First Presidential Debate with President Reagan and Walter Mondale, October 7, 1984

Full Title: First Presidential Debate with President Reagan and Walter Mondale, Louisville, Kentucky, October 7, 1984
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: 10/7/1984
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Contact(s): Ronald Reagan Library (LP-RR), 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley, CA 93065-0600
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National Archives Identifier:32621809
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[@rasalghul9331]

This is amazing - this debate looks like it it did not care about the entertainment factor - it gave the debate the seriousness and intellectual gravitas the event deserved.

[@irisgonzalez-caulder9352]

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[@wendyandmatthew8637]

@@irisgonzalez-caulder9352 This is what crazy looks like in written form

[@johnperrry215]

Yes I noticed that too.

[@edwardfetner2513]

yeah and Mondale got ass blasted. something had to change

[@GlorifiedTruth]

That is EXACTLY why it is IMPERATIVE that Funko Inc release a commemorative set to honor this great moment in our history. Join me in demanding a set of Funko Pops to pay tribute to Reagan, Mondale, and Walters.

[@MarisolLopez-mz6ct]

Reagan won 525 electoral votes (1984) and 489(1980) out of total 538, the most by any President in USA history. He also won the popular votes.

[@thecyberwarrior4284]

@Simpleton Life it may not be a fair comparison because there weren't all the states back then that we have now, FDRs opponent got 8 votes, Mondale got 10, sooooo

[@thecyberwarrior4284]

@Simpleton Life yeah but (even with the electoral college) not all states are equal in importance, vermont and maine (at least back then) combined were worth less than minnesota (again, back in 1984)

[@thecyberwarrior4284]

@Simpleton Life well yeah reagan did win by a larger margin by the popular vote but the popular vote doesn't decide presidential elections

[@MarkEliasGrant]

Unless you believe an orange makeup wearing monster.

[@MarisolLopez-mz6ct]

@@MarkEliasGrant Biden cheated and become President. Not my President. Cheater and his family and himself corrupt.

[@terryo4352]

*Budget deficit could be $273B by 1989* 2020: You gotta pump those numbers up, those are rookie numbers.

[@neptuneelequin4325]

To by to go

[@miltonhagerstrom5417]

Ijhhhffhk

[@georgepeters335]

Reagan's has a more confident voice than anyone I've ever heard!

[@lamarmcalister2449]

Until Trump

[@bluefeatherlf7992]

He was confident. I am 62 and remember well.

[@Lydynthmn]

Well they're both actors. Who knows how secure they actually are/were. Reagan let Nancy be in control lol.

[@doomman700]

Confident but wrong

[@robertcable7329]

I would give anything to have Ronald Reagan back again. Thank the lord! We did not fall victim to diane Sawyer etc. Thank you Mr. President.

[@kleeamd8274]

Reagan will go down in history as one of our best presidents, right up there with George Washington, Abraham Lincoln & Teddy Roosevelt

[@doomman700]

Only if one doesn’t remember runaway deficit after his tax cuts. Or that he attack union of traffic controllers.

[@kleeamd8274]

@@doomman700 there isn't any president that isn't without their mistakes, no matter how great they were. But overall, Reagan would still get a top spot amongst the legends like Washington & Lincoln

[@person3070]

I love that both liberals and conservatives love Theodore Roosevelt, but I am sometimes a bit surprised that conservatives like him I mean, during his 1912 campaign for president, he spoke in favor of universal healthcare, labor unions, social security, an 8 hour work day, a minimum wage, trust busting, an inheritance tax, and a few other things. These were progressive for the time, and are still progressive now. His presidency was also quite progressive, with his environmental agenda, food and drug regulation, pro union stances, among other things. Also don't forget Truman, Eisenhower, Jefferson, Polk, Coolidge, Grant and Kennedy as some great presidents. I would also argue FDR belongs in that category, but I can see why people would be opposed to it

[@kleeamd8274]

@@person3070 you can disagree with a person and still respect them. The majority of modern liberals can't comprehend that

[@person3070]

@@kleeamd8274 thats fair its just that usually people tend to rate presidents that fit their political opinions pretty high. also I feel like people on both sides cannot comprehend that they can disagree with someone and still respect them. it is why the country is so politically divided right now. comments like "the majority of "x" voters cannot comprehend "y" fact are not helpful towards that either.

