Speaker 1: Ron Podcast. And we're back at the Ron Burgundy Podcast
Speaker 1: season two. Baby. After a long back and forth with
Speaker 1: my heart, a few lawsuits, two mysterious deaths, and a
Speaker 1: whole lot of memories, we are back in the studio.
Speaker 1: During our hiatus, I'm happy to say that Carolina went
Speaker 1: to rehab. I know, I know, I went on a
Speaker 1: yoga tree. It's not rehab. Okay, well, that's a great
Speaker 1: cover story, which reminds me Carolina. Baxter and I listened
Speaker 1: to the whole first season of the podcast, and after listening,
Speaker 1: we decided to scrap it. We're not going to release it,
Speaker 1: but it was just too rough. But we know what
Speaker 1: we did wrong. And to be honest, there there could
Speaker 1: be less of you in this season because this one
Speaker 1: we're definitely going to release. Season one got released into
Speaker 1: the general public. Are you serious? Yeah, it's just it's
Speaker 1: out there, Oh so embarrassing. Are they going to release
Speaker 1: this episode, the one recording right now? Yes, they released
Speaker 1: all of them. Cripes. Okay, well that's better be good.
Speaker 1: I mean, you better pull it together, Carolina. Hope that
Speaker 1: trip to the looney bin set you straight. It was
Speaker 1: a yoga retreat into lou Mexico. I'm glad we're on
Speaker 1: the air today because there have been some rumors circling
Speaker 1: and I have to make an official statement. After talking
Speaker 1: to my family and my friends and some strangers online,
Speaker 1: I have decided, after years of thought and dreams, that
Speaker 1: I will not be running for president. Okay, So to
Speaker 1: everyone out there listening to this fireside chat, I know
Speaker 1: it's a lot to take in at once. How do
Speaker 1: you feel about it, Carolina? Um, I feel about the
Speaker 1: same as I did before you said it. Okay, so
Speaker 1: you don't You don't feel upset? No, a way, I'm
Speaker 1: actually relieved. I mean, that would be so scary if
Speaker 1: you're running for president. Scary. Well, that's it's a bit insulting. No.
Speaker 1: I mean, Ron, I really enjoy you as a colleague,
Speaker 1: and I think that recording a podcast with you has
Speaker 1: been an adventure. But a president has enormous responsibilities. Okay,
Speaker 1: but I could do it. I could do it pretty
Speaker 1: simple stuff. You just have to be honest and remain
Speaker 1: calm and keep the country running smoothly, you know, making
Speaker 1: sure no shenanigans are taking place. I think I'd be
Speaker 1: good at that. I can do some tough work. This
Speaker 1: this podcast, you know, hasn't been a slice of cake. Well,
Speaker 1: you fired three people yesterday, and don't you think that
Speaker 1: shows my leadership strengths. No, I mean after you fired them,
Speaker 1: we had to hire three new people and it took
Speaker 1: the rest of our work day to really interview candidates.
Speaker 1: You know that happens. Yeah, right, I mean not really.
Speaker 1: But it's fine. But did it slow us down? Absolutely,
Speaker 1: But it's not like it ground owned this operation to
Speaker 1: a complete hall. It absolutely did. We couldn't record. Okay,
Speaker 1: they just rubbed me the wrong way. So one of
Speaker 1: them just said hi to you, but with a smirk. Okay,
Speaker 1: it could have been a smile, but that's besides. And
Speaker 1: the other guy always wore a stupid captain's hat. It
Speaker 1: was a baseball hat. Well, what's happened has happened? All right?
Speaker 1: Today we're talking to a woman, Senator Kamala Harris, who
Speaker 1: was running for president in the year two. Hindsight, Yes
Speaker 1: it is. Let me ask you, Carolina, how hard is
Speaker 1: it to become president when you're a woman. Um, well,
Speaker 1: it's never happened before, and there have been women who
Speaker 1: have been qualified, so yeah, it seems very difficult. And
Speaker 1: why why is that do we think? Um? You know, well,
Speaker 1: there are a lot of prejudices and misconceptions about women. Yes,
Speaker 1: that they can't read your mind, you know, but have
Speaker 1: you ever seen the movie What Women Want starring Mel Gibson.
Speaker 1: He could read women's minds to the tune of three
Speaker 1: hundred and seventy five million w w BO. Um, what
Speaker 1: does that have to do with what we're talking about?
