1 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:11,239 Speaker 1: It's that time, time, time, time, luck and load. The 2 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 1: Michael Very Show is on the air. 3 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:23,960 Speaker 2: Good morning Michael, Benny, but no, you cannot use my bathroom. 4 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 2: Hello Genever, buddy, this is my old Hamilton, and a 5 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 2: good morning to the TZAR. Good morning, Michael, it's the 6 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:35,600 Speaker 2: Mexican cart there. You're just checking in. I hear your 7 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:40,240 Speaker 2: shows all right. They are ready to my mono. More 8 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 2: morning excess. Listen to good morning exence. 9 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:49,839 Speaker 3: Mourning your card mon. 10 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 2: Excess and we're happy. 11 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 3: You don't allow everything. 12 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 2: Good morning where no wake Bestrea, goddamn good morning. Well. 13 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 2: As domestic terrorism spreads across the country, cooler heads prevailed 14 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 2: in one sense. Elon Musk at two to four overnight 15 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:44,040 Speaker 2: just a few hours ago, tweeted, I regret some of 16 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 2: my posts about President Donald Trump last week. They went 17 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 2: too far. Hopefully that is the end of that nonsense 18 00:01:56,120 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 2: and we can move on down the road. However, the 19 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 2: media understand that it is a good distraction from the 20 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 2: terrorism to focus on Elon and President Trump. And they 21 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 2: understand that President Trump, if he doesn't stay focused, will 22 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 2: allow himself to say some things that will dominate the 23 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 2: news cycle. He's very good at that. The problem is 24 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 2: the news cycle needs to be dominated by the terrorism, 25 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 2: not by an internacine spat elon with a strong statement 26 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:41,240 Speaker 2: there and hopefully that will go a very long way. 27 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 2: The mayor of Los Angeles instituting a rather restrictive curfew 28 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:52,959 Speaker 2: last night in downtown Los Angeles, having to finally acknowledge 29 00:02:53,680 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 2: things are out of control, stores being looted, officers being wounded. 30 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 2: We shall see how that develops. Meanwhile, President Trump was 31 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 2: speaking at Fort Bragg and he was talking about the 32 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 2: LA riots, and he had the following clip, number seventeen removed. 33 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 2: He had the following to say, I want. 34 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 4: To say a few words about the situation in Los Angeles, California. 35 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 4: Have you heard of the place where I've deployed thousands 36 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 4: of National Guard troops and hundreds of Marines to protect 37 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 4: federal law enforcement from the attacks of a vicious. 38 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 3: And violent mob. 39 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 4: And some of the radical left they say, oh, that's 40 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 4: not nice. Well, if we didn't do it, it wouldn't 41 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 4: be a Los Angeles'd be burning today, just like the 42 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 4: houses were burning a number of months ago. Generations of 43 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 4: army heroes did not shed their blood on distant shores 44 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 4: only to watch our country be destroyed by invasion and 45 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 4: third world lawlessness here at home, like is happening in California. 46 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 4: As commander in chief, I will not let that happens. 47 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 2: Never going to happen. 48 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 4: When you're witnessing in California is a full blown assault 49 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 4: on peace, on public order, and a national sovereignty carried 50 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:17,840 Speaker 4: out by rioters bearing foreign flags with the aim of 51 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 4: continuing a foreign invasion of our country. 52 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 2: We're not going to let that happen. 53 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 4: Remember, millions of people were allowed to come into our 54 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 4: country totally unchecked and unvetted by stupid people or radical 55 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 4: left people or sick people. But regardless, open border policy 56 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 4: the dumbest policy yet, I would say, even dumber than 57 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 4: men playing in women's sports, transgender for everyone. 58 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 2: Even dumber than that. 59 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:57,160 Speaker 4: They're hurling bricks and cinder blocks at law enforcement. Did 60 00:04:57,240 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 4: you see that, breaking up the sidewalks and the curbs, 61 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 4: breaking it up with big strong hammers. These guys are professionals. 