1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of the Clay Travis and Buck 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:08,800 Speaker 1: Sexton Show podcast. Welcome in our number three, the final 3 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: hour of the show before Christmas. It is Christmas Eve Eve, 4 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:19,920 Speaker 1: and we are close. We are close to your kids 5 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:23,599 Speaker 1: being able to experience the joy that is Christmas, of 6 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 1: you being woken up in the pre dawn hours. I 7 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: don't know how many of you have young kids, no joke, 8 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:34,480 Speaker 1: My kids have come in to wake us up at 9 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 1: three thirty in the morning before on Christmas morning. You 10 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 1: have to set an hour limit out there. For instance, 11 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:45,959 Speaker 1: in the Travis household, we are going to tell now 12 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,199 Speaker 1: we've got a fourteen year olds about to be fifteen, 13 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: like you have to drag him out of bed. But 14 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 1: we're gonna tell the youngest, our eight year old, seven thirty. 15 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 1: All right, seven thirty, you can get out of bed 16 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 1: and the opening of the presence can begin, because otherwise 17 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:07,919 Speaker 1: we found that literally in the pitch black hours, middle 18 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 1: of the night, they will come and they're ready to 19 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 1: start opening up all the presents. I found Also a 20 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 1: little parenting tip, the Santa Tracker has been very useful 21 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 1: for getting our kids into bed. If you haven't downloaded that, 22 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 1: I think it's the nora ad app. Even though last 23 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: year ridiculously Santa had a mask on which I mean, 24 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:32,040 Speaker 1: come on, Santa had a mask and I was like, 25 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 1: I can't even believe this is real. But the nora 26 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 1: Ad Map tracker will follow Santa around the world and 27 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 1: we have found that that is very helpful for getting 28 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:46,400 Speaker 1: our kids into bed and recognizing that Santa is getting close. 29 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 1: So there's a little parenting tip for you if you 30 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 1: haven't downloaded that app. It is very useful to getting 31 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: the kids in bed so they don't try and disturb 32 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: Santa as he's coming into your house to array the present. 33 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 1: And as we are coming up on the end of 34 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 1: the year. Buck will be back with me after the 35 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 1: first of the year to start twenty twenty three. He's 36 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:14,919 Speaker 1: already out and about celebrating with his family. I want 37 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:18,399 Speaker 1: to tell you this. Let's open up the phone lines 38 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 1: and have some fun. And I've got a couple of 39 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 1: request for you in this final hour. Let's do two things. 40 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 1: You can give me one big prediction for something that 41 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: is going to happen in twenty twenty three. If you 42 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:37,839 Speaker 1: are right, we have transcripts. You can come back late 43 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty three. If you nail a prediction, and 44 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 1: we will praise you for what has ended up happening. 45 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:49,679 Speaker 1: If you are wrong, nobody will remember. So you basically 46 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 1: just get to swing for the fences here only one though. 47 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 1: I don't want people trying to hit parlays. I don't 48 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 1: want like eight different things that you think are going 49 00:02:56,520 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 1: to happen, one big prediction for twenty twenty three, and 50 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 1: then also and or you can mix these if you 51 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 1: would like the best Christmas present that you ever got, 52 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: and I mean a physical Christmas present. I understand time 53 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 1: with your family getting to hug your loved ones. I 54 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 1: mean an actual physical Christmas present that you got you 55 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 1: unwrapped underneath the tree, and you were like, this is 56 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 1: the greatest gift that has ever existed in the history 57 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 1: of your life to that point. What was that gift 58 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: that you were so incredibly excited to receive? Can be 59 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 1: as a child, can be as an adult. You tell 60 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 1: me what it was? Two things out there eight hundred 61 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 1: two eight two two eight eight two, And I told you. Unfortunately, 62 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: this one point seven trillion dollar bill is going to 63 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 1: pass came down yesterday that the Senate had passed at 64 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: the House is in the process of officially passing this 65 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 1: as well also other news out there, and I want 66 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 1: the final hour to be fun leading into Christmas. I 67 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 1: understand that some of you may be listening. There are 68 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:17,919 Speaker 1: around fifty five hundred delayed or canceled flights right now 69 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 1: in the country. So this weather I told you earlier, 70 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:24,840 Speaker 1: maybe we're going to dodge it. It's possible the power 71 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 1: goes out here where I'm doing the show, because in 72 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 1: my town of Nashville, we have twenty six year new 73 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:35,479 Speaker 1: low being said it was minus two, unheard of to 74 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 1: be that cold in Nashville, Tennessee where I live, such 75 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: that there is so demand now on the Tennessee Valley 76 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 1: Authority that they may have to rotate and cut off power. 