September 25, 2025 • 35 mins
In the first hour of today's edition of the show, Dan Caplis reacts to Colorado's latest stupid crime bill and the negative impact it's having on the state.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is Dan Caplis and welcome to today's online podcast
edition of The Dan Caplis Show. Please be sure to
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single day on your favorite podcast platform. Beautiful day in
the history of the state of Colorado at least fall day, right,
I mean, if it's Christmas Eve, we want some snow falling.
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But today, I don't know how it gets better than
this three all three seven to one three eight two
five five the number tegt D A N five seven
seven three nine. So lots to do locally and nationally.
Sheriff Steve Reams is going to join us at five
oh six talk about the story that you just heard
about on our local newscast. And another example, right, another
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example of an incredibly dangerous criminal who is let out
of jail because of Polis and because of the Democrats.
And you just sit back, big picture and think, wait
a second, how can Colorado let any of these Democrats
stay in office?
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Right?
Speaker 1 (00:59):
How does this happen? I mean, this has to be
the craziest, most upside down thing any of us have
ever seen. You know that the hard left. If anybody
ever had any doubt about how hardcore left the Colorado
Democratic Party truly is, you know, by jamming through this
law that lets these really hardened repeat criminal offenders just out.
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As long as they're nuts, I mean, that's think about it.
Think about what the left values. The left values nuts,
because I think as long as they're nuts, and they're
so nuts that not only are they two nuts to
stand trial, that they're two nuts to ever stand trial.
Then the left says, Okay, we got a solution for that.
We got a solution for that. You can be a
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kidnapper of kids, you can be all these horrible different
types of violand criminal if you are two nuts to
stand trial, Our solution, says the Colorado Democratic Party, is
to put you back on the street, get out of jail,
free card. I mean, it's totally insane, right, it's whack.
But that is the ultimate proof of what the Colorado
Democratic Party, not your typical Democrat in Colorado. I'm not
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saying that, but what the people who will power in
the Colorado Democratic Party have become. They are so pro criminal,
so pro criminal, so anti victim, that's what they've become.
And you know this special session they just had. Well,
I was the lone voice crying in the wilderness. Hey,
you got to deal with this at the special session
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because you get all these crocodile tears from Polish. Oh
this is so bad, it's not what we intended. Well,
you should have fixed it at the special session. But
now we got another example a dangerous nutjob. And I
don't say that disrespectfully. We talk very seriously about mental
illness on this show, but in this context you're talking
about dangerous nutjobs being actively rewarded and encouraged by Jared
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Polus and the Colorado Democratic Party. That's the reality of it.
So Steve or Eames will join us five h six
to talk about the most recent example. But you know
us here, we don't curse the darkness. We light a candle. Well,
we do curse the darkness, but we also light a candle.
And so yes, the sheriff will be with us and
we'll talk about what's the fix. Well, they just had
a chance to fix it in the special session. Wasn't
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important enough to the Colorado Democrats who hold all the power, right,
wasn't important enough to do that. So I'd love to
hear from you The fix is obvious, right, you just
you don't do this. You don't do this kind of insanity.
You make sure that people are taking off the streets
at least for the length of the sentence until they
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can or until they get rehabilitated mentally and then can
stand trial. But the fix is not to throw them
out on the streets. And then you get this phoniness
from polis in the left about oh, the conies they
need to go in and get involuntary commitments. Has anybody
looked at that law, and don't blame the judges, don't
blame the judges on any of this. Has anybody looked
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at that law? Yeah? How easy is that?
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Now?
Speaker 1 (04:02):
This is a creation of the left in Colorado And
the big question is whether the GOP is going to
be able to use that to open eyes and educate
people on flip votes, because you need the flips. Right,
that's a two for in this next cycle three all three, seven, one,
three eight, two five five the number. I know just
the person to ask about that, young Ryan. We will
ask our friend Bob Kirkmeyer when she joins us at
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four point thirty six. She's running for governor in Colorado.
