Bill Kristol: Are the Winds Finally Shifting?
4/13/202657 min
Orbán’s loss in Hungary was so overwhelming he couldn’t cheat his way out of it. But the decisive defeat for both Putin and authoritarianism may also suggest that the vibes they are a changin’. For instance, at home, Trump had to take down his Jesus post because of the backlash from across the political spectrum. People can see he’s flailing on the war and the economy. Plus, Vance has the stink of a loser, Dems can learn some campaigning tricks from Peter Magyar, the Melania-Epstein mystery continues, Trump and Marco are likely to regret those images from the UFC fight, and The Bulwark remains Team Pope Leo.
Bill Kristol joins special guest host, Sarah Longwell.
show notes
- This week's Focus Group pod with sad, mad GOP base voters
- Bill's "Bulwark on Sunday" with Sarah Matthews
- Monday's "Morning Shots," with David Baer from Budapest
- Pre-order Sarah’s book, How to Eat an Elephant, coming in September!
- Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to joindeleteme.com/BULWARK and use promo code BULWARK at checkout.
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First 90 secondsSarah Longwell· Host0:00
Mom, can you tell me a story?
Speaker 10:01
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Sarah Longwell· Host0:04
Was she brave?
Speaker 10:05
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Sarah Longwell· Host0:12
Did she have to fight a dragon?
Speaker 10:13
Nope, she bought it one hundred percent online, from her bed, actually.
Sarah Longwell· Host0:16
Was it scary?
Speaker 10:18
Honey, it was as unscary as car buying could be.
Sarah Longwell· Host0:20
Did the car have a sunroof?
Speaker 10:21
It did, actually.
Sarah Longwell· Host0:22
Okay, good story.
Speaker 10:24
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Sarah Longwell· Host0:30
[upbeat music] Hello, everyone, and welcome to The Bulwark Podcast. I'm Sarah Longwell, publisher of The Bulwark, and I'm sitting in for my good buddy, Tim Miller. Uh, I didn't have my pearls today, but I'm, I'm gonna try this hat for just a minute. Actually, Bill, what do you think of the hat?
Bill Kristol· Guest0:55
Excellent. But you look better in it than- Do I look like Tim? You look better in it than Tim Miller. [laughs] I'm gonna just say that for, for the record. But you can take it off now.
Sarah Longwell· Host1:02
Actually- You can take it off now. I, uh-- Yeah.
Bill Kristol· Guest1:03
You've made the point.
Sarah Longwell· Host1:03
I can take it off now. The bit's over.
Bill Kristol· Guest1:04
You've made the point.
Sarah Longwell· Host1:04
[laughs] Bit's over. Uh, okay, well, just because I am sitting in for Tim since he is... Uh, nobody works anymore, Bill. No one works anymore, these kids.
Bill Kristol· Guest1:13
Except for us, you know. I mean, it is- Except for us. I know. I know.
Sarah Longwell· Host1:16
Uh, but just because you don't have Tim doesn't mean you don't get Bill Kristol. Bill Kristol's here to join me after a action-packed, news-filled weekend. So many things happened. In fact, Monday hasn't slowed down one bit.