Presidential Debate with Ronald Reagan and President Carter, October 28, 1980

[@patrickverlinden71]

No matter what your point of view is. They had style, discipline and respect. I miss this nowadays.

[@sambasha747]

Well said.

[@TheInvincibleH]

Trump and Biden have passion but find it less easy to control. In the year 2040 they will be impressed by how much it matters to them and look at the two candidates in shame like you do now.

[@mike_404]

@Spider-Boy Studios 270 votes is all you need baby. Biden got that. You’re brainwashed by trump and the radical right wing media. I don’t watch the MSM. Don’t hold back. You would never move in with your life. That’s why you’re here today arguing about a result that all logical republicans know to be true. It’s that Biden win fair and square.

[@mike_404]

@Spider-Boy Studios You sound like some 8 year old. Everyone has their own views and I could care less about what you think of me commenting on yours. If you can can’t hold a proper argument then go because you’re making yourself look completely stupid

[@mike_404]

@Spider-Boy Studios You’re legit trying to get me to walk away 😂 it doesn’t work that way. Surely not for me. if you can’t hold a normal argument then stick your head in the sand and wake up with a new life. Now go attend that life of yours soyboy

[@AristonSparta]

1980: using reason and rhetoric 2020: using emotion and gotchas

[@sislau]

Aw, c'mon, man ;)

[@fennekinflames7095]

Because emotion IS connected to reason.

[@premdas8550]

Reagan, appears to be well versed in the art of speaking political untruths that could easily be opposed by Reagan, should he win the elections.

[@premdas8550]

President Carter is an honest, simple leader, who believes naively, that his opponent will live up to what he promises.

[@jamesboswell530]

@@premdas8550 which he did.

[@mariobotana7966]

We are in desperate need to have folks like these representing the United States again.

[@kennethhill613]

I wonder what Reagan would think of socalist Bernie Sanders ?

[@jaminova_1969]

@@kennethhill613 What would he think of any of them? Trump's foreign policy is more like Carter than Reagan.

[@kennethhill613]

@@jaminova_1969 What happened that was so bad under Trumps foreign policy?

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

​@@kennethhill613 near war with iran lol

[@kennethhill613]

Lol so dumb I remember idiots all the time "Almost trying to get us involved with a nuclear war with North Korea" Morons like this vote and that's whats scary. @@AbrahamLincoln4

[@DavidMiller-mo4in]

Mr. Reagan was one of my favorite people. When he was President, my 4 year old son wanted to write him a letter. My son knew how to write all the letters of the alphabet, but his spelling was not too good, so I helped him. I asked my son, " What do you want to say to the President? " He said I want to invite him to my birthday party at McDonald's on February 5th. ( President Reagan's birthday was February 6th. ). This was 1984. So, I told him what letters to write and we sent the letter to President Reagan at the White House. Even the envelope was in my son's crude handwriting, but it was readable. Three weeks later, we received a handwritten letter from President Reagan . He was thrilled that such a young American could write so well! ( we told him my son's age ). He said that he could not make it to my son's birthday party at McDonald's in Orlando, Florida because he already promised he would be at another child's birthday in Washington DC.. When I read the letter to my son, he was upset, but he understood. He loved that man! He said he wanted to meet him one day. A month later, my home received a box from President Reagan with photo's of him and Nancy and the Capital and all kinds of stuff about our country. Reagan took the time to write a letter to a young American boy and this impressed me so much. I really loved that man!..Dave

[@nick.f33]

What a guy. Truly the GOAT.

[@ikofire1]

@Russ Ingram Cold take Debby Downer

[@holydiver73]

What a guy Reagan was.

[@anthonyj.lobreto5544]

I didn't realize at the time just what a gem ✨️ we had in President Reagan but his downfall was only the vice president he had by his side that we had to endure after the Reagan years. Charlotte Thompson Iserbyt wrote a letter to Reagan about the school system takeover and I've always suspected that Bush threw it in the trash 🗑.

[@zacyorke337]

Reagan was so good at lying and shelling out his propaganda . Absolute POS when the cameras were off

[@prowlernfo]

So amazing. Actual answers, and they both shut up when time is up, not rude to each other, no screaming idiots in the audience, etc.....

[@halrichard1969]

Yes all of that. Now its extremely frustrating because there are no answers, only personal insults.

[@ititloga]

Mum's teaching!

[@kennethhill613]

Also the moderators always siding with the democrat.

[@thechamp742]

​@@kennethhill613quiet boy

[@kennethhill613]

@@thechamp742 Am I wrong?

[@bellacairothehookqueen5373]

My dad always used to say "President Carter was a great man but President, Ronald Reagan was a great President" I grew up with so much respect for these men.

[@brent4785]

true

[@zaxxon4]

I've long felt that Carter may be our best ex-President, and that we're better off for him earning that title so early.

[@artmcpharlin6730]

I do not believe Carter was a good president just like Biden is, sadly today.

[@leo_adrian]

Ronald Reagan actually didn't know so much things about economy. Thus his policies towards Latin America were horrendous if not criminal.

[@markwest8960]

There actually are people out there that have votes both for Carter and Biden. Yes, mostly just because they're blindly voting Democrats, they voted for perhaps the two worst Presidents in the history of the U.S. They can't undo that. I will say Carter was better because he did have America's best interest in mind. Biden has his own, international and China's best interests in mind...making him far worse.

[@natepeace1737]

Debates of this kind are so calm and thoughtful. This generation studied, and learned, and was incredibly eloquent.

[@wandaosborne291]

Wel,l it seems to me This china, Russia thing has lot to do with national security,this Nato and USA is not doing what needs to be done here, meanwhile USA wants to talk about freedom and morality,, no this USA has passed crap that will destroy this nation already .besides that God said he would not be mocked and we as a civilized ppl sure has missed the mark, including the supreme court's rotten rules and laws .wayward it is the more lenient we are to let I what is declared law stay the evil law is what is going to finish this nation. Freedom will not be a moral rule .god.is the controller. He is watching this whole world. He knows what he hated and will never tolerate dismissal of his word to this world .

