Guest Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman; New York City Mayoral Race Update; Government Shut Down

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This hour of programming on seven to ten double o R.
He's sponsored by Toyota City and Mamaranac and Nissan City
of port Chester, proud members of the Integrity Automotive Group.
Now former Westchester County executive Rob Astrea on seven ten.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
Oh, Merle, I love it every I got. I can't
start the show without Merle. He gets me going because
he's so right. All right, six minutes after four o'clock
on a This is like a summer, a summer October day.
Glad you're with us. We're here told of course five
and plenty to talk about the latest from the New

(00:44):
York City mayoral. I'm gonna get into something. If you
heard my promo during the week, I said that there's
a twist to this race. And I'll tell you what
that twist is. And it could be a it could
be a big one, it could be a significant one.
I'll tell you that in a little while. Well, plus,
we got the government shut down and all the other stuff.
And it's Saint Francis of ASSISI it's his it's his

(01:08):
big day. The blessing of the animals. I love that
we got our two dogs. We got to take them
to get blessed. Anyone who has animals will know what
I'm talking about it. If you ever go you see
the church, you've got a line of pets out the
door to get blessed, because there are family too. So
just a reminder if you have pets at home and
you're Catholic, it's the blessing of the animals. I don't

(01:30):
think you even have to be Catholic. You could just
go and get them blessed anyway. All right, So there's
you know, there's more than just the New York City
mayoral race. That's a biggie clearly, but so too are
the other races in suburbia. You've got the governor's race
in Jersey, a lot of a lot of races that
are up in the air. You can see what's going

(01:51):
on in the polling right now in Jersey. Jack Chitarelli
is basically neck and neck with Mikey Cheryl, which is
a great thing. And you've got races around New York
that are just as important because they're telling where the
mood is. It starts the ball rolling for next year
and critically important for Republicans to hold, especially the county

(02:14):
executive seats that they have because not only is it
important to govern, but politically it obviously builds the base
and builds everything up in the surrounding areas. And that's
what you need. You need a functioning Republican party, which
we don't really have in New York and certainly in
New York City, which is why Curtis Leewa is so
far behind. And I don't think he can catch him,

(02:36):
even though I would love for him to do it.
Don't think it will. But again, i'll talk about that
and the twist that is really important and how it
affects Curtis by the way, But right now I want
to go to Nasau County because Nasau is absolutely critical
to New York. It's critical to the metropolitan area, but
politically too, it could be very critical going into next
year's governor's race. And Bruce Blakeman a friend of mine

(02:58):
for a long time. I was so happy he won
last year four years ago. Yes it was an upset,
Yes it was a close race. He's up for reelection
in thirty days or so in NASA, and I want
to bring him on right now to talk about what's
happening in his county and why he deserves to be
re elected. By the way, Bruce, how are.

Speaker 3 (03:16):
You good, Rob, Good afternoon. What a day?

Speaker 2 (03:20):
Yeah, what a day. I'm keeping my eye on the
Yankees game that just started in Toronto. Gee, I don't
see the Mets game on Bruce.

Speaker 3 (03:29):
Well, that's that's very sad for those who are die
Harden Mets fans. I grew up a Yankee fan. I
root for the Mets as well, except when they're playing
the Yankees. And yeah, it would have been nice. Subway
series would have been something that could really boost the
morale of the City of New York, in the in

(03:50):
the whole region with you know, the depressing news that
there's a chance and a good chance that mom Donnie
might be the mayor of the financial capital of the world.
It's unbelievable to think that could happen.

Speaker 2 (04:03):
It really is. And I want to ask you about
that in a little bit. Let's start in Nassau County
where you are. So you're running three election. I think
obviously you deserve to be re elected, and I hope
and expect that the voters of Nasau think that too.
So tell me you're running against Seth Coslo. Tell me
about the race right now, where it stands, where you

(04:24):
see it right now.

Speaker 3 (04:26):
Sure. So I'm running on my record, and I think
it's a great record of achievement. We are the safest
county in America according to US News and World Report.
Niche magazine says we're the most desirable place to live
in the state of New York. So I think those
are two glowing endorsements. I've hired six hundred police officers,

(04:48):
I have a comprehensive agreement with ICE. I declared from
day one of my office that I would not tolerate
Nasau County becoming a sanctuary county. We are not, and
that's one of the reasons where the safest county in America.
I support our law enforcement, the men and women of
our police and Sheriff's department, probation officers, corrections officers, hired

(05:11):
two excuse me, tired six hundred law enforcement officers in
the last forty years. I haven't raised taxes a penny
in four years. In fact, I eliminated one hundred and
fifty million dollar tax increase of my predecessor. And we've
gotten seven bond upgrades from Wall Street. So I think
we've got a pretty good record to run on, and

(05:31):
I'm feeling confident, but not overconfident. We're running hard. There's
still one hundred and ten thousand more registered Democrats in
Nassau County, so we have to work very hard. And
I think that we have a record of achievement to
build on, and I expect even better and more exciting
things to come in the next years.