77 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 1: So again, fifty minutes left in the show. I'm hopeful 78 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 1: that we're going to make it through, but it's possible 79 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 1: that I just vanish. And if that happens, we have 80 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:57,480 Speaker 1: in the bullpen Jason Lewis, who's going to be one 81 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: of the guest hosts next week alongside of Todd Herman. 82 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:05,279 Speaker 1: With both Buck and I out for the holiday season, 83 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:07,720 Speaker 1: the only week we miss all year where one or 84 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 1: the other of US is not sitting in here, so 85 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:11,719 Speaker 1: we'll take some of your calls. Now. I will give 86 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: you a couple of predictions that I believe are going 87 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 1: to come to pass. I said that, I think the 88 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:22,360 Speaker 1: biggest story of twenty twenty two on a positive level 89 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 1: for people who believe insanity in this country is Elon 90 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:29,720 Speaker 1: Musk's purchase of Twitter. I think that it will have 91 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 1: seismic ramifications. I think that it already is having those 92 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 1: seismic ramifications because in big tech there has been no 93 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:47,159 Speaker 1: Rupert Murdoch. Rupert Murdoch if he did not exist, and 94 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 1: if the Murdoch family did not exist, there is no 95 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 1: Fox News. The Wall Street Journal probably does not have 96 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 1: the same editorial independence that it has right now. New 97 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: York Post doesn't exist. That obviously, everything associated with Fox 98 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 1: in general does not exist, because basically, the Murdoch family 99 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 1: has created a business that will speak to over half 100 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 1: of the country that is still seen. And certainly, if 101 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: Rush Limbaugh did not exist, then you would not get 102 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:26,039 Speaker 1: to hear from either Buck Sexton or myself on a 103 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 1: daily basis on this show. Rush started it. I think 104 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 1: Rupert Murdoch followed in Rush's wake, and there has been 105 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 1: not only a tremendous importance to their voices in this country, 106 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:45,600 Speaker 1: there has been without them almost no truth tellers, no 107 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 1: one to hold The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, 108 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 1: no one to hold all these entities accountable for, frankly, 109 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 1: the wise that they regularly spread and the narrative that 110 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 1: they spread, which ignores much of the truth that's going on. Yesterday, 111 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:05,839 Speaker 1: I told you what I think is the biggest story 112 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 1: in America right now, and I think one that frankly, 113 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: we're going to track throughout twenty twenty three is what 114 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:16,239 Speaker 1: happened with the rig job of the twenty twenty election 115 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 1: and the fact that the FBI knew that the Hunter 116 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 1: Biden laptop was real. They've had it now for three years, 117 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 1: and they've done nothing with it, despite the fact that 118 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 1: there is ample, indisputable evidence of multiple felonies having been committed. 119 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 1: And I think the revelations of the FBI's knowledge and 120 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 1: who ordered what I called the code read is going 121 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: to be one of the most consequential stories to come 122 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: out of twenty twenty three. But the reason why that 123 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:49,400 Speaker 1: is occurring, and again, House Republicans have to hold hearings, 124 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:56,240 Speaker 1: to have primetime hearings associated with that aspect of big tech, 125 00:07:56,400 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 1: big media and the Democrat Party collusion. But the reason 126 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 1: why that's happening because Elon Musk bought Twitter for forty 127 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 1: four billion dollars. Without that purchase, none of this would 128 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 1: have gone public. We could suspect it. Remember Ernest Hemingway, 129 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 1: I was just down in Key West toward the Hemmingway Home. 130 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 1: Fabulous thing if you're a history person. Fabulous thing to 131 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 1: go tour, really, really a cool tour. Also did the 132 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:25,360 Speaker 1: Little White House with Harry Truman where he spent over 133 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 1: one hundred days down in Key West. Also a fantastic 134 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 1: tour if you are a history buff like I am. 135 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:38,679 Speaker 1: What Hemmingway said was great writing is like an iceberg. 136 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:44,439 Speaker 1: You only see a small part of the visible iceberg. 137 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 1: The vast majority of the iceberg is under water, but 138 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:53,239 Speaker 1: the part that you see is supported by the foundation 139 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:58,320 Speaker 1: of that iceberg. Great writing. You see the words, but 140 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 1: the foundation of that great writing is there as well. 141 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 1: We knew that there was a rig job going on 142 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 1: in big tech, but we were only seeing the tip 143 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 1: of the iceberg. We were only seeing the impact of 144 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 1: what was going on, we weren't seeing the actual reality 145 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 1: of what was transpiring. Elon Musk spent forty four billion 146 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:27,280 Speaker 1: dollars to buy Twitter so that we could see the 147 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 1: foundation of that iceberg, and I think increasingly in twenty 148 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 1: twenty three, all of it is going to be impossible 149 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:39,960 Speaker 1: to ignore. That's why I believe the most consequential act 150 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 1: of twenty twenty two will also be the most consequential 151 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:48,680 Speaker 1: act of twenty twenty three, which is Elon Musk buying 152 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 1: Twitter and revealing exactly all of the receipts, the