1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 1: Now the Red Beret has returned to radio. Curtis Leewall 2 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:16,799 Speaker 1: guest host The Mark Simone Show on sevent tenor I 3 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:20,800 Speaker 1: had my Christmas present last week substuoting for Mark Simon. 4 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 1: He's the best in the business. And then I get 5 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 1: my pre birthday gift substuting for Mark this week up 6 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:34,239 Speaker 1: until the second and that birthday March twenty six. I'll 7 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:38,480 Speaker 1: be seventy two, and I know more about New York 8 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:42,559 Speaker 1: City and politics and anybody alive. There's no doubt about it. 9 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:45,560 Speaker 1: I challenge anybody because I know where all the bones 10 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,840 Speaker 1: are buried in who buried them, And I don't mince 11 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 1: my language. We are going to get into subject matter 12 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 1: that is of incredible importance to all of you if 13 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: you happen to live within New York State, and the 14 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:05,040 Speaker 1: same philosophy could be coming to a state where you 15 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: live or near you. Because I've spent incredible amount of 16 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:15,040 Speaker 1: time since losing the election to Zoran Mondomi, and yes 17 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 1: he is the may he won fair and square. He 18 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 1: is going to have his celebration after he has sworn 19 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 1: in by Bernie the Out the Coca Sanders, originally from 20 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:30,919 Speaker 1: Brooklyn who went to Madison High School, which is also 21 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:34,040 Speaker 1: where Chuck Schumer went. By the way, update on Chuck Schumer. 22 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, a lot of you are not gonna like it. 23 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 1: But the masters of the universe, the billionaires, they just 24 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 1: can't stop themselves from getting involved in things they know 25 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: absolutely nothing about. Big story, we're gonna get into it 26 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 1: in this hour. It's how Elon Musk decides to weigh 27 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: in on the new fire commissioner, who he claims, as 28 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 1: a result of Zarn Mondami's appointment, that people will die 29 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 1: as a result. Now he knows nothing at all about 30 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: New York City. He happens to see somebody else who 31 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: posted this, who themselves know nothing at all about the 32 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: history of the fire department and fire commissioners in New 33 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 1: York City, and he reposts it, and obviously he's in 34 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 1: charge of X and he's getting millions of hits like 35 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:32,359 Speaker 1: he somehow knows all about this about the only thing 36 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: he doesn't know is how to put out those fires 37 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 1: from his Tesla batteries in his electric cars, because when 38 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 1: they go on fire, Oh, it takes hours to put 39 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 1: him out. He hasn't even yet figured that out. But 40 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: we'll talk about that momentarily because he couldn't be more 41 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: hopelessly wrong. And once again, I'll explain it from a 42 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:02,360 Speaker 1: historical performance. Most of the fire commissioners of late most 43 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 1: I'm not just talking about those appointed by Eric Adams 44 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 1: swaggerman with no plan and I can't. 45 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 2: Wait for him to get get out of here, get 46 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 2: out of our lives. 47 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:21,799 Speaker 1: But prior yeah, let's see Bloombert Giuliani think it's nobody's 48 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: even mentioning all the fire commissioners who served for those 49 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 1: mayors who had never put out a waste paper basket fire. 50 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:33,919 Speaker 1: But do you think that a guy like Elon Musk, 51 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 1: who's omnipotent, thinks he knows everything, like all those billionaires 52 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: and millionaires because they've succeeded in business, they're very wealthy. 53 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: You think he'll apologize, of course not. 54 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 2: They never do. 55 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: Like Trump yesterday, I had to turn it off in 56 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 1: the wee hours of the morning. He's he's standing there 57 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 1: with Zelensky and he's saying, yeah, Russia really wants to 58 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: see the Ukraine succeed. 59 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 2: Man, they's no way. 60 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, if Russia takes over the Ukraine again, By the way, 61 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 1: the Ukraine gave up it's nuclear Arsenal. 62 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 2: They had more nuclear weapons. 63 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 1: Than anyone else other than the United States, and the 64 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 1: old Soviet Union isn't. Back in nineteen ninety one, Bill 65 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 1: Clinton was president, he convinced him give up your nuclear payload. Yeah, 66 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 1: how did that work out? But when all of a 67 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 1: sudden Trump is saying, oh, yeah, Russia. I just spoke 68 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 1: to Putin earlier today on the phone, Yeah, Russia really 69 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 1: wants to see the Ukraine succeed. And I'm like, Zelenski 70 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:36,600 Speaker 1: say something. 71 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 2: Of course, he. 72 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: Ain'sn't gonna say anything, because nobody can ever challenge Donald Trump. 