The Lincoln Douglas debate was a time in 1858 when Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas had their different point of views on slavery and took it into a political debate.
Lincoln thought slavery was wrong and wanted to prove to Douglas as well as the people that blacks were so much more than slaves. Douglas on the other hand didn’t even consider blacks to be human. He thought they should be treated as though they were a dog or some kind of animal. So They had both taken it into a debate to try and convince one another their point of views. Lincoln however did not win the election, but the debate had soon after turned him into the direction of President of the United States.
Overall I think that the 2008 debates is one of the best throughout my years of being interested in politics. This is the first year with different races and well as different sexes so I think that’s really what makes this election so amusing and interesting. As soon as I had heard barack obama talk for the first time I knew he would be an amazing president. I always thought having a woman as president would be a great impact on America, but when hearing Hillary Clinton for the first time, I was not pleased. As we all know Hillary lost it was now up to Obama and John McCaine. I still had held my opinions towards Obama and have a strong disliking for McCain and his policies.
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Indeed these elections are much more fun ...
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