smoking 153 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:58,720 Speaker 1: gun evidence, as it were, of all of the misguided 154 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 1: and frankly raudulent and criminal acts that have been perpetrated 155 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 1: by this collusive regime of the Democrat Party, of big 156 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:13,600 Speaker 1: Tech and of big media. And so I think that's 157 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 1: going to be the most propulsive story of twenty twenty three, 158 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 1: the story that Buck and I are going to spend 159 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 1: the biggest and most significant amount of time talking about. Though, 160 00:10:24,679 --> 00:10:27,600 Speaker 1: I think on this show is going to be Ron 161 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:31,840 Speaker 1: de Santis against Donald Trump. I think this is my 162 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 1: big prediction. I don't think it's a crazy prediction. I 163 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:38,160 Speaker 1: think Ron de Santis is going to announce for presidents 164 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 1: sometime around June, and I think Ron De Santis when 165 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 1: we finished the twenty twenty three year, this is my 166 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 1: big prediction. I think that he is going to be 167 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 1: the overwhelming favorite to be the twenty twenty four Republican 168 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 1: presidential nominee. Not saying I'm rooting for it, not telling 169 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 1: you how I'm going to vote. I will tell you 170 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:04,720 Speaker 1: how I vote, because I've always done it on the 171 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 1: primary here in my home state of Tennessee, and whenever 172 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:10,960 Speaker 1: it's going to be March, I think of twenty twenty four, 173 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 1: I'll tell you who I am selecting, just to be 174 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:17,839 Speaker 1: completely transparent and honest with you. But I believe my 175 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 1: big prediction is when we are finishing twenty twenty three, 176 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 1: when Buck and I are sitting here talking to you 177 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 1: as we are going into Christmas of twenty twenty three, 178 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 1: I think RHN de Scantis will have become the overwhelming 179 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 1: favorite to be the nominee for the Republican Party when 180 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 1: everybody in in Iowa and in New Hampshire is about 181 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 1: to vote. Now, I'm not perfect. My predictions are often wrong. 182 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 1: I said last year that my New Year's prediction was 183 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 1: Packers would win the Super Bowl wrong. Georgia Bulldogs would 184 00:11:56,760 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 1: win the national Championship. I got that right. That there 185 00:12:00,679 --> 00:12:03,720 Speaker 1: would be three Senate seats picked up, I was wrong. 186 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:07,560 Speaker 1: And that the House Republicans would pick up twenty five seats, 187 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 1: I was wrong, picked up ten. There lost one in 188 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:15,120 Speaker 1: the Senate, although Chris Kirsten Cinema made that a little 189 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:18,840 Speaker 1: bit complicated. But I got only one thing right there, 190 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 1: with the Georgia Bulldogs winning the title on January first. 191 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:26,679 Speaker 1: I'll give you my further predictions, but I think my 192 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:30,200 Speaker 1: big prediction is that Ron De Santis is going to 193 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:34,800 Speaker 1: be your nominee, your big favorite by the time we 194 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:38,959 Speaker 1: have this conversation one year from now. Other aspect, so 195 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 1: the best Christmas President I ever got. I will tell 196 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 1: you when I come back. I want your big predictions. 197 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:48,520 Speaker 1: I want everybody to have a really great new year. 198 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:52,640 Speaker 1: It is now official. The House has passed a one 199 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 1: point six five trillion dollars spending bill. Joe Biden is 200 00:12:56,440 --> 00:13:00,440 Speaker 1: going to sign it, and that, unfortunately, is going to 201 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:05,560 Speaker 1: mean that over the next ten months we are going 202 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:08,960 Speaker 1: to see spending on a level that, frankly, we have 203 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 1: rarely seen before. Your Democrats and your Republicans six billion 204 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:18,560 Speaker 1: dollars per day, two hundred and fifty million dollars per hour, 205 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 1: four million dollars per minute, all the way up until 206 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 1: September thirtieth, when the process begins all over again, trillions 207 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:29,320 Speaker 1: of dollars in debt, continuing to rain down on the future. 208 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 1: I hate to kill the good vibe that we were 209 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 1: in the middle of, but opening up phone lines, I 210 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 1: want you guys to be a big part of our 211 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 1: clothes here, because you guys have been a tremendous part 212 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 1: of what Buck and Eye have been able to accomplish 213 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 1: in this first full year that we have had all together. 214 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:46,240 Speaker 1: Best office chair. 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But first I want to make 239 00:14:56,520 --> 00:15:00,400 Speaker 1: sure that you hear from Nancy Pelosi and all the 240 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 1: holiday h year. Here she is happy Holiday's, Merry Christmas, 241 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 1: Happy Schwanza, Happy Hamaka. But ver is you celebrate the sake, 242 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 1: Happy schwans Indeed just really makes me feel for the season. 243 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Nancy Pelosi, from being on top 244 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 1: of things. By the way, eight is it eight or 245 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 1: is it seven? We did have some Republican turncoats who 246 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:25,400 Speaker 1: voted for this one point seven trillion in the House, 247 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 1: although it did not matter. Katco in New York, Jacobs 248 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 1: in New York, Fitzpatrick in Pennsylvania, Upton in Michigan, Davis 249 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 1: in Illinois, Herrera Butler in Washington, Womack in Alaska, Kinsinger 250 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:49,040 Speaker 1: in Michigan, and Cheney in Wyoming. Many of those individuals 251 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 1: are now gone. AOC by the way, only Democrat evidently 252 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 1: to vote no. She probably wanted them to spend one 253 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 1: hundred and seventy trillion instead of one point seven trillion. So, 254 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:06,920 Speaker 1: unfortunately Republicans aiding and a betting even in the House 255 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:10,760 Speaker 1: in Democrats' ability to spend as much money as they 256 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 1: possibly could. Let me get some of your calls. Ron 257 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:17,480 Speaker 1: in Ironwood, Michigan. What's your prediction? What's your best gift? 258 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 1: If you have both? Hey, how are you doing today? 