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Meeting Nixon

This week, our old pal Harry Shearer stops by to discuss his new web series Nixon's The One. Also, Rob and James discuss the new book they've contributed to (yes, you must buy a copy of The Seven Deadly Virtues), and recap the big DC Ricochet meet up and the NRI event Rob presided over earlier this week. Then, will taking over the Senate be a disaster for the Republicans or does Obama want an excuse to fail (h/t Ricochet member Dominique Payne). Also, can you catch all the Blue Oyster Cult references in this podcast? We can't.

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Discussion (37)

  • Nick Stuart@NickStuart

    Here's hoping the GOP wins and takes control of the Senate. If (please God) that happens, here's hoping they realize they're on the hook to provide results. At a minimum, deliver bills to the president and force him to sign or veto them.

    They need to realize that tweets and Facebook posts about visiting the school, or opening the post office; holding hearings; signing letters; sponsoring bills are ACTIVITIES, not RESULTS.

    If they deliver 2 more years of activities, instead of delivering results, they're going to have a hard case to make in 2016.

  • user_124695@DavidWilliamson

    I visited the US Library of Congress today (including Jefferson's Library), then the Supreme Court, strolled past the Senate building, hoping for a Republican takeover, then strolled down the Mall, left at the Washington Monument, down to the Jefferson Monument.

    Looking out from where Jefferson stands, through the trees cleared by FDR, to the White House, I wondered whether Mr Obama ever looks towards the Jefferson Monument?

    If he did, he might feel a little uneasy- oh, wait, probably not! Jefferson was a slave owner, in more ways than one.

    The quotes on the inside of the Jefferson Monument include:

    "God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that his justice cannot sleep forever. Commerce between master and slave is despotism. Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free. Establish a law for educating the common people. This it is the business of the state and on a general plan."

    Was he prescient, or what? A little off, on common core, though ;-)

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