Speaker 1: Three hundred and seventy five million w w BO? Do
Speaker 1: you know what w w b OH stands for? Worldwide
Speaker 1: box office? Because he had the ability to read women's minds.
Speaker 1: I don't know what you're talking about, um, But as
Speaker 1: I was saying, some common misconceptions about women are that
Speaker 1: were easily distracted or emotional, or can't be in charge
Speaker 1: of important decisions, can't be respected. Wait wait wait wait,
Speaker 1: shut up, shut up, Carolina. I just realized I left
Speaker 1: Baxter at the Dippin' Dots down in Thousand Oaks. Sorry,
Speaker 1: can you please pick him up if he's lost? Caroline?
Speaker 1: I just anything to get him back. I probably smash
Speaker 1: all the windows in this place. Nick is back to
Speaker 1: your back there? Oh thank god. Okay, anyway, we have
Speaker 1: a big interview today with Senator Kamala Harris. I'm very
Speaker 1: nervous and very excited. UM, and you're prepared, right because
Speaker 1: you got those policy questions I gave you yes. Okay, great,
Speaker 1: because this is a big deal. Listen between you and I.
Speaker 1: I think I'm just gonna wing it. Please do not
Speaker 1: do that. You have no idea how hard it was
Speaker 1: to do. I feel like I work better when i'm relaxed,
Speaker 1: you know, I know that's how you feel. I'm just
Speaker 1: gonna wing it. Just look at these questions. Please. Up next,
Speaker 1: we have a presidential candidate from the future year, Senator
Speaker 1: Kamala Harris Presidential. I'm throwing out the notes, folks, please
Speaker 1: going rogue. This is gonna be a wild one, right Carolina,
Speaker 1: I hope not. We'll be right back and welcome back
Speaker 1: to the Ron Burgundy Podcast. UM. We are very excited
Speaker 1: to have one of the most esteemed guests that we've
Speaker 1: ever had on the show. Uh, Senator, former Motley Crue
Speaker 1: bandmate and presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Kamala, thank you so much.
Speaker 1: It's great to be with you, Ron. Thank you. You
Speaker 1: know what, as soon as I said that out loud,
Speaker 1: I think you you weren't a member of Motley Crue.
Speaker 1: Were you not in this life? Okay? Yeah? Did you
Speaker 1: do you play a musical instrument? You know? I actually
Speaker 1: played many musical instruments in high school. Um, I played
Speaker 1: the violin, I played the French horn. But it's a
Speaker 1: messy instrument. Yeah, it's messy. You have to kind of
Speaker 1: keep emptying the cartridge. Then I moved on to the percussions.
Speaker 1: I played the xylophone, and that I thought it could
Speaker 1: get more interesting, so I played the vibraphone and then yeah,
Speaker 1: and then I moved on to the kettle drums, which
Speaker 1: was really fantastic because you're in the back, yes, and
Speaker 1: you've got these big batons and these huge drums in
Speaker 1: front of you, and you just not you the kettle
Speaker 1: on the kettle drum. That's okay, we'll believe it out.
Speaker 1: Don't worry. Don't worry. But I've always hated the fact
Speaker 1: that the kettle drums are in the back. Move them
Speaker 1: to the front. I agree they should be in the front.
Speaker 1: They deserve so much more attention. But that is why
Speaker 1: one plays them the way we do to get that. Well,
Speaker 1: if this plays out in your favor, maybe that can
Speaker 1: be your first executive order to force all high school
Speaker 1: symphonies to move the kettle drums to the front of
Speaker 1: the band. Yeah, something you're thinking about. No, we should
Speaker 1: stop the coordinating the kettle drums. I agree with you.
Speaker 1: So we finally cut We covered that kettle drums. Good.
Speaker 1: Um you were you start out District attorney San Francisco.
Speaker 1: What was hard about that job? Is it the snack breaks,
Speaker 1: all the snack brakes you have to take legally? Well, no,
Speaker 1: ron Um, it was you know, what was hard about
Speaker 1: the job was saying some of the worst of human behavior.
Speaker 1: I mean I specialized for a while in assault of children. Um.
