Draining the swamp -- for better or worse?
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2019
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
“Draining the swamp” was a popular slogan, and President Trump has made good on his promise. Crucial firings and resignations have hit almost every department. Are Americans better off? Joel Stein gives his answer in a new book titled “In Defense of Elitism.”
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Orman Alney, and this is To the Point, and I'm sitting here in the studio with Joel Stein. |
| 0:13.8 | It was the author of In Defense of Elitism. |
| 0:17.3 | And Jill Stein, it's great to have you with us. |
| 0:18.7 | Oh, it's great to hear your voice say the title of my book. |
| 0:22.0 | Very elite sounding. |
| 0:23.2 | All right. Well, I'm glad to hear that. |
| 0:25.4 | We're not the only people who've talked about elitism. |
| 0:27.9 | Another one is John Stewart when he was doing the Daily Show. |
| 0:31.3 | Here's a clip of that. |
| 0:32.8 | It seems like the entire campaign has now boiled down to a single issue. |
| 0:39.3 | Is Barack Obama an elitist? |
| 0:41.3 | Is Obama an elitist? |
| 0:43.3 | Is he an elitist? |
| 0:44.3 | It came across as elitist. |
| 0:45.3 | A Yankee elitist. |
| 0:46.3 | Liberal elitist. |
| 0:47.3 | An elitish. |
| 0:48.3 | Latte drinking, Volvo, driving. |
| 0:50.3 | It does look elitist. |
| 0:52.3 | But which one of our three millionaire senators will prove to be driving. It does look elitist. |
| 1:00.1 | But which one of our three millionaire senators will prove to be the least elitist and out of touch? |
| 1:04.4 | For more, we turn to the Daily Show's resident expert, John Hodgman. |
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