73 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:46,719 Speaker 1: I believe you challenge authority no matter who's in charge, 74 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:52,599 Speaker 1: and when somebody makes absolutely ridiculous comments, you must challenge it. 75 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: Like when Trump said that it was the Ukraine that 76 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 1: started the war. 77 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 2: How many republic challenge him. 78 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:05,839 Speaker 1: We're getting into Republican leadership, and how so many Republicans 79 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 1: are just afraid to challenge authority at any level, local, regional, state, national, 80 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:15,920 Speaker 1: it's not you know it, don't make a big deal 81 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:18,559 Speaker 1: about it. I always make big deals about it because 82 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:22,359 Speaker 1: I believe you have to question authority, especially when it 83 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:26,920 Speaker 1: doesn't make sense, like that ridiculous statement yesterday. Of mar 84 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 1: A Lago, where the President says, yeah, Zonski, Russia really 85 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 1: wants you to be successful in the Ukraine, and Zelenski, 86 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:41,600 Speaker 1: you bite your tongue, don't say anything, or Trump and 87 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 1: the administration will go on a rampage against you. All right, 88 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 1: put that aside, as you know, I've spent a lot 89 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 1: of time bisecting and dissecting the fact that Republican leadership 90 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 1: here in the state of New York has decided they 91 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,799 Speaker 1: want a Uni party, they don't want a two party system. 92 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,479 Speaker 1: They have can convince themselves, and they have convinced a 93 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: lot of the Republican registered voters that Republicans cannot win 94 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 1: a city wide election or a state wide election. Now, 95 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 1: for some of you, you may say, well that that 96 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:14,599 Speaker 1: sounds pretty personal. It is because I went through that 97 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:19,599 Speaker 1: from the highest levels of the White House to Elon 98 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 1: Musk himself soon to be a trillionaire, the world's richest guy, 99 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 1: to a guy named Akman. 100 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 2: Who the hell is this guy? Ackman? 101 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 1: Every day he was tweeting Curtis, you can't win, drop out. 102 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:34,720 Speaker 2: Drop out, drop out travel and you know how that went. 103 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 2: And then in the. 104 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:42,840 Speaker 1: Waning days of the campaign, Republican leaders. Republicans decided a 105 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 1: vote for Sly is a vote for Mondami vo fa cuomo, 106 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 1: U Discratsiata in every which way. I mean, we could 107 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 1: spend the rest of this program just talking about what 108 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 1: a disgrace that guy was, because in their minds, there 109 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 1: are two parties in New York State. Now there are 110 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: moderate Democrats and there are socialist Democrats, and Republicans don't 111 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 1: have a chance to beat them citywide or in statewide elections. 112 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 1: Now put my election aside. Still with at least the 113 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 1: Phonic we talked about her last week. Suddenly she drops 114 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: out and says, not only is she dropping out of 115 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 1: a Republican primary against Bruce Plaateman, but she's not going 116 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 1: to run for reelection in the House. We lose a 117 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 1: superstar because Republican leadership was working behind the scenes to 118 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 1: throw her under the bus. You see, as much as 119 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: Donald Trump, the President, threw her under the bus. The 120 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: worst part was is that Alista Phonic had put together 121 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 1: a campaign team mostly from upstate New York, people that 122 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 1: she knew, people that she trusted, and the Park Avenue 123 00:07:56,600 --> 00:08:00,920 Speaker 1: crowd down here, most of whom are not Republicans, but 124 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: they act like they can tell Republicans what to do. 125 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 1: And it's not Park Avenue in Brooklyn and Park Avenue 126 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:09,240 Speaker 1: in the Bronx, which they've never traveled to. It's Park 127 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 1: Avenue in Manhattan. Decided there's nobody from downstate involved in 128 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 1: at least the Phonics campaign. We're gonna go all on 129 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 1: board with Bruce Blakeman because Bruce Blakeman is a winner. 130 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 2: This is what they said. 131 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 1: And he won very convincingly the Nassau County executive position 132 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 1: re election against his Democratic opponent. And then I hear 133 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 1: them tell the yeah, and he's a winner. He's a winner. 134 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:41,119 Speaker 1: If you've been around long enough in politics, you've probably 135 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:43,960 Speaker 1: lost more than you won. Remember, Donald Trump was an 136 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 1: exception to the rule. Twenty sixteen. He's on the stage 137 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: they announcements the president. He shocked Hillary Rodham. Clinton was 138 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:54,800 Speaker 1: in a fetal position at the Jacob Chavits Convention Center, 139 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:58,160 Speaker 1: spent maybe a month in a fetal position. 140 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:02,079 Speaker 2: I couldn't accept the fact that she had lost. Very unusual. 141 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 1: So I'm saying, look, I know Bruce Blakeman. I like 142 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:10,320 Speaker 1: the guy, but let's face it, who would you want 143 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: to be running against Kathy Hockel. I mean, I remember 144 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 1: Bruce Blakeman. He ran for state Controller as a Republican 145 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 1: ninety eight against Carl McCole loss. He ran for the 146 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: Nassau County Legislature ninety nine loss, ran for the US 147 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 1: Senate special election twenty ten, remember when Hillary decided she 148 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:33,320 Speaker 1: would become Secretary of State and he lost the primary 149 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:36,680 Speaker 1: to Joe the Aguardi. And in twenty fourteen he ran 150 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:40,120 Speaker 1: for the House and lost to Kathleen Rice. So that 151 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 1: doesn't disqualify him because you know, people say, well, well 152 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:46,559 Speaker 1: you got all no, no, no, no. If he can run, 153 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 1: he should run. But why did all of a sudden 154 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 1: you notice people of great influence surround Kathy Hockel, and 155 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 1: we're meeting with her, and they have come to the conclusion. 