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THAT DEBATE AND DEBATE IN GENERAL WERE DISCUSSED BY MICHAEL DUKAKIS, AND CHARLES GIBSON, AND A NUMBER OF OTHERS. THIS LASTS AN HOUR AND 20 MINUTES. >>...
00:00:21
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KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS PURDA. THIS IS THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST TELEVISED PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES BETWEEN THEN SENATOR KENNEDY...
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HE MODERATED A DEBATE TWO YEARS AGO DURING THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY SEASON. NEXT TO CHARLIE IS ANDREW RASIE SIEI. TO MY IMMEDIATE LEFT, IS MIKE MCCURRY....
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USE THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT IN A SPOKESMAN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE.
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HE SET A STANDARD FOR OPENNESS FOR DEALING WITH THE PATRESS FOR THE PRESIDENT. MIKE WAS CO-CHARIMANIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION FOR A PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES....
00:05:41
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44 MILLION HOMES. CONGRESS HAS MADE POSSIBLE DIRECT TO TELEVISION DEBATES FOR THE FIRST TIME TO GIVE ONE STATION IN CHICAGO WAS CHOSEN AS THE SCENE....
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EACH DETAIL. VICE PRESIDENT NIXON WAS THE FIRST TO RIDE. -- ARRIVE. NOW HE LISTENS WHY THE RULES OF TELEVISION DEBATES ARE EXPLAINED. >> GOOD. EXCELLENT....
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THE FIRST QUESTION WILL BE TO SENATOR KENNEDY. ONCE YOU GET UP, YOU ARE UP FOR THE
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REST OF IT. >> WHAT IS IT? >> GET OUT, 5 SECONDS. >> YOU WANT TO CUT QUICKLY? >> HOWARD WILL GIVE YOU A FEW SECONDS.
00:07:17
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LOOKING RIGHT AT THE CAMERA HERE. [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] >> I'VE THE BURSTING IN THE MORNING. -- I LEAVE FIRST THING IN THE
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MORNING. [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] >> WILL EVERYONE MOVE BACK, PLEASE? >> IS THAT THE RIGHT TONE OF VOICE? IT OPENS UP
00:08:34
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A SERIES OF DISCUSSIONS. >> THEY PREPARED TO MEASURE TWO MEN FOR LEADERSHIP. ACROSS THE NATION, PARENTS QUITE THEIR CHILDREN.
00:08:55
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IT IS 830 P -- 8:30 PM. >> IT REALLY SEPARATE CLASHES -- LASHES. >> THE
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PROGRAMS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO AND NOT BE SEEN TONIGHT. NEXT WEEK, THEY WILL BE SEEN ON MOST
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OF THE STATIONS. >> GOOD EVENING. THE STATIONS AND THE UNITED
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STATES AND THEIR AFFILIATED STATIONS ARE PROUD TO PROVIDE DISCUSSION BY THE TWO MAJOR PRESIDENT -- CANCANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT. ACCORDING TO RULES SET...
00:10:28
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IN THE ELECTION OF 1860, AND ABRAHAM
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LINCOLN SAID THE QUESTION IS WHETHER A MAN COULD EXIST HALF SLAVE AND HALF FREE. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THEY NATION WILL EXIST HALF SLAVE AND HALF FREE....
00:11:16
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COLLEGE EXAM. HE DIRECTS HIMSELF NOT SO MUCH TO NIXON BUT TO THE AUDIENCE. >> FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT SAID THAT THIS GENERATION HAS A RENDEZVOUS WITH DESTINY....
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HAS THE SAME RON DO -- RENDEZVOUS. I THINK IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT WE DO HERE. I THINK IT IS TIME THE AMERICANS STARTED MOVING AGAIN....
00:12:01
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THE THINGS THAT SENATOR KENNEDY HAS SAID MANY OF US CAN AGREE.
00:12:09
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THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT WE CANNOT DISCUSS OUR INTERNAL AFFAIRS IN THE UNITED STATES WITHOUT RECOGNIZING THAT THEY HAD A TREMENDOUS BEARING ON THEIR...
