1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 1: President Trump works twelve plus hour days. He has a 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: column lid at one pm or four pm, like Biden did. However, 3 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:12,640 Speaker 1: the New York Times has put a fake report out 4 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:17,760 Speaker 1: saying the President Trump seems fatigued. Where was the New 5 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:20,599 Speaker 1: York Time on the five hundred and seventy seven vacation 6 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:24,800 Speaker 1: days that Biden took, which is forty percent of the presidency. 7 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 2: I don't know who did the Yes, I saw that 8 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 2: story of the New York Times. We're going to talk 9 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 2: about another New York Times story after I finished something 10 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 2: else about the Tennessee election. But the story I saw 11 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 2: they now you have to remember when you know the president. 12 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 2: It's always bugged me because in fact, there's a you'd 13 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 2: have to really dig for it. 14 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 3: I've got a copy of it. 15 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:51,159 Speaker 2: But Bush and I were at a place in California 16 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 2: where there it was the Cedar Fire, which is the time, 17 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 2: was the largest fire in the history of California. It 18 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 2: was down near San Diego, and it had taken out 19 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 2: a lot of really high end areas and a lot 20 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:05,480 Speaker 2: of really kind of you know, low end areas. In fact, 21 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:08,680 Speaker 2: the high end area. Ray Croc the founder of MacDonald's, 22 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 2: his his home was one of the areas that was 23 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 2: you know, in danger from the fire. In fact, I 24 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:15,680 Speaker 2: think it may have been destroyed if I remember correctly. 25 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 2: But speaking of watching presidents, so the cameras. Anytime the well, 26 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 2: anytime the president's in public and there's a camera, there 27 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 2: is always it's a death watch. It's truly a death watch. 28 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 2: Within the White House Briefing room, it's really kind of 29 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 2: cramped corners, but there is always somebody stays twenty four 30 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 2: hours a day, seven days a week. It is always 31 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 2: staffed just in case something happens. And as a corollary 32 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 2: to that, whenever the president travels obviously there's the White 33 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 2: House Press pool travels with him also, or when the 34 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 2: president is having a cabinet meeting, there's always you know, 35 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 2: there's at least what they call a spray where they 36 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 2: allow the media to come in and the media will 37 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 2: you know, you can hear the click click, although you know, 38 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:11,519 Speaker 2: there's not a little like clicking anymore because most people 39 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 2: have mirrorless you know SLR cameras, their icons no longer 40 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 2: have mirrors in them, so you really don't hear the 41 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 2: click click. And of course I know you can fix 42 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 2: your phone, so if you're taking photos with your phone. 43 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:26,360 Speaker 2: It can actually make a clicking noise if you wanted to. 44 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 2: It's all fake, like the entire world is fake now, 45 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 2: But there is always a camera lens on the President 46 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:39,959 Speaker 2: always twenty four hours a day, seven days a week 47 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 2: when he's out in public, so that if he just happens, 48 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 2: you know, you know how sometimes your nose itches and 49 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:46,920 Speaker 2: you kind of do this, you see this, you know 50 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 2: this thing I'm doing here driving. 51 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:51,239 Speaker 4: But you're clearly picking you nose, your two knuckles deep 52 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 4: in their minds. 53 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:53,920 Speaker 3: No, you're you lie in taka. 54 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 5: You know what. 55 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 2: I'm just kind of like, you know, rubbing the edge 56 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 2: of my nose because it kind of itches. Rube, You're 57 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:10,640 Speaker 2: so predictable, untrustworthy, predictably untrustworthy. Just no matter what I do, 58 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 2: you're gonna lie about it. So if the President were 59 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 2: to do that the New York Times, if somebody would 60 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 2: get a photo of it, and it would be exactly 61 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 2: In fact, Dragon could get a job at the mainstream 62 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 2: media right now because that would be the headline, Trump 63 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 2: has two knuckles up his nose. 64 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:27,359 Speaker 3: That's exactly what you would do. 65 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 2: You know the next time that you know, you get 66 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,919 Speaker 2: called into the you know, the principal's office, and they've 67 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 2: got your little severance check and your paper's assigned there. 