Speaker 2 (05:50):
So that's interesting because a lot of people think that
they still think Westchester. I would talk to people from
around the country or whatever, and I'm like, yeah, I'm
in Westchester. Oh my god, rock rib Republican. That's a
great I said, where you've been the last thirty years,
it's three to one Democrat. NASA is kind of the same.
People have this idea that it's, you know, deep red Republican.

(06:11):
They may have voted that way the last few years
or so, but the pendulum has swung, at least for
the enrollment. As you mentioned, one hundred and ten thousand
more Democrats in Nasau than Republicans, which makes it very
challenging for you. So how have you reached out because
you need a certain percentage of Democrats to cross over
and vote for you. Your record stands on its own.

(06:33):
I mean, I think that should be enough. But in
this day and age of TDS and all the craziness,
what do you say, what's the big issue to attract
quote normal Democrats.

Speaker 3 (06:44):
Well, first of all, we want to reach out to
what I quote common sense Democrats and also independent voters,
independent men and women who don't affiliate with either party,
and of course the Conservative Party as well. We run
with the Conservative endorsement, which is very important. But the

(07:05):
way you do it is you run a county that's safe,
that respects law and water. You don't raise taxes, you
deliver quality services at a very efficient price, and you
concentrate on economic development, creating jobs, creating prosperity. We're one
of the most prosperous counties in the United States. Our
gross domestic product is larger than one hundred and twenty

(07:27):
six nations in the United Nations. We're an economic powerhouse.
And that's important because to keep young people, you've got
to give them, you know, quality job opportunities, and we're
doing that here. But you know the environment as you know, Rob,
and you know as well as anybody, you did an
amazing job as Westchester County executive. You know you got

(07:49):
to deal with all of me. And basically, you have
a governor and you have a legislature that's ultra left wing.
They're out of touch, they lack common sense. They pass
laws cash list bail and raise the age, things that
make us less safe. We have a governor that, while
we need more money for our schools, more money for

(08:10):
our hospitals, more money for our infrastructure, she spends ten
billion dollars on illegal migrants and now she's hiring lawyers
for illegal migrants. I think basically, common sense Democrats and
independent voters are trending Republican because they see that we
have the values that they stand for, and we stand

(08:33):
for the policies that they like. And I also have
to say that, you know, President Trump is very very
popular in Nassau County because he is getting the support
of common sense Democrats and independent voters. They like his policies,
they make sense to the electorate, and that's why he

(08:54):
won Nassau County last time by thirty three thousand votes.
That has one hundred and ten thousand more Democrats. So
we're trending Republican only because of policies. Yes, we have
quality candidates, but we stand for American values, and I
think that's the most important thing.

Speaker 2 (09:13):
Nasau County Executive Bruce Blakeman here on seven to ten WR.
So you brought up Trump. I was going to bring
that up because you know, in seventeen when I was
running for election, I got gunned down like every and
maybe that's a wrong term to use, gun down in
this time, you know, day and age, but politically I
got gunned down, and so many Republicans did. It was
Trump's first year, it was the second year in office,

(09:34):
but it was the first chance for everyone to come out,
every Democrat, and they did. They went nuts. As you know,
TDS just started. It seems to me, and you mentioned,
you know, Trump's popularity in Nasau, it seems to me
that that's changed a little bit. I mean, you got
your Trump haters. That's you know, that's going to be normal,
but it's not a driving factor like I'm going to
vote against Blakeman because of Donald Trump. Do you sense

(09:57):
that or no?

