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Credible Bore

Last week Al Gore and George W. Bush agreed to three debates moderated by PBS anchor Jim Lehrer. After the 1996 debates, Slate's Jack Shafer complained that Lehrer "bring[s] the sort of solemnity to the occasion that minimize[s] the risk of things getting interesting." Click here to read Shafer's article.

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