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Speaker 4 (00:30):
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Speaker 1 (00:36):
From the bottom of my cup of coffee to the
top of yours. Let me be the first to say
good morning. Welcome to Wednesday, August the twenty first. The
Democratic National Convention closed last night with speeches from both Obamas.
Speaker 4 (00:48):
Michelle and and I gotta tell you, I forgot how
effective a stutter can be.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
It gives me a sense of confidence and intellect. They
were both outstanding. And if you turn on the radio
or television anybody tells you any differently, they're just not
shooting straight with you. RFK Junior's vice presidential running mate,
Nicole Shanahan, she's been shooting straight.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
We're at a crossroads, and one.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Of the clear roads might be getting out of this
race and endorsing Donald Trump. And then I always love
Benny Johnson on Twitter he took to the streets of
Chicago next time.
Speaker 4 (01:24):
I'm gonna I think that was a real one. There
a minute to go. Did you hear that? And I'm
sorry to use my hands.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
More No, but I'm gonna do a tribute to the
Grand Illusion, which, by the way, I was a big
Tommy Shaw fan in Sticks, but it was actually Dennis
de Young that wrote Grand Illusion, which I'm even reaching
the lyrics. You forgot what a masterpiece this song is.
And it may be more real today than ever, But
this is a grand delusion. You are watching. It should
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be fascinating and frightening. There's no real energy for Kamala Harris.
It's a grand illusion. Last night you saw real energy
for the Obamas. That's real. But at the end of
the day, they are not united behind Kamala Harris. They're
united in their fear and hatred of Donald Trump. When
it comes to Kamala Harris and Tim Walls, nobody even
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knows including the Democrats. Who the hell they are? Here's
Benny Johnson on the street. This is the Grand Delusion
coming to light. Let me open the curtain and enjoy
the circus.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
Trumper Kamala, What do you think, Trumper Kamala? Harris? Oh god,
it's Kamala. Definitely, yes, yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 5 (02:32):
What's your favorite thing Kamala's done the last four years?
Speaker 4 (02:34):
Honestly? Yea, Actually don't use this Kamala. Why well, she's honestly.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
That reminded me of my daughter. That was so cute, honestly,
and then she smiled with a pretty face. I don't know,
and here's their friend.
Speaker 4 (02:55):
I'm not gonna lie.
Speaker 6 (02:56):
I'm not sleeper knowledgeable, so I can't really escape too
much on it.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
Out of the.
Speaker 7 (03:01):
Yamacamwall What do you think, Harris?
Speaker 4 (03:05):
Do you know Tim wallas is? Who is he? Who
is he? I mean, I'm asking the same question right
he's selling Harris Walls T shirts?
Speaker 1 (03:14):
And what he says, Tim Walla, he goes, who is
he been doing my research lately?
Speaker 4 (03:18):
Yeah? So I ain't got I ain't a hundred percent
so I can't ounswer that. Yeah, trump o Kamala doubleish
coubleish students the what's your favorite thing about the last
four years? That Kamala Harrisman vice president?
Speaker 8 (03:33):
She wasn't a president because she was the president.
Speaker 4 (03:36):
I thought she was vice president.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Welcome to the grand Delusion.
Speaker 4 (03:40):
Come on in and see what's happening.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Chris Walker is a Republican analyst and consultant. This is
amazing what we're watching.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
It really is.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
And by the way, we've always had grand illusionists. We've
always had shysters and grifters. The problem is we the
people falling for it, or at least one side is
falling for it.
Speaker 4 (03:59):
Uh, what do you make of just that audio?
Speaker 7 (04:02):
Now?
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Listen, I got to say as a disclaimer, you know,
I know Benny Johnson, I think he did give you
the best one. I'll bet you I could go on
the street and that would be nine out of ten.
There is that. It's that fake.
Speaker 7 (04:15):
Oh yeah, I mean, you know, it's one of the
things about what we've been seeing. McColls not running for president,
she's running a movie. I mean, this isn't a campaign.
It's a movie, and we're kind of watching it in
real time. The problem is, how are we seeing in
swing states? Are these polls real? In these swing states,
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and if so, it seems to be working. And that's
an even bigger problem that we need to be addressing,
not only as Republicans and conservatives, but as a country.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
Like all movies, you know, there are some bad scenes.
One in particular was they keep telling you Kama is
a fighter, Brock, Kama's a fighter. She's gonna fight for you, Michelle,
She's gonna fight you. Then they have a childhood friend
who tells the story about in grade school that they
made these little art projects out of cl and one
kid just broke her claything, and Kamala jumped right in
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because Kamala is a fighter. When the kid picked up
a rocketter in the head, she had to go there,
go to the hospital and get stitches. Oh she's a fighter.
Oh she's a loser. But I mean so, but it
is it's all just orchestration. Yeah, I mean, you know,
you look at all the celebrities. You see that the
DNC and all of it is it's.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
A smoker ears process.
Speaker 7 (05:25):
What you have to do is listen.
Speaker 8 (05:26):
I mean, I agree with you with your intro pule part.
Speaker 7 (05:28):
Like Barack Obama is a generational talent in terms of politics,
you listen to his speech and you go, man, he
sounds great.
Speaker 8 (05:35):
The problem is what he's saying. I mean, they're acting.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
I'm just gonna say I used to say all the time,
and Jeffrey loves this.
Speaker 4 (05:45):
Let me tell you good.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
Because you know, Bill Clinton in his prime, he won't
be tonight, it'll thud. But because that party's gone so
far left of him, he's not even welcome. Yeah, but
Barack Obama to show you that he was in a
league of his own. Barack Obama, I could tell a
lie in ten seconds and get a standing ovation that
would take me two and a half hours on the
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air to untangle and prove for the lie it was,
that's true. That is a genius. Look, I'm a big
fan of Abraham Lincoln and John F.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
Kennedy. They were great communicators, really in a league way.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Above Ronald Reagan. Quite frankly, Ronald Reagan was very good
at the sound bite. But I think maybe our two
greatest speakers ever potentially were Abraham Lincoln and John F.
Speaker 4 (06:31):
Kennedy.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
I read Lincoln more, I couldn't hear his voice. But no,
Barack Obama's as good as both of them. I mean,
he really is, and last night I think the proof
was that party still belongs to the Obamas, and for
all we know, they're really running it with John Podesta.
I'm just not sure after last night if it's Barack
or Michelle. And I'll tell you this, had Michelle Obama
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made the choice to run, you lose.
Speaker 7 (06:58):
Yeah, you know, Michelle, I love hearing her talk about
how her parents were suspicious of anyone who took more
than they needed as a attack against Trump. And it's like,
you guys did a fifty million dollar deal from Spotify
and have houses in five different places in the country.
Speaker 8 (07:17):
Let's not pretend that they're.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
No, no, no, no, don't get me wrong. I'm not I'm
not saying i'd vote for them. I'm not saying it's real.
I'm saying they are the grand illusionists. They would win.
Speaker 8 (07:26):
That's the correct they they have they I mean, they they're.
Speaker 7 (07:31):
They are talented, they're wonderfully gifted speakers. Again, the problem
is when you peel back what they're saying and they
make they make liberalism sound good even and you have
to go through it and say, hey, this is what
they're actually. You know, we saw yesterday that you know,
there's talk from the Democrats of of doing a you know,
value added tax, and you know, I don't realize gain
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tax is unconstitutional and they can't take your money fast
enough to know for programs.
Speaker 4 (07:59):
That are broken at the end of the day.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
And I was just going to say, at the end
of the day, it's all about government solutions.
Speaker 4 (08:05):
Right now, they will tell you I.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Don't have the government in my doctor's office, and I
don't want anywhere near my body, but they want it
everywhere else, and they're selling it as the solution to
everything else. When this is all said and done, this
is the most far left versus far right election we
may have ever had in America, going back to Nixon
and McGovern.
Speaker 4 (08:23):
I couldn't agree more.
Speaker 7 (08:25):
You know again, Obama last night talking about how you know,
our side.
Speaker 8 (08:30):
Does that you know, government is inherently corrupt and saying,
you know, say not as a laugh line, but it is.