68 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 2: Don't worry about it. I know lots of reporters of 69 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 2: Washington Post in New York Times. I can get you 70 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 2: a job. You can be the headline writer Trump Jam's 71 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 2: finger up nose. 72 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 3: They'll love you. They'll pay you millions of dollars for that. 73 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 2: So Bush and I are at this fire out in California, 74 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 2: and I kind of forget that he's always got the 75 00:03:56,240 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 2: camera on him. So he's with a survivor and we're 76 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 2: looking at their home, and I step away so that 77 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:10,839 Speaker 2: they can get pictures of him and this survivor at 78 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 2: this house that has burned down. But I make a 79 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 2: stupid mistake by walking over to one of the windows, 80 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 2: and I peeked through the window to watch what they're doing, 81 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 2: and they get a picture of me, like I'm kind 82 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 2: of like Wodle, kind of peeking around looking to see 83 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 2: what's happening, because I'd forgotten the cameras are always on him. 84 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 3: So now let's take it back to Trump. 85 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 2: So now here's Trump had a cabinet meeting yesterday, and 86 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 2: the story that I saw they calculated it. They actually calculated. 87 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:44,920 Speaker 2: I don't know how long the spray was in there. 88 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 2: I don't know how long the media was in there, 89 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:51,160 Speaker 2: but they calculated or estimated. Maybe they used the climate model. 90 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 2: That's what they did. They went to Noah and they 91 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:57,159 Speaker 2: used a climate model, and they somehow calculated. 92 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:00,040 Speaker 3: They think Trump had his eyes. 93 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 2: Closed for a total of six minutes during the meeting, 94 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:09,040 Speaker 2: and he clearly is, you know, just worn out and 95 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:16,359 Speaker 2: can't he just cannot function anymore, to which I say, 96 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 2: how many times? I ask how many times have you 97 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 2: been in a meeting, or you've been at a conference 98 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:28,359 Speaker 2: or a convention, or the bosses called, you know, a 99 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 2: staff meeting and you've been called in and you were out, 100 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:33,480 Speaker 2: you know, you were watching the Broncos play late at 101 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 2: night or whatever the hell you were doing the night before, 102 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 2: or you got up extra early to shovel your driveway, 103 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:40,720 Speaker 2: which you did, right, mister Redbeard. 104 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 3: Didn't you shovel your driveway this morning? 105 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:45,039 Speaker 4: I used the broom. There really wasn't that much for 106 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 4: me at you know, four in the morning. 107 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:48,600 Speaker 2: And then it was already covered back by the time 108 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 2: you finished. Right, No, Oh, it wasn't so it wasn't 109 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:53,480 Speaker 2: snowing in your area? No, No, for me, I'm sure 110 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 2: it is now. I mean it's just continued to snow. 111 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 2: But Bill, it was kind of snowing a little bit 112 00:05:57,640 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 2: in my area. So, you know this morning, you know, 113 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 2: since I was up at four am, you know, I 114 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 2: decided to go ahead and go and do the driveway. 115 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:06,120 Speaker 2: But then when I finished, it was like, well, but 116 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:07,920 Speaker 2: that's at least an inch I won't have to deal 117 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 2: with later, exactly exactly right. So now the whole story 118 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,919 Speaker 2: is based on the fact that Trump's in a meeting 119 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 2: and he's listening to all these cabinet members, you know, 120 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:23,479 Speaker 2: kiss his button, talks about how great he is and 121 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:25,599 Speaker 2: also at the same time telling about all the wonderful 122 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 2: things they're doing and how the world is now perfect 123 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 2: because of everything they're doing. And hall Oly, you praise 124 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 2: the you know, praise the Lord, passed the past the beer. 125 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 2: But the story is that he's he closed his eyes 126 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:40,839 Speaker 2: and he fell asleep, and at one point Marco Arubio 127 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 2: was talking about world affairs or something, and he kind 128 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 2: of leaned over toward Marco as if you know, you 129 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 2: know how you kind of lean in like he's out 130 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 2: I want you to make sure you know I'm listening. 131 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 2: But then he kind of tilted his head back and 132 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:55,840 Speaker 2: he kind of closed his eyes for a moment. One 133 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:59,160 Speaker 2: Mississippi too, Mississippi. Ah, there we add two seconds to 134 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:02,479 Speaker 2: the to the oculation. He kept his eyes closed. It 135 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 2: is absurd, literally absurd. How and to Alexis point on 136 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 2: the talk back, where were you then? Where were you 137 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 2: during the Biden years? 