Reagan and the age issue — Transcript

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1. 0:00Mr Truitt your question to President
2. 0:02Reagan Mr President I want to raise an
3. 0:04issue that I think has been lurking out
4. 0:06there for two or three weeks and cast it
5. 0:08specifically in National Security terms
6. 0:10you already are the oldest president in
7. 0:12history and some of your staff say you
8. 0:14were tired after your most recent
9. 0:16encounter with Mr Mr uh
10. 0:18mandale um I recall yet that President
11. 0:21Kennedy had to go for days on end with
12. 0:23very little sleep during the Cuba
13. 0:25Missile Crisis is there any doubt in
14. 0:27your mind that you would be able to
15. 0:29function in such circum ances not at all
16. 0:32Mr truid and I and I want you to know
17. 0:33that also I will not make age an issue
18. 0:37of this campaign I am not going to
19. 0:39exploit for political purposes my
20. 0:43opponent's Youth and inexperience
21. 0:47[Applause]
22. 1:00if I still have time I might add Mr
23. 1:02truid I might add that
24. 1:05um it was senica or it was Cicero I
25. 1:08don't know which that said if it was not
26. 1:10for the elders correcting the mistakes
27. 1:12of the young there would be no State Mr
28. 1:15President I'd like to head for the fence
29. 1:16and try to catch that one before it goes
30. 1:17over but but I'll go on to another