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September 6, 2025
September 6, 2025

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The Three Whisky Happy Hour, On the ‘Theological-Political Problem’

Episode length: 1h 1m

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With Steve and John away overseas, Lucretia takes full control of the podcast this week, welcoming back a much more sober special guest, Prof. Vincent Munoz of Notre Dame University, this semester visiting at the University of Texas at Austin.

With Sen. Tim Kaine making an utter jackass of himself by implying that the Lockean philosophy of Thomas Jefferson and the American Founders is "what the mullahs in Iran believe," and then our friends Larry Arnn of Hillsdale College and noted evangelical thought leader Doug Wilson getting into a tussle about exactly how Christian principles should be manifest in the American political order, it is obviously high time finally to get into the subject that baffles John Yoo (we know—not that hard to do): the "theological-political problem."

Don't be put off by that clunky-sounding phrase. It really is the key to everything, and few people are more versed and sound on the subject than Phil, who has dropped by the podcast a couple times before, and somehow is till willing to come back for more!

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    Dr.Guido@DrGuido·1y

    Almost didn't miss those other 2 guys....!

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    Macho Grande'@ChrisCampion·1y

    Great discussion around the lunacy of Tim "Captain Milquetoast" Kaine, and his complete lack of understanding of the foundational principles of the country.

    Kaine: "Federalist papers? Bah! All rights come from the gov't, so instead of the proles' rights coming from their Creator/God/Thing in the Sky, I, Razor Tim Kaine, shall be the new God, the one that issueth your rights as I see fit, and then I go get a second helping of donuts."

    That he doesn't see the inherent contradiction in the basis of the Founding and his current, lovely, truly fascistic take on rights, is reason to have him beaten from Fort America, immediately. If not in the literal sense, then the political sense, and banish him from Congress.

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    Steven Hayward@StevenHayward·1y
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    Dr.Guido (View Comment):

    Almost didn’t miss those other 2 guys….!

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    Richard Easton@RichardEaston·1y
    That was an excellent conversation. However, Phil’s comment that Anglican bishops were especially opposed to the Patriot side in the Revolution is incorrect. The first American Anglican bishop was ordained in 1784. Americans were worried prior to the Revolution that the Crown would ordain bishops and take away religious freedom in American. Presbyterian churches were special targets of the British. John Witherspoon was the only clergyman signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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    Dr.Guido@DrGuido·1y
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    Dr.Guido (View Comment):

    Almost didn’t miss those other 2 guys….!

    Steven Hayward (View Comment):

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    I said 'almost'!

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