Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.; S0779; Who Should Be Vice President and Why?
- Episode Number
- S0779
- Producing Organization
- Southern Educational Communications Association
- South Carolina Educational Television Network
- Contributing Organization
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University (Stanford, California)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/514-0g3gx45f6b
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- Description
- Episode Description
- This vigorous discussion is about evenly divided between what sort of person a Vice President should be and--since our guests are both liberal Democrats--whom Michael Dukakis should pick as his running mate. (Most of the running-mate discussion is on the plausibility of Jesse Jackson, though Mr. Maslin does mention Lloyd Bentsen as a strong contender.) MG: "One point I would like to make, if I could, that we are leaving out of this equation: ... Democrats are frustrated because they have been out of the White House 16 of 20 years, and are extremely united behind Dukakis because they don't want a Reagan successor. Therefore, there will be very little moaning if Dukakis picks someone that's not ideal, unlike the Republicans, who are already complaining that Governor Tom Kean is the keynoter [at the convention], and you have Republicans like Howard Phillips and Richard Viguerie bitterly attacking Reagan and Bush. I don't think you will see that phenomenon in the Democratic Party this year." Currently there is only a digitized transcript available for this episode.
- Series Description
- The television series Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. was a venue for debate and discussion on political, social, and philosophical issues with experts of the day. Firing Line broadcasts from 1966 through March 1971 were produced and syndicated by WOR-TV, a commercial station in New York, but some of them were also broadcast on noncommercial television stations. Starting in April 1971, Firing Line broadcasts were produced by the Southern Educational Communications Association, an arm of South Carolina Educational Television. Hoover Institution Library & Archives' Firing Line collection guide can be found at: https://www.hoover.org/library-archives/collections/firing-line.
- Date
- 1988-07-06
- Asset type
- Episode
- Genres
- Talk Show
- Topics
- Public Affairs
- Subjects
- Politics and government; United States; Democratic Party (U.S.); election; political campaigns; Vice-Presidential candidates; Vice-Presidents
- Rights
- Copyright held by Stanford University. This copy is provided for educational and research purposes only. No publication, further reproduction, or reuse of copies, beyond fair use, may be made without the express written permission of the Hoover Institution Library & Archives on behalf of Stanford University.
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Guest: Green, Mark J.
Guest: Maslin, Paul
Host: Buckley, William F., Jr.
Moderator: Kinsley, Michael E.
Producing Organization: Southern Educational Communications Association
Producing Organization: South Carolina Educational Television Network
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Stanford University
Identifier: 80040.1031 (Hoover Institution)
Generation: Proxy
Duration: 0:30:00
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.; S0779; Who Should Be Vice President and Why?,” 1988-07-06, Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed September 8, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-514-0g3gx45f6b.
- MLA: “Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.; S0779; Who Should Be Vice President and Why?.” 1988-07-06. Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. September 8, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-514-0g3gx45f6b>.
- APA: Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.; S0779; Who Should Be Vice President and Why?. Boston, MA: Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-514-0g3gx45f6b