Remarkable. A civil, intelligent debate between two articulate and well-informed people who had the best interests of their country at heart. We definitely don't see that anymore. I am a Democrat, but I came away from this debate impressed by both Reagan and Bush and I wish that modern politicians shared their passion for our country.
George h w bush was a major criminal. I'm tired of these people saying I don thg like trump's tone. Did a much better job as president than bush by far
They talk about real issues today but no one cares cause they just want their stupid special gender names on their ID because for some Reason they need the government to validate them.
Wow this is fascinating. So much more polite and the candidates actually discuss specific policies, numbers, data etc. and this has to be because the population is better informed with an overall better education. Now reflect on what is different in society and why this must be.
The things discussed at a debate or in a candidate's platform have tenuous links to how people vote. This was one intimate venue and not the entire electorate, after all. I think the cultural shift is real, but I don't think it's because people were better educated or better informed in 1980. I think it's the incentives of the media, and the development of strategy. In terms of personal reaction, seeing Bush calmly discuss how he was worried that his opponent would lower taxes by too much made me think it's a no-brainer that he lost.
Our liberal media and democrat party today are horrible people, don't blame the good common people of today for their actions. that's what they want you to do!.
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I thought the same thing. It felt like smart adults talking straight to an audience that they also assume is smart. It is also nice not to have all the virtue-signaling about race or women by the media or debaters. I would vote for both of them.
@@Rickswars I believe it's more complicated than that. I wouldn't say it's liberal media specifically but most of the media in general. With the rise of clickbait content in the age of internet oversaturation, news articles seemed less intent on reporting the truth and more intent on getting clicks. There's also the problem of absolute tribalism propagated by similar media outlets, social media outrage, and of course, the fact that Trump is currently the only representative of the Republican party despite being the most polarizing figure of this generation. This causes Republicans who don't even necessarily agree with him to feel as though they must support him, since the alternative is not supporting Republicans at all.
Reagan was sharp and factual. I can see why people voted for him. So likable. Poor George. His policy would have been better, but he didnt have the "it" factor.
Bush didn't have the courage to stick with the principles Reagan had. He was supposed to continue the policies, and rebuild our economy after all we spent rebuilding the military and bringing down communism. He raised taxes instead, bc dems promised to cut spending, of course never did, and it ruined the plan and cost him a 2nd term.
I would agree too! Reagen was sharp.. actually so was Bush but he seemed abit out of touch? Carter was a phony, by all his accounts he didnt know what he was doing half of the time..
Bush Sr. was a good President but I believe his worst mistake was the promise of "No new taxes" as while he was definitely riding Reagan's ungodly popularity at the time, he had managed to make many who voted for him in 1988 to feel betrayed by 1992
Reagan was a straight PIMP! He busted out the baby powder, sprinkled it on his right hand, and proceeded to show Bish Sr. that his pimp-hand was WAY strong, metaphorically speaking.
After seeing that monstrosity of a so called "debate" we had yesterday it is sad that we cannot get back to this. Please we need debates like this again.
Same clown show different presentation. George Washington said political parties were dangerous, and he was right. These two men laid the foundation of what we are now.
Yes. Notes written for him by the propagandists rounded up by Lewis Powell. 😄 "Look here, don't take my word for it, listen to someone else, who you have never heard of and who you have no idea if you can trust.
@@asjason Trump was terrible but nowhere near as many people died because of his policies as did because of the policies of Reagan and Bush, and Bush's son was even worse than them combined, it can be very easy for people to get distracted by the volume of Trump's obnoxiousness and forget about how far much worse evil was conducted more quietly by worse presidents in the past
@@xp7575 Agreed Bushes we're / are evil. Trump is simply a mixed bag with nothing near the bad intent of the Bush / Clinton regimes who pretend to be on opposite sides.
It's great to be able to go back in time and watch two US presidents and legends in the politial world have a good intelligent debate. God bless both these wonderful men and former presidents. They are both looking down from heaven and wondering what happened to our country with jaws agape! RIP Bush and Reagan!
HA HA HA ........That's hilarious. It's truly incredible how people like yourself can be so totally wrong and mislead . The Bush family are prolific criminals and have been for generations. Both Sam Bush & Prescott Bush made a fortune during both world wars. Sam selling weapons to both sides and Prescott banking with the Nazis and exploiting POW in the concentration camps. You will also not that when both Bush's became President ( there were Wars). The very opposite is true of GHW Bush - he's in Hell , right next to Lucifer where he belongs!!!!
Sure, but they were both bigger than their disagreements and knew how to put differences behind them. I'd be curious to see if Bush won the nomination though, would Reagan be the running mate?