Speaker 1: I you know, spent a lot of time over the
Speaker 1: years with moms whose sons had been killed. Um. That
Speaker 1: was rough stuff. It was rough stuff and um, but
Speaker 1: it was also there were highlights I enjoyed when I
Speaker 1: was district attorney, challenging the status quo and I said, look, um,
Speaker 1: let's stop acting like you know, there are only two
Speaker 1: ways to do criminal justice policy. You know, people would
Speaker 1: say you're either soft on crime or tough on crime,
Speaker 1: and say, no, let's be smart on crime. Let's look
Speaker 1: at prevention as one of the smart just ways to
Speaker 1: create public safety, and so I started an initiative, you know,
Speaker 1: and everybody was like, why are you doing this? I
Speaker 1: started initiative focused on low level on drug sales offenders
Speaker 1: and getting them jobs and counseling, and when they graduated
Speaker 1: the program, I dismissed the charges against them. And that
Speaker 1: was incredible work in terms of just seeing that the
Speaker 1: human potential that when you give people the opportunity to
Speaker 1: reach for something, they will naturally reach for it. And
Speaker 1: so there were highlights. Your parents were civil rights activists.
Speaker 1: I mean, were they pissed when they found out you
Speaker 1: wanted to become a d A. They were curious about
Speaker 1: the decision, and with some of them and some of
Speaker 1: my family, I had to defend the decision like one
Speaker 1: would a thesis. But you know what I said, then,
Speaker 1: I'm glad I didn't grow up in your family, because
Speaker 1: I don't know what the word thesis means. So, yes,
Speaker 1: it means you have to do you have to defend
Speaker 1: your point, You have to um, you have to be
Speaker 1: able to to articulate why you're doing something as opposed
Speaker 1: to just doing it and everyone accepts it without challenging
Speaker 1: your reasons. And my reasons were that the criminal justice
Speaker 1: system Listen, I was born knowing how flawed it is.
Speaker 1: I didn't have to learn about it. I have to
Speaker 1: read about it. I knew it. And I felt that
Speaker 1: when you want to reform systems, um, let's also think
Speaker 1: about being inside the system where we can have the
Speaker 1: power to reform it from the inside. And so that
Speaker 1: was the choice I made, and um and I don't
Speaker 1: regret that choice because having been on the inside, I
Speaker 1: was able to create re entry initiatives for low level offenders.
Speaker 1: I was able to say, look, children who are being
Speaker 1: prostituted should not be thought of as teenage prostitutes. We
Speaker 1: should think of them as sexually exploited you and give
Speaker 1: them the safety and the and the support that they deserve.
Speaker 1: I was able to do things like saying that we're
Speaker 1: gonna acknowledge that the war on drugs was a complete
Speaker 1: failure and we need to have a different approach that
Speaker 1: understands that it's actually a public health issue more than
Speaker 1: it is from Retal Justice Issia, you were also attorney general, yes,
Speaker 1: for the state of California, And just so I'm clear
Speaker 1: what branch of the military is that it's not a
Speaker 1: branch of the military. Run it's actually but you're you're
Speaker 1: a general, Yes I was. I was, General Harris. You
Speaker 1: are correct, but it's a it's it's a part of
Speaker 1: the executive branch of government. Got it. So nothing to
Speaker 1: do with the military. Correct, Okay, Well I'm learning. This
Speaker 1: is what I love about this podcast. I learned as
Speaker 1: much as the audience does sometimes more. Um, So that's
Speaker 1: good to know, Attorney General. Nothing to do with the military.
Speaker 1: Although I did speak out about how we want to
Speaker 1: make sure that law enforcement is not militarized. So there
Speaker 1: you're onto something, they're not on the zone. It wasn't
Speaker 1: the worst question you've ever been asked. No, it was
Speaker 1: not the worst, but like might be top ten it was.
Speaker 1: And what does that mean for law enforcement to be militarized,
Speaker 1: meaning that we don't want local law enforcement to be
Speaker 1: or conduct itself as a branch of the military. We
Speaker 1: we do not and should not think of local law
Speaker 1: enforcement as being engaged in a war. Um. Local law
Speaker 1: enforcement has is its primary purpose making sure people are
Speaker 1: safe in a community, and so that's part of it.
Speaker 1: And so we want to make sure that local LA
Speaker 1: enforcement is not equipped with tools that are tools of war,
Speaker 1: because that's not their function and that should not be
Speaker 1: the perspective. With your legal expertise, your knowledge, extensive background,
Speaker 1: I want to ask you a question. Let's let's say
Speaker 1: one a person kept hinting to someone who works very
Speaker 1: closely with them, in fact, that that person is female,
Speaker 1: has curly hair, and wears glasses. And you, that person
Speaker 1: was hinting to that other person that all you've ever
Speaker 1: wanted was a small boat, specifically a catamaran. And you
Speaker 1: you hint, and you hint, and you hint, and then
Speaker 1: your birthday rolls around and nada, nothing zip. Can you
Speaker 1: take that person to small claims court? No? Thank you?