[@jshepard152]

14:32 Little known fact... Barbara Walters had to cut the debate short by thirty minutes so she could get to her side gig as a riverboat blackjack dealer.

[@mattfoltz321]

By/\iil

[@julianciahaconsulting8663]

you are kidding ..right?

[@amyl.1335]

It's sad watching this again. I want these guys to run in 2024. Both candidates were so well informed (overall). They were so polite and didn't hate each other. After the debate, the media thought Mondale won. The Wall Street Journal agonized that Reagan might be too old, even that he should be screened for possible senility. Nancy was very upset and believed that Ronnie had lost badly. I don't really see that in this video. Ron hesitated here and there, and Mondale was good, but he worked off of notes at times. I think Reagan was primarily running on his record and that's how he won 49 states (and Mondale won his home state of Minnesota by less than 4000 votes). I wish the country could come together like that again.

[@edwinsalau150]

Mondale won DC! Durham is well aware of that fact!

[@elmerhilario3891]

That’s why Mr Mondale is not president.

[@frederickrapp5396]

Amy: The media thought Mondale won the debate, because he DID win. No question about it, Mondale cleaned Reagan’s clock. However, President Reagan was so personally popular that it did not matter. The American people had already made up their minds that they were going to re-elect him. And they did: 49 states. But please don’t blame the media. Reagan lost this debate.

[@wbthrower76]

@@frederickrapp5396 Also immediately after this first debate, the media began to point out (and rightly so), that Reagan seemed "off" and "aloof" at times during this debate. This was when the "age" issue began to be discussed in the press and if he may be too old to continue to serve effectively in the office. Reagan lost this one bad. The second debate however, he basically clinched the election with the response to the age question by the panelist with the "youth and inexperience" response referring to Fritz Mondale.

[@julianciahaconsulting8663]

The CIA and Military Industrial Complex had not completely taken things over at this point.....

[@tonye4176]

Look how civilized these two men are… look how uncivilized debates are now..

[@julianciahaconsulting8663]

I noticed that too right off the bat

[@letsbecomebillionaires-bks3975]

Throwback to when presidents used facts and not talking points and when the deficit was an issue people actually cared about

[@september1683]

Today they talk about issues of LGBT and pink assault rifles :-)

[@MichaelL502]

You must live in a bubble 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@Rockhound6165]

Mondale did so well at these debates that Reagan came within 4,000 votes in Mondale's home state of carrying all 50 states.

[@PoliticallyIncorrect90]

And Reagan turned down the opportunity for a recount in MN so as not to embarass Mondale even more. He might very well have won 50.

[@frederickrapp5396]

Actually, Mondale won this 1st debate with Reagan quite handily. Reagan looked old, confused, and befuddled. He wasn’t sharp at all. Alas, it didn’t matter. The American people had already made up their minds that they were going to vote for the “Gipper,” and they did. He won 49 states.

[@pauliecianciola3612]

nope he did however carry the other 49.... its sad that anyone who followed politics wouldn't know this and even most who do not even remember that!!

[@frederickrapp5396]

@@pauliecianciola3612 Oh, I certainly remember. I lived through it. However, what was sad for me and the country was that Reagan’s Alzheimer’s Disease was already becoming evident in 1984. Anybody could see this by how poorly he performed in the 1st debate with Mondale. Of course, his partisan supporters were in denial then, and continue to be in denial today. The Alzheimer’s continued to progress throughout his 2nd term as evidenced by the Iran Contra Scandal where he was totally out of it, and disengaged from his Presidential responsibilities. Congress took pity on him, and refused to remove him, because they decided that the American people DID NOT want to see another failed Presidency. If one can look at this dispassionately, and without partisan emotion, the sad fact is that President Reagan should NOT have sought a 2nd term. He was NOT FIT.

