[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 21234]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I went to Danville, KY, last evening, and I 
thought both Joe Lieberman and Dick Cheney did an admirable job in 
presenting their respective points of view during the Vice Presidential 
debate.
  It will be understandable if I express a certain amount of parochial 
pride in the performance of my colleague and friend from Connecticut, 
Joe Lieberman, who I thought did a magnificent job in laying out in 
civil, polite, and in a courteous way, the differences between the two 
teams, the two parties, and the candidates for the Presidency of the 
United States of America.
  I think all Americans benefited last night as a result of the very 
eloquent, precise, thoughtful, and clear presentations. So it seems 
fitting for me to take a minute to commend them both, particularly my 
colleague from Connecticut. When young people around the country are 
thinking about politics and wonder whether good examples are out there, 
it is my hope that they might be shown by their history teachers, the 
Vice Presidential debate of the year 2000. Indeed, it was a wonderful 
example of how people of significant differences of opinion and points 
of view can have a worthwhile, informative discussion and debate of 
critical issues that face the future of our Nation.
  I commend both, particularly my good friend and colleague from 
Connecticut. There is a collective sense of pride over the junior 
Senator from Connecticut. I may not call him ``junior'' Senator much 
longer, but I want to tell my colleagues how very proud I was of his 
performance.

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