David French Is Wrong (Or Is He?)

Synecdoche, D.C.

Published August 16, 2024

Let’s talk about voting. Sarah, Jonah, and Megan McArdle get epistemological breaking down David French’s column endorsing Kamala Harris and realize they can’t even agree on the the purpose of voting. What kind of Democrat will Kamala Harris run as, anyway?

The Agenda:
—David French: To Save Conservatism From Itself, I Am Voting for Harris
—Jonah: Voting Isn’t A Window Into the Soul
—Why Megan is voting for Harris
—Jonah has lost Sarah
—Can “Obamaism” save Democrats?
—Harris’ policy platform will be “light on detail”
—Blaming greedy capitalists
—“Has the U.S. beat inflation, Mr. President?”
—Will the DNC boost Harris?
—Should journalists publish hacked information?

Show Notes:
—Matt Yglesias on greedflation
—Eric Levitz on greedflation
—Scott Lincicome on greedflation

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Sarah Isgur

Sarah Isgur is a senior editor at The Dispatch and is based in northern Virginia. Prior to joining the company in 2019, she had worked in every branch of the federal government and on three presidential campaigns. When Sarah is not hosting podcasts or writing newsletters, she’s probably sending uplifting stories about spiders to Jonah, who only pretends to love all animals.

Jonah Goldberg

Jonah Goldberg is editor-in-chief and co-founder of The Dispatch, based in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, enormous lizards roamed the Earth. More immediately prior to that, Jonah spent two decades at National Review, where he was a senior editor, among other things. He is also a bestselling author, longtime columnist for the Los Angeles Times, commentator for CNN, and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. When he is not writing the G-File or hosting The Remnant podcast, he finds real joy in family time, attending to his dogs and cat, and blaming Steve Hayes for various things.

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