Speaker 1: Thank you. If someone makes a funny face at me,
Speaker 1: small claims court. No, my soup was too hot, more importantly,
Speaker 1: too spicy at a restaurant, small claime score. Well, there's
Speaker 1: tea hot and pea hot. For pea hot, no, that'd
Speaker 1: be pepper hot for tea hot. Potentially that's temperature hot.
Speaker 1: Um if for example, it was so hot that injured
Speaker 1: you know, and there was no you know, giving you
Speaker 1: any notice that it might be too hot and wait,
Speaker 1: potentially potentially hot. And so when I walk into a restaurant.
Speaker 1: I'm going to say, what's your tea hot level? I
Speaker 1: think that's smart. You should do that, or your hot
Speaker 1: Hopefully they know those terms, because right it might be
Speaker 1: missing to exactly you know what's it's exactly right? Um,
Speaker 1: a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage.
Speaker 1: Herbert Hoover, Ronald Reagan. Let's make America great again? No, no,
Speaker 1: Donald Trump, Let's make America gay again. Why what was
Speaker 1: America more gay than it is now? America could not
Speaker 1: be gay enough. I love that. That's my slogan. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so to Mr Trump, make America gay again? It was that?
Speaker 1: Is that what you mixed it up? Trump's is make
Speaker 1: America grade again? Okay, all right, Well I'm not very political,
Speaker 1: so that's why this is so great. This is this
Speaker 1: is a wonderful exercise for me. Do you have a
Speaker 1: campaign slogan at this point? For the people? Kamala Harris,
Speaker 1: for the people, simple to the point, for the people.
Speaker 1: And that means it means that this is by the people.
Speaker 1: It's for the people. It's fueled by the people. It
Speaker 1: means that I intend to be a leader that will
Speaker 1: be committed to the service of other people as opposed
Speaker 1: to self service and self interests, and um, it means
Speaker 1: hard for me. And well, yeah, but that's why you're
Speaker 1: not running. I'm sorry to tell you. We've gone back
Speaker 1: and forth. Is he thinking about it? I just announced,
Speaker 1: I Wasn't you announced you were prior to your arrival. Okay,
Speaker 1: I mean, there's still time if you want to jump in,
Speaker 1: but it might be putting as to bed. Besides, I
Speaker 1: tried to. I tried to put some feelers out to
Speaker 1: raise some money for my campaign. I'm fifteen thousand in
Speaker 1: the hole. I raised negative fifteen thousand dollars in my
Speaker 1: first day. Yeah, you Ron had a party and to
Speaker 1: raise money. But he well, people just got in touch
Speaker 1: with me and reminded me of their debts that I
Speaker 1: owe them. Yeah, the debts I owe to them. So yeah,
Speaker 1: sometimes when you reach out to people, that's what happened. Okay.
Speaker 1: So it's no secret that running for office brings a
Speaker 1: lot of scrutiny. Um, for instance, you know, a few
Speaker 1: neighborhood kids made fun of my mustache once, and and
Speaker 1: sometimes I can't leave the house because I don't want
Speaker 1: to run into those me neighborhood kids. I mean, how
Speaker 1: do you think or how are people going to criticize
Speaker 1: you during your run. Well, I've already heard some criticism around,
Speaker 1: for example, my belief that we should have free community
Speaker 1: college and debt free college for all. And people say, well,
Speaker 1: you know you're living a pipe dream. How are you
Speaker 1: going to pay for that? And my response is that,
Speaker 1: look that that's really shortsighted to think of it as
Speaker 1: a cost. Instead, we should be understanding it's an investment.
Speaker 1: And UM I challenge people to understand that. Even in
Speaker 1: the private sector, people know you put money in as
Speaker 1: an investment because you will get a great return on
Speaker 1: the investment r o I and so, but you know,
Speaker 1: people are critical of that. People are critical of my
Speaker 1: position that we should legalize marijuana. UM. They say, how
Speaker 1: can you say that? You're a former prosecutor. But I
Speaker 1: say it because I know, I know really well how
Speaker 1: the criminalization of marijuana has resulted in the mass incarceration
Speaker 1: problem that we have in our country. It has resulted
Speaker 1: in UM desperate kind of application of the laws UM
Speaker 1: and particular adversely against black and Latino young men. UM.
