Paul Kengor at NRO has an article up remembering Ronald Reagan's debate with Robert Kennedy 40 years ago.
It's an interesting article and I find myself looking for a video of the event.
Reading through some examples of the questions they were faced, I can't help but think about the Democrat candidates refusing to a debate hosted by FOX News. Reagan probably knew that there was going to be a student panel filled with college students the likes of which he confronted as Governor. He also probably expected the kinds of questions he was going to get, but went on and rebutted them all. The Democrats, on the other hand, can't stand the idea of participating in a debate hosted by a news channel they don't like.
Some examples of the questions and statements made by the student panel:
“I believe the war in Vietnam is illegal, immoral, politically unjustifiable, and economically motivated.”
In another exchange still difficult to watch, a contemptuous Brit named Jeff Jordan, whom Kennedy permitted to roll all over him, complained that the Diem regime, with the alleged help of U.S. advisers, had incarcerated six million Vietnamese in “forced prison camps.”
“Excuse me, sir…. You think something is good; he thinks something else is good. You want him to give up some of his hostile views. You are not prepared to move back one inch from yours.”
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