Speaker 3 (10:00):
Well, I think you basically, you know, you need support
from the base, and we have rock solid support from
the base who overwhelmingly support President Trump. But also we have,
as I said, support from common sense Democrats. And independent
voters because they look at the comparison of Biden Harris,

(10:21):
and they look at President Trump and JD. Vance And
while they may not agree with style, and while they
may have some policy differences, overall, people are beginning to
realize that we are a much better country when we
get back to American values, when we don't have open borders,

(10:43):
when we have a sensible tax policy that doesn't punish
people for being successful. And you know, I have great
hopes in the future for Westchester because, as you said, Rob,
back when you were county executive, even though it was
very challenged to run, people appreciated your leadership in west Chester,

(11:05):
and unfortunately they started to get too far to the
left there. But I think they're snapping back. I think
you're going to see a reaction in west Chester the
same as we've seen in Nassau, Saffolk County, suburban counties.
They share American values. They want low taxes, they want
safe neighborhoods, they want good schools. And I think when

(11:27):
you see what's going on in other places in the state,
and when you see what's going on in Obany and
what's going on in big cities around the United States.
I think people appreciate the values of living in a
suburban community where you put a premium on low taxes,
economic development and safe neighborhoods and supporting the police.

Speaker 2 (11:47):
Well, I certainly hope so. I mean, I was with
Christine Skulti, the Republican candidate for county executive, last night
at a fundraiser for her, and yeah, I would love
nothing more than for her to win. In Westchester is
a sanctuary county. I actually vetoed that in seventeen when
the Democrats passed that. But of course my predecessor, my successor,
George Latimer, they put it right in there. So there

(12:09):
are differences between Westchester, which has gone far left, and Naso,
which still has sense and a good leader in you
what about all the anti Semitism the Jewish vote. Nasau
has a huge Jewish community, and I'm not just talking
about the Five Towns or Great Neck. I mean, you know,
it's one of the largest Jewish communities in the country,
if not the world.

Speaker 3 (12:31):
Traditionally, we have the third largest Jewish population in the
United States. The only counties that have a larger Jewish
population are Kings, which obviously is Brooklyn, and Los Angeles Counties.
So yeah, but we don't have the issues here because
we treat anti Semitism very differently than they do in

(12:53):
New York. We had the same professional protesters that were
occupying Lumba University, harassing students, committing acts of violence against
Jewish students, and engaging in hate speech, and we don't
tolerate that in Nassau County. If someone wants to protest,

(13:13):
they're they're given a place to protest, they're told they
can't leave that area, that they have to stay there,
and you know, if they step off the sidewalk, a
police officer will politely tell them to get back on
the sidewalk, and if they don't, they get arrested. They're
not occupying buildings, they're not harassing people, and they're not
committing acts of violence. In Nassau County, we won't tolerate that.

Speaker 2 (13:36):
Good and that's the way it should be. And you're right.
The animals are running, you know, they're running the zoo
right now in New York City, and we've seen it.
It's not just New York, it's you know, you see
it all over the country, Portland and everywhere. And I
think normal people are are completely frustrated and fed up
with it, and I do hope there's a backlash at
the polls against these Democrats. Seth Coslo, who's running against you,

(14:00):
the Democrat. What do we need to know about this guy?

Speaker 3 (14:04):
Well, what you need to know about him is that
he's an ultra left candidate in the same image and
mold of Kathy Hochel and Zorn Mandami. He was for
castles bail. He is pro criminal. He has spent the
most part of his adult life trying to get criminals

(14:26):
out of jail. He wrote a paper ten years ago
that's shocking that says that women make false claims about
rape because they desire or fantasize about being raped. I mean,
the guy is out of the mainstream. Some of the
things he said are absolutely bizarre, and he's not someone
who's going to enforce the law. He's not someone who

(14:47):
is going to look out to make sure that we
have safe communities. And some of the policies that he's
espoused would increase the cost of government and eventually lead
to tax increases. So I think that it's a very
very clear choice about whether you want low taxes and
low crime or whether you want high taxes and high crime,

(15:10):
and I think, you know, it's a very clear choice,
and I think we have the right message, and I
think I have the record. I mean, how can he
debate about the fact that we have raised taxes a
penny even though inflation has been twenty percent over the
last four years, We've gotten seven bond upgrades, and we
are named the safest county in America and the most
desirable place to live in New York State. You know,

(15:32):
he's grasping a straws. He has called me a brown shirt,
which means that he's calling me a Nazi stormtrooper, which
I find incredibly offensive since I am Jewish. And I
just think that name calling is all he has to
rely upon. And I feel that when people look at

(15:55):
my record that I feel confident that I will be real.
But I take nothing for granted. I'm running hard, we're
raising money, We're going to all the events that are
necessary to make sure that our message gets out, and
I feel very confident that we're gonna win.

Speaker 2 (16:12):
Bruce Blakeman with me on seven to ten wor so.
Getting back to the Jewish vote per second, you know,
when he makes those kind of comments and Jews in
America have a choice to make here. And obviously there
are too many on the progressive far left wing that
even identify as Jewish and they are pro Hamas and
these these are just the biggest imbeciles you can imagine.

