862 - The Donkey Show feat. Dave Weigel & Ettingermentum (8/26/24)
The Chapo 2024 Elections team returns to the pod to look at the state of the presidential race post-Democratic National Convention. Kamala’s positioning in the election remains strong, but what does her convention performance tell us about a potential Harris administration? Is the Trump GOP really bungling this? Exactly how shitty is JD Vance as a VP pick, and is Tim Walz committing Dog Fraud? And just how much can the Democrats cover their ears and pretend Gaza doesn’t exist after the convention? All this and more discussed in today’s ‘sode.
Find Dave’s reporting at Semafor here: https://www.semafor.com/author/david-weigel
Find the Ettingermentum newsletter here: https://www.ettingermentum.news/
Comments (88)
Josh literally never misses. love when he's on
So wait, did Chris say Matt had a book coming out?
Wish I didnt listen to this one so quickly.
The Kennedy whale story reminded me of Drawing Restraint, this very weird, kinda tedious art film from 2005 with Bjork and Matthew Barney where they go on a Japanese whaling ship and do rituals and stuff with blubber
anyone else waiting for the chapo review of the dennis quaid reagan biopic?
I like Ettingermentum, he’s smart and funny, but Dave Weigel sounds like he’s afraid of getting fired every time he speaks.
That basically did happen to him at the Post though.
So glad someone finally mentioned Earth Rider again
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are you guys going to buy 75 digital trump cards for $99 each to win a dinner at marbalargo, if not this patreon is a waste!!! (Edit: just learned it's a different golf course?? who cares donald)
what if trump had just said fuck it and made don jr his VP
Solid ep
I like all of you and i usually don't know what people are talking about when they complain about the guests on here.
These guests were good. I think a lot of people complain about the guests who also don’t have jobs outside of podcasting, and do things like laugh and scream at inside jokes the audience won’t get, or use slurs like retard/retarded, and pronounce foreign names in stupid accents. I’m not saying these things are good or bad, maybe such actions are essential to positive political change, but most people probably don’t come here for cumtown.
100th comment and gay!
If I was a Dem I would be dreading the idea they switch out Vance. As we’ve seen, if someone is unpopular enough, just about anyone else is a boost.
I'm not going to vote but if it hadn't been for the genocide, thwarting president vance might have been enough of a reason this time.
could you please stop having ettingerintigingmentum on for the love of god. just miserable
His substack is good
First, Josh grew up so much since his first chapo appearance. He’s killing it. Best guest. Second, do these Biden or bust people actually exist? Not even NYT columnists have pushed that one. Who is dying on that hill?
“First, Josh grew up so much and is doing so well” are you his mom?
This show has poisoned my brain to the point that at 34:57 Josh used the real names of Doug Burzum and Glenn Blumpkin and it took me far too long to remember who they were.
that’s awesome dude you’re a loser
So does this mean we can expect Matt to be back on the show sometime soon?
no unfortunately you’re stuck with josh evermingungtjng, doesn’t that sound like fun?!
Felix talking about the last Italian in Kenosha made me look up and discover that Lou Perrine’s was bought out by some Indiana ghouls and shut down. They were the last bastion of Italian culture in southern Wisconsin. I’ll miss their ho-ho cakes
Best ep I a while
why is that?
Maybe I just miss Matt and Hell on Earth but would love to get Chris talking about JD Vance’s Catholicism and how it relates to religious movements today
As a cradle Catholic, we need a total and complete shutdown of adult conversions until the pope can figure out what the hell’s going on.
#bidennomatterwhyden
Love these guests. Love ettingermentum's vibe. He's my favorite recurring guest host besides the Seeking Derangements crew.
Amerikan leftists are like a pack of rebellious children, who periodically run away from home. Without direction, lost, they will eventually run to mommy, back home, to the Democratic Party, because they have no where else to go. They will do so again and again in this election, because they cannot fathom the possibility of starting from nothing and undertaking the long and grueling work to build their own political house. There is simply not enough money, drugs and boy pussy to be had from that gig. So, they will continue to complain, but gravitate around the Democrats in a variety of 'left' organizations and NGOs to provide constructive criticism of American capitalism and global empire.