Barb really well informed on what's going on under the dome,
right because she's had a key role down there for years.
So look forward to that convo three all three seven
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five seven seven three nine to talk about that, going
to talk about whether there should be Charlie Kirk's image
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should be on currency. There's a bill apparently it's about
to uh, it's about to run that would put Charlie
Kirk's image on a newly minted silver coin, and it
would be active currency. It's not one of these things
you get and you put on the shelf. Have you
ever understood that? Ryan, I've been seeing those commercials since
before I was.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
Born, Buffalo.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
I mean, I can remember being in the womb and
you know, okay, what's this a little fuzzy? But what
are they doing there? But who buys those collectors?
Speaker 3 (05:16):
For?
Speaker 1 (05:16):
What?
Speaker 2 (05:16):
It's like? You know, Base, If you.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
Can't go and spend them somewhere.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
That's a different animal together. Yeah, I know you're the
Liberty coins, you'll, Buffalo Nichols.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
I mean, if you could spend it, like I remember
I was a little little kid. But the Kennedy half
dollar that came out or whatever it was. That was
really cool when when one of those rolled through. But but
if you can't spend it, why do people collect those?
Maybe maybe somebody can educate me on that. But yeah,
they're talking about a spendable Charlie Kirk coin. So dollar'll
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take on that. I think it's going to be a
twenty here.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
I'll pull it up.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
I had that story Andy, and then of course I
lost it. But but yeah, yeah, so we'll talk about that,
and I'll tell you what we'll be on the coin
should it go through. Do you want it to go through?
Three out of three seven to one, three eight, two,
five five the number techs d an five seven seven,
three nine. Obviously Charlie Kirk would be in his memory,
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accomplishments would be very very worthy of it. I think
the bigger, tougher question is how often do we want
to honor somebody that way, because pretty soon you're going
to run out of currency and who should that be
reserved for? But yeah, no question about the worthiness there.
I think we're going to see that Komy indictment. I
think that's coming down.
Speaker 4 (06:32):
I thought you were gonna ask me if James Comy
was gonna be on a coin, and I'm going to
say no to that one.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
You know what's so interesting? Nobody cares but me, and
I'm not even sure I care. But it looks like
if he is indicted, he's going to be indicted in
part for statements he made at a hearing I was at.
Really not only was I at the March twenty hearing.
I brought the whole family and it was Amy's birthday,
So hey, aren't you glad you married me?
Speaker 2 (06:58):
All of that?
Speaker 1 (06:59):
What do you want to do on your birthday? Let's
go see James Comy testify before Adam Schiff and that
whole panel.
Speaker 4 (07:06):
If I'm not mistaken, if they're gunna press charges against Comy.
You mentioned this yesterday about statute of limitations in the
five years it would have to run by Tuesday.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
Yeah, tuesday thing. Yeah, yeah, that's that's the analysis I've read. Anyway,
depending on the charge, but I think Lyne to Congress
is a five year and so yeah, well we will
find out together. Can't wait to analyze it. To me,
as you know, the big thing is, okay, do they
have a really solid case where they can expect to
prove guilt? Beyonder reasonable doubt. If they do bring the charge,
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they should nobody's above the law. If they don't, don't
bring the charge. We don't want to be a Banana republic.
Just because they tried to make us one, doesn't mean
we should try to make us one. It'd be wrong
and the voters would punish us. But for all I know,
they've got the guy cold. We'll find out together three
at three someone three eight two five five text d
an five seven seven three nine. So we got that
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going for us, and a lot more going to talk
about this really unfortunate. Don't mean to be a buzzkill,
but this new normal that we can clearly see emerging now.