[@PoliticallyIncorrect90]

@@frederickrapp5396 Another reason it would've been so fitting for him to have had the nomination in '76, which he almost got but the deep state stepped in. Of course, nobody knows what the future holds, especially with one's health. But imagine the US had he served from '76-'84.

[@20somthingdrifter11]

holy crap, this is what debates looked like, how did our debates go from an episode of 60mins to jerry springer.

[@maxfilmsdotcom7079]

My opinion on President Reagan has changed drastically first I thought he was overrated then I thought that he was horrible and now I like and respect the man

[@andresyanez56]

Watch showtimes mini series on him, you might change your mind again

[@browningcq]

Lol Barbara Walters crying that only 3 journalists were found worthy by the two candidates. Looking at what the media is today, these candidates probably couldn’t agree on 1 journalist worthy of at least projecting the illusion of objectivity.

[@josephfried9579]

back when we actually had debates

[@brando3016]

Wasn't it great when there were real independent unbiased political journalists...

[@TheAnimeist]

Right, that is why they could settle only on 3 out of 100 journalists, when they were looking for 4.

[@PoliticallyIncorrect90]

The biased media was already happening in the 80s. It wasn't always apparent though because we didn't have all of the technology that we do today.

[@Lilcousinbruva323]

@@PoliticallyIncorrect90 No it wasn't buddy

[@angel_machariel]

Mention the unreasonable large influence of a certain Hebrew country and find out how "unbiased" the media was back then.

[@brando3016]

@@angel_machariel you're absolutely right... we're just so much worse off now though... we've an almost total foreign occupied government and every institution with any cultural relevance is completely ZOG'd out now and has been for years... probably since at least WW2... the more I dig, the more I can notice the rabbi hole.

[@cartervaughn6391]

We would be totally blessed if this man was able to make a comeback

[@michaeldandrea540]

I know… I wish Walter Mondale were President

[@Mens_et_Manus]

Sarcasm???

[@selyts4]

Based on Barbara Walter’s opening remarks on the panelists, it’s apparent that media biases have begun even in the early 80’s! Each one carrying out their own agenda!

[@gravypatron]

That type of activism began in the 1960s. 🤟

[@diapersFTMFW11]

They are scum and should be publicly hanged

[@jodybradshaw3988]

The MEDIA hated Reagan and the things he believed in, constantly referring to him as unread not a deep thinker ect. Only if the politician has a D behind their name will they support a candidate

[@kevinwells4986]

I loved this debate, tonight 37 years later, because Walter Mondale smiled at President Regan - and his comment "there you go again"... there is no humor between the party's any longer. That was a moment of humor, because President Regan's comment was not really in context - but it was expected. And Mr. Mondale appreciated that as well. When will our parties ever care about each other again? Really? Even Tip O'Neil had humor. Nancy Pelosi does not. I'll give credit to President Obama, he had a sense of humor. Nobody since has. Want a government that relates to us? That actually does have humor? That can get along with each other? That can accomplish what we need? I don't see that anymore, I truly do not. What party has those qualities? We need people that represent the majority of us, even if we did not vote for them as a party line decision.

[@edwinsalau150]

Remember Obama‘s touch of humor when he taunted Trump at the press club dinner? What happened after wards? The taunting was humorous and vicious and we had a new president!

[@kevinwells4986]

@@edwinsalau150 Thanks Edwin, yes I remember. But still, I'm tired of both parties that can not accomplish anything significant together. I don't care which party anymore. Right now the rhetoric is at an all time high. I want to hear more about how they work together towards common goals, goals that serve us the people. But I never hear that on any given day. I repeat. Never.

[@benmeltzer]

The bigger the government, the more power is at stake, and the more acrimonious the battle will be for the reins of power. Only when the power at stake diminishes will the level of vitriol follow suit.

