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The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Is He a Fool or an Idiot?

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.65.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Today’s podcast looks at a Quinnipiac poll that has very bad news for Joe Biden in it and wonders at the choices he’s made that have led him to this pass. How are we to understand him? Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to the commentary magazine daily podcast. Today is Thursday October 7th 2021.

0:28.9

I'm John Pajor, it's the editor of commentary magazine. And as I have been telling you all week,

0:34.8

our roast, our 11th annual roast, our annual event that was unfortunately not annual in 2020

0:43.4

because of the pandemic is back. November 22nd in New York City. As I keep telling you

0:50.1

an anachyptick it is one of the great I think nonprofit events in the United States, particularly for

0:57.6

conservatives unlike my people who love America, love Israel, love Western civilization, and want to see them

1:05.5

defended through a gathering of people who support commentary magazine and want to have a great time,

1:14.6

funny, lively, exciting, unexpected off the record. Good nature, ribbing of the roasties who have

1:24.4

included over time. Charles Krauthammer, Dick Cheney, Joe Lieberman, Jonah Goldberg, Ben Shapiro,

1:32.2

Dan Seenor, Bill Crystal, Norman Pajor, it's midge, Dr. Roger Hurtog, and this year's Roasty,

1:41.0

Rabbi Mayor, Sully Suleveichek, our columnist, perhaps the leading Orthodox Rabbi in the United States,

1:49.7

though he is only 43 years old, PhD from Princeton, and academic at Yeshua University,

1:58.0

knows more about everything on earth than you do, and also knows the Simpsons, how he knows 700

2:05.4

episodes of the Simpsons I don't really understand, but he does nonetheless and is a delightful,

2:12.4

funny guy, and we will be teasing him within an inch of his life. So go to commentary.org slash

2:20.4

roast21 or email us at roastatcommentary.org for information on how you can purchase tickets or

2:28.3

tables for this event. Cocktails at six, dinner at seven, you're out of there by 9.15,

2:36.0

and you will be so happy to join us on November 22nd. So that is our roast of Sully Suleveichek,

2:44.5

with me as always, and present at the roast, and we will be doing some kind of event at the roast

2:51.2

relating to the podcast executive editor Abe Greenwald. Hi Abe. Hi John.

2:57.5

Senior Reddichristine Rosen, hi Christine. Hi John, I'm hoping for a musical number by the way,

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