62 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 4: These are not amateurs. They're breaking it up because they 63 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:10,360 Speaker 4: took the bricks away from them. They came in with bricks, 64 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 4: red bricks that they could throw at our military and 65 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 4: at the police in LA who are very good, but 66 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:21,040 Speaker 4: they weren't aggressive like our soldiers. Our soldiers really were aggressive, 67 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:22,239 Speaker 4: but they all worked together. 68 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 2: Meanwhile, in Texas, Governor Abbott has deployed the National Guard 69 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:33,600 Speaker 2: to sen and Tone ahead of planned anti ICE events 70 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 2: this weekend. The story from Ken's five in San Antone. 71 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 5: These are the images in Los Angeles generating strong reaction. However, 72 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 5: mostly Tuesday, anti ICE protest across the nation were peaceful. 73 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:50,720 Speaker 5: This as today, President Trump defended his decision to deploy 74 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 5: the military to Los Angeles, and this is how he 75 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 5: characterized some protesters in LA. 76 00:05:56,839 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 4: These are animals, but they proudly carry the flags of 77 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 4: other countries, but they don't carry the American flag. 78 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 3: It is a. 79 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 5: Destruction in vandalism that also has local law enforcement preparing 80 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 5: on social media. Bear County Sheriff Hobbio Salazar in a 81 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 5: one hundred and sixty two word statement writing about the 82 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 5: scenes in LA and planned rallies, the sheriff saying, in 83 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 5: part quote, the men and women of the BCSO stand 84 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 5: ready to support and defend those rights for Bear County residents, 85 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,480 Speaker 5: and we urge everyone to exercise the rights, but please 86 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:35,120 Speaker 5: do so safely and responsibly. Meantime, San Antonio Police Chief 87 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 5: William McManus telling us, in part quote, the San Antonio 88 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 5: Police Department remains steadfast in its commitment to safeguarding the 89 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:46,040 Speaker 5: constitutional rights of individuals and groups to hold peaceful and 90 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 5: lawful demonstrations. 91 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:58,599 Speaker 2: Meanwhile, Harris County's county judge has fled town. She's in Paris. Remember, 92 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 2: she was very worried that she and be able to 93 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:05,160 Speaker 2: have enough handmaidens to carry her purse and laugh at 94 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 2: her jokes, maybe keep up with with her medication. So 95 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 2: when the county would not give her her when her 96 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 2: fellow commissioners would not give her the twenty five thousand 97 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 2: dollars she wanted to take all her lackeys on the trip, 98 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 2: she decided to pay for it out of her campaign funds. Yeah, 99 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 2: I think that would be a nice thing to do. 100 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 2: She arrived and posted an unfortunate photo because it shows 101 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:38,680 Speaker 2: her cloven hoofs. She's got boots that make her look 102 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 2: like an ungulates. She's got the hoof that like there's 103 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 2: I guess you'll just have to We'll post it in 104 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 2: the Blast today for those of you who are signed 105 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 2: up for the Blast. It's free whenever share or sell 106 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 2: your information but you need to see this. This I 107 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 2: don't know if it's a pair of boots or she's 108 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 2: you know, this is like a mermaid. She's half ungulate, 109 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 2: half I don't know, but she's in Paris. And the 110 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 2: Houston Chronicle quotes the professor saying, that's going to be 111 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 2: really good for Houston. We're gonna get a lot of 112 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 2: big deals out of this one. 113 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 6: Yeah, because I didn't get a start here that our 114 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 6: country is failing you today invest in Kleenex, ladies and gentlemen. 