138 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 3: Oh? 139 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 2: I know you were there, but Biden wasn't there because 140 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 2: Dragon used to every day, not every day, but most 141 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 2: days he would give us the president's schedule, and the 142 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 2: earliest meeting was you know normally, I would say, on 143 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 2: average around ten am. Yeah, that sounds right. 144 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, and the. 145 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 2: Average lid was closed around three or four o'clock in 146 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 2: the afternoon. 147 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 3: Yep, yeah, accurate. Yeah. 148 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 2: Now, that doesn't mean that between the hours of ten 149 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 2: am and four pm that he was actually the Oval 150 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 2: doing anything. It just means that they were conducting business, 151 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 2: which means he was up being fed putting by Jill. 152 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 2: Excuse me, Bien for Jill Biden. I've used that phrasing 153 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 2: a long time. Brings back such wonderful memories of four 154 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 2: years of the Biden Ministry, and now we got this 155 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 2: going on last night. 156 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 3: Last night. 157 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 2: I know you don't care about this, but I'm going 158 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 2: to tell you why you need to care about this. 159 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 2: Republican Matt Van Epps prevailed over a really truly mondami 160 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 2: like I'm sorry, Zoe fram like radical left wing feminist 161 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 2: named Efton Baine. She's a Democrat state legislator in Tennessee. 162 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 2: This was a special election to fill Mark Green's vacant 163 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:32,319 Speaker 2: Tennessee Congressional District seven seat in the US House. Now 164 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:37,200 Speaker 2: here's a little fun fact. Van Epps is a veteran 165 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 2: of the fourth Combat Aviation Brigade, formerly a fourth of Texas. 166 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 2: That just happens to be the same brigade of which 167 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 2: two of my buddies happen to be or still are, 168 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 2: I guess members of They were served at the same time, 169 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:55,439 Speaker 2: but in different battalions. The election results and now the 170 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 2: numbers are, you know, they're still because we're a third 171 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:00,920 Speaker 2: world country, we don't have final numbers yet, but the 172 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,559 Speaker 2: numbers I have as of they do have a timestamp 173 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 2: on this I don't see a timestamp, but Van Epps 174 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:12,439 Speaker 2: got almost ninety seven thousand votes and often got eighty 175 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 2: one thousand votes. So the percentage difference was about fifty 176 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:19,199 Speaker 2: three point nine. Let's just say sixty percent, and I'm 177 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 2: sorry fifty four percent. Can we just say fifty four percent? 178 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:26,320 Speaker 2: Thank you to her forty five percent. Now, I did 179 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:28,559 Speaker 2: not talk about, nor did I make a formal prediction 180 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:35,840 Speaker 2: for this particular race, but I privately anticipated, despite all 181 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 2: the onslaught of the cabal, that this was a close race. 182 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 2: This was a horribly close race. And in fact, this 183 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 2: woman who said that, who said in past interviews, now, 184 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:49,680 Speaker 2: remember this is a district that she represented as a 185 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 2: state legislator, and she despised country music, and she despised Nashville, 186 00:09:56,480 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 2: she despised Brentwood, she despises all of that area Aroundville, 187 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:06,199 Speaker 2: and she makes no moans about it. Yep, please vote 188 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 2: for me. So everybody on both sides of the aisle 189 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:12,960 Speaker 2: poured in buckets and buckets of money because this was 190 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:14,839 Speaker 2: going to be a test. This was going to be 191 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:18,679 Speaker 2: a test to see if Democrats could win outside New 192 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:24,240 Speaker 2: York and Seattle running on this kind of Marxist socialist agenda, 193 00:10:24,679 --> 00:10:30,440 Speaker 2: a free everything. Now, unless this seat becomes vacant again 194 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 2: and requires another special election, under Republican president. You won't 195 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:40,319 Speaker 2: see a margin this close in the future, so it's 196 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 2: about at least I think it's narrowly somewhere between six 197 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 2: and nine percent. That's the difference, and that will change 198 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:50,320 Speaker 2: as you know the Vottalities roll in, but it's too 199 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:53,200 Speaker 2: out of a margin right now for the Democrats to 200 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 2: cheak much more, so it will remain in Republican hands. 