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AND RAISED IN ILLINOIS. HE SPENT TWO AND A HALF YEARS IN THE FOREIGN SERVICE IN BETTER LYNN. HE WAS A STATE'S ATTORNEY AND HAS BEEN A U.S. CONGRESSMAN....
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AFTER HIS APPROXIMATE PRESIDENTIAL BID, WE WANT TO WELCOME JOHN ANDERSON TO THE C-SPAN WASHINGTON CLASSROOM. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> DELIGHTED TO...
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HERE. >> WE WANT
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TO WELCOME THE STUDENTS FROM THE THREE INSTITUTIONS. THE WASHINGTON CENTER. FROM FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA, THE STUDENTS AT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY AND STUDENTS...
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DID. >> YOU LOST TO RONALD REAGAN
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AND RAN AS AN INDEPENDENT IN THE GENERAL ELECTION. WHY? >> WELL, I FELT
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VERY STRONGLY THAT THE POINT OF VIEW THAT I REPRESENTED WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS AT ODDS WITH MANY OF MY FELLOW PARTY MEMBERS...
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STUDENT QUESTIONS AND WE WILL GET RIGHT TO YOU RIGHT NOW. AND ELISE HAS THE FIRST QUESTION. YOU ARE FIRST. >> THANK YOU FOR
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JOINING US TODAY, MR. ANDERSON. I WAS JUST WONDERING, IN 1980, CARTER REFUSED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE ONCE HE FOUND OUT THAT...
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OFFENDED, HE FELT HE WAS GOING TO DEBATE TWO REPUBLICANS AND TWO AGAINST ONE WITH BE UNFAIR AND OF COURSE, I TOOK GREAT EXCEPTION TO THAT DEFINITION...
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BACK TO ANOTHER MOMENT IN THE DEBATE IN THE PRIMARY. LET'S GO TO PURDUE UNIVERSITY. >> WE WILL TAKE A QUESTION
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FIRST FROM CHAD BARKER. >> GOOD
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AFTERNOON, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. AS WE SAW IN YOUR CAMPAIGN EARLIER, GERALD FORD SAID YOU INSIST ON VOTING CONSCIOUS INSTEAD OF PARTY. DID YOU...
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TO A GREAT EXTENT THAT WAS TRUE. I HAD THE FEELING THAT HAVING OPPOSED THE NOMINEE OF THE PARTY AND GONE THROUGH THE CAMPAIGN, THAT I PROBABLY WOULD...
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MASON UNIVERSITY IN FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA. >> I HAVE LAWYER INUREN WITH
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A QUESTION. >> WHAT WOULD YOU
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HAVE CHANGED ABOUT YOUR CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT? >> HOW
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WOULD I HAVE CHANGED MY CAMPAIGN? WELL, I SOMETIMES THINK THAT THE NAME THAT WE SELECTED OF NATIONAL UNIT PARTY COULD HAVE BEEN IMPROVED UPON. IT ALMOST...
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| 00:07:30 |
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THAT, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIRD PARTY POLITICS AND AS YOU KNOW, YOUR COMPLAINT ABOUT TRYING TO GET ON THE BALLOT WAS THE SAME ONE THAT ROSS PEROT FACED...
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SIMPLY PUT, IT IS IN A COUNTRY LIKE OURS, WE CERTAINLY SHOULD BE BROAD MINDED ENOUGH TO ENTERTAIN THE IDEA THAT TO SIMPLY ORDAIN THAT FOREVER AND A DAY...
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| 00:08:47 |
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MY COLLEAGUES, FIRST TO GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY WITH A QUESTION. >> THIS IS A STUDENT
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QUESTION? >> FOR YOU,
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BOB. >> I HAVE A ARIEL,
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BROWN. >> HI, THANK YOU
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| 00:09:01 |
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FOR BEING WITH US, YOU JUST KIND OF TOUCHED ON IT ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AN INDEPENDENT AND REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT, WHY DO YOU THINK WE HAVE...
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| 00:09:19 |
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OUR SYSTEM OF BALLOT ACCESS LAWS THAT NEED TO BE CHANGED TO MAKE THEM MORE OPEN TO THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE THE WIDER RANGE OF CHOICE THAN THAT...