00:13:16
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FOR YEARS, MEN AND WOMEN WILL ARGUE WHO LOST THE CHICAGO DEBATE. ANALYSTS WILL AGREE THAT IT IS THE MOST WILL EPISODE OF THE CAMPAIGN. >> GOVERNOR,...
00:13:50
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DID YOU EVER IMAGINE YOURSELF WHAT? NO >>. N-- >>
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NO. HE WAS YOUNG, INEXPERIENCED. THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT HAPPENED THAT DAY WAS THAT WHEN IT WAS OVER HE WAS THE MATCH FOR NIXON. THE WHOLE...
00:15:02
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AND MY OWN CASE, THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE THAT HAVE PROFOUND INFLUENCE ON ME. ONE WAS A GUY NAMED
00:15:10
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JOE MCCARTHY THAT GOT ME SO MAD. >> YOU ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE BASEBALL MANAGER? HE HAD OTHER PROBLEMS. >>
00:15:23
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HE WAS ONCE SO DRUG CALLERNK THAT HE WALKED AWAY FROM THE PITCHER'S MOUND. THOSE
00:15:40
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DAYS POLITICS AND MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WHEN HAND IN HAND. THE FIRST TIME I STARTED THINKING ABOUT MAYBE GOING INTO POLITICS -- AND THE THINK THIS IS...
00:17:46
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REASON YOU SPIN YOUR PROFESSIONAL LIFE IN TELEVISION. WAS THAT AND INSPIRING THING? >> IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY. I GREW IN GEORGETOWN.
00:17:59
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THE GUY WHO LIVES ACROSS THE STREET WAS DAVID BRUCE, RUMORED TO BE THE SECRETARY OF STATE. I WAS SAID TO MY HOMER. THE MOTORCADE PULLED UP IN FRONT OF...
00:21:42
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PLACE -- THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE PLAYS IT SAID THE TWO OF THESE GUYS. YOU DO NOT HAVE THE ATMOSPHERE YOU HAVE THESE DAYS. THEY ARE ALL QUITE EXPRESS...
00:22:05
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PALIN/JOE BIDEN NUMBERS WERE. THEY HAD VISITED A LARGER AUDIENCE FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT. I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT. I WANT TO ASK YOU THIS THING....
00:23:00
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THE SARAH PALIN'S PREPARATIONS WERE EXTRAORDINARY. [APPLAUSE] 0 -- [LAUGHTER] HE IS ALWAYS TRYING TO PROTECT ME. SARAH PALIN CAME INTO HER DEBATE ON...
00:24:53
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AS A RESULT OF THE EXPERIENCE IN 1960 WHICH WAS SO CONSEQUENTIAL -- SEVERAL THINGS HAPPENED. THERE ISS NOT IN A TELEVISED DEBATE FOR 16 YEARS UNTIL...
00:27:37
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I AGREE. >> GERALD FORD AGREED TO DEBATE CARTER BECAUSE HE WAS DOWN IN THE POLLS. HE MADE MISTAKES. THEY MAKE MISTAKES IN
00:27:51
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THOSE DEBATES. IT IS HARD TO GET OVER THEM. WE WILL GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE. THIS WAS CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY 50 YEARS AGO. I WANT TO ASK YOU A COUPLE...
00:28:20
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TWITTER -- WITH YOUTUBE OR TWITTER. THE INTERNET HAS TI COME BECOME THE TIVO OF OUR TIME. THEY KNOW THEY DO NOT HAVE TO WATCH IT LIVE. IT IS IN THE OPPORTUNITY...
00:29:54
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I GOT 30,000 QUESTIONS. THEY WERE ABOUT 25,000 PEOPLE WHO WERE SPRING LOADED AND KISSED OFF -- PISSED OFF. IT WAS AMAZING TO ME T HE VITRIOL THAT WAS...
