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The Three Whiskey Happy Hour: The Metaphysics of the Election

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Settle in with your favorite single malt for this extra-long episode that offers a deep dive into the election results with Henry Olsen, the Trump-sympathetic analyst who concludes that Democrat voter fraud did not determine the outcome of the election. He fields a lot of fastballs and curveballs from me and "Lucretia" about why so many Americans can harbor reasonable doubts that the election was run fairly—about why this election seems, as I put it, "metaphysically wrong" and challenging to basic sense perception. Henry runs through a lot of numbers that are equally challenging for the Steal narrative. He agrees that the COVID-induced voting liberalization is problematic, and that we still need to get to the bottom of a lot of problems. And if we don't, future elections will be even worse.

We also unveil on this episode the first "Attack Ad" of the Three Whisky Happy Hour campaign; you'll just need to listen to hear who gets attacked first!

We could have gone on for two more hours easily, and in fact after we ended the recording, we ended up talking and arguing for another 45 minutes, so we're going to have to have Henry back for another round soon.

Host:
Steve Hayward
Guests:
Henry Olsen"Lucretia"

Discussion (11)

  • Functionary@Functionary

    We need someone with Henry's knowledge of election statistics who disagrees with him. I nominate Robert Barnes, Esquire. I understand Cleta Mitchell (Scott Johnson's friend) may also be looking for something to do.

    Lucretia has the base story right, but as she acknowledged, she lacks the encyclopedic knowledge of election statistics needed to go toe-to-toe with Henry. There is definitely a case to be made.

    A minor dissonant note: Henry's Ted Cruz joke was sophomoric. Maybe all the cool kids hate him, and Ted is definitely off-putting to many; even to me (the fake stutter and the supreme arrogance). But we're not considering presidential candidates on that basis, are we? Being hated by the GOPe strikes me as a positive.

    Henry's a brilliant guy, and very personable. But it seems all he thinks about is how to play the game, not what is right or wrong. Maybe a little more balance toward good policy, vice good politics.

    Lastly -- Lucretia is one tough cookie!

  • RufusRJones@RufusRJones

    The question of whether or not Joe Biden is a good person is really interesting. Political people in both parties like him on a personal level. On the other hand, he obviously does a lot of terrible things, otherwise. It's a long list big and small.

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