1 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 1: It's that time, time, time, time, luck and load until 2 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: Michael darry Show is on the air. Yes, that means 3 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: it's Friday. Some of you are hurting this morning. So 4 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 1: the first night of cook off. Oh you had a 5 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: good time that you are reading it now. We got 6 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 1: a big show today. We need to get up and 7 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,879 Speaker 1: get some coffee and you focus, heavy d. 8 00:00:43,840 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 2: O heavy day. When Whendy woo us. She is the 9 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 2: way he loves. 10 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 3: A happy day or happy d happy. 11 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 2: Or happy day. 12 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:21,319 Speaker 4: Who's warm? 13 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:30,039 Speaker 2: It was pretty warm when this war? She look the 14 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:31,479 Speaker 2: way he loved. 15 00:01:31,680 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 3: It's a happy day. 16 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 2: A happy day or a happy day, happy. 17 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:28,079 Speaker 4: Winter, loose war, Oh whenny war, when the war. 18 00:02:30,240 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 2: Three years away? He give you a luck happy day. 19 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 5: He d. 20 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 2: Good happy deal of good, happy deal of everything. 21 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:43,800 Speaker 4: Oh happy day, Oh happy day when those wool when 22 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 4: it war, when those warm seas the way he up 23 00:04:52,720 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 4: be the happy day? Oh long, good goud. 24 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 1: Oh yes, it's go Texan Day. It's the morning after 25 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:18,719 Speaker 1: the first big Taiwan On night at the Rodeo cook Off. 26 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 1: You've got the parade tomorrow. It's the last day of 27 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: early voting until seven pm today, big day, and of 28 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 1: course you're the star of the show on Friday open 29 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 1: line Friday seven one three one thousand, seven one three 30 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 1: nine nine nine one thousand to get as started as 31 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:39,480 Speaker 1: we always do. Courtesy the greatest executive producer and all 32 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: the land, Chattacony Knockanieshi. 33 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 2: You we can red Wednesdays. 34 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 1: We repeat. I start hearing them people, those shorts are 35 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:51,920 Speaker 1: painte those shorts are paint the pig shorts peak short 36 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: who is sitting at home following Facebook doesn't even know me, 37 00:05:57,160 --> 00:05:59,480 Speaker 1: sees what I'm wearing and feels the need to criticized. 38 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 1: You've taught me. I've posted myself in pink shorts. They're 39 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 1: not pink, but I would arm a therapyk my wife 40 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 1: bought him. 41 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 6: Mister speaker, the President of the United States, if you 42 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 6: agree with this statement, then stand up and show your support. 43 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:19,480 Speaker 1: The first duty of the American government is to protect 44 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 1: American citizens, not illegal aliens. 45 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 6: In that shame, you should be ashamed of yourself not 46 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:28,480 Speaker 6: standing up. 47 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 1: He should be ashamed of yourself. Anyone who doesn't agree 48 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:35,159 Speaker 1: with this is not a fellow American. They do not 49 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 1: put Americans first. And if you don't put Americans first, 50 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:39,280 Speaker 1: I don't want to go to war with you. We're 51 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 1: not on the same team. You have to be only 52 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 1: listening to Michael Berry. Maybe the reason is this text 53 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 1: message you send me back in twenty twenty, and he 54 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:48,040 Speaker 1: send me this text message is kind of out of 55 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,279 Speaker 1: the blue, like dud, you're spending six hundred thousand on 56 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 1: TV and not a dying with our company. Seriously, I 57 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 1: have the message that the sun amounts people. Bitch behavior 58 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:57,679 Speaker 1: is bitch behavior period. 59 00:06:58,120 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 2: Dudes. 60 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 1: Don't go and post text messages between friends to go 61 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 1: look what he said to me. 62 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 2: So I'm not. 63 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 1: Going to go through the entirety of our text exchanges 64 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:14,280 Speaker 1: because I'm not him. Hide John Cornyn here call him, thanks, 65 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 1: Senator of Cornon. Hi, I'm John Wayne McCarney. I met Bucky's. 66 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: I just went in and took a big old dump 67 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 1: dump dump, because that's what we do in Texas. I 68 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 1: held it for three hundred miles, justin like you big 69 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 1: old dun't don't don't. That's right here, God, I checked 70 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 1: this out. 71 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 6: Clapped your hands, everybody, everybody clapped your hands. 