‘You Slap Me in the Face, I’ll Slap You Right Back’

Andreea Neblea

Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket Casts Democrats fall in love. Republicans fall in line. Or at least that’s the old joke. The quote, often attributed to Bill Clinton, spoke to a political reality. After all, in a contest of tradition versus change, it’s no surprise that the party of tradition more easily comes to consensus than the one seeking change. But where the “falling in love” of politics once implied progressive dreams of one change figure or another,

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‘You Slap Me in the Face, I’ll Slap You Right Back’ https://www.theatlantic.com - 18.06.2026 13:00