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Yeah, yeah, there was an election earlier this week, but we’re all past that now. What will the first 100 days of the Trump administration look like? For that we (along with guest host Mona Charen) turn to the great Larry Kudlow, who has been a Trump supporter and advisor since the beginning of the campaign. Who will be, who will be out, what policies will be advocated, we cover it all. Also, some thoughts about the campaign and how we all move forward from #NeverTrump.
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@peterrobinson @monacharen Yes there was racism. Large numbers of blacks voted for Obama but not for white candidates before or now after. They were voting for skin color. Nothing more. What do you call that if not racism? Dr King had a dream.
Can’t find the poll just now, but I’ll have the figures roughly correct: Something like sixty percent of Democrat 18 to 25 year-olds supported Bernie Sanders. The Stanford and Dartmouth polls simply confirm what we already know. Kids have moved far to the left.
During Reagan’s second term the age cohort that gave him the most support was the youngest–that is, 18 to 25-year olds. That youngest cohort is now overwhelmingly Democratic.
I was set and rearing to go on this podcast..then saw the host line up. I’m as drawn the opinions of these co-hosts in the way Chief Dreyfus was drawn to Inspector Clouseau’s. They may have stumbled into some insight re: Trump (unlikely), but the physical reaction byproduct isn’t worth the listen. Passing….
PS, Hoping the best for Kudlow.
Your loss. It was a great conversation.
Blue…boy don’t I know it. I loved-loved-loved these two for years (dragged family with me to the UCLA event) and miss those very fond feelings.
Kudlow interview was great, largely because Larry refused to be cowed or talked over. If you want to insist on conjecturing the worst interpretation of Trump’s word salad on infrastructure, trade and foreign policy you can now do it in a vacuum as the threat of the national soul-killing Clinton crime family recedes, I guess.
Maybe we can cut the administration a little break until it is actually formed.
Too bad a good show had to conclude with condescending snark though. Article Twelve dig, Estonia giveaway, and then Randy Newman faux workingman blues.
Flagship without Rob is the Stooges without Moe.
Not sure if my UCLA alumna cousin would find it funny or sad that USC was mistaken for UCLA. ?
Song was my choice and was chosen just because I like the tune. No editorial slant intended. Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar.
And we see @roblong more as Curly than Moe.
https://youtu.be/0OnpkDWbeJs
Lighten up Mona.
I’m the only person on Ricochet that thought Mona was a squish on the NeverTrump issue, but like her I am trying my best to give him a fresh start and try to have an open mind. Perhaps he can be a feckless 70 year old Prince Hal that transforms himself into a Henry V….
I’ve been thinking of two quotations since the election that might be appropriate:
“There have been more tears shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones” Saint Theresa of Avila, and
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” John Adams.
I’ve read that 61% of the people that voted for Trump thought he was unfit for the office, but that Hillary was worse.
Wait. How could you have thought Mona was a squishy NeverTrumper? That doesn’t seem possible.
It’s a little bit of hyperbole. I was so NeverTrump I wanted the RNC to take the nomination away from him after the convention. I thought (and think) the man was totally unfit for the office and made several hyperventilating comments invoking Chappaquiddick, Vichy France, etc.
Ah, gotcha. I was favorable towards the free the delegates idea too.
I’m sure Mona is a wonderful person, but she makes a statement in the podcast that starts with “former conservatives” who support Trump…
The notion that anyone who supports Trump is no longer a conservative is condescension of the highest order. Having served 30 years in uniform, like others who have toiled in honest work in any other profession, I do not feel she is well-positioned to judge my conservatism. Sheesh.
No mistaking.
Fight on Trojans!
#alwaysmona
#alwayskudlow
#alwaysricochet
As long as you don’t see him as Iggy.
Couldn’t agree more!
Really good customer service would have a better response with the same intent.
It bothers me. The Baltics deserve our support.
Kudlow is a consumate gentleman with a good head on his shoulders, so I’m inclined to trust him. But I used to watch his TV show every day and know that he is habitually optimistic regardless of circumstances, like other bullish investors. The proposals he discussed are fantastic. But is the GOP willing to leap so far? How will Trump respond if they don’t? What concessions might either side demand? What graft and favors will be appended?
Prawn raises a very important point. Democrats will try to undo or twist anything a Republican administration does. Any 10- or 20-year plan (I’m looking at you, Paul Ryan) is a half-measure that is likely to be undone before its culmination. Gradual changes would be easier on everyone, but they are not politically sustainable. Transitions such as the shift of insurance companies off of Obamacare subsidies back into profitability must happen within a few years, even if that entails some harsh costs.
I’ve said since the early primaries that Republicans could find common ground with Trump on financial reforms. But with any politician, it’s easier to discern interests than priorities. As president, he will be doing a lot at once. Only time will tell on which issues he’s trustworthy.
Fairn enough. It’s been a long week.
Let me try again: You really should give the show a chance — I think you’ll enjoy it.
First, my point was that I don’t think college kids these days are any different, and they appear to grow out of it.
With regard to your point, I hope and expect that if the shackles are taken off the economy (channelling Biden, except approvingly) those unemployed overeducated (ahem) will find work and discover that they don’t really want to surrender their resources.
Oh, your right….I had one wire laying over another in my head. I came up from San Diego and mostly remember missing the cocktail hour trying to find the room. I became a huge Lileks fan that night.