Speaker 7 (08:36):
I mean, looks, what were the entire Biden family the
entire reason for existing is corruption in terms of winding
their own pots and you know, a public service. You
know this, this is a situation where you know, trusting
people to make their own decisions is something Democrats can't do.
They attack family, the family structure here, because a strong
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family is one less reliant on government. They want to
make your decisions for you, from cradle to grave. And
you know that that is power accumulation, power consumption, power distribution,
and it's something that we should be fighting with every
breath we have because it's not freedom.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
GOP consultant analyst Chris Walker joining us with his take
on the Democratic National Convention. You know, people think, you know,
do you see yourself as an entertainer? Do you see
yourself as a talk show us? You know what I
really see myself as as I feel God has called me.
There's a little room in the hospital, and you don't
ever want to be called into it. There's usually a
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table and one chair, and it's for you, and the
only thing on the table is a box of Kleenex
because a doctor's about to tell you the truth. They
can do it with whatever level of compassion and bedside manner,
but you're going to get the truth and someone either
is dead or is in very grave danger of death.
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That's kind of how I view what I do for
a living. That's why I had no problem telling my
radio audience Barack Obama's gonna be the next president of
the United States, So I had no problem. And by
the way, I will say this truthfully, I did predict
Donald Trump would win in twenty sixteen, though I got
to tell you, in my heart of hearts and in
my gut, I just couldn't bring myself to believe it.
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And it happened to be right. But I like to
shoot straight with people. That was two great speeches last night.
That was two very effective speeches. At the end of
the day, this convention is about leaving with a ticket
a party that's united, energized and ready to do whatever
it takes to win. Not the candidates but its followers.
And they were juiced up last night, ready to run
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through a wall. And this party still belongs to the Obamas.
I'm not sure if it's Michelle or Barack, but the
two of them together was a fist through sheet rock,
all right. So anybody that gets on the radio today
and just tears it apart, they're not shooting straight with you.
Speaker 4 (10:55):
Now.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
The problem is there's a thud coming tonight and it's
all the grand illusion, and they still been filled in
the hole of how someone who's telling you they're going
to fix the problems she created while they're in office,
not fixing them. I don't how they're going to connect
those dots. But here's what I'll never I'll go to
my grave and I'll never have an answer. So I'm
going to give it to you in the form of
a question, and you can take a shot. If you
have the two most powerful weapons that either side have
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in all of politics, why do you bury them till
after eleven pm Eastern?
Speaker 4 (11:22):
I'll never have an answer for that.
Speaker 8 (11:25):
Well, that's that is an interesting point. And I was
feel in that same way last night. Again.
Speaker 7 (11:29):
It's just it's so late you start to doze off
a little bit in some of this. But you know,
I think this is two nights in a row of
the DNC being way.
Speaker 8 (11:39):
Behind schedule, And I mean.
Speaker 7 (11:41):
I guess the irony is tremendously interesting. If you read
any of the reporter gripes about the logistics of this convention,
you know the Republic has ran a much more, much
more tight and a much more organized convention. This is
the liberals and versus conservatism in a certain way. This
is the same people who want to run the government.
They came to run a convention on time.
Speaker 4 (12:01):
Well, you know, the.
Speaker 7 (12:03):
News and eleven, the group that gave you the Afghanistan withdrawal,
can't do a.
Speaker 8 (12:08):
Primetime speech on time.
Speaker 4 (12:09):
I'm watching CNN.
Speaker 8 (12:11):
It's an interesting piece.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
I'm watching CNN and David Axrod is saying, well, they
definitely learned from the first night, and they got it
right tonight. And I'm thinking, oh, last night was two
hours late. Tonight was an hour and forty five minutes late.
That's improvement. So the Republicans go on time, we go late.
I also will note that it used to be they
go low, you go high, but they were lying as
they were going low. Now they're not even apologizing. They're
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just going low and staying low. Especially the author of
that phrase, Michelle Obama. She's the one that took the
real shots at Donald Trump.
Speaker 4 (12:41):
YEP.
Speaker 8 (12:41):
I thought she went really low. I thought it was
beneath her.
Speaker 9 (12:44):
You know.
Speaker 7 (12:46):
I thought I did not think her speech was as
good as you did, just candidly, which is fine. I
thought Brock was fine. I did not find her speech impressive.
I thought she was angry, and you know, just she
was not the right vessel for that message. But you know,
on top of that again, I just it strikes me,
as you know, I'm taking aback watching that convention. Then
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this is maybe a little off topic, but just the
the absolute celebration of abortion in a way that's just
so off putting and gross that I just don't know
if they even hear themselves. I mean, it's one thing
to kind of argue for women's reproductive rights, however they
want to term it so it doesn't sound so so
so grave, But to say we are celebrating abortion in
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such a such a callous way, it's truly gross. And
I you know again that it may work for them politically,
I just I don't know what to.
Speaker 4 (13:45):
Know that that's only works, that's only working. Think that's good,
that's one that's only working in the room. They're also
trying to do a bait and switch.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
We're trying to make it about IDF and miscarriages, and
what they're really hiding is the ninety nine percent of abortions.
What's your choice, Life begins when it's wanted in America.
That's something we're going to answer to God for all. Right,
bottom line, good night, With the Obama's missed opportunities so late,
and I don't think it goes unnoticed when it comes
to the real prime time. It was AOC on Monday night.
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It was Bernie Sanders on Tuesday night. Don't forget that
internal war because all those delegates cheering with their orchestrated
chance and signs don't realize there's a there's an enemy
within their party and it looks like they're winning.
Speaker 4 (14:25):
Not not there, not their delegates.
Speaker 8 (14:27):
Yep, yep, that's right.
Speaker 1 (14:29):
What about tonight? The fear of a thud? Tim Watz
is about as electric as the second Gentleman? And then
Bill Clinton is not the speaker he used to be.
Is that on purpose? So that maybe she can shine
the night after?
Speaker 8 (14:42):
It seems like it.
Speaker 7 (14:43):
I mean it's traditionally your EP is Wednesday night anyway,
and I mean that's that's kind of what it was.
Speaker 8 (14:47):
I would say that our Wednesday Night was was kind.
Speaker 4 (14:49):
Of a dud as well.
Speaker 7 (14:51):
But you know, it'll be interesting to see kind of
how Tim Waltz can Again we're talking about a caricature and.
Speaker 4 (14:59):
A nar rather than in reality.
Speaker 7 (15:02):
And you know, Tim Wolves has a record that is
very very concerning to a lot of people, particularly our military.
And see that the scene in lying about his record
in the military for decades. So you know, this will
be an interesting moment for him to kind of introduce
himself to the American public. Will he present himself as
a monerate, which is, you know, a pathway to victory,
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or will he present himself to who he is, which
is the one of most radical left wing governors in
the country.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Will be smart enough to talk to the people of Pennsylvania,
because that's who's gonna if he does anything to deliver
a victory. It's Pennsylvania. Let's see if he's smart enough.
I'm going to take the final say and say it
this way. If I were running this, I would have
stayed on time. You have to respect your audience. Number One,
I know I have the two greatest bombs in the
arsenal of political war in Michelle and Barack Obama. I
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would have done one Tuesday and another Wednesday. So I
had two high points in two different nights. They made
the choice to do them both together, and it was powerful.
It was a one two punch that went right through
the drywall. One thing I wouldn't have done is I
might have buried Joe after midnight. After all, I assassinated
him politically, I would not have buried these two after
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eleven pm Eastern, and I'll never have an explanation for that.
Speaker 4 (16:16):
That's just unforced. Are well the we're good dah?
Speaker 7 (16:19):
I mean, I think you want to build to a crescendo,
you know, have them go tonight rather than tont i.
They just say, want to upstage ten walls? Really is
what it's about?
Speaker 4 (16:27):
Or kamala. Remember it's a grand illusion. This is your
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Speaker 1 (16:35):
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there's no question. I'm a straight shooter. The bad news
is the Obamas were good, both of them. I think
this party still belongs to the Obamas. After last night,
you may wonder, does it belonged to Michelle Obama? And
is that the real future or Barack Obama still And
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if it was about passing a torch to Kamala Harris,
that seemed more like a grand illusion than a reality.