Speaker 1: And those are some of the areas that people are
Speaker 1: critical of, their critical of um my perspective on you know,
Speaker 1: the Green New Deal. But I say, look, climate change
Speaker 1: is one of the most existential threats to us as
Speaker 1: human beings, as a species, and we need to take
Speaker 1: it seriously and have a sense of urgency about it
Speaker 1: and have goals that are specific. We may not reach
Speaker 1: them all, but let's be let's be aggressive about this
Speaker 1: because this is the only planet we've got. So when
Speaker 1: the current president says we need global warming because the
Speaker 1: winners are getting too cold, you would disagree. I think
Speaker 1: that he is selling science fiction instead of science fact,
Speaker 1: and the only way to change that perspective is to
Speaker 1: have a new precedent. I love science fiction, though that's
Speaker 1: the only thing. Well, it's okay to read it, but
Speaker 1: you don't want to live it fair enough, it's kind
Speaker 1: of different. Um, here's the thing. The primaries are going
Speaker 1: to happen. Everyone's going to start to make distinctions between
Speaker 1: each other. But at the end of the day, how
Speaker 1: does everyone keep the harmony h and not rip each
Speaker 1: other the shreds to the point where there's no going backwards.
Speaker 1: I think we will keep the harmony when we agree
Speaker 1: and understand that we are common purpose chicken in every
Speaker 1: pot car and every garage, car every garage. Um, what
Speaker 1: do you think about men speaking over women? It happens
Speaker 1: a lot, yes, and it should not. Everyone should have
Speaker 1: an equal voice and should be respected when they speak,
Speaker 1: and should be listened to. I think that's fair, absolutely,
Speaker 1: And I just have to say, as a woman, it's
Speaker 1: always so exciting to have a female candidate run. And
Speaker 1: I'm sure you're so tired of hearing the word of
Speaker 1: female before candidate, but it just means, yes, it's so
Speaker 1: important to have a female candidate. Okay, just overlook that part, Caroline.
Speaker 1: I would do that. That's what I do most of
Speaker 1: the time when it's phrased that way. Just pretend you
Speaker 1: didn't hear it. Um. And also, Senator, the night of
Speaker 1: the election, your victory speech was so helpful and processing
Speaker 1: what was by the way I was going to say
Speaker 1: the night of the election run? Oh I'm sorry, what
Speaker 1: were you saying? Never mind? That's that's fine. Um, we
Speaker 1: have a male president. Now, how do you think it's
Speaker 1: going not so well? And what do you mean by that? Ron?
Speaker 1: You've got to get to the point that you are
Speaker 1: a little bit more self aware. I think that's important,
Speaker 1: you know, so, so yeah, but it's not going well him.
Speaker 1: You're you're fine. I'm well, thank you. I feel great.
Speaker 1: I lost four pounds last week. Yeah, that's going great.
Speaker 1: You feel good. I feel good. Yes, I feel very good. Um.
Speaker 1: All right, let me ask you this. Top four favorite
Speaker 1: politicians ever. And they have to be real people. Oh,
Speaker 1: they have to be real, meaning alive, or they truly existed,
Speaker 1: they truly exist. In other words, you know the guy
Speaker 1: from the West Wing, he wasn't really president, No, he
Speaker 1: was not. Um, I would say, surely Chisholm. I would say,
Speaker 1: Bobby Kennedy. I would say Abraham Lincoln. I would say, Um.
Speaker 1: You know one of the people I think is really
Speaker 1: great who is still living, but who has done really
Speaker 1: great work on an issue like climate change, for example,
Speaker 1: is Jerry Brown. UM governor, former governor, former governor of California,
Speaker 1: Jerry Brown. And I believe he was in her ten
Speaker 1: times practically, Yes, you broke all the records. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean I didn't agree with everything he did, but UM,
Speaker 1: I do appreciate that he always as a leader, had
Speaker 1: a vision of the future and tried to connect where
Speaker 1: we're going to end up with where we are now. Um,
Speaker 1: and thinking about solutions and ways to mitigate harm in
Speaker 1: the future. And do you ever when you feel frustrated
Speaker 1: by politics or exhausted or sort of sort of feel
Speaker 1: like sisiphus um, do you ever look to any of
Speaker 1: these moments in these politicians careers as an inspiration or
Speaker 1: I do? I mean, look, you know someone I've been
Speaker 1: thinking a lot about because I am running for president
Speaker 1: is Shirley chisholm Um. I love the fact that she
Speaker 1: would just own that microphone and speak truth and unburdened
Speaker 1: by what might what others might think of, as as
Speaker 1: the appropriateness of her being present and speaking as forcefully
Speaker 1: and as strongly she did. You know, she that famous
Speaker 1: saying she was unbought and unbossed. And I take great
Speaker 1: inspiration from that because she understood that she was a
Speaker 1: voice of truth and a voice that must be heard.