156 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:06,080 Speaker 1: And I know because people have shared the conversations with 157 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 1: me that rather than put all of their fiscal resource 158 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 1: and support behind Bruce Blakeman, that they're actually gonna work 159 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 1: for Kathy Hulkl to get reelected because she'll keep Zora 160 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 1: Mandami and the Democratic Socialist in check. 161 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:25,199 Speaker 2: Yeah. Right, but they figure. 162 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 1: They'll have more control with her because they don't think 163 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:30,560 Speaker 1: a Republican can win this is coming off the mayoral election. 164 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:34,959 Speaker 1: And by the way, President Donald Trump did Elie Stefaniki disservice, 165 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 1: throwing her under the bus on a number of occasions 166 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 1: that led to her unexpected dropping out. Although I kind 167 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:44,439 Speaker 1: of felt it, I kind of felt it was coming. 168 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 1: And now we have what you're really not going to like, 169 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 1: and that's why we got to stop this. I was 170 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 1: at a major gathering of Republicans yesterday. 171 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:57,199 Speaker 2: In Midtown. 172 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 1: And I broke the news to all of them who 173 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 1: had gathered for their holiday party, is that there are 174 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 1: Republican leaders now, and there are Republican business people Park 175 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 1: Avenue people who are meeting with Chuck Schumer Despise loath 176 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: right the lowest of ratings of any major political figure 177 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 1: in the country. It's down to about twenty eight percent. 178 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:24,840 Speaker 1: And they have come to the conclusion that if he 179 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 1: decides to run for reelection, and let's face it, all 180 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:30,720 Speaker 1: these guys and gals, that's why you need term limits. 181 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:33,840 Speaker 1: It's until death do they part. They'll run forever. Get 182 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 1: the defibriator next to them. They could be in the ICU. 183 00:11:37,679 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 1: They want to run. But if Chuck Schumer decides to run, 184 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 1: already Republican leaders and people, you know, the acmens of 185 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:54,320 Speaker 1: the world, who know nothing about politics. You know, they 186 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 1: know a lot about Wall Street, a lot about hedge funds. 187 00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:59,440 Speaker 1: They've done very well in business, but they know nothing 188 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:01,959 Speaker 1: about not when it comes to politics because they made 189 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:05,440 Speaker 1: all the wrong choices. Are now meeting privately with Chuck 190 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 1: Schumer and saying, you know, you probably can't win a 191 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 1: Democratic primary if you run like Cuomo, but they'll probably 192 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 1: either be AOC running against you in a Democratic primary, 193 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,320 Speaker 1: or if she decides to run for the presidency the 194 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:24,559 Speaker 1: Democratic primary, there'll be somebody else from the socialist wing 195 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:27,480 Speaker 1: of the Democratic Party and you'll lose. But then in 196 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:30,160 Speaker 1: the general election, we'll do like we did for Cromo. 197 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 1: We'll get Republicans to support you, independence Conservatives, and moderate 198 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:37,920 Speaker 1: Democrats to stop a socialist from becoming a US Senate. 199 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 1: He's entertaining that why would they be doing that, because 200 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 1: they have already cast their lot into a UNI party. 201 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 1: They don't think that Republicans can win in statewide elections 202 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 1: or citywide elections. So they are the masters of the universe. 203 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 1: They think they know everything, and they know nothing about nothing, 204 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 1: as you will learn when we discuss the how can 205 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 1: we be kind to him? The very eccentric Elon Musk, 206 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:16,559 Speaker 1: who decided to tweet his way into New York politics 207 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:19,840 Speaker 1: a second time, because remember he had tweeted to his 208 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:24,439 Speaker 1: massive following on x A vo for Slee is avomandami 209 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:27,400 Speaker 1: vo for Cuomo. Why wouldn't he He got a billion 210 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 1: dollars from the Buffalo billion and did nothing up there, 211 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 1: a billion dollars to do nothing, and seven Cuomo cronies 212 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:38,400 Speaker 1: went to jail for that cause he likes Cuomo. But 213 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:43,480 Speaker 1: now he's tweeted into something that he knows nothing about 214 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:46,520 Speaker 1: the Fire Department in New York City. And you will 215 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 1: not have heard this analogy from anybody. That's why I 216 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:54,720 Speaker 1: know where all the bones are buried and who buried them? 217 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 1: Right now on my station at the station that I 218 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 1: listened to along with Nancy seven ten WR and it 219 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:05,560 Speaker 1: should be yours too. 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