20th Century Presidential Debates

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Across
  1. 2. This candidate said, "Are you better off than you were 4 years ago?"
  2. 6. Famous for his no Soviet domination of Poland gaffe
  3. 7. Reagan said he would not make an issue of this candidate's "youth and inexperience"
  4. 10. His popular wisecrack was "I'm all ears"
  5. 12. Noted for looking at his watch during a debate
  6. 15. Refused to debate in 1968 and 1972
  7. 16. He said famously, "You're no Jake Kennedy"
Down
  1. 1. All three of major candidates of 1992 were this
  2. 3. The first televised presidential debate occurred here
  3. 4. Bill Clinton was seen as the master of this debate forum
  4. 5. This VP candidate snapped back at George H.W. Bush about his "patronizing attitude"
  5. 8. Joked, "If you don't try to compare George Bush to Harry Truman, I won't compare you to Jack Kennedy"
  6. 9. This candidate was posed a hypothetical query about the rape and murder of his wife
  7. 11. This VP candidate said, "I feel like I'm a spectator at a ping-pong game"
  8. 13. This candidate set the bar high for debate delivery
  9. 14. This candidate said he talked with his teen daughter about an "important issue"