Our debates are compared into historical context by the two candidates wanting to make change in society and by how debates were ran. Comparing our 2008 presidential debates to back then's Lincoln Douglas debates, they were the same and different in many ways. Douglas would say "whatever you want, gentlemen, that's what I'm here for". This sounds relatively similar to something i would hear come out of John McCain's mouth. By convincing the audiences for change or "what ever they would like" would catch the eye of most voters. Back then debates were also ran differently. During the Lincoln Douglas debates they were given over an hour for one topic unlike our 90 seconds we have today. I couldn't imagine having a 3 hour presidential debate.
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