November 14, 2024 • 40 mins
President Joe Biden and President Elect Donald Trump met at the White House after a contentious election season. The two were very cordial where both pledged a smooth transition between administrations. Trump has wasted no time in selecting various cabinet members to fill out his administration. Dan asked listeners for their reactions.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's nice eyes, Dan Ray UNTELLIM Boston's news Radio.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Well, Donald Trump has picked some interesting cabinet members and
we want to talk about those. If you'd like to
jump on board six one seven, two, five, four ten
thirty or six one seven ninth three one ten thirty
before we get back to Kathy from Lunenburg, who have
held over since last hour, I just want to make
one more announcement. On the Friday night before the election,
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we ran a bit of a poll in which we
asked people to predict who would win the election the
following Tuesday and what would their electoral vote count be.
We had one winner. We have one winner. I'm going
to give Paul from South Boston this hour. If you're
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will assume that you have either moved, left the country,
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So I hope you'll understand if anyone is a friend
of Paul in South Boston. He's a fairly regular call
us from surprise, we haven't heard from him to claim
his prize. But that's that's the way it's going to
work here, Paul. We're not going to be continuing to
appeal for you to call in. We'll assume that you
have decided to decline your prize, and if we don't
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hear from you by midnight, we will move on. And
I think that our next in line is Purvis. And
I forget where Purvis is from, but we certainly will
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Matter of fact, I can probably get it for you
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is from Middleton, Massachusetts. He said Trump at three oh seven.
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It was three twelve. Paul was closer with the three fifteen.
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does not get in touch with us, all right, let
us go back to Kathy. Kathy, you were talking about
some very complicated issues feel free to try to simplify
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them a little bit. Make your point, and we're going
to have to move on.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
Go ahead, Kathy, yep.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
No, My point was just that food and what is
in food more importantly affects everybody, you know, from caffeine
stimulants to you know, these energy drinks at teens, drength,
to the food dies that are more prominently in kids
snacks and so forth, and you know, coust behavioral issues
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in school, and you know, and so forth, and just
trickle into other problems.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
Well, we can't. We could give a thousand you know,
kids who eat, who do not eat properly, they're overweight,
We have all sorts of problems. The question is do
we really want And I think this is a philosophical question,
do we really want the government, whether it's the administration
of Joe Bilin or of Donald Trump, telling us what
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can and cannot be so the grocery stores. I think
that these are these are some interesting questions.
Speaker 4 (03:19):
It is, but I think we're at a crisis point.
And you know, just from what I've seen, particularly with kids,
I think we're at a crisis point. And food is
just so overprocessed.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Now, Okay, then you would say yes, and it wouldn't matter.
So if the next administration decides to come in and
uh and and crack down more the the the the
argument is who's who is the person best to decide
what their family eats, mom and dad or the government.
And I think that generally Republicans would say mom and dad.
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Democrats might say the government. So it's interesting. I think
it's going to be. It would be interesting if if
if Donald Trump, along with RFK Junior, took on this
cause could be fascinating.
Speaker 4 (04:05):
Well, and I think the other real important point right now,
what's prominent to is theack vaccines and the effect that
they've played the COVID vaccine. I have not been vaccinated.
I know a number of people that have, and I
know a number of people who are suddenly battling cancer.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
But see, here's the thing on that one, Kelly, I
hope you'll understand that on that issue, on that issue,
you were saying, I don't want the government telling me
what vaccine I can or cannot take or the food.
You want the government involved. So you got you've got
to have some allies who are going to agree with you.
On the phone.
Speaker 4 (04:45):
You can twist and turn things anyway, you know.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Dan, I'm just saying, Look, they say consistency is the
hobgoblin of small minds. I'm just saying that, when you
think about it, it really comes down to a choice.
Should the government those vaccines on people? You're gonna say no, okay, absolutely.
Should the government impose what can and cannot be sold
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at the supermarket? You're gonna say yes. Others are going
to say no. I think it's a wonderful conversation for
talk show hosts, and I will look forward to it.
Speaker 4 (05:17):
Okay, thanks Kathy, Okay, not.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
A problem again. We should have those choices. I'm a
big guy for choice. That's all. Okay, Thanks Kathy. I
have a great night. Let's keep on. Let's take a break.
Take a break. I don't want to short change anyone.
It's eleven fourteen. I only have one line open, which
is six one, seven, two, five, four, ten thirty. That
makes me very happy. Feel free to join the conversation.
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I'd love to know what you think about the h
the Matt Gates nomination for Attorney General. I'm blown away
by that. I just think that there must be better choices. Look,
half the Republicans in Congress properly or our attorneys. Donald
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Trump knows a lot of attorneys. Is Matt Gates the
best that he can come up with. I think it's
a controversial choice, and I think, well, I don't think
he's going to get through. I can count the Republicans
on one hand. I think all the Democrats are going
to say no. Has Donald Trump put him out there
as a sacrificial lamb so that all of the ire
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of members of his own party in the Democratic Party
going to focus solely on Gates. The president has a
right to nominate his cabinet, there's no question about that.
Jack Kennedy nominated his brother Bobby Kennedy in nineteen sixty one.
President Obama nominated Eric Holder. But I don't think there
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was any questions about their ethics. And there's a lot
of questions about Matt Gates's ethics that have swirled around
him for sometime. And he also was the guy that
led the charge that basically took McCarthy out as Speaker
of the House. For better or worse, I think there's
a lot of Republicans who want to see him fail
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as well. We'll see, we'll see. Let's keep our eye
on that one. Let's keep our eye on the Robin F.
Kennedy nomination. The only line is six one, seven, two,
ten thirty. That's the only one you should be down
in at Chessfield. Coming back on Nightside.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
Now, back to Dan ray line from the Window World
night Side Studios on w b Z news Radio.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
The New York Times is reporting tonight that President elect
Trump has picked North Dakota Governor Doug Bergham to be
Interior Secretary. So, uh, the Trump team is hitting the
ground running. Let's go next, Let's go to the calls.
Let's go too. Daniel in West Virginia, Daniel in West Virginia,
welcome back. How are you sure? I am good? Dan?
Speaker 3 (07:56):
I just want to say before we get started, I'm
a very blue person. That the very red state which
did not used to be so red, but oh it
used to.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
It used to be a very democratic state and uh
not so long ago, and that it flipped very quickly.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
Yes, it did much too much to my well, I
don't like it. Let's just put it that way. We'll
we'll never have another senator like the great Robert C.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
Bird. But anyway, Matt, so you're a Robert Bruyd guy. Okay,
I wasn't a fan of Robert Buruyd. What do you
think about the new senator with his with his English bulldog?
Senator James Justice, your former governor.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
Yeah, I don't like him either. He was liked as
a Democrat and changed to a Republican while he was
in office.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
How do you How do you like his dog? His dog?
I saw his dog today on television. It's a cute dog.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
Anyway, it kind of looks like, actually, go ahead, go.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
Ahead, yeah, Matt, Matt Gate's good Greek. I mean that
that just completely blows my mind. Such a I mean,
it's crazy, man, I understanding Why do you.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
Think why did Trump do that?
Speaker 3 (09:13):
Do you think because he wants to create chaos and mayhem?
I think that's the reason.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
You know, Well, so if you think it's in Donald
Trump's interest to nominate someone who probably is going to
have to withdraw, I mean, what will happen is they'll
come up to a voter and they'll say, look, we
got thirty five votes and he needs not even close
to what they need. I don't understand that. The only
way I can figure it out is that if he
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feels that by doing by nominating Gates, all of the
fury and the outrage of Democratic senators will focus on
Gates and that that will make it an easier way
for some of the other cabinet nominees to get through.
Or do you think I'm crazy when I when I
posit that.
Speaker 3 (10:02):
As an idea, I mean, I don't know. I just
I just think the man wants to create chaos and
Mayhem and like RFK for Department of Health and Human Services.
Speaker 5 (10:13):
Good grief.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
If he would have been the secretary during COVID, we
would still have COVID going on at least, that's my opinion.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
That's a legitimate that's you have a right to European
I think that the Matt Gates nomination is one unto
itself in my opinion. I mean, my question is, you
said he wants to create chaos in Mayhem. Why would
he want to create chaos in Mayhem for his own
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second term in office? Didn't you have enough in the
first term.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
Well that's just the way the man's mind works. And
obviously I did not vote for him, No, I didn't.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
No, I understand. I'm just trying to figure out some
way why how that benefits him. I don't know. You know,
there were some of his nominations that I think the
Marco Rubio nomination is one that we'll get through pretty easily.
