Matt Welch

You know, the Democrats seem always to think that everything is a messaging problem. And if they just change a PR strategy, then it will change some kind of underlying reality that they're not in touch with. There was a great play by Joseph Heller, who is the author of Catch-22 called We Bomb the New Haven. And there was a character in it who says, we're going to bomb Constantinople off the map.

And somebody else says, why don't we just bomb the map?

And somebody else says, why don't we just bomb the map?

And somebody else says, why don't we just bomb the map?

um and that's what they're always trying to do they're trying to take the shortcut to to actually connecting with voters or changing their policy or changing the actual political direction of what they do to to gather more voters by changing the message and they've done that so many times uh not realizing that you have to actually make some kind of substantive offer to the people that's different than what you were doing before

um and that's what they're always trying to do they're trying to take the shortcut to to actually connecting with voters or changing their policy or changing the actual political direction of what they do to to gather more voters by changing the message and they've done that so many times uh not realizing that you have to actually make some kind of substantive offer to the people that's different than what you were doing before

um and that's what they're always trying to do they're trying to take the shortcut to to actually connecting with voters or changing their policy or changing the actual political direction of what they do to to gather more voters by changing the message and they've done that so many times uh not realizing that you have to actually make some kind of substantive offer to the people that's different than what you were doing before

For them to take notice, just like a different presentation doesn't change much.

For them to take notice, just like a different presentation doesn't change much.

For them to take notice, just like a different presentation doesn't change much.

There's two things about this. This is an old trope in media and in comedy. It's the urban, sophisticated kid who's picking on the rural hayseed. People have been doing this since there's been journalism. H.L. Mencken was an expert practitioner in this, going to Tennessee and picking on all the local folks during the Scopes Monkey Trial. A, you have to be accurate.

There's two things about this. This is an old trope in media and in comedy. It's the urban, sophisticated kid who's picking on the rural hayseed. People have been doing this since there's been journalism. H.L. Mencken was an expert practitioner in this, going to Tennessee and picking on all the local folks during the Scopes Monkey Trial. A, you have to be accurate.

There's two things about this. This is an old trope in media and in comedy. It's the urban, sophisticated kid who's picking on the rural hayseed. People have been doing this since there's been journalism. H.L. Mencken was an expert practitioner in this, going to Tennessee and picking on all the local folks during the Scopes Monkey Trial. A, you have to be accurate.

In other words, the caricature has to be successful and true in some way and not just some stereotyped idea that you picked up by not observing people in real life. The other thing is, if you're going to do that, if you're going to use the sharpest scalpel that you have in your drawer, you've got to do it on your own.

In other words, the caricature has to be successful and true in some way and not just some stereotyped idea that you picked up by not observing people in real life. The other thing is, if you're going to do that, if you're going to use the sharpest scalpel that you have in your drawer, you've got to do it on your own.

In other words, the caricature has to be successful and true in some way and not just some stereotyped idea that you picked up by not observing people in real life. The other thing is, if you're going to do that, if you're going to use the sharpest scalpel that you have in your drawer, you've got to do it on your own.

people too and that's why it's okay when you read mencken he goes after the people who live in baltimore and his peers and and politicians and people on both sides of the aisle with just as much viciousness as he did uh the people in rural tennessee that's what's missing from this show um it just it it's it's not funny because it's just a stereotype and it's it's not meant to go in all directions

people too and that's why it's okay when you read mencken he goes after the people who live in baltimore and his peers and and politicians and people on both sides of the aisle with just as much viciousness as he did uh the people in rural tennessee that's what's missing from this show um it just it it's it's not funny because it's just a stereotype and it's it's not meant to go in all directions

people too and that's why it's okay when you read mencken he goes after the people who live in baltimore and his peers and and politicians and people on both sides of the aisle with just as much viciousness as he did uh the people in rural tennessee that's what's missing from this show um it just it it's it's not funny because it's just a stereotype and it's it's not meant to go in all directions

Well, Megan, thanks for having me back again. Sadly, under these circumstances, or actually since everybody got out, I guess we're okay. Megan, the first thing, when I saw the in-cockpit video this morning, I heard you reading your email in the last block there. Then I guess I can talk like this. That jet was coming down like a turd off a tall moose.