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1、Transcript of second McCain, Obama debateNASHVILLE, Tennessee (CNN) - Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama debated in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday night. NBCs Tom Brokaw moderated the debate. Here is a transcript of that debate.TOM: Good evening from Belmont University in Nashvil
2、le, Tennessee. Im Tom Brokaw of NBC News. And welcome to this second presidential debate, sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates. Tonights debate is the only one with a town hall format. The Gallup Organization chose 80 uncommitted voters from the Nashville area to be here with us tonig
3、ht. And earlier today, each of them gave me a copy of their question for the candidates. From all of these questions - and from tens of thousands submitted online - I have selected a long list of excellent questions on domestic and foreign policy. Neither the commission nor the candidates have seen
4、the questions. And although we wont be able to get to all of them tonight, we should have a wide-ranging discussion one month before the election. Each candidate will have two minutes to respond to a common question, and there will be a one-minute follow-up. The audience here in the hall has agreed
5、to be polite, and attentive, no cheering or outbursts. Those of you at home, of course, are not so constrained. The only exception in the hall is right now, as it is my privilege to introduce the candidates, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois and Senator John McCain of Arizona. Gentlemen? Gentlemen, w
6、e want to get underway immediately, if we can. Since you last met at Ole Miss 12 days ago, the world has changed a great deal, and not for the better. We still dont know where the bottom is at this time. As you might expect, many of the questions that we have from here in the hall tonight and from o
7、nline have to do with the American economy and, in fact, with global economic conditions. I understand that you flipped a coin. And, Senator Obama, you will begin tonight. And were going to have our first question from over here in Section A from Alan Schaefer. Alan ?QUESTION: With the economy on th
8、e downturn and retired and older citizens and workers losing their incomes, whats the fastest, most positive solution to bail these people out of the economic ruin?OBAMA: Well, Alan , thank you very much for the question. I want to first, obviously, thank Belmont University, Tom, thank you, and to a
9、ll of you who are participating tonight and those of you who sent e-mail questions in. I think everybody knows now we are in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. And a lot of you I think are worried about your jobs, your pensions, your retirement accounts, your ability to send your
10、 child or your grandchild to college. And I believe this is a final verdict on the failed economic policies of the last eight years, strongly promoted by President Bush and supported by Senator McCain, that essentially said that we should strip away regulations, consumer protections, let the market
11、run wild, and prosperity would rain down on all of us. It hasnt worked out that way. And so now weve got to take some decisive action. Now, step one was a rescue package that was passed last week. Weve got to make sure that works properly. And that means strong oversight, making sure that investors,
12、 taxpayers are getting their money back and treated as investors. It means that we are cracking down on CEOs and making sure that theyre not getting bonuses or golden parachutes as a consequence of this package. And, in fact, we just found out that AIG, a company that got a bailout, just a week afte
13、r they got help went on a $400,000 junket. And Ill tell you what, the Treasury should demand that money back and those executives should be fired. But thats only step one.The middle-class need a rescue package. And that means tax cuts for the middle-class. It means help for homeowners so that they c
14、an stay in their homes. It means that we are helping state and local governments set up road projects and bridge projects that keep people in their jobs. And then long-term weve got to fix our health care system, weve got to fix our energy system that is putting such an enormous burden on families.
15、You need somebody working for you and youve got to have somebody in Washington who is thinking about the middle class and not just those who can afford to hire lobbyists.TOM : Senator McCain?MCCAIN: Well, thank you, Tom. Thank you, Belmont University. And Senator Obama, its good to be with you at a
16、town hall meeting. And, Alan , thank you for your question. You go to the heart of Americas worries tonight. Americans are angry, theyre upset, and theyre a little fearful. Its our job to fix the problem.Now, I have a plan to fix this problem and it has got to do with energy independence. Weve got to stop sending $700 billion a year to countries that dont want us very - like us very much. We have to keep Americans taxes low. All Americans taxe
