Democrats Walter Mondale and congresswoman ferraro in the general election, winning the popular vote 59 41 . Ms. Ferraro was the first woman nominated for the vice presidency by a major party. This debate from philadelphia is just under an hour and a half. [applause] dorothy good evening. Good evening from the civic center in philadelphia, pennsylvania. I am the president of the league of women voters, sponsor of tonights Vice President ial debate between republican george bush and democrat geraldine ferraro. Our panelists for tonights debate are john mashek, National Correspondent for u. S. News world report, jack white, correspondent for time magazine, norma quarles, correspondent for nbc news, and robert boyd, Washington Bureau chief for knightridder newspapers. Sandra van ocher, Political Correspondent for abc news, is our moderator tonight. Sandy. Sandy thank you, dorothy. A few words about the order of the format. The order of questioning was determined by a toss of the coin. Con
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Nominee. applause for the next 90 minutes we will be questioning the candidates following a format designed and agreed to by representatives of the two campaigns. However, there are no restrictions on the questions that my colleagues and i can ask this evening, and the candidates have no prior knowledge of our questions. By agreement between the candidates, the first question goes to gov. Dukakis. You have two minutes to respond. Governor, if Kitty Dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable Death Penalty for he killer . No, i dont, bernard. And i think you know that ive opposed the Death Penalty during all of my life. I dont see any evidence that its a deterrent, and i think there are better and more effective ways to deal with violent crime. Weve done so in my own state. And its one of the reasons why we have had the biggest drop in crime of any industrial state in america; why we have the lowest murder rate of any industrial state in america. But we have work to
Going to be looking at the lewis and Clark Expedition and discussing some of the ramifications of this most important expedition. Some people have classified the lewis and Clark Expedition and compared it to the odyssey of the greek tragedies, just like the civil war is sometimes seen as americas iliad, of that great epic battle. This great voyage will be quite significant and important. A few years ago, the Atlantic Monthly did a survey of the top 100 most influential figures in American History and lewis and clark make the list at 70. What i find interesting is they are the only names on the entire list where they are listed together. So, it is almost like they are inseparable. And the smithsonian did one just five years ago on the 100 most significant americans, and Meriwether Lewis and William Clark once again made the list, and sacagawea also made the made it. This young teenage shoshone woman was considered one of the 100 most significant americans. So, there is an impression acr
Some people have classified the lewis and Clark Expedition and ofpared it to the odyssey the greek tragedies. Ist like the civil war sometimes seen as the american of that great battle. This expedition will be quite significant and important. Ago, the Atlantic Monthly did a survey of the top 100 most influential figures of American History. Lewis and clark make the list at 70. What i find interesting is they are the only names on the entire list where they are listed together. It is almost like they are inseparable. Did one justan five years ago on the 100 most significant americans. Clark made that list. They were also hooked together. Sacagawea also made the list. This woman was considered one of the 100 most significant americans. There is an impression across the United States that the lewis and Clark Expedition was significant. There were people that were important for our countrys history. Will discuss the expedition and three main facets. Will look at classes and historical cont