As you know, conservatives get and I expect keep power
and expand power, not everywhere at once, right, but I
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think we're very very steadily moving in that direction. And
as we do, when we're going to see more and
more of this violence from the left. And sometimes it's
going to be big mobs, you know, like when Paula's
turned over downtown after the death of George Floyd. Other
times it's going to be lone wolf. But because we
know and I'm not talking about democrats here, I'm talking
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about the left that runs the Democratic Party because we
know there are a lot of evil ideas on the
left that the things they try to do policy wise
in some cases are just flat evil. We can expect
that we're going to see this quote new normal, not
I mean it shouldn't be normal, but that's what's emerging,
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you know, of these constant violent attacks. As the left
realizes more and more that it's politically impotent, you're going
to see more and more of these violent attacks. So
what can we do as a society to protect against that.
We'll come back. We'll start with John I. Morris and
get to our callers textures. You're on the Dan Caplas.
Speaker 5 (09:21):
Show, and now back to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast.
Speaker 6 (09:31):
The Frame was facing charges like attempted murder, but he
was found incompetent to stand trial, and that bill says
if the incompetent can't stand trial or get mental health care,
that they have to then be.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
Relieved, which is true societal suicide, right, But that's what
the Dems are doing. So Steve Riems at five oh
six on that Ryan's Bumper Music and truly the greatest
trip we've ever taken. Was that Safari to Africa. But
here is Trump passed to be the funniest president right
of any lifetime. I mean, obviously we weren't around for
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some of the early grades, but I cannot imagine the
wit and wisdom of Abe Lincoln. Pretty good stuff. I
don't know if his delivery was as good as Trump.
Speaker 7 (10:13):
Jasmin Crockett j Remember what I say? Is she a
relation to the late Gray Davy Crockett? I don't think
something as Crockett. Let me tell you before you even ask.
She's a very low IQ person. If we have had
to pass an aptitude desk, that's the one should take one,
because she shouldn't admit the crowd. So I have no
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idea what you're going to, but I don't think we
should waste that time. This is a low IQ person
who I can't even believe is the first person between
her and.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
Ilman Omar and the group. You know, I met the
head of Somalia, did you know that?
Speaker 7 (10:50):
And I suggested that maybe he'd like to take her back, and.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
He said I don't want her.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
Okay, what else.
Speaker 1 (10:57):
I mean? Because right, yeah, So I'm not saying the
first part's funny. The second part's really funny. Three at
three someone three eight, two five five Representative Crocketts. Just
a gift to the GOP, right, so just be grateful
for that. All right, phone lines, let's start and beautiful
morse in Colorado. It's beautiful everywhere today. I don't know
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that there's been a nicer fall day. John, you're on
the Dane Kaplas Show. Welcome, Hi, Dan, Hi Johnny.
Speaker 8 (11:26):
I was just gonna say, it's a shame that when
they release these people who aren't hit the stand trial,
that they don't aren't able to release them un the
Senate floor or the governor's office. See what they voted for?
Speaker 1 (11:39):
Oh man, you need to run that as a ballot measure.
You got a couple of mill laying around, so you
can put something on the ballot because that might be
the first like ninety nine to one ballot measure. Right.
Don't you think everybody in Colorado would vote for that?
Speaker 8 (11:56):
Well, everybody who wouldn't have to deal with it it is.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
That is a great, great idea. Now, John, quick question,
how did bathrooms become known as John's As a John?
Is that something you learned early in life? Is that
something you were curious about.
Speaker 8 (12:13):
From my understanding, and I think I saw this on
a TV show at one point, But the man who
invented the flush toilet was named like John Crapper or
something like that.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
You know, if I'm ever on a game show and
they give me a lifeline, I'm calling John fro Morrison
because I just looked it up. It comes from Sir
John Harrington in the late sixteenth century, who invented an
early version of the flushing toilet. His device was called
an ajax, which was upon on Jake's, a term for
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toilets in medieval times, and then it turned into John
because Sir John invented it. So yeah, well, hey, thank
you man, appreciate the call than you.
