With present day debates taking on the form of show business and not dealing with the people’s business, (Do present day politicians even know what the term of “doing the people’s business means?) I wanted to visit the history of debates. The Lincoln–Douglas Debates of 1858 were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate for the Senate in Illinois, and Senator Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate. MORE HERE
Are the debates of today show business or the people’s business? Fox News Debate
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