Franklin Foer’s New Book on Biden: The Last Politician

The Atlantic Writer on Biden’s Presidency (So Far)

[@sambasivaraonimmagadda2414]

Biden is a good president. History may judge him as one of the best/ great president too because of his accomplishments and his practicality and maturity in dealing with issues.

[@daviddickey4244]

nice to have a mature president who can roll with the punches

[@dawnoceanside7300]

Experience ❤️🇺🇲

[@onomatopoeia162003]

He wasn't wrong when he brought up Eisenhower on Infrastructure. I'd say we need to keep going once this part ends. I think it's in the fall of 26', I think. So we will have to part 2 in 2028. Before it was signed we were 4.6T in the hole. So, it will take til before 2050.

[@crispyrobot77]

Biden is a Great President..for a change.

[@carolyngarman1422]

I think Biden has done a phenomenal job considering what he was handed. I have no problem with his age. Lets go deeper on the Commander issue. Maybe the Secret Service people Commander bit need to be checked out for loyalty to the president. Believe the dog.

[@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288]

Thank you! I just posted a comment in defense of Commander. What does Commander know that we don't know? A good dog, much less a loyal rescue Shepard, would help anyone sleep well at night.

[@jacquirimown3886]

Refreshing to hear positive about Biden. He is doing great things as are you two. Thanks

[@carolinemaybe]

Sadly too many are amplifying the few negatives they’ve read from the book.

[@alexandrawallner8814]

Thank you, Al Franken, for having Franklin Foer on to talk about his book on Biden! Congratulations on your courage to speak up for President Biden. I am so very disgusted with main stream media on focusing so much on Trump while a perfectly fine president is hardly mentioned. So very disgusting!!!

[@rosalynlander6019]

Americans were so lucky to have a Joe Biden willing to save the country from fascism.

[@alanbailey5621]

You better hope our luck doesn't run out.

[@barbaras2669]

@alanbailey5621 Don't hope, vote blue

[@alanbailey5621]

I held my nose and voted for Hillary and Biden. @@barbaras2669

[@Dontleavemedimi]

Hear hear

[@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288]

🗽💙🌊💙🌊🗽. Start making those voting plans now. Organize the voter registration drives, update government ID just in case, get some extra bottles of water, get some carpools going to get the neighbors to the ballot locations, review all candidates up and down the ballot for their positions on reproductive healthcare, green energy and gun safety, practice your meditation and breathing skills. It's going to be quite a journey, but we must get there! Stay awesome, stay voting. 😎🗽💙🌊💙🌊🗽😎

[@sambasivaraonimmagadda2414]

Ron Claine, Blinken and Sullivan are good and unassuming people and are great strength for Biden administration.

[@kimberlyjohnson5923]

They are just great people! I just love listening to them when they do KZbins.

[@sambasivaraonimmagadda2414]

@@kimberlyjohnson5923 true.

[@sambasivaraonimmagadda2414]

True.

[@Dontleavemedimi]

Thanks Al for not regurgitating the now so tired scandals perpetrated by the right. Your podcast is indeed a breath of dare I say fresh air.

[@timhuffmaster3588]

I’m reading (listening actually) to the book over the past three days so far and I absolutely love it which is a rarity for me.

[@dawnoleary4907]

Al Franken the best from Minnesota love ❤

[@dsthorp]

Always excellent. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@hazellove2144]

Great show for change. ❤😂

[@SharonCarbine]

Fascinating conversation, Al and Franklin. Thank you!

[@randallsmith5631]

Please don't say for a change. You're always very good.

[@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288]

It's a running gag.

[@darlene6531]

Al, you need Amy Klobochar on to talk about the drug reduction legislation.

[@johnford7847]

A really good one, Al...you know, for a change. Thanks for sharing.

[@hereigoagain5050]

GOP playbook has been brilliant: funnel huge amounts of money to the wealthy (trend GOP) and cut programs for the middle class (trend Dem). It keeps inflation low and stock prices high, so people feel "happy" even though the majority are merely treading water from paycheck to paycheck. Thank Al and Franklin.

[@daviddickey4244]

I wouldn't call it brilliant

[@rhondawest6838]

Is it "never promise anything you can't deliver," or "never promise anything. You can't deliver"

[@hereigoagain5050]

LOL! The second explains my success as a husband. :)

[@donaldflett1504]

THAT is funny. Very good.

[@gregharstine3965]

Hey Al, I got a new catch phrase for you…….”Donald trump was never president he just plays one in a reality tv show”. I haven’t hear this yet so I’m claiming it.