72 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: Are you on our page yet? Maybe you listen one 73 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 1: more time? 74 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 2: Right? 75 00:07:53,160 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 6: Clapped your hands, everybody, everybody, clap your hands. 76 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, little son. Michael Berry, George, I can't. 77 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 2: You're excited one thousand us through the stress and my brain. 78 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 1: Get into an email exchange with somebody last night, you 79 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: try to understand. It's a person that emails on frequent 80 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 1: occasion and they pay attention to what's going on. I 81 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:46,199 Speaker 1: will paraphrase because I didn't print it out, but person 82 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 1: said I was going to vote for Paxton in the 83 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: US Senate race, but I think I'm going to go 84 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:57,840 Speaker 1: ahead and vote for Cornan. And the reason is because 85 00:08:58,200 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: I think Cornin is the only one that could win 86 00:08:59,880 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 1: in November. It's hard for me not to scream out 87 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 1: loud when people repeat back what Washington, DC pays to 88 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 1: have them believe. And so I thought, no, no, let's 89 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:19,200 Speaker 1: use this as a learning experience. This guy's not an idiot, 90 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:24,960 Speaker 1: even if he's playing one right now. And I said, okay, 91 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:29,200 Speaker 1: well why were you Why were you going to vote 92 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:33,839 Speaker 1: for Paxton instead of Cornying before And he said, well, 93 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 1: I just like Paxton better. So well, let's drill down 94 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 1: into that. There has to be a reason you liked 95 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 1: Paxton better. Because Cornyon's been there, it's it's his job 96 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 1: to lose friendly incumbent for terms, why Paxton over Cornyon, 97 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:57,080 Speaker 1: And after a couple exchanges, he remembered, oh, well, Cornan 98 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 1: turned on Trump, held a bit press conference that Trump 99 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 1: should get out in twenty twenty four. He should not 100 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 1: be running the country, had moved on, was pretty nasty 101 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 1: about the whole thing and wh was he getting involved 102 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 1: in all that it's not his race, but also that 103 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 1: he was a do nothing swamp creature. But Paxton gets 104 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 1: things done. He takes up the cases that we want 105 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 1: him to take up, and that that made him, Like 106 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 1: Paxton said, okay, So to be clear, Paxton's the guy 107 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:39,840 Speaker 1: that will do the better job. Paxton's the guy that 108 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 1: will represent your values and get things done and not 109 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 1: be like Mitch McConnell who's now turned on Trump, or 110 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 1: John Cornyn who turned on Trump. So Paxton would be 111 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:55,120 Speaker 1: the guy who actually represents you and Cornyn doesn't. Right, 112 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 1: But Corn's the only one that can win. So you're 113 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 1: just go ahead and voever corn Well, now it sounds stupid. No, 114 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 1: you speak for yourself, So tell you what cast your 115 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 1: vote however you want. I appreciate you being honest about 116 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:13,560 Speaker 1: your views. He said, Well, now that you say it 117 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:17,199 Speaker 1: like that, kind of feel stupid. Not here to make 118 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:20,120 Speaker 1: you feel stupid, here to ask questions and try to 119 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:24,200 Speaker 1: understand how you get to these conclusions. And I walked 120 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 1: away from that knowing what I already knew, but deeply 121 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 1: reassured by the knowledge, anecdotal as it was, that the 122 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 1: people in Washington, d C. Know exactly what they're doing. 