It still belonged to the Obamas, and they were good.
The good news is if you're rooting for Donald Trump,
they buried them both till after eleven Eastern I'll never
have an answer for that as to why, I will
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get an answer to what kamala Ism is. It's being
called Kamalism by her critics. National correspondent Aaron Rayale is
back to take a look at Kamala Harris's plan to
stop grocery price couging during urgencies. It's never the spending
that causes inflation. It's always the gougers fault. But all right,
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Commalism by definition.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
Is it is basically what you get when you don't
provide enough detail, which is what Harris did. So essentially
what she said is she wants to grafter price gouging.
People interpreted that op eds were written and they talk
about price fixing, which is where you say, this is
the price for milk and that's it, and retailers can't
do anything about it. That creates black markets and hoarding
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and widespread shortages. And she didn't say that, but she
didn't also not say that. So this is this is
the problem, which is why it's so frustrating during a
presidential election year where you're like, we need the details, guys,
that's where our decision is going to lie.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
Well, they want to pander without the details because the
devil's in the detail. You get Welcome to the Grand Delusion.
Speaker 4 (18:53):
I mean, you know, come on, that's the theme for
the day.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
Yes, it's so true, because here's the thing. If banning
price gouging is communists, then the US went marks US long.
Speaker 4 (19:03):
Ago and we did by the way we did.
Speaker 2 (19:07):
We did, but in thirty eight states right now, Texas, California,
New York, all of them they prohibit companies from jacking
up prices during emergencies. This is usually triggered during a
natural disaster, a pandemic, even like a strike. It's when
you can't charge one hundred dollars for a bottle of
water because there was a hurricane. That's not okay, And
we don't allow that. You can raise it anywhere from
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like ten to twenty five percent. But if it's unconscionable,
if it's egregious in terms of the price, it's it's.
Speaker 10 (19:33):
Illegal in state law.
Speaker 2 (19:35):
So states and for enforced this via their attorneys general
and das local das. So they say, the one advantage
to this if you do it at a federal level
is that the federal government obviously has more power to
go after a global corporation than a state does in
terms of pursuing them to stop doing that. So, okay,
sure we can. We can all agree to that. This
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is why the details matter. If you don't give details,
people will write opinion pieces and begin calling you communism
with a.
Speaker 4 (20:04):
K and say these things.
Speaker 2 (20:06):
And I also think that it's very frustrating. As we know,
this election, by the way, is going to be won
by Independence and Spring States.
Speaker 4 (20:12):
So these are.
Speaker 2 (20:13):
People that can be persuaded either way, which is why
it's imperative to give the details in order to persuade
them the way you want. Both sides of.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
The party, well, so many things you said, I want
to chime in on. Yes, at the end of the day,
this is maybe the most far left. And let me
tell you something. When it comes to foreign policy, people
like the Lieutenant Colonel James Carafano are more concerned that
Kamala Harris is way left of Joe Biden and Barack Obama.
And that was in terms of Iran far too left.
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So there are some people think this is the most
far left versus far right, and the question is going
back to nineteen sixty eight where Nixon identified the silent
center and reached them in one You know, here's the
most far left versus far right election probably since Nixon
and McGough and I wonder where the silent center and
what they're making of all of this is. But on
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this particular topic, you know, it's amazing how things can
change in a heartbeat. You know, I remember the gas
shortage we had. I don't know, was that about two
thousand and eight?
Speaker 4 (21:15):
When was that some Yeah?
Speaker 1 (21:16):
Yeah, And I'm sitting in Franklin, Tennessee, which is kind
of like, you know, a Pleasantville if you've ever seen
the movie. I mean, everybody's just and I'm noticing people
getting really tense, really animalistic about it. I'm like, man,
this is a quick society's can term. So when you
have an emergency, you don't want to play that up.
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But I'm sitting here as you're talking, thinking, And then
what about in COVID when everybody was making runs on
toilet paper and it shot up to twenty six dollars
for four rolls. Nobody was even trying to address price gouging.
Then it was just simple supply and demand in a crisis.
But if this is a new normal, you can't regulate,
you have them, You've got to give them the ability
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to recoup what inflation created.
Speaker 7 (22:03):
Right.
Speaker 2 (22:04):
Indeed, it was for no I couldn't agree with you more.
And frankly, I think, like if you I'm going to
offend a lot of people saying this, But I'm like,
if you were one of the individuals like thinking your
toilet paper hoarding was going to save.
Speaker 11 (22:16):
You, yeah, like this was really disastrous water and soap
with all of that problem, I didn't understand why that
was just like what people did, but they did.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
Anyway, I will say this, and I reveal a lot
whenever I'm talking to you, I did purchase a bidet.
Actually friend bought it for me, and I would never
go back. It is my new poeh.
Speaker 2 (22:44):
I love that this is where this conversation is gone.
But like my husband actually said something hysterical. We were
in Japan for our honeymoon, and like everywhere in Japan
has bidats out of the bathroom at the airport, and
he's like, I've decided it's barbaric that we use our
hand in America.
Speaker 4 (23:03):
You know, It's true.
Speaker 1 (23:04):
You're like, well, the best is my You have to
have my friend, my Italian friend, Pete Cristiano show you
how to do the maneuvers, you know, because he showed me.
Speaker 4 (23:12):
How that wiggle this way it is.
Speaker 1 (23:14):
But no, you know, there are some things that definitely changed,
but they're you know, those are personal choices. I think
what we're seeing throughout this week is one side sees
the government as the solution to everything. The other side
sees the government as the cause of everything. And I
just wonder in the middle whether you branded commalism or
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whether you're you're high after the Obama speeches last night
in the end, and about five or six swing states
really to be specific, two or three districts and three
or four princincs of two states are going to decide
this presidency. And I'm wondering what the silent center is
making of both of these two extreme sides.
Speaker 4 (23:56):
And you know what we're gonna find out the Vember fifth, Right, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
And did you hear you know Shanahan rfk's girl, I
should say that she's a vp uh pick with RFK.
She has alluded to the fact that they might jump
on the Trump bandwagon if they don't see anything.
Speaker 1 (24:11):
I don't know what to make of that, because you know,
I'm breaking down the numbers, especially in swing states, and
it's hurting Biden more than Trump. I think the better.
I would have chosen RFK potentially as the running mate
to really end it, but they're trying to make it
an absolute endorsement and take the choice of way. Their
goal is to see to it that Kamala Harris and
(24:33):
Tim Walls don't win. And then Trump's response was, I'll
give you a place in the administration. So I think
we've got some more surprises to come. You know, it's
a grand illusion, it's a circus, and there's a lot
more fun on the big top to come. This crazy
I knew this year was going to be crazy, but
like the Obamas last night, it's sure. It's certainly living
up to it. That's for sure. As you have today too,
(24:55):
by the way, two very controversial visits with you. Sit down.
He actually we got to do it. Give eron a
Sima down. She deserved one today, Sima down, Simmon down. Now,
all right, there it is break reporting. We'll talk again tomorrow.
You got it if you're just waking up our top story.
The Obamas were expected to do very well, and they
(25:21):
exceeded that.
Speaker 4 (25:22):
I'll grant it.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
Why they were held off till after eleven pm Eastern,
I'll never have an answer as to who the party
belongs to. It's still the Obamas. The question is is
it Michelle or Barack. Here's Brian Shook with our Road
to the White House. Road to the White House twenty
twenty four. Former President Obama says Kamala Harris and Tim
(25:44):
Walls are the leader's American needs right now. Speaking at
the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night, he went after Donald Trump,
saying re electing him would be dangerous.
Speaker 4 (25:55):
We do not meet.
Speaker 9 (25:56):
Four more years a bluster and bumbling and chaos. We
have seen that movie before, and we all know that the.
Speaker 4 (26:06):
Sequel is usually worse.
Speaker 10 (26:10):
Obama said, Harris will get up every morning and fight
for the American people. He also warned Democrats must remain
focused in the next eleven weeks in order to beat
Trump in Washington. I'm Brian shuk.
Speaker 1 (26:23):
That was really kind of the silent message, just under
the surface of the water. Michelle did it. She talked
about how there's gonna be bad days ahead. They're gonna
make mistakes as candidates. In other words, word salads are coming,
bad debate performances are coming. But you got to keep fighting,
keep knocking on doors, keep getting people registered.
