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Political Gabfest

Political Gabfest - Slate: The Inaugural Gabfest Live

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

News, Politics, Government

4.48.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2009

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Slate's Political Gabfest, with John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon, live for the first time in Washington, DC. This week: the inaugural festivities, expectations for the first year of the Obama administration, and the Obama Blackberry


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0:00.0

Here they are, John David and Emily. Come on. Thank you guys for coming.

0:24.9

I'm David, and that's John.

0:27.9

And that's Emily.

0:31.7

We're already forgotten.

0:33.0

We're a little nervous because normally the show takes place in a space, well, one-fifieth, the size of this.

0:40.0

And it's just us with no windows and nobody else.

0:42.8

And we don't really think about you guys, although we should.

0:46.6

Are we, good?

0:50.3

All right.

0:51.3

That's it.

0:52.0

That's all you have to say.

0:57.0

Normally the show starts with 25 minutes of. All right. That's it. That's all you have to say. Normally the show starts with 25 minutes of fuss. Futsing.

0:58.0

We don't have to fuss.

1:00.0

All right.

1:01.0

All right.

1:02.0

Okay.

1:03.0

Ready guys?

1:04.0

Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest.

1:15.2

I'm John Dickerson here with David Plotz and Ebly and Bazelon at the historic Sixth and I Synagogue.

1:20.6

We are also joined here by what looks like half of creation.

1:26.3

That's all of them laughing.

1:27.9

And I wanted, before we get into the show,

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