115 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 2: And this is the Michael Berry Show. With everything that's 116 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 2: been going on with the terrorism in America, we didn't 117 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 2: get a chance to comment yesterday. We had intended to. 118 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:45,640 Speaker 2: But Sylvester Stewart, known as sly Stone as in the 119 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:49,560 Speaker 2: front man of the great band sly and the Family, 120 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 2: Stone passed away two days ago, living to the ripe 121 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 2: old age of eighty two. Now who would have guessed 122 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 2: that sly Stone would live to be eighty two. Credited 123 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:07,400 Speaker 2: as the founder of the progressive soul movement when Music 124 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 2: Magazine said that James Brown may have invented funk, but 125 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 2: sly Stone perfected it. Born in Denton, Texas, raised, of 126 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 2: course in the Bay Area city of Vallejoe sly In, 127 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:25,480 Speaker 2: the family Stone had a lot of success and a 128 00:09:25,559 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 2: lot of problems. You know, part of me thinks, if 129 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 2: they'd been able to keep those problems at Bay, wow, 130 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 2: what could have happened? But then you sort of think 131 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 2: that's kind of who he and they were speaking of. 132 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 2: Lena ad All go a look, a cursory look at well, okay, 133 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:50,440 Speaker 2: a little more than a cursory look at her campaign 134 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 2: finances suggest that she's not raising money, and not very 135 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 2: much of it. She's raised less than the other than 136 00:09:56,559 --> 00:10:00,680 Speaker 2: her peers on Commissioner's Court. She is up for reelection. 137 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 2: Her term will end at the end of twenty twenty six, 138 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 2: so if she is running for reelection, you would think 139 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:17,439 Speaker 2: that she would be raising money in earnest and she's not. 140 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 2: Now you might think, well, who would want to give 141 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 2: her money? People doing business with the county? Is who 142 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:26,960 Speaker 2: the people who give to municipal races. If you were 143 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:30,599 Speaker 2: to actually look and see who gives to city and 144 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 2: county races, it's engineering firms. Because the single largest discretionary 145 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:42,840 Speaker 2: expenditure that municipal and county governments make is on engineering projects. 146 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 2: So the firms that give money are engineering firms, architecture firms, 147 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:50,319 Speaker 2: law firms will get in on that because there's some 148 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:55,079 Speaker 2: money to be made, especially under this administration defending cases. 149 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:58,400 Speaker 2: There's also some money to be made off getting involved 150 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 2: in bond deals, right, and Elis is very familiar with that, 151 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 2: and so that's where most of the money comes from. 152 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:10,559 Speaker 2: That is as pro incumbent incumbent friendly as you can 153 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 2: possibly get because and this is sort of like the 154 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 2: Cornan the John Cornyn dilemma that President Trump has at 155 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 2: president and I'll pivot to that for a moment to 156 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 2: come back to this. President Trump wants Ken Paxton to 157 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:29,560 Speaker 2: be our next United States Senator. He does very much 158 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 2: wants him to be our next senator. President Trump does 159 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 2: not like John Cornyn. He can't count on John corn 160 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 2: and he knows John Cornyn's to sleeves. He knows John 161 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:41,959 Speaker 2: Cornyn has betrayed him. He's Fredo and he would love 162 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:47,000 Speaker 2: nothing more than to see John Cornyn have to eat 163 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 2: crow and exit in humiliation from the United States Senate 164 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 2: where he has sold us down the river. He would 165 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:58,680 Speaker 2: love that. He would love to be the force behind 166 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:02,439 Speaker 2: Paxton with his wrong endorsement that gets Paxton over the 167 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 2: finish line. That finish line is not next November. That 168 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 2: finish line is next March and the Republican primary, So 169 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 2: you've got less than a year. That race will heat 170 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:19,480 Speaker 2: up by the fall, and it's going to be nasty 171 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 2: because Cornyn has all the big DC money, He's got 172 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:25,599 Speaker 2: the Karl Roves. And not only do they want to 173 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 2: keep Cornn there because he's one of theirs. He is 174 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 2: he is in the leadership of the swamp. But they 175 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:37,079 