[@louannkyle602]

All he did was watch tv play golf and hold rallies while javanka played acting president I can’t imagine the danger we were in and still we don’t know how many classified documents already made it into the wild it makes me sick that our media treats him like a viable candidate for documents alone he should be disqualified I still can’t believe all this it’s crazy

[@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288]

I can't help but wonder if Commander has something to do with the "hang mike pence" crowd. Wouldn't there be a thought in the back of any dog owner's mind, "Yeah, but if I can trust anyone, I know I can trust my dog. If things ever go completely crazy again, the very last obstacle the crazed shaman would have to get past would be my rescue dog Commander, a dog who is smart enough to bite anyone he feels he has to bite." Just saying... 🗽🐾🐶🐾🗽

[@amyferebee]

Thank You! Excellent!

[@damonbernard2802]

Thanks Al

[@zombiewooof]

Al - I think it shows hope for humanity & a little needed class to have "Julie's House" by Leo Kottke as your opening theme....I will listen as long as this remains so (lol.)

[@rickwilson478]

..zombiewoof.. do you know which album that song is from? I don't have that one.

[@maggiereeder7121]

Wicked good interview! 😁🙋‍♀️

[@michellemichon]

What It Takes: The Way to the White House by Richard Ben Cramer Thanks for the plug. I just ordered it. ;-)

[@kernelpickle]

I kinda feel like the show be changed from just “The Al Franken Podcast” to “The Al Franken Podcast: Always Good For a Change” because it’s an optimistic sounding name, but mainly just a reference to the running joke.

[@lololine]

This is an awesome video!

[@vicmorrison8128]

Good one!

[@paulclissold1525]

I enjoy these podcasts. A bit of light entertainment nice to see tulsis statements too. Lol

[@randomaxe662]

Where can we hear Al's interview with Bob Woodward?

[@therealDac10012]

Al, quit f'ing around and run for Congress or Senate. THE COUNTRY NEEDS YOU.

[@novascheller5957]

He’s a frigging Scorpio! Wake up America!!

[@ruthcassidy6052]

You have a problem with Scorpios? ;)

[@novascheller5957]

@@ruthcassidy6052 Not at all… of course there are the wise and there are the vengeful….and with all his experience… Biden has DEPTH. Scorpios are the “deepest” sign when well developed personas.

[@lizannewhitlow1085]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@alanbailey5621]

I would vote for Mickey Mouse before I would vote for Trump......What? Oh, I will be voting for Mickey Mouse.

[@crazycatmama2098]

Could Mickey Mouse have strengthened NATO? Could Mickey Mouse have reduced insulin costs? Sure. Vote for Mickey. It will be the last time anyway if Trump gets elected.

[@alanbailey5621]

Putin united NATO, and I AM voting for Mickey. LOL@@crazycatmama2098

[@hereigoagain5050]

I'm offended. I'm a Mickey Mouse fan! :) Trump is more like Queen of Hearts.

[@alanbailey5621]

Traitor Trump is the Joker@@hereigoagain5050

[@neilmick7746]

@@crazycatmama2098 The last time I checked: NATO isn't the US, and insulin costs MAY go down...in 2028. Meanwhile the climate boils away as Biden still hands out drilling permits.

[@joangravitz3280]

Will the people we need to have this get the information? I don't think so

[@carolinemaybe]

Nope. Of course not. Right now they think he wandered off the stage at his presser. Disinformation works.

[@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288]

What if we had Walter Cronkite again, and the three networks so that most of the USA population heard the same information basically at the same time? Same concept with FDRs radio addresses. If only we could figure out how to do a fireside chat that most of the population would listen to, or those movie theater newsreels when most of the neighborhood or the town were all sitting in the neighborhood movie palace together.

[@joangravitz3280]

@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288 what can be done about fox?

[@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288]

I think Fox is less of a threat after they lost the defamation case. At the end of the day, they want to make money, so they don't seem to want to risk another lawsuit. The greater risk is probably the new clones, I guess NewsMax? One america something? (OAN) I don't click on those things because I don't want to mess up my feed, but there are approximately three of these "news platforms" out there now. If we could pull those weeds up quickly.... What are the chances that one of those crazy "reporters" hasn't already said something defamatory or fraudulent? There has to be something in FCC regulations that is not being enforced. I believe the standard is that "news" must be in the public interest in order to be considered news. That was meant to protect the public airways from being misused. Somehow cable news slipped through a loophole, and the internet then stretched the gap completely. I guess the internet is not considered broadcasting on the public airwaves? Congress is looking at ways to limit the Internet to make it more responsible, but I think there is something that the FCC can do as well. All news should correspond to journalistic principles. That doesn't feel impossible. What would Edward R Murrow do?

[@gregberke6772]

So funny an ad interupting the conversation of tRump hawking "gold bars" so presidential.

