Incredibly, as Donald Trump prepares for the speech of his life on Thursday night, the sharks of the Democratic machien are circling Joe Biden and seeking to end his political career.
Dick Wadhams joins Dan live in-studio to offer his full analysis of a very historic week in American politics.
Dick Wadhams joins Dan live in-studio to offer his full analysis of a very historic week in American politics.
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I've been saying it for a while. I believe divine Providence is at
work on multiple fronts, including savingthe life of President Trump on Saturday.
But now we watch the unraveling beforeour eyes of the modern left, the
secular left, and the unraveling oftheir president, and you see all these
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good things ahead for America. Sothat's my take and I'm sticking to it,
and that's how we're going to startthe show today. Nobody better to
be here with us right now thanDick Wattams. And Dick and I go
back so many years, and we'vetalked so much politics over the years on
and off air, and I think, Richard, there could not be anybody
better to be here with us atthis moment because it's historic. Yes,
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you have spent your life fighting againstthe left. You have won a lot
of those fights. Nobody wins themall, but you've run on a lot
more of those fights than the restof us have. And we're at this
moment now, we're in my opinion, and Dick never hesitates to tell me
when he thinks I'm wrong in myopinion that the left for the first time
really is being exposed where America isgetting a look, and America's paying attention
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because now it's so crazy, youknow that they're getting exposed for what they
really are. And I think thelong term benefits of that are going to
be amazing. But also for thosenew to the show, Dick is not
a fan of President Trump, Iam. So it's also really good to
have you here today to get yourtake on the convention so far, and
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what do you think he needs todo in the speech tonight. I've got
my ideas, and I'm sure ourgreat listeners have their ideas. You've got
so Dan. First of all,you have been saying for what two years
that Biden would not be the candidate, and you were right, Well,
thank you. Not a tough call. No, well, no, I
was skeptical. I could hard.I kind of believe that the entrenchment around
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him by his family and by theinsider Democrats, the people on his staff
would keep him in the race.They would prop him up all the way
through. But he's now lost Obama, he's lost Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff,
he's lost the House Minority Leader.He's lost he has lost the key
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members of the Democratic hierarchy. Butthere's one there's one final person that's got
to come down on this, andthat's Jill Biden respectfully disagree. Okay,
Hunter, well, Hunt, Hunteris right there. You're right right,
Hunter and Jill. And of courseI think Jill was doing it for largely
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good reasons because she loves her husband. But I think she also she's kind
of addicted to the White House,and you know, she's on the cover
of Vogue in a five thousand dollarssuit or whatever. Hunter. We know
he wants the protection of the presidency, so we know what is otav She
wants a bio and wants a buyout. Yeah, and so I think Hunter
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will fight to the end. Jill, I think is smart enough to know
when the gig is up, andthen she will finally say, but you
know, it's time to graacefully leavethe stage. Hey, let me challenge
that first. I think because mybelief is that in the end, Biden
always does what's best for Biden.I don't think it's been about the country
or anything else. They don't doubthe loves his family, but he used
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his son as a bagman, hisdrug addicted son as a bagman. So
I think Biden does what's best forBiden. And I think Biden obviously will
leave. He's going to leave,but only because it has reached the point
where it's best for him to leave. Because I think he's so dirty.
I think he's so corrupt. Ithink they have so much on him that
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at this point he's in a positionwhere a lot of people can ruin him.
First and foremost Hunter could ruin him, but you've got these other people
around him who can ruin him.And now that Obama's ready to take that
step, there's no way to resist. Right but on the Jill front,
And I don't mean to be uncharitableat all, but I think when you're
talking about the presidency and the effecton all of us, you've got to
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be realistic. I think with Jill, you know, if it comes down
to her decision. Boyp Dick,I mean you're looking at somebody who's looking
at the alternative of and it's sosad, but taking essentially, whether it's
the formal diagnosis of dementia patient homeand living with that dementia patient in a
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house in Delaware with Hunter as hisson, you know what I mean.
So it's either white House or that. So if it comes down to Jill,
I don't think he leaves, becauseJill, at that point, doesn't
she just say, Okay, Idon't care if it's one in a billion
shot, we're staying in case lightninghits. The alternative is so awful.
Well, you might be right aboutthat. I don't. I actually think
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she will. They will bring heraround that. The only way he saves
his reputation is by gracefully leaving,walking off the stage. And I think
that's what that will be made clearto him. Think about the awkward nature
of the Democratic National Convention if heactually stayed in the race. I mean,
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all these people who have abandoned him, then they have to show up
at the DNC and in Chicago andsay, well, you know, we've
thought about it again and we thinkhe is our guy. I mean,
how awkward is that? Yeah,yeah, they are in a bad place,
Thank goodness. And let's every dayhe holds on I think he is
so helpful to Trump, so helpfuldown the ticket. I every day he
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hangs on Dick wattams with us today. Love to hear your thoughts, and
of course you can always text usD A N five seven seven three nine.
And before we hit the end ofthis segment, I just want to
touch on a few different things andthen we'll come back and treat it is
an open line's day. The speechtonight, it seems to me that this
is, by multiple it's the mostimportant speech of President Trump's life. I
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think he has the opportunity tonight todo much much more than win the election,
because personally, I think he's wonthe election. I think much much
more than win the election. Ithink he has the opportunity tonight to expand
on the tremendous goodwill that I thinkhe earned through the heroic response in great
leadership after the assassination attempts. SoI see tonight as the best opportunity to
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make his second term a success.So I think tonight is enormous for I
mean, you heard him yesterday hecame out and said to another group he
believes God saved him and that haschanged him. So what do you think
he needs to do tonight? Ithink he needs to do what he said
he's going to do, which ishe says he tore up the speech,
which he called a hum dinner.I think he called it, which I'm
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sure it was said he tore itup. And and and he's going to
speak for an hour and a halftonight, that's what they've allocated. So
he's not going to be a briefspeech. But Dan, I do think
that he can continue the spirit ofthis convention, which has been excellent man,
and and he can and and ifhe does come across as more magnanimous
and more positive, he can putthe selection away and it could set up
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a very successful second term. Buthe's got to rise to that occasion.
And Uh, I'm going to takehim at face value for what he said
that he's going to do that tonight. Uh, and we'll see. I
mean, I was encouraged when heinvited Nicki Haley and Ron DeSantis to speak,
both of whom did very did greatjobs in their own ways and made
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very different personalities. I thought thatmaybe DeSantis was a little too hot the
other night, but but better thanthe opposite. Well, well, but
they were. The main thing ishe invited him, they accepted, they
both did a great j H.And I think that that was an important
night when he invited them to speak, and it kind of set the tone.
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And I'm sure we'll talk more aboutjd Vance, who I think is
is a very good selection in manyways. And I thought his speech last
night was amazing. It really was. And Frank I read Hillbilly Elogy back
in twenty sixteen. Loved that book, Love that book. And of course
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he was just a young author backthen, young lawyer author and so but
he was articulate and smart, hitall the right. His wife is so
impressive. I mean, she wasamazing. So he Trump is coming in
tonight with a real head of steamfrom this convention. He needs to rise
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to the occasion and keep up thespirit of that from this week, and
well I think he can. We'llsee what happens. Yeah, and when
we come back eight zero five Atwo five five TEXTDA N five seven seven
three nine Dick will answer this.On the other side, do you want
Trump to do you expect Trump tosay tonight what he said to a smaller
group yesterday that he believes God savedhim and he is a changed man.
