Taking Aim at the New Guy | The Presidency
Whistlestop: Presidential History and Trivia
Slate Podcasts
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 3 October 2018
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
This episode of Whistlestop travels back to October 18, 1938 when former President Hoover picked on the new President with gusto. Many U.S. Presidents to follow were also publicly critical of the new one in office.
Whistlestop is Slate's podcast about presidential history. Hosted by Political Gabfest host John Dickerson, each installment will revisit memorable moments from America's presidential carnival.
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| 0:30.0 | Hello and welcome to Whistlestop Stop a podcast of the presidency. |
| 0:34.0 | I'm John Dickerson. |
| 0:37.0 | Our whistle stop today is October 18th, 1938. |
| 0:44.0 | And we are in Hartford, Connecticut |
| 0:45.5 | at the Connecticut Council of Republican Women. |
| 0:49.1 | It is less than a month before the November election |
| 0:51.4 | and nearly 80 years from the moment in which you find |
| 0:55.1 | yourself right now. That is if you are a hot-off-the-press's whistle-stop |
| 0:59.8 | listener which you are undoubtedly but if you are listening to this many years, hence, well, |
| 1:04.8 | then welcome to the past. |
| 1:06.3 | A fellow of very orderly manners whose neck and chin are piled high above his collar, which rises straight and immovable like the Hoover Dam. |
| 1:16.8 | And he is speaking on the topic of undermining representative government. |
| 1:20.4 | That is the title of his speech. |
| 1:22.1 | And in it he is lambasting the sitting president for his economic policies |
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