Speaker 4 (26:44):
The Obamas know how to get out to vote.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
The one interesting part about Michelle Obama, you know the
old when they go low, you go high. No, she
went low and stayed low all night long, and the
crowd loved it.
Speaker 6 (26:54):
See his limited narrow view of the world made him
feel threatened by the existence. It's too hard work and
highly educated, successful people who happened to be black.
Speaker 4 (27:05):
He's got to get that race card in there.
Speaker 1 (27:07):
And then she went on to say, who's gonna tell
Donald Trump that the job he's currently seeking might just
be one of those black jobs, and then they all
went absolutely crazy. Barack well, yeh, I forgot how much
I missed his dutter.
Speaker 4 (27:27):
It just makes you feel there's so much more.
Speaker 1 (27:29):
Confident, so much more intelligent. He had no problem attacking
Donald Trump as well. The problem was, Okay, there's your
two best and now tonight, tonight we go to Mayor
Pete Nancy Pelosi, a very aged Bill Clinton, and for
(27:53):
Tim Walls a VP acceptance speech. Is there a thud
a coming tonight for the Democrats? I will tell hey,
fans of Taylor Swift, the Swifties themselves, they're taking issue
with Donald Trump, not that Donald Trump has anything to
do with it.
Speaker 4 (28:07):
Michael Board reports.
Speaker 5 (28:09):
Swifties upset that the Republican presidential candidate posted to social
media photos that suggest the pop star had endorsed his campaign.
They're all fakes created by artificial intelligence, but experts say
the political ramifications are real.
Speaker 7 (28:21):
You're talking about the potential for AI misleading or just
designed to provoke people.
Speaker 5 (28:26):
UTSA professor John Taylor thinks this will lead to legislation
to reign end deep fakes.
Speaker 4 (28:31):
One of the AI.
Speaker 5 (28:32):
Pictures showed women wearing t shirts that said swifties for Trump.
Speaker 4 (28:35):
So far, the singer has not made a statement. I'm
Michael Board.
Speaker 1 (28:39):
Jennifer Lopez is filing for divorce from Ben Affleck. That's
four by the way for j LO if you're counting.
Details come now from Mark Mayfield.
Speaker 3 (28:56):
TMC broke the news that j Loo found the paperwork
on two staying in California, The singer filed for divorce
by herself and without an attorney, listing the date of
separation as April the twenty six, twenty twenty four, less
than two years after the couple.
Speaker 4 (29:10):
Were married in Las Vegas.
Speaker 3 (29:11):
The dean Lopez filed the paperwork also marked the second
anniversary of the large wedding ceremony that the company held
in Georgia a month after their Vegas elopement.
Speaker 1 (29:20):
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Raised one won nothing over the A's, Rangers, Mariners, Cardinals,
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Speaker 4 (29:34):
Singer Casey Musgraves thirty six.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
Actress Hayden Panitier Panitier sounds good. Yeah, I don't want
to offend anybody. Is that she married to the boxer
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Hayden's thirty five years old. Flipper flop. HGTV host Tariq
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Speaker 2 (30:00):
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Speaker 4 (30:14):
I'm Michael. Say hello to my friend Rory.
Speaker 1 (30:16):
I was just telling Rory O'Neil, are your morning show
national correspondent. Off the air, I did not forget how
good the Obamas were, but I was certainly reminded of
how good they were last I mean, you know, there's
just nobody in either of their leagues.
Speaker 9 (30:30):
No.
Speaker 12 (30:30):
I mean, you know, you may hate what they're saying,
the content of it, but boy, the way they can
deliver it, the way they can manipulate and ramp up
an audience to come along and you were talking about
how Barack Obama has that little bit of a stutter
stammer build up.
Speaker 4 (30:45):
It's so effective. I've been using it. But that's that.
Are you a Dean Martin fan? Yeah, Dean kind of
did that. You're right, he did, and it forced you
aleen in and listen. Yeah.
Speaker 12 (30:57):
Yes, so Dean would pick up a note at the
very last possible moment. Yeah, because and that they is
what drew you in to listen to go it's gonna
do it.
Speaker 4 (31:06):
So it's that same part thing with the way that
Barack abumas.
Speaker 1 (31:09):
Remember how Dino and by the way, apparently it was
all just theater because he really wasn't a drunk in
real life. In fact, Dino was the first one to
go to bed at night. But he would do that
with his he'd have like a like a glass of
scotch and sometimes he just look at it, maybe like
lean and you know, like he was gonna take a sip,
And that just kind of drew you in. It's very effective.
Look they are they are this part. I will admit, uh,
(31:30):
this party still belonged, because that's the whole thing we're
supposed to be passing a torch, and I think in
the case of Joe Biden, he didn't pass it.
Speaker 4 (31:36):
He made it all about him.
Speaker 1 (31:38):
These two tried to, but they's so much more dynamic
than anybody else in politics today, it stole the torch.
Speaker 2 (31:46):
Well.
Speaker 12 (31:47):
Yeah, Also, it's still generational, right, I mean, because you
know the Obamas are I think technically there's still boomers,
whereas Harris and Walls would be gen Xer's. So there
is still that bit of a generational that we're also senior.
Speaker 1 (32:01):
But not like tonight. I mean, I believe think for
Bill Clinton, a giant thud. I mean it's going to
be tonight. I mean, he's just you talk about the
one that's walking into the and let me tell you
that that party's gone so far left of him he
really doesn't even belong.
Speaker 4 (32:16):
And then you got the.
Speaker 1 (32:16):
Vice presidential acceptance speech, which is necessary. I think there's
going to be a letdown tonight in a thought, and
that may be by design so that Kamala can shine
a little bit in the final night. But I think
they run the risk, as the Republicans did, of maybe
potentially peaking on the wrong night. But here's the bottom line.
You have the two most destructive weapons in politics in
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Barack and Michelle Obama, and again you hide them till
after eleven pm Eastern.
Speaker 4 (32:44):
I have no explanation, right.
Speaker 12 (32:47):
Well, yeah, and when Pennsylvania is such a critical state.
But you know, are they talking to Nevada and Arizona
and Michigan. You know, by having these speeches so late,
I don't know, it's a.
Speaker 1 (33:00):
The Republicans go on time, the Democrats go late. I
thought the m Hoff speech was terrific.
Speaker 12 (33:06):
I had not heard the guy say four words in
four years, but I thought it was great at personalizing
Gamala and telling that story and the story about the
the voicemail.
Speaker 4 (33:15):
Yeah, that that part was good.
Speaker 1 (33:16):
But then you know, I would have made it about
one third the length because he doesn't really have any
energy or charisma about him.
Speaker 4 (33:24):
But he did tell some really good human stories.
Speaker 1 (33:26):
And look, the bottom line thesis was she was the
right choice for me, She'll be the right choice for you.
Speaker 4 (33:32):
It's a very simple message.
Speaker 1 (33:33):
But yeah, I think I think the thud's coming tonight
and it'll be her job to close the deal on
Friday night. But there's no question the party still belongs
to the Obamas. And I didn't forget, but I was
quickly reminded of just how good they thank.
Speaker 4 (33:46):
Come on, don't forget. It's Nancy Pelosi tonight. Oh my gosh,
gotta be electric. Rory and guess what we need to
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Speaker 1 (00:36):
From the bottom of my cup of coffee to the
top of yours. Let me be the first to say
good morning. Welcome to Wednesday, August the twenty first. The
Democratic National Convention closed last night with speeches from both Obamas.
Speaker 4 (00:48):
Michelle and and I gotta tell you, I forgot how
effective a stutter can be.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
It gives me a sense of confidence and intellect. They
were both outstanding. And if you turn on the radio
or television anybody tells you any differently, they're just not
shooting straight with you. RFK Junior's vice presidential running mate,
Nicole Shanahan, she's been shooting straight.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
We're at a crossroads, and one.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Of the clear roads might be getting out of this
race and endorsing Donald Trump. And then I always love
Benny Johnson on Twitter he took to the streets of
Chicago next time.