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Do you want to hear that fromhim tonight? Eight five five for zero
five A two five five and aboveall, what comes next? Okay,
what I've been telling you for twoyears is happening. Biden is soon going
to be out as the nominee.Who do you want to see or Nazie?
What? What do you think theirprocess is going to look like?
When we come back, we'll talkabout maybe the most dangerous ticket the Democrats
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could put together short of Michelle Obamaand why I think we have a better
chance than ever that she will notget in. You're on the Dankpla Show
and now back to the Dan KaeplasShow podcast. Take right now, because
I'm about to tell you the truthand f you if you can't handle the
truth. This version of Biden intellectually, analytically is the best Biden ever,
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not a close second. Not moaningfor years the present He's of known him
for fifty years. If it weren'tthe truth, I wouldn't say it.
Yeah, it's so beautiful because they'regetting exposed now. The whole Left is
getting exposed now, and there's valuein that way, way, way,
way beyond winning this election, whichis going to happen eight five to five
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for zero five eight two five fivetext DA and five seven seven three nine.
Dick Wadham's in the House. SoRichard, how soon until Biden's gone?
I think this weekend, I honestlydo. It just seems to be
cratering right now. I mean,Obama came out. I think Nancy Pelosi
is working the background so heavily rightnow. I think you're gonna you're they're
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gonna find a graceful way for himto leave. How well, he's just
gonna announce that I've decided to withdrawfrom the race. But I still back
jail is the key. I knowthat the hunter is going to be whispering
in his ear. Dad, yougot to stay and protect me. But
I still think Jill. I wrotemy column for the Denver zeph this week
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Dan about Edith Wilson and how shebasically was the de facto president of the
United States when the President Wilson sufferedthe stroke and kind of compared Jill to
her. Now It's not a perfectanalogy, but the fact is she has
been part of the conspiracy to prophim up. Yes, and I don't
like using that word conspiracy, butthink about it. The entire Democratic Party
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protected him for the last two years, especially which is kind lied to the
American people, covered up. Ithink it's the most harmful cover up in
American political history because it was separate, apart, whatever your policies are.
We have been without a president,We've been without a commander in chief.
We've had a dysfunctional president. Andas we sit here and we look at
the horrors that have emerged under hispresidency, you know that this horrific withdrawal
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from Afghanistan and all the all theAmerican heroes killed, and then Russia and
then what happened in the Mid East. How much of this has been because
Biden has has had dementia, whetherthat's the clinical diagnosis or not. How
much is policy and how much isthe fact we don't have a functioning president.
So I view it as as theworst cover up in American politically.
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Well, I wouldn't dispute that heI think the failure of his administration has
argually due to his incompetence beyond hishealth. And I mean when you look
at what happened in Afghanistan, andyou can go down the line his insistence
that inflation really wasn't didn't exist,et cetera, et cetera. Yeah,
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and so Dick, what comes next? I have in my mind. First
of all, I am and weall wish Saturday's horror had not happened.
But since it did, and Trumphandled it so heroically and showed such tremendous
leadership, and we could both goon and on and on praising how we
responded to that Saturday. I thinkthat I think that is the best chance
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to keep Michelle Obama out of therace, because, as I've been saying
for a long time, the onething that could keep her out of the
race is is she could not bearthe thought of losing to Trump. And
after Saturday, even she might loseto Trump, but a good chance she
would lose to Trump. Yeah,I don't think she ever was interested in
though I never I never had boughtoff that she even wanted to be president,
would want to run. But Iagree with you, the fear of
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losing to Trump would be huge.WHOA, whoa not to quibble, but
yeah, I agree with you.She's never wanted to run, but she
wouldn't have to run to be president. Now, under this scenario, you
don't have to run to be president. Dick Wadhams has run a lot of
these big, successful grueling campaigns Senate, governor, et cetera. This would
be a first class flight. Youknow, I have another lobster this in
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that time to vote. Everybody votefor me. She wouldn't have to run
for office, you mean, towin the nomination or to be president,
because she'd be taking over. Imean, and again I think, I
think at this point she probably doesn'tget in because Trump is so strong right
now. But otherwise she gets inat the end of August, makes a
few select speeches, and then wehave election before Saturday. They probably should,
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So I agree with you. Saturdaychange that dynamic. And so who
do they run? They frankly,they have to go with Kamala Harris.
They have to dan. Their basewill not tolerate anybody but her. Their
base is especially black women in theDemocratic Party. That's a huge influential block
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within the Democratic base, and anda lot of other liberals beyond that.
They are not going to tolerate anybodybut Harris. They will walk out of
that convention hall if it's not KamalaHarris. They're kind of stuck with her.
Who would be the best chance towin Josh Shapiro from Pennsylvania. I
really do scare me. My concernis a Shapiro Whitmer ticket, because then
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you got Michigan in Pennsylvania. That'sMichae concern has always been Michelle Obama.
But assuming at this point she's out, that's my concern is Witmer Shapiro in
whatever order you got those two bigswing states. Question if the betting odds
would favor that Kamala is the replacement, and I think she will be.
I'm with Dick one hundred percent there. Josh Shapiro, he's an interesting cab.
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He's a moderate Democrat in a swingstate. He's not Gavin Newsom.
I think he's appealing to the upperMidwest voters, and I think he would
be a strong choice for Kamala asthe VP. And I think if they
need to get rid of Kamala,they can get rid of Kamala. That
that's my personal belief. Voluntarily,what I'm talking about, Well, let
me put es Kamala coming out andsaying for this reason, that reason,
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whatever reason, I want it tobe. Gretchen and Shapiro. I just
have to believe they would have herways with her Supreme Court appointment, right,
but also on the negative side,well right, also on the name.
And I don't know anything in particular. I just have to believe they've
got enough. There has been someinitial polling I was just reading that shows
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that these other candidates would do betterthan her. So I wonder what they're
starting to be some evidence of that? Yes, so what will the process
be? Let me get to atext or here, Dan and Dick.
Even if a conservative Trump regime tookover nationally, wouldn't we and Colorado still
have to suffer under evil dem staterule That from dom in Longmont. Well,
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there are some indications Colorado is maybecompetitive. I frankly don't think it
is. What I think is goingto happen in Colorado. Trump will not
lose Colorado by fourteen points like hedid to Biden four years ago, but
I think it will still be inthe single digits, six to seven points.
I just think that that's where ourstate is right now, and Biden
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Trump has been so unpopular, Dan, with these new people who have moved
to Colorado in the last twelve years, these eight hundred thousand people who have
totally shifted the electorate in Colorado,I don't see how he wins the state,
but it won't be as bad asfourteen. And this is the key
thing. If Trump could actually pullwithin five of whoever the Democratic nominee is
that puts a bunch of state legislativeseats in play that wouldn't have been otherwise
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nice, and that means the carWe're not going to win the state legislature,
but definitely could win enough to takeaway the supermajority in the House and
deny the Democrats of the supermajority inthe Senate. And we'll talk a bit
later about what it would take inColorado for GOP to win state wide again.
