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Wonders what founders would think of debate

It hasn’t taken long for the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision to produce whatever the Republican National Committee, Fox News and 10 candidates contrive to bring us for the first GOP debate. Collectively, I believe they pollute and degrade what remains of the concern for “a decent respect to the opinions of mankind.” What would those who signed on to those words think?

Milt Krieger

Bellingham

This story was originally published August 15, 2015 at 5:01 PM with the headline "Wonders what founders would think of debate."

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