This is truly the way a debate should be held. Notice there were no time constraints and that they had both agreed to that in the beginning. Now if you want to see an even more civil debate, look up the 1960 Kennedy/Nixon debate which was the 1st debate ever televised. It's even more civil as the two of them continuously compliment eachother and they're from different parties in that one.
DONT WORRY TRUMP WILL FIX THAT 4U!! :-)!!!! GET HIM IN THAT WHITE HOUSE,,YOU PUT CREEPY JOE THERE ,,ALL HELL WILL BREAK LOOSE,,AND U WILL BE PAYING 6BUCKS A GALLON 4 GAS DO U WANT THAT? HMMM DO YAH???
@@ZekeorSomething I couldn't find a spot to put my topic so I just went here. I changed the topic heehee!! Trump is WORKING HARD FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE! DONT U KNOW!?? hmmm Biden will take your house Take your car,higer gas prices,property tax,,higher all taxes Take your possessions,,guns ammo,etc,,take all your freedoms,,mandate vaccines,,,and bring in communism& socialism wich where we are ummm right about now! How u like him so far?? Kamala sucks2!
@@vaolin1703 because as much as I like trump for 4 more years,,I havent had a vaccine in over 20 yrs& I'm not about to start now! It takes years to come up with a vaccine u think imma get pricked with that!! TRUMP 4 MORE YRS VACCINES NO THANKS!! IM NOT SICK I TAKE VITAMINS,, I'm not getting a chip embedded thru my skin,read about fauci& gates hes not even a dr! Many TRUMP FANS WHO WILL NOT TAKE VACCINES,,THEY ALL TOXIC,,TELL ME HOW U FEEL AFTER U GET IT🤣🤣😵😵
The most interesting and appreciative of the intellectual debate for the presidential race is that the publicist not clapping unnecessarily in a biased manner and if clapping, clapping on a certain point on merit basis understanding the situation well. This is the basic difference between them and us and perhaps the difference of democracy of the two countries as well . I am feeling blessed to hear this fruitful debate between two great personalities the world has produced.I wish to salute here to both here .🙏🙏🙏
this is one of the best debates in the US history by the two great former presidents, we are able to know what is the true debating, not insulting or humiliating. each candidate had foresight to settle down the current situation, which was formed by the careful consideration in each perspective. and that revealed in their's dialogue naturally.
Reagan as president was a good actor, the king of idle talk. While he deceived the poor and the middle class with his soft talk, and impoverished them, the rich became richer and richer at their expense.
OMG! This is true debate with so much mutual respect. When did we get out of this type of debate and respecting each other? The candidates also knew about the subject inside out. I want to go back to this.
Apparently you've never heard Trump talk, he built his entire campaign on making personal insults and coming up with catchy but absolutely childish nicknames to disparage his opponents
@@xp7575 Apparently you never noticed that every time Trump got nasty he was retaliating to an equally nasty attack on himself. He never could resist the urge to defend himself (even when it was unwise). Moral: If you don't wanna lose to a bigger gun, don't draw your weapon.
@xp8969 once HE WAS referred to with the false insults that were hurled at him by the msm he had every right to defend his ideology. He brought to light so many truths and many people don't want to hear truths.
It's clear why Bush was a 1-term President and why Reagan was reelected in a landslide. History proves Reagan to be correct on the issues. Which is another reason why Reagan always tops the lists of the most popular &/or best Presidents in history.
Yep! H. W. Bush was from the high brow, Ivy League elite. It drove him crazy Ronald Reagan came from a disadvantaged background, was educated at Eureka College, and wasn’t part of “ the set”
My God! People used to say that Reagan was unable to articulate any issues coherently. Nevertheless, I watched him during the primaries and the debates with Carter. He was for from being an ignorant -- and comparing with Trump, he was an Einstein. How did the US of A elected Trump? Was people in the 80s more rational and intelligent than in 2016?
@@ursulapaciullo7100 Some say their administration was best known for decreasing spending on domestic and social programs .Do you see that Reagan really advanced or introduced the truly improved domestic policies or see any other trends in their terms in office ?
America will never give birth again. These two leaders, in every sense of the word,... Rest in peace, heroes. You served the world, not America, and today the world misses you.
The human and intellectual quality of those 2! They went from a partisan debate to be both of them Presidents. Pure admiration to this greats gentleman! R.I.P. Mr. Reagan & Mr. Bush
@@RDO-tw4qn Bush Sr had far more knowledge on foreign policy, which would've proved far more helpful in ending the Cold War sooner and solving our other problems abroad
@@user-tc4ns9zi6q Having been the director of the CIA and an ambassador he SHOULD have had more knowledge on foreign policy than a former governor. But the major problem in 1980 was domestic. High inflation, high unemployment, factories closing, etc. And it was Reagan's skill that put in the crack that ended the cold war. Even Gorbachev himself said that. The turning point was at the summit in Iceland.