Speaker 8 (13:00):
The other thing on that it was an interview with
Kit Harrington, who was on Game of Thrones because he's
related to John Herre.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
No, what what role did Kit Harrington play? He was
John Snow you know, nothing, really, he was John Snow
wow wow.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
For those who what was your favorite scene from Game
of Thrones? I know mine a hundred times over, we
play it before every trial. What what was your favorite scene?
Speaker 2 (13:28):
I need some insight on that one.
Speaker 8 (13:30):
Yeah, I think I liked where was it Aria took
care of the the guy and uh who had killed
off her family?
Speaker 1 (13:43):
Oh you ate with his dogs?
Speaker 2 (13:45):
Right?
Speaker 1 (13:47):
Uh?
Speaker 8 (13:47):
No, I think this He was like the one who
was in charge of the Red wedding. Oh she said
him his family in a pie.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
Oh I missed that episode kind of glad. I did
John appreciate the call? I was thinking of a different deal.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
What's the scene?
Speaker 1 (14:02):
What's your favorite scene?
Speaker 2 (14:03):
The red wedding scene is that's iconic.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
But the Red wedding scene the bad guys win.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
That gives you the impetus for the rest of the
series though.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
Yeah, yeah, I like when the good guys win.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
I tell you what.
Speaker 4 (14:16):
This might throw some people, but there might be some
out there agree with me. Maybe even the Ladies is
a spoiler if you haven't seen it. However, when igrit
Is killed the redhead that John snow had his first
romance with and she was one of the wildlings and
did not care for that was really upset by that.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
Oh was that like with the arrows and all this?
Speaker 2 (14:37):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (14:37):
Right, yeah, it's horrific stuff. Horrific so well, it was
really depressing for me. Horrific. I liked her.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
I think they're together in real life though, those two
I believe, so.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
Yeah, hopefully minus the arrows. But my favorite scene by far,
and we do play it before trials, is it has
to be one of the greatest battle scenes ever filmed,
right where you've got John Snow in the middle of
the battlefield and he's gone out to try to save
his brother and it's just John Snow and he's got
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his sword out and you have hundreds of stampeding you know,
warriors on horseback coming at him and he's just standing
up to him. Isn't that a great scene?
Speaker 2 (15:19):
Yeah? Doesn't.
Speaker 4 (15:19):
He kind of shield himself though, and he somehow survives
that stamp.
Speaker 1 (15:23):
Now he didn't shield himself at all. He just stood
tall and he's got his sword out and he's ready
to take him on. And then his troops probably not
the technical term for that time, but his troops come
roaring up behind him, and just as the opposing you
know fighters are about to reach him, his troops reached
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the opposing fighters.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
Pargle it up.
Speaker 1 (15:45):
If you haven't seen the show. If you have seen
the show, you know what I'm talking about. If you
haven't seen the show, google it up.
Speaker 4 (15:50):
Was that part of a cliffhanger episode, at the end
of one episode, in the start of another.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
No. One of the things I loved about that is
they played it straight through. Okay, so if you're wondering
what I'm talking about, think you'd really enjoy it. And
there isn't the nudity and everything else in it. Didn't
it get annoying? Have to like fast forward through the nudity?
Speaker 2 (16:07):
Oh I didn't pass forward?
Speaker 1 (16:13):
Was that fast forward or replant? Ye? Anyway?
Speaker 5 (16:18):
Yeah, so google it up.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
Greatest battle scene Game of Thrones John Snow, Yeah, it's
just just epic. And if you ever want to get
fired up, you're going into a big this or that.
It's a great thing to fire you up. Three or
three someone three eight two five five takes d a
n five seven seven three nine. So President Trump, I mean,
what's it going to be like when he's gone? I
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jd vance he'll be a great president and all that,
but there's no way he can be as funny. Nobody's
going to be exactly like Trump Bright. That's a once
in every lifetime, any lifetime kind of thing. What do
you think the succession is going to be? If it
works the way it should Is it going to go
j D for eight Marco for eight.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
Yeah, that sounds about right.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
Does Don Junior get in there somewhere?
