The Presidential Debates Between Bill Clinton And Dole :: essays research papers

The presidential Debates Between Bill Clinton and pogy          The presidential debates between democratic electric chair WilliamClinton and Republican Senator Robert dole proved to be a game of "dodge-b every last(predicate)". chase Dole fired criticism and attacks while Clinton tried to "dodge" them. Doleattacked him on most of his ideas, and his tendency to exaggerate. Clintonavoided the lies he made since the 1992 presidential operate (brought up byDole, of course) by revealing all that he effectuate for the good of thepeople. Clinton foc utilize on politics at a national level at home, and tried toavoid foreign affairs. Dole ground his debate on a state or local level. They two had separate ideas on different consequences such as education, taxes, etcetera Theyused these opposite ideas to attack each other.          The debates went smoothly through the first legal proceedi ng without alot of conflict but shortly into the debate Clinton makes his form of address that "TheUnited States is better off now than it was quaternary years past". Dole attacks bysaying "Hes (Clinton) better off than he was four years ago". Although itcracked a few laughs, it showed how little esteem he has for Clinton and howdesperate he is getting to resort to such squalid remarks. The first severalminutes of the debate had Clinton summarizing all that he has through in the pastfour years such as 10.5 billion more jobs, the Brady Bill, and Family, Medical,and educational bills. In turn Dole complains that the United States has dead(a) wages, and that 40% of wages are spent on taxes. On the topic of druguse in the United States Clinton claimed that cocaine use reduced 30% andcrime decreased as well. Dole soon reacted by saying, rather sarcastically thatdrug abuse has doubled and for so a good deal money that has been spent on crime littlehas changed. Throu ghout the debates Clinton claims he has done so much good forthe country such as cutting the size of government, and stimulating economicgrowth. In return Dole would blame him for exaggerating and stealing credit forothers work such as governors, senators, etc. Clinton did little directattacking but at one point, for example, he criticized Doles 550 billion dollar"scheme" to cut Medicare and Social Security.          Clinton and Dole showed very different views on education.Clinton observed education as dependent on the federal government program forfunding. Bob Dole believes that education should be brought more local, and ona state level. Dole wants to cut all federal programs and move programs such asHealth Care, Medicare, etc., to more of a state level.