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| 00:10:13 |
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ME TURN TO YOU SPECIFICALLY IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR JOHN ANDERSON. >> YES, ACTUALLY, AS IT
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HAPPENS, THAT EELECTION WAS THE FOCUS OF PIONEERING SOCIAL SCIENCE STUDY OF MEDIA COVERAGE OF POLITICAL CANDIDATES AND THAT STUDY SHOWED THAT MR. ANDERSON...
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| 00:11:03 |
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TOO CAPTIVATED BY THE FACT THAT IT'S A TWO-PARTY SYSTEM AND EVER SHALL IT BE THAT AND NOTHING ELSE. WITHOUT POINTING TOO MUCH OF A FINGER AT THE MEDIA,...
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| 00:12:17 |
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OF DISCUSSION NOW, GENERALLY OF COURSE, WITH THE DIFFICULTIES OF INDEPENDENT CANDIDACIES. WHEN YOU RAN, IT WAS THE 5% MARK THAT YOU WERE AIMING FOR...
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| 00:12:51 |
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HAD THINGS TO SAY THAT WERE NOT GOING TO BE SAID BY EITHER ONE OF MAJOR PARTY CANDIDATES. FOR EXAMPLE, WE WERE IN THE MIDST OF AN ENERGY CRISIS...
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| 00:14:20 |
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YOU SAID THAT LOWERING TAXES AND INCREASING DEFENSE SPENDING AND BALANCING THE BUDGET IS IMPOSSIBLE. I WONDER WHAT YOUR OPINION IS OF THE CURRENT...
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| 00:14:35 |
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SIMPLY AND BLUNTLY AND DIRECTLY I JUST THINK THAT THEY ARE DEAD WRONG. I THINK THAT WE CANNOT CONTINUE DEVOTING AS LARGE A PROPORTION OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS,...
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| 00:15:40 |
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BACK TO A COUPLE OF MOMENTS FROM 1980, TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING, WHAT THE MOOD OF THE COUNTRY WAS, AND ONE WAS AN ICONIC MOMENT, YOU...
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FIRST QUESTION -- >> YOU ASKED ME
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IF YOU COULD MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FIRST AND I ASKED YOU IF I COULD DO IT MYSELF. >> WOULD THE MAN PLEASE TURN
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HIS MICROPHONE OFF? >> IS THIS
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ON? >> MR.
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GREEN -- >> TURN HIS MICROPHONE
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OFF, PLEASE. >> I AM PAYING FOR
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| 00:16:30 |
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THIS MICROPHONE, MR. -- [ APPLAUSE ] >> THERE'S SOMETHING
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| 00:16:52 |
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I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT, AND I WANT TO ASK THE DIRECTOR TO GO BACK TO THE MOMENT WHERE YOU ARE STANDING NEXT TO HOWARD BAKER AND NEXT TO BOB DOLE AND...
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| 00:17:14 |
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TO THINK BACK TO THAT PARTICULAR INCIDENT. I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN EXPLAIN IT. PERHAPS ANY MORE PERFECTLY THAN ALREADY HAS BEEN STATED. THE IDEA THAT...
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| 00:18:19 |
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WHY DO PEOPLE LOOK AT IT AS ONE OF THE DEFINING MOMENTS OF AMERICAN POLITICS, AND PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES? >> WELL, I AM NOT
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| 00:18:26 |
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SURE THAT I HAVE A PERFECT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION. FRANKLY, I DIDN'T LOOK AT IT AS THAT MUCH OF A DEFINING MOMENT. I THOUGHT IT WAS A FAIRLY SIMPLE...
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| 00:19:13 |
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REAGAN, WHEN DID YOU DECIDE TO RUN AS AN INDEPENDENT, AS A THIRD PARTY CANDIDATE? >> WELL, I
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| 00:19:19 |
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THINK IT WAS FAIRLY EARLY IN THE AREA, IT WAS PERHAPS IN APRIL WHEN IT BECAME APPARENT THAT I SICHLY WAS NOT GOING TO GET THE -- THAT I SIMPLY WAS NOT...
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| 00:21:06 |
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IN 1980, NO CABLE TELEVISION TO SPEAK OF. NO CNN, NO MSNBC, AND NO FACEBOOK AND TWITTER, THERE WAS ACTUALLY AN AFTERNOON NEWSPAPER. LET'S MOVE TO...