[@adrianojames7903]

Yes you are absolutely right . The difference being is the questions being asked were by individuals who showed respect to BOTH candidates . Donald Trump was never afforded this type of respect , while hillary and biden always were given the "white glove treatment ." There is most definitely a double standard by the left , if your not on the left , your past from 30 years ago all of a sudden matters , if your on the left ,its "Lets not rush to judgement ." The double standard in November 2022 will have worn out its welcome....If we make it to then.

[@mikedriessen5702]

@@adrianojames7903 I like how Barbara Walters did not avoid asking President Carter really tough questions. No soft balls!

[@dogman-fx9ub]

@@adrianojames7903 Stop distracting the breakdowns in debate began with Trumpism and Trump himself given all his mudslinging.

[@herbzah5405]

L

[@nickesposito3497]

"We don't have inflation because the people are living too well, we have inflation because the government is living too well" ...brilliantly said President Reagan

[@gosmith3999]

Amen to that Sir! 😀😀😀

[@chuckfrost5624]

The private businesses are living to well. Exon oil made hundreds of billions 1 year and paid almost no taxes. This is called corporate welfare.

[@dennismagee9555]

If you destroy the economy with covid can cause inflation too.

[@thesaintforever257]

Yeah, Reagan was ignorant. That line only works on folks who have no clue what's going on or how government works, or the economy. Reagan caused most of our problems

[@thatoneshortboi]

@@chuckfrost5624 proceeds to give a tax cut to major companies

[@jamesb7651]

Ronald Reagan won and took office just as I exited college very low job opportunities were available it took Reagan's team a year, but my opportunities opened up and started my "pursuit of happiness" Reagan has been ridiculed and belittled by revisionists, but his tenure won the cold war and put the middle class out of shackles To those who weren't there then, Reagan type leadership is exactly what you need (if you will take the time to explore the real history)

[@EricZAchille]

I wish I was 23 when Reagan got elected instead of being 23 when incompetent biden got in office.

[@EricZAchille]

@Craig you're right it was crap for people like you who are lazy and KZbin warrior and live off govt welfare. Have a nice day

[@sarahshouse1890]

Totally agree!!! Yes, I was there!! He did so much for our country and repaired the mess left by Carter.

[@HughButler-lb6zs]

You are right on. The people who criticize Reagan must live with their parents and don't have to pay for anything.

[@HughButler-lb6zs]

Besides his other accomplishments, Americans, including myself, enjoyed prosperity , which was denied us during Carters presidency.

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart4569]

These moderators are better than the ones we have now. Progress?... more like regress smh.....

[@jvincent1446]

The moderators now all work for the shit-lib media. Even though the media had always been mostly liberal, they don't even attempt to be unbiased now. Shameless bunch.

[@stretchscreamers]

J Vincent it’s not just the democrats it’s also fox. There is like no good media😂

[@stretchscreamers]

ForzaJersey maybe pbs but fox is very biased. They got mad cuz obama wore a helmet when he was on a bike

[@stretchscreamers]

Weston Meyer oh i didn’t know that. Are they biased to the right or left

[@stretchscreamers]

Weston Meyer yeah it’s hard to find a good news source. Fox is crazy biased it’s nuts! Obama wore a helmet on a bike (ya know cuz he’s setting an example for the children of America) and they called him weak. Also, he ordered a burger with Dijon musterd. And they talked so much about it! Like who cares what he ate. I think local news is the way to go. Vox is pretty good!

[@seancameron2136]

Wow! the debate is held like a serious event. No background music, no live studio audience going wild. It's all a big show nowadays.

[@sssaaa9043]

it's like they said when trump won, they turned the election process into a popularity contest, and finally someone actually popular turned up and won, back then it wasn't a popularity contest

[@sislau]

AND, when these debates would "interrupt regularly scheduled programs" on the networks, once it was over, there was NO commentary after. It just went right back to the regularly scheduled program and the public was left to decide who won on their own, not be swayed by any media. MISS THAT.

[@dariel7001]

@@sssaaa9043 it’s idiotic to blame the orange man for the changing of the “popularity” contest. It always has and always will be a simple popularity contest.

[@sssaaa9043]

@@dariel7001 I didn't say he changed it into a popularity contest, the biggest factors were probably Clinton and Raegan, maybe Nixon too

[@dariel7001]

@@sssaaa9043 wayyyy before that. Again it’s been a popularity contest since the second election (since Washington was elected unanimously and had no competitors). The whole process of electing someone is basically a popularity contest. In its most basic way.

[@AfrikanAdventures]

Ronald Reagan, term saw a restoration of prosperity at home, with the goal of achieving “peace through strength” abroad.

[@KeithWilliamMacHendry]

Pish! Reagan like Thatcher got people trapped into debt, the legacy is here in this time for all to see & suffer. The pair were stooges for the corporate elites & all the chaos they have created is with the current generation. It was private corporate debt, not public spending debt that caused the debacle of 2007/8. However, the debt was passed on to the public & they were told, that's your debt now. Thatcher & Reagan were reactionary servants of the corporate elites, they were a wretched pair of lackeys of these corporate elites. Dreadful people.

[@kevinsimpson9538]

Just shows how much our country has devolved in the past 35+ years. Kinda sad how much we suck now. We need more men like these and I'm no Carter fan, but civility and decency.

[@SoldierPoet]

I agree totally. I'm not a fan of Carter either but at least he was a gentleman and loved America in those days. He was just a poor leader. Btw, nice picture icon; it's Umbrella we need to fear LOL.

[@kevinsimpson9538]

I think Umbrella is operating out of Wuhan lol.

[@sdefonta]

The devolvement started with Reagan

[@kevinsimpson9538]

@@sdefonta how old are you?

[@kevindunlap5525]

Jimmy Carter is a great man, that's why he could never succeed as president.