259 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 1: Mega diddos. I'm gonna say Trump is gonna drop out 260 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 1: of the race. And for my best Christmas present two 261 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 1: years three years ago, maybe I got a vintage Detroit 262 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: Lions goose down coat. That is fantastic. Thank you for 263 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 1: the call, and if you are still a Detroit Lions fan, 264 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:43,240 Speaker 1: you deserve the little bit of a run that they 265 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 1: have been on. Because I believe I'm correcting this, the 266 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 1: Detroit Lions have won one playoff game since the nineteen fifties. 267 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 1: That's pretty impossible to believe. Since the nineteen fifties, they 268 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 1: have won one playoff game. Gary's a FedEx driver down 269 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 1: in Cape Coral, Florida. Uh, what's your prediction? My man? 270 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:07,119 Speaker 1: What's up? I love the show Man. Merry Christmas. Thank you, 271 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:09,119 Speaker 1: um you guys, Yeah, you guys. I got a question 272 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 1: for you real quick, if I may, I'll keep it quick. 273 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 1: Were you on the air early in the morning, and 274 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 1: it would have been in Detroit an inter license to trade, 275 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 1: probably maybe eight years ago doing a show. I don't know. 276 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 1: I don't know how many years ago it was that 277 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 1: I was on super early in the morning, but I 278 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:29,480 Speaker 1: did national sports talk radio I'll kick the coverage for years. 279 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 1: I don't know about it eight years ago, but I 280 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:34,760 Speaker 1: think we started that show in around twenty fifteen or 281 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:38,359 Speaker 1: twenty sixteen, and I did that show up until I 282 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:40,680 Speaker 1: left to come over and do this show. But I 283 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:42,639 Speaker 1: just want to tell you guys. You guys make my day. 284 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:44,680 Speaker 1: I listened to get throughout the day and you guys 285 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:47,680 Speaker 1: are really knowledgeable and maybe last and I have been 286 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 1: to the Hamleway House with all the cats. I loved it. 287 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 1: And my prediction is the Wings will make the playoffs 288 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 1: after not making it for five years. They're not They're 289 00:17:57,800 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 1: not in it yet. They're like right outside looking in. 290 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:02,480 Speaker 1: So I think they're gonna make the playoffs. And I 291 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:04,240 Speaker 1: don't know how anybody could be a Lions fan. They 292 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:06,880 Speaker 1: get you, they suck you in with a couple of wings, 293 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 1: and then they just I'm never I'm not doing that anymore. 294 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 1: The Red Wings have at least one titles recently. My 295 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:15,679 Speaker 1: wife's from the Detroit area, so Oakland County to be precise. 296 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:17,880 Speaker 1: We got married in Birmingham, Michigan. Love it up there 297 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:21,760 Speaker 1: in the summer. I hate the cold. It's minus two 298 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 1: this morning in Nashville's brutal. Tired of overpaying the woke 299 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 1: wireless companies for your cell phone service, you should be 300 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:29,120 Speaker 1: make the switch today to Pure Talk. 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Appreciate all of you hanging out with us. 311 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 1: It's going to take your calls to eight hundred two 312 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 1: A two two eight A two, but I want to 313 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 1: just take a moment here to also just thank you 314 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 1: all so much for spending twenty twenty two with both 315 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:15,200 Speaker 1: Buck and myself. We've had a tremendous time talking with you, 316 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:18,400 Speaker 1: hanging out with you. We've been all over the country, 317 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 1: will continue to travel all over the country and be 318 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 1: meeting you guys. And the response and the overwhelming warmth 319 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:28,800 Speaker 1: that you have shown for both of us as we 320 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:32,720 Speaker 1: have rolled through this twenty twenty two year has been 321 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:36,159 Speaker 1: nothing short of incredible. And I think one of the 322 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:40,120 Speaker 1: things that's important to remember is we all have a 323 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 1: relatively short period of time on this planet and thankfully 324 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 1: we get to spend it as Americans. But the legacy 325 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:53,640 Speaker 1: that we live leave behind is something that at some 326 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:57,000 Speaker 1: point all of us start to contemplate. And I know 327 00:19:57,119 --> 00:20:01,439 Speaker 1: for me it started in earnest having kids, because before 328 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:04,359 Speaker 1: you have kids, everything in your life is kind of 329 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 1: your own focus. Once you have kids and grandkids, as 330 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:11,200 Speaker 1: I know many of you out there, do, you start 331 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:14,879 Speaker 1: to think about the life that you are going to 332 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:18,760 Speaker 1: leave and the legacy that you're going to leave. And 333 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:22,000 Speaker 1: to me, the Christmas season is a big part of 334 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 1: that because we get the opportunity to impact people in 335 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:30,680 Speaker 1: so many important ways and I don't take that for grant. 