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| 00:21:36 |
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A MAN WHOSE TIME HAS COME, A STRONG LEADER WITH A PROVEN RECORD. IN 1966, ANSWERING THE CALL OF HIS PARTY HE WAS ELECTED GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, NEXT...
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| 00:22:38 |
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WORLD'S MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION FLOWS INTO THE OVAL OFFICE. AND ON THE CHIEF OF STATE, WHEN HE TRAVELS OUT TO THE WORLD AS OUR PRINCIPAL REPRESENTATIVE,...
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| 00:23:01 |
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THE FOURTH ECONOMIC SUMMIT CONFERENCE AND I APPROACH IT WITH OPTIMISM. >> WHETHER IN AN ECONOMIC
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| 00:23:08 |
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SUMMIT OR AT THE FUNERAL OF A JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER. HE REPRESENTS THIS NATION WITH INTELLIGENCE AND DIGNITIY. HE HAS BUILT AN ENDURING RELATIONSHIP...
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| 00:23:40 |
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AND GO BACK TO THAT TIME. WHAT WAS THE COUNTRY LOOKING FOR AND WHAT WAS THE ULTIMATE DECISION BY VOTERS IN ELECTING RONALD REAGAN? >> WELL, OF
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| 00:23:49 |
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COURSE, WE HAD THE UNHAPPY INCIDENT OF THE OVER TAKING OF THE EMBASSY AND THE IMPRISONMENT OF THE EMBASSY STAFF. AND THE WHOLE SUBJECT OF THE ENERGY...
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| 00:25:41 |
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CENTER, MATTHEW? >> HI, YES, I WAS WONDERING,
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| 00:25:44 |
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YOU MENTIONED GETTING TO BALLOT WAS ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES THAT THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES FACED TODAY. WHAT WERE SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT YOU THINK...
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| 00:26:01 |
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I GUESS TO THE QUESTION OF FINANCING CAMPAIGNS. I -- I AM TERRIBLY TROUBLED ABOUT THE SITUATION THAT HAS DEVELOPED IN OUR COUNTRY OF OUTSIDE INTERESTS...
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| 00:26:56 |
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THIS ELECTION, $6 BILLION, YOU WERE PART OF THE DEBATE, POST WATERGATE THAT CREATED THE FEDERAL ELECTION SYSTEM, IS THAT SYSTEM BROKEN NOW? >> THE FEDERAL
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| 00:27:11 |
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ELECTIONS COMMISSION SUFFERED FROM THE SUPREME COURT DECISION FROM A FEW YEARS AGO AND IT HAS NOT REALLY BEEN PUT BACK TOGETHER AGAIN IN A FORM WHERE...
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| 00:28:33 |
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AND ANOTHER STUDENT QUESTION, CAROLYN? >> FROM HANNAH
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| 00:28:39 |
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SMITH. >> OUR COUNTRY HAS CHANGED A
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| 00:28:41 |
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LOT SINCE YOU RAN, IN 1980, I WAS WONDERING, WOULD YOU RUN UNDER THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES? >>
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| 00:28:49 |
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NO. I THINK UNTIL WE HAVE DEALT WITH THE PROBLEM THAT I MENTIONED IN ANSWERING A PREVIOUS QUESTION UNTIL WE HAVE DEVELOPED A SYSTEM WHERE WE CAN PREVENT...
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| 00:30:20 |
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AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY AND ANOTHER QUESTION. >> FROM
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| 00:30:29 |
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HILLARY. >> THE ECONOMY
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| 00:30:30 |
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IS ALWAYS A HOT TOPIC IN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS. WHAT WAS KEY IN YOUR ECONOMIC PLAN AND UM, COULD IT BE APPLIED TODAY? >> I HAVE REFERRED ALREADY
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| 00:30:42 |
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TO THE PROBLEM OF THE ENERGY, WHERE I CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF THE $.50 A GALLON TAX. BUT THAT WAS ONLY PART OF, I WOULD BE QUICK TO ADMIT, ONLY PART...
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| 00:31:40 |
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NEXT TWO QUESTIONS FROM THE WASHINGTON CENTER. LET'S START FIRST. >> MY NAME IS MATT,
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| 00:31:54 |
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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, MR. SARNDANDERSON. IF YOU COULD CHANGE THE BALLOT LAWS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR INDEPENDENTS TO GET ON THERE, WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND?...