But when we come back, Dick, let's focus on and you've been
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through these wars on the front lines, what do you think the process is
going to be Now we know thatBiden will soon officially be out, what
is the process for choosing his replacement, what that's going to look like.
We've also talked to if you justjoined us, thank you for being here.
We've talked about who that is likelyto be as well. But then
I want to come back and Iwant to talk about Trump tonight. He
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said publicly yesterday he believes God savedhim. I believe that also, respectfully,
and that it's changed him as aperson. Do you want to hear
him say that tonight? What ifyou want him changed at all as a
person? Says it has in whatway would you want to see him changed?
What kind of change do you wantto see him talk about tonight?
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Eight five five for zero five Atwo five five text d A N five
seven seven three nine. You're onthe Dan Kaplas Show. You're listening to
the Dan Kaplass Show podcast. Thereare a lot of people who want Biden
to stay in I want to justkeep the pointing out as it stole graph
with love for Joe Biden to everybodydoesn't agree. But today is a terrible
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day. If you, if youjust if you pull back and look at
this same strength, brust's weakness.A bullet couldn't stop Trump. A virus
just stopped Biden. That's Fan Jones, wow and yeh no, it's done.
And as Dick and I Dixon Studiofortunately today and Dick Audhams and and
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you know, of course we havethese TV monitors we watch as well,
and New York Times Big News rightnow, New York Times saying, you
know, sources close to Biden Bidenprepared to drop out, et cetera.
So clearly it's it's just a matterof whether he wants to upstage Trump tonight
and drop out today or late thisafternoon or what do you think is timing
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will but you think he'll wait tothe weekends again or early next week maybe,
yeah, but it won't happen tonight. But it's coming. It's coming,
and so if you missed it earlier, Dick's bet is, hey,
it's going to be Kamala Harris becauseDems are stuck with her. They just
can't find a way around that.My premise is if the powers that be
on the left want to move KamalaHarris aside quote voluntarily, they will be
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able to accomplish that. And myguess is that they do. So you
know, I sit here very veryconcerned about a Shapiro Whitmer ticket that would
combine Michigan governor and Pennsylvania governor.But let me ask you about that scenario.
It seems to me that right now, particularly with the heroism of Trump
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over the weekend, in this newlook at his character for so many people,
that it's probably too late for anydem other than Michelle Obama. And
again, I think she's less likelyto get in because of how great Trump
performed this weekend and the boosty giveshim. But isn't it just too late,
I mean, by the time ofthe convention, because they'll need at
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least a week or two to workall this out. And even if they
have a Whitmer Shapiro ticket, you'vegot Americans thinking, wait a second,
I've only got a few weeks tofigure out whether this person would be a
good president. Is there enough timefor them to pull that off? I
do think I think there is.Dan In fact, don't underestimate how the
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American people could get kind of wrappedup in this whole democratic saga and be
very intrigued by what might come outof that convention. I mean, I
don't. I don't think this electionis I think it's over if Biden stays
in. I think it's just it'sit's it's totally over if he If he
walks off the stage this weekend,early next week, and the Democrats the
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nation will be riveted by what happensnext. Is it going to be?
And I don't know if and evenif it's Kamala Harris, don't underestimate the
fact that the media is going togive her fawning news. Yes, and
she could come out of that Democraticconvention in August kind of like a slingshot
now enough to beat Trump? Probablynot, But I don't I don't think
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this election is over if Biden pullsout of this thing, Ryan tells us
Breaking News. This is from MarkHalprin of Newsmax and Simon A. Tiba
is passing it along for Today NewsAfrica Breaking. President Biden has reportedly agreed
to step down and a speech hasbeen written. Here's the key part.
He will also not endorse Kamala Harrisfor president, according to multiple Democratic sources.
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No official confirmation from Biden or theWhite House, which means if that
report's true, it means they've alreadyworked out a deal to move her out.
Maybe yeah, yeah, I don'tknow. I still don't know how
they do that though, Dan nowWell, but James Clyburn from now South
Carolina. I mean, there aresome powerful Democratic figures who really are loyal
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to her. Yeah, but aboveall, they want to win. That's
true. And again I come backto the assumption that Kamala Harris can be
quote convinced to quote voluntarily step asideand whatever. That persuasion consists of the
secular left, unlimited money, unlimitedferocity, unlimited willingness to destroy people personally
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that I think they would have theability to move her aside. They might.
I'm a little more I'm a littleless committed to that thought, though.
I just think I think there's avery deep allegiance to her within that
Democratic Party. It's not so muchher, it's the people who She's the
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first black woman to be vice president, she would be the first black woman
to be the presidential nominee. Andthat is a big, big deal for
a big chunk of the Democratic Party. I think it's going to be harder
than you think. So if thisand Andre Lendy, if if this reporting
in the last few minutes is true, and that Biden is not going to
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endorse her, boy, where wouldthat come from? Now? I have
to tell you. At the sametime, CNN is reporting that Biden is
going to endorse her. Well,actually, CNN is quoting the New York
Times as saying Biden is going toendorse her. So that's going to be
fascinating. Let me get to acouple of text and then I really do
want you to take on how Trumpshould be different tonight, And I love
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yours as you drive home tonight.Maybe you're already home. Trumps said he
said it publicly yesterday. God savedme and I am a changed man.
So in what ways do you wantto see him change, if any?
And do you want him to saythat tonight? And then how do you
want him to describe this change?Dan? Whose decision do you think it
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was for Biden to challenge Trump tothe debate? Patty boy, I think
that's one of the great questions forthe year. Yeah, I got my
theory. What do you think?I think his political team around him could
see this thing slipping away, andI think they had to throw a hail
Mary and that was it. AndI think, but what befuddles me,
Dan, They knew how bad heis, and maybe they didn't think he'd
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bomb the way he did, Buthow could they have had the confidence he
was going to be able to performin that debate. Well, because I
mean consistently, even recently, inkind of script performances, they've been able,
through whatever cocktail to make him betterthan he normally is for an hour
or two scripted and with the tunnelprompter. Yeah right, but you had
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a format here where they got ridof They get rid of the studio audience,
right, so that would be lesstaxing cognitively. They got a couple
of bathroom breaks, yeah, andthey got just like this nursing home cocoon
environment. They shut the microphones offwhenever they weren't talking, wouldn't even allow
any other press in. So itreally was like conducting this in a nursing
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home at two in the morning.Yeah. So they got all of that.
But here's what I think their betwas. A, you niled it.
They saw the race slipping away.They had to do something, but
B they knew they would have todebate, but they had to do it
now because they know he's deteriorating andthey couldn't do it later. Okay,
So that was their bet. Here'swhat I think, Dick, Here's what
I think happened. I think DonaldTrump happened I think what happened is Biden
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got on that stage. Obviously he'sin grips of whatever he's in the grips
of. But I think he goton that stage, and just eight feet
away from him was this this man, this big, strong, hulking,
intimidating man who Biden had done dirtyin so many ways. Biden was trying
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to make him die in jail.Biden had had, you know, abused
the legal system with these wrongful prosecutions, and all of a sudden, you've
got this weak little morally and mentally, You've got this weak little Joe Biden
next to this big, strong guyBiden had tried to destroy and and I
think I think Biden couldn't handle that. I think I think Biden was intimidated.
