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DEBATES: How would former U.S. presidents respond?

| August 11, 2023 1:00 AM

Debates these days will never reach historical measure. What we routinely watch is Jerry Springer Lite. A narration of opinion dressed up to look substantial.

Do you think a young Abraham Lincoln would agree with the DeSantis take on slavery? Would Clarence Thomas receive the blessing of William Howard Taft? Could McCarthy and Greene explain the Putin bromance to Ike? Reagan? GHW Bush? What side of the climate debate do you think Teddy would take? Think he’s down with using train brake designs older than him?

Do you think the six presidents killed or wounded while in service of our country would like and subscribe to the Oath Keepers or Patriot Front?

Is Trump a great American? I’d like to ask the last Republican presidents that were not mentioned, (US Grant, Hayes, Authur, Harrison, McKinley, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Nixon and GW Bush) if that’s debatable.

STEVEN REYNALDS

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