Plumbing the Depths of Cynicism

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

News Commentary, Politics, News

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🗓️ 2 September 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Joe Biden’s speech outlining the threat to democracy posed by pro-Trump Republicans was bad. How bad? Let us count the ways.

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0:00.0	No.
0:03.2	Oh!
0:05.0	For the best!
0:08.9	Expect the worst.
0:10.8	Some preach the day.
0:12.8	Some die of thirst.
0:14.9	The way of knowing which way it's going.
0:19.0	Oh, for the best.
0:20.3	Expect the worst.
0:23.2	For the best.
0:24.1	Welcome to the Commentary Magazine Daily Podcast
0:26.9	today is Friday, September 2, 2022. I am John Pohr. It's the editor of Commentary Magazine. I am
0:35.9	podcasting today in my car using my iPhone as a hotspot. I may not sound great. I'm only letting
0:46.8	you know, even though Noah Rothman hates it when I give you the inside info on our production
0:53.3	problems because I just don't know how to make things better than this right now. Please
1:02.0	write angry letters to the New York City parking department on the issue of alternate side of the
1:09.5	street parking. And maybe one day this will no longer be a problem with me as always executive
1:18.3	editor, a greenwald hi Abe. Hi John. Media commentary columnist and AI fellow Christine Rosen
1:24.8	high Christine. Hi John. And a forementioned associated editor and author of the rise of the
1:31.5	New Puritans Noah Rothman high Noah. Hi John. Okay, Biden independence hall. Looking like
1:39.6	the meme of Elmo waving his arms with the fire behind him. Or as a friend of mine said like
1:47.8	Al Pacino in the devil's advocate at various points as the light to clas as they as they
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