A Trump Party in the Reagan Library
The second Republican debate, like the former president’s speech, showed how much has changed
“Every time I hear you, I feel a little dumber.” It might have been Jerry Seinfeld, after one of his mouth-agape pauses, responding to George Constanza’s latest theory of life. Better yet, accompanied by a lonesome guitar and rhymed, perhaps, with “plumber” or “warm beer”, the line might have made for a fine country-and-western lyric.
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United States September 30th 2023
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