[@kevinwells4986]

@@benmeltzer I read you. That makes total sense. How do we diminish the power at stake? Term limits for everyone??!! I've heard that a lot before, but no one has been able to bring it even to the floor for a vote. The expression from cradle to grave once had application in various discussions, but for Pelosi and others like her, Mitch McConnell for example (8 times elected now consecutively) - it means they have done nothing but politics their entire lives. It is not what was intended by the founding fathers, that is easily discerned by knowing our history. You served your term, you went back to your life afterwards (farm, business, whatever). Anyway thanks Benjamin, for reminding me that politics is a business to these people, and it's not the people's business.

[@BWGB1204]

Who cares about a sense of humor? I was born in the year of this debate and I find it fascinating that many of the same ideas and arguments are still being debated. You’d think we could just all agree by now, unless that is that agreement is not good for media business!

[@skammer2007]

Gotta love Regan!!!!!!!! the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@alfredcrossable]

A "fair" tax would be 10% on every citizen with no additional burden PLACED on ANYONE!

[@Rickswars]

Everybody everywhere liked or loved Reagan the pops of America!!!

[@MarkEliasGrant]

A lying bastard who destroyed the American middle class. Look at all charts of union membership and middle class salaries dropping immediately after 1980.

[@retro4796]

@@MarkEliasGrant nobody supports your idea..

[@MarkEliasGrant]

@@retro4796 About half this country hates Reagan, and rightly so. Our country is moving to the left with time..younger generations are to the left and the oldies who ruined our country are exiting stage soon enough, and thank God for that.

[@Lydynthmn]

Too bad that being charming and likable doesn't mean you're a good president, or even a good person

[@L_back]

@@Lydynthmnnot always, but in the case of Reagan…

[@boatman888]

The manners where so much better then.

[@mikebradshaw6484]

So was the spelling.

[@kevincerce5056]

If you remember your history, President Reagan won re-election by a landslide. Economically during Reagan's Presidency business and the private sector boomed financially.

[@ab8588]

Yeah by going into debt

[@kevincerce5056]

@@ab8588 Not me, I went on to become a $$$$$$

[@blake7587]

They always ask for no applause but there’s always multiple rounds of applause 😆

[@eakaratsarsukh1033]

ALWAYS IN MY HEART

[@karencarter8292]

They have misinterpreted Jefferson 'wall of separation' for a century or more. Thomas Jefferson was insuring a group of concerned ministers by quoting Roger Williams' almost forgotten statement "A wall to protect the garden of the church from the wilderness of the world". The ministers were concerned about a rumor that the country was to established a state religion during Jefferson's time similar to conditions of the early colonies. In retrospect, we can see how atheistic, progressive lawyers deliberately took Jefferson's quote clearly out of context, and this clause is not in the Constitution.

[@jake8855]

So what's the problem? Modern america isn't theocratic enough? No one's stopping you from going to church or reading the bible.

[@albertomirandamiranda7073]

Debate de alto nível!!!

[@Bungle-UK]

Truly bizarre how, in a country that makes a big deal about personal freedoms, having no faith or not being religious enough could block your chances of leading. Religion has no place in government.

[@oscarlucena1923]

Debate is one of the Best way in which candidates can demostrate if they are able to conduce a country

[@j.j.nelson6980]

Ronald Reagan was the best president in my mind and I was born in 1974 but I remember his so well trying to help the people.

[@wendyshoowaiching4161]

Yes I feel P.Reagon the best President in America over times. He is timeless. I always wander why he was so underrated.

[@raypropps9232]

I wish we had people of faith in our government today. We see what people of the day is so bad

[@dvchel]

48:00 Came for this today, following SCOTUS ruling two weeks ago.

[@lennycunningham7564]

I miss this...yesterday!!!

[@timshutts8485]

$87 billion deficit, I’d take it right now as we currently have >$30 trillion.

[@a29apa]

nice presidential debate. now i.know why president Ronald Reagan is called the Great Communicator. God save America. God bless the United States of America.

[@Lydynthmn]

Why do right wingers love their politicians so much? Liberals just pretend to like theirs around election time. They know Democrats are sociopathic and pathological liars but must choose the lesser of two evils. Republicans really believe in theirs lol.