Speaker 2: hate Ken Paxton because he's an outsider, maga guy, and 176 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 2: they don't like that because that represents you. So with 177 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:47,080 Speaker 2: that in mind, President Trump can't jump out and support 178 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:51,319 Speaker 2: Paxton right now because he needs Corn's vote between now 179 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 2: and next March, and that's going to the Senate majority 180 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 2: is so narrow that he can't afford to half corn 181 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 2: and working behind the scenes. So instead he has set 182 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 2: it up where Cornan is having to pretend to be 183 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 2: the biggest Donald Trump supporter in backed. A couple of weeks, 184 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:10,839 Speaker 2: I almost felt sorry for him. I know I'm getting 185 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 2: weak in all the days. I almost felt sorry for 186 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:15,679 Speaker 2: him because a couple of weeks ago, he took a 187 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:19,319 Speaker 2: picture of himself with a thumbs up and a hamburger 188 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 2: in front of Trump Burger on Chimney Rock. Just stopping 189 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 2: into Trump Burger to have a delicious burger and support 190 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:32,680 Speaker 2: Donald Trump at trump Berger in Houston. So he gets 191 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 2: to check the box. He's, uhon, can we get the 192 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:40,079 Speaker 2: Mitt Romney hot dogs? He's stopped in Houston, so Houston 193 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 2: knows he's made a visit, you know, because he spends 194 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 2: most of his time in DC, so he stopped in Houston. 195 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:47,920 Speaker 2: He gets a I sure do love that Donald Trump 196 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,320 Speaker 2: fellow that you all love so much, and he's eating 197 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 2: a hamburger just like you remember Mitt Romney. 198 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:56,839 Speaker 7: Well, as you all know, today is National hot Dog Day, 199 00:13:57,080 --> 00:13:59,559 Speaker 7: and perhaps you also know that hot dog is my 200 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:00,280 Speaker 7: favorite meet. 201 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:02,160 Speaker 2: I love hot dogs. 202 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:05,880 Speaker 3: I love them and buns. I love them outside of buns. 203 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:07,240 Speaker 3: I love them with baked beans. 204 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 7: I just like hot dogs. 205 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 2: It's the best mess. 206 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 3: Beat there is. 207 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 2: Ronan and John Corny and they're just like you. They 208 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:18,480 Speaker 2: are I swear they are really like hot dogs and firecrackers. 209 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 2: Texas original Coca Cola National Treasure go messing around with. 210 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:32,760 Speaker 2: This is the Michael Barry Show. So I mentioned that 211 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 2: President Trump has a real delicate balance with regard to 212 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:42,880 Speaker 2: the Senate race in Texas. President Trump likes Ken Paxton 213 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 2: a lot. He wants him to win, but he does 214 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:54,440 Speaker 2: not need John Cornyan working against him in the Senate. 215 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:59,840 Speaker 2: But Trump is also a student of in a a wielder, 216 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 2: a master of power. He knows that Cornan cannot publicly 217 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 2: vote against him and have a chance going into next March. 218 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 2: Which is why you see Trump taking, I mean a 219 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 2: corn taking much more public conservative positions that he's never 220 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 2: taken before. It's why you see him back in Texas 221 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:24,480 Speaker 2: now eating his burgers. There is something I find absolutely 222 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 2: disgusting about people like John Cornyn and Mitt Romney, who 223 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 2: are the ultimate swamp creatures, selling you down the river 224 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 2: and in such a complex way that most people in 225 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 2: the base will never see what they're doing. They will 226 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 2: keep a vote from making it to the floor. Once 227 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 2: it's killed, speak out on how we need that bill. 228 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 2: They will work behind the scenes to whip for votes 229 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 2: to kill a measure, and they'll decide which of the 230 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 2: Republicans gets to vote for it. Because they're up for 231 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 2: reelection in the base will need to see them vote 232 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 2: for it, even though they're working behind the scenes to 233 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:09,200 Speaker 2: whip votes to kill it. And so people will say, no, no, no, 234 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 