Bill Kristol: MAGA's Grievance Culture
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What updates are shared about the upcoming live shows?
Hey, everybody, just an update on the live shows. Next week, we're in Minneapolis. I really just can't wait. I'm so excited to be with you all. February 19th show is sold out. We added one on February 18th. There's about 100 tickets left. So go on and grab one or make a last second jaunt up there if you're from... neighboring state and want to go support our friends in Minneapolis who have been out there in these streets. And then we're down in Texas, March 18th and 19th for a show in Dallas on the 18th and Austin on the 19th. Looking for a little more warm weather. We'll see you all there. Up next, it's Monday, so it's Bill Kristol.
Hello and welcome to the Bulwark Podcast. I'm your host, Tim Miller. It is Monday, February 9th. We're on Super Bowl Monday. Slight Super Bowl hangover for everybody. Boring game. Good halftime show. Bill Kristol, that was at least my take. That feels like the conventional wisdom. The President of the United States didn't agree. What was your take? Did you even watch, or were you kind of just doing old BBC documentaries last night? Yeah, that's a good thing. Thank you, Tim.
No, we went over to one of our kids' houses, and there were a couple of kids, a lot of grandchildren. We all watched the game. Not a great game, I'm just going to say. I know we're supposed to say in a sophisticated way that it was a great defensive struggle, but it was just a boring game, but... I'm pro-bad bunny because I'm, of course, just ideologically, I mean, anti-anti. I'm anti-anti-bad bunny is really where I am. I don't really understand or appreciate the music or the whole thing. So I want you to explain to me, I want you to justify my being anti-anti-bad bunny and be actually.
What were the hosts' opinions on the Super Bowl halftime show?
You didn't love the set design. I mean, I thought the set design was so cool. The dancing grass. That was good. And then he comes down and he's, you know, he's underneath. So the people in the stadium couldn't have seen him. And then he comes out and you're, you know, you're feeling like you're on a sugar plantation. And then, you know, you got the guys playing dominant. You know, the whole set was... It was impressive. It was a cultural moment. And I thought that it was high energy. It kept my daughter engaged. Sometimes this stuff keeps kids bored. I saw somebody online said that it was like, it reminds me of the Sesame Street set. And I mean that in the best way possible. Sesame Street set, actually very sophisticated.
Yeah. You know, it was the reason it was successful for so many years. So, yeah, I thought it was really good. I played Nueva Yol for David French on Friday after I played him all the disgusting Kid Rock songs. And I thought that was good.
I saw his reaction to that. That was good. Did you watch the Kid Rock one? I mean, that was the best of America, Tim. I mean, none of this foreign language stuff. None of this, one of the most popular musicians in the world. Let's go back and let's get Kid Rock lip syncing and, you know, other real highlights of American culture, you know?
Yeah, a bunch of people I'd never heard of, you know, talking about how they can't tell their kids that the boy can't be a girl or else they'll get canceled. It's really high-octane stuff. Was Kelsey Grammer there doing a set? I don't know. I didn't catch it. I'll let you know. Neither did Trump, by the way. I should say that the Mar-a-Lago TVs were on Bad Bunny, which was, I think, an affront to TPUSA. And Trump said, his take was that the Bad Bunny set made no sense. It doesn't represent our standards. of creativity are excellent. It's not up to the standards of the Trump University, of the Trump Taco Bowl, Trump Tower. It wasn't up to the standards of that. A lot of others jumped on with that. My old friend Clay Travis asked, would any other country in the world have their signature cultural event in a foreign language?
A lot of countries are multilingual, so... Yeah, I think. I don't know. I do think that the Canadians do some French stuff, and we could go down the list. These guys just want to be upset about something. The other thing is, even if you didn't like the halftime show, if it wasn't for you, not that big of a deal, really.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What updates are shared about the upcoming live shows?
0:00–1:43
2
What were the hosts' opinions on the Super Bowl halftime show?
1:43–6:37
3
How did MAGA react to athletes speaking out on social issues?
6:37–17:49
4
What implications arise from Trump's administration's actions?
17:49–18:57
5
How do Olympians express their political views in the current climate?
18:57–43:00
Speakers
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