Speaker 4 (01:24):
I'm gonna I think that was a real one. There
a minute to go. Did you hear that? And I'm
sorry to use my hands.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
More No, but I'm gonna do a tribute to the
Grand Illusion, which, by the way, I was a big
Tommy Shaw fan in Sticks, but it was actually Dennis
de Young that wrote Grand Illusion, which I'm even reaching
the lyrics. You forgot what a masterpiece this song is.
And it may be more real today than ever, But
this is a grand delusion. You are watching. It should
(01:52):
be fascinating and frightening. There's no real energy for Kamala Harris.
It's a grand illusion. Last night you saw real energy
for the Obamas. That's real. But at the end of
the day, they are not united behind Kamala Harris. They're
united in their fear and hatred of Donald Trump. When
it comes to Kamala Harris and Tim Walls, nobody even
(02:13):
knows including the Democrats. Who the hell they are? Here's
Benny Johnson on the street. This is the Grand Delusion
coming to light. Let me open the curtain and enjoy
the circus.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
Trumper Kamala, What do you think, Trumper Kamala? Harris? Oh god,
it's Kamala. Definitely, yes, yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 5 (02:32):
What's your favorite thing Kamala's done the last four years?
Speaker 4 (02:34):
Honestly? Yea, Actually don't use this Kamala. Why well, she's honestly.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
That reminded me of my daughter. That was so cute, honestly,
and then she smiled with a pretty face. I don't know,
and here's their friend.
Speaker 4 (02:55):
I'm not gonna lie.
Speaker 6 (02:56):
I'm not sleeper knowledgeable, so I can't really escape too
much on it.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
Out of the.
Speaker 7 (03:01):
Yamacamwall What do you think, Harris?
Speaker 4 (03:05):
Do you know Tim wallas is? Who is he? Who
is he? I mean, I'm asking the same question right
he's selling Harris Walls T shirts?
Speaker 1 (03:14):
And what he says, Tim Walla, he goes, who is
he been doing my research lately?
Speaker 4 (03:18):
Yeah? So I ain't got I ain't a hundred percent
so I can't ounswer that. Yeah, trump o Kamala doubleish
coubleish students the what's your favorite thing about the last
four years? That Kamala Harrisman vice president?
Speaker 8 (03:33):
She wasn't a president because she was the president.
Speaker 4 (03:36):
I thought she was vice president.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Welcome to the grand Delusion.
Speaker 4 (03:40):
Come on in and see what's happening.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Chris Walker is a Republican analyst and consultant. This is
amazing what we're watching.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
It really is.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
And by the way, we've always had grand illusionists. We've
always had shysters and grifters. The problem is we the
people falling for it, or at least one side is
falling for it.
Speaker 4 (03:59):
Uh, what do you make of just that audio?
Speaker 7 (04:02):
Now?
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Listen, I got to say as a disclaimer, you know,
I know Benny Johnson, I think he did give you
the best one. I'll bet you I could go on
the street and that would be nine out of ten.
There is that. It's that fake.
Speaker 7 (04:15):
Oh yeah, I mean, you know, it's one of the
things about what we've been seeing. McColls not running for president,
she's running a movie. I mean, this isn't a campaign.
It's a movie, and we're kind of watching it in
real time. The problem is, how are we seeing in
swing states? Are these polls real? In these swing states,
(04:35):
and if so, it seems to be working. And that's
an even bigger problem that we need to be addressing,
not only as Republicans and conservatives, but as a country.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
Like all movies, you know, there are some bad scenes.
One in particular was they keep telling you Kama is
a fighter, Brock, Kama's a fighter. She's gonna fight for you, Michelle,
She's gonna fight you. Then they have a childhood friend
who tells the story about in grade school that they
made these little art projects out of cl and one
kid just broke her claything, and Kamala jumped right in
(05:04):
because Kamala is a fighter. When the kid picked up
a rocketter in the head, she had to go there,
go to the hospital and get stitches. Oh she's a fighter.
Oh she's a loser. But I mean so, but it
is it's all just orchestration. Yeah, I mean, you know,
you look at all the celebrities. You see that the
DNC and all of it is it's.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
A smoker ears process.
Speaker 7 (05:25):
What you have to do is listen.
Speaker 8 (05:26):
I mean, I agree with you with your intro pule part.
Speaker 7 (05:28):
Like Barack Obama is a generational talent in terms of politics,
you listen to his speech and you go, man, he
sounds great.
Speaker 8 (05:35):
The problem is what he's saying. I mean, they're acting.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
I'm just gonna say I used to say all the time,
and Jeffrey loves this.
Speaker 4 (05:45):
Let me tell you good.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
Because you know, Bill Clinton in his prime, he won't
be tonight, it'll thud. But because that party's gone so
far left of him, he's not even welcome. Yeah, but
Barack Obama to show you that he was in a
league of his own. Barack Obama, I could tell a
lie in ten seconds and get a standing ovation that
would take me two and a half hours on the
(06:06):
air to untangle and prove for the lie it was,
that's true. That is a genius. Look, I'm a big
fan of Abraham Lincoln and John F.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
Kennedy. They were great communicators, really in a league way.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Above Ronald Reagan. Quite frankly, Ronald Reagan was very good
at the sound bite. But I think maybe our two
greatest speakers ever potentially were Abraham Lincoln and John F.
Speaker 4 (06:31):
Kennedy.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
I read Lincoln more, I couldn't hear his voice. But no,
Barack Obama's as good as both of them. I mean,
he really is, and last night I think the proof
was that party still belongs to the Obamas, and for
all we know, they're really running it with John Podesta.
I'm just not sure after last night if it's Barack
or Michelle. And I'll tell you this, had Michelle Obama
(06:53):
made the choice to run, you lose.
Speaker 7 (06:58):
Yeah, you know, Michelle, I love hearing her talk about
how her parents were suspicious of anyone who took more
than they needed as a attack against Trump. And it's like,
you guys did a fifty million dollar deal from Spotify
and have houses in five different places in the country.
Speaker 8 (07:17):
Let's not pretend that they're.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
No, no, no, no, don't get me wrong. I'm not I'm
not saying i'd vote for them. I'm not saying it's real.
I'm saying they are the grand illusionists. They would win.
Speaker 8 (07:26):
That's the correct they they have they I mean, they they're.
Speaker 7 (07:31):
They are talented, they're wonderfully gifted speakers. Again, the problem
is when you peel back what they're saying and they
make they make liberalism sound good even and you have
to go through it and say, hey, this is what
they're actually. You know, we saw yesterday that you know,
there's talk from the Democrats of of doing a you know,
value added tax, and you know, I don't realize gain
(07:54):
tax is unconstitutional and they can't take your money fast
enough to know for programs.
Speaker 4 (07:59):
That are broken at the end of the day.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
And I was just going to say, at the end
of the day, it's all about government solutions.
Speaker 4 (08:05):
Right now, they will tell you I.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Don't have the government in my doctor's office, and I
don't want anywhere near my body, but they want it
everywhere else, and they're selling it as the solution to
everything else. When this is all said and done, this
is the most far left versus far right election we
may have ever had in America, going back to Nixon
and McGovern.
Speaker 4 (08:23):
I couldn't agree more.
Speaker 7 (08:25):
You know again, Obama last night talking about how you know,
our side.
Speaker 8 (08:30):
Does that you know, government is inherently corrupt and saying,
you know, say not as a laugh line, but it is.
Speaker 7 (08:36):
I mean, looks, what were the entire Biden family the
entire reason for existing is corruption in terms of winding
their own pots and you know, a public service. You
know this, this is a situation where you know, trusting
people to make their own decisions is something Democrats can't do.
They attack family, the family structure here, because a strong
(08:58):
family is one less reliant on government. They want to
make your decisions for you, from cradle to grave. And
you know that that is power accumulation, power consumption, power distribution,
and it's something that we should be fighting with every
breath we have because it's not freedom.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
GOP consultant analyst Chris Walker joining us with his take
on the Democratic National Convention. You know, people think, you know,
do you see yourself as an entertainer? Do you see
yourself as a talk show us? You know what I
really see myself as as I feel God has called me.