[@sokodad]

This is diplomacy at its best. They were polite with each other. They answered the questions and didn’t belittle each other. They acted polite and weren’t rude and childish.

[@jecsquish]

wrong!

[@L_back]

@@jecsquishnot, compared to what it looks like today

[@exodus6996]

but still horrible men

[@GentleCreator-uk4mh]

@@jecsquish trump 😂

[@GentleCreator-uk4mh]

@@jecsquish wrong!! In trumps voice

[@tomfoos8090]

What a quality and dignified debate by the media representatives and both candidates.

[@the10thfloor37]

2020 Presidential Debates brought me here. The difference is unprecedented! Lord, help us!

[@ianforde2107]

I agree what a difference this is then and now especially the Republican candidate...Cheese and...

[@isaacchong4485]

Wonder how Regan will think about Trump if he still alive.

[@justinquaylepate1358]

No lie there.

[@bernardgill1439]

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[@ert-wert]

Slap uindsfacewithmyfstcack

[@logicalnetwork1611]

Ronald Reagen was pure class. Just listening to him is amazing.

[@stephanblack4558]

Thank you.

[@thepracticalinvestor2386]

@Jeffrey Taylor woah. You shouldn't be saying that to the person that gave you a bigger paycheck through tax cuts.

[@thepracticalinvestor2386]

@Jeffrey Taylor Those Mental health institues were hell on Earth. It's like saying we should've never closed down concentration camps because they employed German soldiers and housed many people. Idc about what his son thinks btw.

[@thepracticalinvestor2386]

@Jeffrey Taylor it seems like you resulting to insulting. Classic strategy of people who lose. Originally you were talking about the middle class but then you decided to switch it up to talk about the mentally ill. Tell me, are you talking about the mentally ill or the middle class? Because I for damn sure know that Reagan helped the middle class in ways you couldn’t imagine.

[@thepracticalinvestor2386]

@Jeffrey Taylor lmao you were the one all over the place

[@Benheart10]

I'm from Venezuela and lived in a disastrous left system, where liberties were severed from people and industries. I lived all the opposite side of Reagan's political doctrine that's why I believe He was a great leader and president as far as I can see from history

[@HughButler-lb6zs]

I am sorry you had to live such a life. If some of these liberal do good Ameticans had to live that way they would change their tune.

[@NameName-yc7kv]

I lived through Reagan give away to corporations- it was theft of peopled power then and still is now. Regans policies impoverished common prople and increased inequality. Mostly disliked him for taking away student tax exempt which meant we no longer could work our way to paying for higher education, while he gave corporations big tax cuts, common people got a credit card economy of debt and stagnation. Worst president in my life time.

[@richardc7721]

I remember thinking at the time that Reagan would never be elected because he made too much sense. I voted for him both times he ran for President.

[@montyaukland9430]

Oh

[@edhanks4209]

most likely the best president in the later years

[@edhanks4209]

we need a president like Ronald or Kennedy to bring us all together again this country is not like it should be we are so divided and our media is one way that most of the nation only sees one perspective

[@chrono47minecraft]

He ran 3 times

[@edhanks4209]

@@chrono47minecraft probably the best president in recent history

[@robvincent1993]

Society has regressed. We should all be ashamed of ourselves.

[@valeriew4833]

Trust me I am

[@xrxs1020]

No, the people regressing and those pushing regression should be ashamed of themselves.

[@heir_to_the_promise]

Was Reagan ever ashamed of himself for the crack epidemic?

[@L_back]

@@heir_to_the_promisehe tried to fight it more than some other politicians

[@heir_to_the_promise]

@@L_back What?!!! Did you really type those words? He caused it all to fund his little war. All that he did afterwards was damage control. Nancy Reagan and her D.A.R.E. Program. How dare the both of them.

[@mankinmarketing]

I watched this debate back when I was 16 years old. I can’t believe how much presidential debates have changed in the past 40 years.

[@edmoore3910]

The social media bullshit ruined Americans.

[@gregb2680]

Just think reagan had a democratic house all 8 years n still got stuff done. Now THAT is a president

[@jonalderson5571]

But a large fraction of those Democrats were ultra conservative Southerners

[@taxsaversteve]

@@jonalderson5571 bullshit...they were just less librul than the missing chromosome libruls of today

[@jonalderson5571]

@@taxsaversteve Many of them were literal segregationists

[@taxsaversteve]

@@jonalderson5571 sure they were...but those segregationists were all librul all the time...not the least bit conservative...

[@jonalderson5571]

@@taxsaversteve if being a segregationists doesn't make you conservative, what does?

[@JW_PUNK29]

Real questions, real answers, no interruptions

[@luhaowang2128]

Unbelievable

[@j.j.nelson6980]

Ronald Regean you did a way better job than you think. Every American loved you so much. You were the greatest president we ever had .

[@heiltd1286]

That's trash. Reagan appealed to the racists in the USA. He got very little support from African Americans who mainly supported Carter. Carter was the better man.

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

reagan was the most overrated president in the history of this country.

[@mikemartin181]

President Reagan. Had a way of making you feel good about being an American.

[@auntimona143]

I wish President Reagan was here now. We need him so much. 🇺🇸

[@redsoxwinagain2007]

He was a great president and his candor, professionalism, and fortitude to get things done in a timely manner were VERY genuine and noticed throughout his time in office.

[@frisandlin8876]

I would consider that one of his weaknesses. I think to be a great nation we should never get too comfortable, never be too proud. We need to constantly aim to be better, that's a principal Carter held dear.

[@siciliangirlgannotti5744]

Carter was a disaster.

[@cloud1stclass372]

Compared to Joe Biden who wants you to feel very, very bad for being an American.

[@Allsportdriver]

Not that long ago. Men of character. Today's politicians are far from the best and brightest.

[@stephenarling1667]

The uderstatement of the year!

[@ericd5854]

President Trump is the best in American History.