I think he has respect amongst both parties. Ratcliffe as
a former Texas congressman, and he's been involved Telsey Gabbert
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Director of National Intelligence. I think that that's a good nomination.
I think that she is a disenfranchised Democrat or disenchanted Democrat,
I should say, but she was a Democratic congresswoman elected
several times from Hawaii military veteran. So I think some
of his picks make sense. But the Gates pick, I
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don't know.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
Yeah, that's the one that blows my mind the most.
I mean, what's going to be next. He's going to
nominate Elon Musk for Secretary of the Department of Labor
or something. I mean, that wouldn't shock me at all.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
Well, he's got him in a new department that doze,
the Department of Government Efficiency, government deficiency, and hey, if
if must can find money that is being I don't
want my tax dollars being spent inefficiently. I I'm and
I'm sure you don't either.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
Nope, I certainly don't. And something else that completely blows
my mind. Dan, I'll tell you, you know, why do people
in poor states like West Virginia and Kentucky vote for
all these Republicans that are going to do absolutely nothing
to help them?
Speaker 2 (12:29):
You know?
Speaker 3 (12:29):
Do you think I think the Democrat?
Speaker 2 (12:32):
I think the Democrat. Look, the result speaks for itself.
People may be poor in West Virginia and Kentucky, but
they're not stupid. Uh And although you disagree, which is
perfectly understandable, the Democrats. Apparently these folks feel the Democrats
have have made a lot of promises and haven't followed through.
That's the only that's the only rationale I can come
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up with. Most people vote in what they perceive to
be their self interest, and that may be true.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
And of course people vote with their pocketbooks, right.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
Well, that that defines you, That defines yourself interest. Okay.
I mean, if if you've hit upon hard times and
you feel that it's the fault of the Biden administration,
I don't think you're going to be particularly inclined to
vote for his vice president, do you.
Speaker 3 (13:21):
Well, that's the way a lot of people look at it.
You know, It's like, well, the cost of gas is
too high. The cost of eggs is too high.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
And you know, well you go to look you let
me ask you this, Well, you go to the grocery store,
do you you must feel that that that additional cost.
Everybody does. I'm the shopper in my family. I know
what eggs cost, I know what gasoline costs. We finally
are a little bit below three dollars a gallon. Here
where I can find gas at two ninety five. Now,
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it's been a long time. It's a long time, Daniel.
I appreciate you, probable.
Speaker 3 (13:52):
Please two fifty four here right now?
Speaker 2 (13:55):
Well, you're doing better than we are. Hey, do me
a favorite. Please keep listening, and please keep calling. I
want to get different points of view, and yours oftentimes
is a different point of view. And I thank you
very much.
Speaker 3 (14:08):
Well, thank you for taking my caul, Sir.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
I'll talk to you later, absolutely looking forward to it.
Let me go next to where we're going to go here,
I know we're gonna go. Let's go to Patrick and Charlestown,
Patrick next on nightside.
Speaker 5 (14:18):
How are you how you doing?
Speaker 6 (14:20):
Daniel?
Speaker 5 (14:20):
Hey?
Speaker 2 (14:21):
Great?
Speaker 6 (14:21):
Listen, so good, good good. So the one thing I
wanted to bring up is about this Matt Gates thing
that I think is that I think is that that
I think is really prophetic, as it says we are
in charge, we are not sorry, we are serious, and
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we are coming after you if you broke the law,
and your days of being in charge of the law
and who gets prosecuted and who doesn't are over and
you should scared because we're coming. And the days of
Trump hiring Republican establishment people to fill professional major roles.
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Examples William Barr, John Bolton, Jeff Sessions who did not
clash the Russia hoax when he could have and probably
flipped Congress in twenty eighteen. All of these old school
Republicans aren't one thing. They aren't loyal. And in the
position of Attorney general, it's less important to be the
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world's greatest trial attorney because we will have those working
under him. It's far more important to have somebody who
is a true ally of Trump's policy goals, and Matt
Gates is exactly that. And that's why they are so surprised,
because it shows we are bringing our one hundred miles
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an hour fastball and we are serious and you should
be scared.
Speaker 5 (15:57):
And I love it.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
So here's my question to you, Uh, what do you think?
Tell me what you we may disagree. What do you
think the chances are that Matt Gates's nomination will make
it through the Senate, that he'll get he'll get the
necessary votes.
Speaker 6 (16:19):
To be I don't I don't know, but you know
Trump Trump is going to have this problem with all
of his nominees.
Speaker 2 (16:25):
He think, hold on, let's just have a conversation. I
gave you a good two minute speech there for a second.
Do you think he's gonna have that trouble with with Mario,
with Marco Rubio?
Speaker 6 (16:38):
I think he's going to have trouble with all of them,
I really do.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
I mean, so, Okay, if you and I were either
one of us are betting men. But if you and
I were were betting men, Okay, what do you think
the over under is on Matt Gates? Right now?
Speaker 6 (16:53):
Let's be real, I'd say I don't know about over
I'd say is about a one in four one and
three chances of being approved, and it's it's real. The
thing is, though it's brilliant, it's a brilliant political ploy,
if it doesn't work, because what's going to happen is
he's going to be able to put in somebody just
a little bit more tolerable than him. That is also
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an ally of Trump's policy initiatives.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
And so I assumed that, I assume that he has
the pick of a bunch of lawyers. But this guy
has has been dealing with Now again they're allegations are pedophilia. Okay, yes,
I mean, well, I don't think Joe Biden, please don't
go I know where you're going to go here. Please
don't go there because I'm enjoying the conversation too much. Okay,
please please not me.
Speaker 6 (17:42):
I mean it was his daughter's a diary general. I mean,
but I won't. I won't go there.
Speaker 2 (17:46):
You want to go, well, I'm just saying that that
that has been discredited. I just I'm not gonna entertain
the conversation. I want to give you a conversations to
what I'm saying here. Okay, We're not going there, Okay,
on this program. It means you I go there within
another programs, I'm not going there in this program, yes, okay.
So now my question is this, are there no other
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lawyers who would be as tenacious and be as tough
as Matt Gates who don't have pedophilia allegations. He's been
investigated by the House Empics Committee. Well, do you know,
have you ever watched the guy on television, Trey Goudi
from a congressman from South Carolina. I'm sure you have.
He's pretty yeah. Yeah, I mean I think he would
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be a great Now, he would be controversial because thet's Hey,
he's a politician, just like any of them. I mean,
the Democrats are not going to I mean, none of
these people are going to be approved one hundred to
one hundred to zero. I know that there's going to
be thirty five Democrats who are going to vote against
all of them. But I think Lee Zelden will be approved.
I think that the former governor of Arkansas, Huckabee, will
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be approved. I think I think no, Christy, No, they.
Speaker 6 (19:03):
Want people, they want neuted people. We're not We're not
doing that anymore.
Speaker 2 (19:07):
We're in name name me one neuted people, namely one
neuted person that that Trump has nominated so far.
Speaker 6 (19:16):
Uh not in this not this go around, not this
go around. But you know, and there's no more Mitt
Romney's and there's no more.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
Okay, Republic, I don't think Mitt Romney ever had a
chance to be nominated. I think we can agree upon that. Patrick,
we're up to eleven thirty. I appreciate your calling. You're
always a tough caller. But do me a favor when
when Gates is confirmed by the US Senate, I want
you to call me and I want you to take
a huge victory lap.
Speaker 5 (19:42):
And he might not be.
Speaker 6 (19:43):
If he's not, he's going to be. He's going to
be a senator. He's going to be take that senator
spot in Florida, So get used to calling him senator.
If he's not a g h.
Speaker 2 (19:52):
Well, i'll tell you what we'll we'll see what happens.
But if he's, if he's not approved, I hope you
and I know, because you're from Charlestown, you'll be man
enough to call me back and say, Daniel.
Speaker 6 (20:01):
I'll call you back then. I appreciate you very much
as always.
Speaker 2 (20:06):
Back you have a great night. Okay, we'll take a break.