201 00:10:56,559 --> 00:11:00,600 Speaker 2: My point is that Matt Van Epps will will represent 202 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:06,200 Speaker 2: this district because Trump won this district by twenty two percent. 203 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:10,720 Speaker 2: Twenty two percent, keep that number in mind. Van Epps 204 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:19,760 Speaker 2: won this district by nine percent six percent. So yes, 205 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 2: it's a margin, but it's a margin that you won't 206 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 2: see that close in the future. And I think the 207 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 2: Van Epps will become one of these congressional critters that 208 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:31,760 Speaker 2: will represent this district as long as he wants to, 209 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 2: and in future elections, again, assuming that it's not a 210 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 2: vacant seat, the margins will zoom back out well into 211 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:43,280 Speaker 2: the double digits beginning next fall. Republicans can count Tennessee 212 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:48,359 Speaker 2: District seven in the bag for twenty twenty six, although 213 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 2: or I might say, but they may need to handle 214 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 2: different boundaries if Tennessee read districts and tries to knock 215 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:05,679 Speaker 2: off Tennessee nine, Emphis, Emphis. The pro Maga internet circles 216 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 2: have expressed and I've heard I heard it on Fox 217 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 2: News coming in this morning. By the way, congratulations Colorado drivers. 218 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:17,720 Speaker 2: I was shockingly surprised at how well they were driving 219 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 2: this morning. I thought I was in a different town, 220 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:21,079 Speaker 2: a different city. 221 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:23,599 Speaker 3: I didn't. I was shocked. 222 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:29,559 Speaker 2: The pro Maga Internet. You know, people out there are 223 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 2: expressing relief, and the Democrat counterparts are coping by talking 224 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 2: about how Bain was able to cut off twelve point 225 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:45,080 Speaker 2: six percent off Green's twenty twenty four margin. Let's get 226 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:50,400 Speaker 2: the party started with the top three takeaways from that 227 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:58,960 Speaker 2: election last night. And I think the specificity matters. Off year, 228 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 2: midterm and special elections suck for the president's party. 229 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 3: For the president that's in power, the off. 230 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:10,720 Speaker 2: Year, midterm and special election will always suck. I'm so 231 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:14,319 Speaker 2: adamant about driving that point home, especially after the November 232 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:21,440 Speaker 2: panicfest that we've talked about it quite a bit. Back 233 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker 2: in November, we talked about how midyear and special elections sucked, 234 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:29,600 Speaker 2: and it's still the problem with. 235 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 3: Mail en voting. 236 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 2: Had this election taken place under President Harris. I think 237 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 2: Van Epps would have won and still would have won, 238 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:45,079 Speaker 2: but more along the lines of Green's margin. The performacy 239 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:48,680 Speaker 2: candidates the special elections of particularly the president empowers party, 240 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:52,960 Speaker 2: is not directly related to voters' opinions on the president's performance. 241 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 3: For examplere Reagan's. 242 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:58,480 Speaker 2: Republicans lost the nineteen eighty six mid terms when Reagan 243 00:13:58,600 --> 00:13:59,960 Speaker 2: himself had a sixty. 244 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 3: Three approval rating. 245 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:06,199 Speaker 2: In April, while still in the honeymoon phase, Trump's Republican 246 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 2: candidates Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine won by drastically reduced 247 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:14,359 Speaker 2: margins from just five months earlier in two special elections 248 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:19,240 Speaker 2: for US House seats down in Florida. Now, I'm telling 249 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 2: you this is easily predictable because the party out of 250 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 2: power has voters that are much more pissed off, and 251 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:30,920 Speaker 2: with lower turnout across the board, the dominant party will 252 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:34,320 Speaker 2: be the one lagging because voters are more content and 253 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 2: therefore they're less motivated to show up and let you know, 254 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 2: kind of you know, give a mental finger to the 255 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 2: administration and doing that by expressing it at the ballot. Now, granted, 256 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 2: with everything considered, Republicans should be happy with last night's outcome. 257 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 2: Van Epps went from being a two to three point 258 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 2: favored according to More Pundits to winning by almost nine points. 