“Obamagate” Explainer, 'Call Her Daddy', and Listener Mail

The Press Box

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4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker break down Trump’s claims against Obama and what he refers to as “Obamagate” (1:30) as well as the 'Call Her Daddy' podcast feud that has Dave Portnoy taking over the show, social media, and merch (including a “Cancel Suitman” hoodie) (23:00). Next is Listener Mail, where Bryan and David answer the question “If you could buy one media outlet, which would you buy and why?” and more (37:45). Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week and David guesses the strained-pun headline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:57.9	Of the Ringer here, this is a press box. On today's agenda, the segment everybody's been waiting for,
1:05.6	Brian and David talk about the Call Her Daddy podcast drama.
1:11.9	Yep, it's come to this. What does the latest barstool contra attempts owed to Howard Stern? We
1:17.3	will discuss. We'll also answer your listener mail, including the question, which NBA insider will
1:22.6	be granted access inside the NBA bubble? Let's David guesses a strain pun headline in the
1:29.2	overworked Twitter joke of the week. But David, let's begin with the topic that I'm hoping we can
1:33.4	kind of explain to each other, Obamacate or the quote unquote Obamacate quote unquote scandal.
1:43.2	You can't have enough air quotes when talking about Obamacate. The whole thing unfolded
1:50.5	last Monday. Donald Trump quoted an article from the far right website, the Federalist,
1:56.8	which was headline why did Obama tell the FBI to hide its activities from Trump?
2:03.4	Trump himself offered an answer because it was Obamacate and he and Sleepy Joe led the charge,
2:10.3	the most corrupt administration in US history. What is Obamacate exactly? Well, here's what Trump
2:18.9	said at his press conference last Monday, when asked by the Washington Post, Philip Rucker.
2:24.7	Mr. President, and one of your mother's day tweets, you appear to accuse President Obama of the
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