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And then Trump came out pretty goodin the beginning, came out pretty
good. And I think that wasa big factor in Biden being as bad
as he was. You might beright, I just you know, you
just look in Biden's face that night. He was not there. He was.
I thought they were scared. Ithought he came out scared. You
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know, he did. You readwhere he arrived at the debate location only
a half hour before the debate started, and of course there was a hard
start because there was a televised debate. Yeah, he fiddled around at the
hotel and apparently the people around himwere going nuts because they could not get
him back and he arrived. Imean, think about that, going into
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a national televised debate and a halfhour before the starts, you need about
two hours to decompress, to getyour thoughts together. I mean, I
think I think he was flat outscared. Probably, I think he was
scared of Donald Trump, and Ithink I think that was a factor he
was going to be. Yeah,bad, but I don't think he would
have been that bad without Trump.And Trump's restraint that night was very impressive
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because he he could tell that Bidenwas was deteriorating in front of his very
eyes, and he just let ithappen right right now. I thought he
was brilliant so many ways. Hey, when we come back, speaking of
that, what do you want tosee from the president tonight? He said
publicly, God saved He's a changedman. I do believe God saved him.
How do you want him to bechanged? If at all? What
do you want him to say aboutthat tonight? And if you just joined
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us, thank you. Obviously,we're talking about a very very short period
of time now till Joe Biden formallywithdraws from the race, and who the
demnominee is going to be and howthey're going to get there, and let's
just enjoy it together. You're onthe Dan Kapla Show. And now back
to the Dan Kapla Show podcast.Here's the question that I have on that
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these two men are both elderly.Donald Trump is an elderly man who,
for whatever reason, was given nineseconds to take a iconic photo op during
an active shooter. That situation,weird situation. We'll figure that out one
day. But his survival of thatand bouncing right back and going right to
his convention is being conveyed in themedia world as a sin of string.
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This current president of the United Statesis eighty one years old and has COVID.
Should he be fine in a coupleof days? Doesn't that convey exactly
the same thing he see? That'swhat I'm talking about when I open the
show. This is such a greatmoment because not only my opinion is Trump
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could win and win very convincingly,but the left is getting fully exposed.
So the benefits of that going wayway way into the future. Yes,
like this, like this joy readright, everybody watching, everybody watching it
knows that's absolutely cuckoo. That person'sdishonest, indoor nuts and they're just getting
exposed at almost every turn. Didyou hear the mson. I think it
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was MSNBC a host a woman thismorning who attacked JD because he said when
he was talking about his seven generationsbeing buried in the Kentucky cemetery, and
she said that was white supremacy,supremacy. Where did she come up with
that? But you know, Imean she may be onto something, right,
because what would a white supremacist do. They would marry a person of
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color as cover, right, Soif you're a white supremacist, you're gonna
say, yeah, I want togo out and find an Indian woman in
America? Right, I mean,but that's Dick, that's a great point
to make. It just goes backto they're exposing my lords, they're exposing
themselves and obviously everybody can see they'vebeen lying about Biden and covering for Biden
and hiding the truth from the Americanpeople. Hey, big headline all read
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on Fox News. Trump will notsay Biden's name during convention speech tonight.
Love it. I love that good. I hope he holds to it.
Dan, he has an opportunity tobe to look like a president tonight.
And I will tell you if hewould stay to what his vision and and
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and his own personal experience from lastweek, he will knock this out of
the park. What would you wanthim to say, assuming it's true,
what would you want him to sayabout the assassination attempt and its effect on
him? He should just be honestabout how it changed him that. I
don't think anybody. I think everybodyunderstands when you come that close to death,
and he did that. You youdon't look, you don't feel the
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same, you know. Watching himthis week, Dan, in the when
he walks into the convention, therewas a humility, there was a gratefulness
for being there, and he justlooked different this week. He did he
really he did. And how attentedhe was to the to the people talking.
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It just was really interesting. Yeah. I think he believes and he
should. And I think he's goingto say and he should, God saved
me for a purpose. And thenit'll be interesting to hear what that purpose
is, and I don't doubt anyof that's true. What's to me going
to be really interesting to see isdoes he admit any mistakes? Because listen,
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I think he's been historically great inoffice in a lot of ways,
historically courageous andcluting. Last Saturday,we all make mistakes, for all you.
Is he going to admit any mistakesas part of this change? Should
he? I'd love to hear frompeople on that. Let's start with Mary
and Long Mantra on The Dankapla Showwith Dick Wadhams. Welcome Hi. In
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your last segment, you were talkingabout how Biden's team let him do the
debates. I think it's Jill Biden. I watched them before the last election,
Jill Biden and Joe Biden on theview, and every time they would
ask Joe Biden a question, hewould start and then he would stumble,
and Jill would put her hand onhis knee and he would shut up,
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and he would She would say,I think what Joe's trying to say is
every sentence. So I knew rightthen and there that there was an issue,
and I lost a lot of respectfor Jill Biden for her not protecting
her husband. Mary, thank you, thank you for that call. Dan
says a text. Maybe corn popwill be then maybe it's mouse because's been
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talking about that's right. Uh,the imaginary friend David in Colorado springs here
on the Dan kapla, You're welcome. I'm gonna call you guys at Double
D Express. That's what ALM likedit. I liked it anyway. Anyway,
You've got great conversation. I'm abig Trump guy. And by the
way, how can a lady namedJoy not have anyone's he over mouth that'll
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make his names often shape people hereit was the opposite, right, So
anyway, I've been following Trump foryears and the only thing I problem I
ever had with him, which isgone, is he needs get focused on
the election and not try to getpeople back because they said something about him,
like when he said what his namewasn't of it, he wasn't a
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prisoner. He make fun of thiskid, And you nailed it, Dan,
you said this. He's he's gonnaget on there and he's gonna say
God is real, God is great. He saved my life, and I
got to do it the way Godwould want. This country ran that's what
he has to say. And you'reright, did David really appreciate the called
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words you said? David clarified itfor me. It came into my mind
as you were speaking. As Davidwas speaking, this is what we're going
to hear from Trump tonight. Iforgive, Yeah, I forgive. Yeah,
people have done me wrong. Iforgive. I'm focused on the future.
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I'm focused on you. That wouldbe powerful. As David was speaking,
it just came to mind, right, because people have had near death
experiences. I think that's a prettyuniversal reaction, right, Hey, I'm
here for a reason, and andI think often forgiveness comes from that.
I bet he does do that.And I think he might say admit he
made mistakes in the past. Yeah. Wow. So the presidents saying that
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God saved him. I believe thatmyself. It's changed him. What do
you want him to say about thattonight? And with Biden now just virtually
out of the race, who doyou think that the demnominee will be and
how did they get there? You'reon the Dane capitalis
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I've been saying it for a while. I believe divine Providence is at
work on multiple fronts, including savingthe life of President Trump on Saturday.
