That was a fantastic show. I loved the Pod Save format, with some great interviews along with some corny humor and a lot of camp. Thank you for doing that for such an important cause!
FWIW, here's my rant:
Right now, we're all pretty ashamed of our country. I sometimes wonder, if I had a chance to talk to Andry, what would I say on behalf of America?
First, of course, would be to apologize, deeply and sincerely, for what America has done to him. He paid us such an honor by choosing to come to America, not any other place in the world he could have gone. And in response to that compliment, we threw him into a hellish prison out of a Dostoevsky novel.
But I hope he can see that there are people who are willing to go out on a limb and give so generously for a cause we still believe in. There aren't too many places in the world where people (at least some people) still care enough about liberty to fight hard for someone else's — someone they don't know and don't have any connection with. There are good people everywhere, of course, but Americans have a special kind of goodness.
And also, for all we're going through, in America we have the freedom to hold events such as this. As much as that liberty is in jeopardy, it's still here. So I hope you, Andry, will have the generosity in your heart to at least partly forgive us our sins, and see that there is still hope for America.
That was a fantastic show. I loved the Pod Save format, with some great interviews along with some corny humor and a lot of camp. Thank you for doing that for such an important cause!
FWIW, here's my rant:
Right now, we're all pretty ashamed of our country. I sometimes wonder, if I had a chance to talk to Andry, what would I say on behalf of America?
First, of course, would be to apologize, deeply and sincerely, for what America has done to him. He paid us such an honor by choosing to come to America, not any other place in the world he could have gone. And in response to that compliment, we threw him into a hellish prison out of a Dostoevsky novel.
But I hope he can see that there are people who are willing to go out on a limb and give so generously for a cause we still believe in. There aren't too many places in the world where people (at least some people) still care enough about liberty to fight hard for someone else's — someone they don't know and don't have any connection with. There are good people everywhere, of course, but Americans have a special kind of goodness.
And also, for all we're going through, in America we have the freedom to hold events such as this. As much as that liberty is in jeopardy, it's still here. So I hope you, Andry, will have the generosity in your heart to at least partly forgive us our sins, and see that there is still hope for America.