[@ToneTraveler]

Ouch, yeah, not a history buff huh? Reagan won because of the hostage crisis. It is common knowledge that he technically committed treason negotiating with Terrorists AND could have gotten the hostages home much faster, but the “October Surprise”. People have a distorted view of Reagan’s Presidency. There were many major negatives, one of them being the mountain of debt he incurred.

[@dieself3509]

Understatement of the decade.

[@vickisullivan847]

When Carter replied "Yes, we have DEMANDED that the American people sacrifice", that said it all. He believed that the American people should be controlled by the Federal Government. Reagan believed in small, less intrusive government, which is exactly what our founders intended.

[@harrycallahan692]

Reagan was the greatest President in my lifetime. President Reagan had a calm and demeanor that made Americans feel good and safe. Reagan's greatest achievement was winning the Cold War.

[@vickisullivan847]

@@harrycallahan692 I agree 100%! The late 70's always seemed so dark and dreary, even when the sun was shining. Then when Reagan was elected I could feel a change in the air. It took him a while to clean up the mess Carter made, but once he did America was once again back on top as the greatest nation in the world! God, I still miss him!

[@spudwickthrockmorton2112]

The point was that we had to learn to live with less during a recession. Luckily he appointed Volke to the reserve and Reagan kept him on.

[@vickisullivan847]

@@spudwickthrockmorton2112 And my point was, President Carter believed in big government having control over the people, which is why he used the term "we have demanded". He was blaming inflation on the American people, instead of placing the blame where it belonged, at the feet of government officials, and most especially his "big government" administration. But like Reagan so brilliantly stated: "We don't have inflation because the people are living too well, we have inflation because the government is living too well".

[@NymphasJoseph]

​@@harrycallahan692yes through Matthew 7:7,john 15:7, Galatians 5:26,galatians 6:1 amen

[@TheBatugan77]

Government isn't the answer to your problem. Government IS the problem.

[@oopsibrokethecow]

Wow. Imagine that. Two respectable men, who let the other one speak, make a point, and finish. Two men using pose and class, to simply answer questions and display their differences in leadership, rather than chest-beating, interrupting, talking-over, and goofy underhanded snide remarks and implied threats.

[@sambasha747]

Here...here...

[@Hendriknetherlands]

Nowadays we have only one like that. He's called Donald Trump and i hope he'll stay your president for 4 more years.

[@interesting795]

@@Hendriknetherlands I’m not a Trump hater or anything but there is no way that you can think that trump is “classy”. Or that he doesn’t interrupt. Trump is not classy. No where near it.

[@donnamacleod4488]

@@interesting795 The media was sort of respectable back then, but slowly they began to change...they and the "establishment" realised they would try to never let a man like him run again....The bush establishment took over during reagan administration...the bushes knew that shooter..the media under handedly tried to destroy reagan... Then trump came...I see simularities in reagan and trump speeches...Difference is Trump fights back..and is more protected by SS and military.

[@donnamacleod4488]

Bushes and clintons and obamas are like the same party...I cannot stand the bushes...

[@marksauck8481]

I voted for Jimmy Carter in both elections back then and that's one embarrassment I had to live with. I stopped voting for democrats before the mess that party morphed into. Like Reagan, that party left me.

[@Alaska-Jack]

True

[@paulhoffman778]

Carter was steps above biden , but what I see in Carter is appeasement. What I see in Reagan is take charge.

[@Shah-of-the-Shinebox]

Carter is ten times the man Biden would ever be.

[@reddae6910]

Countries and leaderships such as Iran do not respond to appeasement. Hence the reason Carter’s foreign policy went to crap. Iran was emboldened and started chaos similar to what they’re doing now. Reagan came in and it stopped. I remember it very clearly. Carter had the same issues with inflation, budget debt, high taxes, high unemployment, under preforming markets, high oil and gas prices, dependence on Middle East and Russian resources, and bad actors in the terrorist and Jihad/extremist/anti-Israel/anti America world taking advantage of what appeared to be a weakened and disoriented America. Sound familiar?

[@Polostar79]

The same Reagan that cut and run from Lebanon only to invade Grenada. Real take charge guy🤷🏽‍♂️

[@Riley_Mundt]

I would take 99 year old Carter over Biden any day. At least Carter has tact and class.

[@garysimard5674]

Big difference with the questions from the reporters. No gotcha kind of things. The debate was very civilized.

[@ryanalbers7162]

2020 Presidential Debates brought me here. The difference is unprecedented! Lord, help us!

[@Deew0244]

Back then there wasn’t biased but now there is biased

[@garysimard5674]

@@Deew0244 Not as much for sure Dano. Now its about bullying more than anything.

[@garysimard5674]

@@katocs I'd say the media were the bullies.

[@wendtheatandair]

Easily one of the best past Presidents we have ever had.

[@Viktor-fw8pv]

We need Ronald Reagan too come back from the dead.

[@jaysmith179]

We need Trump back.

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

​@@jaysmith179 no thanks.

[@L_back]

@@jaysmith179Sorry, but Trump is nothing compared to Reagan. One is a ‘leader’, the other is a leader

[@ecargfosreya]

@@jaysmith179He’s back baby!

[@shafiqulabedin5267]

The best way to smile I learn from Mr. President Ronald Reagan. I copy his style and practice at all the time. Mr. Reagan will stay in my heart all life long. Peace and salute to my best leader , God bless America and all Loving Americans. Shafi. Houston. Texas..

[@raymartin5316]

And may God Bless You too

[@shafiqulabedin5267]

Thanks

[@mike197714]

Ahh but Reagan’s domestic policies weren’t so good. But he’s international policies were good. He help end the Cold War and helped with the downfall of communism in Russia.

[@spudwickthrockmorton2112]

@@mike197714even his international policies weren’t good. He lied to the American people and knowingly allowed his administration to illegally sell weapons to the Iran-Contra.

