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Gotta make this brief as we are very, very busy around here: Peter Robinson? Not here this week. Jon Gabriel sits in for him. It's really cold in NYC today. We break down the dumpster fire Democratic debate. Then, author and New York Times science writer (no that's not a typo) John Tierny on his book The Power of Bad: How the Negativity Effect Rules Us and How We Can Rule It . We're positive you are going to like it. Then, our pal Christina Hoffs Sommers from the Femsplainers podcast stops by to talk about Harvey Weinstein, Democratic primary candidate wackiness (and woke-i-ness) and why she thinks Bernie Sanders will be the nominee. Finally, pardon us, but we have to discuss the pardons, and Jon Gabriel humblebrags about reading some really old books. Yawn.
Music from this week's show: Rose Garden by Lynn Anderson
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Jon Gabriel
Rob Long
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Nice ending music. Of course with Jon on there, maybe you could have tried something like this:
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I'm guessing John Tierny's name was supposed to be included in the podcast description. But you just have too much stuff going on.
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Too subtle a joke, I see. Fixed.
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It's disappointing, and a little disgusting, that @RobLong seems to wish the Democrats would nominate someone who could actually beat Trump in November. But the reality is, even if you could get a Sam Nunn nominated now, even the "conservative" Democrats were bad for the country, and the world.
And Rob mentions Andrew Klavan's "very compelling" arguments about supporting Trump, but then appears to just dismiss them, probably because, y'know, "Trump is loathsome." Which is exactly the claim/argument that Klavan counters.
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It seems that Blago having received a longer sentence for "corruption" than others might get for murder, seems like reason enough for a commutation. (Note: a commutation is not a pardon.)
If it were possible, I would prefer increasing the sentences of those who have done worse things. But the president doesn't have that power.
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