336 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:33,200 Speaker 1: It's a privilege to talk to you guys every single day, 337 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:37,000 Speaker 1: and I was thinking about that some this morning. I 338 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:41,159 Speaker 1: saw a clip shared from Alabama head football coach Nick Saban, 339 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 1: and I thought it was so interesting because one of 340 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:44,920 Speaker 1: the things that I spent a lot of time with 341 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 1: now is talking to my kids and also younger kids 342 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 1: out there, about their ability to make a difference and 343 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:57,840 Speaker 1: about while it's easy to focus on external factors, ultimately 344 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:02,480 Speaker 1: what determines your success or fail you're in America is 345 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:07,440 Speaker 1: you it really is. It's the choices that you individually make. 346 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:10,960 Speaker 1: And I'm going to keep beating this home. I'm writing 347 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 1: about it in my book right now, but I want 348 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:15,520 Speaker 1: to make sure that I use it and mention it 349 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:18,679 Speaker 1: as often as I can on this show, because this 350 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,440 Speaker 1: show can be such a force for good. And there's 351 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 1: so many of you that can take what you learn 352 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:25,960 Speaker 1: on this show and put it to work in your 353 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:29,520 Speaker 1: own lives and your own social circles with your friends 354 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:32,359 Speaker 1: and family. And it's this. This is what I would 355 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 1: like for every young person to be told right now. 356 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:38,640 Speaker 1: If I could speak to every eight year old in America. 357 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:40,399 Speaker 1: I've got an eight year old in my house right now, 358 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 1: he's in second grade. I'm fortunate to get to talk 359 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:44,400 Speaker 1: to him. But if I could talk to every eight 360 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:46,359 Speaker 1: year old, because I think that's when they start getting 361 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 1: old enough to understand this and just drill this into 362 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:53,120 Speaker 1: them over and over and over again about the power 363 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:57,560 Speaker 1: of their own individual decision making. Look, we can't in 364 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:01,199 Speaker 1: America guarantee that every single one of you is going 365 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:03,919 Speaker 1: to be rich. We just can't do it. Right. I 366 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:07,880 Speaker 1: wish we could can give you the opportunity to become rich. 367 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:10,400 Speaker 1: There are a lot of different ways to count's wealth 368 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:15,440 Speaker 1: as well as we all know, not just physical and monetary. 369 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 1: One of the biggest obstacles we have in America is 370 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:22,720 Speaker 1: an absence of hope. A lot of people out there, 371 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 1: certainly COVID has accelerated this, have lost hope. They've lost 372 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 1: the ability to believe in themselves. So we got to 373 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 1: talk to young people and what I would ask for 374 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:39,480 Speaker 1: you and to tell your kids and your grandkids out there, 375 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:42,760 Speaker 1: you can't guarantee that your kids are going to be 376 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 1: rich unless you happen to be super wealthy and you'll 377 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:48,720 Speaker 1: leave money to them. And even that's fraught with peril 378 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 1: because doesn't necessarily teach kids the best life practices to 379 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:55,359 Speaker 1: suddenly be given a lot of money without having to 380 00:22:55,400 --> 00:23:00,879 Speaker 1: work for it. But every kid out there growing up 381 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:06,040 Speaker 1: in America today, boy or girl, white, Black, Asian, Hispanic, 382 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:11,119 Speaker 1: whatever race they may be, whatever gender they may be, 383 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:16,920 Speaker 1: they do three things. You can guarantee them that they're 384 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:21,680 Speaker 1: not going to be poor. Guaranteed you're not going to 385 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:23,960 Speaker 1: be poor in America today. If you can do these 386 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:29,320 Speaker 1: three things, graduate from high school. Every single kid in 387 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:34,440 Speaker 1: America should be able to graduate from high school. Get 388 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:38,439 Speaker 1: married one day, like to think that everybody out there 389 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 1: in America could get married. Don't have a kid until 390 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 1: you are twenty five years old. Now, listen, some of 391 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:49,199 Speaker 1: you had kids before twenty five. Nothing wrong with that. 392 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:55,359 Speaker 1: But if you do those three things, you will one 393 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:59,680 Speaker 1: hundred percent not be poor in America, no matter how 394 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:04,040 Speaker 1: poor or you are starting off. Graduate from high school, 395 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:09,480 Speaker 1: get married, don't have a kid until you are twenty 396 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 1: five years old. If you can just do those three things, 397 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 1: you are guaranteed not to fail in America. How remarkable 398 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 1: is that it doesn't matter where you're starting, doesn't matter 399 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:32,479 Speaker 1: what your life circumstances are. Tell young kids, graduate from 400 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:37,000 Speaker 1: high school, get married, don't have a kid until you 401 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:40,919 Speaker 1: are twenty five years old. There is a zero percent 402 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:44,000 Speaker 1: poverty rate in America. If you do those three things, 403 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 1: it's a pretty good Christmas gift. Self reliance one of 404 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:54,800 Speaker 1: the best things that I've ever heard saying you can 405 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:58,399 Speaker 1: only rely on the hand at the end of your sleeve. 