The only lines that are available right now were six one,
seven four thirty. Uh, both of the other lines are packed,
soho dial six one, seven, two five four ten thirty
will get John before midnight. I promise RFK Secretary of
Health and Human Services. I think that he'll get through.
I do. I don't think Gates will get through, but
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I could be wrong on both or all of them.
We'll be back on Nightside right after the News at
the bottom of the hour.
Speaker 1 (20:37):
The night Side, Dan Ray on WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
Okay, back to the call as we go. Where we're
gonna go next. Mike is in Beverly, Mike next on Nightside.
Speaker 5 (20:48):
Gott ahead, Hey, good name Dandy and me.
Speaker 2 (20:51):
Yes, sir, here you find Mike right ahead.
Speaker 7 (20:54):
So I like his picks.
Speaker 5 (20:56):
I understand that.
Speaker 7 (20:56):
Hello, think about the Matt Gay spot, I get it,
you know, But I I here's a lot of people
you would not expect as far as Picstow. But I
can tell you you know, it's a bold move. I
get it, you know. I didn't even think of the
Trey Goudie picked Giance. I listen to Tray all the time.
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He's a good, good person.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
But well, I also think he's he's a former prosecutor, he's,
you know, a former member of Congress. I think that
he would bring a lot more to the table. And
I just wonder why Trump is spending political capital. I mean,
you know, some of these picks would be tough to
get through. I think he'll get most of them through,
if not all of them, other than Gates. That's all
I'm saying.
Speaker 5 (21:40):
I get it.
Speaker 7 (21:40):
But the RFK part, though, I think it is I
don't mind it. I think he's really good because you know,
I was talking to somebody today about you know, our food.
There's so much additives in it that they don't allow
in like Germany or somewhere over there, like.
Speaker 2 (21:57):
Yeah, there's there's we we we have a very we
we want choice and all that. I mean, there's all
that's It's interesting that normally the Republicans will say, hey,
keep the government out of the out of the boardroom. Well,
this is one where the government now wants to go
into the boardroom and say to these cereal companies, which
is probably great. I mean, I I have a cereal
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that I get from awake in one to eighty every morning.
That's that's my breakfast. It's delicious, and it's uh, there's
low calories, and it's it's not artificially sweetened. And that's
a that's part of the key to my success of
having lost thirty five pounds and keeping it off if
I was eating a lot of that. You look at
a lot of the breakfast cereals and a lot of
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it is is pumped up with with junk, and hey, uh,
I don't eat those cereals. So I'm not gonna go
out and demonstrate and say, hey, you're taking gocoa puffs
off the market. I want my gocoa puffs or whatever,
the the whatever the worst offenders.
Speaker 5 (22:56):
Are, I get it.
Speaker 7 (22:58):
I just don't know how you how you think government
is in that would be in the in the food
by if they're just saying, you know, we moved this
part and whatever this ad event, I want to even
whatever you call about it.
Speaker 2 (23:10):
Well, normally, normally I use this short of shorty ind term,
and that is that generally Democrats are more concerned with
the government being in the bedroom, and the Republicans are
more concerned with government being in the boardroom. You know.
The libertarian friends don't want don't want the government in
the bedroom or the boardroom. Uh. And it's just a
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little bit of a switch here. I mean, Robert F.
Kennedy Junior comes from a different perspective. It's worked out
for Donald Trump, It's worked out for him, and who knows,
maybe to work out for the American people, I'll say,
give it a shot. You know they were elected.
Speaker 7 (23:46):
Give my how depicts what Mike brompeo. But I think
Mike has some medical stuff going on because he lost
some way Way Draska recently, so I think he has
stomach surgery done or something. So I wondered that's why
he is picking because I think Mike was a good
pick the last administration.
Speaker 2 (24:04):
Yeah, was I thought a really good you know, Secretary
of the Defense of Defense did a great job. He
was I think number one in his class at West
Point and number one at Harvard High School. But I
think that he was thinking. He was one of the
reasons I think he lost weight. I hadn't heard he
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was sick. But one of the reasons that he had
lost weight, in my opinion, was he was thinking about
running for the office, and maybe that turned turned up
against him. I don't know, you know, I don't know.
Speaker 7 (24:36):
I just know I've seen him recently and he lost
a drastic recently, so that was my thing.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
But again I've read nothing about that, so maybe it's true,
but maybe you're speculating, but I've not heard that per
se so. Hey, Michael, I was clearly lost a lot
of weight, no doubt appreciate it.
Speaker 7 (24:59):
Hey, thanks quick comma damn well, last guys, quick comment
about the thing last night, about the homeless thing last night.
You're way off talked back about the drug addiction as
a person long term recovery. You guys have no idea
what you're talking about.
Speaker 8 (25:15):
Was that part?
Speaker 7 (25:16):
How hot is it to get one day clean?
Speaker 5 (25:19):
You guys think.
Speaker 2 (25:21):
I have had personal experience with friends of mine who
were heroinautics. Okay friend, okay, uh, they were friends. I
didn't know they were heroinadutics. My hat goes off to
anyone who's able to beat that addiction. We had a
guy on in the in the eight o'clock hours tonight.
His name was Faust Rgario just wrote a book on
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how to fix your addiction. You should listen. Go to
Nightside and Demand sometime tomorrow and listen to the beginning
of the eight o'clock hour. I stand second to none
in admiration of people who have beaten this a beaten
any type of addiction, but particularly alcoholic drugs. Just so
you know, because the.
Speaker 7 (25:58):
Guy another and you know Hallway another network that as
a friend of mine. He susould talk to them about.
Speaker 5 (26:06):
That's all.
Speaker 2 (26:07):
Thank you. Is it a guy I think you're talking
about a guy I worked with.
Speaker 7 (26:11):
No, he's done. He's another network. He's in your building
down the hall. That as a friend of mine that's
been clean as long as me, that he knows well
about it. He can help your few information.
Speaker 2 (26:24):
I don't want to. Let me tell you, Mike, Mike,
let me. Let me. Let me tell you something. I've
had close, close personal friends who I have worked with
for years, for years who went through heroin addiction. I
could identify them because their public figures and their story
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has been out there, but I choose not to. So
I know what you're talking about. I know what you're
talking about, and I had I had on the show recently,
a great friend of mine, Ted Wayman, who works at
Channel five, who was at Alcoholic and he beat alcohol.
That's why I thought you were referring to. But No,
leave the other name out of it. I gotta go.
Speaker 5 (27:08):
I don't want to, I know.
Speaker 2 (27:09):
I congratulations, congratulations on your recovery. Thank you, sir, go
and talk to you too. Let's go next to Cape
Don the Cape Christ and the Cape Chris and Cape Cod.
Welcome Chris, how are you?
Speaker 5 (27:23):
Yeah? Hi?
Speaker 2 (27:24):
Dan uh Hello.
Speaker 5 (27:27):
I've got to I've got to agree with your comment
earlier that Gates is a sacrificial lamb.
Speaker 8 (27:34):
But is he?
Speaker 5 (27:36):
I think with the rapidity that I mean, how how
quickly he resigned from his position, the chessboard is is
open and clearly. Uh. That allows his his representative steep
to be rapidly filled in time, perhaps by January third
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or fourth.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
I don't think they can fill it. That. I don't
think under the law in Florida they can fill it.
That's eight weeks. Well, I think the eight week eight.
You know, Christmas will be in one. I mean today's
the fourteenth. So whatever he lives that, they probably won't
lose the seat.
Speaker 5 (28:23):
In his district. It's it's definitely going to be a
Republican that would fill his seat.
Speaker 2 (28:28):
Right, agree with you?
Speaker 5 (28:31):
Gates goes and Rubio hasn't resigned.
Speaker 2 (28:34):
Right, oh, but he will.
Speaker 5 (28:37):
Yeah, So that delays that and for enough time for
Gates to get slaughtered by a Republican majority Senate and
then he runs for Rubyo's seat, wins it clearly, and
then the real candidate or ag comes forward having slaughtered
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one Republican. I don't think a Republican led Senate can
afford in this climate, given the mandate of the past election.
Speaker 2 (29:15):
I agree, No, I think, yeah, I think you're right.
For Gates, it's a big gamble. He had a safe
congressional seat at the same time. I guess there was
this ethics report that I've read conflicting reports that because
he resigned, the ethics report might never see the light
of day. But I guess these senators are now saying,
even Republican senators, we want to see that report. So
(29:37):
I think it's fascinating. Let's see how it works out.