00:32:00
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THEY SAID WE HAVE TO KEEP A STRUCTURED INSTITUTIONALIZED WAY IN WHICH WE HAVE THESE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES FOR THE REASON IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR CANDIDATES...
00:34:30
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PERFORM AND TO PAY OUR. -- WHO THEY ARE. TECHNOLOGY IS STILL VERY BRAND NEW AS IT RELATES TO THE INTERNET. CNN CHOSE QUESTIONS THAT WERE SENT ON THE INTERNET....
00:36:07
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WORSE, THERE IS A NOTION THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE THE MAJOR CANDIDATES. WE WILL WATCH IT FOR 90 MINUTES THREE TIMES. THAT HAS IT'S REWARDS AND IT'S...
00:38:27
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YES. WE'VE NOT FOUND THE WAY TO GET IMMEDIACY FROM THE INTERNET. >> I WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW ON THAT POINT HE MADE. I KNOW MICHAEL WILL HAVE THIS.
00:38:42
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YOU TALKED ABOUT THE "GOT YOU" QUESTION. I WONDER IF WE WENT TOO FAR THE OTHER WAY. YOU DID WHEN IT TO DEBATE THAT ONE OF -- TWO DEBATES THAT QUESTIONED...
00:40:08
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MANY QUESTIONS WERE YOU HAVE TO SHOW HOW -- PEOPLE WERE ANGRY. >> THAT YOU -- AT YOU. NO. >> CONSERVATIVES GOT ANGRY
00:40:29
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AT ME LATER. THE LIBERALS, IT WAS ALMOST LIKE THEY WERE RIDING
00:40:35
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TO BREAK HER. I WAS OFFENDED BY THE E-MAILS. I SAID, LOOK AT THE THEME OF BUT I AM GETTING. WHAT DO I DO? HE DID NOT PREPARE AN INTERVIEW FOR SARAH...
00:41:43
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TO SAY? >> PARA FENTYIT YOU FEEL THERE IS A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION THAT NEEDS TO BE ASKED, YOU SHOULD ASK IT. YOU DO
00:41:56
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NOT SAY, SENATOR YOU ARE WRONG ON THAT OR WHAT EVER. YOU WOULD SAY SOMETHING THAT GET AROUND IT IN A MORE EVEN-HANDED MANNER. >> GO AHEAD. >> A REPUBLICAN...
00:42:20
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CHARLIE WAS SELECTED FOR SARAH PALIN WAS THAT THERE ARE FEWER AND FEWER ARBITERS AND PEOPLE WHO CAN STAND WITHOUT JUDGMENT AND TRULY REVEAL SOMEONE OR...
00:44:01
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LOUSY E-MAILS TWO YEARS AGO DOES NOT MEAN THE INTERNET IS JUST ANGRY PEOPLE. THERE ARE THOUGHTFUL PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET, IT TOO. THIS IS A BATTLE BETWEEN...
00:47:13
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KNOWS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN 2012. AND THAT MOMENT, WE NEED A MODERATOR HE WILL ENCOURAGE CANDIDATES TO DEBATE. THAT IS WHAT IS FASCINATING, WHEN...
00:48:30
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JUST HAVE THEM TALK TO ONE ANOTHER PREDELLA >> WILL TRY TO USE -- MOVE THE STRUCTURE OF THE LIVE DEBATE IN FACTTHAT DIRECTOR.
00:48:55
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WE DO NOT LIKE THAT UNCERTAINTY. >> IT IS A WONDERFUL POINT. THEY TALKED ABOUT DOING EXACTLY
00:49:14
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THAT IN 1964. [INAUDIBLE] THEY TAUGHT THEMSELVES TO DEBATE LIKE THE LINCOLN/DOUGLAS DEBATES. >> OCHS FORD -- OXFORD STYLE. >> WITH THAT, I AM SORRY. I...
00:49:49
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HAVE TO OPEN THIS UP. I AM HAPPY TO OPEN THIS UP. IDENTIFY YOURSELF. THERE ARE MICROPHONES. >> WITH THE BULK OF THE INTERNET AND THE DISTANT KEEP YOURSELF...