259 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:58,520 Speaker 2: In a year where the Republicans has dropped the blowout 260 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 2: state house seats in Pennsylvan and Iowa. Republicans have got 261 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 2: smoked in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, just to name 262 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:08,680 Speaker 2: a few. And after last month's ikey results, I mean 263 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 2: truly ikey results, the Democrats were itching to get a 264 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:16,880 Speaker 2: huge narrative boost against Trump going into twenty twenty six 265 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 2: in a deep red seat, even if they were only 266 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 2: going to hold the seat for a year because they 267 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 2: have to have an election next November. So why did 268 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 2: Tennessee hosts hold strow? Why do Republicans in the Midwest 269 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 2: have a hard time holding Trump's decade long gains. But 270 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 2: here's Van Epp writing to a comfortable wind last night 271 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 2: in Tennessee. Well, I think there are three factories. Geography, geography. Geography. 272 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 2: That's the first one. States like Tennessee, Texas, Florida, they've 273 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 2: got what I would refer to as an Alamoy effect 274 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 2: that makes Republican voters show up even if they don't 275 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:58,120 Speaker 2: like the candidate. They aren't getting turned blue by a 276 00:15:58,160 --> 00:15:59,120 Speaker 2: bunch of transplants. 277 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 3: Come hallahiwa. They are. 278 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 2: They're going to take their final stand at the Alamo. 279 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 2: In the Upper Midwest, in particular, they don't have a 280 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 2: transplant problem forcing Republicans to show up and try to 281 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:12,440 Speaker 2: keep their states from turning blue. 282 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 3: Look at us, Look at Colorado. 283 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 2: Republican candidates have to win on the merits of their campaigns, 284 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:25,080 Speaker 2: and then they have to overcome the lacks male imballoting 285 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 2: laws giving Democrats an advantage that they lack elsewhere. And 286 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:32,720 Speaker 2: then you got Yahoo's like our stupid secretary of state. Oh, 287 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 2: I heard the news. I heard that news report before 288 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 2: I came in here about how oh you know they 289 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 2: they can suck wind or whatever. I'm not going to 290 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 2: give that stuff over. Of course, you're not a sweetheart, 291 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 2: because you don't want us to see exactly how Democrats 292 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 2: are cheating in Colorado. So the first thing about Tennessee 293 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 2: and the states like this were geography, geography, geography. Next 294 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 2: I'll tell you about the Tennessee and their control over 295 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,560 Speaker 2: male and ballancing. Hey, let's go to Jeris over the 296 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:04,919 Speaker 2: retirement planning star of the Rocketers, Jeriff, I have a 297 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 2: simple question for you I think applies to a lot 298 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:11,520 Speaker 2: of my listeners. Why if people fear that they haven't 299 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 2: said enough money as they go into retirement. 300 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:18,640 Speaker 6: Yeah, Michael, great to talk to you today. We've had 301 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 6: experiences like this where most people will ask that question, 302 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:22,960 Speaker 6: have I done enough? Am I going to be okay? 303 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 6: And this question really came full circle to us recently 304 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:29,160 Speaker 6: when we visited with a couple who originally started meeting 305 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 6: with us back in twenty nineteen. They had done really 306 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:34,200 Speaker 6: well financially up to that point, but in the midst 307 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:36,959 Speaker 6: of raising kids and putting them through college, giving them 308 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 6: a nice quality of life, they hadn't put a lot 309 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:41,960 Speaker 6: of focus on their retirement planning. And so they sat 310 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:43,840 Speaker 6: down said, we know we haven't done enough, but we're 311 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 6: ready to get serious. We'll do what you say, and 312 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:48,960 Speaker 6: when the day comes that you tell us we've done enough, 313 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:51,359 Speaker 6: it's going to be a day we celebrate. So, Michael, 314 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 6: that day came two weeks ago when we sat down 315 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 6: with them. They came in for their review. We sat down, 316 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:59,080 Speaker 6: walked them through their planet, said hey, guess what, guys, 317 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 6: You've done enough. 318 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 3: You're there. 319 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:03,640 Speaker 6: You can retire now and Michael almost immediately, this man 320 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:07,800 Speaker 6: broke down into tears because there was a tremendous feeling 321 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 6: of joy and of pride, but most of all, he 322 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:13,440 Speaker 6: had this relief from the anxiety that he had been 323 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 6: gripped with for so long. And frankly, I think that's 324 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,000 Speaker 6: an anxiety that grips a lot of people who are 325 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker 6: preparing for retirement. They really don't know if they've done enough, 326 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:22,919 Speaker 6: if they're going to be okay. 327 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:25,640 Speaker 2: And the easiest way to find out is to come 328 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 2: to you. Because it's, as I say, it's never too 329 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:27,960 Speaker 2: late to. 330 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,200 Speaker 3: You know, start a plan. So they need to reach 331 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:31,360 Speaker 3: out to you right icly. 332 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:33,960 Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, precisely, and we want to make sure you're 333 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:36,359 Speaker 6: going to be okay, and most importantly, we want to 334 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 6: make sure they're ready for the adventure that retirement can be, 335 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:40,399 Speaker 6: because it really can be if you're prepared. 