Obama at the GOP Summit - Bonus podcast

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🗓️ 1 February 2010

⏱️ 24 minutes

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After our podcast last week, President Obama met with Congressional Republicans at their Baltimore retreat. We couldn't let the week go by without talking about this amazing political event.Support the show

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0:00.0	It's the Giff TV and there was open. What happened after we recorded our podcast for the week last week?
0:37.6	I went off after we talked and turned on the TV,
0:40.9	and there was Obama meeting with the GOP in Baltimore.
0:44.9	It was remarkable.
0:46.3	For 82 minutes, did you say?
0:48.1	I think it was.
0:48.7	Just about 82 minutes.
0:50.1	He was on live real-time fielding questions, 140 to 1, smack in the Republicans' backyard.
0:59.7	No script, no teleprompters.
1:03.5	That's right.
1:04.0	There were no teleprompters.
1:05.7	He wasn't reading, I mean, I think he did have some introductory remarks.
1:11.6	Yeah, I believe he did.
1:13.3	But this was all unscripted.
1:15.5	He was invited.
1:16.5	He did not, you know, the Marines did not fight his way in there.
1:19.8	He didn't crash. Yeah, he didn't crash the party.
1:21.2	Yeah, he was invited by Republicans to come and speak to their, on their retreat.
1:27.2	My understanding is 140 Republicans were there versus one Democrat.
1:33.2	A lot of the questions were the recitation of Republican bumper sticker.
1:35.9	And this was like ripping the curtains off and opening the windows in an opium den because they kept reciting these bizarre claims and these
1:47.6	lies and these talking points.
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