RONALD REAGAN / WALTER MONDALE SECOND PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
SEE DCTZ16751A FOR CONTENT LIBRARY NUMBER 845505.
BAR. CR:13. EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL. CR:33. THE FINAL
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE BETWEEN PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN AND
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE, WALTER MONDALE, IN KANSAS
CITY, MISSOURI. THE CANDIDATES WALK ONTO THE STAGE. CR:66.
MS DOROTHY RIDINGS, PRESIDENT OF THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS,
INTRODUCES THE PANELISTS AND THE MODERATOR. MS EDWIN NEWMAN
SPELLS OUT THE RULES. MS REPORTER GEORGIE ANNE GEYER ASKS
MONDALE IF HE REALLY BELIEVES CENTRAL AMERICA CAN BE DEALT
WITH IN A NON MILITARY WAY. MONDALE SPELLS OUT A 3 PART
CENTRAL AMERICAN PLAN THAT HE ADVOCATES. CR:171. MONDALE
SAYS, "WHEN THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T KNOW THAT SUBMARINE
MISSILES ARE NOT RECALLABLE, SAYS THAT 70% OF OUR STRATEGIC
FORCES ARE CONVENTIONAL, DISCOVERS 3 YEARS INTO HIS
ADMINISTRATION...THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW THAT SOVIET MISSILES
WERE ON LAND, THESE ARE THINGS A PRESIDENT MUST KNOW".
MONDALE SAYS COVERT ACTION IN WAR EMBARRASSES US, AND
STRENGTHENS THE OPPOSITION. CR:220. GEYER ASKS REAGAN TO
TALK ABOUT THE UNCOVERED CIA (CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY)
HANDBOOK IN NICARAGUA. MONDALE QUESTIONS IF REAGAN IS REALLY
IN CHARGE WHEN A HANDBOOK LIKE THIS GOT BY HIM. CR:305. FOR
THE RECORD, REAGAN ASSURES MONDALE THAT HE NEVER SAID THAT
NUCLEAR WEAPONS WERE RETRACTABLE. CR:321. MARVIN KALB ASKS
REAGAN WHAT HE WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH THE SOVIET UNION.
REAGAN SAYS, "WE DID GET THEIR ATTENTION". (BY GOING AHEAD
WITH THE PRODUCTION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS). CR:377. KALB ASKS
REAGAN WHERE, HYPOTHETICALLY, HE MIGHT USE FORCE IF A
CONFLICT AROSE. CR:391. KALB ASKS MONDALE TO WHAT AVAIL
ANNUAL SUMMIT MEETINGS WITH THE SOVIETS WOULD BE. CR:414.
MONDALE SAYS THERE ARE MORE THAN 2,000 MORE NUCLEAR MISSILES
POINTING AT US THAN WHEN REAGAN TOOK OFFICE. CR:438. MONDALE
IS ASKED HOW HE WOULD IMPLEMENT THE HELSINKI ACCORD IN
EASTERN EUROPE. CR:457. REAGAN MAKES A JOKE ABOUT MONDALE'S
COMMERCIAL ON THE USS NIMITZ. CR:469. MONDALE SAYS, "MR
PRESIDENT, I ACCEPT YOUR COMMITMENT TO PEACE IF YOU ACCEPT
MY COMMITMENT TO A STRONG NATIONAL DEFENSE". CR:479. MONDALE
SAYS HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE DEFENSE MONEY IS MONEY WELL
SPENT. CR:517. MONDALE IS ASKED WHAT HE MEANT WHEN HE
MENTIONED "QUARANTINING NICARAGUA". CR:533. REAGAN IS ASKED
"ISN'T LEBANON A MAJOR FAILURE OF YOUR ADMINISTRATION"?
CR:575. REAGAN IS ASKED IF HIS SITUATION IN LEBANON ISN'T
COMPARABLE TO PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER'S SITUATION WITH THE
AMERICAN HOSTAGES IN IRAN. CR:593. MS MONDALE QUOTES GROUCHO
MARX. CR:623. MS REAGAN IS ASKED ABOUT HIS AGE BEING A
DETRIMENTAL FACTOR IN THE CAMPAIGN. REAGAN SAYS: "I AM NOT
GOING TO EXPLOIT FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES, MY OPPONENT'S YOUTH
AND INEXPERIENCE". CR:664. MONDALE SAYS "THE BUCK STOPS
HERE". HE CRITICIZES REAGAN'S LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY IN
FOREIGN POLICY DISASTERS DURING HIS ADMINISTRATION. CR:693.
MONDALE IS ASKED ABOUT REVEREND JESSE JACKSON'S TRIP TO
CUBA. HE SAYS, "JESSE JACKSON IS AN INDEPENDENT PERSON. I
DON'T CONTROL HIM". THE TWO DEBATERS THEN TALK ABOUT SOVIET
NEGOTIATIONS AND THE "WALK IN THE WOODS" NEGOTIATION.
CR:730. MONDALE IS QUESTIONED ABOUT "MASSIVE ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION". MONDALE SAYS HE OBJECTS TO A SEGMENT OF THE
SIMPSON / MAZZOLI BILL WHICH WOULD REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO
CHECK AN EMPLOYEE'S IMMIGRATION STATUS. CR:824. GEYER
QUESTIONS REAGAN ON IF HE ANTICIPATES AN ARMAGEDDON IN OUR
LIFETIME DUE TO THE POPULATION EXPLOSION AND INCREASING
NUMBERS OF ILLEGAL ALIENS CROSSING OUR BORDERS. CR:840.
MONDALE SEES THE ISSUE OF IMMIGRATION FROM UNDERDEVELOPED
NATIONS FROM MORE OF A SOCIOECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE. CR:850.
REAGAN SAYS, "I'VE HEARD OUR NATIONAL DEFICIT BLAMED ON MANY
THINGS, BUT NEVER FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION". CR:880. REAGAN
SAYS HE WOULD OFFER TO SHARE TECHNOLOGY WITH THE SOVIETS.
CR:900. MONDALE DISAGREES WITH THE REAGAN CONCEPT OF SHARING
TECHNOLOGY WITH THE SOVIET UNION.
CI:
PERSONALITIES: REAGAN, RONALD.
PERSONALITIES: MONDALE, WALTER.
PERSONALITIES: RIDINGS, DOROTHY.
PERSONALITIES: NEWMAN, EDWIN.
PERSONALITIES: CARTER, JIMMY (ABOUT).
PERSONALITIES: MARX, GROUCHO (ABOUT).
PERSONALITIES: GEYER, GEORGIE ANNE.
PERSONALITIES: KALB, MARVIN.
PERSONALITIES: JACKSON, JESSE (ABOUT).