We need one more Georgia podcast to wrap-up 2022. I would love to hear your focus groups' & Greg Bluestein's thoughts on Stacy Abrams.....so what went wrong there?
No!!! I look forward to the Focus Group every week. I will miss having something awesome in my Saturday feed. A favorite plus subscriber perk, though I don't begrudge non subscribers of this excellent content if you go in that direction. Thank you. You made the elections tolerable for me!!!
God bless Sarah Longwell! I could certainly not bite my tongue if someone told me to my face that Walker's buffoonery was inconsequential. But Sarah's job isn't to tell her interlocutors that they're wrong. It's to listen to them.
I hear you are going to lift the paywall for this podcast (f/the Secret Show). Has The Bulwark thought about offering a student discount or tiered membership? 5$/mo for access to all podcasts & the current tier keeps the ability to comment and has the weekly TNB? You could even have a higher tier with swag and more intimate chats or a substack chat? I’ve been seeing different versions of tiered systems as my favorite Twitter people expand to substack.
I have lost even more respect for GOP voters. They will vote for a 'buffoon' if it has an R after it's name. This is especially confounding given that none of them indicated any interest in voting for the chief buffoon in 2024. That leads me to believe if the chief buffoon beats DeSantis in the primaries Georgia GOP voters will once again rationalize their way to more buffoonery.
Q: "Who knows what it would be like to be suffering the slings and arrows he did as President for four years?"
A: Barack Obama knows, except in his case it was for EIGHT years, he stayed the bigger man time after time, and emerged from it all with more respect than ever.
Too bad that the guy asking never reads The Bulwark.
Thanks Sarah! Love listening on Saturdays! I am frequently floored by the way some voters, when asked, form an opinion on the spot (or 5 minutes earlier), and they just cobble together ad stuff. Even though I did this at one time, it still scares the crap outta me now that I follow politics! And WTF do people think elected federal officials are gonna do about crime? Or even state ones?
Herschel Walker did not beat Rev. Warnock on Election Day at all, much less by “double digits.” I’ve listened to this three times and cannot find a context for this statement by the guest.
I think these voters call Walker a buffoon, rather than dangerous, because there's no evidence that the general public is at risk. They can dismiss these accusations because, quite frankly, they aren't affected. He also hasn't been convicted of these things so they can also be dismissed as he-said/she-said situations. On the other hand, the buffoonery casts doubt on whether he'll follow his party's lead on voting and, perhaps, embarrass the state, though perhaps that ship has sailed with MTG.
Btw, we are rationalizing animals. Not rational animals.
That explains why we will ignore the abortion stance (or what have you) of someone we like but bring up someone else's stance as the reason for not liking them.
We need one more Georgia podcast to wrap-up 2022. I would love to hear your focus groups' & Greg Bluestein's thoughts on Stacy Abrams.....so what went wrong there?
No!!! I look forward to the Focus Group every week. I will miss having something awesome in my Saturday feed. A favorite plus subscriber perk, though I don't begrudge non subscribers of this excellent content if you go in that direction. Thank you. You made the elections tolerable for me!!!
The Hershel-despite-Hershel voters are the GOP equivalent to Gabby Johnson's genuine frontier gibberish.
God bless Sarah Longwell! I could certainly not bite my tongue if someone told me to my face that Walker's buffoonery was inconsequential. But Sarah's job isn't to tell her interlocutors that they're wrong. It's to listen to them.
I hear you are going to lift the paywall for this podcast (f/the Secret Show). Has The Bulwark thought about offering a student discount or tiered membership? 5$/mo for access to all podcasts & the current tier keeps the ability to comment and has the weekly TNB? You could even have a higher tier with swag and more intimate chats or a substack chat? I’ve been seeing different versions of tiered systems as my favorite Twitter people expand to substack.
Kemp cutting ads and supporting Herschel Walker just make me want to gag.
A buffoon who abused ex-wife and girlfriends is dangerous. For these voters to dismiss that history is disheartening.
I have lost even more respect for GOP voters. They will vote for a 'buffoon' if it has an R after it's name. This is especially confounding given that none of them indicated any interest in voting for the chief buffoon in 2024. That leads me to believe if the chief buffoon beats DeSantis in the primaries Georgia GOP voters will once again rationalize their way to more buffoonery.
Q: "Who knows what it would be like to be suffering the slings and arrows he did as President for four years?"
A: Barack Obama knows, except in his case it was for EIGHT years, he stayed the bigger man time after time, and emerged from it all with more respect than ever.
Too bad that the guy asking never reads The Bulwark.
"...even Democrats name their dogs Herschel"
Thanks for the fun and engaging chat. Bulwark podcasts are great for getting me through my long (for me) walks.
"The brain is a tool to help us get what we want"
I see a bumper sticker in your future.
Thanks Sarah! Love listening on Saturdays! I am frequently floored by the way some voters, when asked, form an opinion on the spot (or 5 minutes earlier), and they just cobble together ad stuff. Even though I did this at one time, it still scares the crap outta me now that I follow politics! And WTF do people think elected federal officials are gonna do about crime? Or even state ones?
Herschel Walker did not beat Rev. Warnock on Election Day at all, much less by “double digits.” I’ve listened to this three times and cannot find a context for this statement by the guest.
I think these voters call Walker a buffoon, rather than dangerous, because there's no evidence that the general public is at risk. They can dismiss these accusations because, quite frankly, they aren't affected. He also hasn't been convicted of these things so they can also be dismissed as he-said/she-said situations. On the other hand, the buffoonery casts doubt on whether he'll follow his party's lead on voting and, perhaps, embarrass the state, though perhaps that ship has sailed with MTG.
It is deeply frustrating to hear people say crime in Atlanta is the most important thing influencing their vote for a senator. Civics lessons, people.
Wonderful episode.
Btw, we are rationalizing animals. Not rational animals.
That explains why we will ignore the abortion stance (or what have you) of someone we like but bring up someone else's stance as the reason for not liking them.
The brain is a tool to help us get what we want.