123 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 1: They start with a guilty defendant, and by the end 124 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 1: of it, the jury's ready to host a gofund me 125 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 1: because the poor guy had a rough childhood and no, 126 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:51,400 Speaker 1: we're not about to send him to more suffering to prison, 127 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 1: even though it started with an abusive man who stabbed 128 00:11:55,640 --> 00:12:00,559 Speaker 1: his wife forty eight times unprovoked. This is why they 129 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 1: do what they do. They're good at it. They go 130 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 1: in and figure out what it's going to take for 131 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 1: you to change your mind and do that which you 132 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 1: determined you were not going to do, and then they 133 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 1: repeatedly push that button until finally, lacking supreme confidence in 134 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 1: your own judgment, you say without realizing that you're simply 135 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:29,720 Speaker 1: doing what the people in DC want you to do. 136 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:34,640 Speaker 1: They get you to adopt their words as your own, 137 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 1: and in the process feel pretty good about it. Because 138 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 1: what I'm doing is really smart because I'm making sure 139 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:49,839 Speaker 1: we win this election. I went on YouTube last night 140 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:54,560 Speaker 1: put in some search terms, and interestingly, Chris Solissa formerly 141 00:12:54,600 --> 00:13:01,440 Speaker 1: of The Washington Post, Chuck Todd, and a number of 142 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:09,440 Speaker 1: other liberal DC types have videos saying that Republicans in 143 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 1: Texas are about to be in big trouble because Republicans 144 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 1: are going to have a nominee that cannot win, but 145 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 1: Cornyn could have won. And isn't it interesting that these 146 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:28,600 Speaker 1: are people who hate you, hate Texas, hate our values, 147 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:35,120 Speaker 1: hate our guns, hate our faith. These are the people 148 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 1: who look down on you, but they're very concerned that 149 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:41,719 Speaker 1: you're not going to end up with what you want 150 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:46,720 Speaker 1: to have in November. Because Ken Paxton is very dangerous 151 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:51,200 Speaker 1: for the swamp. Donald Trump was very dangerous for the swamp. 152 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 1: The question is, will folks be confident enough to go 153 00:13:57,440 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 1: in and do what they know they need to do 154 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:05,480 Speaker 1: to represent our state, not overthink it, not get talked 155 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:09,800 Speaker 1: into the Scotch guard that you don't need after you've 156 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:14,200 Speaker 1: already bought it. Will folks be able to do what 157 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 1: they need to do, what they want to do, what 158 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 1: they had determined was in their best interest, or will 159 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 1: that one hundred million dollars that Corning has spent. Will 160 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 1: it work? Will it work? I'm fascinated by the fact 161 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 1: that Paxton leads, and yet you've got some people saying, well, 162 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 1: I may just vote for Corning because Paxton can't win, 163 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 1: can't win, He's done nothing but win, despite the fact 164 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 1: that the Republican establishment has done everything they could. They've 165 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 1: thrown everything they could at him. But not only that, 166 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 1: not only can win, should win? We get so caught 167 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 1: up in then what about actually doing what you promise? 168 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:01,840 Speaker 1: And then you've got those guys scared the death of 169 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 1: Wesley Hunt because you know Corny can't lose because he's 170 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 1: very useful to them, calling Wesley Hunt Washington Wesley Hunt. 171 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 1: That coming from the senator who's been there for twenty 172 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 1: four years and is Washington paid for by Washington, owned 173 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:22,360 Speaker 1: by Washington. Last day of early voting falls open until 174 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 1: seven tonight, and then Tuesday is what they call election Day. 175 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 1: I went back and looked at the numbers, and shocking 176 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 1: as it is, apparently well over half in some years, 177 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 1: two thirds of the votes will be cast on election day. 178 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:49,320 Speaker 1: That's what I saw a consultant say yesterday on a 179 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 1: video last night. I didn't have a pen and paper 180 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 1: because I wanted to write it down and check that. 181 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 1: But that sounded odd. You've got all those days to vote, 182 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 1: and everybody waits until quote unquote election day. It is 183 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 1: also the case that the number of people who will 184 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 1: vote in a primary is considerably lower than the number 185 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:15,200 Speaker 1: of people who