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<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'><B><U>Ford Hall Forum </U></B><U>presents:<BR>
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How Republican Rule Destroyed the <BR>
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches<BR>
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Thursday, September 13, 6:30-8:00 pm<BR>
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<SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'><FONT FACE="Arial"><B>John W. Dean</B>, counsel to President Richard Nixon, the government’s key witness in the Watergate trial, and bestselling author of <I>Conservatives without Conscience</I> and <I>Worse than Watergate</I>, joins us tonight to address what he sees as the “dysfunction chaos and institutional damage” the Republican Party and its core conservatives have brought to the federal government. Are the nation’s current political ills primarily the fault of the Republicans? Have the Democrats been any better? Most importantly, what can politically moderate citizens do to combat extremism, authoritarianism, and incompetence from political leaders of either party?<BR>
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<I>This program is presented in collaboration with the Old South Meeting House as part of the Partners in Public Dialogue Series</I>.
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In its 99th fall series of events, the <B>Ford Hall Forum</B> presents seven open public discussions on the issues concerning our community, nation, and world today. With the 2008 election approaching, the Forum takes a hard look at the state of our government and the policy issues that affect us all. Across a wide range of perspectives –- from the left to the right, from the harsh to the humorous –- the Forum hands over the microphone to thought-provoking speakers on the front lines. To facilitate frank and open discussion, equal time is provided for speakers’ remarks and audience members’ questions. At the Ford Hall Forum, no speaker goes unquestioned and no view goes unchallenged.<BR>
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The Ford Hall Forum presents this program in collaboration with the <B>Old South Meeting House</B>, as part of their Partners in Public Dialogue Series. Old South Meeting House is a non-profit museum and historic site, located on the Freedom Trail, dedicated to sustaining the building’s tradition as a community-gathering place for the free exchange of ideas and to provide a place where people can connect the issues of the past with the issues of today. It receives support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal agency, and other public and private sources. Visit www.oldsouthmeetinghouse.org for more information.</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><BR>
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