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Inauguration Day

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To mark this historical day, we've assembled a panel that we think reflects all sides of the new Trump administration -- a mashup of the Ricochet Podcast and Need To Know with Charen and Nordlinger with a dash of Victor Davis Hanson thrown in for flavoring. It's a bracing conversation that really gets into the weeds on the election and what may lie ahead.

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Hosts:
James LileksJay NordlingerMona CharenPeter Robinson
Guest:
VDVictor Davis Hanson

Discussion (196)

  • EB@EB

    VDH's reply to any criticism of Trump is, "The Democrats do it, too."

    I can just hear his mother now, "Victor, you shouldn't have done that." "Well, Suzy did it, too!" I guess his mother never said, "If Suzy jumped off a cliff, would you do that, too?"

  • Benjamin Glaser@BenjaminGlaser

    That wasn't VDH's response. Every time he was confronted by Mona he freely admitted that Trump was a sleaze and offered examples of where he condemned Trump's lewdness. His point was Trump didn't "invent" the crude and crass manner of speaking.

    When VDH went on his two litany's (the first about the situation in Oakland/Selma, second on Bush's massive conservative failures) I got so excited I honked the horn in my car. :)

    This was a phenomenal podcast, I even listened to it twice!

    I think Jay was way over the top in his condemnation of the speech. His morose and derogatory dismissal made his argument self-defeating.

    Peter on the other hand was far too accommodating to what Trump had to say.

    James was James at his best. Did a good job refereeing.

    This was really something. Thanks again for the work!

  • The Question@TheQuestion
    I concur with James Lileks about the Hugh Hewitt thing during the debate. When questioned about his taxes, Trump responded by mocking Hewitt's show ratings. To me, I just couldn't think of Trump as a mature adult person. After he was elected, he seemed a lot better, until he tweeted out mocking Arnold Shwarzeneggar's ratings on The Apprentice. I can't believe after being elected the G.D. President of the United States, he felt it necessary to punch at the guy who got his TV job. I'm not confident that he's mentally mature enough to be president. It's done now and I hope it all goes well.
  • ToryWarWriter@ToryWarWriter

    I am only in 18 minutes in and love how Mona is basically setting up straw men left and right. Thankfully Peter Robinson is there to do some damage control. But next time lets give him some reinforcements from David Limbaugh or someone.

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