But now we watch the unraveling beforeour eyes of the modern left, the
secular left, and the unraveling oftheir president, and you see all these
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good things ahead for America. Sothat's my take and I'm sticking to it,
and that's how we're going to startthe show today. Nobody better to
be here with us right now thanDick Wattams. And Dick and I go
back so many years, and we'vetalked so much politics over the years on
and off air, and I think, Richard, there could not be anybody
better to be here with us atthis moment because it's historic. Yes,
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you have spent your life fighting againstthe left. You have won a lot
of those fights. Nobody wins themall, but you've run on a lot
more of those fights than the restof us have. And we're at this
moment now, we're in my opinion, and Dick never hesitates to tell me
when he thinks I'm wrong in myopinion that the left for the first time
really is being exposed where America isgetting a look, and America's paying attention
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because now it's so crazy, youknow that they're getting exposed for what they
really are. And I think thelong term benefits of that are going to
be amazing. But also for thosenew to the show, Dick is not
a fan of President Trump, Iam. So it's also really good to
have you here today to get yourtake on the convention so far, and
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what do you think he needs todo in the speech tonight. I've got
my ideas, and I'm sure ourgreat listeners have their ideas. You've got
so Dan. First of all,you have been saying for what two years
that Biden would not be the candidate, and you were right, Well,
thank you. Not a tough call. No, well, no, I
was skeptical. I could hard.I kind of believe that the entrenchment around
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him by his family and by theinsider Democrats, the people on his staff
would keep him in the race.They would prop him up all the way
through. But he's now lost Obama, he's lost Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff,
he's lost the House Minority Leader.He's lost he has lost the key
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members of the Democratic hierarchy. Butthere's one there's one final person that's got
to come down on this, andthat's Jill Biden respectfully disagree. Okay,
Hunter, well, Hunt, Hunteris right there. You're right right,
Hunter and Jill. And of courseI think Jill was doing it for largely
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good reasons because she loves her husband. But I think she also she's kind
of addicted to the White House,and you know, she's on the cover
of Vogue in a five thousand dollarssuit or whatever. Hunter. We know
he wants the protection of the presidency, so we know what is otav She
wants a bio and wants a buyout. Yeah, and so I think Hunter
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will fight to the end. Jill, I think is smart enough to know
when the gig is up, andthen she will finally say, but you
know, it's time to graacefully leavethe stage. Hey, let me challenge
that first. I think because mybelief is that in the end, Biden
always does what's best for Biden.I don't think it's been about the country
or anything else. They don't doubthe loves his family, but he used
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his son as a bagman, hisdrug addicted son as a bagman. So
I think Biden does what's best forBiden. And I think Biden obviously will
leave. He's going to leave,but only because it has reached the point
where it's best for him to leave. Because I think he's so dirty.
I think he's so corrupt. Ithink they have so much on him that
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at this point he's in a positionwhere a lot of people can ruin him.
First and foremost Hunter could ruin him, but you've got these other people
around him who can ruin him.And now that Obama's ready to take that
step, there's no way to resist. Right but on the Jill front,
And I don't mean to be uncharitableat all, but I think when you're
talking about the presidency and the effecton all of us, you've got to
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be realistic. I think with Jill, you know, if it comes down
to her decision. Boyp Dick,I mean you're looking at somebody who's looking
at the alternative of and it's sosad, but taking essentially, whether it's
the formal diagnosis of dementia patient homeand living with that dementia patient in a
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house in Delaware with Hunter as hisson, you know what I mean.
So it's either white House or that. So if it comes down to Jill,
I don't think he leaves, becauseJill, at that point, doesn't
she just say, Okay, Idon't care if it's one in a billion
shot, we're staying in case lightninghits. The alternative is so awful.
Well, you might be right aboutthat. I don't. I actually think
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she will. They will bring heraround that. The only way he saves
his reputation is by gracefully leaving,walking off the stage. And I think
that's what that will be made clearto him. Think about the awkward nature
of the Democratic National Convention if heactually stayed in the race. I mean,
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all these people who have abandoned him, then they have to show up
at the DNC and in Chicago andsay, well, you know, we've
thought about it again and we thinkhe is our guy. I mean,
how awkward is that? Yeah,yeah, they are in a bad place,
Thank goodness. And let's every dayhe holds on I think he is
so helpful to Trump, so helpfuldown the ticket. I every day he
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hangs on Dick wattams with us today. Love to hear your thoughts, and
of course you can always text usD A N five seven seven three nine.
And before we hit the end ofthis segment, I just want to
touch on a few different things andthen we'll come back and treat it is
an open line's day. The speechtonight, it seems to me that this
is, by multiple it's the mostimportant speech of President Trump's life. I
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think he has the opportunity tonight todo much much more than win the election,
because personally, I think he's wonthe election. I think much much
more than win the election. Ithink he has the opportunity tonight to expand
on the tremendous goodwill that I thinkhe earned through the heroic response in great
leadership after the assassination attempts. SoI see tonight as the best opportunity to
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make his second term a success.So I think tonight is enormous for I
mean, you heard him yesterday hecame out and said to another group he
believes God saved him and that haschanged him. So what do you think
he needs to do tonight? Ithink he needs to do what he said
he's going to do, which ishe says he tore up the speech,
which he called a hum dinner.I think he called it, which I'm
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sure it was said he tore itup. And and and he's going to
speak for an hour and a halftonight, that's what they've allocated. So
he's not going to be a briefspeech. But Dan, I do think
that he can continue the spirit ofthis convention, which has been excellent man,
and and he can and and ifhe does come across as more magnanimous
and more positive, he can putthe selection away and it could set up
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a very successful second term. Buthe's got to rise to that occasion.
And Uh, I'm going to takehim at face value for what he said
that he's going to do that tonight. Uh, and we'll see. I
mean, I was encouraged when heinvited Nicki Haley and Ron DeSantis to speak,
both of whom did very did greatjobs in their own ways and made
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very different personalities. I thought thatmaybe DeSantis was a little too hot the
other night, but but better thanthe opposite. Well, well, but
they were. The main thing ishe invited him, they accepted, they
both did a great j H.And I think that that was an important
night when he invited them to speak, and it kind of set the tone.
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And I'm sure we'll talk more aboutjd Vance, who I think is
is a very good selection in manyways. And I thought his speech last
night was amazing. It really was. And Frank I read Hillbilly Elogy back
in twenty sixteen. Loved that book, Love that book. And of course
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he was just a young author backthen, young lawyer author and so but
he was articulate and smart, hitall the right. His wife is so
impressive. I mean, she wasamazing. So he Trump is coming in
tonight with a real head of steamfrom this convention. He needs to rise
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to the occasion and keep up thespirit of that from this week, and
well I think he can. We'llsee what happens. Yeah, and when
we come back eight zero five Atwo five five TEXTDA N five seven seven
three nine Dick will answer this.On the other side, do you want
Trump to do you expect Trump tosay tonight what he said to a smaller
group yesterday that he believes God savedhim and he is a changed man.