336 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:41,879 Speaker 3: I love that attitude. 337 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:44,480 Speaker 2: So if you haven't started your retirement plan, or you're 338 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:47,120 Speaker 2: worried about it, or even if you have one, get 339 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:49,959 Speaker 2: a second opinion. Call the guys at the retirement planning 340 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:52,080 Speaker 2: so of the Rockies. I love these guys and they 341 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:54,600 Speaker 2: do great work, and I think you'll enjoy working with them. 342 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 2: So pick up the phone. I'm McAll telling Michael Brown 343 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 2: sent you nine to seven zero six three thirty two 344 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:03,920 Speaker 2: eleven ninety seven zero sixty sixty three thirty two eleven. 345 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:08,680 Speaker 2: Or you can go online to their website rpcenter dot com. 346 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 2: So we're talking about this special election in Tennessee and 347 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:14,440 Speaker 2: how I think we need to put it in perspective. 348 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:20,199 Speaker 2: And the first perspective is one it's yes. The margin, 349 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:22,680 Speaker 2: the winning margin was somewhere between sixty and nine percent, 350 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 2: depending where the final numbers come out. And that's fine. 351 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:27,680 Speaker 2: I mean, a win is a win, right. You care 352 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 2: whether the Broncos win by one point or twenty points, 353 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 2: as long as they win. And in Tennessee, we won, 354 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 2: and we won in a district where Trump had carried 355 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 2: it in both Trump one point oho and Trump point 356 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:42,280 Speaker 2: two at two point zero by double digit margins. But 357 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 2: there were several factors here, and the first one was geography, 358 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 2: because I do believe that geography matters, particularly in places 359 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:52,880 Speaker 2: like Tennessee, Texas and Florida. I wish it mattered in Colorado, 360 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,440 Speaker 2: but it really doesn't anymore. And it's what I call 361 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 2: the Alimo effect, We're not going to let these outsiders 362 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 2: come in and fundamentally transform our state. That's the mistake 363 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:07,719 Speaker 2: we made in Colorado. They fundamentally transformed us, and they 364 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:10,480 Speaker 2: had a plan called the Blueprint by which they did so. 365 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:16,199 Speaker 2: But there's a second reason Tennessee has gobs and gobs, 366 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 2: and that's, by the way, that's a legal term. Gobs 367 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:24,480 Speaker 2: and gobs of control over mail in balloting. Unlike Virginia 368 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:28,360 Speaker 2: or New Jersey or Pennsylvania, and to some degree Colorado, 369 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:32,440 Speaker 2: although it doesn't fit exactly right, six or more weeks 370 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:37,400 Speaker 2: are not available for Democrats to pile up insurmountable mail 371 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:40,960 Speaker 2: in leads that ride out the election day surge from 372 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 2: Republican voters. That's something that we've got to get a 373 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:50,680 Speaker 2: handle on and recognize that mail in balloting allows people 374 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:55,400 Speaker 2: to manipulate the system so that they can win. Tennessee 375 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 2: doesn't allow that. And I think the third point is 376 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:04,200 Speaker 2: you have to understand voter types and precinct classification tells 377 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 2: the tale. And I fear that this is what the 378 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:15,880 Speaker 2: Republican muckety MUCKs that are planning for the midterms don't understand. Tennessee, 379 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:20,159 Speaker 2: for example, is full of white evangelicals, and those white 380 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 2: evangelicals are much more rigid in their affiliation and less 381 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:28,800 Speaker 2: likely to change sides, especially when they're given the choice 382 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 2: between a what I would consider to be a relatively 383 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:35,640 Speaker 2: harmless Republican. He's kind of just a you know, don't 384 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 2: get me wrong. He's a wonderful person. He's a nice guy. 385 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:42,679 Speaker 2: He is a conservative, but he's not a firebrand, not 386 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 2: what I would consider to be a fire brand. So 387 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:50,639 Speaker 2: white evangelicals, who are much more rigid in their affiliation, 388 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:54,480 Speaker 2: they're less likely to change sides. And the choice here 389 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:58,880 Speaker 2: was what I would describe as a relatively harmless Republican 390 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 2: against a rabbit abortion loving crazy who actually hates the 391 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:11,359 Speaker 2: district and the state. Now, my precinct classification matrix represents 392 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 2: an overwhelming share of super maga precincts that are filled 393 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:19,760 Speaker 2: with any elastic electorates, and she never had a chance. 