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Nathaly Castillo
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After listening to this podcast several times, I found this story really interesting. At first I was confused about the “dead chicken” part of the title but after I finished the podcast, the strategy is very clear. In this podcast, Michael Barbaro, Kate Kelly, and Robin Pogrebin, review Robin’s interview with Mike Davis who they said was the “center of everything” during Justice Kavanaugh’s  scandal. Mike Davis revealed how he found himself a republican due to his belief that Democrats only increased “inter-generational poverty” rather than help. He stood by Justice Kavanaugh’s side during his allegations and believed America became a “me too” society, meaning that people forgot about innocence before proven guilty. He developed his “dead chicken” analogy from Justice Clarence Thomas, which I find is very unique. This analogy is from when Justice Clarence grew up on a farm, and the dos who killed chicken’s would have those chickens wrapped around them to rot and the rotten smell would in return have them lose their taste for chicken. Davis applied this analogy to liberals who told lies and how they need to lose their taste for political wars. I personally do not agree with this particular analogy because I don’t think Democrats are the ones who always start “political war”, both democrats and republicans have their role in “political war. Davis believes that democrats should just deal with president Trump being the president and that democrats should just focus on the bigger picture. I also do not agree with this very much because democrats represent their voters as well s republics represent their voters and if the people don’t want trump as their president then democrats should keep pushing for impeachment with proper reason. However I have to admit, I do like his description and analogy of his “dead chicken” strategy.