I certainly don't think he will be the next attorney general,
but I've been wrong on other things. But I have
to take a position and tell you what I think.
I owe that to my audience. So do you think
do you think that there's any way he gets he
gets confirmed as an Attorney general? I don't see that.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
No.
Speaker 5 (29:58):
I think it's a planned uh okay, slaughter, Yeah, fair enough.
Speaker 2 (30:04):
I'm not I'm not disagree with you. I'm not disagree
with you at all.
Speaker 5 (30:09):
Chris, appreciate you dealing with the Donald Trump, who is
the master negotiator, and he'll let one slide. But can
you imagine him, that is, Gates coming back as a
senator and sitting with fellow senators that have slaughtered him
in his nomination process. That's another sort of Machiavellian strategy.
Speaker 2 (30:31):
But I guess it is, and and you might well
be right. The only question is that if in the
if in the process, the confirmation process, a lot of
the information that may may not be public at this
point comes out, does some other Republican die in Florida?
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And there are members of Congress, you know, any member
of Congress, and there's a lot of Republicans in Congress
who might say, hey, I'll give up my seat in
the Senate in the hope of give up my seat
in the House and the hope of becoming a US senator. Sure,
I mean, so, who knows. We'll see how it plays out.
But you called me back. If it works out exactly
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as you suggested, Chris, you've got a victory lap right
here on Night's side.
Speaker 5 (31:20):
Okay, all right, good night, Dan, good night, take.
Speaker 2 (31:23):
It easy, appreciate it, Chris, So take a very quick break. Okay,
what have we got for open lines? I got two
at six one seven two it there and one at
six one seven, two, five, four to ten thirty. We're
talking about President Trump's cabinet selections. My sense is that
some of you might know might not know who all
these folks are. Uh, you could just pick one or
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two and say whether you think they're good, bad, or indifferent.
I think the Kennedy selection is interesting. Many people said
that position is going to go to Ben Carson's. Kennedy
might get a position, but he certainly not going to
get the head of the Secretariat Secretary of Health and
Human Services. Kennedy has that the big surprise is the
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Matt Gates domination at this point, and I think it
is a I think Gates is a sacrificial lamb. You've
heard my theory. I'd love to hear yours. We'll be
back on Nightside after this.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
Now back to Dan Ray live from the Window World
night Side Studios on WBZ News Radio.
Speaker 2 (32:25):
Well, we will continue talking about Donald Trump's selections for
his cabinet, some of which will be accepted and some
of which won't be trust me on that. Let's go
next too. I'm going to go up to Brian out
in Franklin, Hey, Brian out in four ninety five Territory.
How are you tonight.
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Speaker 8 (33:13):
Hey Dan, I'm doing good. How you doing.
Speaker 2 (33:15):
I'm doing just great. Which cabinet position would you like
to talk about?
Speaker 8 (33:21):
Well, yeah, I was calling in because you brought up
a good point about Gates and like the sacrificial lamb.
I and I think that when you said it brought
up Prey Goudy. I thought to myself, you know, if
he is that lamb, this will be a good opportunity
for the Republicans to show that they have some resistance
(33:41):
backbone against Donald Trump, to you know, show America that
they're not just going to do everything that he says
or everything he wants, you know, so like that would
be a good good uh. You know, I'm looking at
this as like political chess. And then like say, all right,
if you want to have an office of you know,
spending government spending efficiency, then like let's call up on
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Paul Rand. Paul, let's get some Libertarians in there. And
then maybe at this point, why don't we step across
the aisle like we did with Tulcy Gabbert and you know,
offer some Democrats some jobs. And you know, I'm not
saying we should put Elizabeth Warren as Secretary of Treasury,
but I know I look at things as like you know,
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the session of the presidency and you know, as a
constitution as a whole. So and you know, when you're
picking these people and here you got to think about
things like that, unfortunately. But yeah, well I think it's
the United States government, you know.
Speaker 2 (34:40):
Yeah. I mean the problem is that in terms of
you know, Trump's persona he is, he is not a
Republican that a lot of Democrats want to associate with. Obviously,
you know, Bobby Kennedy Junior is there and he's been
reward Telsey Gabbert is there, and I think they're there
(35:03):
for all the right reasons, and and she's she's been rewarded.
But I don't know how many Democrats that I could
think of that Donald Trump could work with. Now, maybe
there's some in private business who but amongst the political class,
I don't know. I don't know, But I just the
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the Gates nomination is one that kind of mystifies me,
because there are good, solid Republicans, you know who either
you know, either are serving in government or outside of government,
who would have been good. I mean, I I'll tell
you you have a you had a former US attorney
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here in Boston, Andy Yella Lelling, who was a Republican
nominated and he was nominated by Trump. I'm pretty sure,
and solid as a rock. So there's plenty of Republicans.
I just think the Gates thing is weird.
Speaker 8 (36:03):
I mean it's honestly. I woke up, I turned on
the news, I saw that.
Speaker 5 (36:08):
I laughed.
Speaker 8 (36:10):
I just was like, Okay, then that's how we're going
to start off today on the news, Like that's an
interesting pick. Continue today and see what else he does.
Speaker 2 (36:20):
Yeah, I mean most of his other picks, I think,
you know, some of them have been a little edgy,
but I think you know, Marco Rubio's pretty solid pick
for Secretary of State, Huckabee the ambassador of Israel. That
that's an easy one. No one's gonna fight that, I
don't think, so we'll say. We'll say. Brian always great,
dear your voice, Thanks very much for joining us. I
(36:41):
want to get one more in before I have to
shut the shut the studio down.
Speaker 8 (36:45):
Okay, yes, thanks Dan for doing your job.
Speaker 2 (36:49):
Well, do me a favorite. Keep calling the show. I
love to hear different voices. You've called before, have you not?
Speaker 5 (36:55):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (36:55):
I have.
Speaker 8 (36:55):
I like to call when I'm driving down the pike.
Speaker 2 (36:58):
Okay, well, be careful, good night. Let me go to
Brianna and Everett. I know Brianna, Hi, Brianna, how are you?
Speaker 10 (37:05):
Why Dan, how are you? I'm good?
Speaker 2 (37:07):
How are your children? Everybody behaving themselves?
Speaker 10 (37:09):
I hope, yes, they are getting there, growing every day.
Speaker 8 (37:15):
I know.
Speaker 2 (37:15):
Well, that's what's happens when you feed them, so you know,
be aware. So, so what's your thought on some of
the names that President Trump has now nominated to be
to be in his cabinet.
Speaker 10 (37:28):
So, Dan, I put on my when I look into
your show, I put it on my my other my tablet,
and I think it's backtracked to I think it was
maybe last night show because I was hearing about the
homeost encampment thing, and I wasn't hearing about the this,
(37:51):
so I was calling in about that. Is there any
way I can just speak a couple of minutes about that.
Speaker 2 (37:57):
You're talking about Brockton out of all? Yeah, absolutely, no, absolutely,
Well what happened was we were supposed to talk about
the denominations last night, but the Brockton topic just lit up,
and the phone calls were very, very interesting, and we
did three hours on Brockton. So go ahead, if you
want to talk about Brockton, go right ahead. Thank you
(38:18):
for thank you for telling me and explaining to me.
Go ahead.
Speaker 1 (38:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 10 (38:22):
So I am a recovering addict. I have four years clean,
thank you. And I've been homeless and I've lived that
life and it's very very hard. There's like a fluped outside.
I think that maybe the encampment there, some of them
(38:44):
aren't like keeping them clean and then making crashing around
like that's just to me, that's just disgusting because and
I don't mean to be like offensive to anybody it's
just that I understand that you're homeless. I live that life,
and it's it's tough, but you are still a human
being and you still need to think of other people
(39:06):
that you're around. There's children, there's you know, like right now,
my my mother and my father have temporary custody of
my children and coming half on four years clean, you know,
it's like I'm trying to get them back and I
was almost for so long and now I'm finally in
(39:28):
a place where they're helping me get housing. And it
took forever to get here. But basically I want to
let like everyone know that, like you're not alone, Like
it's possible. It might take some time, but like you'll
get there.