394 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:20,920 Speaker 3: Of flipping them in Tennessee. 395 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:24,959 Speaker 2: So when she ran short of the needed margins in 396 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:30,040 Speaker 2: particular counties, the race was over, I would add, you know, 397 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:33,760 Speaker 2: thinking about it, i'ved add one more thing. Midwestern states 398 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 2: have enough purple and yellow precincts filled with trade focused 399 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 2: swing voters that they can cause major issues and special elections, 400 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:47,239 Speaker 2: But in evangelical Tennessee that doesn't exist, and neither does 401 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 2: it exist say in the Florida Panhandle or the Space Coast, 402 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:55,399 Speaker 2: which is you know, we kind of screwed the pooch 403 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 2: and nose down in Florida. So what does this mean 404 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:04,160 Speaker 2: for twenty twenty six? In the most direct way, Tennessee 405 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:07,680 Speaker 2: Congressional District seven remains safe for the Republicans in twenty 406 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:11,119 Speaker 2: twenty six, and probably by a substantially higher margin than 407 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:14,640 Speaker 2: it was last night. Now, had the Democrat, had this 408 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:19,440 Speaker 2: socialist won the race, any Republican could have unseated her 409 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:22,360 Speaker 2: next fall, and could have done it by double digits. 410 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:24,240 Speaker 2: Just give her a year in office to you know, 411 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:28,439 Speaker 2: mouthed off about her, you know, Zoefram Mom, Donnie at like, 412 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:32,480 Speaker 2: you know, policies and Tennessee's would have Tennesseans would have 413 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:35,719 Speaker 2: revolted against that. But that doesn't mean that Republicans are 414 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:39,720 Speaker 2: safe to hold every seat, especially in regions that are 415 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:43,320 Speaker 2: not dominated by white evangelicals who are not rigid in 416 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 2: their partisan affiliations. So Van App's margin arguably finished higher 417 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:53,760 Speaker 2: because there is a growing sentiment that the economy. 418 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:54,720 Speaker 3: Is on the men. 419 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 2: It's not where it needs to be, but it is 420 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:04,400 Speaker 2: on the men, and boom next year. Now, I believe 421 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:08,000 Speaker 2: that if the economy really does take off, or people 422 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 2: start filling out their tax returns, or they're able to 423 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 2: adjust their W two's, whatever it might be, that's going 424 00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:20,440 Speaker 2: to give a baseline boost to the Republican ticket and 425 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:26,840 Speaker 2: perhaps perhaps persuade some swing voters who actually disapprove of 426 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:30,800 Speaker 2: the personality in the style of Donald Trump to break 427 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 2: in a more pro Trump, pro Republican manner. So that's 428 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:43,200 Speaker 2: my optimism about twenty twenty six. It's not it's it's 429 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:47,200 Speaker 2: not rainbows and pollyop and lollipops, but it is enough 430 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:50,720 Speaker 2: optimism that I think there's a possibility that we might 431 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:54,240 Speaker 2: reverse the historical trend, which we've done occasionally over the 432 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:57,399 Speaker 2: past four decades. We might do it again this year. 433 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:00,000 Speaker 2: And I think a lot of that depends upon the economy, 434 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:03,040 Speaker 2: and of course part of that also depends upon the 435 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:07,919 Speaker 2: Federal Reserve. So Van Appt winning by nine points in 436 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:12,639 Speaker 2: Tennessee in a special election between the holidays during the 437 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:18,119 Speaker 2: holiday period doesn't mesh with any of the posters that 438 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:21,720 Speaker 2: you heard about, such as the Maris poll telling you 439 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:26,320 Speaker 2: that there is a Democrat plus fourteen generic ballot mid 440 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:29,760 Speaker 2: term on the way, or in the Economist magazine, which 441 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:33,239 Speaker 2: you know I'm not encouraged. Don't, don't, don't spend your 442 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:36,080 Speaker 2: money on it like I do. But the Economists suggests 443 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 2: a plus democrat a plus six democrat in last week's 444 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:43,159 Speaker 2: poll in Tennessee. I you know, lots can change in 445 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 2: ten months, and in ten months we'll be in full 446 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:52,920 Speaker 2: swing with early mail in and early voting. But we're 447 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:55,399 Speaker 2: much more likely to have something in the neighborhood of 448 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:59,959 Speaker 2: maybe Democrat plus one, Democrat plus two than we are 449 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,439 Speaker 2: anything resembling what the media are telling you today. And 450 