00:50:32
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CANDIDATES, AND I WRITE TO MY NATIONAL GOVERNMENT I GET A SCRIPTED LECTUTTER. YOU CAN TELL SOME ASSISTANT WROTE IT B. THIS IS OF PEOPLE IN THE SENSE OF...
00:51:32
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DO NOT KNOW THE DIFFERENT BETWEEN A SERVER AND A WAITER. I AM SERIOUS. THEY STILL LIVE IN THE 20 CENTURI -- 20TH-CENTURY. THEY DO NOT WANT TO ENGAGE WITH...
00:52:59
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SHE TWEETS. >> DISHY ACTUALLY -- THAT SHE ACTUALLY TWEET?
00:53:12
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YES>> YES. >> THERE IS A NEW ERA WHERE PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO USE THESE TOOLS TO BREAK THE MODEL YOU JUST DESCRIBED. >>
00:53:25
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I'M A FRESHMAN AT THE COLLEGE.
00:53:33
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THEY ARE ONE OF THE WAY UP INTO THE SUMMER 2007. DO YOU FEEL THAT IN GENERAL THERE IS AN OVER SATURATION OF DEBATE AFTER DEBATE AFTER DEBATE? DO YOU...
00:55:23
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PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR YOU. + YOU HAVE A LOT OF THOSE IN THEIR VALUABLE. >> UP THERE IN THE BALCONY. >> SPYMASTER STUDENT HERE. -- I AM A STUDENT HERE.
00:56:07
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I HAVE DONE MY SHARE. I THINK BOTH PARTIES HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF LEARNING TO USE THE INTERNET TO ORGANIZE THEIR OWN PARTIES. IS A LOT LIKE READING...
00:56:58
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MS NBC AND FOX NEWS WHERE IT WILL TOTALLY SEPARATE OUT. [INAUDIBLE] THIS IS SUCH AN INTERESTING MOMENT TO BE WORKING IN THIS AREA. WE WILL LOOK BACK...
00:58:00
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BIL. IT THE CANNOT ASSEMBLE THEM AROUND SOME LARGER PROPOSITION, IT PUTS THIS IN THE ELECTION. THE CANDIDATES HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TAKE OF THESE...
00:59:43
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JUST HOLD ON. LET'S NOT OVERSELL. >>
00:59:49
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TELEVISION IS SO IMPORTANT. I AM ABOUT TO CALL ON THIS YOUNG MAN. >>
00:59:57
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THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. I AM FROM LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. MY GRANDMOTHER HAS A FACEBOOK. [LAUGHTER]
01:00:04
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MY QUESTION IS TO -- MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE ROLE OF THIRD PARTIES IN THE DEBATES AND ABOUT HAVING 15% OF THE POSSIBLE -- OF THE SUPPORT. WITH THE GROWTH...
01:00:46
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TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE DEBATES, WHICH ARE FUNDAMENTALLY IMPORTANT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN LOOK THESE CANDIDATES IN THE EYE AND WATCH...
01:02:30
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MCCARTHY AND THE MOTIVATION TO GET INTO POLITICS, EVEN THE CLOSE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN MCCARTHY
01:02:36
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AND JACK KENNEDY -- THERE IS IRONY THERE DO YOU NOT THINK? >> THAT IS YOUR QUESTION? >> I WILL BE FINISHED IN ABOUT 20 SECONDS. IN REFERENCE TO GEORGE...
01:02:51
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WATCH INVITES SCRUTINY OF YOU AND YOUR PERFORMANCE. IF YOU THINK THE QUESTION WAS ONE OF THOSE "GOTCHA" QUESTIONS WAS SOMETHING YOU COULD NOT HANDLE,...
01:03:26
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AT THE TIME -- THE QUESTION WAS A PERFECTLY GOOD ONE. I HAD BEEN ASKED IT ABOUT 8000 -- I HAD BEEN ASKED ABOUT 1000 TIMES. PEOPLE WERE WATCHING. THEY...
