Democrats Don't Understand Themselves

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🗓️ 16 May 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Democrats complain about oligarchs but are the party of the rich. Democrats talk about Trump as a pathological liar but are exposed having lied about Biden's infirmities. How are they going to compete with the energy of the GOP when they seem not to understand themselves? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hope for the best.
0:08.0	Expect the worst.
0:10.0	Some drink and pain.
0:12.0	Some die of thirst.
0:15.0	The way of knowing which way it's going.
0:19.0	Hope for the best.
0:20.0	Expect the worst., for the best, expect the worst.
0:22.5	Oh, for the best.
0:25.0	Welcome to the Commentary Magazine Daily podcast.
0:27.7	Today is Friday, May 18th, 2025.
0:30.9	I'm John Podhoritz.
0:32.1	The editor of Commentary Magazine, with me, as always, executive editor,
0:35.8	A. Greenwald.
0:36.3	Hi, Abe.
0:37.1	Hi, John. Senior editor, Seth Mandel. Hi, Abe. Hi, John. Senior editor
0:38.3	Seth Mandel. Hi, Seth. Hi, John. And social commentary columnist Christine Rosen. Hi,
0:44.6	Christine. Hi, John. So, uh, we do, as I mentioned yesterday, when we had Dan Cynor on, uh, we
0:52.1	have our June 2025 issue up for your perusal at
0:56.7	Commentary.org. If you are a subscriber, you can read all of it. If you are not a subscriber,
1:03.6	you can read a couple of things, but you should be a subscriber. You know, you've heard me say
1:07.8	it before. It's part of the compact between you and me and Christine and Seth and Matt and Abe that we're doing this.
1:17.7	Help us along.
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