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| 00:32:05 |
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NOT SIMPLY A QUESTION, LET ME BACK UP A LITTLE BIT, IT'S NOT SIMPLY A QUESTION OF BALLOT ACCESS. I -- I GO BACK TO A SYSTEM THAT EXISTED IN MY HOME...
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| 00:34:01 |
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THE WASHINGTON CENTER, WHO HAS IT? >> I THANK YOU FOR
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| 00:34:07 |
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TAKING MY QUESTION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED IN THE COURSE IS THAT WHEN ONE IS ABLE TO BUILD A MOVEMENT AS OPPOSED TO JUST A REGULAR PRESIDENTIAL...
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| 00:34:41 |
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HAVE ISSUES THAT COMMAND PUBLIC ATTENTION. WHERE YOU CAN POINT TO THE INADEQUATE PERFORMANCE OF THE TWO EXISTING MAJOR PARTIES AND SUGGEST THAT MAYBE...
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| 00:35:42 |
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THE STUDENTS AT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY, BOB? >> YES, WE HAVE A
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| 00:35:47 |
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QUESTION FROM DANNY, LEE. >> MY QUESTION
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| 00:35:51 |
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IS, WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO FUTURE OR CURRENT THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR THE PRESIDENCY? >> SO, LET ME TAKE THAT A
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| 00:36:01 |
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LITTLE BIT FURTHER, WE TALKED ABOUT BALLOT ACCESS, BEYOND GETTING ON THE BALLOT, YOU HAD YOUR ONLY DEBATE WITH REAGAN AND THEN REAGAN AND CARTER DEBATED...
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| 00:36:21 |
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A VERY, VERY BROAD TOPIC AND IT'S DIFFICULT FOR ME, I THINK, TO QUICKLY COME UP WITH A COMPLETE OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT CONCEIVABLY MIGHT BE DONE TO...
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| 00:38:08 |
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A SITTING PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT CARTER, NOT TO GET A SECOND TERM. BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, WE WILL HEAR FROM RONALD REAGAN. GIVE THE STUDENTS THE SENSE...
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| 00:38:53 |
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AND I SAY THIS PARTICULARLY TO THE YOUNG AUDIENCE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING IN THIS PROGRAM, YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX. YOU...
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| 00:40:58 |
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TO THE EVENING OF NOVEMBER FOURTH. 1980, JUST A FEW BLOCKS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE AS JIMMIE CARTER WAS THE LATEST INCUMBENT PRESIDENT. HE GAVE ONE OF THE...
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| 00:41:28 |
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OF THE UNITED STATES HAVE MADE A CHOICE AND OF COURSE, I ACCEPT THAT DECISION, BUT I HAVE TO ADMIT, NOT WITH THE SAME ENTHUSIASM THAT I ACCEPTED THE...
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| 00:42:53 |
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THE GREAT AMERICAN SPIRIT THAT OPENED UP THIS COMPLETELY UNDEVELOPED CONTINENT FROM COAST-TO-COAST AND MADE IT A GREAT NATION, SURVIVED SEVERAL...
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| 00:44:14 |
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OF COURSE, THAT WAS THE CASE, AS REPUBLICANS TOOK BACK THE U.S. SENATE, SO THIS QUESTION, JOHN ANDERSON, WHY DID RONALD REAGAN WIN AND WHY DID HE HAVE...
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| 00:44:27 |
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HE WHAT? >> WHY DID
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| 00:44:29 |
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HE WIN? >> WHY DID HE WIN IN 1980,
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| 00:44:34 |
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WELL THE PEOPLE WERE VERY, VERY UNHAPPY AND DISMAYED AS I THINK I SAID EARLIER IN THE PROGRAM ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR EMBASSY AND THE IMPRISONMENT...
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| 00:45:16 |
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THE STUDENTS. LET ME TURN TO CAMERON WOODS FROM THE WASHINGTON CENTER. CAMERON. >> IF YOU RAN
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| 00:45:27 |
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FOR PRESIDENT TODAY, WHAT WOULD BE THE TOP ISSUE THAT YOU WOULD RUN ON? I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT ENERGY EARLIER, BUT WOULD YOU -- WOULD THAT BE THE...
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| 00:45:41 |
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HAVE GOT TO REFORM, AS I SAY, THE WHOLE CAMPAIGN FINANCE SYSTEM. I'M MORE DEEPLY TROUBLED BY THAT SUPREME COURT DECISION IN THE CITIZEN'S UNITED CASE....
