Inflation Consternation
The TPM Show with Josh and Kate
Talking Points Memo
4.8 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2021
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Josh and Kate discuss inflation, some low-balled jobs numbers and the vote to censure Republican congressman Paul Gosar.
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| 1:02.0 | Hi, this is Josh Marshall and this is the Josh Marshall Podcast. |
| 1:06.0 | You know, folks, I'm frustrated. |
| 1:11.0 | You know, it probably showed up in the post I did this morning. |
| 1:15.0 | That was titled something like, uh, you have to tell your story. |
| 1:20.0 | And one of the things is, you know, one of the most overrated things in political conversations, in conversations about electoral politics, is messaging. |
| 1:34.0 | And why is that? Well, that's because, you know, just like primitive humans came up with rituals and, you know, |
| 1:45.0 | incantations to the wheat gods and stuff and the rain gods and stuff. |
| 1:51.0 | Everybody wants to have a sense that they're in control or have some ability to control and impact the world around them. |
| 1:59.0 | And in the primitive world of politics and thinking about politics, messaging often plays that role. |
| 2:09.0 | Things aren't going great. Well, you're not getting your message out. |
| 2:13.0 | Messaging should be better. You got to be tougher. You got to be this. You got to be that. |
| 2:17.0 | And the reason it is often overrated is, again, we all want to think things are more in our control than they are. |
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