President Reagan Discusses Selection of Geraldine
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President Reagan Discusses Selection of Geraldine
President Reagan Discusses Selection of Geraldine Ferraro as VP Candidate https://highered.nbclearn.com/portal/site/HigherEd/browse/?cuecard=3403 General Information Source: Creator: Event Date: Air/Publish Date: NBC Nightly News Tom Brokaw/Emery King 07/13/1984 07/13/1984 Resource Type: Copyright: Copyright Date: Clip Length Video News Report NBCUniversal Media, LLC. 1984 00:01:54 Description Walter Mondale's historic selection of Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate doesn't seem to be denting the confidence of Republicans. President Ronald Reagan implies the selection will have little effect on the fall campaign. Keywords President, Ronald Reagan, Geraldine Ferraro, Vice President, Vice Presidential, Vice Presidency, Candidate, Selection, Republicans, Women, Equal Rights, Walter Mondale, Tokenism, Symbolism, George H.W. Bush, 1984 Presidential Election Citation © 2008-2015 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 1 of 3 MLA "President Reagan Discusses Selection of Geraldine Ferraro as VP Candidate." Emery King, correspondent. NBC Nightly News. NBCUniversal Media. 13 July 1984. NBC Learn. Web. 30 May 2015 APA King, E. (Reporter), & Brokaw, T. (Anchor). 1984, July 13. President Reagan Discusses Selection of Geraldine Ferraro as VP Candidate. [Television series episode]. NBC Nightly News. Retrieved from https://highered.nbclearn.com/portal/site/HigherEd/browse/?cuecard=3403 CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE "President Reagan Discusses Selection of Geraldine Ferraro as VP Candidate" NBC Nightly News, New York, NY: NBC Universal, 07/13/1984. Accessed Sat May 30 2015 from NBC Learn: https://highered.nbclearn.com/portal/site/HigherEd/browse/?cuecard=3403 Transcript President Reagan Discusses Selection of Geraldine Ferraro as VP Candidate TOM BROKAW, anchoring: The Republicans still are sizing up the effect of Ferraro on the Mondale ticket, but publicly at least, they seem confident for the fall campaign. One Reagan campaign official said today, “We’re not even conceding Queens,” Ferraro’s home district. And during a meeting with Republican women today, President Reagan seemed to suggest critical observations of his own. Here’s Emery King. EMERY KING, reporting: In his remarks to the Republican women, the president made little direct reference to Ferraro’s selection, but some detected veiled criticism when he predicted the first woman president would be a Republican. RONALD REAGAN (President, Republican): Why? Because we have the great talent. Women who’ve advanced in our party and who are coming up to the ranks today are doing it by merit. KING: Later, there was talk of tokenism and symbolism. REAGAN: The Conservative Party in Great Britain chose Margaret Thatcher as their leader not because she was a woman, but because she was the best person for the job. It was not tokenism or cynical symbolism. KING: The White House quickly noted that there was no underlying meaning in those remarks, that Mr. Reagan was not speaking directly or indirectly about Geraldine Ferraro’s qualifications. The women who heard him agreed. Woman 1: That’s not how I took it, and I don’t believe that’s how he intended it. Woman 2: The question is not, you know, a woman per se. I think we have to talk about the issues here. KING: The President’s political strategists say that’s exactly what Mr. Reagan will do. Although they admit that Ferraro’s selection caught them by surprise, officials at the White House say that the president took it in stride. Said one, he won’t lose any sleep over it at Camp David this weekend. © 2008-2015 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 2 of 3 White House aids believe the president will get the support of women and they believe Vice President George Bush’s foreign policy experience will contrast sharply with what one official called the relative inexperience of Geraldine Ferraro. Emery King, NBC News, at the White House. © 2008-2015 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 3 of 3