TRANSITION. BEFORE I WENT INTO THE CLINTON CABINET, I DID NOTNi CcoAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT...
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ACADEMIC LIFE IS WHERE I BELONG, SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI. >> WELL, WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WHEN YOU DO THE INTRODUCTION FOR...
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IS LIKE THERE.co >>
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AND THAT'S A LIVE PICTURE INSIDE THE DEBATE HALL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, WHERE JUST OVER ONE HOUR FROM NOW THE TWO PRESIDENTIAL...
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ON THE CAMPUS OF THENi UNIVERSITY WHERE MARK Z. BARABNiAK OF "THE LOS ANGELES TIMES" WHO COVERS POLITICS IS WITH US TONIGHT. WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE...
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GRABS, THEN ON TUESDAY NIGHT WE WILL BE IN OHIO, 21 ELECTORAL VOTES, ANOTHER STATE THAT HAS LATELY LOOKED LIKE IT WAS TILTING TOWARD PRESIDENT BUSH BUT...
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SO I THINK I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR" FILL IN THE BLANK, OR EVEN CONVENTIONS THERE IS SORT OF THIS NOTION THAT GETS BANDIED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THE REPUBLICANS...
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NEW YORK WOULD VOTE REPUBLICAN BECAUSE PRESIDENT BUSH HAD HIS CONVENTION THERE UPON AGAIN, I HAVE NEVER COME ACROSS SOMEONE WHO SAID, "GEE, I'M GOING...
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I GOT MY CREDENTIAL, I DID NOT WANT TO APPEAR AN UNGRACIOUS OR RUDE GUEST. THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KIND AND NICE. >> YOU DIDN'T SOUND ANYTHING BUT A BIT...
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GOT OVER TO THE CAMPUS JUST A FEW HOURS AGO. >> WHEN WE COME BACK TO YOU THE NEXT
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TIME WE'RE GOING TO INVITE
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OUR AUDIENCE TO JOIN INTO THE
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CONVERSATION WITH A QUESTION FOR YOU ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD ASK IF YOU WERE MODERATING TONIGHT BUT LET'S GO BACK INSIDE THE DEBATE HALL AND FRANK FERENKOPF,...
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FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT. >> PLEASURE. >> YOU HAVE NEGOTIATED MANY OF THESE IN PRESIDENTIAL YEARS PAST. HOW TOUGH WAS THIS SET INTO THE NEGOTIATIONS...
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DIFFERENT. FOUR YEARS AGO, NEGOTIATORS
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FROM THE TWO CAMPAIGNS SAT DOWN WITH
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THE COMMISSION AND OVER A LONG WEEKEND IN WASHINGTON
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WE HAMMERED OUT SOMETHING THAT WAS AGREEABLE AND WE WENT FORWARD. THIS WAS DONE DIFFERENTLY. IN THIS CASE, JIM BAKER ON BEHALF OF THE PRESIDENT, VERNON...
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OF THE SENATOR GOT TOGETHER THEMSELVES AND PRODUCED THIS DOCUMENT. THERE WAS NO INPUT FROM THE COMMISSION OR ANYONE ELSE, AS FAR AS I KNOW, AND SO...
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CANDIDATES THERE IS A SMALL BLACK BOX, AND THERE ARE THREE LIGHTS ON THERE, A GREEN LIGHT, A YELLOW LIGHT AND A RED LIGHT. NOW, THAT'S THE FIRST TIME...
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THAT WAS A PROVISION OF THE AGREEMENT. NOW, WHEN WE -- OUR STAFF, OUR TECHNICAL STAFF WORKED OUT HOW WE WERE GOING TO DO IT THERE WAS SOME GRUMBLING...
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SHALALA, AND THE UNIVERSITY GETS ABOUT A SIXTH OF THE TICKETS AND THE COMMISSION ON PRESIDENTIAL
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GETS 1/6TH. >> ARE THERE JOURNALISTS IN
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THE ROOM OTHER THAN THOSE MANNING CAMERAS? >> THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ROWS AT THE BACK OF THE HALL RESERVED FOR JOURNALISTS, THERE ARE ABOUT TWO DOZEN...