2: I checked on Corning. He voted right on that. Michael, 235 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:15,880 Speaker 2: You're wrong. Yeah, but I got sources telling me what 236 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 2: he was doing behind the scenes. And here's what he 237 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 2: was doing, ensuring that it was defeated. You're going by, 238 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:24,960 Speaker 2: You're assuming that they cast their votes and go home. 239 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:29,080 Speaker 2: There's a lot that goes on behind the scenes. But 240 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 2: now we're at the phase where where Corner's coming back 241 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 2: to Texas putting on that kid will hat He just 242 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 2: like you, I put his boot you know what? Thing 243 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 2: about may I just put my boots on. One at 244 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 2: a time, one step at a time. We just take 245 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 2: it one day at a time, you know, just do 246 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 2: the best I can serve the people and all. You know, 247 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 2: that level of pandering is so grotesque and insulting to decent, literal, honest, 248 00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 2: earnest people. And that's that that's what makes me angry. 249 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:04,400 Speaker 2: You remember when Mitt Romney was running for president. Remember 250 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:06,119 Speaker 2: when Mitt Romney was running for president, he had to 251 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 2: try to identify with the people. Remember this, I see 252 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 2: the lake, but also lace the cars. It's just free 253 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:35,200 Speaker 2: association with whatever you stupid people out there. I love 254 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:38,119 Speaker 2: this place. I mean, the trees are the right heights, 255 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:42,520 Speaker 2: you know, the trees, and and the leaves on the trees, 256 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:46,160 Speaker 2: and and and the birds that fly in and hang 257 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 2: out on the trees, and and the marsupials and also 258 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:54,639 Speaker 2: the branches of the trees. And and cars. I have 259 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 2: lots of cars, Gym cars. You know, my daddy was 260 00:17:57,280 --> 00:17:59,400 Speaker 2: the chairman of Gym. And I'm rich and have lots 261 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:01,800 Speaker 2: of cars and just like you, and their American cars 262 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 2: are good cars. And then we played you. They they 263 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:10,360 Speaker 2: filmed him with a baseball cap on National hot Dog Day. 264 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:12,960 Speaker 2: They were looking for a way to show that Mitt 265 00:18:13,119 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 2: was one of the guys. 266 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 7: Well, as you all know, today is National hot Dog Day, 267 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:21,159 Speaker 7: and perhaps you also know that hot dog is my 268 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 7: favorite meat. 269 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 2: Oh. I love hot dogs. 270 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:27,160 Speaker 3: I love them wearing buns. I love them outside of buns. 271 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:29,919 Speaker 3: I love them with baked beans. I just like hot dogs. 272 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:32,360 Speaker 3: It's the best, you know, mess meat there is without question. 273 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 3: So to all of you who like me, are celebrating 274 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:38,919 Speaker 3: National house on this today, congratulations to you and may 275 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 3: many many more hot dogs served in our wonderful land. 276 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:43,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, you know what if you're not for 277 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 2: hot dogs. You know we can still be friends. But 278 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:47,920 Speaker 2: I gotta tell you, I'm drawing the line because because 279 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 2: I love a good lips and bungholes me. You know, 280 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:53,200 Speaker 2: I love the poor man's meat man, I really do, now, 281 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 2: you know, And that's how you know I'm one of you. 282 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:58,920 Speaker 2: You know, I'm just like you. Love me some hot dogs, yep, 283 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:01,879 Speaker 2: most lips and bune holes, and I love it. I 284 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:05,879 Speaker 2: love it. Oh more thirty more seconds? Okay, let's see doctor. 285 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 2: What would Doctor Seuss say? I like my hot dog 286 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:14,080 Speaker 2: on a bun. I like my hot dog on the run. 287 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 2: I'll eat my hot dog with a nun. Eating hot 288 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:22,280 Speaker 2: dog is so much fun. Did that get us there? 289 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:25,919 Speaker 2: Does that get us to thirty seconds? It's absolutely disgusting. 