America's most beloved bloggers are back. This week The Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin and The Daily Caller's Mickey Kaus kick around Obama's performance and lack of leadership, Romney's potential running mates, tax policy and the Buffet rule, the press eats its own dog food, scandals that don't touch Obama, immigration, and how to put the government on a diet.
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Dec '10
Re: Alarming Progress
Most beloved?
Taking a bit of literary license there, no?
Jul '10
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Dear Mr. Kaus:
Nothing of interest to write about of late? One subject that would rock your audience (or the Democratic boat) would be to look into and report on Mr. Obama the same way the Left dissected McCain, Palin, etc., etc., and now Romney (and all those who ran against him). He has never really been vetted by other than the conservative media. Should make for some interesting reading.
And casting the argument that it would be gridlock if O is reelected may be wishful thinking. He will do anything he darn well pleases, including subverting the Constitution and/or making end runs around Congress by way of executive orders. Also, he has installed enough czars who have no oversight who can engage in much mischief.
Feb '11
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Rob - your opening announcement. when is the last time members interacted with Mitch Daniels or Haley Barbour?
Sep '10
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I believe Mickey is right and that Obama doesn't mind cutting Medicare. But why? I think it's based on the tenured academic elite view that there are too many people, ergo, people are bad and so old people should just die (not their old people, of course; the public's old people). This is why this Independent could never hang with the Democrats: the leaders of the party are not interested in helping people but in gaining power over others. If they were interested in actually helping others, they would have listened to Rahm Emanuel and the horrid Anthony Weiner and attempted incremental steps toward an objective. Instead, they're trying to make all incomes the same (I just can't say equal) and to make us go green in five friggin' minutes and thereby impose their poverty-consciousness notions of how life should be lived on the rest of us. Pigs being equal and unequal at the same time, as the story goes.
May '10
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Can we add to the code of conduct that we don't eat during podcast recordings??? E.T.I.Q.U.E.T.T.E.
Dec '11
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Jennifer and Mickey - I really enjoy the podcast and look forward to it to have something engaging to listen to over the weekend.
Jennifer, thanks for challenging Mickey on why he's voting for Obama this time around as I was wondering the same thing.
Mickey, beyond yourself, I'd be interested to know why other Democrats are supporting Obama this time around. He hasn't improved the economy (like Clinton supposedly did); for those who wanted an end to the GWoT, he hasn't closed Guantanamo or "brought the troops home" (yet); and his healthcare legislation is an anchor around his neck to the point where we are starting to see prominent Democrats distancing themselves from it.
Is this a case of "he's our guy so we're going to stick with him" or "he'll do better next terms and needs more time"? I assume the whole "he's a historic figure" sheen has worn off but maybe not for Democrats? What are the Democrat-only conversations like in the run up to November?
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Great question! I will make sure Mickey addresses this on the next show.
Jun '10
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I am listening to the podcast right now, hopped on Ricochet, and popped open to the discussing thread to type exactly that.
I understand that it doesn't bother some people. But those people need to be aware that some others find it absolutely repulsive (for reasons that may or may not be explicable or even rational -- it doesn't matter). Don't do it unless you're starving. In which case, you've got better things to do than chat on a podcast/conference call/video blog/vlog/television show!
Dec '11
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Thanks, Blue Yeti. I put the same one up on the member feed but would love to hear from the Big Man himself. Great podcast.