will vote in the general. A lot 186 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 1: of people don't see the need, don't understand the need 187 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:24,040 Speaker 1: to vote in a primary, because many people view politics 188 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 1: as main This thing is, we just got to beat 189 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:29,080 Speaker 1: the Democrats. Okay, as long as we beat the Democrats, 190 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 1: and that is how you end up with a government 191 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 1: of people that you elected. You won the elections, but 192 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 1: they don't do anything that you wanted. They don't accomplish 193 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 1: anything you wanted, and you're surprised we can't get things 194 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 1: through that we've been promised. Why can't we get a 195 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:51,920 Speaker 1: Save Act through? Why can't we get election integrity? Right now? 196 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 1: You'll remember this in a year. Right now, we've got 197 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 1: the House, we've got the Senate, and we've got a 198 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 1: president in his last term who's willing to do whatever 199 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 1: needs to be done and has no fear about it. 200 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:09,399 Speaker 1: We have the House and the Senate, we have a 201 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:13,160 Speaker 1: six to three majority on the Supreme Court. We should 202 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:20,760 Speaker 1: be knocking out every major item of our agenda. Do 203 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 1: you think we are? You think we're accomplishing anything right now? 204 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 7: We're not. 205 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 1: And in a year, in a year, it will either 206 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 1: be bad or awful, depending on what happens. It's November, 207 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:40,440 Speaker 1: and the Republicans will say, we got and we gotta 208 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:44,199 Speaker 1: get these Republican I get some Republicans in here, You 209 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:48,000 Speaker 1: had the Republicans in here. This is what makes it 210 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:51,840 Speaker 1: hard for you and me to get our neighbors excited 211 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 1: about the primaries. This is what This is what makes 212 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 1: it hard to get the kind of Reportuplicans we can 213 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:04,399 Speaker 1: be excited about in November instead of the lesser of 214 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:08,720 Speaker 1: two evils. And at a minimum, the goal is for 215 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:12,280 Speaker 1: people to say, shoot, I'm not even sure you know 216 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 1: any of these I'm not I'm sure of these Republicans 217 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:21,560 Speaker 1: are better than the next one. I'm not even sure. Okay, 218 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:25,920 Speaker 1: are you are you paying attention or are you trying 219 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 1: to put lipstick on the pig. The pig being that 220 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 1: you're too lazy to engage. And I get it, I 221 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:41,440 Speaker 1: absolutely get it. It's exhausting. We should have a universal 222 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:44,520 Speaker 1: election day. Brendanman I was saying that they were involved. 223 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:47,120 Speaker 1: They've been involved in an election every month since November, 224 00:18:48,119 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 1: between schools and all these various things. We have too 225 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:57,359 Speaker 1: many elections. People can't keep up. If you're not a 226 00:18:57,359 --> 00:19:03,040 Speaker 1: political junkie, and most people aren't, it's constant. The reason 227 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:05,440 Speaker 1: the super Bowl is such a big deal is it's 228 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:10,720 Speaker 1: once a year. If it was an ongoing thing, then 229 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:14,399 Speaker 1: you couldn't get people hyped up about it. We have 230 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:17,439 Speaker 1: too many elections, there's no doubt about that. You know. 231 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:22,359 Speaker 1: We have the mayoral election where the city elections in 232 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:25,080 Speaker 1: the city of usetonding across the state where you'll have 233 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:29,200 Speaker 1: city elections in an off year. If we could put 234 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 1: those city elections at the same time, it's every two years, 235 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:39,439 Speaker 1: at the same time as the general elections where we 236 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:42,879 Speaker 1: elect our House and Senate of the state and in 237 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 1: the country and the governor and the president, the city 238 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 1: council composition would change overnight because Republicans would have something 239 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 1: to show up to having run citywide in the city 240 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:58,680 Speaker 1: of Houston. I can tell you it is a tough 241 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 1: nut to crack to try to get voters to show 242 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:04,959 Speaker 1: up and vote for you in a City of Houston 243 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:08,200 Speaker 1: