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As you may be aware, we had a Presidential debate last night. The President did well, we all agree on that. Will it move the polls? Do the polls matter? We discuss. Then, Hoover's Shelby Steele and his filmmaker son Eli Steele have made What Killed Michael Brown, a provocative new documentary about race and the impact of the events in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014. The film is streaming on Amazon (not without controversy -- we discuss this on the show) and we implore everyone to watch it. Then, first time guest Susan Ferrechio, the Washington Examiner's Chief Congressional Correspondent stops by to give us the low down on her mano-a-mano match with CNN's Brian Stelter (take our advice and watch the clip) and discuss media bias the the prospects of holding the Senate and re-taking the House. Yes, we have a new LPoW courtesy of Jenna Stocker (and we remembered to add it to the description). Finally, a few thoughts on Jeffrey Toobin (we assure you that our Zoom call was squeaky clean), and we reveal why there are no pumpkins in the Robinson household.
Music from this week's show: Susie Q by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Hosted by James Lileks,
Peter Robinson, and
Rob Long, with guests
Eli Steele,
Shelby Steele, and
Susan Ferrechio
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This was titled "Too Little, Too Late?" just moments ago. Putting this here for the record.
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Honestly? I thought Trump had such a good debate last night that I pitched a little fit, more or less insisting on a new title. (Blue Yeti didn't exactly grant the point, but he decided he'd rather start his weekend than keep listening to me.)
I appreciate that Peter. Thank you.
That title was off-putting enough to not even bother listing. Now I will.
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A note of appreciation for the graphic.
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Rob's analysis of voter behavior seems to assume that a lot of people are smarter than we've seen they really are. When one party can scare maybe half of the overall population to believe false things, that doesn't seem to me like a great plan for attracting voters if you're a party that values liberty and truth.
Is the "solution" really to become as bad as the Dems are, just to "win?" I'm not sure we could lie as easily as the Dems do even if we tried.
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