Speaker 2 (39:44):
And Banna, that's an inspiring message, okay, of hope and resiliency. Unfortunately,
we're flat out of time, but I I'm so glad
you called h and left that message. It's a great
point to end our program on. We're going to do
more on this topic, I'm sure, and I want you
to continue to call and continue to listen because your
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voice is important on this conversation.
Speaker 10 (40:09):
I will Dan, thank you so much. I have a
great night you too.
Speaker 2 (40:12):
Brianna, best best wishes, Congratulations. It's amazing that people can
actually survive and prosper and Branness do him great. My
name's Dan Ray. I'm dumbing to night Rob Brooks, thank
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Speaker 2 (00:07):
Well, Donald Trump has picked some interesting cabinet members and
we want to talk about those. If you'd like to
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before we get back to Kathy from Lunenburg, who have
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We had one winner. We have one winner. I'm going
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Matter of fact, I can probably get it for you
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does not get in touch with us, all right, let
us go back to Kathy. Kathy, you were talking about
some very complicated issues feel free to try to simplify
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them a little bit. Make your point, and we're going
to have to move on.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
Go ahead, Kathy, yep.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
No, My point was just that food and what is
in food more importantly affects everybody, you know, from caffeine
stimulants to you know, these energy drinks at teens, drength,
to the food dies that are more prominently in kids
snacks and so forth, and you know, coust behavioral issues
(02:48):
in school, and you know, and so forth, and just
trickle into other problems.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
Well, we can't. We could give a thousand you know,
kids who eat, who do not eat properly, they're overweight,
We have all sorts of problems. The question is do
we really want And I think this is a philosophical question,
do we really want the government, whether it's the administration
of Joe Bilin or of Donald Trump, telling us what
(03:13):
can and cannot be so the grocery stores. I think
that these are these are some interesting questions.
Speaker 4 (03:19):
It is, but I think we're at a crisis point.
And you know, just from what I've seen, particularly with kids,
I think we're at a crisis point. And food is
just so overprocessed.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Now, Okay, then you would say yes, and it wouldn't matter.
So if the next administration decides to come in and
uh and and crack down more the the the the
argument is who's who is the person best to decide
what their family eats, mom and dad or the government.
And I think that generally Republicans would say mom and dad.
(03:54):
Democrats might say the government. So it's interesting. I think
it's going to be. It would be interesting if if
if Donald Trump, along with RFK Junior, took on this
cause could be fascinating.
Speaker 4 (04:05):
Well, and I think the other real important point right now,
what's prominent to is theack vaccines and the effect that
they've played the COVID vaccine. I have not been vaccinated.
I know a number of people that have, and I
know a number of people who are suddenly battling cancer.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
But see, here's the thing on that one, Kelly, I
hope you'll understand that on that issue, on that issue,
you were saying, I don't want the government telling me
what vaccine I can or cannot take or the food.
You want the government involved. So you got you've got
to have some allies who are going to agree with you.
On the phone.
Speaker 4 (04:45):
You can twist and turn things anyway, you know.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Dan, I'm just saying, Look, they say consistency is the
hobgoblin of small minds. I'm just saying that, when you
think about it, it really comes down to a choice.
Should the government those vaccines on people? You're gonna say no, okay, absolutely.
Should the government impose what can and cannot be sold
(05:09):
at the supermarket? You're gonna say yes. Others are going
to say no. I think it's a wonderful conversation for
talk show hosts, and I will look forward to it.
Speaker 4 (05:17):
Okay, thanks Kathy, Okay, not.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
A problem again. We should have those choices. I'm a
big guy for choice. That's all. Okay, Thanks Kathy. I
have a great night. Let's keep on. Let's take a break.
Take a break. I don't want to short change anyone.
It's eleven fourteen. I only have one line open, which
is six one, seven, two, five, four, ten thirty. That
makes me very happy. Feel free to join the conversation.
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I'd love to know what you think about the h
the Matt Gates nomination for Attorney General. I'm blown away
by that. I just think that there must be better choices. Look,
half the Republicans in Congress properly or our attorneys. Donald
(06:04):
Trump knows a lot of attorneys. Is Matt Gates the
best that he can come up with. I think it's
a controversial choice, and I think, well, I don't think
he's going to get through. I can count the Republicans
on one hand. I think all the Democrats are going
to say no. Has Donald Trump put him out there
as a sacrificial lamb so that all of the ire
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of members of his own party in the Democratic Party
going to focus solely on Gates. The president has a
right to nominate his cabinet, there's no question about that.
Jack Kennedy nominated his brother Bobby Kennedy in nineteen sixty one.
President Obama nominated Eric Holder. But I don't think there
(06:51):
was any questions about their ethics. And there's a lot
of questions about Matt Gates's ethics that have swirled around
him for sometime. And he also was the guy that
led the charge that basically took McCarthy out as Speaker
of the House. For better or worse, I think there's
a lot of Republicans who want to see him fail
(07:12):
as well. We'll see, we'll see. Let's keep our eye
on that one. Let's keep our eye on the Robin F.
Kennedy nomination. The only line is six one, seven, two,
ten thirty. That's the only one you should be down
in at Chessfield. Coming back on Nightside.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
Now, back to Dan ray line from the Window World
night Side Studios on w b Z news Radio.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
The New York Times is reporting tonight that President elect
Trump has picked North Dakota Governor Doug Bergham to be
Interior Secretary. So, uh, the Trump team is hitting the
ground running. Let's go next, Let's go to the calls.
Let's go too. Daniel in West Virginia, Daniel in West Virginia,
welcome back. How are you sure? I am good? Dan?
Speaker 3 (07:56):
I just want to say before we get started, I'm
a very blue person. That the very red state which
did not used to be so red, but oh it
used to.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
It used to be a very democratic state and uh
not so long ago, and that it flipped very quickly.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
Yes, it did much too much to my well, I
don't like it. Let's just put it that way. We'll
we'll never have another senator like the great Robert C.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
Bird. But anyway, Matt, so you're a Robert Bruyd guy. Okay,
I wasn't a fan of Robert Buruyd. What do you
think about the new senator with his with his English bulldog?
Senator James Justice, your former governor.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
Yeah, I don't like him either. He was liked as
a Democrat and changed to a Republican while he was
in office.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
How do you How do you like his dog? His dog?
I saw his dog today on television. It's a cute dog.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
Anyway, it kind of looks like, actually, go ahead, go.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
Ahead, yeah, Matt, Matt Gate's good Greek. I mean that
that just completely blows my mind. Such a I mean,
it's crazy, man, I understanding Why do you.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
Think why did Trump do that?
Speaker 3 (09:13):
Do you think because he wants to create chaos and mayhem?
I think that's the reason.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
You know, Well, so if you think it's in Donald
Trump's interest to nominate someone who probably is going to
have to withdraw, I mean, what will happen is they'll
come up to a voter and they'll say, look, we
got thirty five votes and he needs not even close
to what they need. I don't understand that. The only
way I can figure it out is that if he
(09:41):
feels that by doing by nominating Gates, all of the
fury and the outrage of Democratic senators will focus on
Gates and that that will make it an easier way
for some of the other cabinet nominees to get through.
Or do you think I'm crazy when I when I
posit that.
Speaker 3 (10:02):
As an idea, I mean, I don't know. I just
I just think the man wants to create chaos and
Mayhem and like RFK for Department of Health and Human Services.
Speaker 5 (10:13):
Good grief.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
If he would have been the secretary during COVID, we
would still have COVID going on at least, that's my opinion.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
That's a legitimate that's you have a right to European
I think that the Matt Gates nomination is one unto
itself in my opinion. I mean, my question is, you
said he wants to create chaos in Mayhem. Why would
he want to create chaos in Mayhem for his own
(10:43):
second term in office? Didn't you have enough in the
first term.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
Well that's just the way the man's mind works. And
obviously I did not vote for him, No, I didn't.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
No, I understand. I'm just trying to figure out some
way why how that benefits him. I don't know. You know,
there were some of his nominations that I think the
Marco Rubio nomination is one that we'll get through pretty easily.
I think he has respect amongst both parties. Ratcliffe as
a former Texas congressman, and he's been involved Telsey Gabbert
(11:18):
Director of National Intelligence. I think that that's a good nomination.
I think that she is a disenfranchised Democrat or disenchanted Democrat,
I should say, but she was a Democratic congresswoman elected
several times from Hawaii military veteran. So I think some
of his picks make sense. But the Gates pick, I
(11:39):
don't know.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
Yeah, that's the one that blows my mind the most.