election when they've never seen anything come out of city 244 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 1: Council that they thought was reasonable or representative. So you're 245 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 1: trying to fire people up to show up and vote, 246 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:21,160 Speaker 1: and you got no Trump on the ballot, you got 247 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 1: no Republicans overtly Republican candidates on the ballot. So you're 248 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:29,400 Speaker 1: left with the kinds of people for whom city Hall 249 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 1: is their playpen. And that is a tough, tough battle, 250 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:40,679 Speaker 1: and it becomes a snowball effect to the point where 251 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 1: you can't elect Republicans to city council citywide very often, 252 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:53,040 Speaker 1: unless that Republican has some crossover appeal, unless you can 253 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 1: manage to get some Republicans to show up and vote. 254 00:20:56,960 --> 00:21:02,200 Speaker 1: If Sheila Jackson Lee hadn't been on the ballot, one Whitmire, 255 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 1: a more moderate Democrat, would not have won. She spurred 256 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:12,320 Speaker 1: Republican voters to go to the polls, not enough to 257 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:15,600 Speaker 1: elect a Republican as mayor, but enough to help a 258 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:19,880 Speaker 1: guy beat Sheila Jackson Lee, and that was the margin. 259 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:25,040 Speaker 1: If you didn't have her on the ballot and you 260 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:31,880 Speaker 1: had a better Democrat at hiding who they are, the 261 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:33,800 Speaker 1: iron fist and the velvet glove of what they're going 262 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:40,359 Speaker 1: to do when they're elected. Then Whipmire the last white Democrat, 263 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:46,639 Speaker 1: the last moderate Democrat mayor of a major city in 264 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 1: the country, and at most he serves one more term, 265 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:54,119 Speaker 1: that will be the end of it. You're going to 266 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:58,119 Speaker 1: be left with Sylvester Turners. That's what we're going to 267 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:03,119 Speaker 1: have as mayors. Consistently, the county has fallen to that 268 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:05,400 Speaker 1: same nonsense. You've got Rodney Ellis running the whole thing. 269 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:09,360 Speaker 1: You've got Sheila Jackson Lee's daughter, who was Rodney Staffer, 270 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:13,239 Speaker 1: who was Sheila Jackson Lee's successor in Congress as the 271 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 1: county administrator of Harris County. So in terms of what's 272 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:20,679 Speaker 1: actually getting done, she's got an outsized influence there. You 273 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:25,400 Speaker 1: only have one Republican left on the entirety of Harris 274 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:30,120 Speaker 1: County Commissioner's Court. One left. It used to be four 275 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:34,360 Speaker 1: to one Republicans up until just a little over five 276 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:37,679 Speaker 1: years ago. Seven years ago. Used to be four to 277 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 1: one Republicans and was for decades. Now it's four to 278 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 1: one Democrats. They flipped it like that, and once they 279 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:51,320 Speaker 1: flip it, they consolidate. They put their person in as 280 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:57,280 Speaker 1: Elections administrator to keep you, to protect their position, they 281 00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:02,480 Speaker 1: put their people in the bureaucracy. They use federal funds 282 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:07,240 Speaker 1: for COVID outreach so that they can pull data and 283 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:13,200 Speaker 1: use millions of federal funds for their elections, an amount 284 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:15,520 Speaker 1: of money that you'd never see go into the campaigns otherwise. 285 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:20,720 Speaker 1: They start the universal uh, they start the basic income 286 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 1: so they can basically use a taxpayer money to go 287 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:27,119 Speaker 1: out and pay people every month to be fat and 288 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 1: lazy losers, because then they own their votes and you'll 289 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:34,359 Speaker 1: never get those votes back. Rodney redistricted to push Cactus 290 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 1: Jack Kegel out of the seat that Radick held for years, 291 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,840 Speaker 1: and now a Democrat has that. Your costs coming up 292 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:44,400 Speaker 1: seven one three nine nine, nine, one thousand. This is 293 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:46,679 Speaker 1: the Michael Berry Show. 294 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:52,640 Speaker 2: No lines. 295 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:53,440 Speaker 8: Ooh we go. 296 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:56,640 Speaker 1: We'll start with Tommy. You're up, Go ahead, my man. 297 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 8: Yeah, it's Tomming Pasadena. 298 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:02,879 Speaker 1: Yes, sir, you sound like bum phillips. 