(16:35):
But typical and I'm not talking orthodox, that generally vote Republican.
But a typical Jewish voter in New York tends to
be Democrat and usually sticks with their party. But this
is an opportunity, and I know you're doing it for
Republicans to reach out and for them at this point
to say, Okay, I know I normally vote Democrat, but

(16:58):
and this is an important but if I do, I'm
basically giving a check mark to the anti Semitism that
the left is putting on and allowing and believes in
the violence and all this stuff. And as you're making
the rounds again from I'll say, the typical Jewish Democratic voter,
are they up for grabs or are they still really

(17:20):
hard to get?

Speaker 3 (17:22):
So I can't give you specific numbers, but I will
give you a little background, maybe a little teaser, and
some polling that I've looked at recently. So basically, among
reform Democrat reform Jewish Democrats, there has been a very

(17:45):
large shift towards the Republican Party in Nassau County. Among
conservative Jews there has been an even larger shift towards
the Republican Party in the last year, and among Orthodox
Shoes it's overwhelmingly supportive of Republican candidates. Though, yes, we've

(18:07):
seen a seismic shift. But let me give you a
really really interesting figure Hispanic American voters. I declared we're
not a sanctuary county in Nasol County. We are the
first county that had a comprehensive agreement with ICE. I
give ICE fifty jail cells, I give ICE ten detectives

(18:28):
that are federalized, and we have the most comprehensive agreement
with ICE. And I can tell you that overwhelmingly in
the Hispanic American community, they support what I'm doing because
they want safe neighborhoods, they don't want overcrowded schools, and
they don't want resources being spent on people who've been

(18:49):
here for fifteen minutes when they came here the right way.
So I think even among African American voters, there's going
to be a shift towards the Republican Party. Because the
Democratic Party has gone too far to the left, they
come up with proposals that have no common sense, Like
in Nassau County, we banned biological males from competing in

(19:12):
women's sports.

Speaker 2 (19:13):
Yeah, I love this. I love this that knowing you
were probably going to lose in the courts. I mean,
that's what I thought when it first happened, but I
didn't care. I don't know what you thought. The fact
that you took that step was not only courageous, it
was right. It was the right thing to do.

Speaker 3 (19:29):
I have people of every race, religion, and ethnic background
coming up to me and thanking me, especially those who
have daughters that play competitive sports. So it's just common
sense though. I mean, this shouldn't be that difficult. And
that's where I think the Democratic Party has completely lost

(19:49):
their way because they've lost any semblance of common sense.
They don't adhere to American values anymore. You know, this
country was built on the Geo Christian work ethic, and
what they talk about is giving away stuff for free.
Both the Old Testament and the New Testament is full
of talking about how it is righteous to work and

(20:12):
to work and prosper by hard work and playing by
the rules, and they have just lost their way completely.

Speaker 2 (20:22):
Yeah, they're totally unhinged. And as long as the aocs
and may Or Mam Domi, which I don't think he's
stoppable at this point, they'll just keep going further away
from what everyone who's normal believes in. And that's the
battle we're in, you know, And it is a battle,
there's no question, and that's why I thank you for

(20:43):
running for reelection. Early voting, Okay, Republicans have kind of
always been hesitant about it. Democrats they stressed it, they
had success with it. We're catching up a little bit,
but what are you stressing? What are you doing about
early voting?

Speaker 3 (20:58):
So, as you know, I am blessed to have a
great Republican chairman in Joe Cairo. He runs a very,
very great operation when it comes to early voting and
get out to vote on election day. In the last
election period, we actually outdid the Democrats in early voting, fantastic.

(21:22):
So he's doing a great job and he's a dear friend.
And as you know, he's probably the best county chairman
in the United States in either party. So I feel
good about our ground game and I actually think people
are going to be enthusiastic to vote because they want
to stop the craziness that's coming out of Albany and

(21:46):
they want to get back to this I said, just
common sense and American values.

Speaker 2 (21:52):
Last question, any chance Paul McCartney will sing a song
for you?

Speaker 4 (21:57):
Now?

Speaker 2 (21:57):
Explain that?

Speaker 3 (22:00):
Well, let me say this. I've been in his company
many times. He's a very nice man, and I don't
think that there is probably any contemporary artist that is
accomplished as he has in songwriting and his ability to
perform and as a musician. So I'm a big fan,

(22:21):
even though that my ex wife and him are married.

Speaker 2 (22:27):
Hey, Bruce, I can't wait to call you on election
night and say way to go, my friend, and I
hope and wish you all the best good luck. I
know you're going to grind it out until the polls
close at nine pm on election day, and I'm just
telling everybody in Nassau County or people who know people
in Nassau County, make sure you get out the vote.

