Why He Picked RFK

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🗓️ 15 November 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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How the RFK pick is both conventional (Trump rewarding an important endorser) and the result of radical changes in the way Americans view trusted institutions (they don't trust those institutions). But is RFK a change agent or merely an opportunistic ambulance-chaser who is taking advantage of their distrust? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hope for the best.
0:08.0	Expect the worst.
0:10.0	Some drink champagne.
0:13.0	Some die of thirst.
0:15.0	The way of knowing which way it's going.
0:19.0	Hope for the best.
0:20.0	Expect the worst. Hope for the best, expect the worst.
0:22.6	Oh, for the best.
0:25.1	Welcome to the Commentary Magazine Daily podcast.
0:27.6	Today is Friday, November 15th, 2020.
0:30.7	I am John Pudhor.
0:31.5	It's the editor of Commentary Magazine.
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0:57.0	We're not a full house today, but with me, as always, Executive Editor, Egg Greenwald.
1:01.5	Hi, Abe.
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