01:04:19
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TO HAVE CAMPAIGNERS, LIKE BILL CLINTON. THERE ARE SOME VERY INTELLIGENT PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE GOOD LEADERS, THEY ARE JUST NOT GOOD COMMUNICATORS. WHAT...
01:04:54
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MANY RESPECTS, WHETHER THERE IS A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE SKILL OF RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN THE STILL OF BEING PRESIDENT. MANY POLITICIANS WILL TALK TO...
01:06:20
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SENATOR FROM CALIFORNIA. THE FINISHED SO FAR BACK IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, RONALD REAGAN GOT MORE RIGHT IN VOTES. I CAME TO LIVE IN...
01:07:27
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THE POLLS. THEY LOOK AT STATISTICS. EVENTUALLY, THE PRESIDENT MAKES A DECISION. I THINK MIKE IS RIGHT. THERE IS SOMETHING FUNDAMENTAL THAT WE LEARN THROUGH...
01:08:14
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THAT IS SOMETHING YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE VOTERS. >> 8 MILLION PEOPLE WATCHED THE SPEECH IN PHILADELPHIA THAT BARACK OBAMA GAVE. IT...
01:08:29
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THEY TOOK A MEASURE OF THE PEOPLE AT THE TIME. IT IS NOT THE INTERNET ITSELF, IT IS THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE NEW MEDIA. IT IS NOT...
01:09:03
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CLINTON -- >> I AM A FRESHMAN AT THE COLLEGE. THERE SEEMS TO BE A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE IDEA OF POLITICAL
01:09:15
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DISCUSSION VIA TELEVISION AND VIA THE INTERNET. IS THERE A WAY THAT IN THE TRADITIONAL TELEVISED DEBATE FORMAT WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS AND PROPOSE...
01:09:39
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THE INTERNET HAS AN INTERACTIVE NATURE. IT HAS TO BE ROBUST ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER AND EVALUATE CANDIDATES AND QUESTION EACH OTHER. I LIKE...
01:11:12
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DAY AND DO A CHAT. I WOULD TIGHT THE ANSWERS MYSELF. I THINK IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR POLITICIANS TO COMMUNICATE THEIR MEANING. >> PRESIDENT OBAMA...
01:11:29
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PAILIN DOES IT. -- SARAH PALIN DOES IT. >>
01:11:35
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IF YOU ARE GOING TO GET THE LAST QUESTION. STAY WHERE YOU ARE. >> I AM A FRESHMAN AT THE COLLEGE.
01:11:45
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THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TO TALK TO US. MY QUESTION IS FOR MR. GIBSON.
01:11:50
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SEEING AS HOW YOU WERE THE FIRST MAINSTREAM REPORTER TO INTERVIEW SARAH PALIN AND THAT YOU AFTER THE SAME QUESTIONS YOU WOULD HAVE JOE BIDEN, WHAT WAS...
01:12:28
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TRANSITION FROM THE BACKGROUND THAT SHE HAS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KNOCKED ME OUT WALKING A ROUTE WITH HER WAS SHE KNEW EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE PEOPLE...
01:13:21
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YOU KNOW, IN MY CASE I THOUGHT WAS A PRETTY GOOD GOVERNOR. I KIND OF THOUGHT THE JOB TO THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE IS HUGE. IT IS GREATER FOR HER. IT IS TOO...
01:15:13
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BEING A PRESS SECRETARY TO PRESIDENT CLINTON, I I IMAGINE THAT THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOME TIME WHERE A QUESTION WAS ASKED THAT YOU WERE LIKE, OH MY GOD,...
01:15:47
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I HAD ONE ROLE, WHICH WAS TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT NOBODY CARED WHAT MY OPINION WAS. THEY WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE PRESIDENT WOULD SAY. I ALWAYS TRIED TO...
01:17:08
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YOU FOR YOUR GRACIOUSNESS. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE ENTIRE PANEL. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ON BEHALF OF THE JOHN F. KENNEDY JR. FORUM, THANK YOU FOR BEING...

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