Lightning Rod

Heads up faithful listeners, this week The Ricochet Podcast will release on Thursday rather than our usual Wednesday. Should be worth the wait though: Mike Murphy and Bill Kristol will be joining us to discuss the week's events.

In the meantime, please enjoy this artists conception* of how the podcast might play out.

*Thanks, EJHill.  

Comments:


Pat in Obamaland
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May '10
Pat in Obamaland

This should be good for several 100+ comment threads.  I can't wait!

ChristmasBeard
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Mar '11
ChristmasBeard

Just before Paul Ryan was announced, Mike Murphy had tweeted that Ryan would be the wrong choice (or something like that). I'd like to hear about that.

Yeah...ok.
Joined
Jan '11
Yeah...ok.

Mr. Murphy is a good talker. He formulates thoughts and ideas in an earnest manner. He speaks with a conviction that seems to inflate his arguments.

But after an hour, I'm hungry again.

Pseudodionysius
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Sep '10
Pseudodionysius

The podcast should be entitled The Return of Nelson J. Rockefeller.

EJHill
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May '10
EJHill

Pseudo - In an odd way I miss old Rocky... After he flipped off a reporter when he was Ford's VP I used to hold up my middle finger at someone but keep it bent at the knuckle. When they gave me a puzzled look I just told them I gave them a "half-Nelson."

Eeyore
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Jun '10
Eeyore

Mike is such an attention hog. All that faux reaction intensity when he really just carries a hidden Van de Graaff generator.

wilber forge
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Oct '10
wilber forge
Eeyore: Mike is such an attention hog. All that faux reaction intensity when he really just carries a hidden Van de Graaff generator. · 2 minutes ago

Thinking Tesla Coil.

Now that device might give EJ something to work with later,

Stephen Dawson
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Mar '11
Stephen Dawson

Is Mr Murphy a member of the 'Bedwetter Caucus'?

David Williamson
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Mar '11
David Williamson
ChristmasBeard: Just before Paul Ryan was announced, Mike Murphy had tweeted that Ryan would be the wrong choice (or something like that). 

Mr Murphy must be one of the advisers that Mr Romney ignored - good for him.

genferei
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Oct '10
genferei

mike murphy ‏@murphymike

Why not Ryan? Mitt should govern with entitlement cuts for good of country. But you don't center the election campaign on them.

mike murphy ‏@murphymike

Paul Ryan is a star. I hope one day I will get to vote for him for President. But right now, in this election, he's the wrong choice for VP.

From 10 August.

DrewInWisconsin
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Aug '11
DrewInWisconsin
ChristmasBeard: Just before Paul Ryan was announced, Mike Murphy had tweeted that Ryan would be the wrong choice (or something like that). I'd like to hear about that.

Murphy has a talent for making bold predictions in both directions, and then declaring victory regardless of outcome. That someone can get paid to do that amazes the heck outta me.

DrewInWisconsin
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Aug '11
DrewInWisconsin

An old Rico-comment worth repeating.

Bring on Jonathan Alter then, at least when we are getting stabbed it's in the front and not in the back.

Richard VanderHoek
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Sep '10
Richard VanderHoek

I'm a consultant (in IT, not politics) and I can tell you one thing - consultants are never wrong.  Ever.  Our lives depend on always being right.  

However, Mike Murphy takes this to a whole new level.

Pseudodionysius
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Pseudodionysius
EJHill: Pseudo - In an odd way I miss old Rocky... After he flipped off a reporter when he was Ford's VP I used to hold up my middle finger at someone but keep it bent at the knuckle. When they gave me a puzzled look I just told them I gave them a "half-Nelson." · 13 hours ago

I don't invoke Nelson in a negative way. In Mike Murphy's last jaunt here on Ricochet, his avatar was Mr. Rockefeller in a self acknowledged jab at the wolverines in the cage here on Rico. I got the sense that Mike relishes his role as a Pro Wrestling "heel", so I think the Nelson J Rockefeller podcast title would be a tip of the hat to his schtick.

Erik Larsen
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Jan '11
Erik Larsen

I don't know why people get upset about Mike Murphy. If you go back and listen to what he said in previous podcasts, he's been freakishly accurate in his predictions.  I listen very carefully to what he says now!!

Erik Larsen
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Jan '11
Erik Larsen

By the way, I'm still giggling at his throwaway line in a podcast long ago asking if the (Charles) Lindbergh terminal In MSP had direct flights to Berlin.  Ha!

Fred Cole
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Nov '11
Fred Cole

Thank you for the heads up.


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