Speaker 4 (17:07):
I don't think Don Junior really wants to do that.
I think he enjoys being a troll on the sidelines,
and he even jokes about that. I don't think he
wants to be in the arena as the candidate.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
I don't think he wants that.
Speaker 1 (17:20):
I wonder. Yeah, I think.
Speaker 4 (17:23):
Eric Trump actually is a pretty impressive guy that will
make a really good candidate.
Speaker 3 (17:26):
You know.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
It is one of the top five conversations I've ever
had on air because of when it happened, because I
had him booked and it just happened to be the
day after the Hollywood Access Tapes story broke, the Monday after,
and everybody was trying to force Trump out, and Eric
stayed with me for I think an hour, and it
was just a very frank conversation about his dad and
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why Eric was sure this was locker room talking. He
he I think he stayed he was waiting to catch
a plane. I think he stayed for about an hour,
But I was just so I've always been impressed with him,
but in our conversations, but just super impressed that day.
He wasn't trying to run, he wasn't trying to do
anything else. He was just having a really frank conversation
about how all that happened and why it shouldn't matter.
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And Yeah, tremendous respect for him and and Don Junior.
He was always fun. He was always fun, and I
wouldn't be surprised if if the opening was there, if
he got in. But such talent, Man, am I missing somebody?
Can anybody get a leap frog? The JD Marco thing
could be DeSantis, but I think unlikely. Yeah, yeah, three
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o three seven one three eight two five five text
d an five seven seven three nine. With his violence
from the left, It's always been there, but now becoming
the new normal, has it become more politically impotent? What
do we need to do to protect society?
Speaker 5 (18:58):
You're listening to the Dan Kaplish podcast.
Speaker 4 (19:01):
To agree with my immigration policies.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
You don't have to agree with.
Speaker 4 (19:05):
Donald Trump's immigration policies. But if your political rhetoric encourages
violence against our law enforcement, you can go straight to hell.
Speaker 5 (19:14):
And you have no place in.
Speaker 9 (19:15):
The political conversation of the United States of America.
Speaker 1 (19:19):
I'll tell you, I think we're heading into a particularly
dangerous time now as the left becomes more and more
politically impotent. And I understand Colorado's a tougher enough to crack,
but across the country now you can see this decisive
movement towards the GOP, which I expect to continue as
the Trump administration continues to do a good job, and
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so we're going to, unfortunately, I think, see more and
more of this violence. What can we do to protect
ourselves as a society. Hey, let's go to the VIP line.
Welcome one of my favorite people in public life back
to the dan CAPLA show. That would be Barb Kirkmeyer.
How you doing, Barb.
Speaker 3 (19:55):
I'm doing well and thanks for having me on.
Speaker 8 (19:57):
Appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (19:58):
Well, congratulations. I've been in a trial bubble last month
and then I emerged to find out you're in the
governor's race. So congrats on that. That's a gutsy move.
So tell us all about that.
Speaker 3 (20:10):
Well, it's been exciting. I've been in for about the
last two weeks now. I've been getting a lot of
support and help and encouragement, so that's been good. I
was listening to some of your comments there, and I
would say, you know, in the last few months, I mean,
I've really been looking at this. There is a path
for a Republican to win statewide in this state. You know.
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The point is showing that we're at a crossroads in
our state, and people, not just Republicans, not Democrats, but
really the unaffiliates in this state that make up more
than fifty percent are saying, look, this state is going
the wrong direction. It's going the wrong way. And I
couldn't agree with them more. And I think they're looking
for leadership. I think it's time that we have a
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governor who knows how to govern and that wants to
make sure that his best days are still ahead of us.