[@broadstreet21]

I think even if Americans thought he was done, he might still win (by a squeaker). For one, Bush was waiting in the wings to help finish his term. Two, and more importantly, Mondale would only undo his work. Most Americans didn't want that.

[@doogboy]

WOW!

[@saltysea411]

and now in 2022 we have a president who craps his pants.

[@filledwithvariousknowledge2747]

And in 2018 a President who wasn’t willing to even stop playing golf at tax payers expensive *Sigh*

[@patriot6709]

Like obama and biden thank you for pointing thtat fact out

[@addyeco6960]

One of Republican's best president...

[@angel_machariel]

Who misses the decent, well-organized debates huh?

[@whysguy1340]

Ronald Reagan was very clear on his stance on government the smallest is better. We need to get back to that.

[@marklanham391]

They told a lie, Walter was NOT the last speaker of this video, Barbra Walters was!

[@erickchurch5390]

Back when we had a real Republican president.

[@GM-dp8nz]

yes

[@retro4796]

we dont even have a true democrat president today

[@filledwithvariousknowledge2747]

@@retro4796 Both parties suck. We need a 3rd party

[@BigWilt2000]

@@filledwithvariousknowledge2747 the independent party should become one

[@doody244]

@@filledwithvariousknowledge2747 Get rid of the Electoral College and a third party candidate has a chance. Ranked choice voting would help accomplish that as well. I think Maine and AK have the right idea. If Sarah Palin is against something doesn’t that automatically make it a smart idea?

[@timothyvaughn8482]

Even now everyone tries blaming the president for balancing the federal budget when it clearly sits in the hands of the house whom holds the power of the purse.

[@rasalghul9331]

I love the fact that the event is not filled with a bunch of stupid hooting and hollering from an audience. We do not need to make the debate look and sound like a third-rate sitcom filming.

[@agnesmanly5711]

Please credit:courtesy Ronald Reagan presidential library

[@asphyxiafeeling]

6:05 reporter quotes a CBO estimate that the 1989 budget deficit would be 273 billion at their current projections.. Actual deficit was at 152.1. billion in 1989. Party insiders love the CBO. Voters should question placing any trust in them.

[@cheks_765]

This debate was in 1984, 5 years before 1989. That was merely a prediction. He even "they predict"

[@christianreid5700]

We need more presidential people like Reagan or trump 🙄 🤔

[@filledwithvariousknowledge2747]

Reagan yes, not Trump as his character is one of the worst I’ve ever seen by anyone in either party. He made good achievements in a couple of areas but his character ruins everything as by openly politically attacking political rivals rather than be willing to find areas of commonality it gives people who originally disagreed on policy reason to hate him. Reagan had class and worked well together with the Democrat controlled House and final 2 year Democrat Senate throughout the presidency

[@kmartradio]

No we don't.

[@tilakraj5339]

how can you compare regan against trump ,he no where near as good as Reagan,,,Reagan knew his country and what needed doing

[@victorsamsung2921]

@@filledwithvariousknowledge2747 _"Great minds discuss ideas (MAGA), average minds discuss events (iMpEaChMeNt) and weak minds discuss people (Orange Man Bad)."_ - Eleanor Roosevelt. With that being said, Trump was an outsider. For he had *never* been into Politics until he came down the escalator in 2015. When you try and drain the bureaucratic "swamp" ... fake impeachments, hoaxes and fake news is what you get. Trump never needed or needs to play "nice" ... Let me ask you this, why does Trump have to be nice to Pelosi, McConnell, Schumer, Nadler and Feinstein etc. and the Fake News who have all dragged us into Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and now Ukraine? "Common sense" ... Reagan said. And so far, Trump is the only leading politician acting in that direction. I am sure Trump will bring down his tone and manner, when swamp politicians and Wall Street corporatists will do that too.

[@Lilcousinbruva323]

@@kmartradio Ok NPC

[@roger3238]

MAN I JUST LOVE THE REVERB HERE IN INTRO!!!! 😁

[@chrisboston]

Who was the journalist left out that Barbara Walters referred to early on?

[@raterNAZ]

deficits were only in the Billions back then.