There's a little room in the hospital, and you don't
ever want to be called into it. There's usually a
(09:37):
table and one chair, and it's for you, and the
only thing on the table is a box of Kleenex
because a doctor's about to tell you the truth. They
can do it with whatever level of compassion and bedside manner,
but you're going to get the truth and someone either
is dead or is in very grave danger of death.
(09:58):
That's kind of how I view what I do for
a living. That's why I had no problem telling my
radio audience Barack Obama's gonna be the next president of
the United States, So I had no problem. And by
the way, I will say this truthfully, I did predict
Donald Trump would win in twenty sixteen, though I got
to tell you, in my heart of hearts and in
my gut, I just couldn't bring myself to believe it.
(10:18):
And it happened to be right. But I like to
shoot straight with people. That was two great speeches last night.
That was two very effective speeches. At the end of
the day, this convention is about leaving with a ticket
a party that's united, energized and ready to do whatever
it takes to win. Not the candidates but its followers.
And they were juiced up last night, ready to run
(10:39):
through a wall. And this party still belongs to the Obamas.
I'm not sure if it's Michelle or Barack, but the
two of them together was a fist through sheet rock,
all right. So anybody that gets on the radio today
and just tears it apart, they're not shooting straight with you.
Speaker 4 (10:55):
Now.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
The problem is there's a thud coming tonight and it's
all the grand illusion, and they still been filled in
the hole of how someone who's telling you they're going
to fix the problems she created while they're in office,
not fixing them. I don't how they're going to connect
those dots. But here's what I'll never I'll go to
my grave and I'll never have an answer. So I'm
going to give it to you in the form of
a question, and you can take a shot. If you
have the two most powerful weapons that either side have
(11:18):
in all of politics, why do you bury them till
after eleven pm Eastern?
Speaker 4 (11:22):
I'll never have an answer for that.
Speaker 8 (11:25):
Well, that's that is an interesting point. And I was
feel in that same way last night. Again.
Speaker 7 (11:29):
It's just it's so late you start to doze off
a little bit in some of this. But you know,
I think this is two nights in a row of
the DNC being way.
Speaker 8 (11:39):
Behind schedule, And I mean.
Speaker 7 (11:41):
I guess the irony is tremendously interesting. If you read
any of the reporter gripes about the logistics of this convention,
you know the Republic has ran a much more, much
more tight and a much more organized convention. This is
the liberals and versus conservatism in a certain way. This
is the same people who want to run the government.
They came to run a convention on time.
Speaker 4 (12:01):
Well, you know, the.
Speaker 7 (12:03):
News and eleven, the group that gave you the Afghanistan withdrawal,
can't do a.
Speaker 8 (12:08):
Primetime speech on time.
Speaker 4 (12:09):
I'm watching CNN.
Speaker 8 (12:11):
It's an interesting piece.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
I'm watching CNN and David Axrod is saying, well, they
definitely learned from the first night, and they got it
right tonight. And I'm thinking, oh, last night was two
hours late. Tonight was an hour and forty five minutes late.
That's improvement. So the Republicans go on time, we go late.
I also will note that it used to be they
go low, you go high, but they were lying as
they were going low. Now they're not even apologizing. They're
(12:33):
just going low and staying low. Especially the author of
that phrase, Michelle Obama. She's the one that took the
real shots at Donald Trump.
Speaker 4 (12:41):
YEP.
Speaker 8 (12:41):
I thought she went really low. I thought it was
beneath her.
Speaker 9 (12:44):
You know.
Speaker 7 (12:46):
I thought I did not think her speech was as
good as you did, just candidly, which is fine. I
thought Brock was fine. I did not find her speech impressive.
I thought she was angry, and you know, just she
was not the right vessel for that message. But you know,
on top of that again, I just it strikes me,
as you know, I'm taking aback watching that convention. Then
(13:11):
this is maybe a little off topic, but just the
the absolute celebration of abortion in a way that's just
so off putting and gross that I just don't know
if they even hear themselves. I mean, it's one thing
to kind of argue for women's reproductive rights, however they
want to term it so it doesn't sound so so
so grave, But to say we are celebrating abortion in
(13:37):
such a such a callous way, it's truly gross. And
I you know again that it may work for them politically,
I just I don't know what to.
Speaker 4 (13:45):
Know that that's only works, that's only working. Think that's good,
that's one that's only working in the room. They're also
trying to do a bait and switch.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
We're trying to make it about IDF and miscarriages, and
what they're really hiding is the ninety nine percent of abortions.
What's your choice, Life begins when it's wanted in America.
That's something we're going to answer to God for all. Right,
bottom line, good night, With the Obama's missed opportunities so late,
and I don't think it goes unnoticed when it comes
to the real prime time. It was AOC on Monday night.
(14:13):
It was Bernie Sanders on Tuesday night. Don't forget that
internal war because all those delegates cheering with their orchestrated
chance and signs don't realize there's a there's an enemy
within their party and it looks like they're winning.
Speaker 4 (14:25):
Not not there, not their delegates.
Speaker 8 (14:27):
Yep, yep, that's right.
Speaker 1 (14:29):
What about tonight? The fear of a thud? Tim Watz
is about as electric as the second Gentleman? And then
Bill Clinton is not the speaker he used to be.
Is that on purpose? So that maybe she can shine
the night after?
Speaker 8 (14:42):
It seems like it.
Speaker 7 (14:43):
I mean it's traditionally your EP is Wednesday night anyway,
and I mean that's that's kind of what it was.
Speaker 8 (14:47):
I would say that our Wednesday Night was was kind.
Speaker 4 (14:49):
Of a dud as well.
Speaker 7 (14:51):
But you know, it'll be interesting to see kind of
how Tim Waltz can Again we're talking about a caricature and.
Speaker 4 (14:59):
A nar rather than in reality.
Speaker 7 (15:02):
And you know, Tim Wolves has a record that is
very very concerning to a lot of people, particularly our military.
And see that the scene in lying about his record
in the military for decades. So you know, this will
be an interesting moment for him to kind of introduce
himself to the American public. Will he present himself as
a monerate, which is, you know, a pathway to victory,
(15:23):
or will he present himself to who he is, which
is the one of most radical left wing governors in
the country.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Will be smart enough to talk to the people of Pennsylvania,
because that's who's gonna if he does anything to deliver
a victory. It's Pennsylvania. Let's see if he's smart enough.
I'm going to take the final say and say it
this way. If I were running this, I would have
stayed on time. You have to respect your audience. Number One,
I know I have the two greatest bombs in the
arsenal of political war in Michelle and Barack Obama. I
(15:52):
would have done one Tuesday and another Wednesday. So I
had two high points in two different nights. They made
the choice to do them both together, and it was powerful.
It was a one two punch that went right through
the drywall. One thing I wouldn't have done is I
might have buried Joe after midnight. After all, I assassinated
him politically, I would not have buried these two after
(16:13):
eleven pm Eastern, and I'll never have an explanation for that.
Speaker 4 (16:16):
That's just unforced. Are well the we're good dah?
Speaker 7 (16:19):
I mean, I think you want to build to a crescendo,
you know, have them go tonight rather than tont i.
They just say, want to upstage ten walls? Really is
what it's about?
Speaker 4 (16:27):
Or kamala. Remember it's a grand illusion. This is your
morning show with Michael del Chona.
Speaker 1 (16:35):
This is your morning show, and we can't have your
morning show without your voice. You can call toll free
one eight hundred six eight eight ninety five twenty two,
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You can email me the old fashioned way, Michael D.
We spare you the spelling of the last name, though
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And of course there's the talkback button on your iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 4 (16:57):
You'll see a little microphone. Press it anybody there, leave
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Speaker 1 (17:04):
Just leave the message and then we'll share it with
the class thirty six minutes after the hour. All right,
there's no question. I'm a straight shooter. The bad news
is the Obamas were good, both of them. I think
this party still belongs to the Obamas. After last night,
you may wonder, does it belonged to Michelle Obama? And
is that the real future or Barack Obama still And
(17:25):
if it was about passing a torch to Kamala Harris,
that seemed more like a grand illusion than a reality.
It still belonged to the Obamas, and they were good.
