My friends @guypbenson and @mkhammer were also asked to jointly guest-write Playbook. I know this because they told me so the day of the firestorm. The editors had sought them out and said they were enthused about having them (the same thing that happened with me).
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The editors were supposed to set a hard date for their slot. Then, oddly enough, just after my issue of Playbook, Politico went dead silent on them. Communications stopped for days.
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Eventually they gave Guy and MKH an excuse -- they'd overbooked. The same excuse you give your in-laws to avoid dinner. I know this because I noticed their bylines never appeared, and I asked Guy and MKH what happened. So they told me.
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Now, Guy and MKH don't need Playbook. They didn't ask for the gig. That's not the point. The point is that when the woke light the world on fire over liberals reaching across the aisle, the message is clear: don't try it again. So they don't.
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Message received. Conservatives are pre-emptively cancelled. Homogeneity maintained. Polarization increased. Well done, wokescolds! The world is still safe from the predations of dangerous thinkers like Guy and MKH -- and anyone on the right.
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That's what's so sad. It doesn't take government overreach to repeal free speech. Just enough companies with woke employees cancelling and deplatforming.
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I think I’m listening to too much of your Show because I am reading your tweets and hearing them in your voice
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Across the isle and down in the bowl are two different things, Ben.
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And it seems you don’t know which is which.
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