1968 Buckley - Vidal Debate 
from ABC News, August 28, 1968.
Vidal: "We have the right according to the Constitution of freedom of peaceful assembly."
Buckley: "Anyone who believes that these characters are interested in the democratic process is deluding himself."
Part 2 of 5
During the Republican and Democratic Conventions, ABC news thought it would be more interesting to have a debate between two leading intellects, one representing the right wing and one representing the left. They contracted William F. Buckley Jr.and Gore Vidal. ABC got more than they bargained for, especially on August 28, when the two men nearly came to blows after they presented opposing arguments about the right to assemble as guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution.
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