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VAST MAJORITY OF WHAT'S ABOUT 3,000 REPORTERS WON'T BE HERE IN THE
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HALL. THEY'RE ACROSS THE STREET AT THE FILING CENTER. >> FOR THE ENTIRE SERIES OF DEBATES THE MODERATORS SELECTED ALL COME FROM TELEVISION. CAN YOU TELL...
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DO A FABULOUS JOB, THERE IS NOT VERY MANY OF THEM WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS THING RIGHT HERE IN MY EAR, AND WE BELIEVE THAT
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IT'S GOT TO BE A JOURNALIST WHO IS FAMILIAR WITH WORKING ON TELEVISION, OF HAVING THAT BUG IN THEIR EAR, OF BEING ABLE TO INTERVIEW AND ASK THE QUESTIONS,...
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| 00:21:00 |
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SPONSOR, FOR A UNIVERSITY TO SPONSOR, IT'S GOING TO COST ABOUT $750,000. NOW, THAT INCLUDES THE COST OF SECURITY, FENCING -- THERE ARE MANY, MANY COSTS....
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GETS AID IN DOING IT FROM FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS, BENEFACTORS IN THE COMMUNITY, USUALLY THE LOCAL POLICE FORCE DONATES PART OF THE -- OF THE SECURITY...
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POSSIBLY BID THAT THEY FULLY UNDERSTAND AND COMPREHEND WHAT'S EXPECTED
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OF THEM. AND SO SHE'S AGREED TO DO THAT. >> AND WHY WHY ARE YOU UNIVERSITIES THE RIGHT VENUE? >> WE BELIEVE THAT WHAT WE'RE INVOLVED HERE IS AN EDUCATIONAL...
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| 00:22:39 |
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THIS STUDENT BODY IS FABULOUS -- WAS VERY
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INVOLVED, AND IT'S PART OF OUR EDUCATIONAL WORK THAT WE TRY AND DO AND WE ENJOY DOING THEM ON CAMPUSES AND WE BELIEVE IT'S WORKED. >> SINCE THE LAST...
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HAVE NEVER SEEN SECURITY LIKE I HAVE SEEN HERE. I MEAN, THIS MORNING, VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING AT 7:30 JANET BROWN, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND I...
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TO GET THROUGH SECRET SERVICE PEOPLE CHECKING THE ENGINES OF THE CAR, UNDER THE CAR, THE TRUNKS OF THE CAR, WE HAD TO GET OUT OF THE CAR -- THE...
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MEDIA CENTER. THERE IS A SEPARATE ROOM IN THE MEDIA CENTER THAT'S KNOWN AS SPIN ALLEY, AND THEY'LL BE OVER THERE TRYING TO CONVINCE THE REPORTERS...
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AND START BREAKING DOWN THIS SET BECAUSE THIS SET WILL BE MOVING ON TO -- TO -- WELL, THIS SET ACTUALLY WILL PROBABLY MOVE ON TO ARIZONA, BECAUSE THE...
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| 00:25:28 |
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AND WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT SOMEHOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR POSTERITY TO MAKE SURE,
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| 00:25:32 |
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BECAUSE THEY ARE HISTORIC. >> I KNOW YOU'VE GOT THINGS TO DO. LET ME ASK YOU AS WE CLOSE HERE, WHERE IS THE PUBLIC IN ALL OF THIS? IN THESE HEAVILY...
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LOOKING FOR WHAT YOU SAW IN COLLEGE OR IN HIGH SCHOOL, THAT CLASSICAL DEBATE FORMAT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THAT HERE, AND THAT'S BECAUSE PRESIDENTS...
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WENT FROM 1960 TO 1976 WITHOUT A DEBATE BECAUSE THE PRESIDENTS REFUSED TO DEBATE. WE HAVE HAD A PRESIDENT REFUSE TO DEBATE AS RECENTLY AS 1980. WHEN...