(22:48):
This is critically important and it is the it's the
front line, it's the wall between Queen's and those politics.
When ma'am Dommie gets in and the common sense of
Nasau County. So good luck, my friend.

Speaker 3 (23:03):
Well, thank you, Rob, and you're a good friend and
look forward to seeing you.

Speaker 2 (23:07):
All right, Bruce Blakeman County executive in Nasau running for reelection,
and go do the right thing, folks. Okay, all right,
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(23:30):
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(25:24):
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(27:13):
So okay, let me tell you about the mayor's race,
all right, one eight hundred three two one zero seven
ten one eight hundred three to two one zero seven
ten me. Actually you could, you could give your opinion
on this one, and I'll explain why I think. And
Yankees are down two to nothing. Now another home run.
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(27:38):
aligned with the Conservative Party. Right, usually Republicans run on
both lines. Curtis Lee would decided, and it wasn't It
wasn't the Conservative Party they offered him that line. But
Curtis Lee would decided. And when I interviewed him on
the air here a couple months ago, whatever it was,
I'd asked him, why didn't you take the conservative line?

(27:59):
And he kind of dance around a little bit, but
he said, you know, I don't align with them too
closely on a bunch of issues. And he mentioned some
of the issues like gay marriage, and I think he
said abortion, I'm not sure, but there were issues he
didn't agree with that are basically traditional Republican values too,
but he said no. And so he started his own

(28:19):
freaking dogs and cats line or whatever the hell he's got,
which is nowhere to be found on the ballot, and
it's going to get him, you know whatever, a couple
hundred votes. I mean, he thinks this is what's going
to get him all the women vote, and it's not. Okay,
it's just not And if you look at the ballot,
there's a zillion people on this ballot, and it's the
mayor's race is not the only one. There's other races

(28:42):
in New York City as well. So I'll explain why
I think this was a bad mistake. Now, look, I'm
not so sure this is going to be a close
race anyway, So in the end it may not matter,
but let's just pretend it is. Let's just say Curtis,
you know, gets within a real close margin here. I'm
gonna go backwards. In twenty twenty one, Bill Peptone was

(29:06):
the candidate on the conservative line. He got twelve and
a half thousand votes. Okay, he got one point one percent. Malatakis,
who ran in seventeen, she got thirty seven thousand votes.
She got three point twenty five percent on the conservative
party line. When she ran for mayor, Joe Lota in

(29:28):
thirteen got twenty five thousand votes two point three percent.
So really, anywhere between one and almost three and a
half percent are at stake if you say no to
the conservative party line. So now there's this woman, Irene Strada,
who obviously nobody knows about. She's not campaigning. She was

(29:49):
a placeholder they put on the line. She's gonna draw votes.
Who's she taking them from. She's not taking them from Guomo,
She's not taking them from Mam Dami. She's taken them
from Curtis Leiwa. And I think that was a I understand,
I know what he was thinking. Okay, I got the
Republican line, so I still got to attract independence and Democrats.

(30:12):
You know, some of that's a little overblown, but you
also can't forget the base as well. And there are
conservatives who just vote on that conservative line and that's
a critical factor, ma'm dommie is the Working Families line
and it goes so if you're looking at the ballot,
the first one will be Democrat, and this is based
on the ballot position is based on the number of

(30:33):
votes that that party's con goubernatorial candidate gets in the
last election. So the most votes were on the Democratic
line HOCEL and so they get the A spot, the
number one spot for the next four years. The B

(30:54):
or the second slot is the Republican and C still
holding on although at some point soon the Working Faamily's
party is going to overtake them. But still holding on
is the Conservative party. So Curtis could have had the
B and the C lines right, he could have had
the Republican and the Conservative. He gave that away, which
means now a third person who nobody knows of. But

(31:15):
people are going to come out and not like anybody,
and they're going to vote on this line. So he
gave away those votes. Again, not sure it's going to
make a difference in this election, but it could. And
now you got Cuomo going after Republicans because he has
to mathematically with an eight to one advantage Democrat to
Republican in New York City. Even though Cuomo is a Democrat,

(31:38):
he lost the primary and he's eighth when you look
at the ballot positioning, Andrew Cuomo is eighth, so it
ain't that easy to go find him. And there was
a study about this, plenty of studies about this, and
I'm very familiar with it because having run for office,
I know, I know that luck of the draw some