Breathe, dawg
I wonder if the deranged Zionist who was spewing hate for Ettingermentum last appearance (called him "a shell of a human being" or subhuman or something) will say something nice now the Egm fairly notes that the hateful, deranged, (brain worm) Zionist RFK (FReaK) brings votes to the (R) ticket whereas JD Vance (what a "working class" name!) does nothing of the type.
Where/when was this?
I'm sorry Felix Bernie or busters like us were working inside the party. It's okay but that's the honest truth lol
Need to be way more mean about Walz imo
Great episode, thanks, Chapo. Vance at the donut shop was giving regional corporate manager visiting your location ahead of labor cuts with an eye towards margin management. 🤮
this was a fucking tepid episode
It’s cause their guests were a reporter and a democrat
Ettingermentum is the Max Verstappen of posting
So happy see Matt!
You didn't say this was a beltway garage episode!
beltway garage gone but not forgotten
Don’t you be mean to Gus!
“The swing voter they see is the alienated guy who hates politics and uses the term duopoly in regular conversation.” So people who watch commentators like Jimmy Dore.
Great episode! THIS is what I look for in my Chapo
you can just read dave weigel's blog
When will Kamala’s dad be on the show?
zoos in town boys
Love me some Weigel and Ettingermentum
More Alex and less of the tedious Virgil replacement please
Vance wasn't picked as a maga successor. It's far simpler than that. He's a huge loser who is nothing without Trump so he's never going to betray/upstage him. That's it.
He was also backed by people like Peter Thiel and David Sacks who were prepared to cut big cheques to Trump for putting him on the ticket.
RFK helps trump bring in the Sonoma-Marin Anti Vaxx moms who drive Volvos and are subconsciously dying to vote Republican
They already do vote Republican.
Great episode! Ettingermentum has very enlightening analysis, love him as a guest!
Chris Wade produced Chapo spinoff of Weigel and Josh nerding out about elections (past & present) 📈
I love to see Ettingermentum doing the actual work, with historical context too. I steal his analysis all the time to seem smart. He is the one the prophecy foretold, he will unite the clans under a single banner.
RIP la Strega Nonna tho
Dave Weigel’s great but he absolutely lives off the reporter slop JD Vance tried to order at the deli.
Josh is the Solid Snake to Felix's Big Boss. They cloned him to fill the post-V*rgil gap and create a younger, more ethical nerd.
just wanted to say how happy it made me to see the video of matt from the other day. glad he’s doing alright. thanks for putting that together
Ettingermentum is S-tier guest mic.
Ettingermentum eps are the best post-Matt era eps.
I thought trump picked Kennedy so they’d shoot at someone else now lol
You stole this from the Babylon Bee cringe
Why can't I download audio files from Patreon anymore? What the fuck?!?!
i use the inspect tool in firefox to find the url for the audio file and then download it directly. hackin skills
I knew Ettinger was like 18 but I swear his voice has dropped an octave since his last appearance lmfao
Felix begins speaking at 6 minutes and 31 seconds in this episode
my GoAT
Beltway Garage: The Next Generation
Always love when Ettingermentum is on
when does Felix start speaking??
Theo Von describing a cocaine high to Donald Trump is a very special moment. Two of the greatest orators of the early 21st century
Trump could have just asked his sons..if he ever talked to them
Sorry bro but you did a Virgil on the numbers in the title
More ettingermentum always
Whatever makes sense. 🍩
new Beltway Garage team 🚙🗳️
The Kamala/Walz administration going to be enjoying white guy tacos while unleashing a new kind of drone warfare
Wow really? Huh
Just want to say in the comments to this episode how happy it made me to see your superdelegate
The world needs Matt now more than ever.
I'm not gay (sorry)
😡