[@TheOtherCaleb]

“A promise, a Democrat promise, a promise that’s never kept.” -Ronald Reagan

[@yeshmayek7486]

Right just like his vice president : George W bush said "no new taxs on the middle class" yet he did so anyhow, ( btw he was a republican ) government is more complicated then just saying one side doesn't know how to keep promises

[@snoopyfix2]

@@yeshmayek7486 "If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor. If you like you healthcare plan you can keep it." President Obama. Yes. Happens on both sides. But I think you might have missed the point.

[@blakecpa]

@@yeshmayek7486 Do you even know what you're talking about, or do you just spout talking points (regardless of how old they may be)? The truth is Bush had a Democrat controlled Senate and House. As a result, he vetoed more bills than any president in history. He was becoming known as the "veto President". Under a ton of pressure from the Democrats, and media, to pass some of the Dems' legislation, Bush finally capitulated and signed THEIR tax act, increasing taxes. He thought that would buy goodwill. Far from it. In what was a brilliantly effective, yet completely immoral and dishonest move, the Dems then attacked him for passing that tax increase. It was THEIR tax act, for Christ's sake. However, they got away with blaming Bush for it. This was totally dishonest, yet highly effective. Even today, lemmings still spout these dishonest words -- words that the lying Democrats of that era spouted in their attempt to defeat Bush in the election. If you're going to speak on a subject, at least know what you're speaking about.

[@EliteSpark-tf7kw]

@ George W. Bush refers to both

[@dordenosovic6891]

@@yeshmayek7486 George H.W. Bush was the Vice President It was not George W. Bush.

[@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.

[@charlesoliveira8110]

Trump, Biden and the presidential debate committee should watch this! A show of organization and lack of fallacies.

[@HAHA-rm3ii]

Charles Oliveira we didn't have the hateful media either which plays a huge role today 24/7 brainwashing news. Technology in many ways is a curse. It's unreal now. Everybody is a "racist." It's disgusting how our own government is doing this to us. Divide and conquer. That's what they want.

[@chouxiong9563]

p

[@oisnowy5368]

Trump and Biden are the result of people thinking an election is about winning and bowing down to the lowest common denominator - which is in this case the American voter.

[@dogman-fx9ub]

Biden did find too much equivocation in these comments

[@yesman7898]

Both controlled opposition.

[@georgemurphy2579]

Although I was not in the Carter Camp, nor would have ever been, he is still a solid humanitarian in comparison to the muck and mire of what we call an administration these days.

[@michaeltancreti7643]

It's nice to listen to a civil debate.

[@Theaddora]

Can you imagine Biden being in a debate with no notes??

[@ColdSid]

Imagine trump being in a debate with no lies ??

[@Theaddora]

@@ColdSid Biden doesn't speak without lying.its been proven even by the left years ago.

[@lianabotta2378]

😃

[@trialleadgen334]

Biden won’t be there for next

[@Papayajoseph]

@@ColdSid can you imagine Biden summoning any of his own ideas and experience to change the trajectory of our inflation and surge in oil prices? I'll wait.

[@mclark2330]

Civil and controlled, I wish politicians these days would take a page from how folks acted back in the day, we would get shit done...

[@stretchscreamers]

Michael Clark yeah I agree with you. Everyone makes it so personal. Ya know! We are all people!

[@Sirsk8ordie]

Anyone like this wouldn't get elected because the news would call them racist everyday.

[@bearcolombia]

Watching this 42 years later in 2022 and this is the EXACT same debate we are having right NOW.

[@Tee-ch5uk]

2023 for me !! Ikr sounds very familiar

[@da.bean1]

History surely rhymes

[@clifftrainor6774]

51:40 - He was truly a man of his word. By the time his second term ended the Mikhail Gorbachev was an ally and the Soviet Union was finished.

[@Polostar79]

The Soviet Union was done because of Gorbachev’s reforms not because of anything Reagan did.

[@monetti22]

I was born about 6 hours after this..

[@ert-wert]

Bigfatcackinyourface dats me

[@ajman460]

Al gore or bush in 2009? Or didn't vote?

[@melaniehuddleston3472]

I was 3 then I miss my childhood. People are crazy now.

[@LeeLee-he9lf]

Everybody talks about how bad a president Carter was but listen to the man he can actually make a full sentence and have a conversation without cards in his hand or something written down somewhere

[@jacobsparry8525]

Carter was the wrong man in the wrong position. He was a “good and peaceful man” but in a position that was in a decidedly un-peaceful period. Whereas Reagan was a decidedly flexible man whose policy was talk softly but CARRY A BIG STICK! And Carter was simply out of his depth in many issues.

[@sazure2]

He did much good few know of but the Iran hostage taking overrode his accomplishments. "During Carter's term as president, two new cabinet-level departments, the Department of Energy and the Department of Education, were established. He established a national energy policy that included conservation, price control, and new technology." Do some searching - he did much more.

[@xxx_blindside_xxx2196]

​@@sazure2 He greatly improved our ability to fuel our cars...oh wait. In his defense he was something that seems almost impossible now, a moderate. But having lived through his presidency...yeah it was a mess.

[@shea086]

The US government's intelligence agency created the war and unrest in Iran and the Middle East. They created dictatorships there. Backed them and gave them millions of dollars in aid,whilst at the same time they hypocritically preached to the world about democracy as if they invented it. They backed and interfered in Israel, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Libia, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia and just about any problem country you care to mention. Then when there puppet country blossoms into a major problem the US turns around and says "don't look at us we had nothing to do with it". The US has been tampering and interfering in sovereign countries since the American civil war. It is a joke and a choke. It's a joke on the rest of the World. Yet still they continue with their world mischief and hypocritical preaching on democracy which they themselves know nothing of and don't even observe the worlds Democratic rules. That's called Imperialistic behaviour. Lastly it was crazy to hear Reagan suggest one wage for coloured people and another wage for the rest. That's very fair and reasonable and democratic! Yet still the US continues to boast and hypocritically preach to us about democracy. How very Imperial of them.

