Debates like the one you probably observed last night can often prompt thoughts of times long ago, including the 1960 debate between Nixon and Kennedy, wherein Nixon determined makeup was too girly-girl and below him. To his dismay.
But you may enjoy watching this YouTube, at least briefly, and compare against more modern alpha-male peeing contests such as the second Obama-Romney elucidation of our national dilemmas. Kidding, of course.
There have been some great moments in the past, to wit the Reagan-Mondale debate of '84 when Reagan threw out the great line about not making age an issue due to the youth and lack of experience of Mondale. Even Mondale was laughing out loud. Think Reagan had been planning that line?
Or the Bentsen-Quayle debate in '88 when you could almost hear Bentsen saying "Please proceed" to the self-congratulatory comparisons that Quayle tried to draw between himself and John Kennedy. Then said: "I knew Kennedy - he wasn't no potato-head..." Or words to that effect.
Think he had been planning it? Or Obama leading Romney to the cliff by saying "Please proceed - 'to stick your foot in it by incorrectly describing my words in the Rose Garden...' "
Kind of makes you pine for the days when the parties met in the smoke-filled rooms to choose their candidates. Recommended reading: Robert Caro's 4th in the Lyndon Johnson series, The Passage of Power. Wilma will be proud of you for reading it, I suspect.
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