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FRANK FAHRENKOPF, THANK YOU. >> PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU. SEE YOU ON DOWN THE ROAD. >> NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO
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INTRODUCE YOU TO STEVE HIRSCH, OF FOX NEWS. THE WAY THESE DEBATES WORK IS THAT EACH ONE OF THEM IS TELEVISED BY A NETWORK POOL. THAT MEANS ONE NETWORK...
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AS THE
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POOL. WE TALKED TO THE PRODUCER, STEVE HIRSCH, ABOUT WHAT IT
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MIGHT ENTAIL. LET'S LISTEN IN. >> STEVE HIRSCH, OF FOX, CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE SETUP THAT FOX HAS IN PLACE TO DESCRIBE THIS FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE?...
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ONE POINT OF CONTACT AND EVEN THOUGH THIS ROOM IS LARGE THERE IS ROOM FOR ONLY ONE SET OF
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CAMERAS SO WE HAVE EIGHT CAMERAS TRAINED ON ALMOST EVERY ANGLE YOU CAN THINK OF, NOT BACK AT THE AUDIENCE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT PART OF THE STORY, THE...
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THEN, WHEN THE DEBATE STARTS
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MY JOB CHANGES. AND THEN I'M SITTING IN THE PRODUCTION TRUCK, LOOKS LIKE A STUDIO -- A TV STUDIO ON WHEELS, AND AT THAT POINT I'M LISTENING TO THE CANDIDATES,...
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COMPANY COMING IN. WE'RE COMING IN AS JOURNALISTS. WE'RE COMING IN REPRESENTING THE JOURNALISTS OF THE UNITED STATES, OF THE WORLD, IF YOU WILL, SO THE...
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THAT IT IS FAIR, THAT WE DON'T FAVOR ONE SIDE OVER THE OTHER, THAT OUR GOAL IS TO SHOW THE TELEVISION AUDIENCE AT HOME WHAT A MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE HERE...
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| 00:33:00 |
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BOTH MEN, THE
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WHOLE ENTIRE EVENING. AND ON C-SPAN 2, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WATCH THE DEBATE AS IT IS -- MIXED POOL, AS IT IS EVERYWHERE ELSEWHERE THE SHOTS VARY BETWEEN...
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IT PRETTY INCUMBENT ON CANDIDATES TO
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DEBATE. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN -- 1960 WAS THE FIRST
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TIME AND THERE WERE A FEW YEARS THAT CANDIDATES DIDN'T AGREE TO A DEBATE,
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BUT SINCE THE COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED CANDIDATES ARE PRETTY MUCH EXPECTED TO DEBATE. FOLKS MIGHT RECOLLECT, FOUR YEARS AGO PRESIDENT BUSH INITIALLY...
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| 00:35:22 |
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ASK SENATOR KERRY -- HE EMERGED AS A NATIONAL POLITICAL FIGURE -- AS A PUBLIC FIGURE, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, 30 SOME YEARS AGO WITH HIS TESTIMONY BEFORE...
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| 00:35:37 |
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ELOQUENTLY ASKED "HOW DO YOU ASK A MAN TO DIE FOR THE LAST MISTAKE -- I'M SORRY, HOW DO YOU ASK A MAN TO BE THE LAST MAN TO DIE FOR A MISTAKE?" OF...
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| 00:36:47 |
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SHEPPARD YEARS AGO? I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WOULD THEY HAVE DONE FOR THAT COMMUNITY? MATTHEW SHEPARD WASxD
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GAY. HE WASco BEATEN, TIED TO A FENCE. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WOULD THEY HAVE DONE? PERSONALLY, THAT'S ALL I WANT TO KNOW. >> OK, THANK...