[@cesararana184]

@@sazure2 pppmmmpppp

[@Jake-rs9nq]

@@xxx_blindside_xxx2196 The 70s had a fuel crisis that was mostly unrelated to who was President. Both Nixon and Carter were President during shortages and price hikes. The US had just hit their first peak in oil production. Consumption was rising, domestic supply was falling, and the international cartel was decidedly anti-Zionist and swayed by the USSR.

[@vadimmolchanov5944]

Thank you for this video😁

[@markross3346]

WOW, real questions for both candidates and no sign of bias. Why can't we have debates like this anymore? The media now cannot be trusted.

[@ouiroc]

I can listen to Ronald Reagan all day and no he is a real American patriot

[@sarkdakras4336]

It was honestly really nice to hear this

[@BrokenOcktive2]

*This is how you KNOW real life is an Idiocracy documentary; just like in the movie, things ONLY got stupider as time went on...LIKE IN REAL LIFE!*

[@hmzdu]

Once upon time our presidents had decency and respect 😘

[@dlawsonlawson1582]

As well as a respectful group of moderators and not a biased media

[@kennethhill613]

Exactly..held today the media would be against Reagan and the moderators would side with Carter..

[@heir_to_the_promise]

Reagan flooded California illegally with cocaine, through the CIA, and started the crack epidemic. Yes, a very decent president.

[@L_back]

@@kennethhill613I’ve observed that the modern media generally stands against any sort of disagreement of progressive policies, such as abortion. Both Reagan and Carter were pro-life, which is something that was influenced by their religious morals. Religion is also something the stupid media doesn’t favor…

[@Alaska-Jack]

Ok whatever

[@robertmartinez988]

I have tremendous respect for both of these men regardless of Jimmy's performance . I'm in my late 60's and I miss those days

[@brandondominic3482]

Happy you get to experience the carter days again.

[@kennethsnodgrass2607]

You're living Carter 2.0 now though. The teleprompter reading puppet that can't ride a bike.

[@jackgamble6120]

Yeah...I miss waiting in those long gas lines and paying those high gas prices and having America held hostage with the hostages held in Iran. Yeah, I really miss those days and Jimmy's performance too!

[@xenuno]

Carter came into his term when energy issues were rapidly occurring. His admin was tarnished by a resulting weak economy as much as a Clinton benefited from a strong economy. Carter wasn't directly responsible for the downturn. Clinton sure as hell wasn't responsible for the happy days during his reign, but was smart enough to not interfere and instead pass the time with office interns and older kids on Epstein island

[@BalakeHart-nh4xh]

​@brandondominic3482 don't miss the staginflation

[@Laurren33]

Biden makes Carter look like Lincoln

[@dilbaghsingh5182]

Interesting and fruitful debate between two great personalities in the past and getting inspiration.👍

[@dilbaghsingh5182]

Amazing to listen the serious debate on the serious questions answering with seriousness as responsible leaders by the two leaders of the 20th century and with equally good moderators.Feeling lucky to hear them here.

[@stevebutler812]

The famous line that changed everything, “There you go again,” 1:15:00

[@danyeo]

Makes modern day Presidential debates sound like a Jerry Springer episode.

[@8kenjacob]

Because they are Jerry Springer episodes.

[@pilotgal7734]

Reagan was impressive in every way and that's why he won by a LANDSLIDE!

[@BigWiltonWilt]

@KZbin WantsToSilenceMe yeah let’s not compare Kamala to Jimmy Carter. Biden to Jimmy Carter yes

[@cranbers]

no joke. he was an amazing president. and ironically biden sounds a lot like carter with policies. same results too. it’s like he modeled what he would do after carter.

[@williamlandolfi7858]

I want to point out that in 1980, Reagan only won by a landslide when it came to the electoral college and the electoral votes. However, if you look at the popular vote, it was closer to 50/50. Reagan won 51% of the popular vote. Jimmy Carter won 39% of the popular vote. Let's remember that John Anderson, the Independent candidate, won 10% of the popular vote. Frankly, I think that John Anderson took votes away from Jimmy Carter. I also want to point out that people think that Reagan won by a landslide in part because most of the states went in his column. I want to point out we have a "winner take all" system. That's why I say that in reality, Reagan did NOT win by a landslide at all.

[@cranbers]

@@williamlandolfi7858 if popular vote was used, we would never have a republican president again. NY and CA would decide rest of the country would not have a voice and that is why electoral college was created to ensure most populated states didn't run the country.

[@michaelschaefer1904]

@KZbin WantsToSilenceMe Elmo is impressive compared to Biden and Harris.

[@BeritoAlvarez]

Reagan honestly sounds like one of the narrators from those old Christmas movies, his voice is so calm and serene

[@whitex3898]

Why can’t we have debates like this anymore. I actually understand what’s going on lol

[@mskathiez1]

Because you have a hostile media that sets a narrative and is blatantly biased.

[@scorptarget]

@@mskathiez1 exactly. The fake News Propaganda machine has gone full blown panic mode Communist Pravda

[@marksanford6432]

It's despair. Unfortunately we've become radical

[@HAHA-rm3ii]

@mark sanford it's only despair because of the Marxist media who control the narrative.They fuel the flames and stupid people believe them.

[@dogman-fx9ub]

@@mskathiez1 Oh please it's because of the emergence of Trumpism and Trump himself. Don't lie American politics became toxic when his mudslinging ass appeared on the world stage.

[@jvincent1446]

Gosh, I miss the 80's!

[@MahiDr]

How old are you

[@edhanks4209]

so do i it was a truth that you can believe . not now unfortunately

[@dochollywood4576]

I turned 16 years old in 1980. I could not have timed that any more perfect if I had a year to plan it out. The 80's (thus far) was a better time in almost every respect. Everything was easy. Jobs, girls (far and away the most beautiful of any decade before and for damn sure since) and most everything else. The bullshit happening these days especially in politics was unheard of. Lets face it, most people today are blind misinformed narcissistic assholes. Nobody cared about racism and all the other crap we have to deal with today. God I miss the 80's!