(31:59):
time is important, and the ballot position is important because
people go in there and there's been studies done that
they will vote on the you know, whoever they know,
or more so, the first couple of positions they'll they're
sometimes up to a five point advantage. I mean, think
about that. That's the stupidity of the voter. But think

(32:21):
about that. You're trying to get as much votes as possible,
and if your eighth, you're like, you know, jumbled up
with everybody that's costing you votes, You're buried. So I
think it was a tactical error by Curtis. Now October
seventeenth and the twenty second are the debates. And I

(32:42):
said this on Lowry's show yesterday and I continue to
say it. Take the damn beret off, Curtis you're not
running for president of the Guardian Angels. We all know
who you are, and we all know your past as
affiliated with the Guardian Angels, and we thank you for that.
But I mean Larry had said that, you know, he's

(33:05):
not wearing it anymore or very free. No, that's not true.
I just saw an interview with him on New York One,
I think it was from today, and there's Curtis in
a suit and the bereat take it off. You need
to look like a mayor. People are gonna give you
a second look in the next week or so or

(33:26):
up through the debates. They need to see you as
potentially being a mayor if they want to consider voting
for you. Now there ain't a big pot left and
you're going after Cuomo's votes and he's going after yours.
And if you two stay in it, it's over with.
If if one of you and it ain't gonna be Cuomo,
if Curtis drops out, then people are gonna have to decide.

(33:49):
When I see people anti Mamdami voters, more so Republican
voters and independence, what they're gonna do. Are they going
to stay home? Are they gonna still go out and vote?
Whoever's on that line, because they'll still be on that line,
or they're gonna hold their nose and go vote for
a Cuomo. That's the big question right now. So Cuomo
has to appeal to He's got to appeal basically everybody,

(34:11):
and that includes Republicans who he kind of demigrated in
the past and whose record they don't love. They don't
Republicans don't love Cuomo's record obviously, so he's walking that tightrope.
But as long as Curtis, who must be getting an
enormous amount of pressure to get out, and I think

(34:33):
shortly you're gonna see pressure coming from probably within the
Republican Party for Curtis to get out. Now that may
or may not become public, but I'm sure they're gonna
have those conversations with him because, and I think wrongly,
if Mamdammie wins, and he's gonna win probably if all
things stay the same, he's gonna win, Curtis is gonna

(34:55):
get blamed, and he shouldn't get blamed, but he probably
will get blamed. So I think there are a lot
of people trying to prevent that. It's like last minute
maneuvering right now is it too late, not yet, but probably.

Speaker 3 (35:11):
So.

Speaker 2 (35:12):
I think that was a bad error by Curtis a
long time ago, like talking about back in March, to
get to not take the conservative party line. I think
there's too many votes out there that are critical, and
to assume that those voters who vote on the conservative
line will automatically come to the Republican line is not

(35:33):
the right thing to assume, because just looking at the
past results, that's a lot of votes on the table
didn't matter. It might matter this time. One hundred three
two one zero seven ten. One hundred three two one
zero seven ten. I will get to your calls in
just a moment. But before that, I know Bruce wants
he's like itchy finger right now, Bruce, really itchy finger.

(35:57):
He wants to play this.

Speaker 3 (35:59):
A G.

Speaker 4 (36:02):
Williams painting the people even to do the job right.

Speaker 2 (36:08):
Of course, they do the job right. It's a G.
Williams painting, for God's sakes, whether it's your house or
your business. They'll send expert craftsmen to do the repairs,
and then the painters in their overalls will jump out
of that van and man they not open up. Paniccaine, panic,
See there you go. That's a good one for your Bruce.

(36:29):
He can of paint. That's a coin toss. You know
how many people say coin costs by accident, A paniccaine,
I almost say it again, A can of paint tet
that chief contractor. Go right ahead. You'll be calling a G.
Williams up like in a month. Their license, they're ensured,

(36:49):
they're certified. They are the people you trust to do
the job right. They're in the Westchester Business Hall of Fame,
which means they've been doing this for a long time
and they know how to do it. So look them up.
Ag Williams Painting dot com, ag Williams Painting dot com.

Speaker 1 (37:06):
Ag Williams Painting, ag Williams pain thing the people was
just to do the job right.