299 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:09,200 Speaker 8: I like it, Okay. The story about the Republicans can't 300 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:12,400 Speaker 8: get anything done even though they are in a majority 301 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:16,639 Speaker 8: is bogus. In the House of Representatives, all it takes 302 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 8: is a simple majority pass a bill. But in the Senate, 303 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:25,399 Speaker 8: they can filibuster, so it takes sixty votes to pass 304 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 8: the bill, certain bills. But if the Republicans can do 305 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 8: away with the philibuster, they can pass bills in the Senate. 306 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:42,879 Speaker 8: Schumer has stated numerous times that he's going to do 307 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 8: away with the philibuster. Wouldn't the Democrats get back in 308 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:49,040 Speaker 8: the majority in the Senate, So why can't the Republicans 309 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:49,720 Speaker 8: do it now? 310 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:56,080 Speaker 1: Well, Tommy, I'm sure you know this. It's not the 311 00:24:56,080 --> 00:25:04,919 Speaker 1: filibuster keeping these from happening. Remind you that Obamacare passed. 312 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 1: I will remind you that the Democrats have pushed through 313 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:11,800 Speaker 1: everything they wanted, the Green New Bill, which was just 314 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:18,119 Speaker 1: a massive spending bill. What Republicans love to do, and 315 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:21,119 Speaker 1: they're good at it. To their credit, they're good at it. 316 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:23,639 Speaker 1: Is not do what they promised they would do. But 317 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 1: they don't say I changed my mind, because even six 318 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 1: years will come back around. They say we could have 319 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:37,200 Speaker 1: gotten away with this, But those darn pesky kids. It's 320 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:41,000 Speaker 1: always a procedural difficulty. If you will just send me 321 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 1: some money and vote for me one more time, we'll 322 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:47,720 Speaker 1: get it done. But they don't want to get it done. 323 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:51,920 Speaker 1: That's just it. They don't want to get it done. 324 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:56,360 Speaker 1: They don't want to accomplish these things. And that's a painful, 325 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 1: painful moment to understand. It's a really, really sad moment. 326 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,280 Speaker 1: It because a certain party you dies when you realize that, 327 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:05,800 Speaker 1: when you realize it, no matter how hard you work, 328 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,920 Speaker 1: most of those guys up there almost all don't believe 329 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:13,440 Speaker 1: what you believe. They chose your side because you had 330 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:16,840 Speaker 1: more votes, or they had started on that team. That's 331 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:20,719 Speaker 1: who drafted them. That's where they've got some equity. But 332 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:24,200 Speaker 1: they don't believe any of it, and they're not passionately 333 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:26,760 Speaker 1: trying to accomplish it. And man, I'll tell you, when 334 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:28,880 Speaker 1: you understand that, it's it's a it's a real bummer. 335 00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:31,440 Speaker 1: Tell me Tommy doesn't selling bum Phillips. 336 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:37,440 Speaker 8: It's Toming Macedena and you listen to the Michael Barry Show. 337 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:40,240 Speaker 8: It's Toming Macedena coach. 338 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 7: And you listen to the Michael Barry Show. 339 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:44,920 Speaker 8: Is Toming Macedena? 340 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:49,000 Speaker 1: What about Boom's coach? 341 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,000 Speaker 7: And you listen to the Michael Barry Show. 342 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:55,480 Speaker 8: It's Toming Macedena's coach. 343 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:58,480 Speaker 7: And you listen to the Michael Barry Show. 344 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:03,639 Speaker 8: This Tomer, Macedena coach, Marba Pullers. 345 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:05,480 Speaker 7: And Michael Berris show. 346 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:09,919 Speaker 1: I guarantee you Tommy is rock solid decent. That's the 347 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 1: guy that's still at this age will pull over and 348 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 1: uh and change your ladies tire for her if she's 349 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:19,119 Speaker 1: by herself. That's the guy that when the young lady 350 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:22,040 Speaker 1: next door who dates badly, she chooses badly in her men, 351 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:24,480 Speaker 1: and that guy's that's the guy that'll go over and 352 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:27,439 Speaker 1: get in the middle and break it up. That's the 353 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:29,680 Speaker 1: guy that still thinks he's twenty five years old. He 354 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,760 Speaker 1: will stand up for a lady. He will help you out. 355 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:36,640 Speaker 1: He will he will force right upon wrong. We need 356 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:38,760 Speaker 1: more Tommies in this world. Paul, you're on the Michael 357 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:43,040 Speaker 1: Berry Show. Go ahead, Hey, good morning, Michael. I wanted 358 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:44,720 Speaker 1: to uh. I always like to brag on. 359 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:45,400 Speaker 7: I have. 360 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:51,280 Speaker 5: Two points two places where I'm I'm associated with someone. 