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Our Long National Nightmare, Politics

The Last Official Republican Debate: Running to Replace Trump Without Running Against Trump

The strange Republican primary season had its fourth debate – its final official one – on December 6th, hosted by NewsNation (formerly WGN).  Political commentators seem to be thoroughly sick of this by now.  Politico lamented the level of attention given to the Haley-DeSantis rivalry, comparing it to the long-defunct NFL “Playoff Bowl” between the teams who failed to qualify for the Super Bowl, while … Continue reading The Last Official Republican Debate: Running to Replace Trump Without Running Against Trump

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Our Long National Nightmare, Politics, Who The Fuck Are All These Fucks

The Third Debate Was Better, but it’s Still a Fight for Second Place

The third Republican debate was held on November 8th on NBC – and was uploaded to YouTube officially this time.  Each debate seems to be getting easier to find on streaming, so that’s something.  With only about two months left until primary voting starts, time is running out for candidates to figure out how to campaign in a way that appeals to voters more than … Continue reading The Third Debate Was Better, but it’s Still a Fight for Second Place

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Every Time I Watch a Debate, I Feel A Little Bit Dumber: the Long-Shot Primary Continues

Hello and welcome to another episode of The Pyramid’s belated debate coverage! The second Republican primary debate was held on September 27th at the Shrine of St. Ronald Reagan, patron of tax cuts, and was hosted and broadcast by Fox Business and Univision.  It was also conveniently reposted to YouTube this time, by Nikki Haley, who captured a full unedited two-hour block of Fox News … Continue reading Every Time I Watch a Debate, I Feel A Little Bit Dumber: the Long-Shot Primary Continues

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Our Long National Nightmare, Politics, Who The Fuck Are All These Fucks

A Primary Debate Without the Primary’s Leading Candidate

What’s that?  It’s presidential primary season?!  Well, I guess it’s time for your resident debate hate-watcher to come out of hibernation and check out the first debate of the 2024 cycle.  I hope being over a week late isn’t too far off to be topical. The first debate of the Republican primary was on August 23rd, exclusively on Fox News (and exclusively available online on … Continue reading A Primary Debate Without the Primary’s Leading Candidate

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