[@stevejohnson2321]

Inflation: Gasoline(record profits, price gouging) Meat(4 biggest meat processors owned by Chinese corps, record profits, price gouging(child labor!!!)) Eggs and chicken(avian flu) Everything else(supply chain is working again) is down

[@alanbailey5621]

Don't forget the crucifixion of Christ.

[@davidwitzany5852]

3:42

[@steveled938]

I think about Biden when pumping gas!

[@ruthcassidy6052]

Try thinking about the record profits being reported by the Big Oil companies instead.

[@dawnoceanside7300]

STOP WITH THE AGE!!!! 👎 DO ACCOMPLISHMENTS!! GAWD DAYUMM! UFF DUH!! YOU BETCHA!!!

[@jasonhamilton9525]

Note that Joe nodded but he did not promise. If you can't do that you don't need it and you couldn't get what you wanted anyways. Try asking for other things until you get a solid promise. Don't share that with his enemies and if you ever run for politics again I would be willing to give you advice regarding politics and Catholicism.

[@janewong4862]

What about the Kamala Harris problem??

[@JustChristyhere]

The problem is media saying she’s is a problem. Any doubt you have about her abilities to lead watch the Senate hearings with her questioning Bill Barr, or Justice Kavanaugh, she held their feet to the fire.

[@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288]

The problem is too many people are still uncomfortable with the idea of a strong woman of color and an accomplished prosecutor. Be honest. If we can get past that, we'll be okay. She is clearly qualified for government service, and as a prosecutor I have mostly heard her be accused of being too tough.

[@JohnGolden]

If it's so crucial to defeat Trump, why is the best the Democrats can offer a good guy who has so many weaknesses and avenues for the Republicans to defeat him? The only candidate he has a chance against is Trump, and there is no reason to think any of the other Republicans would be different in character. It's like we learned NOTHING from 2016. Running a candidate the party was beholden to, who had huge electoral weaknesses. If it is actually necessary to defeat Trump, act like it.

[@ruthcassidy6052]

Joe Biden beat him last time, so he's got a track record. He's also been one of the best presidents of my (67-year) lifetime.

[@adriel2598]

*Promo SM* 😞

[@tonysimi1776]

I am proud of joe Biden and his record as president; However, he has made a mistake in his vise president . Kamala is not ready to be president. And if he doesn't choose a more qualified person. I will be forced to vote for someone else!

[@hereigoagain5050]

Sure, but nobody is "ready" to be president. I'd rather have Kamala as president than Trump, DeStantis, Pence, or other potential GOP nominees.

[@barbaras2669]

What makes you say that? The fact that she is a woman or the fact that she is a person of color or do you actually have a reason? It actually is spelled vice president, not vise president. I don't think you're ready to make comments.

[@tonysimi1776]

@@barbaras2669 it's the fact that she completely lacks experience and hasn't appeared to have developed the skills required for the job while being vice president. There is a large pool of experienced people to choose from time to make a change.

[@barbaras2669]

@tonysimi1776 Kamala Harris has been a district attorney, an attorney general, and a senator. Wake up and smell the coffee. The only report card she needs is from Joe Biden. The only woman who was unqualified to be vice president was Sarah Palin.

[@tonysimi1776]

@@hereigoagain5050 actually Biden was ready to be president. Obama had the skills naturally to be president. Kamala doesn't have it naturally or the experience to overcome her lack of leadership skills. If the choice for republican is other than those you mentioned. I'll be voting republican for the first time in my life.

[@hg1644]

Just the thought of reading a book about the most uninteresting man in history is putting me to sleep. Could not listen to this, super boring subject matter.

[@tammyburke9453]

Troll 😮

[@alanbailey5621]

Good is boring and evil is exciting !

[@sunnylilme]

When a car is running well, it.doesnt occur to you. There's less daily attention to government without the incompetent drama tsunami of Trump.

[@malonesinclaire9201]

Well you just revealed your lack of education….why l am not surprised.

[@barbaras2669]

@@alanbailey5621 Nonsense! Good is inspiring. Evil is frightening.

[@k.c.8658]

Same old propaganda from Al for people who like the uniparty in the US.

[@stevejohnson2321]

Same old facts from AL. How inconvenient...

[@TheMobileHomestead]

Only Putin Trolls or uninformed little Children think there is something called the "Uni-Party"

[@malonesinclaire9201]

Lol that is so funny when Trump has been repeating his same os stick for 8 years. The man has no intelligence except how to con people. Really.

[@barbaras2669]

@stevejohnson2321 Yes, most likely, the initial k stands for kooky and the c for crazy.

[@k.c.8658]

@@stevejohnson2321 "If you get the covid vaccine, you wont give covid." Same old fact? Want some more examples? Anyway, good luck voting for a pro-war candidate, either from the Democrat or Republican party.