The good news is if you're rooting for Donald Trump,
they buried them both till after eleven Eastern I'll never
have an answer for that as to why, I will
(17:45):
get an answer to what kamala Ism is. It's being
called Kamalism by her critics. National correspondent Aaron Rayale is
back to take a look at Kamala Harris's plan to
stop grocery price couging during urgencies. It's never the spending
that causes inflation. It's always the gougers fault. But all right,
(18:09):
Commalism by definition.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
Is it is basically what you get when you don't
provide enough detail, which is what Harris did. So essentially
what she said is she wants to grafter price gouging.
People interpreted that op eds were written and they talk
about price fixing, which is where you say, this is
the price for milk and that's it, and retailers can't
do anything about it. That creates black markets and hoarding
(18:33):
and widespread shortages. And she didn't say that, but she
didn't also not say that. So this is this is
the problem, which is why it's so frustrating during a
presidential election year where you're like, we need the details, guys,
that's where our decision is going to lie.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
Well, they want to pander without the details because the
devil's in the detail. You get Welcome to the Grand Delusion.
Speaker 4 (18:53):
I mean, you know, come on, that's the theme for
the day.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
Yes, it's so true, because here's the thing. If banning
price gouging is communists, then the US went marks US long.
Speaker 4 (19:03):
Ago and we did by the way we did.
Speaker 2 (19:07):
We did, but in thirty eight states right now, Texas, California,
New York, all of them they prohibit companies from jacking
up prices during emergencies. This is usually triggered during a
natural disaster, a pandemic, even like a strike. It's when
you can't charge one hundred dollars for a bottle of
water because there was a hurricane. That's not okay, And
we don't allow that. You can raise it anywhere from
(19:27):
like ten to twenty five percent. But if it's unconscionable,
if it's egregious in terms of the price, it's it's.
Speaker 10 (19:33):
Illegal in state law.
Speaker 2 (19:35):
So states and for enforced this via their attorneys general
and das local das. So they say, the one advantage
to this if you do it at a federal level
is that the federal government obviously has more power to
go after a global corporation than a state does in
terms of pursuing them to stop doing that. So, okay,
sure we can. We can all agree to that. This
(19:56):
is why the details matter. If you don't give details,
people will write opinion pieces and begin calling you communism
with a.
Speaker 4 (20:04):
K and say these things.
Speaker 2 (20:06):
And I also think that it's very frustrating. As we know,
this election, by the way, is going to be won
by Independence and Spring States.
Speaker 4 (20:12):
So these are.
Speaker 2 (20:13):
People that can be persuaded either way, which is why
it's imperative to give the details in order to persuade
them the way you want. Both sides of.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
The party, well, so many things you said, I want
to chime in on. Yes, at the end of the day,
this is maybe the most far left. And let me
tell you something. When it comes to foreign policy, people
like the Lieutenant Colonel James Carafano are more concerned that
Kamala Harris is way left of Joe Biden and Barack Obama.
And that was in terms of Iran far too left.
(20:44):
So there are some people think this is the most
far left versus far right, and the question is going
back to nineteen sixty eight where Nixon identified the silent
center and reached them in one You know, here's the
most far left versus far right election probably since Nixon
and McGough and I wonder where the silent center and
what they're making of all of this is. But on
(21:04):
this particular topic, you know, it's amazing how things can
change in a heartbeat. You know, I remember the gas
shortage we had. I don't know, was that about two
thousand and eight?
Speaker 4 (21:15):
When was that some Yeah?
Speaker 1 (21:16):
Yeah, And I'm sitting in Franklin, Tennessee, which is kind
of like, you know, a Pleasantville if you've ever seen
the movie. I mean, everybody's just and I'm noticing people
getting really tense, really animalistic about it. I'm like, man,
this is a quick society's can term. So when you
have an emergency, you don't want to play that up.
(21:38):
But I'm sitting here as you're talking, thinking, And then
what about in COVID when everybody was making runs on
toilet paper and it shot up to twenty six dollars
for four rolls. Nobody was even trying to address price gouging.
Then it was just simple supply and demand in a crisis.
But if this is a new normal, you can't regulate,
you have them, You've got to give them the ability
(22:00):
to recoup what inflation created.
Speaker 7 (22:03):
Right.
Speaker 2 (22:04):
Indeed, it was for no I couldn't agree with you more.
And frankly, I think, like if you I'm going to
offend a lot of people saying this, But I'm like,
if you were one of the individuals like thinking your
toilet paper hoarding was going to save.
Speaker 11 (22:16):
You, yeah, like this was really disastrous water and soap
with all of that problem, I didn't understand why that
was just like what people did, but they did.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
Anyway, I will say this, and I reveal a lot
whenever I'm talking to you, I did purchase a bidet.
Actually friend bought it for me, and I would never
go back. It is my new poeh.
Speaker 2 (22:44):
I love that this is where this conversation is gone.
But like my husband actually said something hysterical. We were
in Japan for our honeymoon, and like everywhere in Japan
has bidats out of the bathroom at the airport, and
he's like, I've decided it's barbaric that we use our
hand in America.
Speaker 4 (23:03):
You know, It's true.
Speaker 1 (23:04):
You're like, well, the best is my You have to
have my friend, my Italian friend, Pete Cristiano show you
how to do the maneuvers, you know, because he showed me.
Speaker 4 (23:12):
How that wiggle this way it is.
Speaker 1 (23:14):
But no, you know, there are some things that definitely changed,
but they're you know, those are personal choices. I think
what we're seeing throughout this week is one side sees
the government as the solution to everything. The other side
sees the government as the cause of everything. And I
just wonder in the middle whether you branded commalism or
(23:35):
whether you're you're high after the Obama speeches last night
in the end, and about five or six swing states
really to be specific, two or three districts and three
or four princincs of two states are going to decide
this presidency. And I'm wondering what the silent center is
making of both of these two extreme sides.
Speaker 4 (23:56):
And you know what we're gonna find out the Vember fifth, Right, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
And did you hear you know Shanahan rfk's girl, I
should say that she's a vp uh pick with RFK.
She has alluded to the fact that they might jump
on the Trump bandwagon if they don't see anything.
Speaker 1 (24:11):
I don't know what to make of that, because you know,
I'm breaking down the numbers, especially in swing states, and
it's hurting Biden more than Trump. I think the better.
I would have chosen RFK potentially as the running mate
to really end it, but they're trying to make it
an absolute endorsement and take the choice of way. Their
goal is to see to it that Kamala Harris and
(24:33):
Tim Walls don't win. And then Trump's response was, I'll
give you a place in the administration. So I think
we've got some more surprises to come. You know, it's
a grand illusion, it's a circus, and there's a lot
more fun on the big top to come. This crazy
I knew this year was going to be crazy, but
like the Obamas last night, it's sure. It's certainly living
up to it. That's for sure. As you have today too,
(24:55):
by the way, two very controversial visits with you. Sit down.
He actually we got to do it. Give eron a
Sima down. She deserved one today, Sima down, Simmon down. Now,
all right, there it is break reporting. We'll talk again tomorrow.
You got it if you're just waking up our top story.
The Obamas were expected to do very well, and they
(25:21):
exceeded that.
Speaker 4 (25:22):
I'll grant it.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
Why they were held off till after eleven pm Eastern,
I'll never have an answer as to who the party
belongs to. It's still the Obamas. The question is is
it Michelle or Barack. Here's Brian Shook with our Road
to the White House. Road to the White House twenty
twenty four. Former President Obama says Kamala Harris and Tim
(25:44):
Walls are the leader's American needs right now. Speaking at
the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night, he went after Donald Trump,
saying re electing him would be dangerous.
Speaker 4 (25:55):
We do not meet.
Speaker 9 (25:56):
Four more years a bluster and bumbling and chaos. We
have seen that movie before, and we all know that the.
Speaker 4 (26:06):
Sequel is usually worse.
Speaker 10 (26:10):
Obama said, Harris will get up every morning and fight
for the American people. He also warned Democrats must remain
focused in the next eleven weeks in order to beat
Trump in Washington. I'm Brian shuk.
