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self-inflicted wounds that the president this president has had from afghanistan to the southern border. to the drone strike taking out innocent civilians, to having his covid booster plan overturned by the by an fda panel to being the first president in american history to go capitol hill and ask his own party not to vote for his one of his top pieces of legislation. this is an administration that has had the longest string of self-inflicted wounds i have seen in my lifetime and they don t get raked over the coals for it like the trump administration did. bret: yeah. all right. quick lightning round. bill, winner, loser? the winner, i think, is kyrsten sinema who has made all her critics and people harassing her look very small including joe biden who refused to really condemn these people following her into the bathroom. and bernie sanders who refused to sign a condemnation unless it included criticism of her position. and i think the loser of the
incredibly respected leader and face of the nih stepping aside. and we are just going to have nothing? yeah. you know, i you know, we hear a lot of different voices and, you know, in recent weeks, we we ve seen what happens when the folks speaking to the country aren t speaking from the same page. we saw the president announce an ambitious booster plan to boost the entire country essentially all age groups starting at the end of september. and then, in multiple steps, finally, having to walk that back as both fda and cdc advisory committees balked on the original administration plan. and this all speaks to a lack of of coordination. you know, we have we ve seen cdc struggle with with messaging. as you said, there is no formal fda permanent fda commissioner because it s being because dr. woodc ock