Reagan was right that the massive tax cuts increased revenues ... Bush was right that the deficit increased ... what history shows those deficits were increased by increased spending - not cutting taxes. No one ever talks about cutting spending across the board. Reagan talked about it a lot when he took office but how much spending was really cut?
Reagan eventually scrapped cutting the deficit since his tax cuts stimulated growth in the economy. People seemed not to mind at the time hence his re-election and bush’s win in 1988. Eventually it became too much and it cost bush by 1992.
It’s funny hearing Bush quote Art Laffer as an authority on tax cuts leading to increased deficits when his Laffer Curve ultimately shows that’s not always the case. I can’t remember whether the Laffer Curve was solidified during the Reagan administration, which would be an explanation of why he was quoted as being uncertain in this debate, as I wasn’t born yet, but just an observation of how history can unfold.
What snapped my attention was in the beginning when GW Bush said "I want to give the Governor a chance to respond". You would NEVER see that kind of civil behavior now in a debate. They would be busy yelling over each other....oh and NOT giving any actual facts about their plans...just attacking each other :|.
The primaries were in progress. It's April. The nominating convention would be in July. As the presenter mentioned, Bush had just won more than half the delegates in Pennsylvania, but Reagan was already handily ahead. But, there were 24 state contests left to go, including delegate-rich California where Reagan had a huge advantage, still being pretty popular as the former governor.
Anyone tired of being told by a moderator to keep your voices of pro American self sufficiency & such a man running for such an office to be quiet & no form of athusiasm of the people sharing the person of choice!! Let the peoples voices be heard & agree on America's choice. Stop the mediators from dictating HIS own agenda & personal opinion of who he favors!
I heard everyone was oppressed, repressed and suppressed BEFORE Joey B. made the Presidency, yet there are clearly many would-be victim groups healthy and importantly engaged in this debate from 1980!
It has been years since I saw this on TV. I must say that it is rather interesting. Reagan and Bush, to my knowledge were never friends but they are taking the party way here and being nice to one another. Reagan must have found some reason later on to bring Bush in, which I wish he had never done. The Bush dynasty way back to Bushe's father, then later we will get "W" which brought our country down to the depths more than any Democrat ever dreamed of (except for several whacky ones that are now in the 2016-2020's years.) Anyway, I'll leave the Bush Dynasty dark things go by. I wish debates would be more civil and less hostility as they have been for last 30 years or so...this struggle for money and power in a nation as ours has raised its ugly head and sadly will stay until as all authoritarian countries do, we are headed to hell on earth. The story of the human heart that is all about self.
Bush's forecast was 100% accurate, by the way. Reagan's plan did in fact explode the deficit and set a grim precedent of cutting taxes and failing to fund the government.
He was the last president to serve his country. He is a respectable and good man who loved this country. I see how you would say Rino. That’s Bull he was always a very moderate Republican. He was a good man. The secret service said they were so classy and knew everyone’s name that worked there.
@@rickydunn3921where to start: “ Read my lips no new taxes”. One year later: new taxes. He called for a “ new world order “ in his inaugural speech. Those are not actions of a true Republican. He accomplished nothing, merely serving as Reagan’s third term. He admitted as much in his autobiography. RINO ALL THE WAY.
Ronald Reagan and George Bush ran the country for 8 years together George Bush and Dan Quayle one ran the country for four years after that and then you have George Bush Junior ran the country for 8 years before Barack Obama took office afraid to tell me right here Ronald Reagan and George Bush and both their wives have passed me all four of them rest in peace
The most strange thing that they are both dead and Carter still alive
Gotta agree and carter was president before them two. Must be really healthy.
SMH!!!!
@@thomasjones4306 and he’s still building houses!
Ronald abs Bush were also older than Carter.
@moaz realF- Which only reinforces the old saying: "Bad Grass Never Dies."
Better candidates, better moderator, better audience.... No wonder people are nostalgic for the past!
Well, you can't be nostalgic about the future... but I get your point
Difrent candidats
Bush is moderator ....reagan is moore hard
In these time the cold war
In these time de urss is moore agresive but in 85 year whit gorvachov is difrent momemt of the urss and eeuu
Bush is like "You can be my wingman anytime" Reagan is like "bullshit you can be mine".