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CANDIDATES QUESTIONS AND THE THIRD DEBATE WILL BE FOCUSED ENTIRELY ON DOMESTIC ISSUES SO THERE WILL BE A CHANCE LATER ON TO BRING UP THOSE ISSUES AT BOTH
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PRESIDENTIAL FORUMS TO FOLLOW. >> WASHINGTON, D.C., SUPPORTS PRESIDENT BUSH. WHAT QUESTION WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE ASKED? >> YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK...
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IN NORTH KOREA AND IRAN AND SOME OF THE OTHER TROUBLE SPOTS IN THE COUNTRY
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| 00:38:04 |
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THAT ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PRESENT PROBLEMS OF TERRORISM AND NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SEE SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN IN THE CENTER...
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ITS HIGHEST? >> OK. THANK YOU, SIR. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, IS NEXT, A SUPPORTER OF THE PRESIDENT. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK? >> HI. I GREW UP IN...
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THE BERLIN WALL WENT UP. I NEVER IN MY LIFETIME THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD COME DOWN. THE PRICE OF FREEDOM IS NOT CHEAP NOR THE TIME FRAME PREDICTABLE....
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LIKE TO ASK SENATOR KERRY IF HE BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES -- BECAUSE HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IN
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| 00:38:58 |
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WHAT PRESIDENT BUSH'S FOREIGN POLICY IS WITH IRAQ, WHAT DOES HE PROPOSE TO DO? PULL ALL THE AMERICAN TROOPS OUT WITHIN A TIME FRAME OF TWO WEEKS TO TWO...
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| 00:40:25 |
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PRESIDENT BUSH IS GREAT AND SENATOR KERRY IS TERRIBLE OR VICE VERSA AND THEY'RE
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GOING TO COME OUT TOTALLY REN9zNFORCED IN THOSE BELIEFS WHICH IS WHY THE WHOLE SPIN THING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THIS ROOM BEHIND ME IS SUCH A WASTE...
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| 00:41:06 |
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IS PLAIN-SPOKEN, AND HE SPEAKS IN VERY DIRECT AND SIMPLE LANGUAGE. IF THERE IS
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| 00:41:13 |
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A STYLISTIC PROBLEM IT IS THAT HE CAN SEEM TOO ASHES BANKRUPT, A LITTLE ARROGANT -- SEEM TOO ABRUPT, A LITTLE ARROGANT, THE SMIRK, THAT CAN BE OFFPUTTING,...
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Ni THE INTERVIEW "9/11Ni IN PLAINNi SIGHT"? >> WHY DO YOU WANT TO ASK THAT? >> BECAUSE THE EVIDENCE BROUGHT
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| 00:42:08 |
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UP IS SO OVERWHELMINGLY AND CONCLUSIVE THAT WE HAVE BEEN LIED TO ABOUT THE EVENT -- I MEAN, IT'S A MUST-SEE FOR EVERYONE WITH AN INTERNET -- ON THE V.H.S....
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| 00:42:25 |
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EVENING, CALLER. CALLER: YES. I DON'T
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HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR KERRY. I THINK HE'S DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. I BELIEVE HE HAS BEEN TRUTHFUL AND HONEST. HE IS A VIETNAM VET. MY HUSBAND WAS...
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| 00:42:39 |
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AND I HEARD HORROR STORIES ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN VIETNAM. AND IT'S -- YOU KNOW, BUSH CAN'T REALLY DEBATE THIS ISSUE BECAUSE HE WAS NOT THERE, AND I AM...
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ISSUE TO THE GROUND TO A TIE AT THE LEAST. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT PRESIDENT BUSH AND WHAT HE DID OR DID NOT DO IN THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD,...
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| 00:44:08 |
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RIBBONS. I WOULD BE VERY, VERY SUPRISED IF ANY CANDIDATE DWELLED AT ANY LENGTH AT ALL ON EITHER OF THOSE TWONi ISSUES. >> MILAND, INDIANA, NEXT, SUPPORTS...
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| 00:44:38 |
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BECAUSE IT TAKES EVERYONE IN AMERICA TO MAKE OUR ECONOMY BAD. IF PEOPLE AREN'T SPENDING THE ECONOMY IS NOT GOING TO BE GOOD. AND PEOPLE ALSO SAY THAT...