Speaker 1: And she just went to that microphone and took hold
Speaker 1: of it and didn't ask permission. Someone, I'm surprised that
Speaker 1: you left off the list. And may he rest in peace,
Speaker 1: Sonny Bono. Oh he wasn't a politician. Oh he was.
Speaker 1: He was a congressman. Oh yeah, sorry, So guess what
Speaker 1: I got that one right, jerk? No, you're not a jerk.
Speaker 1: I just feel really good that I got Sonny Bono correct. Uh, okay,
Speaker 1: changing gears here. Net neutrality, what does it mean? I mean,
Speaker 1: what will it make it harder for me to upload
Speaker 1: my chili recipe on ron Burgundy Chili recipes dot com. Well,
Speaker 1: if we're committed to net neutrality, you will be able
Speaker 1: to upload your chill with no problem. Um. The problem
Speaker 1: is that there are people in Washington, d C. That
Speaker 1: are trying to end net neutrality, and I am vehemently
Speaker 1: opposed to that. Everyone should have equal access. It's like
Speaker 1: being on a freeway, and why should somebody who has
Speaker 1: more money be able to be in a lane that
Speaker 1: moves quicker and with with greater access than you know,
Speaker 1: a working person who doesn't have the kind of money
Speaker 1: to spend extra on a lane, a specific lane on
Speaker 1: a freeway. And the argument for it is just focus
Speaker 1: revenue and you could tax it and that sort of thing. Well,
Speaker 1: the argument for ending end lenge is basically, let the
Speaker 1: so called free market have its way. But the free
Speaker 1: market doesn't necessarily represent a fair market, and we have
Speaker 1: to understand the difference. And this is the point about
Speaker 1: the role of government. The role of government should be
Speaker 1: to have some level of oversight and ability to regulate
Speaker 1: behaviors that might become abusive in a way that harms consumers.
Speaker 1: And you know, I mean I was Attorney general California,
Speaker 1: the largest state in the country, forty million people, for
Speaker 1: two terms. One of my primary responsibilities was to fight
Speaker 1: for consumers, and so it ranged from always taking a
Speaker 1: position on net neutrality and in favor of that, to
Speaker 1: fighting for homeowners against the five big banks the United States,
Speaker 1: to fighting against pharmaceutical companies that were trying and suppress
Speaker 1: UM what was happening around developing generic drugs. UM there.
Speaker 1: Their abuses will occur, and we have to acknowledge that,
Speaker 1: and so we have to have rules in place that
Speaker 1: allow all people to have access to certain fundamental resources,
Speaker 1: and net neutrality is one of those issues. There is
Speaker 1: been a lot of discussion about voter turnout. Voter not
Speaker 1: so much voter turnout. Um, come on round. What am
Speaker 1: I trying to say here? Okay, uh, get it together,
Speaker 1: you can do this. Um, I'm just gonna spit it out.
Speaker 1: Should we get rid of the electoral college is a
Speaker 1: two parter. Should we get rid of it? And If so,
Speaker 1: where's the end Do we have to get rid of
Speaker 1: all the colleges? So the electoral college is a different
Speaker 1: and separate issue than college and universities. So that's not
Speaker 1: what that means. And we should definitely keep so we
Speaker 1: don't have to get rid of the Ivy League for instance. Correct,
Speaker 1: they should remain intact. Electoral college. I think electoral college
Speaker 1: and getting rid of it should be on the table
Speaker 1: for discussion. I'm open to that conversation. Um, it is
Speaker 1: an odd system when you try to explain it to
Speaker 1: it's difficult to explain overseas. Overseas I meant by Lake Michigan.
Speaker 1: Those are lakes and seas beautiful, gorgeous. Let me tell
Speaker 1: you it's gorgeous. The waters of Michigan Island. You literally
Speaker 1: you think you're in Disneyland looking at like you know,
Speaker 1: the fake water in Disneyland and disney World. You can
Speaker 1: on the surface of those legs, see right down to
Speaker 1: the clear, clear blue, beautiful water right down to the bottom.
Speaker 1: It's extraordinary. We think we have nice water in California.