[@stansmith4054]

I remember the French Fries at McDonald's tasting much better back then and getting actual prizes in Happy Meals as compared to the junk you get now.

[@ragingbull154]

@@dochollywood4576 I grew up in the 70's and 80's and you are 100% correct. Wish I could relive the 80's again. Times were great. Today the world has gone to shit.

[@tomsisson660]

Around 14:30 you see President Carter sweating when he is asked about inflation.

[@landonkras3441]

55:50 "I had a discussion with my daughter Amy (13 years old)...to ask her what the most important issue was"

[@catfishandbass8680]

Goes to show how clueless Jimmy Carter was. That's why he got blown out.

[@charlesrhoads399]

Now democrats want 13 yr olds to vote

[@barfyman-dm6zx]

Two great Americans right there!!!

[@davesuiter]

Two finer American leaders you will never meet. President Jimmy Carter and President Ronald Reagan reflect the very best of what in means to be a leader. The respect they showed for one another was awesome. Can you imagine watching Trump's stupidity had he debated one these great men?

[@phillv]

or bidens

[@L_back]

@@phillvif you wanna get rid of DJT and JRB, you gotta vote DIFFERENTLY

[@Nachopappa]

President Reagan was a Brilliant Classy Man, a true Patriot.

[@billyboy969]

Iran contra!!!

[@GStraitKISS1]

Greatest post war economic expansion up till then, ended inflation, huge housing boom and defeated communism in Europe! Beat that!!!

[@superchuck3259]

@@billyboy969 What about Iraq? Or does Contra mean against Iran?

[@billyboy969]

@@superchuck3259 i dont know, but you can look it up!

[@superchuck3259]

@@billyboy969 It was a rhetorical question. I know the answer and you still don't.

[@TheVCRTimeMachine]

He look...two people having a reasonable, civil discussion over points which they disagree.

[@user-qd9rh5yr8m]

Essential viewing (in 2022)

[@googleuser4720]

Calmer than the last debate in 2020

[@robertmartinez988]

I tear up watching these two fine human beings. Wow how things have changed....for the worst

[@keeganator6136]

Jimmy Carter is an infinitely better man than Ronald Reagan was.

[@fernmann7]

Except the last 4 years of his presidency, when he was basically asleep at the wheel and guys like Don Regan ran things. And the drastic tax cuts early on in his presidency weren’t equaled by revenue so he had to raise taxes several times. Really, the income divide in this country started with RR in office. I’m quite old enough to remember.

[@fernmann7]

And Carter had to accept the hand that was dealt to him. Things were sucky when Ford was president. The hangover from Nixon and Watergate was lengthy. But to label Carter as an incompetent is a knock on you. No one incompetent wins the Nobel Peace Prize for humanitarianism.

[@josemorrasge8100]

@@fernmann7 no...

[@josemorrasge8100]

@@fernmann7 yeah yeah , every Democrat president says the same thing that they inherited a shifty economy...so far from the truth

[@Brad02526]

RIP Jimmy Carter, you will be missed. 💔

[@jeremiahabbott5277]

“Would it be an act of leadership to tell the American people they are going to have to sacrifice to adopt a leaner lifestyle for some time to come?”-R.R.”We don’t have inflation because the people are living too well.We have inflation because the Government is living too well!”

[@EricYodis]

The only president in my lifetime whom I really wanted to be president and for whom I was privileged to cast a vote. Since then it has been a matter of voting for the "lesser of two evils". God save America.

[@jtbmetaldesigns]

@John Doe let’s put it in perspective. He’s way better than the Bush dynasty or the Clintons. Good old Bill reminds me of a silver tongued use car salesman

[@Delicious_Oreoz]

People were blaming Carter for the oil crisis when in reality it was the previous administration's that had made us dependent on Iranian oil from a dictatorship we put in place.

[@truckstotractorsrepair]

@John Doe I don’t think he had a horrible presidency and I think people liked him because he had class and his speeches were phenomenal.

[@maggiesace389]

I voted FOR Trump amd wamted to!

[@billyboy969]

@@jtbmetaldesigns they ALL are used car salesmen !

[@eugeneeugene3313]

It was at the time that no Tesla, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Ndvidia etc' existed, and Apple and Microsoft were just 4 and 5 years old respectively. Can you imagine?

[@violetstameski664]

Ronald Reagan should be honored. His face belongs on Mt. Rushmore.

[@billyboy969]

U dont know ragen then - irain contra?!?!?

[@williamhusseyjr1143]

@@billyboy969 Reagan, and did you forget about the hostages in Iran on his day of Inauguration?

[@billyboy969]

@@williamhusseyjr1143 yes the hostages were kept longer 4 that to make ragen look like "the new sheriff in town who isnt gona take sh¡t" same SCRIPT used 4 trump.

[@reeseangle9621]

@@billyboy969 Trump Was a boss!

[@scottodonnell7121]

@@reeseangle9621 right on. He demanded that you do your job. He was like most bosses, I loved him for it.

[@tommyleedy2798]

Two men in disagreement...stark disagreement, but extremely respectful to each other.

[@uniquehorn1480]

Both of these men were better prepared for an actual debate than any of our political "class" today. They speak to their audience in a way that would never work today because our politics have become so rude and out populace has become so dumbed-down.

[@dianetm8557]

No kidding! They actually knew what was going on

[@williamphillips6049]

Lol! "There you go again . ." Forty years later I still crack up!

[@donnacook5552]

Love it! 😂👍

[@LeeLee-he9lf]

Why do we have to relearn the same lesson over and over and over again Reagan is talking about President Carter but he could be talking about President Biden

[@donnabiles6913]

Or kamala

[@ThePiratemachine]

One of the criticisms of Reagan at the time was that in the movies he was a B-grade actor. He answered," Gee. I co-starred with Errol Flynn," one of his best comments.