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| 00:45:34 |
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WORD, FLIP-FLOP WORD, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE F WORD OR THE F-F WORD BUT WE
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CAN EXPECT
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| 00:45:42 |
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PRESIDENT BUSH TO TALK ABOUT HIS OWN DECISIVE LEADERSHIP AS HE SEES IT AND SENATOR KERRY'S
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VACILLATION. THAT WAS A MAJOR THEME OF THE REPUBLICAN
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| 00:45:49 |
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CONVENTION. IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL THERE AND I SEE NO REASON WHY THE PRESIDENT WON'T BE PURSUING THAT SAME LINE OF ARGUMENT TONIGHT. >> I'M GOING...
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EVERYBODY ELSE, MY EAST COAST FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES. THIS TIME IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT. I WILL HAVE ABOUT AN HOUR AND 45 MINUTES TO WRITE SO I HOPE...
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TO LISTEN TO THE WHOLE THING AND NOT START WRITING UNTIL IT'S ALL THE WAY OVER. >> HOW WILL YOU WATCH IT? THROUGH A REPORTER'S EYES, WHAT WILL YOU...
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SCENERY OR THE RIDE. I'MuNTT REALLY -- I TAKE THE DEBATE IN DIFFERENTLY. I'M THINKING ABOUT WHAT SORT OF
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BROAD THEMES ARE ISSUE, WHAT SECTIONS MIGHT GO TOGETHER, WHAT CHUNKS OF QUOTES MIGHT GO WITH ANOTHER CHUNK OF QUOTES SO I LISTEN TO IT AGAIN LIKE A...
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BUSH, SINCE YOU HAVE ALMOST FOUR YEARS NOW TO COMPLETE ALL THE PLANS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT NOW, WHY HAVEN'T YOU COMPLETED THEM THEM BEFORE? AND ANOTHER...
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OUR GUESTS BALANCED THIS EVENING. AND I AM SURE MARK BARABAK WILL TELL YOU HE'S NOT OBVIOUSLY RIGHT OF CENTER. >> I WOULD LOVE IT, IF IT'S POSSIBLE,...
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FOR PRESIDENT BUSH THIS YEAR BECAUSE HE'S AN INCUMBENT. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> CAN YOU TALK A BIT ABOUT THAT DYNAMIC? >> YEAH. I'M GLAD HE BROUGHT THAT...
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DIFFERENTLY. ONE OF HIS LINES FROM THE FIRST DEBATE WITH AL GORE IS THEY HAD FOUR YEARS AND THEY DIDN'T DO THIS, THIS, THAT OR
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THE OTHER
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THING. THEY DIDN'T ACT, I WILL. WELL, THE PRESIDENT NOW HAS A
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RECORD, GOOD, BAD. IT IS A RECORD. AND HE WILL BE IN A DIFFERENT POSITION. HE WILL BE DEFENDING THAT RECORD AS OPPOSED TO TALKING PROSPECTIVELY ABOUT...
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TWIN BILLS FOR THE DRAFT REINSTATEMENT, 2005, IF THOSE WILL GO THROUGH, WOULD HIS DAUGHTERS BE DRAFTED? THAT'S ALL. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND JOPLIN,...
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WITH A HOUSE LIFE OF 4.5 BILLION YEARS. AND THE SECOND PART OF THAT QUESTION IS, MR. BUSH, DO YOU CARE YOU'RE DEESMING THE CHILDREN OF THE SOLD --...
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WHEN DID YOU STOP BEATING YOUR WIFE LINES. I THINK JIM LEHRER WILL PLAY MORE DOWN THE MIDDLE. >> THANKS FOR BEING WITH US, AS WE CLOSE WITH YOU HERE
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TONIGHT -- IN FACT THEY'RE COMING OUT TO THE STAGE SO I'LL SAY GOODBYE AND THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. >> HAVE YOUR SEATS, PLEASE....
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