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Posted By: Dreadnought, 9/11/2024 11:25:50 AM

Will everyone please take a chill pill! I’m currently sailing blissfully among the fjords of Norway, chilling with lots of Akvavit and looking for Michael Palin’s famed “Norwegian blue” parrot, and thus because the debate last night took place at 3 am local time, I didn’t take it in. I wasn’t surprised to see accounts that Trump performed poorly, that the moderators were biased, that Kamala was effective enough to meet diminished expectations. I don’t however

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Reply 1 - Posted by: DVC 9/11/2024 12:22:20 PM (No. 1793951)
Previously posted.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Kate318 9/11/2024 5:31:26 PM (No. 1794086)
I never saw this article, so I appreciate the post. Finally, someone who actually took a breath and a rational look at the debate.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Jen103143 9/11/2024 11:08:10 PM (No. 1794202)
This article was new to me also. I was very happy that Steve Hayward wrote such an upbeat piece, because I thought he had fallen out of the conservative tree. Years ago, while living in NY, I watched him often on the old Fox news. He always appeared intelligent and competent.
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