Slider still stinks! :)
Who was William Buckley going for? Lol
@@roughhabit9085 Reagan Buckley not a fan of New World Order
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Remarkable. A civil, intelligent debate between two articulate and well-informed people who had the best interests of their country at heart. We definitely don't see that anymore. I am a Democrat, but I came away from this debate impressed by both Reagan and Bush and I wish that modern politicians shared their passion for our country.
It was scripted for those times.
@@Illstatevid Are you lying?
@Grig Van If I'm a politician. I'm lying
It was not civil
I am still learning about reaganomics and just discover a new one bidenomics in2023,I did not know economics went on and on.
wow, we actually had adults running for president.
VP Bush Sr tried to assassinate President Reagan in 1981.... POS thing to do.
George h w bush was a major criminal. I'm tired of these people saying I don thg like trump's tone. Did a much better job as president than bush by far
Indeed, Anthony Delossantos!~
As opposed to your and my president Trump and a nation of feminized men.
@@RDO-tw4qn show evidence of it i call B.S.
Man, Reagan was so clean in this debate
He always was
As a Chechnian, I respect mr. Reagan
For the love of wetbacks , this is the reason why we need Trump to Clean up the mess these 2 idiots started 😂
They actually talk about real issues? Unheard of today
They talk about real issues today but no one cares cause they just want their stupid special gender names on their ID because for some
Reason they need the government to validate them.
I know! Not red herrings and lies about white supremacy and putting people in cages.
@@queenpurple8433 haha
What do you mean? Discussing whose golf game is the best is CRUCIAL
The fact that they wanna hear what the other candidate has to say is so refreshing.
A time when the moderator was actually doing their job
That’s wasn’t biased if he was he didn’t show it today they are political activists
WOW! We actually had real reporters, asking real relevant questions. Who would thought, that could be possible???
Wow this is fascinating. So much more polite and the candidates actually discuss specific policies, numbers, data etc. and this has to be because the population is better informed with an overall better education. Now reflect on what is different in society and why this must be.
The things discussed at a debate or in a candidate's platform have tenuous links to how people vote. This was one intimate venue and not the entire electorate, after all. I think the cultural shift is real, but I don't think it's because people were better educated or better informed in 1980. I think it's the incentives of the media, and the development of strategy.
In terms of personal reaction, seeing Bush calmly discuss how he was worried that his opponent would lower taxes by too much made me think it's a no-brainer that he lost.
Bush can try to sound smart. But he was a major criminal that did every poor job as president. Would take trump anyday over bush
Our liberal media and democrat party today are horrible people, don't blame the good common people of today for their actions. that's what they want you to do!.
I thought the same thing. It felt like smart adults talking straight to an audience that they also assume is smart. It is also nice not to have all the virtue-signaling about race or women by the media or debaters. I would vote for both of them.
@@Rickswars I believe it's more complicated than that.
I wouldn't say it's liberal media specifically but most of the media in general. With the rise of clickbait content in the age of internet oversaturation, news articles seemed less intent on reporting the truth and more intent on getting clicks.
There's also the problem of absolute tribalism propagated by similar media outlets, social media outrage, and of course, the fact that Trump is currently the only representative of the Republican party despite being the most polarizing figure of this generation. This causes Republicans who don't even necessarily agree with him to feel as though they must support him, since the alternative is not supporting Republicans at all.
Reagan was sharp and factual. I can see why people voted for him. So likable. Poor George. His policy would have been better, but he didnt have the "it" factor.
Bush didn't have the courage to stick with the principles Reagan had. He was supposed to continue the policies, and rebuild our economy after all we spent rebuilding the military and bringing down communism. He raised taxes instead, bc dems promised to cut spending, of course never did, and it ruined the plan and cost him a 2nd term.
@@sandyjuntunen4088 Don't disagree. Thus we got Bubba
I would agree too! Reagen was sharp.. actually so was Bush but he seemed abit out of touch? Carter was a phony, by all his accounts he didnt know what he was doing half of the time..
Bush Sr. was a good President but I believe his worst mistake was the promise of "No new taxes" as while he was definitely riding Reagan's ungodly popularity at the time, he had managed to make many who voted for him in 1988 to feel betrayed by 1992
Reagan was a straight PIMP! He busted out the baby powder, sprinkled it on his right hand, and proceeded to show Bish Sr. that his pimp-hand was WAY strong, metaphorically speaking.
After seeing that monstrosity of a so called "debate" we had yesterday it is sad that we cannot get back to this. Please we need debates like this again.
Same clown show different presentation. George Washington said political parties were dangerous, and he was right. These two men laid the foundation of what we are now.
Impossible, but I much corrupted politicians
Closest thing we got was glenn youngkins debates
I agree. But with media gurus who insert themselves into the debate, we'd never have honesty again.
