The "Weiner" Edition
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4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2016
⏱️ 47 minutes
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David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon discuss Hillary Clinton's strategy to rise above scandals, the three discuss the new documentary “Weiner,” and they weigh in on the new twist in the Gawker v. Hulk Hogan case- Peter Thiel.
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| 0:57.3 | Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest for May 26, 2016, The Weiner Edition. |
| 1:04.6 | I'm David Plotz of Atlas Obscura. I'm in Washington, D.C., alone again, because John |
| 1:09.3 | Dickerson has betrayed me. He's betrayed City of Washington and gone to New York for today. Hello, John Dickerson of Face the Nation. Hi, David. I'm sorry that I'm not in your company. Me too. Also, not in our company, nor in John's company, not in my company or John's company, is Emily Bazelon |
| 1:28.1 | of the New Times Magazine. Hello, Emily. |
| 1:30.5 | Hello, David. |
| 1:31.3 | Hello, John. |
| 1:32.3 | Hi. |
| 1:33.1 | On this week's scabfest, a grand unified theory of Hillary Clinton scandals, can she overcome |
| 1:38.4 | the combined volcanic disaster of her email scandal, Vince Foster, Monica Lewinsky, Whitewater, everything that Trump is throwing against her. |
| 1:48.1 | Then the fantastic new documentary weiner. |
| 1:52.9 | Emily and I saw it. |
| 1:54.1 | You should too. |
| 1:55.1 | John has questions. |
| 1:56.1 | We'll talk about it. |
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