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| 00:46:55 |
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PURDUE UNIVERSITY FOR THE NEXT QUESTION. >> WE ARE GOING GO NEXT
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| 00:47:01 |
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TO ADDISON BRADFORD. >> SINCE HAVING NO THRESHOLD
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| 00:47:06 |
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FOR BEING ELIGIBLE FOR PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES COULD PROVE PROBLEMATIC, WHAT SHOULD THE REQUIREMENTS BE TO ALLOW CANDIDATES TO PARTICIPATE IN A DEBATE?...
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| 00:47:23 |
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ACHIEVE BALLOT ACCESS, FIRST OF ALL. THEY HAVE TO BE ON A RESPECTABLE NUMBER OF STATE BALLOTS SO THAT CONCEIVABLY ACCUMULATE OR ACQUIRE THE NECESSARY...
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| 00:48:52 |
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WASHINGTON CENTER, LANDONE? >> WE
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| 00:48:55 |
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HAVE NOT ADDRESSED THE STATE LAWS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. I FEEL THAT EACH PARTY, BOTH THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS HAVE WAY TOO MUCH POWER WHEN...
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| 00:49:18 |
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CERTAINLY. I WOULD WHOLE-HEARTEDLY ENDORSE THE IDEA THAT I THINK IS THREADED INTO THE QUESTION THAT YOU HAVE JUST ASKED. ELECTIONS SHOULD BELONG...
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| 00:50:24 |
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WASHINGTON CENTER, AARON, KELLY. YOU ARE NEXT. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. I WAS WONDERING IF THERE MAY BE A BENEFIT IF YOU THINK THERE MAY BE A BENEFIT...
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| 00:50:53 |
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WITH SELF FUNDED CANDIDATES. TO AARON'S POINT, SOMEBODY WHO FUNDS A THIRD PARTY CAMPAIGN OR A PERSON THAT FUNDS IT HIMSELF OR HERSELF? >> WELL, I
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| 00:51:06 |
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AM CONSISTENT WITH WHAT I HAVE SAID ALREADY ON THE PROGRAM. I DON'T WANT TO END UP WITH CAMPAIGNS THAT ARE CONDUCTED BY PARTIES CONSISTING OF ONE PERSON...
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| 00:52:19 |
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20 YEARS IN CONGRESS, YOU WORKED WITH FIVE PRESIDENTS, SO I WANT TO GO THROUGH THEM AND GIVE THE STUDENTS A SENSE OF YOUR IMPRESSION OF EACH OF THESE...
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| 00:52:32 |
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THE EAST FRONT OF THE CAPITOL BECAUSE THE INAUGURATIONS IN THOSE DAYS WERE CONDUCTED THERE, NOT LIKE THEY PRESENTLY ARE ON THE WEST FRONT. AND I THRILLED...
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| 00:53:56 |
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JOHNSON. >> LYNDON
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| 00:53:58 |
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JOHNSON, OF COURSE, WAS PRESIDED OVER THE CIVIL RIGHTS REVOLUTION. I HAPPEN TO CAST THE DECIDING VOTE FOR THE OPEN HOUSING BILL ELIMB HE NATURING DISCRIMINATION...
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| 00:55:27 |
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PRESIDENT NIXON. >> WELL, PRESIDENT
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| 00:55:32 |
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NIXON, I WAS ON THE LEADERSHIP THAT WENT DOWN TO THE WHITE HOUSE ON TUESDAY MORNINGS AND HAD KIND OF A PRE PREFUNCTORY MEETING WITH RICHARD NIXON ONCE...
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| 00:55:57 |
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PREFUNCTORY? >> IT ALWAYS SEEMED TO ME WHEN
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| 00:55:59 |
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I WENT AWAY FROM THE MEETING THAT HE GAVE VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF ANY ADVICE OR COUNSEL AS TO WHAT COURSE HE THOUGHT THE NATION SHOULD BE ON AND...
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| 00:56:33 |
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WHO BECAME PRESIDENT, GERALD FORD. >> GERALD FORD WAS A
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| 00:56:37 |
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GOOD AND HONEST AND SINCERE MAN THAT TOOK OVER AT A DIFFICULT TIME WHEN ONE PRESIDENT HAD RESIGNED IN DISGRACE. I THOUGHT FOR THE PERIOD THAT HE SERVED...
