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Oh, for the best, expect the worst, oh for the best.

Welcome to the commentary magazine daily podcast today is Wednesday, March 29, 2023. I am John Pudhord's the editor of commentary magazine with me as always executive editor, a green walled high Abe.

John media commentary columnist Christine Rosen high Christine and Christine's colleague at the American Enterprise Institute Washington commentary columnist Matthew Contan Eddie. Hi, Matt. Hi, John.

Can we talk about Joe Biden for a minute? I don't want to talk substantively Matt will bring up substantive stuff in a minute. I want to talk about Biden's comportment demeanor and behavior surrounding the gasly monstrous events in Nashville Biden has made two comments in the last 48 hours, I believe.

He the first remark that he made in regards to the shooting that left six dead.

Three nine year olds.

Was to make a joke about ice cream.

I don't have the text in front of me, so I would if you really want to know what he said, you can go look it up just just be aware that called upon to say something about this unspeakable and he made a joke about ice cream.

And then yesterday a reporter asked him if he agreed with Senator Josh Hawley that it was likely that the shooter had targeted the kids because of their Christian faith or the fact that the school was a Christian school and he said, well, if he said it, I probably don't agree with him.

Now, I hate to do the what about is him.

But what about if that had been Trump, what about if that had been George W Bush?

You know, what about whatever?

These were unspeakably inappropriate remarks off the cuff remarks that indicate.

I don't know exactly what they indicate, and I'm not I'm neither a cognitive neurosurgeon or neurologist nor am I a psychiatrist, but they indicate some kind of profound emotional disengagement to the degree that this supposedly wonderfully empathic guy from Scranton, who's

father told him that you know gay relations were wonderful back in 1847 is incapable of simply saying our hearts go out to the found we're praying for the found whatever.

Well, it's similar to his response to the train wrecking East Palestine.

It does seem when these events happen in states that are not part of his political coalition.

He takes a very removed aloof stance and he still hasn't visited East Palestine.

I think the White House just imagines it will disappear from the headlines, which it has.

And here when the Nashville attack, he comes out and he makes the comment about ice cream enough with the ice cream.

We get it. Is that his soul donut? Have a donut? Try a different dessert.

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