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The Phone Call

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This week, Long is assente in Italy, Lileks is powerless on the phone, and Robinson is rolling with all of it. We've got Money & Politics podcaster Jim Pethokoukis to talk about the economy, the budget deficit, and the search for inflation. Then, Commentary's Peter Wehner joins to discuss what happens when the Right turns on America. And we're not talking about what happens at a red-light, either. Got an opinion on this one? Chime in below.

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Hosts:
Charles C. W. CookeJames LileksSteve Hayward

Discussion (28)

  • The Mugwump@TheMugwump
    I would remind Mr. Wehner that it was the hard-core left that turned on America. Deliberate destruction of our cultural institutions with malice and forethought is the equivalent of treason. I'm sure my comment is exactly the type vitriol that Mr. Wehner condemns, but I promise to do worse in a full post over the weekend. Our nation has climbed out of economic recessions and depressions in the past, but no republic can survive the loss of civic virtue. We are facing a moral crisis and the victory of one side or the other will determine the future of our nation.
  • Peter Robinson@PeterRobinson
    ReplyingtoThe Mugwump

    The Mugwump (View Comment):

    I would remind Mr. Wehner that it was the hard-core left that turned on America. Deliberate destruction of our cultural institutions with malice and forethought is the equivalent of treason. I’m sure my comment is exactly the type vitriol that Mr. Wehner condemns, but I promise to do worse in a full post over the weekend....

    I'll be looking forward to that full post this weekend, Mugwump.

  • Eeyore@Eeyore
    I am deeply offended by James's sense of decadigital normativity. I insist you fire him at once. And you must. After all, I used the word "offended,' so you have no recourse but to accede to my demand. Actually, after hearing Mr. Wehner and reading his article at Commentary, I do not share our hosts' increased optimism [But then, it's my job not to]. In fact, I feel some of ~Mugwump's "vitriol" as well, and look forward to dumping a couple of hundred words of it into his upcoming post's comments.
  • otherdeanplace@yahoo.com@EustaceCScrubb
    Peter isn't the only one with fond Metrodome memories. I lived for a year in the Mary Tyler Moore apartments (during the last couple of years of the MTM show when she lived in the tall apartment with odd sporadic coloring) and it was a ten minute walk from the stadium. It was during the Kirby Puckett years and I could get a ticket for $3. Hideous building, but couldn't beat the price. Even when I had paper work to do, I'd bring it to the stadium and work on it between innings. There was some strange wind phenomenons in the stadium that were kind of cool.
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