RNC, Day Two

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🗓️ 17 July 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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What's this? Happy, cheerful, confident Republicans? That's what was on display last night at the convention, an evening that highlighted what might be called the GOP's "diversity." We also recommend, as a reminder of politics past, Andrew Ferguson's 2010 COMMENTARY piece, "Pundit: Declined." Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hope for the best.
0:09.0	Expect the worst.
0:11.0	Some bring champagne, some die of furs.
0:14.0	A of furs.
0:15.0	The way of knowing which way it's going.
0:19.0	Hope for the best expect the worst.
0:22.0	Welcome to the Commentary Magazine Daily Podcast. Today is Wednesday July 17th,
0:29.4	2024. I am John Pothortz, the editor of Commentary magazine with me as always executive editor Abe
0:35.6	Greenwald. Hi Abe.
0:36.6	Hi, Abe.
0:37.6	Hi, John.
0:38.6	Senior editor Seth Mandel, hi Seth.
0:40.8	Yeah, John.
0:42.4	And our Washington Commentary columnist Matthew Cottonetti.
0:45.0	Hi Matt.
0:46.0	Hi, John.
0:47.0	Matt, I think you and I had the same reaction I know from Twitter, from your Twitter
0:51.0	last night and mine, which is that the second night of the Republican
0:56.2	Convention, show what I would call a deliriously happy party, and I would say this is the first time that I have seen Republicans
1:04.2	actually happy including Donald Trump by the way who was not exactly Mr.
1:09.4	happy I don't even know when because I wouldn't say the 2012 Republican Convention was a particularly happy event or maybe
1:20.4	oh four. Oh four. 20 years ago. Yes okay. maybe 0-4. 4.
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