Weekend Wrap: Wait — CNN said WHAT about socialism?

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SATURDAY MORNING EXTRAVAGANZA: Wait — CNN said WHAT about socialism?

Byron Donalds won the Republican gubernatorial primary and now heads toward November against David Jolly. That means the Ron DeSantis era is approaching its end — news that I fear may have sent our beloved Princess Diana into an undisclosed location to recover.

A caller named Bob suggested that perhaps she was actually avoiding me because I had inadvertently made her feel old during an earlier broadcast.

Princess Diana, who was apparently listening, immediately texted the show to thank Bob for looking out for her.

Et tu, Princess?

But underneath all the Saturday-morning fun was something much more interesting. I have said for years that Democrats have learned how to package policies that amount to government control without using words that might frighten the customers. The fascinating thing about this younger generation is that many of them don’t seem interested in the packaging anymore.

And you know something? Good.

Seriously.

I would much rather have an American election between people who plainly tell voters what they intend to do than another election conducted through focus-group gibberish in which candidates spend six months trying not to say anything that might actually mean something.

Which brings me to one of the most surprising moments of Saturday’s show.

Fareed Zakaria. Yes. On CNN. I know. I checked too.

Zakaria delivered a lengthy commentary about Europe’s economic problems and the experience of Sweden, and I found the discussion fascinating enough that I wanted listeners to hear an extended portion of it rather than another 12-second cable-news food fight.

The point that grabbed me was the contrast. For decades, American progressives have pointed across the Atlantic toward European welfare states as evidence of where America should be going. Sweden in particular has been treated almost as the showroom model. Yet the discussion Saturday was about Sweden moving away from parts of that old model — embracing market reforms, entrepreneurship and economic liberalization after experiencing stagnation. Think about the irony.

At the very moment America’s new generation of democratic socialists is proudly announcing that it wants to move this country toward a much larger government economic model, there are lessons coming from Europe about the problems those policies can create.

And it is why I wanted to spend more time with it Saturday. The weekday Rush Hour is the Fastest Hour in American Media. Saturday is different. We can stretch out. We can listen to something longer. We can take some phone calls. We can wander briefly into Tears for Fears, the Beatles, Ron Dante and the Archies — because apparently my brain operates simultaneously as a political talk show and an oldies station.

That’s the Saturday Morning Extravaganza.

Politics, history, callers, music, a little education, a great deal of foolishness and, occasionally, CNN saying something that makes me stop and say: Wait a minute. Did CNN just say that? Those are the moments I love. And we had plenty more Saturday morning.

If you only read the highlights, you’re getting the argument. But the audio is where you get the voices, the caller who gets me in trouble with Princess Diana, the Angie Milhous Nixon playlist, the musical detours and all the things that happen during three hours when nobody is quite sure where I’m going next.

That’s why we call it the Saturday Morning Extravaganza.

And yes, Princess Diana, I apologize.

You’re timeless.

That is what makes the Saturday Morning Extravaganza different. We have time to play the full clips, take your calls, explore the history, enjoy the music and let a conversation breathe. You can listen to the complete Saturday Extravaganza here—preferably with a strong cup of coffee and enough time to enjoy the ride.

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