It was caused by Trump.
One thing they both had in their favor is they didn't have to deal with Jim Acosta.
Jim Acosta is a giant didlod.
So true I agree
This is the kind of presidential debate I want to see.
IN MY life time only men were men... and this was how they argued.
Are you dead? Because if you’re not, then your post is factually inaccurate.
Politicians used to be really smart!
How where people expected to watch a debate without dancing graphics and running commentary at the bottom of the screen?
Both are good debaters
But Governor Reagan has
The advantage
Yes. Notes written for him by the propagandists rounded up by Lewis Powell. 😄 "Look here, don't take my word for it, listen to someone else, who you have never heard of and who you have no idea if you can trust.
Real gentlemen talking about real issues that matters to real people! What a contrast to today's world!
Two of the worst presidents in American history
@@xp7575 How can you say that given what's happened over the last 4 years?
@@asjason Trump was terrible but nowhere near as many people died because of his policies as did because of the policies of Reagan and Bush, and Bush's son was even worse than them combined, it can be very easy for people to get distracted by the volume of Trump's obnoxiousness and forget about how far much worse evil was conducted more quietly by worse presidents in the past
@@xp7575 Agreed Bushes we're / are evil. Trump is simply a mixed bag with nothing near the bad intent of the Bush / Clinton regimes who pretend to be on opposite sides.
It's great to be able to go back in time and watch two US presidents and legends in the politial world have a good intelligent debate. God bless both these wonderful men and former presidents. They are both looking down from heaven and wondering what happened to our country with jaws agape! RIP Bush and Reagan!
@Larry David Yup!! Exactly!!
Correction: RIP Reagan. NWO Deepstate Criminal Bush RIH.
HA HA HA ........That's hilarious. It's truly incredible how people like yourself can be so totally wrong and mislead . The Bush family are prolific criminals and have been for generations. Both Sam Bush & Prescott Bush made a fortune during both world wars. Sam selling weapons to both sides and Prescott banking with the Nazis and exploiting POW in the concentration camps. You will also not that when both Bush's became President ( there were Wars). The very opposite is true of GHW Bush - he's in Hell , right next to Lucifer where he belongs!!!!
WOW.....Ronald Reagan and George Bush actually yelling at each other!
Sure, but they were both bigger than their disagreements and knew how to put differences behind them. I'd be curious to see if Bush won the nomination though, would Reagan be the running mate?
Thank God that didn’t occur. Read my lips, no new taxes Bush singlehandedly derailed the Reagan Revolution.
Ronald Reagan was Bush’s puppet
@@broadstreet21 well to be truthful Reagan needed to win
@@Baczkowa78 What are you smoking? Bush had to eat some crow to become VP.
Bush made a lot of sense, but Reagan was clearly the more personable candidate who knew how to connect with the audience. Charisma matters.
Reagan spoke better about issues while Bush sat and dodged questions horrendously
Wow!!!an actual debate!!!what have we become?
The world will burn if Joe Biden becomes POTUS.
Merry Christmas!
Amazing isn't it...
@@tommyodonovan3883 got some news for you...
The good old days competent people
Either of these gentlemen would be a100% better president than what we now have with Let's Go Brandon..
Reagan = Absolutely. Bush = Better economy but more NWO endless wars.
Both of them did become president. And they both were better than the clown show we have today.
This is truly the way a debate should be held. Notice there were no time constraints and that they had both agreed to that in the beginning. Now if you want to see an even more civil debate, look up the 1960 Kennedy/Nixon debate which was the 1st debate ever televised. It's even more civil as the two of them continuously compliment eachother and they're from different parties in that one.
We need a Reagan of our own to save us !
Trump!!!
The difference between this debate and what we saw between August 2015 and March 2016 is so sad :(
DONT WORRY TRUMP WILL FIX THAT 4U!! :-)!!!! GET HIM IN THAT WHITE HOUSE,,YOU PUT CREEPY JOE THERE ,,ALL HELL WILL BREAK LOOSE,,AND U WILL BE PAYING 6BUCKS A GALLON 4 GAS DO U WANT THAT? HMMM DO YAH???
OH ALSO MAND8 VACCINES A CHIP EMBEDDED INTO YOUR SKIN U WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO NOTING& I MEAN NADDA WITH OUT A TOXIC VACCINE!!! DONT DO IT!!!