406 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:00,760 Speaker 1: It's great if you have the oppera coortunity to lift 407 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:03,919 Speaker 1: people up. It's great if you have the opportunity to 408 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:06,800 Speaker 1: put people in a better life position than they otherwise 409 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:11,399 Speaker 1: would be and that's a tremendous goal. But ultimately, every 410 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:14,399 Speaker 1: single one of us can only rely on the hand 411 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:16,960 Speaker 1: at the end of our sleeve, and those three things. 412 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:21,360 Speaker 1: Graduate from high school, get married, don't have a kid 413 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 1: till you're twenty five years old. Now people can make 414 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 1: different choices. Some of you out there have been very 415 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:29,480 Speaker 1: successful having done some of those things that I'm telling 416 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 1: you not to do. But every kid out there, that's 417 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:37,359 Speaker 1: powerful to me. If you're a teacher three things. A 418 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,240 Speaker 1: lot of people focus on how to get rich. That's important. 419 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:43,439 Speaker 1: One of the things that I've learned is lifting the 420 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 1: floor can be as important as worrying about the ceiling. 421 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:51,919 Speaker 1: A lot of people want to have a lot of 422 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 1: success in life, and they look only towards the sky, 423 00:25:55,880 --> 00:26:00,920 Speaker 1: towards the ceiling. That's fantastic. Aspiration is great, But one 424 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:03,199 Speaker 1: of the things you can do that is most beneficial 425 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:07,879 Speaker 1: in life is lift your floor. Limit how far you 426 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:13,400 Speaker 1: can fall. Something to think about. Want to play this 427 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:17,719 Speaker 1: clip for you of Nick Saban, who is probably the 428 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:23,159 Speaker 1: best college football coach ever, talking about a young freshman 429 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 1: that he was having to mentor inside of the University 430 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:32,160 Speaker 1: of Alabama program, who was responding emotionally to other kids. 431 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 1: And I think this is so well said. Just listen. 432 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:38,199 Speaker 1: One story I like to tell that happened to a 433 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:39,919 Speaker 1: player here. He got in a little trouble when he 434 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:42,440 Speaker 1: was a freshman. Some guys called him a bunch of names. 435 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:45,000 Speaker 1: They were drinking, and he got really upset, so he 436 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:46,679 Speaker 1: went over and grabbed when I'm by the neck of 437 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:49,000 Speaker 1: the neck. Police came and he could have got arrested. 438 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:51,320 Speaker 1: I called him in my office and I said, man, 439 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:53,800 Speaker 1: you just can't do those kinds of things. You can't 440 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:56,040 Speaker 1: expect me to let people call me those kind of names, 441 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:59,240 Speaker 1: through those kinds of things and not do something about it. 442 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:01,399 Speaker 1: And I said, you know what, I agree with you, 443 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:03,040 Speaker 1: but you know you're gonna be a first round draft 444 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:05,280 Speaker 1: pick some day. You're gonna make thirty million dollars if 445 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:07,720 Speaker 1: your first round draft pick. If that computy gave me 446 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:09,440 Speaker 1: you an a soul charge, you would be a third 447 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:11,880 Speaker 1: round draft pick and you would make two million dollars. 448 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:14,199 Speaker 1: For twenty eight million dollars, is it worth it to 449 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:16,480 Speaker 1: be right? You know what? His response to that was, 450 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 1: you'll never have any more trouble with me a coach, 451 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 1: And he never did. And he really became a first 452 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:23,679 Speaker 1: round draft picking signed for forty mate. I'm missed at 453 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:27,400 Speaker 1: five ten. Sometimes you have to be able to realize 454 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 1: what the consequences of your behavior is, regardless of what 455 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:35,399 Speaker 1: your emotional commitment might be to it. So well said, 456 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 1: sometimes I think we wasted Nick Saban on football because 457 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,400 Speaker 1: he's such a good life coach in general, and he's 458 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:43,600 Speaker 1: obviously had a lot of impact on eighteen and nineteen 459 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,639 Speaker 1: and twenty year old kids. But I wonder if you 460 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,120 Speaker 1: could have had a more substantial impact on the country 461 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:53,480 Speaker 1: sharing advice like that. And so I want all of 462 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:55,520 Speaker 1: you listening right now so we get ready for Christmas. 463 00:27:55,560 --> 00:28:00,520 Speaker 1: You're gonna be around your families. Boys, in particular, young 464 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:04,560 Speaker 1: men are messes in this country. There are far too 465 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:08,639 Speaker 1: few father figures. But I want all of you to 466 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:14,520 Speaker 1: think about that. Boys end girls. Your grandkids you can 467 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:19,479 Speaker 1: tell them those three things. Graduate high school, get married, 468 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:23,800 Speaker 1: and don't have any kids until you are twenty five 469 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:28,560 Speaker 1: years old. You will not be poor and a huge 470 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:31,640 Speaker 1: part of success. This is why this matters so much 471 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 1: to me. In particular, my grandfather, I was named after 472 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:41,480 Speaker 1: Clay Travis. He had an eighth grade education. He worked 473 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 1: in a DuPont factory in Old Hickory, Tennessee, his entire life. 474 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:50,280 Speaker 1: The reason why I was able to have the success 475 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:53,880 Speaker 1: that I did was because of the sacrifices that he made. 476 00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:58,320 Speaker 1: He never flew on an airplane in his entire life. 477 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:01,840 Speaker 1: He barely let the state of Kentucky where who's born, 478 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:07,680 Speaker 1: or the state of Tennessee. But his grandson, myself, I've 479 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:11,400 Speaker 1: had tremendous opportunities because of what he did. Because he 480 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:17,720 Speaker 1: lifted the floor. It's great to have huge aspirations and 481 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:19,960 Speaker 1: to shoot for the moon and try to do everything. 