The Political Gabfest: The State of the Union Cannot Be Saved Edition
Political Gabfest
Slate Podcasts
4.5 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2014
⏱️ 55 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Slate Political GabFest for January 31st, 2014. |
| 0:10.1 | The State of the Union Cannot be Saved edition. |
| 0:13.8 | I'm David Plotz, the editor of Slate. |
| 0:15.4 | And it's my birthday, or it will be. |
| 0:17.3 | It's not my birthday now as we're taping, but on January 31st. |
| 0:20.6 | That's my birthday. You know whose birthday it is today? I'm glad you reminded taping, but on January 31st. That's my birthday. |
| 0:21.3 | You know whose birthday it is today? |
| 0:22.3 | I'm sorry you reminded us. |
| 0:23.2 | On January 30th is. |
| 0:24.7 | Franklin Roosevelt. |
| 0:24.7 | FDR's birthday. |
| 0:25.6 | There you go. |
| 0:27.1 | As a present, will you guys agree to praise, flatter all my ideas today and be like, |
| 0:31.8 | that was such a good point? |
| 0:33.8 | No. |
| 0:34.6 | Oh. |
| 0:35.6 | Sorry. No, the best thing is to say no, but then do it anyway. |
| 0:38.8 | That would be the true gift. |
| 0:40.6 | That would be the gift. |
| 0:41.5 | Yes, I shouldn't have had to ask. |
| 0:42.8 | Damn it. |
| 0:44.0 | That's John Dickerson, the male voice you hear that is not mine. |
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