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The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Discount Democrats and the Costs of Inaction

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.64.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The 2020 Democrats are engaged in a bidding war to lure voters with the promise of free programs and debt forgiveness. Will it work? Also, the prospects for diplomacy with Iran after Donald Trump’s aborted retaliatory strikes and the costs of inaction. Source

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0:00.0

Welcome to the commentary magazine podcast.

0:26.5

Today is Monday June 24th 2019.

0:31.0

I'm John Puthhorz, the editor of Commentary the 70-odd year old monthly of intellectual

0:34.9

analysis, political, property, cultural criticism from a conservative perspective.

0:39.1

You can say it along with me.

0:40.7

We invite you to join us at commentarymagazine.com where we give you a few free reads and ask

0:44.6

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0:50.9

our beautiful monthly magazine in your mailbox.

0:53.2

11 times a year with me as always, senior editor A. Greenwald back from hunting the wild

1:00.1

snark in the waters of off West Palm Beach.

1:05.3

Hi, John.

1:06.3

Hi.

1:07.3

Noah Rothman fully apparently healed from his recent ailments.

1:13.3

Hi, Noah.

1:14.3

Hi, John.

1:15.3

And in Washington, senior editor, Christine Rosen, who I have nothing to add about.

1:21.2

Hi, Christine.

1:22.2

Hi, John.

1:23.2

Hi.

1:24.2

Okay.

1:25.2

So, when we last spoke, we were on the verge of a kinetic military action against Iran for

1:35.1

its downing of a U.S. drone following the shelling, torpedoing, whatever we want to call it,

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