Rich Lowry
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They all said we were making it up, that it was a hoax. But as soon as Clooney says, oh, he wasn't the same, then you have John Favreau, you know, one of the Obama bros saying, I was freaked out at that fundraiser. My wife was freaked out. My wife asked me, John, what are we going to do?
They all said we were making it up, that it was a hoax. But as soon as Clooney says, oh, he wasn't the same, then you have John Favreau, you know, one of the Obama bros saying, I was freaked out at that fundraiser. My wife was freaked out. My wife asked me, John, what are we going to do?
Everyone was talking about it at their tables, but none of them dared say a peep about it again until they thought, OK, this is unsustainable and we got to do something else.
Everyone was talking about it at their tables, but none of them dared say a peep about it again until they thought, OK, this is unsustainable and we got to do something else.
Everyone was talking about it at their tables, but none of them dared say a peep about it again until they thought, OK, this is unsustainable and we got to do something else.
You know, it's like Edith Wilson. Right. I mean, Wilson has a stroke. It is debilitated. And she she runs the government and they have people come in. They cover up. I don't know whether it's the right side.
You know, it's like Edith Wilson. Right. I mean, Wilson has a stroke. It is debilitated. And she she runs the government and they have people come in. They cover up. I don't know whether it's the right side.
You know, it's like Edith Wilson. Right. I mean, Wilson has a stroke. It is debilitated. And she she runs the government and they have people come in. They cover up. I don't know whether it's the right side.
you know, maybe JFK and the dalliances, which kind of everyone knew, but you didn't talk about publicly.
you know, maybe JFK and the dalliances, which kind of everyone knew, but you didn't talk about publicly.
you know, maybe JFK and the dalliances, which kind of everyone knew, but you didn't talk about publicly.
Yeah, yeah. It wasn't like, yeah, it wasn't like the public saw him go into a swimming pool with the secretary and the media said, no, you're making it up.
Yeah, yeah. It wasn't like, yeah, it wasn't like the public saw him go into a swimming pool with the secretary and the media said, no, you're making it up.
Yeah, yeah. It wasn't like, yeah, it wasn't like the public saw him go into a swimming pool with the secretary and the media said, no, you're making it up.
Maybe FDR 1944. Yeah. But, you know, he was reelected and people were willing to look past it. And he had like back then campaigning was different. So he had one campaign event where he drove around New York City in the rain. I was like, OK, he's he's still he's still vigorous. But everyone knew otherwise everyone knew he was dying.
Maybe FDR 1944. Yeah. But, you know, he was reelected and people were willing to look past it. And he had like back then campaigning was different. So he had one campaign event where he drove around New York City in the rain. I was like, OK, he's he's still he's still vigorous. But everyone knew otherwise everyone knew he was dying.
Maybe FDR 1944. Yeah. But, you know, he was reelected and people were willing to look past it. And he had like back then campaigning was different. So he had one campaign event where he drove around New York City in the rain. I was like, OK, he's he's still he's still vigorous. But everyone knew otherwise everyone knew he was dying.
Well, it's not as great as the first month or two, but that's kind of inevitable, right, Mark? The first month or two, you control events as the president, and then inevitably things happen to you. And the first thing that happened to him was Signalgate. Not a huge event. But it shifted the narrative a little bit. But I think the tariffs are the big story.
Well, it's not as great as the first month or two, but that's kind of inevitable, right, Mark? The first month or two, you control events as the president, and then inevitably things happen to you. And the first thing that happened to him was Signalgate. Not a huge event. But it shifted the narrative a little bit. But I think the tariffs are the big story.
Well, it's not as great as the first month or two, but that's kind of inevitable, right, Mark? The first month or two, you control events as the president, and then inevitably things happen to you. And the first thing that happened to him was Signalgate. Not a huge event. But it shifted the narrative a little bit. But I think the tariffs are the big story.