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The Gist

The DNC's Primary Process is Flawed

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

On the Gist, 1946 was a good year for presidential births. In the interview, New York Times columnist Ross Douthat is here to discuss his new book The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success. He and Mike debate the meaning of decadence, Douthat's ideas of a way out of decadence, and whether or not we just need to pivot to a different religion. In the spiel, this Democratic nomination process sucks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The following recording may or may not include instances of words being said that the FCC would find me for if their long arm could ever reach.

0:43.2

It's Monday March 2nd, 2020, from slated to the just I'm Mike Pesca.

0:48.0

Buttigieg, three Buttigieg, Klobuchar, Overture.

0:53.4

But you know what the exit of these two Midwesterners who put party in country ahead of themselves, you know what that tells me?

1:00.9

It tells me that Democrats are better than Republicans.

1:06.1

Or at least so-called moderate reasonable Democrats actually are moderate and reasonable at least as compared to the same version of Republicans.

1:16.1

The so-called moderate reasonable Republicans could not act reasonably or with moderation back in 2016.

1:22.7

We've heard it so much this cycle.

1:24.9

The idea that oh, it seems like the Democrats are going through with the Republicans went through last time a collective action problem.

1:32.0

It's in each of their interest to be the one who occupies the middle lane against a candidate from the extreme wing of the party, but they can't get together and act.

1:45.2

So that only one of them occupies that lane in 2016.

1:49.1

The Republicans didn't want Trump, but they couldn't get out of each other's way.

1:52.0

They couldn't clear that lane, if you will, for one choice and they got Trump.

1:57.0

They kept waiting for someone else to take him out, not the Democrats.

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