290 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:29,639 Speaker 2: I cannot stand when they do this. It was a 291 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:34,440 Speaker 2: great scene in Anchorman. Remember I mean, I love carpet, 292 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:39,720 Speaker 2: I love desk, brick. Are you just looking at things 293 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:42,359 Speaker 2: in the office and saying that you love them? I 294 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:45,440 Speaker 2: love lamp. Do you really love the lamp? Or you 295 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:48,880 Speaker 2: just saying it because you saw it? I love lamp. 296 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:55,320 Speaker 2: I love lamp. So I said all that to say this. 297 00:19:57,240 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 2: If Lena hidoggo runs for reelection. If she runs for election, 298 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:04,719 Speaker 2: Rodney will go to the engineering firms and raise her 299 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 2: a lot of money. Rodney's sitting on six and a 300 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:10,200 Speaker 2: half million dollars in his own account. The way he's 301 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:12,639 Speaker 2: gerrymander of the district. You can't beat him his own district. 302 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 2: So he will do what he's done before and transfer 303 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:19,600 Speaker 2: money into Lena Hidalgo's acount. All of these things would 304 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:23,360 Speaker 2: know to be true. So he's sitting on a cash pile. 305 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:28,440 Speaker 2: He is the county judge. He puts her there as 306 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 2: a is it a regency? They have it where they 307 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:35,160 Speaker 2: have the person who kind of serves as a proxy 308 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 2: as a weak position. Well that's what Rodney uses Lenna 309 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:45,639 Speaker 2: Hidalgo for. But her breakdowns and instability have become so 310 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:51,840 Speaker 2: bad and I don't think she can hold it together again. However, 311 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 2: now we have the development coming up. In a matter 312 00:20:55,880 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 2: of minutes, former Houston mayor and he's porker, will be 313 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:05,399 Speaker 2: making an announcement. Grant Martin, her political consultant who's been 314 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:10,480 Speaker 2: her consultant for decades, with a media advisory. This morning, 315 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 2: former mayor, a niece Porker, will make an announcement about 316 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 2: her political plans on Wednesday morning at ten am on 317 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:22,320 Speaker 2: the steps of the Harris County Civil Courthouse. If you're 318 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 2: going to announce that you're running for Harris County judge, 319 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:30,680 Speaker 2: that'd be the kind of place where you would announce it. 320 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 2: And she's got the gang back together. She's got Catherine McNeil, 321 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:38,240 Speaker 2: who she's worked with for a long time, Grant Martin, 322 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 2: who's her strategist. These folks have been with her for 323 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:45,040 Speaker 2: as long as I have known a niece, which goes 324 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:47,280 Speaker 2: back a very long time. When I first ran for 325 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 2: city council in two thousand and one and one, she 326 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:59,399 Speaker 2: was four years into her six year eligibility. She had 327 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,159 Speaker 2: been running for her office. She'd run a couple of 328 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 2: times and lost, and then she had run and won. 329 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:09,639 Speaker 2: She she did that, Then she became a controller, then 330 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:12,200 Speaker 2: she became mayor, all you know, six year terms each 331 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 2: sort of eighteen year run. Since then, she has been 332 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:20,840 Speaker 2: the executive director of the LGBTQ Plus Victory Fund. She 333 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 2: has stepped down from me. Now the question becomes can 334 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:28,400 Speaker 2: she beat Lena had all go in the Democrat primary 335 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:29,439 Speaker 2: and discussed that kind of. 336 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:37,960 Speaker 1: Think Qucy super Chef met the Michael Berry. 337 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:52,600 Speaker 2: Dusty Rhodes mistake ten years ago. All right, So I'm 338 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:58,240 Speaker 2: gonna give you some good insight on what's going to 339 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 2: happen in Harris County politics over the next year. Ceteris paribus, 340 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:07,520 Speaker 2: as the economists would say, all things being equal, when 341 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:13,800 Speaker 2: there are people and egos and the like involved, things 342 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:16,360 Speaker 2: can change. But this is what's going on right now. 343 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 2: So Nie Porker is set to announce in an hour 344 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 2: that she is running for county judge next year. The 345 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:33,680 Speaker 2: first battle for her will be the Democrat nomination in March. 