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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. wants to be included in the upcoming debate on CNN between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
There hasn’t been a third participant, an independent candidate, in a presidential debate in over three decades…. Since Ross Perot in 1992
“No hedges, no ifs, ands and buts. I'll take the pledge. Because I know the American people want to talk about issues and not tabloid journalism. So, I'll take the pledge and we'll stay on the issues.
Now, just for the record, I don't have any spin doctors. I don't have any speech writers. Probably shows. I make those charts you see on television.
But you don't have to wonder if it's me talking. What you see is what you get. And if you don't like it, you got two other choices, right?”
That was Ross Perot in the 1992 town hall – the first-ever general election presidential debate held in a town hall format…. A citizen asked the candidates to "focus on the issues and not the personalities and the mud."
What were Ross Perot’s greatest moments, notable remarks, and most famous lines from the 1992 debates?
Find out in the latest episode of C-SPAN’s podcast “The Weekly” -- when we revisit the last time an independent candidate was allowed in a presidential debate.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been invited to address a Joint Meeting of Congress. It would be his fourth time. And that sets a few Congress records:
The greatest number of official speeches in Congress by one foreign leader.
His introduction by Speaker Mike Johnson marks the fourth time Benjamin Netanyahu has been by introduced by a Republican speaker.
And Israel takes over first place for the greatest number of total speeches by leaders of a foreign country to a Joint Meeting of Congress. Ten times by an Israeli Prime Minister or President.
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President George H.W. Bush would have been 100 years old. He was born June 12, 1924.
And to mark that milestone birthday, he might have jumped out of an airplane.
Like he did when he turned 75 … and 80 … and 85 … and 90.
Why jump out of airplanes as he got older?
Here’s what President Bush said in 1998:

It was about closure because on September 2nd, 1944, I made a parachute jump and I did it badly. My life was spared. Off the island of Chichijima. During Word War II. But I made a mistake again went out too early and bad things happened. So for years I wanted to do it right. But what I thought the press would ridicule me. But what happened was. And maybe there's a lesson here for other old guys if there are others in this room. And somehow that silly parachute jump awaked in a lot of people that very thought. We can. We can do something even at our age.

President George Bush was serious about the jumps. But he often joked about them. And he used First Lady Barbara Bush as his comedy foil.

What were his best birthday parachute jokes?
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Through the words of American presidents who have spoken over the years at Normandy, this week's episode of C-SPAN's podcast "The Weekly" marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day. We hear presidents talk about American soldiers who fought there and died there.
Some of the greatest and most legendary speeches of the modern American presidency have been delivered at Normandy for D-Day anniversaries … In all, American presidents have spoken at Normandy eight times since D-Day … Hear the stories and the speeches – in “The Weekly."

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“This debate tonight has made crystal clear a challenge that is as old as America — the choice between hope and fear, change or more of the same.”
That was Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton – his closing statement in the October 11, 1992, presidential debate…
“More of the same” – It’s a phrase Bill Clinton famously – and quite effectively – used during the 1992 campaign…
And you don’t just hear it from Bill Clinton …”More of the same” is a warning you typically hear from other presidential candidates in other presidential campaigns.
But probably not this year…. In 2024 – with a repeat of the same two candidates from the last presidential election – we likely won’t hear either side talk much – if at all – about “more of the same.”
So let’s do it ourselves – Let’s use this week’s episode of C-SPAN’s “The Weekly” to remember when “more of the same” was common campaign rhetoric… Yes, in this podcast we hear more of the same – about more of the same.
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The Trump hush money trial has us talking about the National Enquirer.
But it seems like the tabloid never left the political conversation.
The National Enquirer’s pictures, scoops, and reporting have influenced the establishment political media for years.
In this week’s episode’s of C-SPAN’s podcast “The Weekly,” we revisit what we might be the most famous example of how National Enquirer reporting shapes broader political reporting – and even the presidential race. Our focus: Gary Hart.
How did conventional media react to the National Enquirer’s reporting of the Democratic presidential candidate having an alleged affair in 1987?
Hear all the self-reflection and hand-wringing in “The Weekly.”
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