I mean, there's no reason why Colorado families can't afford
to live, work and thrive in this state. There is
no reason why we can't have Colorado businesses that grow,
innovate and create jobs and we just get government, you know,
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out of the way basically. So that's the Colorado that
I know we can have, and it's the Colorado that
I'm going to.
Speaker 8 (21:23):
Go fight for.
Speaker 1 (21:24):
Yeah, And I do believe there's that pass and I
do believe there's that path for you as well. Now, Barb,
before I forget, how can people help you out? What's
the website?
Speaker 3 (21:35):
My website is Kirkmeyer for Colorado and it's four. It's
failed out, it's not the letter four. So it's Kirkmeyer
for Colorado dot com and you can go in there
and find out more about me and also contributor, volunteer.
Speaker 1 (21:49):
And I think, Barb, the other part of the past,
at least as I see it, is people just know
across party lines, right that they know the state isn't
just safe, they know it's getting less safe all the time.
They know the homeless problem just continues to grow. As
in my view, at least the left is like actively
inviting homeless people from around the country to come here,
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just as they're actively inviting folks here illegally to come here.
So I think that's another reason there's a path.
Speaker 3 (22:19):
I would agree with you. I mean, I think people
have just like enough enough. You know, this last session
the Democrats push through a bill that would put taxes
back on overtime pay. Yeah, at the federal level, they're
reducing you know, they're saying no, no more tax on
overtime pay, which is you know, for hard working families,
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that's a big deal. We have we have families who
are working over time and you know, going in and
you know, working over time in their job, dads and
moms so that maybe they can get healthcare for their child,
or pay for those braces, or what the heck, even
maybe try and go on vacation or do something you
know around their house. Who knows. And then for the
Democrats to just push that through and to say, yeah,
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but we're just going to keep taxing on it. And
then you know, we just spent six days in a
special session about a little over a month ago, and
the special session had nothing to do us allowing us
to cut spending. I mean, we're in a structural deficit.
We're in the red in other words, I mean, think
of it for people who are in their households. We
maxed out on our credit cards and now we got
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to start paying the bill. And instead of saying, you know,
from the legislative side, the Democrats, they went and increased taxes.
Instead of saying, Okay, we're going to cut our spending,
we're going to tighten our belts on which we're going
to have to do a lot of they just said, no,
we're going to now try and bounce the budget on
the backs of small business, and I just think that
is so wrong. But I think people are fed up
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with that attitude. It's like, you got to live within
your means, just like we do government, and so I
think they're just getting tired of it all the way around.
Speaker 1 (23:55):
And as for our Kirkmeyer, our guest running for governor
is it's Kirkmeyer for spelled out fr governor. Is that right?
Dot com? The website, so.
Speaker 3 (24:05):
It's Kirkmeyer for Colorado.
Speaker 1 (24:07):
Dot Oh, Kirkmeyer for Colorado. Thank you for that. Yeah,
so please do check out the website. But the point
I was making is that as a former Democrat, I
think there are an awful lot of people who can
see what bad shape the state's in and they'd like
an alternative. But like me, you know, they grew up
with this stereotype of Republicans that's hard to get over.
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I got over it once I started to meet Republicans,
go to Republican stuff and see what it really was.
But most people aren't going to do that, right, So,
so I think a key is just kind of breaking
through that stereotype. I think you're in a real nice
position to do that. But I do think that's whether
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it's you, and I hope it is, or somebody else,
somebody's going to have to cut through that stereotype.
Speaker 3 (24:55):
Yeah, And I think people we've got to be relatable, right,
So regardless of which sided it only are on, you
got to learn how to be relatable. And I think
you know, I'm I'm a mom, I'm a grandmother, lifelong Colorado,
and I know what it's like to work hard for
every dollar. I grew up on a dairy farm in
northern Jefferson County and we were port when I was
a kid. And you know, I started at like the
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age of six or seven where my job was to
go out and it was a job. We didn't just
get an allowance, it was a job. My job was
go out feed cabs before and after school, clean the barn,
clean the house, that type of thing. And I made
about two bucks a month. From there. I saved my money,
bought a heifer calf when I was nine and joined
four age, and you know, it's things like that. I
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worked my way through college. I went on to own
a dairy farm, run a floral shop with my sister.
