Music

Welcome to the commentary magazine daily podcast today is Tuesday January 25th, 2022.

I'm John Pudworth. It's the editor of commentary magazine with me as always executive editor eight brainwalled hi eight hi John.

Senior writer Christine Rosen high Christine. Hi John and associate editor Noah Rothman. Hi Noah. Hi John.

Joe Biden last night or yesterday afternoon at a photo op availability came in to take pictures of him with his competitiveness counsel or something like that.

And then you know they have 30 seconds to yell questions to him reporters as they're on their way out and so they yell them and you know the president is under no obligation to answer anything that's yelled out to him or even to speak or to do anything.

Peter Ducey of Fox News the white has correspondent Fox News said.

Mr. President do you think inflation will be a political liability in the midterms and Biden under his breath as I'm sure most of you already know said.

Dumb son of a bitch you know you know in that kind of like sure you know sure inflation is going to be a.

Flation is going to be going to help in the midterms dumb son of a bitch.

Um does this mean anything I mean I you know I it's um we can talk about it in three different ways one of which is.

I don't see the entire press corps rising and outrage at Biden's abusing and cursing out a fellow correspondent because of course that fellow correspondent works for Fox which they all reveal.

So there's that press angle then there is the question of whether or not the question was fair.

Or whether there was any point to ask a question in that way and then the third is.

What kind of behavior is this from Biden is it is it meaningful with just having a bad day is it you know is it the moment when the mask slipped in the real Biden came out or is he just you know a quarrel you know is he be is he a quarrel is old man or is he what.

Why is he so defensive.

Why did he speak at all that's my thing they're yelling questions you can just sit there and do nothing.

Peer Lucy says this thing about inflation he can't contain himself. And you know all right that's so I've now posted this way Christine or go ahead well this is well yesterday after this happened Christine sent around this poll on our internal chat NBC poll said.

The question was asked of Americans do you think Joe Biden is easy going and likable a year ago 53% said yes.

January of 2022 now 38% said yes so this has been ongoing I still maintain that it was it was around the Afghanistan withdrawal debacle that he came out and day after day.

May made himself extraordinarily unlikable reinforce that every with every press conference.

Reverse the this this notion of empathic uncle Joe.

...