Speaker 1 (26:23):
That was really kind of the silent message, just under
the surface of the water. Michelle did it. She talked
about how there's gonna be bad days ahead. They're gonna
make mistakes as candidates. In other words, word salads are coming,
bad debate performances are coming. But you got to keep fighting,
keep knocking on doors, keep getting people registered.
Speaker 4 (26:44):
The Obamas know how to get out to vote.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
The one interesting part about Michelle Obama, you know the
old when they go low, you go high. No, she
went low and stayed low all night long, and the
crowd loved it.
Speaker 6 (26:54):
See his limited narrow view of the world made him
feel threatened by the existence. It's too hard work and
highly educated, successful people who happened to be black.
Speaker 4 (27:05):
He's got to get that race card in there.
Speaker 1 (27:07):
And then she went on to say, who's gonna tell
Donald Trump that the job he's currently seeking might just
be one of those black jobs, and then they all
went absolutely crazy. Barack well, yeh, I forgot how much
I missed his dutter.
Speaker 4 (27:27):
It just makes you feel there's so much more.
Speaker 1 (27:29):
Confident, so much more intelligent. He had no problem attacking
Donald Trump as well. The problem was, Okay, there's your
two best and now tonight, tonight we go to Mayor
Pete Nancy Pelosi, a very aged Bill Clinton, and for
(27:53):
Tim Walls a VP acceptance speech. Is there a thud
a coming tonight for the Democrats? I will tell hey,
fans of Taylor Swift, the Swifties themselves, they're taking issue
with Donald Trump, not that Donald Trump has anything to
do with it.
Speaker 4 (28:07):
Michael Board reports.
Speaker 5 (28:09):
Swifties upset that the Republican presidential candidate posted to social
media photos that suggest the pop star had endorsed his campaign.
They're all fakes created by artificial intelligence, but experts say
the political ramifications are real.
Speaker 7 (28:21):
You're talking about the potential for AI misleading or just
designed to provoke people.
Speaker 5 (28:26):
UTSA professor John Taylor thinks this will lead to legislation
to reign end deep fakes.
Speaker 4 (28:31):
One of the AI.
Speaker 5 (28:32):
Pictures showed women wearing t shirts that said swifties for Trump.
Speaker 4 (28:35):
So far, the singer has not made a statement. I'm
Michael Board.
Speaker 1 (28:39):
Jennifer Lopez is filing for divorce from Ben Affleck. That's
four by the way for j LO if you're counting.
Details come now from Mark Mayfield.
Speaker 3 (28:56):
TMC broke the news that j Loo found the paperwork
on two staying in California, The singer filed for divorce
by herself and without an attorney, listing the date of
separation as April the twenty six, twenty twenty four, less
than two years after the couple.
Speaker 4 (29:10):
Were married in Las Vegas.
Speaker 3 (29:11):
The dean Lopez filed the paperwork also marked the second
anniversary of the large wedding ceremony that the company held
in Georgia a month after their Vegas elopement.
Speaker 1 (29:20):
I'm Mark Mayfield and Sports Dbacks won three to one
over the Marlins, Guardians won ninety five over My Yankees
Raised one won nothing over the A's, Rangers, Mariners, Cardinals,
and Nationals all lost. Sex and the City actress Kim
Katrevell is sixty eight years old.
Speaker 4 (29:34):
Singer Casey Musgraves thirty six.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
Actress Hayden Panitier Panitier sounds good. Yeah, I don't want
to offend anybody. Is that she married to the boxer
from Russia. I don't want to get again. We don't
have my trouble, no trouble. I won't say it again.
Hayden's thirty five years old. Flipper flop. HGTV host Tariq
al Musa is forty three. And if it's your birthday,
Happy birthday.
Speaker 2 (30:00):
I'm a landobalther INMRNA, Tennessee and my morning show it's
your morning show, Michael deal Journal.
Speaker 1 (30:08):
Thanks for making us a part of your morning routine.
After all, the show belongs to you. It's your morning show.
We're here to serve you.
Speaker 4 (30:14):
I'm Michael. Say hello to my friend Rory.
Speaker 1 (30:16):
I was just telling Rory O'Neil, are your morning show
national correspondent. Off the air, I did not forget how
good the Obamas were, but I was certainly reminded of
how good they were last I mean, you know, there's
just nobody in either of their leagues.
Speaker 9 (30:30):
No.
Speaker 12 (30:30):
I mean, you know, you may hate what they're saying,
the content of it, but boy, the way they can
deliver it, the way they can manipulate and ramp up
an audience to come along and you were talking about
how Barack Obama has that little bit of a stutter
stammer build up.
Speaker 4 (30:45):
It's so effective. I've been using it. But that's that.
Are you a Dean Martin fan? Yeah, Dean kind of
did that. You're right, he did, and it forced you
aleen in and listen. Yeah.
Speaker 12 (30:57):
Yes, so Dean would pick up a note at the
very last possible moment. Yeah, because and that they is
what drew you in to listen to go it's gonna
do it.
Speaker 4 (31:06):
So it's that same part thing with the way that
Barack abumas.
Speaker 1 (31:09):
Remember how Dino and by the way, apparently it was
all just theater because he really wasn't a drunk in
real life. In fact, Dino was the first one to
go to bed at night. But he would do that
with his he'd have like a like a glass of
scotch and sometimes he just look at it, maybe like
lean and you know, like he was gonna take a sip,
And that just kind of drew you in. It's very effective.
Look they are they are this part. I will admit, uh,
(31:30):
this party still belonged, because that's the whole thing we're
supposed to be passing a torch, and I think in
the case of Joe Biden, he didn't pass it.
Speaker 4 (31:36):
He made it all about him.
Speaker 1 (31:38):
These two tried to, but they's so much more dynamic
than anybody else in politics today, it stole the torch.
Speaker 2 (31:46):
Well.
Speaker 12 (31:47):
Yeah, Also, it's still generational, right, I mean, because you
know the Obamas are I think technically there's still boomers,
whereas Harris and Walls would be gen Xer's. So there
is still that bit of a generational that we're also senior.
Speaker 1 (32:01):
But not like tonight. I mean, I believe think for
Bill Clinton, a giant thud. I mean it's going to
be tonight. I mean, he's just you talk about the
one that's walking into the and let me tell you
that that party's gone so far left of him he
really doesn't even belong.
Speaker 4 (32:16):
And then you got the.
Speaker 1 (32:16):
Vice presidential acceptance speech, which is necessary. I think there's
going to be a letdown tonight in a thought, and
that may be by design so that Kamala can shine
a little bit in the final night. But I think
they run the risk, as the Republicans did, of maybe
potentially peaking on the wrong night. But here's the bottom line.
You have the two most destructive weapons in politics in
(32:39):
Barack and Michelle Obama, and again you hide them till
after eleven pm Eastern.
Speaker 4 (32:44):
I have no explanation, right.
Speaker 12 (32:47):
Well, yeah, and when Pennsylvania is such a critical state.
But you know, are they talking to Nevada and Arizona
and Michigan. You know, by having these speeches so late,
I don't know, it's a.
Speaker 1 (33:00):
The Republicans go on time, the Democrats go late. I
thought the m Hoff speech was terrific.
Speaker 12 (33:06):
I had not heard the guy say four words in
four years, but I thought it was great at personalizing
Gamala and telling that story and the story about the
the voicemail.
Speaker 4 (33:15):
Yeah, that that part was good.
Speaker 1 (33:16):
But then you know, I would have made it about
one third the length because he doesn't really have any
energy or charisma about him.
Speaker 4 (33:24):
But he did tell some really good human stories.
Speaker 1 (33:26):
And look, the bottom line thesis was she was the
right choice for me, She'll be the right choice for you.
Speaker 4 (33:32):
It's a very simple message.
Speaker 1 (33:33):
But yeah, I think I think the thud's coming tonight
and it'll be her job to close the deal on
Friday night. But there's no question the party still belongs
to the Obamas. And I didn't forget, but I was
quickly reminded of just how good they thank.
Speaker 4 (33:46):
Come on, don't forget. It's Nancy Pelosi tonight. Oh my gosh,
gotta be electric. Rory and guess what we need to
stay up and watch. We're all in this together. This
is Your Morning Show with Michael Nhill Joino.
Speaker 9 (34:00):
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