The They May Take Our Lives But They'll Never Take Our Freedom Edition

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

Politics, Government, News

4.5 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2014

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and John Dickerson discuss President Obama's plans to defeat the Islamic State. They also talk about the war for women voters in the upcoming midterm elections and Scotland's move toward independence from the United Kingdom. Show notes at www.slate.com/gabfest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gadfest for September 12, 2014.
0:10.6	They may take our lives!
0:12.6	But they'll never take!
0:14.8	Go straight up!
0:19.0	Go go go!
0:22.1	Addition.
0:23.1	I am William Wallace Plotts, the editor at large of Slate in Washington DC.
0:26.6	From this week's show, President Obama outlines his new strategy to fight ISIS in Iraq and
0:32.3	Syria is this war.
0:35.1	Then do Republicans have a women problem in 2014?
0:38.5	Or do Democrats have a men problem?
0:41.9	Ha ha.
0:42.9	Good question.
0:43.9	Right, Dickerson?
0:44.9	You got it.
0:45.9	Then, Scotland votes for independence should Americans support their desire to throw off
0:49.8	the English-Yoke once and for all.
0:52.0	Plus we'll have Cocktail chatter and we'll have a Slate Plus segment.
0:54.3	A very boozy Slate Plus segment that we did about, I don't even really know what it was
0:59.8	about, but it was really boozy and fun.
1:01.8	It was truly Cocktail chatter.
1:03.4	It was like its own version of Cocktail chatter, but boozy or except John didn't have a drink.
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