EXTRA: Audience Q&A (Live from New York)

Bonus content from our New York event.

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In this inebriated live recording, Jonah and Steve take over a Manhattan bar to talk Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, and the unhinged candidate making good on his promises. The two go back and forth on whether the GOP debates actually matter, and Steve gives Jonah a rare compliment. For the full discussion which include a Q/A portion with members, subscribe to The Skiff.

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    Andrew, Revachol CM

    I like the shout out about the need for good governance. I work in local government, the people I work with are all committed public servants and I think we do a lot of betterment in our community; there needs to be a conservative interest in government operations. Republican's talk federalism, but their ideas for how to devolve policy to competent local bureaucracy rarely exceeds a half sentence. Unfortunately, the strength of anti-government sentiment on the right has taken on a very anti-institutional and frankly personally mean, bitter, and detail/fact ignorant approach locally. Maybe it's where I am, California, where the local GOP has gone insane and tries very hard to lose elections, but it's exhausting to hear the right only scream no to everything while yelling about a policy or budget none of them have read; there need to be good conservative policy wonks at the local level.

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    Jack

    Hey guys. I really like the whole “random things from the skiff just pop into my podcast feed”-thing, so keep it up!

    Also, I have to counter program Anne’s dislike of the Skiff theme music by saying that I love it and want to hear more of it.

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  3. Mary Beth Fisher

    I live in NYC and have been waiting for a NYC event since the Dispatch started doing them. I'm a founding member of the Dispatch. How did I miss this? Where was it announced? I'm so disappointed.

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    Anne W (Raw5254)

    Jonah, you keep talking about Alzheimers, and I want to thank you so much. My mother had it, and a friend’s mother has it. It’s awful. I guess people think it’s an “old people’s disease,” but it can hit much younger people, too.

    I was fortunate that my mom wasn’t nearly as bad as some of the other elderly people I’ve read about, but it was so hard on my dad. I remember talking to one of my dad’s friends after he died. She was an old childhood friend, and in one of their conversations he said to her, “I’ve lost her.” He was referring to my mom.

    It was hard for me. She was so smart, and in a lot of ways, she still was. But, she was somewhere else. I cannot imagine living with the person I love, and realizing he was somewhere else, mentally. And, of course, I worry that I’ll do that to him. And, even harder is how drawn out it is, sometimes and often, years.

    Oh, and one last, unimportant thing. The music for The Skiff is awful. Sorry.

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    Rickschwartz711

    Thanks for all the new member content. I just wanted to say I appreciate it and enjoy it even though I don't comment too much here.

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