The Dispatch Podcast

I really like this podcast and the people on it even though I am much more liberal than they are. It’s the only politics content I consume. I take their point on public health credibility with George Floyd but the complete lack of concern regarding the substance around George Floyd’s killing is a real bummer. No the protests should not have been ok but the hosts have a way of hand waiving away any problems with race or any number of other concerns on the left without actually addressing them. Also there were many public health messaging failures during the pandemic but the hosts also forget the many many people who died and that people were doing their best to stop that.

Does the fact that Harris is in a bit of a unique position by having a day job for which she’s had to swear an oath to serve the nation matter at all? Is she really free to go out an bang on the administration she is serving even to win an election? I routinely engage with fed officials and have done so across three administrations. The same official will tout policies of the new administration and will NEVER criticize their current president. It simply is not done. What would you be saying about her as a VP if she were to use disloyal language about the President and administration at whose pleasure she currently serves???

I love this podcast and look forward to it every week, especially the Friday episode. But please, please, please don’t have anymore partisans in the Friday episode. Former Senator Heidcamp spoke almost entirely in talking points for that entire episode, blatantly lied about the democrat’s reaction to 2016 (despite Sarah putting facts in front of her), and then minimized political violence all to say “orange man bad.” We can get this from CNN, MSNBC, ABC, and any number of mainstream outlets. The Dispatch is not supposed to be about that.

I think Harris will win by a fairly wide margin so my vote won’t matter. Therefore I’ll write in DeSantis and then straight Republican on the down ballot. I can’t stand Trump, his policies are dangerous imho. I cannot will myself to vote for him, but I’ll keep my vote to myself to anyone I know.