Speaker 1: Let me tell you nothing. It's true. I've always said
Speaker 1: that in Carolina. Doesn't believe me, And that's why we're
Speaker 1: going to take a road trip to Legs and then
Speaker 1: you can get that boat. Is that's what the point was?
Speaker 1: Fresh water catamaran? Yeah, which is different? Get it ocean water.
Speaker 1: Here's something that's interesting. I'd read a recent court ruling
Speaker 1: in favor of a woman who was ticketed for giving
Speaker 1: a police officer the middle finger, arguing that she was
Speaker 1: protected to do so under the First Amendment. Thoughts, I
Speaker 1: think anyone should be able to give anyone the finger
Speaker 1: and not be concerned about getting arrested. Yes, it's a
Speaker 1: form of expression. I've been arrested so many times for
Speaker 1: that though. That's the only problems to Yeah, now that's
Speaker 1: a different category of expression. Um So, when did you know?
Speaker 1: And I probably should have asked this earlier, when did
Speaker 1: you know you had to run for president? Did someone
Speaker 1: double dare you? No? You know? It was really more? Um,
Speaker 1: I guess fundamentally it was. You know, I was raised
Speaker 1: by a mother. She raised two of us, my sister
Speaker 1: and me, and she was the kind of parent that
Speaker 1: if you came home complaining about something, the first thing
Speaker 1: she do is look at you. And she was like
Speaker 1: five ft tall. My mother was five ft tall. If
Speaker 1: you ever met her, you would have thought she was
Speaker 1: seven ft tall. And if you came home complaining about something,
Speaker 1: the first thing she do is she'd look at you
Speaker 1: and she'd say, well, what are you going to do
Speaker 1: about it? So I decided to run for president? Got
Speaker 1: you no excuses, just why why playing? Just get out
Speaker 1: there and try to fix it, make some changes. Now,
Speaker 1: most presidents get dogs when they're elected to the White House.
Speaker 1: That's a great point, unless they're psychopaths. If you are
Speaker 1: elected president, what kind of puppy, Well, we'll see in
Speaker 1: the White House. Any thoughts on that? Oh, I would
Speaker 1: do a rescue dog, okay for sure. Whether breathe you like?
Speaker 1: I mean, you know I I love mutts, Yeah, I
Speaker 1: really do. Um they and they are smart and they
Speaker 1: are fun. Baxter, my dog, Baxter's a mutton. He's the
Speaker 1: love of my life, even though I love lasa apsos.
Speaker 1: M hm. But we don't have to comment on no comment. Now,
Speaker 1: this is kind of the question we've all been waiting for.
Speaker 1: People have been wondering, and I can't believe I'm asking this,
Speaker 1: but I'm just going to ask, are you considering me
Speaker 1: to be your vice president? And I will take no
Speaker 1: offense to your honest answer either way. But frankly, well, Ron,
Speaker 1: you know, I mean everything is on the table for consideration.
Speaker 1: That's not a no, that's not a no. You know what,
Speaker 1: I'll take any cabinet position too, whether it's commerce, labor,
Speaker 1: dance department, any of the top. What do you think
Speaker 1: about creating a new cabinet position, because you know there
Speaker 1: has been talking about how we need to expand the
Speaker 1: cabinet even more. Yeah, yeah, well what do you Because
Speaker 1: I part of why I'm here is is to really
Speaker 1: listen to you and get your thoughts as a potential
Speaker 1: constituent well and also as a potential partner as we
Speaker 1: go forward and lead the country. So I would like
Speaker 1: to create the cabinet position of Minister of Cool Cars.
Speaker 1: I just show up in a cool car every time.
Speaker 1: So and there would be a connection between that and
Speaker 1: growing the economy, like would we because we'd manufactured the
Speaker 1: cars here, right, I would hope. Shoot already made an
Speaker 1: agreement with Toyota. Yeah, you already made an agreement with Toyota.
Speaker 1: We just talked about the beauty of Michigan And no,
Speaker 1: I know, I mean, well, I can talk to him.
Speaker 1: I'll see if I can get out of it. Why
Speaker 1: did I sign that paperwork? Okay, yeah, we might have
Speaker 1: to revisit this conversation. Here's the thing, any candidate, the
Speaker 1: Iowa Caucus is a major thing. And of course part
Speaker 1: of the amazing state of Iowa is the Iowa State Fair. Yes,
Speaker 1: and we have a list over here of all the
Speaker 1: list of Iowa State Fair stick foods down and there
Speaker 1: are a shocking amount. And I'm just wondering if you,
Speaker 1: I mean, this is the first time you're looking at it.
