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The Al Franken Podcast

23: David Axelrod on the Election. Spoiler Alert: He's for Biden

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4.67.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

The political consultant who consulted Barack Obama all the way to the White House discusses how we get Biden there.

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0:00.0

Hey, everybody, we've got a great one today, you know, for a change. And this time,

0:09.7

I mean it. And I know that some folks are getting sick of me saying that. So, okay, today's

0:17.3

podcast is not, not good. It's not good. No, it's great.

0:22.4

And you know why my guest is David Axelrod, the mastermind behind Barack Obama's assent to the presidency.

0:30.4

Oh, there are other masterminds, David Pluff and, you know, Barack Obama.

0:36.7

Barack Obama, no matter what Donald Trump says, is very smart.

0:42.1

Now, regular listeners of this podcast know that I took a little break,

0:47.6

and now we're back through the election, which I believe is November 3rd.

0:53.0

And a lot of people call this the most important election of our lifetime.

0:58.3

Actually, that was the last election, but we blew it.

1:02.2

David and I spoke this past Monday before the Republican Convention.

1:07.2

So I'm going to give you my take on when I saw this past week.

1:13.4

Jesus Christ! How sickening was that?

1:19.2

What can I say that you haven't already heard?

1:22.9

Lies in fear. Lies and fear. If you're listening to this you probably know those were lies I'm afraid

1:35.7

that he wins and it's over it's over Obama was right in his speech.

1:44.6

It's over.

1:45.3

Democracy's over.

1:47.2

And we know that.

1:47.9

We know that from what he did immediately after he was acquitted.

1:52.4

There's not much I have to tell you.

1:55.1

Here's the thing.

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