346 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 2: She's running against an incumbent Lena Dalgo has not said 347 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:43,640 Speaker 2: she's not running, but to my knowledge, she's not said 348 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:49,880 Speaker 2: that she is running. As you know, she has had 349 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:54,680 Speaker 2: a lot of problems, legal problems with her top tier 350 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:57,960 Speaker 2: being indicted by Kim aug Everybody knows what happened with 351 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 2: the Elevate Strategies deal. Everybody knows it that took its toll, 352 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:07,560 Speaker 2: and that manifests itself by bubbling over by her cussing 353 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 2: at Adrian Garcia and saying, you know, I don't know 354 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 2: if she's got you by the whatever, and cussing and 355 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:22,720 Speaker 2: just really really making herself look like a nut, which 356 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:27,200 Speaker 2: we know she is. Now, this is a battle that 357 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:32,199 Speaker 2: has to be fought. There is this idea that if 358 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:37,520 Speaker 2: you are extremely mentally unstable, all you have to do 359 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:42,879 Speaker 2: is go, hey, I'm unstable over here, and nobody is 360 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 2: allowed to question the decisions you make or the behaviors 361 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:50,080 Speaker 2: you undertake, because you know it's very brave to do that. 362 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:58,600 Speaker 2: Wait a second, No, No, that's that's nuts. Literally, well 363 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 2: that's wearing on all of this. She's made a lot 364 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:06,840 Speaker 2: of enemies, including two of her peers, Leslie Brionis, who 365 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:11,680 Speaker 2: was put there by John Arnold's group, and Adrian Garcia, 366 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:18,680 Speaker 2: who represents this sort of East ind Hispanic coalition. And 367 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:22,879 Speaker 2: so Lena, who never had a base in local politics, 368 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 2: was just the place marker because she looked good on paper, immigrant, 369 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:35,600 Speaker 2: Hispanic female, highly controllable, she knows she's dumb, and she 370 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:39,520 Speaker 2: relied on Rodney to do everything. Well, I'm not saying 371 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:43,159 Speaker 2: she's blameless, but Rodney got her in deep water, in 372 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 2: hot water, and I think there had to be moments 373 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:50,120 Speaker 2: where she understood that Rodney got her in this mess 374 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:54,240 Speaker 2: and needed to get her out. I think that Lena 375 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:59,480 Speaker 2: had all go that a place could be found and 376 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:03,720 Speaker 2: will be found for Lena Hidalgo, because she has secrets 377 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:10,440 Speaker 2: to go off and be the executive director of Oh, 378 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 2: what's the name of that thing? It's it's been a 379 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:20,440 Speaker 2: it's been a fraud pushed through for years. Not Harbor House. 380 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:24,679 Speaker 2: It's uh. Oh. Everybody had been involved with local politics 381 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:27,240 Speaker 2: knows what I'm talking about. They always take a former 382 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:30,479 Speaker 2: city councilman or two who's who's Hispanic and put them 383 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:32,200 Speaker 2: in charge of it, and they put their family members 384 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,720 Speaker 2: on the board and they get a bunch of big grants. 385 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:37,800 Speaker 2: I'll think of it in a minute, but they could 386 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:41,240 Speaker 2: they could put her over there. It's something house, it's 387 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:43,080 Speaker 2: a big fraud, and they get a bunch of like 388 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 2: they'll get sixty million dollars in federal grants, and it's 389 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 2: passed around all the former city councilmen, you know, power 390 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:53,840 Speaker 2: structure over there, and everybody involved with it knows exactly 391 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:57,280 Speaker 2: what I'm talking about. But anyway, so here's the question. 392 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:03,399 Speaker 2: An ease porker is running against basically Rodney Ellis because 393 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:08,119 Speaker 2: he controls that position using as his proxy his stead 394 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:14,720 Speaker 2: Len Nadalgo. So for anice porker to come forward Okay, 395 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 2: then this is going to be a civil war in 396 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:25,120 Speaker 2: the local Democrat party. I'm not friends with Grant Martin. 397 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:27,119 Speaker 2: We're not enemies. I mean, he probably doesn't like me, 398 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:31,640 Speaker 2: but that's okay. He shouldn't. I'm usually against his candidates. 