[@firstedition1083]

B Walters was always a joke

[@tapetwo7115]

After reading that book of Reagan’s son, you can clearly see signs of his mind going blank during this debate. He mentioned specifically this debate is where also saw further signs of his dad losing his mind sadly. What a terrible disease.

[@MarkEliasGrant]

His brain was swiss cheese by that point. The guy was a useful idiot for the billionaire class: he gave us trickle UP economics, transfering wealth to the richest Americans. The 50s the GOP loves were a period of very high taxes on the rich and very strong unions and union membership was high. Gee - they're morons.

[@octavioirigoin5227]

@@MarkEliasGrant i mean do you really believe what u just said?

[@marthaindahouse1010]

@@MarkEliasGrant well put dude

[@michaeln7311]

@@MarkEliasGrant Reagans mind may been have Swiss cheese. But, at least he had a brain. He still was able to talk with clarity. Even if there was a neurological delay in his thought process. Biden? He can't string 2 sentences together, because his brain is farther diseased than Reagans was.

[@DouglasLippi]

@@michaeln7311 yeah Biden has taken it to an all-time high and by many accounts wasn't too bright to begin with. Sad and worrisome.

[@mangyolmutt]

Okay, did anyone else in the beginning see Fred Barnes, and say "No, that's Patrick Bateman!"

[@jr42a1]

Compare this to 2020 and you'll see what clowns each party offer these days.Both parties these days should be embarrassed.

[@kimferronato502]

Love Ronnie Reagan

[@bluefeatherlf7992]

26:06 - 28:51

[@frankfrank6467]

lol when the deficit was only a few billion and they were freaking out... 22 trillion dollars later

[@johnpaulbrizlinger7575]

I remember Reagan saying, it's not that I spoke many words but rather I spoke great words. Something like that.

[@loganstrait7503]

In his Farewell he said, "I wasn't a great speaker. I spoke of great things."

[@murielglass5333]

Barbara Walters always looked 90 years old.

[@kennethhedden1846]

Yea,glad I was to young.51 now

[@lamarmcalister2449]

The Greatest president

[@person3070]

Washington and Lincoln?

[@agnesmanly5711]

0:17 1:40:00

[@nguyenkaly9898]

TÔI XIN LỖI ::::: CÒN LẠI :::: NGÀY ĐẦU MỘT NĂM ..... AN XUYÊN .....

[@alfredcrossable]

Trump has/had a sense of humor!

[@user-ut2gt1qf3u]

Иваныч, уверен, что в твоём сценарии дебаты не предусмотрены. А вот огнестрельное оружие с глушителями запланировано.

[@johnkeller6063]

He looked tired.

[@johnkeller6063]

@ekimshield no I'm not. I don't know where your coming from. Read his book. He even said he didn't do well in the debate but the next one . He made a home run.

[@angel_machariel]

Good point. Wasn't he recovering from the flue or ammonia and made it back just in time?

[@user-px2st1bl8l]

มานี้ให้หมดครับ

[@scottymathieson9529]

This debate is WAY TO intelligent for average American to understand now, it has to be a game show now....SAD

[@agnesmanly5711]

0:00/1:40:00

[@agnesmanly5711]

October 7, 1984 president Reagan's and walter Mondale presidential Debate .##

[@user-sf3hc2qx6p]

ITS NOT ENOUGH TO JUST BE CONCERVATIVE, YOU ARE JUDGED BY YOUR ACTIONS NOT YOUR WORDS. HE GOT THINGS DONE. AND WAS ONE OF THE FEW AMOUNT THE GREAT PRESIDENTS.

[@PoliticallyIncorrect90]

Reagan should've been the nominee in '76 and he would've won.

[@johndavis8669]

Think he might had defended his support of Nixon before watergate.

[@kleeamd8274]

48:04 before Diane was a lush who slurred her words

[@unitedstatesdiplomatlarryk5417]

President Reagan appointed me United States Diplomat of The United States of America in 1987 but not to be activated until age 55 which was in 2019. "Semper Fidelis" United States Diplomat Larry Kuchenmeister

[@theprofiler8531]

“I don’t know if I’m born again” Well Mondale if you don’t know then you aren’t.

