Tonight, Senators Obama and McCain debate each other for the second time in a series of three debates as they compete for the highest office in the land.
150 years ago today, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas met for the fifth of seven debates as they competed for a Senate seat from the state of Illinois. That particular debate was held in Galesburg, Illinois--just less than an hour's drive from where I sit. (Next Monday is the anniversary of the sixth debate which was in Quincy--just less than an hour's drive in the other direction.)
If you have a yearning for a real political debate, read the transcripts of the Lincoln-Douglas debates. You'll probably learn more from that than from anything you'll see on the television tonight.
150 years ago today, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas met for the fifth of seven debates as they competed for a Senate seat from the state of Illinois. That particular debate was held in Galesburg, Illinois--just less than an hour's drive from where I sit. (Next Monday is the anniversary of the sixth debate which was in Quincy--just less than an hour's drive in the other direction.)
If you have a yearning for a real political debate, read the transcripts of the Lincoln-Douglas debates. You'll probably learn more from that than from anything you'll see on the television tonight.
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