1984, Mondale vs. Reagan: The Teflon President

American Elections: Wicked Game

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🗓️ 8 September 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

With a Republican-controlled Senate and a clear mandate from the American people, Ronald Reagan sets out to show American strength abroad and to reduce the role of “big government” at home. The idea that his political future will ever be in question seems impossible, but a widening wealth gap and a lone gunman’s bullet will threaten his first term and his prospects for re-election.

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0:00.0	It's October 9, 1980 in Nashville, Tennessee.
0:16.0	25-year-old man rushes to the American Airlines check-in counter in the South
0:19.9	Concourse of the National International Airport.
0:23.0	He carries a dark-colored suitcase.
0:25.0	Good afternoon.
0:26.0	How can I help you?
0:27.0	I have a flight to New York.
0:29.0	Looks like you're running a little late.
0:30.0	Yes, yes I am.
0:31.0	When you make your flight and get your luggage on board, you'll need to self-check your suitcase upstairs in the security line.
0:37.0	With a grown, young man heads upstairs and waits in line to get through airport security.
0:44.0	He puts his suitcase on the conveyor belt and steps through the metal detector without incident.
0:48.0	He waits for his suitcase to come through the X-ray machine.
0:52.0	But when it finally does, it's quickly grabbed and opened.
0:55.0	Before the man even knows what's happening, security officers descend upon him.
0:59.0	Sir, are you aware you have three guns and a box of ammunition in your suitcase?
1:03.0	The young man tries to remain calm, but he's struggling.
1:06.0	Yes, I brought them for friends.
1:09.0	You bought three guns and ammunition for friends.
1:12.0	Yes, for friends at Yale, I go to Yale.
1:15.0	The young man tries to plead his case.
1:17.0	He tries to defend having a 38 caliber revolver, two 22 caliber pistols and a box of high velocity hollow point cartridges in the case.
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