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| 00:57:00 |
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FINALLY, PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER. >> WELL, JIMMY
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| 00:57:04 |
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CARTER, OF COURSE, I MIGHT BE TEMPTED TO JUDGE TOO HARSHLY, BECAUSE AFTER ALL, I RAN AGAINST HIM. AGAIN, HE TOOK OVER AFTER WE HAD GONE THROUGH THIS VERY...
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| 00:58:15 |
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CONCLUDE, LET'S GO AROUND ONE MORE TIME TO THE THREE SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS, AND WE'LL GO BACK TO GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY AND BOB LICK TER. >> I...
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| 00:58:27 |
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ASK MR. ANDERSON -- I WON'T TAKE HIM AMISS IF I CALL HIM A HISTORICAL FIGURE AT THIS POINT. LOOKING BACK WITH THE HINDSIGHT OF HISTORY, IF HE WOULD...
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| 00:58:49 |
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TO RUN AS A THIRD-PARTY CANDIDATE? NO, I FELT VERY STRONGLY THAT MY CANDIDACY WAS WARRANTED THEN, AND I STILL CLING TO THAT IDEA TODAY, ALTHOUGH...
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| 01:00:15 |
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ON BOB'S OTHER QUESTION, WHAT IS YOUR POLITICAL LEGACY? >> WHAT IS MY POLITICAL
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| 01:00:24 |
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LEGACY? WELL, ANYTHING I SAID IN THAT REGARD WOULD PROBABLY BE REGARDED AS SELF-ADULATION WHERE I WAS HEAPING UPON MYSELF PRAISE AND TRYING TO MAKE...
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| 01:01:36 |
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TURN TO PURDUE UNIVERSITY AND CAROLYN. >> WE'RE GOING TO TAKE
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| 01:01:42 |
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ONE LAST STUDENT QUESTION, PLEASE, FROM LAUREN. >> MY QUESTION IS,
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| 01:01:50 |
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YOUR POLITICAL VIEWS WERE VERY PROGRESSIVE IN 1980 IN TERMS OF THE ENERGY CRISIS AND ECONOMY. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A CHANCE THAT A CANDIDATE...
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| 01:02:06 |
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GONE BY, AND THAT'S A VERY DIFFICULT QUESTION FOR ME TO ANSWER. SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT I WAS ADDRESSING AND TALKING ABOUT THAT RELATE TO MY PERIOD...
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| 01:03:26 |
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TO COME BACK TO YOU FOR A FINAL THOUGHT AS WELL WITH JOHN ANDERSON. ONE MORE STUDENT QUESTION FROM THE WASHINGTON STUDENT. HOW ABOUT EMILY NORIEGA IN...
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| 01:03:41 |
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HERE. MY QUESTION WAS DID YOU EVER CONSIDER RUNNING FOR THE SENATE SEAT INSTEAD OF THE PRESIDENTIAL? >> THE QUESTION
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| 01:03:52 |
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WAS DID YOU EVER THINK ABOUT RUNNING FOR THE U.S. SENATE IN ILLINOIS? >>
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| 01:03:55 |
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YES, YES. I THOUGHT ABOUT IT LONG AND HARD, PARTICULARLY ABOUT THE TIME THAT EVERT DIRKSON WAS A UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM ILLINOIS. HE FINALLY GAVE...
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| 01:04:19 |
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FINAL THOUGHT, QUESTION OR OBSERVATION? >> MY MEMORY OF THAT
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| 01:04:25 |
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CAMPAIGN IS THAT YOUR CANDIDACY, YOUR CAMPAIGN WAS INFUSED WITH A KIND OF IDEALISM THAT SEEMS TO BE PETERING OUT ANYMORE. WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT...
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| 01:04:57 |
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WELL, YOU'VE ASKED A WHOLE RANGE OF QUESTIONS, REALLY, IN THAT ONE QUESTION. LET ME ADDRESS THE PART OF YOUR QUESTION, WHAT WOULD I SAY TO YOUNG PEOPLE...
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| 01:06:35 |
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CONCLUDE ON THAT NOTE. CONGRESSMAN JOHN ANDERSON, 1980 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS JOINING US FROM PURDUE UNIVERSITY IN INDIANA,...
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