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Do you want to hear that fromhim tonight? Eight five five for zero
five A two five five and aboveall, what comes next? Okay,
what I've been telling you for twoyears is happening. Biden is soon going
to be out as the nominee.Who do you want to see or Nazie?
What? What do you think theirprocess is going to look like?
When we come back, we'll talkabout maybe the most dangerous ticket the Democrats
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could put together short of Michelle Obamaand why I think we have a better
chance than ever that she will notget in. You're on the Dankpla Show
and now back to the Dan KaeplasShow podcast. Take right now, because
I'm about to tell you the truthand f you if you can't handle the
truth. This version of Biden intellectually, analytically is the best Biden ever,
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not a close second. Not moaningfor years the present He's of known him
for fifty years. If it weren'tthe truth, I wouldn't say it.
Yeah, it's so beautiful because they'regetting exposed now. The whole Left is
getting exposed now, and there's valuein that way, way, way,
way beyond winning this election, whichis going to happen eight five to five
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for zero five eight two five fivetext DA and five seven seven three nine.
Dick Wadham's in the House. SoRichard, how soon until Biden's gone?
I think this weekend, I honestlydo. It just seems to be
cratering right now. I mean,Obama came out. I think Nancy Pelosi
is working the background so heavily rightnow. I think you're gonna you're they're
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gonna find a graceful way for himto leave. How well, he's just
gonna announce that I've decided to withdrawfrom the race. But I still back
jail is the key. I knowthat the hunter is going to be whispering
in his ear. Dad, yougot to stay and protect me. But
I still think Jill. I wrotemy column for the Denver zeph this week
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Dan about Edith Wilson and how shebasically was the de facto president of the
United States when the President Wilson sufferedthe stroke and kind of compared Jill to
her. Now It's not a perfectanalogy, but the fact is she has
been part of the conspiracy to prophim up. Yes, and I don't
like using that word conspiracy, butthink about it. The entire Democratic Party
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protected him for the last two years, especially which is kind lied to the
American people, covered up. Ithink it's the most harmful cover up in
American political history because it was separate, apart, whatever your policies are.
We have been without a president,We've been without a commander in chief.
We've had a dysfunctional president. Andas we sit here and we look at
the horrors that have emerged under hispresidency, you know that this horrific withdrawal
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from Afghanistan and all the all theAmerican heroes killed, and then Russia and
then what happened in the Mid East. How much of this has been because
Biden has has had dementia, whetherthat's the clinical diagnosis or not. How
much is policy and how much isthe fact we don't have a functioning president.
So I view it as as theworst cover up in American politically.
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Well, I wouldn't dispute that heI think the failure of his administration has
argually due to his incompetence beyond hishealth. And I mean when you look
at what happened in Afghanistan, andyou can go down the line his insistence
that inflation really wasn't didn't exist,et cetera, et cetera. Yeah,
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and so Dick, what comes next? I have in my mind. First
of all, I am and weall wish Saturday's horror had not happened.
But since it did, and Trumphandled it so heroically and showed such tremendous
leadership, and we could both goon and on and on praising how we
responded to that Saturday. I thinkthat I think that is the best chance
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to keep Michelle Obama out of therace, because, as I've been saying
for a long time, the onething that could keep her out of the
race is is she could not bearthe thought of losing to Trump. And
after Saturday, even she might loseto Trump, but a good chance she
would lose to Trump. Yeah,I don't think she ever was interested in
though I never I never had boughtoff that she even wanted to be president,
would want to run. But Iagree with you, the fear of
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losing to Trump would be huge.WHOA, whoa not to quibble, but
yeah, I agree with you.She's never wanted to run, but she
wouldn't have to run to be president. Now, under this scenario, you
don't have to run to be president. Dick Wadhams has run a lot of
these big, successful grueling campaigns Senate, governor, et cetera. This would
be a first class flight. Youknow, I have another lobster this in
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that time to vote. Everybody votefor me. She wouldn't have to run
for office, you mean, towin the nomination or to be president,
because she'd be taking over. Imean, and again I think, I
think at this point she probably doesn'tget in because Trump is so strong right
now. But otherwise she gets inat the end of August, makes a
few select speeches, and then wehave election before Saturday. They probably should,
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So I agree with you. Saturdaychange that dynamic. And so who
do they run? They frankly,they have to go with Kamala Harris.
They have to dan. Their basewill not tolerate anybody but her. Their
base is especially black women in theDemocratic Party. That's a huge influential block
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within the Democratic base, and anda lot of other liberals beyond that.
They are not going to tolerate anybodybut Harris. They will walk out of
that convention hall if it's not KamalaHarris. They're kind of stuck with her.
Who would be the best chance towin Josh Shapiro from Pennsylvania. I
really do scare me. My concernis a Shapiro Whitmer ticket, because then
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you got Michigan in Pennsylvania. That'sMichae concern has always been Michelle Obama.
But assuming at this point she's out, that's my concern is Witmer Shapiro in
whatever order you got those two bigswing states. Question if the betting odds
would favor that Kamala is the replacement, and I think she will be.
I'm with Dick one hundred percent there. Josh Shapiro, he's an interesting cab.
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He's a moderate Democrat in a swingstate. He's not Gavin Newsom.
I think he's appealing to the upperMidwest voters, and I think he would
be a strong choice for Kamala asthe VP. And I think if they
need to get rid of Kamala,they can get rid of Kamala. That
that's my personal belief. Voluntarily,what I'm talking about, Well, let
me put es Kamala coming out andsaying for this reason, that reason,
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whatever reason, I want it tobe. Gretchen and Shapiro. I just
have to believe they would have herways with her Supreme Court appointment, right,
but also on the negative side,well right, also on the name.
And I don't know anything in particular. I just have to believe they've
got enough. There has been someinitial polling I was just reading that shows
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that these other candidates would do betterthan her. So I wonder what they're
starting to be some evidence of that? Yes, so what will the process
be? Let me get to atext or here, Dan and Dick.
Even if a conservative Trump regime tookover nationally, wouldn't we and Colorado still
have to suffer under evil dem staterule That from dom in Longmont. Well,
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there are some indications Colorado is maybecompetitive. I frankly don't think it
is. What I think is goingto happen in Colorado. Trump will not
lose Colorado by fourteen points like hedid to Biden four years ago, but
I think it will still be inthe single digits, six to seven points.
I just think that that's where ourstate is right now, and Biden
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Trump has been so unpopular, Dan, with these new people who have moved
to Colorado in the last twelve years, these eight hundred thousand people who have
totally shifted the electorate in Colorado,I don't see how he wins the state,
but it won't be as bad asfourteen. And this is the key
thing. If Trump could actually pullwithin five of whoever the Democratic nominee is
that puts a bunch of state legislativeseats in play that wouldn't have been otherwise
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nice, and that means the carWe're not going to win the state legislature,
but definitely could win enough to takeaway the supermajority in the House and
deny the Democrats of the supermajority inthe Senate. And we'll talk a bit
later about what it would take inColorado for GOP to win state wide again.
But when we come back, Dick, let's focus on and you've been
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through these wars on the front lines, what do you think the process is
going to be Now we know thatBiden will soon officially be out, what
is the process for choosing his replacement, what that's going to look like.
