424: Ron Filipkowski – "Stop the Blamestorming!"
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🗓️ 27 December 2024
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Summary
Fellow straight-shooter Ron Filipkowski – the Editor-in-Chief of MeidasTouch – and host Rick Wilson huddle up to speak some hard truths to the Democrats. Instead of their typical infighting, bickering, and turning on one another, the Democrats need to take a page from the old-school Republican playbook: hold the line, stand united as one, and channel all of that wasted energy toward the real enemy.
Be sure to check out Ron’s latest article on Substack here: https://www.meidasplus.com/p/the-one-big-reason-why-dems-are-losing?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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| 0:00.0 | It's going to be fun to watch all the expectations that they have for him and what they expect. |
| 0:07.3 | No tax on tips. |
| 0:08.4 | Hey, when's that going to happen? |
| 0:09.9 | No tax on overtime. |
| 0:11.7 | No tax on Social Security. |
| 0:14.1 | Hey, what happened to all those promises? |
| 0:16.2 | Is any of that going to happen? |
| 0:17.5 | I think it's going to be about as likely as getting your degree in the mail |
| 0:21.0 | from Trump University and any other, and pretend you that Trump stakes are actually made of meat. |
| 0:27.5 | Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped, and battlehardt. |
| 0:33.7 | There is not a liberal America and a conservative America. There is the United States of America. |
| 0:42.3 | Good night and good luck. |
| 0:44.2 | Hey, folks, welcome back to the Lincoln Project podcast. |
| 0:46.9 | I'm your host, as always Rick Wilson. |
| 0:48.8 | I am joined today by the great Ron Philpikowski, who is the editor-in-chief of Midas, and a guy who is always has |
| 0:57.1 | his finger on the pulse of what's happening in American politics. I'm delighted to have him |
| 1:00.9 | on the show today. Ron, I want to start out. You just wrote a piece about this post hoc |
| 1:06.9 | analysis of the Harris campaign. And the big takeaway being that the Republicans, and we've talked about this a little bit |
| 1:16.2 | on the show, but that Republicans have built this hermetic bubble, this alternative media |
| 1:21.9 | ecosystem that nothing gets through. |
| 1:24.5 | Talk to us about your conclusions on that and some of the reporting you're seeing |
| 1:27.7 | on that. And then let's dig into like, how do we counteract something like that? |
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