[@juddbourne2334]

Reagan was a genius! He crafted the question are you better off now than you were four years ago! The American People took Ronald Reagan into the voting booth with them and said no!

[@broadstreet21]

The irony is some Americans actually were better off than they were four years ago - specifically the nine million newly employed under Carter's watch. Inflation though was going to make it hard.

[@truckstotractorsrepair]

@@broadstreet21 there’s new jobs under every president

[@broadstreet21]

@@truckstotractorsrepair But nine million? That is a record number at the time.

[@truckstotractorsrepair]

@@broadstreet21 I mean Reagan made 16 million in his 8 years so pretty close

[@broadstreet21]

@@truckstotractorsrepair True that. America definitely was better off after Reagan than before, definitely better off than if Carter won reelection. But it was an overstatement to suggest America as a whole wasn't better off under Carter than they were before. They improved under his watch, just not enough. Most of the problems that sprung up during his term were due to his predecessors' actions, FDR's New Deal, LBJ's Great Society, and Nixon's removal of the gold standard. Carter wasn't responsible for them, but he lacked the skill to deal with it.

[@dennismolina9033]

Their responses still sound crystal clear today in 2023! Back then when candidates had respect for each other.

[@GreenStarTech]

Amazing to compare this to the circus we saw on 29 Sept2020. Reagan showed in this debate why he would go on to become a great president.

[@CharlesGoodwins420]

And He did it with Class!

[@alwillk]

Great president for corporate America.

[@charzanboo9940]

Watching this debate now, its like history is repeating itself on so many issues.

[@jeffkay1977]

Amazing the difference between this debate and the recent debates. We should all be genuinely worried about the intelligence of the modern world.

[@lexi7773]

I lived through Carter’s Presidency, I was soooo relieved when Regan took office.

[@heaterpistol6067]

Listening to this video, I was reminded of how bad Carter had been, and yet Biden has become even worse. Biden is demonstrably the worst president in the history of the country.

[@shellyscholz1256]

I was living abroad when Iran threatened to and did take Americans hostage. It was terrifying to hear Carter say on worldwide television, “It’s alright. We’ll get’em back.”. He didn’t.

[@teddyyy__t]

@@heaterpistol6067 he’s a fraudulently installed communist

[@cynthiachronister4082]

I was a teenager when Carter was president I remember feeling embarrassed by his incompetence

[@reddae6910]

Yeah.. and that’s exactly how we feel today. And I’m not a teenager.

[@andreamoonandstars]

I used to be proud to be an American, I am just embarrassed now. WE NEED TRUMP!

[@miketheyunggod2534]

Jimmy Carter: I am the worst president. Joe Biden: Hold my Metamucil.

[@John-ct9zs]

Hey, I’m young and I drink Metamucil. I have IBS and cancer.

[@broadstreet21]

Obama: Pathetic.

[@LeighPowellSmith]

​@John-ct9zs prayers for you Sir.

[@wag1492]

We need you now Mister Reagan!!!

[@davidbamford1971]

Great debate, and I note the journalists didn't ask one personal question. The only criticism of each other was on policy. Reagan was clearly the great commutator. President Carter was strong on some points, in particular energy, and nuclear disarmament. I would give Reagan a B+ and President Carter a C +.

[@bufnyfan1]

I remember this debate for how calm/assured President Reagan was. Carter tried to paint President Reagan as someone who would start a war and wouldn't be able to handle the pressures of being president. President Reagan handled every false accusation about his record/his stand on the issues with a simple "there you go again". When the topic of nuclear disarmament came up Carter looked foolish when he said that he had discussed the issue with his then 12-year-old daughter Amy. Any doubts the voter had about President Reagan were dispelled and he won the 1980 election in a landslide that following Tuesday

[@jasperbob1451]

At the end there i forgot this happened 40 years ago. I was ready to head out to vote!

[@heroichowie2626]

Calm and direct debate. No emotional moderator. Respectful and quiet audience. No cartoonish zany behavior from Carter or Reagan. Such a contrast to todays sensational presentation.

[@NomadicDmitry]

Reagan points are much stronger. I would vote for him, but I was way too young back then to vote :) Well, he won without my vote anyway.

[@albundy6008]

I turned 18 a few months before the election in 1984. I was proud to vote for Reagan even though he sure didn't need my vote to win (he won 49 states that year). I felt like I was participating in the democratic process.

[@dianadou6957]

And how!!!!!!

[@dianadou6957]

@@albundy6008 Yes, but nowadays doesn't matter who you vote for! They steal it for the Democrat anyway!

[@UnitedStates17]

@@dianadou6957 Not true, your vote still counts today. Do not spread false information like that.

[@drewstillexists]

Yes, just like most of the 1980 electorate, you would have made the wrong choice. Jimmy Carter was the man for the job. Reagan ruined American politics for generations.

[@Solidsnake999]

These debates are so barbaric compared to today’s high class debates 😂

[@sambasha747]

Seriously! 😅

[@charlesmartel8112]

Hahahaha - thanks 'solid snake' - I needed a good laugh this morning !

[@rickeyricardomatthews2147]

How can you say it was barbaric The debates today sounds like deformation of character is the number one component Looking for gratification

[@joshuahollowell9170]

@@rickeyricardomatthews2147 And that's the sound of the joke going over your head

[@josephmackela8466]

Isn’t that backwards?

[@joannsanders242]

If we could only have President Reagan back!! ❤️

[@jamiewilliams970]

We do only he’s called TRUMP now

[@qualityman1965]

Reagan was the last politician in the world to have a serious backbone, and balls to take shit from no one. Now PC is the way, and it is sickening.

[@johanbrat8]

A high level of politician that we don't see anymore.

[@samarmisra4922]

How amazing Pres Carter is still alive and whom I hope to meet though sadly Pres Raegan is dead. Pres Raegan passed away in 2004 when I was 19.

[@joettaharris4230]

Carter lived a good and honest life. Reagan was an actor and died along with his anorexic wife. Go figure.