482 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:25,800 Speaker 1: But everybody can lift the floor. And if you lift 483 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:34,080 Speaker 1: the floor, your kids, your grandkids have opportunities that you 484 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:40,160 Speaker 1: yourself may not have had. It's a big idea called 485 00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:48,520 Speaker 1: the adjacent possible. Everybody's life has an adjacent possible. In 486 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:52,840 Speaker 1: other words, you have to achieve something in order to 487 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:57,080 Speaker 1: be able to grow right, and science is really about 488 00:29:57,080 --> 00:30:00,600 Speaker 1: the adjacent possible. Right. The idea of you stood on shoulders. 489 00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:03,760 Speaker 1: It's a great quote from Newton, Isaac Newton. If I've 490 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:06,160 Speaker 1: seen far, and I'm paraphrasing this quote, but if I've 491 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:08,880 Speaker 1: seen far, it's because I've stood on the shoulders of giants. 492 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:15,959 Speaker 1: All of us can raise that floor just by making 493 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:21,840 Speaker 1: basic choices of individual responsibility. And I think a lot 494 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:25,200 Speaker 1: of times what Nick Saban's talking about there is kids 495 00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:30,360 Speaker 1: don't see the hope, they don't see the future. You 496 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:33,240 Speaker 1: might have grand aspiration, so I want to be a millionaire. 497 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 1: I want to live in that neighborhood. I want to 498 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:36,840 Speaker 1: go get a graduate degree. I want to go to college. 499 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:40,000 Speaker 1: Whatever your dreams may be, you have to take steps 500 00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:45,760 Speaker 1: to get there. Lifting the floor, graduate high school, get married, 501 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:49,280 Speaker 1: don't have a kid until you're twenty five. Lifting the 502 00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:53,880 Speaker 1: floor is oftentimes more valuable than shooting for the moon 503 00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:57,520 Speaker 1: in terms of what you can do for your family 504 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:02,960 Speaker 1: and what your kids can do for their families, regardless 505 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,440 Speaker 1: of what your background is. That to me is the 506 00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:09,840 Speaker 1: American dream, lifting the floor for your entire family. I'll 507 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:12,880 Speaker 1: close out the show with some calls from all of 508 00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:16,080 Speaker 1: you as we sit here on Christmas Eve eve. But 509 00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:18,640 Speaker 1: it's a privilege, as it always is, to hang out 510 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:20,719 Speaker 1: with you guys, and I want to tell you feeling 511 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:24,760 Speaker 1: good comes from having oftentimes great energy. How do you 512 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:28,640 Speaker 1: achieve a lot of success? Oftentimes it's by relying on 513 00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:31,320 Speaker 1: your innate energy. How many of you are having trouble 514 00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:32,960 Speaker 1: getting out of bed right now? You don't have the 515 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,280 Speaker 1: same vim, vigor, vitality that you might have had before. 516 00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:39,040 Speaker 1: Maybe it's because your testosteronees declining. Maybe because your natural 517 00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:42,320 Speaker 1: body is not producing what it could be in order 518 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:44,880 Speaker 1: to give you the best opportunity for success. That's why 519 00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:47,080 Speaker 1: Chalk dot com can make a big difference. You can 520 00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:49,000 Speaker 1: go to Chalk dot com right now, just in time 521 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:52,680 Speaker 1: for the holiday, choq dot com and get a thirty 522 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:55,640 Speaker 1: five percent discount on any Chalk subscription for life. You 523 00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:58,400 Speaker 1: can use my name Clay to get that full discount 524 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:01,800 Speaker 1: on the purchase process. Cancel at any time, and you 525 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:05,200 Speaker 1: won't want to cancel though, because you're going to see 526 00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:08,160 Speaker 1: great results and how good you're going to feel. So 527 00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:10,800 Speaker 1: go today. Check it out choq dot com. Use my 528 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:13,600 Speaker 1: name Clay Clay as a code you get thirty five 529 00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:17,280 Speaker 1: percent off. Do it today, don't miss a day of 530 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:20,800 Speaker 1: the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton show. Welcome back in 531 00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:25,200 Speaker 1: closing up shop on twenty twenty two. Next week you 532 00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:29,120 Speaker 1: will have Jason Lewis and Todd Herman sitting in for 533 00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:32,280 Speaker 1: both Buck Sexton and myself We'll be back after the 534 00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:34,960 Speaker 1: first of the year to roll with you throughout the 535 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:39,600 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three calendar year. And my goodness, what a 536 00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:44,200 Speaker 1: wild year twenty twenty two was, and it's certainly been 537 00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:46,520 Speaker 1: a lot of fun to experience it all with you. 538 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:49,680 Speaker 1: Going to take a couple of year calls here to 539 00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:52,440 Speaker 1: close out the program, and just want to reiterate again 540 00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:55,440 Speaker 1: how much Buck and I have both league both enjoyed 541 00:32:55,880 --> 00:33:00,400 Speaker 1: hanging out with you for all of twenty two. Let's 542 00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:04,000 Speaker 1: go to Noreene in Erie, Pennsylvania. Norene, what you got 543 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,960 Speaker 1: for us? Well, I want to say Mary Christmas to 544 00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:09,240 Speaker 1: you and back in a happy new year. Can't wait 545 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:12,600 Speaker 1: to you, fellows, get back on. I will enjoy next week. 546 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:16,280 Speaker 1: What I have is I was seven years old, my 547 00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:19,600 Speaker 1: father was in the hospital, and I've got a child 548 00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:23,480 Speaker 1: rolltop desk. I will be eighty on Sunday and I 549 00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:27,920 Speaker 1: still have the desk. That is fantastic. Happy early eightieth birthday. 