The “Too Old” President and Political Doppelgängers
On the Media
WNYC Studios
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🗓️ 15 September 2023
⏱️ 50 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This week House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced an impeachment in Korean to Joe Biden |
| 0:05.0 | without any direct evidence of high crimes or misdemeanors. |
| 0:08.8 | The Republicans in the House could cede a view that corruption is endemic, |
| 0:13.9 | or Biden's just the same as Trump. A curse on all their houses. |
| 0:17.6 | From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Bric Gladstone. Every presidential candidate |
| 0:23.8 | is framed by opponents and the press. Is it useful or just lazy? |
| 0:28.4 | I can't walk five feet without somebody going. |
| 0:30.8 | Is Joe Biden too old to run for president? It's all I hear all day. |
| 0:34.4 | Plus, writer Naomi Klein has long been confused with another Naomi, |
| 0:38.9 | now a peddler of conspiracies. Klein followed her down the rabbit hole. |
| 0:43.9 | If doppelganger art is any guide, attempts to confront your doppelganger and be the last |
| 0:48.8 | you standing. Rarely and well. It often ends with you stabbing yourself. |
| 0:54.0 | It's all coming up after this. |
| 1:02.0 | This is on the media. I'm Mike Allonger. And I'm Bric Gladstone. |
| 1:06.2 | This week, the House took action. Today, I am directing our House Committee |
| 1:12.6 | to open a formal impeachment inquiry into president Joe Biden. |
| 1:17.2 | They're accusing the president of profiting from his son Hunter Biden's four business deals. |
| 1:21.5 | A CNN headline dubbed it the most predictable impeachment investigation in American history. |
| 1:27.3 | And CNN political reporter Stephen Collins enrolled that quote, |
| 1:31.1 | it felt more like an inevitable consequence of America's diseased politics than a |
| 1:36.8 | constitutional thunder clap. But if this is a sign of disease, then the condition is spreading. |
| 1:44.6 | The governor of New Mexico is now facing growing backlash, including calls for impeachment, |
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