Via Boing Boing, we have the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, ABC-style:
GIBSON: If your love for America were ice cream, what flavor would it be?
LINCOLN: (pausing with disgust and turning back to camera) Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it; or its advocates will push it forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new — North as well as South.
DOUGLAS: He didn’t answer the question Charlie. This fall, that question is going to be on the minds of the American public. I’ve proudly stated that my love for America is Very Berry Strawberry.
(Bartleby.com is one of many sites with the real Lincoln-Douglas Debates.)
Spink Nogales | 19-Apr-08 at 11:56 pm | Permalink
Obama supporters assume that their candidate compares to a famous Illinois politician and usually they choose the Republican Abraham Lincoln to make that comparison because of Lincoln’s great legacy. But I think the more appropriate comparison may be the Illinois Governor of 1948.
from wikipedia:
Adlai Stevenson’s eloquent oratory and thoughtful, stylish demeanor thrilled many intellectuals and members of the nation’s academic community, yet the Republicans and some working-class Democrats ridiculed what they perceived as his indecisive, aristocratic air.