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The nation experienced a weekend of civil unrest, including COMMENTARY podcast host Christine Rosen whose home was on the frontlines of the violence. We discuss the conditions that have rocked the country to its foundations and the abdication of our political elites in a moment of chaos.
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As always, I very much enjoyed this podcast; you are most level headed and even handed “political pundits” I listen to. You can criticise the president but not let it wholly dominate your thought process as has happened on all other discussions (or suppport the president no matter what!!)
However, I do have a couple of quibbles/thoughts on today..
how can Christine say ( 14:30 ) the only reason all the looters she saw on her residential street were African American is because DC has a large African American population? Where or when has any other ethic group rioted in this way in the United States? Name the town or neighborhood which is unsafe to visit which has no African American residents. What other rational explanation is there than to say that the racism Blacks experience in the US is due to their collective behavior?
I don’t intend to vote for either Trump or Biden, but I’m feeling less apprehensive about a Biden victory. I believe John Podhoretz nailed it: Trump does not want to be the President, he wants to play the President. He wants rallies. He wants to perform, but not give time or effort to actually governing. He won’t quit. He needs to be pushed out the door.
I’ve had more than enough of this and I suspect so have too many others.
I’ll also add that this was one of the most depressing Commentary podcasts that I’ve heard. Some of our major cities seem to be disintegrating before our eyes.
Do the right Thing came out decades ago and I’m still wondering why I think Mookie was wrong when everyone found him right.
Those who can not see the disaster another leftist democrat administration would be must be suffering from TDS.
I don’t like a lot about Trump also but I’m not insane. Sure it would be great if he stepped aside for someone like Tom Cotton but he won’t. And BTW I think Trump does care about the country and understands the threat China is, unlike Biden.
Correction: Trump did not use the word “domestic’ to characterize Antifa in his tweet.
“The United States of America will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization.”
Antifa claims for itself the status of an International organization. And there is strong evidence it has massive foreign funding.
This status will formalize investigations into funding and perhaps lead to a freezing of assets.
As they say, follow the money.
Good podcast. Given how often we all dump on John for talking too much or getting something wrong, I think we should put together a reel of all his statements about COVID lockdown with respect to civil unrest that have proven true.
My sentiments exactly.
because of democrat thinking we get destroyed cities and thousands dead in nursing homes. Trump is doing poorly for sure. But maybe the government professional class could step forward, help run government agencies and stop fighting the guy.
If wishes were horses …