550 00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:29,440 Speaker 1: What are you going to do for your eightieth birthday? 551 00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:32,680 Speaker 1: Any special surprises? Well, I was supposed to go to 552 00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:35,160 Speaker 1: North Carolina to be with two of my daughters, but 553 00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:39,960 Speaker 1: the snow stopped us. Yeah, we'll go next weekend, whether 554 00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:42,760 Speaker 1: should be better. Yeah, that's fantastic. Thank you so much 555 00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:46,200 Speaker 1: for listening to us, and happy happy early eightieth birthday 556 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:47,880 Speaker 1: from all of us all over the country, and thank 557 00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:51,080 Speaker 1: you for calling in. I know many people out there, 558 00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:54,120 Speaker 1: as I was mentioning earlier, are dealing with a great 559 00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:59,400 Speaker 1: deal of travel challenges, as there are over I believe 560 00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:03,680 Speaker 1: five thousand and delayed or canceled flights all over this country. 561 00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:05,600 Speaker 1: It looks like we're gonna make it through a Pelican 562 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:07,680 Speaker 1: jinks in the final three minutes. They're gonna have to 563 00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:12,280 Speaker 1: ration energy, potentially here in my home state of Tennessee 564 00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:14,919 Speaker 1: in the Nashville area, because I woke up this morning 565 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:19,360 Speaker 1: it was minus two and it has been pretty crazy. 566 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:23,560 Speaker 1: William in San Diego, you're the final caller. Appreciate all 567 00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:26,880 Speaker 1: the callers all year long too. William in San Diego. 568 00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:29,359 Speaker 1: I bet the weather's perfect in San Diego as it 569 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:32,840 Speaker 1: generally is. You were the final caller of the twenty 570 00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:37,360 Speaker 1: twenty two year. What you got for us? Yeah, I 571 00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:41,759 Speaker 1: predict the Minnesota Vikings will win the Super Bowl. Thank 572 00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:45,799 Speaker 1: you for the call. The Minnesota Vikings one of the 573 00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:49,000 Speaker 1: most star cross teams anywhere in the United States. You know, 574 00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:52,279 Speaker 1: I picked the Vikings and last year I think to 575 00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:55,160 Speaker 1: make the Super Bowl. This year, my prediction was the 576 00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:57,560 Speaker 1: Bills going up against the Cowboys. I feel pretty good 577 00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:00,520 Speaker 1: about that one. Both those teams were playing decently at 578 00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:03,200 Speaker 1: least to this point. Sometimes your super Bowl predictions look crazy, 579 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:06,719 Speaker 1: not as optimistic about my hometown Tennessee Titans. I want 580 00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:09,000 Speaker 1: to thank all of you. I also want to thank 581 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:11,520 Speaker 1: all of our staff behind the scenes that has helped 582 00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:15,520 Speaker 1: to make this show such a tremendous success. We didn't 583 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:18,400 Speaker 1: have the same impact in terms of wins that we 584 00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:21,000 Speaker 1: wanted in twenty twenty two, but I am confident that 585 00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:25,319 Speaker 1: no show did more to help advance American freedom than 586 00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:29,280 Speaker 1: this one in all of twenty twenty two anywhere in media. 587 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:31,319 Speaker 1: That's because of you guys. That's because the staff we 588 00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:34,360 Speaker 1: put together, and that's because of the continued loyalty that 589 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:37,560 Speaker 1: you have shown to us and to Russian Limbaugh and 590 00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:40,800 Speaker 1: his legacy. We know, Buck and I do that every 591 00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:42,680 Speaker 1: single day we sit down in front of this microphone. 592 00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:45,160 Speaker 1: It is a privilege, and that we are sitting and 593 00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:48,400 Speaker 1: sharing the shoes of giants. As Buck has said for 594 00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:51,759 Speaker 1: a long time, any one person filling Russias shoes would 595 00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:54,680 Speaker 1: be a challenge, one of us wearing one and him 596 00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:57,520 Speaker 1: wearing the other. We could hope to maybe be able 597 00:35:57,520 --> 00:35:59,640 Speaker 1: to fill those shoes with two guys. And we do 598 00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:03,600 Speaker 1: our best every single day to speak truth, honesty and 599 00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:08,920 Speaker 1: be one authentic with you, and so far the results 600 00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:12,120 Speaker 1: have been fantastic. We cannot wait for twenty twenty three. 601 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:14,880 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for all the support. Merry Christmas 602 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:18,080 Speaker 1: to all of you and all your families. Happy New Year. 603 00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:21,640 Speaker 1: We will be back sooner rather than later, and we 604 00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:25,920 Speaker 1: hope that all of you have an absolute spectacular holiday 605 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:29,920 Speaker 1: season with your families. And remember we are all fortunate 606 00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:33,240 Speaker 1: to live in the greatest nation that has ever existed 607 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:35,480 Speaker 1: in the history of the world. If you want to 608 00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:38,560 Speaker 1: help to raise that floor, which is an important aspect 609 00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:42,240 Speaker 1: of life in general, three pieces of advice. Graduate high school, 610 00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:45,520 Speaker 1: get married, don't have a kid until you are twenty five. 611 00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:48,600 Speaker 1: Guarantees that you won't be poor in America no matter 612 00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:51,120 Speaker 1: where you are starting. This is the greatest country in 613 00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:53,840 Speaker 1: the world. We'll stick with you. The beginning of twenty 614 00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:54,520 Speaker 1: twenty three,