[@davidbamford1971]

Mondale clearly won the debate against ageing an Reagan. There is no doubt about that, but it made not a blind bit of difference. People were comfortable with Reagan. It was over before it started.

[@johnkeller6063]

The president. Had a rough time

[@robert86sampson]

yeaaaaa abc should not be the ones running a debate.

[@stephenledbetter4044]

Did not watch this back in the 80's when this debate took place, but am extremely disappointed that neither man could say that they were born again believers in Jesus Christ and beat around the bush. Also, neither man had the guts to say that abortion was murder which it is!

[@filledwithvariousknowledge2747]

And that right here is the very problem. Born again Christian’s are fake lying pieces of shit that force others to accept their views even though 70% of the population opposes it. Piss off

[@TruthFrequencyNews]

I wondered at the exchange on religion also. I would have blown it by saying "It's none of your business! Americans religious beliefs is no one's business. You butt out of my business and I will make sure the government stays out of your business. Deal?"

[@RyanA.B.]

Barbara Walters looks like a young Leslie Stahl

[@johnnyballenatl]

Or Meryl Streep (though Diane’s a few years older).

[@rosiebaker4250]

What to do i faith is faithful to.God.trust God believe had God amen.peace bless you all amen

[@mustafahamidzada1869]

as much as i love reagan, mondale made valid points and wouldve also been a fantastic president

[@agnesmanly5711]

.7########################thank you sir.president reagan's

[@cristinashllaku7670]

Reagan was a great president of this country from the 80s. We miss him 😭🤗🙏 JUL. 25 2022 2:14 p.m.

[@justice4keanu]

Reagan reduced taxation for the wealthy by 50%, result in decades of rapidly increasing income inequality. The wealthiest then bought the government and now we're a corporate-bought oligarchy and democracy is dead. You want to applaud that? Have at it. But you're a fucking idiot of the highest order for doing so.

[@TheCaesarMania]

Watching back after 2020 debate to see if Trump copies Reagan’s strategy like I suspect he does If he does; Mondale: Hi, my name is Walter Monda- Reagan: NO NO NO NO LAW AND ORDER ANTIFA Mondale: Jesus will you shut up Reagan: OHHHHH RADICAL LEFT? WHERE ARE YOU? MONDALE BELIEVES IN JESUS YOU JUST LOST THE RADICAL LEFT

[@offscreen6578]

I just came here after the Presidential and VP debates to remind myself that at some point politics weren't dystopian.

[@TheCaesarMania]

@@offscreen6578 it was dystopian. It was just behind closed doors. Politics stopped being real when ww1 started. Ever since it’s just been Humanity getting closer and closer to killing itself. Now, we just know about it.

[@60_PERCENTT]

Diane & Barbara WOW!🤪

[@adcoxrobert3786]

Hewwo, I'm Bawa WaWa.

[@caillou881]

R.i.p. Walter

[@manoranjanjena632]

RAM I love you

[@aintgonnahappen]

Ahhhhh, the days before we knew they basically all play on the same team. Scripted nonsense.

[@GrigVan]

America is deteriorating every year

[@agnesmanly5711]

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[@oscarlucena1923]

Eh, remember people

[@Neuzie]

LETS GO MONDALE !!!

[@jayjividen7369]

We sure could use Ronald Reagan now

[@jayjividen7369]

👍✌️

[@angel_machariel]

He would have been assassinated and both Dems and Reps would cheer.

[@rosiebaker4250]

In Australia if you wrk I n the Government uf yoi Senior Senior citizens .pensioner.we d don't.pay tax i work in Hospital numbers of.yeard years thank you i am.good Australians Citizens thank you peace to then worlds amen

[@paullyon1140]

Bad internet protocol

[@blake7587]

Diane Sawyer was gorgeous! 😍

[@andrewhanft7969]

Psalms proverbs Ecclesiastes song of Solomon 🔥 IAM