We Need to Talk About Joe Biden

Matter of Opinion

New York Times Opinion

Society & Culture, Ross Douthat, News, New York Times, Journalism

4.2 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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In 2020, Joe Biden handily beat Donald Trump in a race that was never particularly close. But now that the twice-impeached and four-times-indicted former president may once again be the Republican nominee, polls suggest they might be even, at best. Why isn’t Biden doing better? Has his presidency really gone so poorly? This week on “Matter of Opinion,” the hosts discuss the uphill battle Biden is facing heading into 2024 and debate what kind of leader Americans really want.

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0:00.0	We're talking presidents today, but I'm wondering, does anyone have a favorite fictional president?
0:06.3	What's the name of the president and Dr. Strangelove?
0:08.8	Oh, yeah.
0:09.8	That's good.
0:10.8	I'll go with that one.
0:11.8	To be true.
0:12.8	To be true.
0:13.8	I'm as upset as you are.
0:14.8	There's no fighting in the war room.
0:16.8	I mean, the unironic choice is Bill Pullman and Independence Day.
0:21.0	Oh.
0:22.0	We will not go quietly until the night.
0:24.0	We will not go quietly until the night.
0:25.0	We will not vanish without a fight.
0:27.5	I've never seen that movie, and now I never will.
0:29.7	What?
0:30.7	What?
0:31.7	How can you not?
0:32.7	Why don't you guys just reenact it for me?
0:34.7	I mean, we can't.
0:35.7	We can't.
0:36.7	And Ross and I could do well.
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