Impolitic with John Heilemann

John, Great insights from Tina Brown. I do have a question: does Joe Scarborough realize, before he carries on about being some kind of Woodard and Bernstein journalist, that the World has access to decades of him on tape swerving all over the political landscape in his manic and unserious nature and constantly contradicting himself along the entire way? And I’m tossing in his former ridiculous show Scarborough Country….After one saw that nonsense, it cannot be unseen. His carrying on the other morning trying to defend his panic to bend the knee to Trump by claiming he’s a journalist and of course he had to run down to see the Dumpster was pathetic…… He’s a morning talk show host……He is not subject to any of the journalistic rules real journalist are held to.

Agree with you on almost everything and look forward to each episode. BUT you are just wrong about the pardon. The same people who are handwringing about the pardon are the same people who don’t understand how voters could choose Trump. They don’t give an F about norms and the justice department. Frank had the most pertinent thing to say. If you have an adult son, or care about someone who does, given the changed circumstances which you John acknowledge, there is no other choice here. Democrats can handwring over this into further oblivion. I don’t think Biden ever considered that Trump would win again. Delusional maybe, but….

Almost every interview is 5 star!

Great interviews and fantastic range of guests. Would be even better if Heilman, could get out of his own way and shorten his commentary. It gets pretty windy and over the top sometimes. At one point during the episode with David Remnick, Remnick was talking and was about to say something kind of personal, and Heilman cut him off! Never let him finish the sentence. I could also do without having to hear Hielman reference “this woman that I’m dating..”, a phrase he manages to work into every other episode or so. He does it on another political podcast that he’s on with 2 other people, and it’s cringe every time. I’m giving 4 stars for the quality of guests, but would give a 2 for the host who has trouble relinquishing the spotlight.