‘Where’s The Beef?’ And Other Notable Moments From Past Democratic Debates In Atlanta

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November 20th, 2019

Then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton is flanked by the Rev. McKinley Young, left, and U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, as he greets parishioners at the Bethel A.M.E. Church in downtown Atlanta on March 1, 1992. Clinton and other Democrats were in Atlanta to participate in a debate.

Joe Holloway Jr. / Associated Press file

It was March 11, 1984, and five Democratic candidates, all of them men, sat on the stage of the Fox Theatre in a debate sponsored by the League of Women Voters.

Women were actually only specifically mentioned once that afternoon when one of the candidates, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, was asked about the so-called “misery index” felt by voters.

“Women are seeking to become empowered,” Jackson said. “Seventy percent of all poor children live in a house headed by a woman. Unless we empower women, then they will be more miserable.”

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