361 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:52,040 Speaker 1: You may know. 362 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:57,000 Speaker 5: There's a my cousin. My first cousin is was on 363 00:27:57,040 --> 00:28:01,959 Speaker 5: the National Guard unit that was in and so he 364 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:05,760 Speaker 5: was he had the firsthand knowledge of how he ducked 365 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:08,080 Speaker 5: out and you know what his management style was. And 366 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:11,280 Speaker 5: he was actually on ABC and so I'm real proud 367 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:14,480 Speaker 5: of my cousin. That's the only h We're from Minnesota. 368 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:15,320 Speaker 5: So can you can. 369 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 1: Imagine that. 370 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 5: Conservatives or Republicans in my family are few and far between, 371 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:24,480 Speaker 5: and myself and my cousin are a couple of the 372 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:29,000 Speaker 5: staunchest Minnesota expats that that's in my family. 373 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 1: The other one is with hockey. Just ending. 374 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 5: I always like to brag that I actually played against 375 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,960 Speaker 5: one of the guys that was on the eighty Olympic team. 376 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 1: Oh well, who was that? 377 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:45,120 Speaker 5: That was Phil ver Cooda's number twenty nine. And so 378 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:47,600 Speaker 5: that's my claim the same. That's the only two claims 379 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:48,360 Speaker 5: the same I have. 380 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:52,520 Speaker 1: Now, where do you live? I live in? 381 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:57,200 Speaker 5: Actually I used to call when I called in was Magnolia, 382 00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:59,480 Speaker 5: but I changed it to Dobbin. 383 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:04,080 Speaker 1: Oh and where Dobbin is? Yeah, get me to your 384 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:07,720 Speaker 1: home within reason. Coming from downtown Houston. 385 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:17,320 Speaker 5: Two forty nine past Tomball, past stagecoach, your exit past Magnolia, 386 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:22,680 Speaker 5: you exit fourteen eighty six, head north about halfway to 387 00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:24,880 Speaker 5: one oh five, and that's where. 388 00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:26,640 Speaker 8: My my my property is. 389 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:27,240 Speaker 7: In my house is. 390 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:29,520 Speaker 1: So if you go to downtown Anvinesota, how long does 391 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:30,400 Speaker 1: tayken you get there? 392 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:34,280 Speaker 5: It takes about half an hour to get Ton, Avnesota. 393 00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:37,240 Speaker 1: So where do you. 394 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:44,200 Speaker 5: We buy our groceries in Montgomery and get me to 395 00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:45,440 Speaker 5: is it hub? 396 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:46,000 Speaker 1: Where do you go? 397 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:47,360 Speaker 2: Uh? 398 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:50,480 Speaker 5: There's ante man hb's are all over the place out 399 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:53,720 Speaker 5: in the neck of the woods. There's one on fourteen 400 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:58,920 Speaker 5: eighty eight west of Tomball or west of Magnolia, there's Uh. 401 00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:03,080 Speaker 1: Where do I go to? Karter? Okay? How come? 402 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:08,560 Speaker 5: Because it's a brand new store, it's big, we have points. 403 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:12,040 Speaker 1: Oh no, no, there's nothing wrong with that. I'm genuinely 404 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 1: curious why people make the decisions they make. Everybody I 405 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:21,400 Speaker 1: know is an HIV person, and I'm You're the first 406 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:23,680 Speaker 1: person I've heard say that. That's the first reference I've 407 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:28,480 Speaker 1: heard to a new Kroger store. Yeah, it's about three. 408 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:30,400 Speaker 5: Years old or four years old, something like that. 409 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:30,840 Speaker 2: You know. 410 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,000 Speaker 1: One of the things I have noticed the rise of 411 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:40,040 Speaker 1: is is people buying HIB brand products. And so if 412 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:42,680 Speaker 1: I will ask about a potato chip or a cracker, 413 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:46,080 Speaker 1: or a sauce or a whatever, I'm surprised how many 414 00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:49,320 Speaker 1: people will tell me, Hey, you got to try the 415 00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:54,240 Speaker 1: Hib brand X. And you know, obviously, AGIB went into 416 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:57,240 Speaker 1: a brand that already worked but I've noticed that happening 417 00:30:57,320 --> 00:30:58,920 Speaker 1: a lot nowadays.