I mean, what's going to be next. He's going to
nominate Elon Musk for Secretary of the Department of Labor
or something. I mean, that wouldn't shock me at all.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
Well, he's got him in a new department that doze,
the Department of Government Efficiency, government deficiency, and hey, if
if must can find money that is being I don't
want my tax dollars being spent inefficiently. I I'm and
I'm sure you don't either.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
Nope, I certainly don't. And something else that completely blows
my mind. Dan, I'll tell you, you know, why do people
in poor states like West Virginia and Kentucky vote for
all these Republicans that are going to do absolutely nothing
to help them?
Speaker 2 (12:29):
You know?
Speaker 3 (12:29):
Do you think I think the Democrat?
Speaker 2 (12:32):
I think the Democrat. Look, the result speaks for itself.
People may be poor in West Virginia and Kentucky, but
they're not stupid. Uh And although you disagree, which is
perfectly understandable, the Democrats. Apparently these folks feel the Democrats
have have made a lot of promises and haven't followed through.
That's the only that's the only rationale I can come
(12:54):
up with. Most people vote in what they perceive to
be their self interest, and that may be true.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
And of course people vote with their pocketbooks, right.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
Well, that that defines you, That defines yourself interest. Okay.
I mean, if if you've hit upon hard times and
you feel that it's the fault of the Biden administration,
I don't think you're going to be particularly inclined to
vote for his vice president, do you.
Speaker 3 (13:21):
Well, that's the way a lot of people look at it.
You know, It's like, well, the cost of gas is
too high. The cost of eggs is too high.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
And you know, well you go to look you let
me ask you this, Well, you go to the grocery store,
do you you must feel that that that additional cost.
Everybody does. I'm the shopper in my family. I know
what eggs cost, I know what gasoline costs. We finally
are a little bit below three dollars a gallon. Here
where I can find gas at two ninety five. Now,
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it's been a long time. It's a long time, Daniel.
I appreciate you, probable.
Speaker 3 (13:52):
Please two fifty four here right now?
Speaker 2 (13:55):
Well, you're doing better than we are. Hey, do me
a favorite. Please keep listening, and please keep calling. I
want to get different points of view, and yours oftentimes
is a different point of view. And I thank you
very much.
Speaker 3 (14:08):
Well, thank you for taking my caul, Sir.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
I'll talk to you later, absolutely looking forward to it.
Let me go next to where we're going to go here,
I know we're gonna go. Let's go to Patrick and Charlestown,
Patrick next on nightside.
Speaker 5 (14:18):
How are you how you doing?
Speaker 6 (14:20):
Daniel?
Speaker 5 (14:20):
Hey?
Speaker 2 (14:21):
Great?
Speaker 6 (14:21):
Listen, so good, good good. So the one thing I
wanted to bring up is about this Matt Gates thing
that I think is that I think is that that
I think is really prophetic, as it says we are
in charge, we are not sorry, we are serious, and
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we are coming after you if you broke the law,
and your days of being in charge of the law
and who gets prosecuted and who doesn't are over and
you should scared because we're coming. And the days of
Trump hiring Republican establishment people to fill professional major roles.
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Examples William Barr, John Bolton, Jeff Sessions who did not
clash the Russia hoax when he could have and probably
flipped Congress in twenty eighteen. All of these old school
Republicans aren't one thing. They aren't loyal. And in the
position of Attorney general, it's less important to be the
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world's greatest trial attorney because we will have those working
under him. It's far more important to have somebody who
is a true ally of Trump's policy goals, and Matt
Gates is exactly that. And that's why they are so surprised,
because it shows we are bringing our one hundred miles
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an hour fastball and we are serious and you should
be scared.
Speaker 5 (15:57):
And I love it.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
So here's my question to you, Uh, what do you think?
Tell me what you we may disagree. What do you
think the chances are that Matt Gates's nomination will make
it through the Senate, that he'll get he'll get the
necessary votes.
Speaker 6 (16:19):
To be I don't I don't know, but you know
Trump Trump is going to have this problem with all
of his nominees.
Speaker 2 (16:25):
He think, hold on, let's just have a conversation. I
gave you a good two minute speech there for a second.
Do you think he's gonna have that trouble with with Mario,
with Marco Rubio?
Speaker 6 (16:38):
I think he's going to have trouble with all of them,
I really do.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
I mean, so, Okay, if you and I were either
one of us are betting men. But if you and
I were were betting men, Okay, what do you think
the over under is on Matt Gates? Right now?
Speaker 6 (16:53):
Let's be real, I'd say I don't know about over
I'd say is about a one in four one and
three chances of being approved, and it's it's real. The
thing is, though it's brilliant, it's a brilliant political ploy,
if it doesn't work, because what's going to happen is
he's going to be able to put in somebody just
a little bit more tolerable than him. That is also
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an ally of Trump's policy initiatives.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
And so I assumed that, I assume that he has
the pick of a bunch of lawyers. But this guy
has has been dealing with Now again they're allegations are pedophilia. Okay, yes,
I mean, well, I don't think Joe Biden, please don't
go I know where you're going to go here. Please
don't go there because I'm enjoying the conversation too much. Okay,
please please not me.
Speaker 6 (17:42):
I mean it was his daughter's a diary general. I mean,
but I won't. I won't go there.
Speaker 2 (17:46):
You want to go, well, I'm just saying that that
that has been discredited. I just I'm not gonna entertain
the conversation. I want to give you a conversations to
what I'm saying here. Okay, We're not going there, Okay,
on this program. It means you I go there within
another programs, I'm not going there in this program, yes, okay.
So now my question is this, are there no other
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lawyers who would be as tenacious and be as tough
as Matt Gates who don't have pedophilia allegations. He's been
investigated by the House Empics Committee. Well, do you know,
have you ever watched the guy on television, Trey Goudi
from a congressman from South Carolina. I'm sure you have.
He's pretty yeah. Yeah, I mean I think he would
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be a great Now, he would be controversial because thet's Hey,
he's a politician, just like any of them. I mean,
the Democrats are not going to I mean, none of
these people are going to be approved one hundred to
one hundred to zero. I know that there's going to
be thirty five Democrats who are going to vote against
all of them. But I think Lee Zelden will be approved.
I think that the former governor of Arkansas, Huckabee, will
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be approved. I think I think no, Christy, No, they.
Speaker 6 (19:03):
Want people, they want neuted people. We're not We're not
doing that anymore.
Speaker 2 (19:07):
We're in name name me one neuted people, namely one
neuted person that that Trump has nominated so far.
Speaker 6 (19:16):
Uh not in this not this go around, not this
go around. But you know, and there's no more Mitt
Romney's and there's no more.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
Okay, Republic, I don't think Mitt Romney ever had a
chance to be nominated. I think we can agree upon that. Patrick,
we're up to eleven thirty. I appreciate your calling. You're
always a tough caller. But do me a favor when
when Gates is confirmed by the US Senate, I want
you to call me and I want you to take
a huge victory lap.
Speaker 5 (19:42):
And he might not be.
Speaker 6 (19:43):
If he's not, he's going to be. He's going to
be a senator. He's going to be take that senator
spot in Florida, So get used to calling him senator.
If he's not a g h.
Speaker 2 (19:52):
Well, i'll tell you what we'll we'll see what happens.
But if he's, if he's not approved, I hope you
and I know, because you're from Charlestown, you'll be man
enough to call me back and say, Daniel.
Speaker 6 (20:01):
I'll call you back then. I appreciate you very much
as always.
Speaker 2 (20:06):
Back you have a great night. Okay, we'll take a break.
The only lines that are available right now were six one,
seven four thirty. Uh, both of the other lines are packed,
soho dial six one, seven, two five four ten thirty
will get John before midnight. I promise RFK Secretary of
Health and Human Services. I think that he'll get through.
I do. I don't think Gates will get through, but
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I could be wrong on both or all of them.
We'll be back on Nightside right after the News at
the bottom of the hour.
Speaker 1 (20:37):
The night Side, Dan Ray on WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
Okay, back to the call as we go. Where we're
gonna go next. Mike is in Beverly, Mike next on Nightside.
Speaker 5 (20:48):
Gott ahead, Hey, good name Dandy and me.
Speaker 2 (20:51):
Yes, sir, here you find Mike right ahead.
