Eliana Johnson
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Well, there's some real differences between Joe Biden and Barack Obama, which is why I don't think there's much love lost between the two. You mean one is a sort of sentient being. His brain is functioning. There's that. Let's say Joe Biden at the top of his game and Barack Obama at the top of his game. All right. Let's just let's make that comparison, which is that.
Well, there's some real differences between Joe Biden and Barack Obama, which is why I don't think there's much love lost between the two. You mean one is a sort of sentient being. His brain is functioning. There's that. Let's say Joe Biden at the top of his game and Barack Obama at the top of his game. All right. Let's just let's make that comparison, which is that.
Barack Obama is a genuine once-in-a-generation political talent. And so is Donald Trump. And they both tug on real parts of the American character and things that the country wants to believe it is. And now they're both two-term presidents. And I think you could see at the Carter funeral that these guys have grudging, if genuine, but genuine respect for each other as political athletes.
Barack Obama is a genuine once-in-a-generation political talent. And so is Donald Trump. And they both tug on real parts of the American character and things that the country wants to believe it is. And now they're both two-term presidents. And I think you could see at the Carter funeral that these guys have grudging, if genuine, but genuine respect for each other as political athletes.
Barack Obama is a genuine once-in-a-generation political talent. And so is Donald Trump. And they both tug on real parts of the American character and things that the country wants to believe it is. And now they're both two-term presidents. And I think you could see at the Carter funeral that these guys have grudging, if genuine, but genuine respect for each other as political athletes.
You know... Obama, the country, I think, wanted to elect a black president and Obama played on those things. But like he's a real rhetorical superstar. And and Trump is, too, in a completely different way. And America likes an underdog story. And to Trump's credit, his genius was flipping so much of the conventional wisdom of the Republican Party on its head. Yeah. Oh, he remade the
You know... Obama, the country, I think, wanted to elect a black president and Obama played on those things. But like he's a real rhetorical superstar. And and Trump is, too, in a completely different way. And America likes an underdog story. And to Trump's credit, his genius was flipping so much of the conventional wisdom of the Republican Party on its head. Yeah. Oh, he remade the
You know... Obama, the country, I think, wanted to elect a black president and Obama played on those things. But like he's a real rhetorical superstar. And and Trump is, too, in a completely different way. And America likes an underdog story. And to Trump's credit, his genius was flipping so much of the conventional wisdom of the Republican Party on its head. Yeah. Oh, he remade the
party and the country. The immigration stuff you talked about, that was not the position. You know, when he ran in 2015, we were coming on the heels of, and you were at Fox, Megan. Yeah. When I remember out of 2012, it was like comprehensive immigration reform. And even, you know, I remember like the prime time at Fox was like, we got to get behind it. The autopsy, Mitt Romney. Oh yeah.
party and the country. The immigration stuff you talked about, that was not the position. You know, when he ran in 2015, we were coming on the heels of, and you were at Fox, Megan. Yeah. When I remember out of 2012, it was like comprehensive immigration reform. And even, you know, I remember like the prime time at Fox was like, we got to get behind it. The autopsy, Mitt Romney. Oh yeah.
party and the country. The immigration stuff you talked about, that was not the position. You know, when he ran in 2015, we were coming on the heels of, and you were at Fox, Megan. Yeah. When I remember out of 2012, it was like comprehensive immigration reform. And even, you know, I remember like the prime time at Fox was like, we got to get behind it. The autopsy, Mitt Romney. Oh yeah.
And Trump was able to pierce through that and say, like, people don't want that. And
And Trump was able to pierce through that and say, like, people don't want that. And
And Trump was able to pierce through that and say, like, people don't want that. And
And like maybe no more comedian snafus. Oh, yeah. I don't think they want any jokes about Puerto Rico.
And like maybe no more comedian snafus. Oh, yeah. I don't think they want any jokes about Puerto Rico.
And like maybe no more comedian snafus. Oh, yeah. I don't think they want any jokes about Puerto Rico.
Part of me thinks that this this stuff started like in the 90s and it's taken a generation or a generation and a half that it's been that long that the country's lived with this. And it's trickled down from the country's most elite institution into the public schools. And that was why that was when and why people really revolted against this, because when it doesn't touch you.
Part of me thinks that this this stuff started like in the 90s and it's taken a generation or a generation and a half that it's been that long that the country's lived with this. And it's trickled down from the country's most elite institution into the public schools. And that was why that was when and why people really revolted against this, because when it doesn't touch you.
Part of me thinks that this this stuff started like in the 90s and it's taken a generation or a generation and a half that it's been that long that the country's lived with this. And it's trickled down from the country's most elite institution into the public schools. And that was why that was when and why people really revolted against this, because when it doesn't touch you.