The "Last Wasp" Edition

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

News, Politics, Government

4.4 • 8.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2018

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz discuss the legacy of George H.W. Bush, the power-grab by Wisconsin Republicans, and election fraud in North Carolina. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/gabfestplus. Twitter: @SlateGabfest Facebook: facebook.com/Gabfest Email: gabfest@slate.com Show notes at slate.com/gabfest Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:03.2	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:10.6	Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gap Fest for December 6, 2018.
0:14.2	The last WASP edition on David Plotts about the subscribers.
0:17.4	I'm in Washington, DC.
0:19.7	Joining me from New Haven is Emily Bazelon of the New York Times magazine.
0:24.1	Hello, Emily.
0:25.4	Hey, David.
0:27.3	And from New York City, CBS this morning's John Dickerson.
0:32.1	Hello, John. How are you?
0:34.1	Hello, David.
0:35.8	Today, we will consider the life of President George Herbert Walker Bush and his place in history.
0:42.3	Then, a vigorous and entirely successful effort to rig the Wisconsin and Michigan governments
0:48.1	to strip power from democratic elected officials.
0:52.0	And what does that tell us about the state of politics and partisanship in 2018?
0:56.0	We will be joined by Dan Kaufman, the author of the book, The Fall of Wisconsin and the
1:00.3	World's Authority on what's going on with Wisconsin to go into that.
1:04.8	He's even in Wisconsin.
1:06.2	He's even in Wisconsin.
1:07.2	My gosh, it'll be live on the street.
1:11.0	And then an audacious effort to steal a congressional election in North Carolina has been uncovered.
1:17.8	Is the Republican Party to blame?
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