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Uncle Joe

(65,503 posts)
Thu Aug 24, 2023, 12:14 PM Aug 2023

"An Argument at the Kids' Table": John Nichols on First GOP Debate Held Without Trump



Highlights from the first Republican presidential debate of the 2023 race and analysis from John Nichols, _The Nation_'s national affairs correspondent. The debate felt like "an argument at the kids' table on Thanksgiving rather than a classic political debate," says Nichols, who adds that candidates were attempting to become Trump's vice president or project themselves as leaders in a post-Trump Republican Party.

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"An Argument at the Kids' Table": John Nichols on First GOP Debate Held Without Trump (Original Post) Uncle Joe Aug 2023 OP
OUCH!! riversedge Aug 2023 #1
He's totally on point... TSExile Aug 2023 #2

TSExile

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2. He's totally on point...
Thu Aug 24, 2023, 12:21 PM
Aug 2023

...though kiddos tend to have much more intelligence and self-control than this sorry lot!

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