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Article: To ace debate, emulate Lincoln-Douglas model.(OPINION)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- September 30, 2004
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Byline: Roderick Nordell
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. -- When two well-dressed Yale men lead up to a presidential debate like schoolboys yelling, "You're another," they need help.
The easy way would be to refer candidate George Bush (Class of '68) and candidate John Kerry ('66) to fellow alumnus Cole Porter ('13). Wouldn't it be "de-lovely," in Porter's phrase, if they stopped singing his tune, "You Irritate Me So"? Then they might get back to the image their families find "Easy to Love." And we could listen less skeptically when they warble "Why Should I Trust You?"
High-powered negotiators prefaced Thursday night's debate with 32 pages of rules ...