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This week, we present a super-sized edition of the Ricochet Podcast (75 minutes plus of thoughtful jabbering!) where within, we attempt to answer a few burning questions: First, is Peter Robinson in the tank for Trump? Rob Long and James Lileks investigate.
Then, Tevi Troy stops by to opine on his recent Politico piece, How GOP Intellectuals’ Feud With the Base Is Remaking U.S. Politics. Then, our old pal Mickey Kaus (aka The World's Most Unlikely Trump Supporter) joins to take a victory lap. Why? Because he's been saying for years that immigration would be a make or break issue for Republicans and he was right. But how does a liberal Democrat square his support for The Donald. You'll have to tune in to find out.
Music from this week’s episode:
You Only Live Twice by Nancy Sinatra
The brand new opening sequence for the Ricochet Podcast was composed and produced by James Lileks.
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You forgot to edit in the intro music. It's a minute of dead silence and an awkward pause after James' first words.
Or you just wanted me to crank up my volume before bursting my eardrums.
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Ah, crud. The intro track was muted. Will be fixed in a minute. Update: This has been fixed. Thanks for the heads up.
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James's point that "a president can't say that" (can't say outrageous things) is strange. A year ago, you would have said "someone running for President can't say that." It seems wishful thinking to believe that Trump would censor himself in office.
As for the remark by Trump that he would appoint judges like the people on his list, rather than limit himself to only those people: What candidate would say anything else? I would not be surprised if even Ronald Reagan refused to absolutely limit himself to such a list during a campaign. It is normal for politicians to avoid making their campaign promises so specific.
Increasingly, I'm leaning toward the decision to not to vote for either Trump or Clinton, knowing full well that the decision might empower Clinton. Even so, this habit of Trump's harshest detractors of piling weak reasons on top of the many strong reasons to reject him is silly and unpersuasive.
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