Biden Fails to Meet the Measure of the Moment
The Commentary Magazine Podcast
Commentary Magazine
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🗓️ 27 August 2021
⏱️ 63 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | [♪ Music playing for a moment, no less recorded pauseelectronic, hippo selects voice... |
| 0:14.9 | Acousticensemble singing... |
| 0:24.0 | Welcome to the commentary magazine daily podcast for Friday, August 27th, 2021. I am John Pothoor. It's the editor of commentary magazine with me as always |
| 0:34.5 | Executive editor a Greenwald high a |
| 0:38.2 | Senior writer Christine Rose and high Christine |
| 0:40.6 | Hi John and associate editor Noah Rothman high Noah hi John guys |
| 0:48.2 | I don't know where in the annals of presidential |
| 0:51.8 | speech making and press appearanceing |
| 0:56.8 | We should place Joe Biden's |
| 1:00.2 | performances last night |
| 1:04.4 | After yesterday afternoon in an effort to |
| 1:12.8 | Connect to the American people on the horror of the suicide bombing |
| 1:18.8 | Outside the Kabul airport that took 13 American servicemen and has left |
| 1:26.0 | Many others injured including many many many Afghans |
| 1:32.4 | But I don't remember a worse performance |
| 1:37.6 | I mean I remember |
| 1:39.9 | Trump |
| 1:41.2 | Saying they're good people on both sides in Charlottesville |
| 1:44.1 | But I don't remember a performance that was intended to |
| 1:50.5 | Salve the American |
| 1:52.9 | Emotions and the countries rage and upset and |
| 1:58.1 | and show that we were in the |
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