We've also talked to if you justjoined us, thank you for being here.
We've talked about who that is likelyto be as well. But then
I want to come back and Iwant to talk about Trump tonight. He
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said publicly yesterday he believes God savedhim. I believe that also, respectfully,
and that it's changed him as aperson. Do you want to hear
him say that tonight? What ifyou want him changed at all as a
person? Says it has in whatway would you want to see him changed?
What kind of change do you wantto see him talk about tonight?
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Eight five five for zero five Atwo five five text d A N five
seven seven three nine. You're onthe Dan Kaplas Show. You're listening to
the Dan Kaplass Show podcast. Thereare a lot of people who want Biden
to stay in I want to justkeep the pointing out as it stole graph
with love for Joe Biden to everybodydoesn't agree. But today is a terrible
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day. If you, if youjust if you pull back and look at
this same strength, brust's weakness.A bullet couldn't stop Trump. A virus
just stopped Biden. That's Fan Jones, wow and yeh no, it's done.
And as Dick and I Dixon Studiofortunately today and Dick Audhams and and
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you know, of course we havethese TV monitors we watch as well,
and New York Times Big News rightnow, New York Times saying, you
know, sources close to Biden Bidenprepared to drop out, et cetera.
So clearly it's it's just a matterof whether he wants to upstage Trump tonight
and drop out today or late thisafternoon or what do you think is timing
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will but you think he'll wait tothe weekends again or early next week maybe,
yeah, but it won't happen tonight. But it's coming. It's coming,
and so if you missed it earlier, Dick's bet is, hey,
it's going to be Kamala Harris becauseDems are stuck with her. They just
can't find a way around that.My premise is if the powers that be
on the left want to move KamalaHarris aside quote voluntarily, they will be
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able to accomplish that. And myguess is that they do. So you
know, I sit here very veryconcerned about a Shapiro Whitmer ticket that would
combine Michigan governor and Pennsylvania governor.But let me ask you about that scenario.
It seems to me that right now, particularly with the heroism of Trump
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over the weekend, in this newlook at his character for so many people,
that it's probably too late for anydem other than Michelle Obama. And
again, I think she's less likelyto get in because of how great Trump
performed this weekend and the boosty giveshim. But isn't it just too late,
I mean, by the time ofthe convention, because they'll need at
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least a week or two to workall this out. And even if they
have a Whitmer Shapiro ticket, you'vegot Americans thinking, wait a second,
I've only got a few weeks tofigure out whether this person would be a
good president. Is there enough timefor them to pull that off? I
do think I think there is.Dan In fact, don't underestimate how the
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American people could get kind of wrappedup in this whole democratic saga and be
very intrigued by what might come outof that convention. I mean, I
don't. I don't think this electionis I think it's over if Biden stays
in. I think it's just it'sit's it's totally over if he If he
walks off the stage this weekend,early next week, and the Democrats the
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nation will be riveted by what happensnext. Is it going to be?
And I don't know if and evenif it's Kamala Harris, don't underestimate the
fact that the media is going togive her fawning news. Yes, and
she could come out of that Democraticconvention in August kind of like a slingshot
now enough to beat Trump? Probablynot, But I don't I don't think
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this election is over if Biden pullsout of this thing, Ryan tells us
Breaking News. This is from MarkHalprin of Newsmax and Simon A. Tiba
is passing it along for Today NewsAfrica Breaking. President Biden has reportedly agreed
to step down and a speech hasbeen written. Here's the key part.
He will also not endorse Kamala Harrisfor president, according to multiple Democratic sources.
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No official confirmation from Biden or theWhite House, which means if that
report's true, it means they've alreadyworked out a deal to move her out.
Maybe yeah, yeah, I don'tknow. I still don't know how
they do that though, Dan nowWell, but James Clyburn from now South
Carolina. I mean, there aresome powerful Democratic figures who really are loyal
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to her. Yeah, but aboveall, they want to win. That's
true. And again I come backto the assumption that Kamala Harris can be
quote convinced to quote voluntarily step asideand whatever. That persuasion consists of the
secular left, unlimited money, unlimitedferocity, unlimited willingness to destroy people personally
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that I think they would have theability to move her aside. They might.
I'm a little more I'm a littleless committed to that thought, though.
I just think I think there's avery deep allegiance to her within that
Democratic Party. It's not so muchher, it's the people who She's the
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first black woman to be vice president, she would be the first black woman
to be the presidential nominee. Andthat is a big, big deal for
a big chunk of the Democratic Party. I think it's going to be harder
than you think. So if thisand Andre Lendy, if if this reporting
in the last few minutes is true, and that Biden is not going to
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endorse her, boy, where wouldthat come from? Now? I have
to tell you. At the sametime, CNN is reporting that Biden is
going to endorse her. Well,actually, CNN is quoting the New York
Times as saying Biden is going toendorse her. So that's going to be
fascinating. Let me get to acouple of text and then I really do
want you to take on how Trumpshould be different tonight, And I love
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yours as you drive home tonight.Maybe you're already home. Trumps said he
said it publicly yesterday. God savedme and I am a changed man.
So in what ways do you wantto see him change, if any?
And do you want him to saythat tonight? And then how do you
want him to describe this change?Dan? Whose decision do you think it
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was for Biden to challenge Trump tothe debate? Patty boy, I think
that's one of the great questions forthe year. Yeah, I got my
theory. What do you think?I think his political team around him could
see this thing slipping away, andI think they had to throw a hail
Mary and that was it. AndI think, but what befuddles me,
Dan, They knew how bad heis, and maybe they didn't think he'd
(24:48):
bomb the way he did, Buthow could they have had the confidence he
was going to be able to performin that debate. Well, because I
mean consistently, even recently, inkind of script performances, they've been able,
through whatever cocktail to make him betterthan he normally is for an hour
or two scripted and with the tunnelprompter. Yeah right, but you had
(25:10):
a format here where they got ridof They get rid of the studio audience,
right, so that would be lesstaxing cognitively. They got a couple
of bathroom breaks, yeah, andthey got just like this nursing home cocoon
environment. They shut the microphones offwhenever they weren't talking, wouldn't even allow
any other press in. So itreally was like conducting this in a nursing
(25:32):
home at two in the morning.Yeah. So they got all of that.
But here's what I think their betwas. A, you niled it.
They saw the race slipping away.They had to do something, but
B they knew they would have todebate, but they had to do it
now because they know he's deteriorating andthey couldn't do it later. Okay,
So that was their bet. Here'swhat I think, Dick, Here's what
I think happened. I think DonaldTrump happened I think what happened is Biden
(25:56):
got on that stage. Obviously he'sin grips of whatever he's in the grips
of. But I think he goton that stage, and just eight feet
away from him was this this man, this big, strong, hulking,
intimidating man who Biden had done dirtyin so many ways. Biden was trying
(26:18):
to make him die in jail.Biden had had, you know, abused
the legal system with these wrongful prosecutions, and all of a sudden, you've
got this weak little morally and mentally, You've got this weak little Joe Biden
next to this big, strong guyBiden had tried to destroy and and I
think I think Biden couldn't handle that. I think I think Biden was intimidated.