Speaker 7 (20:54):
So I like his picks.
Speaker 5 (20:56):
I understand that.
Speaker 7 (20:56):
Hello, think about the Matt Gay spot, I get it,
you know, But I I here's a lot of people
you would not expect as far as Picstow. But I
can tell you you know, it's a bold move. I
get it, you know. I didn't even think of the
Trey Goudie picked Giance. I listen to Tray all the time.
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He's a good, good person.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
But well, I also think he's he's a former prosecutor, he's,
you know, a former member of Congress. I think that
he would bring a lot more to the table. And
I just wonder why Trump is spending political capital. I mean,
you know, some of these picks would be tough to
get through. I think he'll get most of them through,
if not all of them, other than Gates. That's all
I'm saying.
Speaker 5 (21:40):
I get it.
Speaker 7 (21:40):
But the RFK part, though, I think it is I
don't mind it. I think he's really good because you know,
I was talking to somebody today about you know, our food.
There's so much additives in it that they don't allow
in like Germany or somewhere over there, like.
Speaker 2 (21:57):
Yeah, there's there's we we we have a very we
we want choice and all that. I mean, there's all
that's It's interesting that normally the Republicans will say, hey,
keep the government out of the out of the boardroom. Well,
this is one where the government now wants to go
into the boardroom and say to these cereal companies, which
is probably great. I mean, I I have a cereal
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that I get from awake in one to eighty every morning.
That's that's my breakfast. It's delicious, and it's uh, there's
low calories, and it's it's not artificially sweetened. And that's
a that's part of the key to my success of
having lost thirty five pounds and keeping it off if
I was eating a lot of that. You look at
a lot of the breakfast cereals and a lot of
(22:40):
it is is pumped up with with junk, and hey, uh,
I don't eat those cereals. So I'm not gonna go
out and demonstrate and say, hey, you're taking gocoa puffs
off the market. I want my gocoa puffs or whatever,
the the whatever the worst offenders.
Speaker 5 (22:56):
Are, I get it.
Speaker 7 (22:58):
I just don't know how you how you think government
is in that would be in the in the food
by if they're just saying, you know, we moved this
part and whatever this ad event, I want to even
whatever you call about it.
Speaker 2 (23:10):
Well, normally, normally I use this short of shorty ind term,
and that is that generally Democrats are more concerned with
the government being in the bedroom, and the Republicans are
more concerned with government being in the boardroom. You know.
The libertarian friends don't want don't want the government in
the bedroom or the boardroom. Uh. And it's just a
(23:31):
little bit of a switch here. I mean, Robert F.
Kennedy Junior comes from a different perspective. It's worked out
for Donald Trump, It's worked out for him, and who knows,
maybe to work out for the American people, I'll say,
give it a shot. You know they were elected.
Speaker 7 (23:46):
Give my how depicts what Mike brompeo. But I think
Mike has some medical stuff going on because he lost
some way Way Draska recently, so I think he has
stomach surgery done or something. So I wondered that's why
he is picking because I think Mike was a good
pick the last administration.
Speaker 2 (24:04):
Yeah, was I thought a really good you know, Secretary
of the Defense of Defense did a great job. He
was I think number one in his class at West
Point and number one at Harvard High School. But I
think that he was thinking. He was one of the
reasons I think he lost weight. I hadn't heard he
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was sick. But one of the reasons that he had
lost weight, in my opinion, was he was thinking about
running for the office, and maybe that turned turned up
against him. I don't know, you know, I don't know.
Speaker 7 (24:36):
I just know I've seen him recently and he lost
a drastic recently, so that was my thing.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
But again I've read nothing about that, so maybe it's true,
but maybe you're speculating, but I've not heard that per
se so. Hey, Michael, I was clearly lost a lot
of weight, no doubt appreciate it.
Speaker 7 (24:59):
Hey, thanks quick comma damn well, last guys, quick comment
about the thing last night, about the homeless thing last night.
You're way off talked back about the drug addiction as
a person long term recovery. You guys have no idea
what you're talking about.
Speaker 8 (25:15):
Was that part?
Speaker 7 (25:16):
How hot is it to get one day clean?
Speaker 5 (25:19):
You guys think.
Speaker 2 (25:21):
I have had personal experience with friends of mine who
were heroinautics. Okay friend, okay, uh, they were friends. I
didn't know they were heroinadutics. My hat goes off to
anyone who's able to beat that addiction. We had a
guy on in the in the eight o'clock hours tonight.
His name was Faust Rgario just wrote a book on
(25:42):
how to fix your addiction. You should listen. Go to
Nightside and Demand sometime tomorrow and listen to the beginning
of the eight o'clock hour. I stand second to none
in admiration of people who have beaten this a beaten
any type of addiction, but particularly alcoholic drugs. Just so
you know, because the.
Speaker 7 (25:58):
Guy another and you know Hallway another network that as
a friend of mine. He susould talk to them about.
Speaker 5 (26:06):
That's all.
Speaker 2 (26:07):
Thank you. Is it a guy I think you're talking
about a guy I worked with.
Speaker 7 (26:11):
No, he's done. He's another network. He's in your building
down the hall. That as a friend of mine that's
been clean as long as me, that he knows well
about it. He can help your few information.
Speaker 2 (26:24):
I don't want to. Let me tell you, Mike, Mike,
let me. Let me. Let me tell you something. I've
had close, close personal friends who I have worked with
for years, for years who went through heroin addiction. I
could identify them because their public figures and their story
(26:46):
has been out there, but I choose not to. So
I know what you're talking about. I know what you're
talking about, and I had I had on the show recently,
a great friend of mine, Ted Wayman, who works at
Channel five, who was at Alcoholic and he beat alcohol.
That's why I thought you were referring to. But No,
leave the other name out of it. I gotta go.
Speaker 5 (27:08):
I don't want to, I know.
Speaker 2 (27:09):
I congratulations, congratulations on your recovery. Thank you, sir, go
and talk to you too. Let's go next to Cape
Don the Cape Christ and the Cape Chris and Cape Cod.
Welcome Chris, how are you?
Speaker 5 (27:23):
Yeah? Hi?
Speaker 2 (27:24):
Dan uh Hello.
Speaker 5 (27:27):
I've got to I've got to agree with your comment
earlier that Gates is a sacrificial lamb.
Speaker 8 (27:34):
But is he?
Speaker 5 (27:36):
I think with the rapidity that I mean, how how
quickly he resigned from his position, the chessboard is is
open and clearly. Uh. That allows his his representative steep
to be rapidly filled in time, perhaps by January third
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or fourth.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
I don't think they can fill it. That. I don't
think under the law in Florida they can fill it.
That's eight weeks. Well, I think the eight week eight.
You know, Christmas will be in one. I mean today's
the fourteenth. So whatever he lives that, they probably won't
lose the seat.
Speaker 5 (28:23):
In his district. It's it's definitely going to be a
Republican that would fill his seat.
Speaker 2 (28:28):
Right, agree with you?
Speaker 5 (28:31):
Gates goes and Rubio hasn't resigned.
Speaker 2 (28:34):
Right, oh, but he will.
Speaker 5 (28:37):
Yeah, So that delays that and for enough time for
Gates to get slaughtered by a Republican majority Senate and
then he runs for Rubyo's seat, wins it clearly, and
then the real candidate or ag comes forward having slaughtered
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one Republican. I don't think a Republican led Senate can
afford in this climate, given the mandate of the past election.
Speaker 2 (29:15):
I agree, No, I think, yeah, I think you're right.
For Gates, it's a big gamble. He had a safe
congressional seat at the same time. I guess there was
this ethics report that I've read conflicting reports that because
he resigned, the ethics report might never see the light
of day. But I guess these senators are now saying,
even Republican senators, we want to see that report. So
(29:37):
I think it's fascinating. Let's see how it works out.
I certainly don't think he will be the next attorney general,
but I've been wrong on other things. But I have
to take a position and tell you what I think.
I owe that to my audience. So do you think
do you think that there's any way he gets he
gets confirmed as an Attorney general? I don't see that.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
No.
Speaker 5 (29:58):
I think it's a planned uh okay, slaughter, Yeah, fair enough.
Speaker 2 (30:04):
I'm not I'm not disagree with you. I'm not disagree
with you at all.