Speaker 2 (37:16):
You know, I was talking about the Conservative Party and
Slee would not taking the line, and you know, the
odds are it's not gonna cost him the race because
he's far behind, but if it, if it were, how
awful would that be that? And stead he chose the
dogs and catline or whatever the hell it's called instead
of the Conservative Party, which if you look it up,

(37:37):
can can draw enough votes to swing a very close election.
And my good friend Linda Killian actually wrote about this
in American Thinker. Go look up what she wrote, because
she's actually a great writer, and it was funny because
we were both on the same wavelength this week. This
is when I cut that promo earlier in the week
talking about the twist. That's what I was talking about,

(37:58):
as well as the baut lines. And she wrote kind
of a the more more in depth column about this,
So look it up in American Thinker. Linda Killion. All right,
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All right, let's go to the phones. I know people
have been waiting patiently. Start in Howard Beach. Hello, Diana,
You're on the Rob Asterino Show.

Speaker 5 (39:27):
Hi Rob, Nice to talk to you you two. Rob.
I received my absentee ballad because I'm going to be
traveling and I take voting very seriously, and I kept
it on my dining room table for two days outlining
the pros and the cons and what it boiled down

(39:49):
to is I voted based on my integrity, and I
felt that QUOM gave us a lot of the problems
that we're dealing with today. Closed Rikers Island, no cash bail,
the homelessness, with closing down numerous hospitals in Queens about

(40:14):
five never mind even the harassment charges, because I only
believe maybe three of them were valid. But he even
gave us hope because he if he felt that he
was innocent, why not fight?

Speaker 2 (40:29):
Right? So you're so you're not voting for Cuomo, You're
not voting for Monday.

Speaker 5 (40:34):
So you couldn't because of my conscience? Yeah, I mean,
and you know what he's Curtis is running on the
Republican line. Why should he leave when Cuomo was one
on one against Mondany he lost.

Speaker 2 (40:50):
Yeah, No, it's a good point. It's a good point. Diana,
Thank you so much for the call. Let's go to Ken.
He's in New York City as well. Hi.

Speaker 6 (40:57):
Ken, Oh, I'm a big fan of your show. Your
show is awesome. Ready to fix this? Then, because this
is an off year, no volunteers from out of state
when the Republicans were sent into health Curtis Also, Curtis
never goes on any of these big internet shows that
have millions of viewers. And also.

Speaker 7 (41:20):
A billionaire hasn't come in to help Curtis with the advertisements.
As an independence to tell people about mcdonnie. A lot
of people don't know that he wants to legalize prostitution,
and wants to legalize heroin, and wants to get with
the police department. I'm sure there's a lot of people
if they found out about that, they would change their
votes and they would vote for Curtis.

Speaker 8 (41:39):
So the fix is in.

Speaker 9 (41:39):
I think the real estate people rob an involved in this.
They want to drive down the real estate like they
did in the seventies. Also in the nineteen eighties, people
forget your Japanese business investors bought Rockefeller Sener. Ten years
later the real estate collapsed and the Rockefellers and the
Yearly lawyers bought bought it back with David Rockefeller in here.

Speaker 2 (42:01):
Well can the fix isn't end. But what's happening is
the business community and the money which they never are right,
by the way, never they they don't know what to do.
You know, they poured twenty five million into Cuomo's first
you know, primary race. He loses, then they're like, let's
pour money into Eric Adams. Then he gets out. Now

(42:21):
they're not don't know what to do. The George in
Mount SINAI, is that right, George, Yes, that's right.

Speaker 8 (42:30):
Okay, I'm going to talk about the day after the election.
I really believe Mondanie's gonna win. It's terrible, but he's
gonna win. They're making a pull to try to have
Mondannie pulled. They can't do it now, it's too late
to take him off the bounty. About the legal money
he may have taken. Now they're talking about he did
not register to vote, all kinds of nonsense. But if

(42:52):
they somehow are successful in removing Mandanie after.

Speaker 2 (42:56):
He's elected, he can't be Oh, there's no way that's happening.

Speaker 8 (42:58):
Well, let me just let me just skim give you
my point. If they did, which is bad, the public
advocate would become the mayor, and that's Jamani Williams. He's
ten times worse and he's an African American and he'll
begin for two terms. I think we have to assume
Mandonnie's gonna win and we'll have to fight him at court.
I was a former court clerk. I never worked in

(43:21):
I worked mostly in Queens and Bronx in New York.
But anyway, it's very hard to remove him, and then
they just have to fight him with legal challenges. That's
what I have to say.

Speaker 2 (43:31):
All right, George, thanks for the call. Called anytime. Let
me sneak in. Let me see al Yonkers. How are
you al?

Speaker 3 (43:37):
Hey?

Speaker 4 (43:38):
Rob, thanks so much for the call. I know time
is short. Yeah, I just want to say I agree
with you. You Curtis probably definitely hurt himself the conservative line,
the candidate on that line will definitely siphon votes from him,
And I agree with you. When he goes on the debate,
he has to look professional and get rid of that beat.
And I don't mean not to say it the nasty way,

(44:00):
but neither do I. The reason why he should put
that on.

