George Stephanopoulos moderates the Lincoln-Douglas debates.
LINCOLN: In my opinion, slavery will not cease, until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Excuse me, did an Elijah H. Johnson attend your church?
LINCOLN: When I was a boy in Illinois forty years ago, yes. I think he was a deacon.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Are you aware that he regularly called Kentucky “a land of swine and whores�
LINCOLN: Sounds right — his ex-wife was from Kentucky.
By the way, I’ve been getting very good at spelling “Stephanopoulos.”
Once I did a commentary for NPR where I mentioned Iran and President Ahmadinejad. The only way I could get it right was to think, “I’m a dinner jacket.”