@@laurieb.8049 He did a bad job at it also it's your comment is completely off topic
@@ZekeorSomething I couldn't find a spot to put my topic so I just went here. I changed the topic heehee!! Trump is WORKING HARD FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE! DONT U KNOW!??
hmmm
Biden will take your house
Take your car,higer gas prices,property tax,,higher all taxes
Take your possessions,,guns ammo,etc,,take all your freedoms,,mandate vaccines,,,and bring in communism& socialism wich where we are ummm right about now! How u like him so far?? Kamala sucks2!
@@vaolin1703 because as much as I like trump for 4 more years,,I havent had a vaccine in over 20 yrs& I'm not about to start now! It takes years to come up with a vaccine u think imma get pricked with that!! TRUMP 4 MORE YRS VACCINES NO THANKS!! IM NOT SICK I TAKE VITAMINS,, I'm not getting a chip embedded thru my skin,read about fauci& gates hes not even a dr! Many TRUMP FANS WHO WILL NOT TAKE VACCINES,,THEY ALL TOXIC,,TELL ME HOW U FEEL AFTER U GET IT🤣🤣😵😵
The most interesting and appreciative of the intellectual debate for the presidential race is that the publicist not clapping unnecessarily in a biased manner and if clapping, clapping on a certain point on merit basis understanding the situation well. This is the basic difference between them and us and perhaps the difference of democracy of the two countries as well . I am feeling blessed to hear this fruitful debate between two great personalities the world has produced.I wish to salute here to both here .🙏🙏🙏
Read the public in lieu of publicist appearing here in typo .
These 2 are class. I wish they would do this today!!
I don’t know if I want to see two dead guys running for presid… oh wait, we already HAVE a dead President in the White House 😂
❤ how civilized! It's like a breath of fresh air from the past! Thank you God that we still have this stuff that gives us hope!
Amazing documentary. Thanks for sharing. Regards from Tony, Sydney, Australia.
Watching this after the 2020 debates just feels like we lost the ability to be decent to one another.
We? You mean Trump
HELLLLOOOO! LOL
There's only one person you're referring to and it ain't Biden
@@jared1964 Nah it's two. Biden was a shitshow during the debates as well.
@@offscreen6578 nah
2 of the finest men ever to have walked this earth!
this is one of the best debates in the US history by the two great former presidents, we are able to know what is the true debating, not insulting or humiliating.
each candidate had foresight to settle down the current situation, which was formed by the careful consideration in each perspective. and that revealed in their's dialogue naturally.
I remember when Reagan got elected. Within a month I almost doubled my salary and got something like a $500 rebate for that year 😅
By far the two best presidents during my lifetime span, this far. Reagan and Bush 41 are both in my top 10 among all the 46 presidents.
Some of the best presidents of American existence
Reagan as president was a good actor, the king of idle talk. While he deceived the poor and the middle class with his soft talk, and impoverished them, the rich became richer and richer at their expense.
OMG! This is true debate with so much mutual respect. When did we get out of this type of debate and respecting each other? The candidates also knew about the subject inside out. I want to go back to this.
Bush...."but I do want to give the Governor a chance to respond"... imagine that.... not interrupting or shouting down the other person
I'm viewing this video on Saturday, April 13th, 2024. Former President Carter is still alive at 99 years old.
Both of them want to hear each other.. respect.. when America had some dignity
10:46 Ronald Reagan spot on!!
Debates are great until everyone started attacking Trump personally
Apparently you've never heard Trump talk, he built his entire campaign on making personal insults and coming up with catchy but absolutely childish nicknames to disparage his opponents
@@xp7575
Apparently you never noticed that every time Trump got nasty he was retaliating to an equally nasty attack on himself.
He never could resist the urge to defend himself (even when it was unwise).
Moral: If you don't wanna lose to a bigger gun, don't draw your weapon.
@@jamiebowles4588 so you're dyslexic, got it 😂
@xp8969 once HE WAS referred to with the false insults that were hurled at him by the msm he had every right to defend his ideology. He brought to light so many truths and many people don't want to hear truths.
Reagan kicked ass just like he did with Carter
Also what made a big difference here was the media.
Very true. Media channels reported the same facts not adding sarcasm, opinions or biases.
You can see why these two men made such a wonderful team. Can you imagine what another term of Carter/Mondale would have done to this country?
Yes and we are seeing that damage being done nowadays
My favorite primary debate of all-time
Back then 63K federal employees. Now close to or about 1.8M. Problematic.
And what do they do later? They put their ideas together and serve as president and vice president.
It's clear why Bush was a 1-term President and why Reagan was reelected in a landslide. History proves Reagan to be correct on the issues. Which is another reason why Reagan always tops the lists of the most popular &/or best Presidents in history.
Reagan was a fuckin legend.
