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Speaker 1 (00:00):
So it's done. His summer seven twenty two is their
time here in Houston's Warning News. Politics weren't so great, however,
In nineteen seventy seven, after Jimmy Carter took office, joining
us to talk about the former president, doctor Robin Armstrong,
RNC Committee manned Galveston County Commissioner. You're too young to
remember Jimmy Carter, aren't you?
Speaker 2 (00:21):
You know, No, I'm not. Actually I was a boy,
but I was certainly I certainly remember the presidency when
Reagan came in, and yeah, I don't. I certainly did
experiencing all the all of the inflation and all of
the turmoil that was taking place at that time. But
I think I've got a pretty good representation of that
with the with the Biden years. So it's been a
(00:44):
I know how they feel now because of the turmoil
that we've just had over the last four years with
biden Aris administration. Yeah, so I got a pretty good
understanding of what it was like.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Now. Well, you know, that's a good comparison to make
because what led to this landslide election victory for Donald
Trump is what led to the landslide victory for Reagan
in that people had had enough. You know, the national
psyche was at an all time low. At least at
that time. Energy prices had gone through the roof, at
least for that time when you could when you could
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find energy. We had the energy crisis, we had problems overseas.
People just weren't feeling very good about being an American.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Absolutely. You know, the comparison is great because you had
Reagan that came in and brought in a revolution not
only in the country but also in the Republican Party.
And right now we have Trump coming in and bringing
in a revolution not only in the country but also
in the Republican Party. So I think that it's amazing,
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how you know, the party is sort of pivoting, you know,
during in nineteen eighty and then again into twenty twenty four.
And I think it's going to be for our positive benefit.
I think we're going to see Republicans doing acting more
like Republicans, acting more like conservatives and populous, you know.
So it's going to be a big change now in
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the Republican Party, just like we saw back then. I
think Trump is ushering it in, ushering it in now
on the heels of Biden and Reagan ushered it in
on the heels of Carter back in nineteen eighty and
so I think the comparison is very very appropriate.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Yeah, the best thing I could say about that that
was the last time I supported the Democrat for president
would have been nineteen seventy six at that particular point.
Done not to date myself, I guess I am to
a certain extent, you know, from a positive standpoint. Other
than living to the ripe old age of one hundred.
The things I think most people will remember fondly about
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Jimmy Carter, we're nothing really that had to do a
whole lot with his presidency, had more to do with
the life he lived afterwards.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Absolutely, you know, he was a good man. He was
a strong Southern Baptist man. He was a Christian man,
and he just had all his policies wrong. I believe
that he was a humanitarian. He also won the Nobel
Peace Prize for the David Accords, you know, bringing peace
to Israel and in Egypt. And so I think that
he did some positive things. But like I say, he's
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known for his work and habitat for humanity after his presidency,
building homes for the for the homeless and for the poor.
And I think that that's what he's going to be remembered,
as a humanitarian who cared about people. Uh just was
a horrible president and and so and and and and
that's a good thing. That's that's a good thing that
he cared about people. He was a humanitarian. He gave
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his life in service to our country.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
It's more than we can say about Joe Biden, isn't it.
Let's let's absolutely let's wrap it up with this though,
because this is kind of current events and in Washington,
d C. It would appear that as it stands right now,
House Speaker Mike Johnson does not have the necessary votes
to maintain the speakership. What do you see happening there?
And how critical is it that this is taking care
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of one way or another relatively quickly, because as I
understand it, they cannot even certify the election results in
having an inauguration until they have a House speaker name.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Absolutely, yes, they're going to have to resolve this quickly.
I believe personally that Mike Johnson will have the votes,
just because I believe these guys are going to have
to get on board because a few days later they're
going to have to certify the election results bringing in
President Trump as President of the United States, and so
they're going to have to get their act together. You know, Listen,
they're going to have to unify around a leader. We
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don't get a vote on who that leader is, they do.
They need to be responsible, Republicans need to be responsible, unify,
choose a leader, and have it done within a day
or two. I don't think that that can happen unless
that speaker is Mike Johnson, and I think that's probably
what's going to happen. I believe that president you get
behind him, and I think that's going to happen. But
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it's going to have to happen very very quickly if
we're going to bring in the Trump administration.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
All right, sir, Happy New Year till you. Thanks for
joining us again. Appreciate all your time this year. Doctor
Robin Armstrong. It's seven twenty seven.