Speaker 2 (44:03):
Right perceptionist reality, and they have to look at you
and say, you know what that I think that guy
looks like a mayor. I think I think he can
be a mayor, and that I'm not so sure that
they see that. Right now, let me sneak in, Sondra.
How are you from New Jersey.

Speaker 10 (44:18):
High Lob? You know? The reason he wears that beat,
from what I understand, is he doesn't think he looks
good without it. So I just want to mention.

Speaker 2 (44:26):
That he also he also, apparently because Larry MENTI said
this yesterday, he also thinks that people won't recognize him.
Are you kidding me? First of all, if you're walking
down the street and running for mayor, you have a
lot of people around you with courteously with signs, right,
so they're gonna know. They know his face, he's been
around forever, they know his voice.

Speaker 11 (44:46):
But he may maybe he feels he looks younger with
the hat.

Speaker 10 (44:48):
And that's my point on that. But look, you know,
I hear that lady that called earlier. She's she's gone
with her conscious. If I were in New York, I
would choo, thank god, I'm voting pro jac Sata. Really,
I don't have the.

Speaker 11 (45:02):
Time vote, but I have a sister in the city.
She's going to vote for Cuomo because she doesn't want
to waste a vote. And unfortunately, that's how many people think.
And that's unfortunately why maybe Curtis won't win. But Mandani,
I just want to say one more thing. I told
my sister.

Speaker 10 (45:22):
Today, be prepared for a lot of garbage in the
street in front of your building. She didn't even realize
the things are going to happen if they have him
as mayor streets and all that stuff.

Speaker 2 (45:34):
Yep, Soandra, thanks for the call. As always, a couple
things before I get out of here. First of all,
the shutdown, the Schumer shutdown, which is now day four.
First of all, most people don't care, okay, because hardly
anyone is really affected. This will go on into next week,
and then the Democrats is going to have to cave.

(45:56):
There will be enough of them, I think, because the
narrative of you know, healthcare for illegals, which they're gonna
have a hard time getting rid of that narrative. I
can't see how that doesn't stick to them. But it's
kind of like, who cares. We've been through this a
million times? And what else? I got all these other things.
I can hold them till next week, I guess I can.

Speaker 3 (46:18):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (46:19):
I'll leave you with a couple of quotes from a
book Hijacked Our Republic Unless we can save it Peter
Kalfe and Kevin Dolan. There's some good quotes.

Speaker 6 (46:27):
You know.

Speaker 2 (46:28):
The book is about a whole bunch of things about
America and how we got to get back on track.
But there's a whole bunch of quotes, and there's some
of them are really good. Like you cannot help the
poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the wage
arner by pulling down the wage payer. That was from
Lincoln Lenin Vladimir Lenin. The goal of socialism is communism.

(46:51):
We know that, so Mam Dami is the first step
towards communism in New York City. And of course one
of my favorites is from Donald Reagan. You can't be
for big government, big taxes, and big bureaucracy and still
be for the little guy. And ma'am Dommi claims he's
for the little guy. We have that cut. We have

(47:11):
enough time. I don't think we have enough time, do we,
ma'am Dommy. Listen to ma'm domi, this moron, this video
we put out on X No, No, we're out of time. Anyway,
we'll put you know, we can play it next week.
Don't worry about it, Bruce. Anyway, all right, I gotta
say happy birthday, Happy sixteenth birthday to my daughter Ashland.

(47:32):
It's on Wednesday, but tomorrow we're going to have a
party for her at the Royal Green and Stamford, a
great restaurant. And can't I just can't believe my little
one is going to be getting behind the wheel of
a car. And I'm taking her on Wednesday to DMB
so you can take our permit test. This is crazy.
And my wife's birthday was the other day. Happy birthday,

(47:53):
to her Sheila and my dog Luna. My little malty
Shitsu is turning six, turning five.

Speaker 3 (48:00):
Baby.

Speaker 2 (48:01):
All right, next week I'm just previewing. I can't I
can't say yet, but we're gonna have I think, and
I'll know Monday. A blockbuster guest on Saturday next week.
You God. If it's a yes on Monday, I'll find out.
It will promo during the week. This is going to
be an exciting show. To put it, put it very simple. Okay,

(48:25):
it's like great radio. That's great, great radio. Asta reno. Anyway,
thanks to Bruce, thanks to Noa, Thanks to you for listening.
I'm back here next Saturday, four o'clock.

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