Revisit the second Bush-Gore Debate: Complete transcript (You will get goosebumps.)

Newsmax ^ | October 11, 2000 | George W. Bush, Al-Gore and Jim Lehrer

[TaxRelief]

Gore was flustered halfway through this debate. President Bush won in my opinion, and he also delivered a few prophetic remarks

[Kornev]

CSPAN, I believe, will show this next Saturday at 8pm. One week, they just did the first debate today.

[TaxRelief]

The coalition against Saddam has fallen apart or it's unraveling, let's put it that way. The sanctions are being violated. We don't know whether he's developing weapons of mass destruction. [Saddam] better not be [developing weapons of mass destruction] or there's going to be a consequence should I be the president. But it's important to have credibility and credibility is formed by being strong with your friends and resoluting your determination. One of the reasons why I think it's important for this nation to develop an anti-ballistic missile system that we can share with our allies in the Middle East if need be to keep the peace is to be able to say to the Saddam Husseins of the world or the Iranians, don't dare threaten our friends.

How can anyone doubt President Bush? He has done exactly what he said he would do.

[Soul Seeker]

What I want to know is if past debates are available for purchase. The Mondale/Reagan debate might as well ahve taken place today!

[DBrow]

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[Henchman]

Too long to read, but they'll remember this:

[tuckrdout]

They did the first debate today?! Shoot! i loved where Gore walked up to Bush and tried to intimidate him...what a jerk! I loved how Bush handled it! LOL! That was the best one.

[TaxRelief]

http://edition.cnn.com/video/indepth/2001/02/07/reagan.mondale.cmp.cnn.html

[tuckrdout]

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[Choose Ye This Day]

LOL! I'd forgotten about all of Gore's exaggerations--the girl who had to stand up in her Florida classroom because there weren't enough desks!?!

What a maroon!

[Glenmerle]

Shoot! i loved where Gore walked up to Bush and tried to intimidate him...what a jerk! I loved how Bush handled it!

I remember that! Bush turned his head, grinned, and nodded at Gore--and the audience laughed! Gore looked like a twit. Four years later the thought of it still brings a smile to my face.

[Dolphy]

A few months ago I went back and read the debate transcripts. This came after Clinton's claim that his administration focused heavily on bin Laden, he was their number one priority. I don't believe Gore mentioned bin Laden once. In fact, given that Gore was Vice President for 8 years, I think his comments during the debates are evidence of how out of touch the entire Clinton administration was.

[JasonC]

You know what stands out the most? Bush's class, his disagreements with the Clinton administration stopping at the water's edge, the way he goes out of his way to support the previous administration on foreign policy issues when he thinks they made the right call, even a hard one. Compare that to the Dems this year, willing to say and do anything to smear the president.

[Shortstop7]

What a great read...... Yep, I made it through it.

President Bush handled himself quite nicely, didn't he? Nice touches of humor there........

[Time4Atlas2Shrug]

Yes. After reading that, I also notice a huge difference in the tone of the debate. Kerry is far more snide and condescending than Gore ever was. I never thought it possible.

I wonder if Kerry will be able to control his outbursts. He may be a very articulate and skilled debater, but he is also an emotional liberal and is always resorting to temper tantrum-style rebuttals. That is why he had his midnight press conference after the Republican Convention and he felt he had to chastise Allawi, even though in his gut he had to know it was a bad idea.

[JasonC]

He will be insufferably rude the entire time. He will be shocked and outraged that Bush isn't ashamed to exist, having done all the horrible things he has done. Then he will moan and say "see? see?" if forty solid minutes of his spoiled brat act ever gets an actual rise out of W.

[TaxRelief]

Does Kerry have any "anecdotes" that he will share, do you suppose?

[Shortstop7]

I see Kerry having a breakdown much like Gore and being very uncomfortable. Tense and stiff. I sure hope so anyway.

President Bush has seemed so relaxed lately, the debate should go well.

[JusPasenThru]

Was that the first or the third debate? I got so hypertensive during the first debate I didn't watch the other two. I don't remember Gore doing something that stupid (other than his patronizing sighs) during the first one.

[Christian4Bush]

Please PING for replays of the 2000 Debates, times and channels. I'd like to tape them.