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mahatmakanejeeves

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Fri Jul 19, 2024, 09:52 AM Jul 2024

'One of the Truly Awful and Self-Indulgent Performances of Our Time' ...

OPINION
GUEST ESSAY

‘One of the Truly Awful and Self-Indulgent Performances of Our Time’: The Best and Worst Moments From Night 4 of the Convention
July 19, 2024

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Jane Coaston, contributing Opinion writer Hulk Hogan’s speech was his best performance since he beat Macho Man Randy Savage at WrestleMania V.

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Zeynep Tufekci, Times columnist Great evening for golf and professional wrestling! Speakers included John Nieporte, a golf professional who caddied for Trump; Carrie Ruiz, the general manager of a Trump-owned golf course; Hogan (who ripped his shirt off); and Dana White, president of the U.F.C., a mixed martial arts promotion company.

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'One of the Truly Awful and Self-Indulgent Performances of Our Time' ... (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 OP
The GOP certainly knows how to appeal to the knuckle draggers. Goldwater et. al. must be spinning in their graves. dutch777 Jul 2024 #1
Brawndo is what plants crave. LastDemocratInSC Jul 2024 #2

dutch777

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1. The GOP certainly knows how to appeal to the knuckle draggers. Goldwater et. al. must be spinning in their graves.
Fri Jul 19, 2024, 10:01 AM
Jul 2024

However much we might have disagreed with the GOP of the past, at least it had something that looked like principles and logical policy ideas. Now it's just the Trump variety show with all second or third rate talent and no coherence save the deification of Trump.

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