Speaker 5 (30:09):
Chris, appreciate you dealing with the Donald Trump, who is
the master negotiator, and he'll let one slide. But can
you imagine him, that is, Gates coming back as a
senator and sitting with fellow senators that have slaughtered him
in his nomination process. That's another sort of Machiavellian strategy.
Speaker 2 (30:31):
But I guess it is, and and you might well
be right. The only question is that if in the
if in the process, the confirmation process, a lot of
the information that may may not be public at this
point comes out, does some other Republican die in Florida?
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And there are members of Congress, you know, any member
of Congress, and there's a lot of Republicans in Congress
who might say, hey, I'll give up my seat in
the Senate in the hope of give up my seat
in the House and the hope of becoming a US senator. Sure,
I mean, so, who knows. We'll see how it plays out.
But you called me back. If it works out exactly
(31:16):
as you suggested, Chris, you've got a victory lap right
here on Night's side.
Speaker 5 (31:20):
Okay, all right, good night, Dan, good night, take.
Speaker 2 (31:23):
It easy, appreciate it, Chris, So take a very quick break. Okay,
what have we got for open lines? I got two
at six one seven two it there and one at
six one seven, two, five, four to ten thirty. We're
talking about President Trump's cabinet selections. My sense is that
some of you might know might not know who all
these folks are. Uh, you could just pick one or
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two and say whether you think they're good, bad, or indifferent.
I think the Kennedy selection is interesting. Many people said
that position is going to go to Ben Carson's. Kennedy
might get a position, but he certainly not going to
get the head of the Secretariat Secretary of Health and
Human Services. Kennedy has that the big surprise is the
(32:07):
Matt Gates domination at this point, and I think it
is a I think Gates is a sacrificial lamb. You've
heard my theory. I'd love to hear yours. We'll be
back on Nightside after this.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
Now back to Dan Ray live from the Window World
night Side Studios on WBZ News Radio.
Speaker 2 (32:25):
Well, we will continue talking about Donald Trump's selections for
his cabinet, some of which will be accepted and some
of which won't be trust me on that. Let's go
next too. I'm going to go up to Brian out
in Franklin, Hey, Brian out in four ninety five Territory.
How are you tonight.
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Speaker 8 (33:13):
Hey Dan, I'm doing good. How you doing.
Speaker 2 (33:15):
I'm doing just great. Which cabinet position would you like
to talk about?
Speaker 8 (33:21):
Well, yeah, I was calling in because you brought up
a good point about Gates and like the sacrificial lamb.
I and I think that when you said it brought
up Prey Goudy. I thought to myself, you know, if
he is that lamb, this will be a good opportunity
for the Republicans to show that they have some resistance
(33:41):
backbone against Donald Trump, to you know, show America that
they're not just going to do everything that he says
or everything he wants, you know, so like that would
be a good good uh. You know, I'm looking at
this as like political chess. And then like say, all right,
if you want to have an office of you know,
spending government spending efficiency, then like let's call up on
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Paul Rand. Paul, let's get some Libertarians in there. And
then maybe at this point, why don't we step across
the aisle like we did with Tulcy Gabbert and you know,
offer some Democrats some jobs. And you know, I'm not
saying we should put Elizabeth Warren as Secretary of Treasury,
but I know I look at things as like you know,
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the session of the presidency and you know, as a
constitution as a whole. So and you know, when you're
picking these people and here you got to think about
things like that, unfortunately. But yeah, well I think it's
the United States government, you know.
Speaker 2 (34:40):
Yeah. I mean the problem is that in terms of
you know, Trump's persona he is, he is not a
Republican that a lot of Democrats want to associate with. Obviously,
you know, Bobby Kennedy Junior is there and he's been
reward Telsey Gabbert is there, and I think they're there
(35:03):
for all the right reasons, and and she's she's been rewarded.
But I don't know how many Democrats that I could
think of that Donald Trump could work with. Now, maybe
there's some in private business who but amongst the political class,
I don't know. I don't know, But I just the
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the Gates nomination is one that kind of mystifies me,
because there are good, solid Republicans, you know who either
you know, either are serving in government or outside of government,
who would have been good. I mean, I I'll tell
you you have a you had a former US attorney
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here in Boston, Andy Yella Lelling, who was a Republican
nominated and he was nominated by Trump. I'm pretty sure,
and solid as a rock. So there's plenty of Republicans.
I just think the Gates thing is weird.
Speaker 8 (36:03):
I mean it's honestly. I woke up, I turned on
the news, I saw that.
Speaker 5 (36:08):
I laughed.
Speaker 8 (36:10):
I just was like, Okay, then that's how we're going
to start off today on the news, Like that's an
interesting pick. Continue today and see what else he does.
Speaker 2 (36:20):
Yeah, I mean most of his other picks, I think,
you know, some of them have been a little edgy,
but I think you know, Marco Rubio's pretty solid pick
for Secretary of State, Huckabee the ambassador of Israel. That
that's an easy one. No one's gonna fight that, I
don't think, so we'll say. We'll say. Brian always great,
dear your voice, Thanks very much for joining us. I
(36:41):
want to get one more in before I have to
shut the shut the studio down.
Speaker 8 (36:45):
Okay, yes, thanks Dan for doing your job.
Speaker 2 (36:49):
Well, do me a favorite. Keep calling the show. I
love to hear different voices. You've called before, have you not?
Speaker 5 (36:55):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (36:55):
I have.
Speaker 8 (36:55):
I like to call when I'm driving down the pike.
Speaker 2 (36:58):
Okay, well, be careful, good night. Let me go to
Brianna and Everett. I know Brianna, Hi, Brianna, how are you?
Speaker 10 (37:05):
Why Dan, how are you? I'm good?
Speaker 2 (37:07):
How are your children? Everybody behaving themselves?
Speaker 10 (37:09):
I hope, yes, they are getting there, growing every day.
Speaker 8 (37:15):
I know.
Speaker 2 (37:15):
Well, that's what's happens when you feed them, so you know,
be aware. So, so what's your thought on some of
the names that President Trump has now nominated to be
to be in his cabinet.
Speaker 10 (37:28):
So, Dan, I put on my when I look into
your show, I put it on my my other my tablet,
and I think it's backtracked to I think it was
maybe last night show because I was hearing about the
homeost encampment thing, and I wasn't hearing about the this,
(37:51):
so I was calling in about that. Is there any
way I can just speak a couple of minutes about that.
Speaker 2 (37:57):
You're talking about Brockton out of all? Yeah, absolutely, no, absolutely,
Well what happened was we were supposed to talk about
the denominations last night, but the Brockton topic just lit up,
and the phone calls were very, very interesting, and we
did three hours on Brockton. So go ahead, if you
want to talk about Brockton, go right ahead. Thank you
(38:18):
for thank you for telling me and explaining to me.
Go ahead.
Speaker 1 (38:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 10 (38:22):
So I am a recovering addict. I have four years clean,
thank you. And I've been homeless and I've lived that
life and it's very very hard. There's like a fluped outside.
I think that maybe the encampment there, some of them
(38:44):
aren't like keeping them clean and then making crashing around
like that's just to me, that's just disgusting because and
I don't mean to be like offensive to anybody it's
just that I understand that you're homeless. I live that life,
and it's it's tough, but you are still a human
being and you still need to think of other people
(39:06):
that you're around. There's children, there's you know, like right now,
my my mother and my father have temporary custody of
my children and coming half on four years clean, you know,
it's like I'm trying to get them back and I
was almost for so long and now I'm finally in
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a place where they're helping me get housing. And it
took forever to get here. But basically I want to
let like everyone know that, like you're not alone, Like
it's possible. It might take some time, but like you'll
get there.
Speaker 2 (39:44):
And Banna, that's an inspiring message, okay, of hope and resiliency. Unfortunately,
we're flat out of time, but I I'm so glad
you called h and left that message. It's a great
point to end our program on. We're going to do
more on this topic, I'm sure, and I want you
to continue to call and continue to listen because your
(40:06):
voice is important on this conversation.
Speaker 10 (40:09):
I will Dan, thank you so much. I have a
great night you too.
Speaker 2 (40:12):
Brianna, best best wishes, Congratulations. It's amazing that people can
actually survive and prosper and Branness do him great. My
name's Dan Ray. I'm dumbing to night Rob Brooks, thank
you very much. I'll end as always all and Marita
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