Yep! H. W. Bush was from the high brow, Ivy League elite. It drove him crazy Ronald Reagan came from a disadvantaged background, was educated at Eureka College, and wasn’t part of “ the set”
The Great Communicator is on full display in this debate. No one else like him so far in our lifetimes.
My god. What happened to the GOP. They had Reagan and Bush at the same time running.
And yet the best the other party has today is a guy that falls up the stairs, needs a teleprompter and has no idea where he is.
What happened to the Dems? They have a senile zombie in the white house.
My God!
People used to say that Reagan was unable to articulate any issues coherently.
Nevertheless, I watched him during the primaries and the debates with Carter.
He was for from being an ignorant -- and comparing with Trump, he was an Einstein.
How did the US of A elected Trump? Was people in the 80s more rational and intelligent than in 2016?
Up to 12:56
love this channel wish i was 10 again
@biggs949597 s Left wing is great.
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Howard K. Smith is a CLASS ACT. We won't ever see his type anymore; gentlemanly, well-spoken. A conservative man who played fair.
Bush was the better candidate. Reagan was the better actor..
Two of the worst presidents in American history
@@xp7575 Obama and Biden? BY FAR! Democrats are sht
@@xp7575Reagan was a terrific leader. Bush raised taxes.
@@DinaMule America died thanks to Nixon and Reagan, Bush didn't help but the country was already dead by the time he became president
Two competed and supported each other and were put into comparison
They debated and George W Bush became Reagan’s VP
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Some say their administration was best known for decreasing spending on domestic and social programs .Do you see that Reagan really advanced or introduced the truly improved domestic policies or see any other trends in their terms in office ?
@@perfectmysterious1155 I am not commenting on their politics, just that they were gentlemen
@@mismakabel2119 yes I know that but before all that they debated against each other for Presidency
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A shame he s gone now,,makes you wanna just vote 4 him right then&there right???
Two of the worst presidents in American history
RIP
America will never give birth again. These two leaders, in every sense of the word,... Rest in peace, heroes. You served the world, not America, and today the world misses you.
We must bring ‘em back
The human and intellectual quality of those 2! They went from a partisan debate to be both of them Presidents. Pure admiration to this greats gentleman! R.I.P. Mr. Reagan & Mr. Bush
We must bring them back for proper American politics!
I remember at that time when he said there you go again
Gentlemen, both.
Both future presidents were criticizing their former president, but their former president is the one still alive this day.
So what?
@@SouL1Jacker Just found how long Carter has lived after his presidency.
Yuan Wu so Carter is just a loser, can not stay at White House in two terms and live the rest of whole life as a loser
What has that have to do with anything? A life well lived is better than long life.
Two US Presidents. Lots of material here for Dana Carvey
Reagan was wrong. But he was more convincing. Politics.
Bush Sr was a creepy CIA spook.
@@RDO-tw4qn Bush Sr had far more knowledge on foreign policy, which would've proved far more helpful in ending the Cold War sooner and solving our other problems abroad
@@user-tc4ns9zi6q Bush was a most evil man and president; you have no idea.
@@user-tc4ns9zi6q Having been the director of the CIA and an ambassador he SHOULD have had more knowledge on foreign policy than a former governor. But the major problem in 1980 was domestic. High inflation, high unemployment, factories closing, etc. And it was Reagan's skill that put in the crack that ended the cold war. Even Gorbachev himself said that. The turning point was at the summit in Iceland.
Always been the same old lies
11:00
Allowance for George W Bush!
Can't believe that someone didn't pick that up in the 2000 campaign.
It was an analogy you dimwit
Reagan was right that the massive tax cuts increased revenues ... Bush was right that the deficit increased ... what history shows those deficits were increased by increased spending - not cutting taxes. No one ever talks about cutting spending across the board. Reagan talked about it a lot when he took office but how much spending was really cut?
Reagan eventually scrapped cutting the deficit since his tax cuts stimulated growth in the economy. People seemed not to mind at the time hence his re-election and bush’s win in 1988. Eventually it became too much and it cost bush by 1992.
29:50 that laugh was so cute
It’s funny hearing Bush quote Art Laffer as an authority on tax cuts leading to increased deficits when his Laffer Curve ultimately shows that’s not always the case. I can’t remember whether the Laffer Curve was solidified during the Reagan administration, which would be an explanation of why he was quoted as being uncertain in this debate, as I wasn’t born yet, but just an observation of how history can unfold.
Great debate. Bring this back
What snapped my attention was in the beginning when GW Bush said "I want to give the Governor a chance to respond". You would NEVER see that kind of civil behavior now in a debate. They would be busy yelling over each other....oh and NOT giving any actual facts about their plans...just attacking each other :|.