(26:41):
And then Trump came out pretty goodin the beginning, came out pretty
good. And I think that wasa big factor in Biden being as bad
as he was. You might beright, I just you know, you
just look in Biden's face that night. He was not there. He was.
I thought they were scared. Ithought he came out scared. You
(27:02):
know, he did. You readwhere he arrived at the debate location only
a half hour before the debate started, and of course there was a hard
start because there was a televised debate. Yeah, he fiddled around at the
hotel and apparently the people around himwere going nuts because they could not get
him back and he arrived. Imean, think about that, going into
(27:22):
a national televised debate and a halfhour before the starts, you need about
two hours to decompress, to getyour thoughts together. I mean, I
think I think he was flat outscared. Probably, I think he was
scared of Donald Trump, and Ithink I think that was a factor he
was going to be. Yeah,bad, but I don't think he would
have been that bad without Trump.And Trump's restraint that night was very impressive
(27:44):
because he he could tell that Bidenwas was deteriorating in front of his very
eyes, and he just let ithappen right right now. I thought he
was brilliant so many ways. Hey, when we come back, speaking of
that, what do you want tosee from the president tonight? He said
publicly, God saved He's a changedman. I do believe God saved him.
How do you want him to bechanged? If at all? What
do you want him to say aboutthat tonight? And if you just joined
(28:07):
us, thank you. Obviously,we're talking about a very very short period
of time now till Joe Biden formallywithdraws from the race, and who the
demnominee is going to be and howthey're going to get there, and let's
just enjoy it together. You're onthe Dan Kapla Show. And now back
to the Dan Kapla Show podcast.Here's the question that I have on that
(28:27):
these two men are both elderly.Donald Trump is an elderly man who,
for whatever reason, was given nineseconds to take a iconic photo op during
an active shooter. That situation,weird situation. We'll figure that out one
day. But his survival of thatand bouncing right back and going right to
his convention is being conveyed in themedia world as a sin of string.
(28:51):
This current president of the United Statesis eighty one years old and has COVID.
Should he be fine in a coupleof days? Doesn't that convey exactly
the same thing he see? That'swhat I'm talking about when I open the
show. This is such a greatmoment because not only my opinion is Trump
(29:11):
could win and win very convincingly,but the left is getting fully exposed.
So the benefits of that going wayway way into the future. Yes,
like this, like this joy readright, everybody watching, everybody watching it
knows that's absolutely cuckoo. That person'sdishonest, indoor nuts and they're just getting
exposed at almost every turn. Didyou hear the mson. I think it
(29:36):
was MSNBC a host a woman thismorning who attacked JD because he said when
he was talking about his seven generationsbeing buried in the Kentucky cemetery, and
she said that was white supremacy,supremacy. Where did she come up with
that? But you know, Imean she may be onto something, right,
because what would a white supremacist do. They would marry a person of
(29:59):
color as cover, right, Soif you're a white supremacist, you're gonna
say, yeah, I want togo out and find an Indian woman in
America? Right, I mean,but that's Dick, that's a great point
to make. It just goes backto they're exposing my lords, they're exposing
themselves and obviously everybody can see they'vebeen lying about Biden and covering for Biden
and hiding the truth from the Americanpeople. Hey, big headline all read
(30:23):
on Fox News. Trump will notsay Biden's name during convention speech tonight.
Love it. I love that good. I hope he holds to it.
Dan, he has an opportunity tobe to look like a president tonight.
And I will tell you if hewould stay to what his vision and and
(30:44):
and his own personal experience from lastweek, he will knock this out of
the park. What would you wanthim to say, assuming it's true,
what would you want him to sayabout the assassination attempt and its effect on
him? He should just be honestabout how it changed him that. I
don't think anybody. I think everybodyunderstands when you come that close to death,
and he did that. You youdon't look, you don't feel the
(31:08):
same, you know. Watching himthis week, Dan, in the when
he walks into the convention, therewas a humility, there was a gratefulness
for being there, and he justlooked different this week. He did he
really he did. And how attentedhe was to the to the people talking.
(31:30):
It just was really interesting. Yeah. I think he believes and he
should. And I think he's goingto say and he should, God saved
me for a purpose. And thenit'll be interesting to hear what that purpose
is, and I don't doubt anyof that's true. What's to me going
to be really interesting to see isdoes he admit any mistakes? Because listen,
(31:55):
I think he's been historically great inoffice in a lot of ways,
historically courageous andcluting. Last Saturday,we all make mistakes, for all you.
Is he going to admit any mistakesas part of this change? Should
he? I'd love to hear frompeople on that. Let's start with Mary
and Long Mantra on The Dankapla Showwith Dick Wadhams. Welcome Hi. In
(32:15):
your last segment, you were talkingabout how Biden's team let him do the
debates. I think it's Jill Biden. I watched them before the last election,
Jill Biden and Joe Biden on theview, and every time they would
ask Joe Biden a question, hewould start and then he would stumble,
and Jill would put her hand onhis knee and he would shut up,
(32:39):
and he would She would say,I think what Joe's trying to say is
every sentence. So I knew rightthen and there that there was an issue,
and I lost a lot of respectfor Jill Biden for her not protecting
her husband. Mary, thank you, thank you for that call. Dan
says a text. Maybe corn popwill be then maybe it's mouse because's been
(33:02):
talking about that's right. Uh,the imaginary friend David in Colorado springs here
on the Dan kapla, You're welcome. I'm gonna call you guys at Double
D Express. That's what ALM likedit. I liked it anyway. Anyway,
You've got great conversation. I'm abig Trump guy. And by the
way, how can a lady namedJoy not have anyone's he over mouth that'll
(33:24):
make his names often shape people hereit was the opposite, right, So
anyway, I've been following Trump foryears and the only thing I problem I
ever had with him, which isgone, is he needs get focused on
the election and not try to getpeople back because they said something about him,
like when he said what his namewasn't of it, he wasn't a
(33:46):
prisoner. He make fun of thiskid, And you nailed it, Dan,
you said this. He's he's gonnaget on there and he's gonna say
God is real, God is great. He saved my life, and I
got to do it the way Godwould want. This country ran that's what
he has to say. And you'reright, did David really appreciate the called
(34:06):
words you said? David clarified itfor me. It came into my mind
as you were speaking. As Davidwas speaking, this is what we're going
to hear from Trump tonight. Iforgive, Yeah, I forgive. Yeah,
people have done me wrong. Iforgive. I'm focused on the future.
(34:27):
I'm focused on you. That wouldbe powerful. As David was speaking,
it just came to mind, right, because people have had near death
experiences. I think that's a prettyuniversal reaction, right, Hey, I'm
here for a reason, and andI think often forgiveness comes from that.
I bet he does do that.And I think he might say admit he
made mistakes in the past. Yeah. Wow. So the presidents saying that
(34:50):
God saved him. I believe thatmyself. It's changed him. What do
you want him to say about thattonight? And with Biden now just virtually
out of the race, who doyou think that the demnominee will be and
how did they get there? You'reon the Dane capitalis
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