Speaker 1: For there are eighty two items. Do any of them
Speaker 1: stand out to I mean, there's something down here that
Speaker 1: I saw, coconut mountain. I don't know what that is,
Speaker 1: but I'd order a couple of conut mountains. I would.
Speaker 1: Let's so, let's see the cheddar bacon cheese on a
Speaker 1: stick would be really on me, Apple fritter bites, double bacon,
Speaker 1: corn dog, good night Irene. Then there's something just called
Speaker 1: egg on a chocolate covered peanut butter bark that count
Speaker 1: me in the same here. I'm not convinced about egg
Speaker 1: on a stick. Yeah, that seems a little messy. Um.
Speaker 1: Then oh, let's see. So then oh, the Italian bacon
Speaker 1: wrap on a stick, palapeeno corn dog. I would definitely
Speaker 1: have that jumbo toasted marshmallow on a stick. You know,
Speaker 1: I don't love marshmallows. Okay, that's fair enough, all right,
Speaker 1: I'd like them. I mean, like the little ones on
Speaker 1: in hot cocoa if they're like really, I hope the
Speaker 1: marshmallow lobby doesn't get a wind of this. No, you know,
Speaker 1: And s'mores I like them, but um, Carolina, any of
Speaker 1: these stand out to you? Brisket, peanut butter, and jelly fritters. Um.
Speaker 1: Then there's something called hot lips, breaded chicken breast smothered
Speaker 1: with hots off, served with blue cheese dressing. So that's
Speaker 1: like buffalo wings by a four hour nap. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: you know what, that's what I'm thinking, Like, I could
Speaker 1: definitely eat my way through the Ioway. You can hold
Speaker 1: onto that list just because you will be canvassing there
Speaker 1: and it's just good to know this is going to
Speaker 1: be fun and you should come. Maybe I was gonna say,
Speaker 1: maybe we'll maybe we'll run in you guys should come?
Speaker 1: Would yeah? Okay, great, won't that be fun? That would
Speaker 1: be the best. Ron was actually so nervous about this
Speaker 1: question because you know what, Carolina, you guys can then Ron,
Speaker 1: you can interview people at the fair. It would be
Speaker 1: a wonderful way to get a real slice of American
Speaker 1: the Iowa State Fair located in Iowa, yes, August eight.
Speaker 1: It will be a nice mild temperature. Oh yeah, I
Speaker 1: wouldn't be sweating through my polyester suit at Senator Harris,
Speaker 1: we cannot thank you enough for joining us here on
Speaker 1: the podcast, for sharing your insight and your views, and
Speaker 1: we wish you all the best. We know it's a
Speaker 1: it's a long road, um, but it will end up
Speaker 1: positively for you no matter what. Thank you was a
Speaker 1: great sentence, by the way. All right, we'll be right
Speaker 1: back on the Ron Burgundy Podcast right after this. Welcome
Speaker 1: back to the Ron Burgundy Podcast. What a pleasure to
Speaker 1: have a U. S. Senator in the studio. And the
Speaker 1: cool thing is this upcoming election is going to be
Speaker 1: extremely elegant and orderly. She won't be treated any differently
Speaker 1: than any of the other candidates. I actually might run
Speaker 1: for president really probably not, No, it's what's right, you
Speaker 1: know what. Maybe I will, but I really don't have
Speaker 1: the time. Maybe let's just table it then, no, I
Speaker 1: have things to say. I gotta get on that campaign trail.
Speaker 1: It's a lot of work, I know. I just want
Speaker 1: to take a bath. You should run, though, I was
Speaker 1: thinking about actually a for city, Caroline. I was kidding.
Speaker 1: You literally have toilet paper stuck to your shoe. You've
Speaker 1: had it stuck there the whole day. I wish you
Speaker 1: told me that and not broadcast it on the podcast.
Speaker 1: That's all for today, folks. Thank you, Senator Kamala Harris.
Speaker 1: What an honor. And we're looking at low sixties for
Speaker 1: the next week or two, and then we're gonna take
Speaker 1: a jump and hit high seventies on Sunday. Up north
Speaker 1: here on this map, we're looking at some light showers. Sorry,
Speaker 1: I forgot my weather report. We're gonna we're gonna scrap
Speaker 1: this episode. We'll see you next week. The Run Burgundy
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