Honest Reagan and lying Bush .
Bush was a classy man and the last president that served this country. These 2 were a smart great team.
Taxes were always Bush's weak point ...
And his sons! But only because he consistently lied about them.
Plus murdering Kennedy and orchestrating 9/11
I'm confused. Was this before the primaries? I'm sure this was, bcoz why would Reagan argue with his future running partner?
The primaries were in progress. It's April. The nominating convention would be in July. As the presenter mentioned, Bush had just won more than half the delegates in Pennsylvania, but Reagan was already handily ahead. But, there were 24 state contests left to go, including delegate-rich California where Reagan had a huge advantage, still being pretty popular as the former governor.
@distantvoices well kamala Harris is a piece of trash just like Biden they are corrupt communist and criminals
@distantvoices What does the have to do with the topic?
You're some kind of stupid. This was in April and they were still deciding who the Party's candidate would be.
Anyone tired of being told by a moderator to keep your voices of pro American self sufficiency & such a man running for such an office to be quiet & no form of athusiasm of the people sharing the person of choice!! Let the peoples voices be heard & agree on America's choice. Stop the mediators from dictating HIS own agenda & personal opinion of who he favors!
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Oh, for an era of civility such as at this point in our history!!
Kinda shows you how far this nation has fallen in respect, civility and intelligence
I heard everyone was oppressed, repressed and suppressed BEFORE Joey B. made the Presidency, yet there are clearly many would-be victim groups healthy and importantly engaged in this debate from 1980!
Just starting 2024 with this masterpiece
These poor RINOs had no idea what would be done with their legacy
We did cut the son’s allowance but left him with an unlimited credit card.
George H W Bush was pictured outside the Texas School Book Depository building in Dealey Plaza, Dallas on 22 November 1963.
I wish I experienced the Reagan era. I don’t dislike the president or anything but I feel Reagan was a tiny bit better
The Kennedy brothers ACT for us.
RONALD REAGAN was a Warrior for God. Any questions?
Reagan had slowed and softened by 1980 with age. He was an articulate spit fire free market Conservative in 1964.
I was living in Houston, Texas at the time-however-by virtue of being only 15 years of age at the time-I was too young to vote!
It has been years since I saw this on TV. I must say that it is rather interesting. Reagan and Bush, to my knowledge were never friends but they are taking the party way here and being nice to one another. Reagan must have found some reason later on to bring Bush in, which I wish he had never done. The Bush dynasty way back to Bushe's father, then later we will get "W" which brought our country down to the depths more than any Democrat ever dreamed of (except for several whacky ones that are now in the 2016-2020's years.)
Anyway, I'll leave the Bush Dynasty dark things go by. I wish debates would be more civil and less hostility as they have been for last 30 years or so...this struggle for money and power in a nation as ours has raised its ugly head and sadly will stay until as all authoritarian countries do, we are headed to hell on earth. The story of the human heart that is all about self.
I think it’s fair to distinguish and separate Bush Sr from W. W was way more hawkish and neoconservative than his father.
Bush's forecast was 100% accurate, by the way. Reagan's plan did in fact explode the deficit and set a grim precedent of cutting taxes and failing to fund the government.
We used to have intelligent people on leadership.
Very good debate. Reagan set up Bush to win the election, but his policies set up Bush for failure. The "no new taxes" thing didn't help either
Reagan was the best president America had. Three terms - two of his and one of bush speaks for his achievements
Bush: ALWAYS a RINO.
he just a member in deepstate only-as clinnton-obama-biden-***bush son-
He was the last president to serve his country. He is a respectable and good man who loved this country. I see how you would say Rino. That’s Bull he was always a very moderate Republican. He was a good man. The secret service said they were so classy and knew everyone’s name that worked there.
@@rickydunn3921 At one time I would have agreed with you (had I not learned what I know now about the Bush family).
@@rickydunn3921where to start: “ Read my lips no new taxes”. One year later: new taxes. He called for a “ new world order “ in his inaugural speech. Those are not actions of a true Republican. He accomplished nothing, merely serving as Reagan’s third term. He admitted as much in his autobiography. RINO ALL THE WAY.
Ronald Reagan and George Bush ran the country for 8 years together George Bush and Dan Quayle one ran the country for four years after that and then you have George Bush Junior ran the country for 8 years before Barack Obama took office afraid to tell me right here Ronald Reagan and George Bush and both their wives have passed me all four of them rest in peace
There's no doubt in my mind that carter will live to be at least 100. Adam's, Bush Reagan and ford came close however.
1980 debates - so much infomation, numbers and facts spit out, my head hurts; 2024 debates - so much insults and lies, my head hurts