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:06,360 Speaker 2: if that's the case, and if the Republicans play their 451 00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:10,680 Speaker 2: cards right, there is a narrow pathway to keeping the 452 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 2: majority against the grain of nine decades of midterm outcomes, 453 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:19,080 Speaker 2: I think we have the chance to keep the majority 454 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:23,040 Speaker 2: in the House. I think if you'd asked me this 455 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 2: question six weeks ago, a couple of months ago, I 456 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 2: would say no. I think the historical trends is probably 457 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 2: enmeshed in the outcome, and that's where we'll end up. 458 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:36,200 Speaker 2: But I don't think that's the case based on what 459 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:38,400 Speaker 2: I watched in Tennessee last night. 460 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:42,920 Speaker 5: Hey, Mike or Michael and Dragon. So since you guys 461 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:47,320 Speaker 5: have moved over to the K zero A, my life 462 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:49,879 Speaker 5: has been a little turned upside down because you know, 463 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:52,600 Speaker 5: I listened to a lot of radio and I'm used 464 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:57,280 Speaker 5: to that into the show top of the hour song 465 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:01,040 Speaker 5: at like six minutes before the top the hour, and 466 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:02,920 Speaker 5: now it plays at twenty three minutes before the top 467 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 5: of the hour. Is freaking me out? 468 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 3: Anyways, bye? And how did that feel? Okay? 469 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 2: Now I get it because I saw the Traveling Mulberries, 470 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:14,760 Speaker 2: which is my close out song. I saw it on 471 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 2: next Gen and I thought, what, you know, what are 472 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 2: you doing? And then I thought, you know, we were 473 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:22,640 Speaker 2: basically talking about some other stuff, and so I didn't 474 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:24,320 Speaker 2: say anything. And then and then you said to me, 475 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:26,919 Speaker 2: I'm going to do something I think is funny, but 476 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:30,480 Speaker 2: just keep your mouth shut. But then that I turned 477 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:33,919 Speaker 2: my microphone on because you started playing Traveling Mulberries and 478 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:38,760 Speaker 2: let it play quite a while, and I'm like, what 479 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 2: are you doing? So you potted me down so I 480 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:44,720 Speaker 2: couldn't be hurt anyway, which you know is kind of 481 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:48,919 Speaker 2: being an ass. But you know that's nothing unusual. So 482 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:54,440 Speaker 2: I would just say it is amazing how we all, 483 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:58,600 Speaker 2: all of us. I don't care whether it's radio, television, 484 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:01,760 Speaker 2: when you have lunch, in her breakfast, whatever your routine. 485 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:05,440 Speaker 3: We humans get in a routine. 486 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:09,959 Speaker 2: And anything that disrupts I'm horrible about it. Anything that 487 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,680 Speaker 2: disrupts our routine really business us all. 488 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 4: So I wonder how that felt playing it at what 489 00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:18,199 Speaker 4: would have been the normal time at the close of 490 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:21,960 Speaker 4: your previous show on the other station over here right now. 491 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 2: Well, I can tell you now she will be completely 492 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,480 Speaker 2: screwed up on her schedule and timing for the rest 493 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:27,880 Speaker 2: of the day. 494 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:31,040 Speaker 4: Well, not just this is you know that maybe some 495 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 4: of the snow driving. You know, we're to have fun. 496 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 4: Oh we are, well, you, you and me, Oh okay, 497 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:41,200 Speaker 4: we don't care if they're having We. 498 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:44,000 Speaker 3: Will give her about the audience. We know that. 499 00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:48,880 Speaker 2: I've come to the conclusion that Trump is truly a 500 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:55,360 Speaker 2: guy that cares about justice and fairness and what he 501 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:59,240 Speaker 2: thinks is just or fair. He's announced that he's going 502 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 2: to pardon former Congressman Henry Quayar of Texas, who was 503 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:08,640 Speaker 2: indicted last year on charges of I think bribery, money laundering, 504 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:12,880 Speaker 2: and some other stuff, and also his wife who faces 505 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:18,480 Speaker 2: or is facing related charges. And he's doing so because 506 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:24,040 Speaker 2: he believes that the Biden administration weaponized the Department of 507 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:28,240 Speaker 2: Justice against their political opponents in Kwei War was now 508 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:34,600 Speaker 2: you remember Henry Quayar actually voted to impeach Donald Trump, 509 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:37,960 Speaker 2: but supported Trump's immigration policies. 510 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:42,920 Speaker 3: And he is now going after. He's not going after. 511 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:47,240 Speaker 2: He's now pardoning whom he could have considered to be 512 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:51,720 Speaker 2: one of his enemies. I find that politically fascinating.