399 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:36,040 Speaker 2: But Grant Martin is very smart. He's very very smart, 400 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:39,280 Speaker 2: and he's a damn good strategist. I have watched him 401 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:44,560 Speaker 2: over the years. Grant Martin was partially responsible for getting 402 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:48,960 Speaker 2: a nice porker elected mayor. And for him to do that, 403 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 2: he had to go to a lot of old white 404 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:57,159 Speaker 2: engineers and convince them that, hey, you may not like 405 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:00,880 Speaker 2: her lifestyle. We'd never had a gay mayor like her lifestyle. 406 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:03,960 Speaker 2: You may not, you know, that may be odd for you, 407 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:08,320 Speaker 2: but she will be a good steward of city funds 408 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 2: and you'll have a good environment to work and things 409 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:16,760 Speaker 2: will be done well in the city. And she was 410 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:21,760 Speaker 2: better than Sylvester Turner, that's for sure. So Baker Ripley House, Yeah, 411 00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:25,120 Speaker 2: Baker Ripley House is what it's called. Yes, So she'll 412 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:27,680 Speaker 2: be found a job and she'll go over there. She'll 413 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:29,760 Speaker 2: be probably not put her in charge of it, because again, 414 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 2: she'll have another breakdown, but they'll put her over there 415 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:37,280 Speaker 2: as executive director of development, you know whatever, hide her away, 416 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,400 Speaker 2: give her two hundred thousand dollars a year. Her little 417 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:43,000 Speaker 2: nerd boyfriend makes a little money, and she can show 418 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:44,600 Speaker 2: up at a party ever so often, and people can 419 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:46,960 Speaker 2: pretend they like her, and she'll get to still feel 420 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:50,000 Speaker 2: like you know that one of the local glossy magazines 421 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,720 Speaker 2: will name her best Dressed or something. They'll have a kid. 422 00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:55,040 Speaker 2: At some point. She can ride off into the sunset, 423 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:59,200 Speaker 2: and at least she didn't go to prison. So Grant 424 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:02,800 Speaker 2: Martin and Anise Parker are a very very formidable team. 425 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:06,880 Speaker 2: He's very smart. A niece is very smart, very smart. 426 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:10,440 Speaker 2: She worked for Rob Mossbacker's company as an analyst. Don't 427 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:14,400 Speaker 2: sell a niece short. She's very smart and for people 428 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:17,040 Speaker 2: who know her, she can be very charming. She'd be 429 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,520 Speaker 2: a much better County judge than Lenna at Algo. Don't worry. 430 00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:21,160 Speaker 2: I'm not supporting her. I'm just giving you the lay 431 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:23,920 Speaker 2: of the land. But there's been a falling out between 432 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:29,720 Speaker 2: Grant Martin and Rodney Ellis and Grant always controlled the 433 00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 2: gay groups, and now Rodney has taken control of the 434 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:38,560 Speaker 2: LGBTQ Caucus, and that's important because that's where a lot 435 00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:42,600 Speaker 2: of the white liberals are. And Rodney has also taken 436 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:46,400 Speaker 2: control of the Harris County Democrat Party, so Grant is 437 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:49,720 Speaker 2: on the outside of that, but he has very strong relationships. 438 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:54,840 Speaker 2: Grant is running Joelnda Jones's campaign for the seat that 439 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:59,080 Speaker 2: Sheila Jackson Lee held for so long that Sylvester was 440 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:04,480 Speaker 2: in Jolanda Jones wanted to run in that race, and 441 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:07,120 Speaker 2: Rodney kept her out of that race and then broke 442 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:10,200 Speaker 2: his promise. And this is about I'll explain this in 443 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:13,840 Speaker 2: just a moment. This is about to get very very interesting. 444 00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 2: It's going to be about more than just the county 445 00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:25,480 Speaker 2: judges race. There's the congressional seat, which frankly, people think, 446 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:27,840 Speaker 2: especially in the black community, they think a congressional seat 447 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:31,560 Speaker 2: is important, a first term congressional seat. Look, Sheila didn't 448 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:33,360 Speaker 2: even have any power, believe it or not, she had 449 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:36,000 Speaker 2: no formal power. She came back into town and she 450 00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:39,360 Speaker 2: cut deals with people who didn't know. But a congressional 451 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:41,640 Speaker 2: seat is not that important unless you have a bully 452 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:44,480 Speaker 2: bullpit than she did. But anyway, this is about to 453 00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:45,120 Speaker 2: get into sys