But you know, I worked my way through college, so
I know what that's like. I know what it's like
to sign that front of that check that says, you know,
we're gonna have to pay someone to work for us,
and what it's like to have to own a business
kind of thing. And it's just gotten so tough in
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this state. But you know, I mean, I have that
in my background as well. You know, the reason I
even got in politics in the first place is because
I was I live in a rural community. You live
in a rural area in Well County, had a dairy
farm and they were trying to cite all these landfills
in my area. So I started talking with my neighbors,
and you know, we talked to our county commissier. And
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when I talked to the county commisser, he told me
I was just chasing windmills. I'm like, well, you're gonna
be really sorry.
Speaker 1 (26:26):
I want to catch one.
Speaker 3 (26:27):
And I ran and became a county commissioner and led
my county to zero debt and lowered the property taxes.
So you know, it's things like that. I mean, I'm
a fighter. I'm going to go do what I think
is right for the state, and you know what, I'll
work with whoever we need to work with to move
our state forward.
Speaker 1 (26:44):
I think that's such a wonderful, wonderful story, and I
think people will connect with that and respect that. But
let's not please, let's not sell Michael Bennett short. It's
very very hard work chewing on that silver spoon all
those years, so you know, let's be fair to him
on this. But that's the other reason. There's a path,
right Barb. And we've got about a minute left. But
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the appointment is going to be Michael Bennett. And I
can't imagine anybody without the last name of Bennett is
going to be excited about that. They may vote for him,
but they're not going to be excited about it.
Speaker 3 (27:17):
Yeah. I don't think so either. And I just think,
you know, I know, people keep saying you got to
be a Democrat to win statewide in this state, but
I just don't think so. I think you're right. Colorado
is ready for a new direction, and they are ready
for a common sense conservative leader like myself who's going
to roll up for slaves, work with people, and deliver
real results. I mean, I have a list of accomplishments,
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a list of experiences. I know that I can deliver
real results. It won't be about political games. It's going
to be about how do we fight for the state
so that people feel like they can really you know,
they want to live here, that they.
Speaker 8 (27:52):
Can afford to live here.
Speaker 3 (27:53):
Yeah, well feel safe here.
Speaker 1 (27:55):
Well, really appreciate you popping on one of many conversations.
I hope to come and go get him. It's Kirkmeyer
for Colorado dot Com. Look forward to the next one.
Speaker 3 (28:05):
Barb, All right, Hey, thanks a bunch, have a grady
me you too.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
Thank you. That is obviously Barb Kirkmeyer. Three oh three
someone three eight two five five the number sheriff frames
at five oh six. We're going to be talking about
and he warned about it, right, you let this guy
out of jail. He's going to go back and do
it again. But we'll talk about that craziness in Colorado
where he have somebody's two nuts to stand trial and
they're going to stay nuts. They get to just get out. Yeah,
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what sense does that make? You're on the Dankapla Show.
Speaker 5 (28:40):
And now back to the Dan Kaplas Show podcast.
Speaker 1 (28:44):
Former FBI director James Comey has been indicted on two
of three counts sought by prosecutors, one count of making
false statements and one kund of obstruction of justice. ABC
story reads just days after President Donald Trump issued a
public demand for his Justice Department to act now, and
then this story goes into some history on that, and
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then I am looking to see which count he did
not get indicted on. And that's interesting because normally, as
you know, grand jury's you know, will normally not always
return the indictment sought by the prosecutor. So if this
story's right, and the grand jury indicted on two of three,
there are a couple of ways to read that right.
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And one way would be it would give me some
more comfort that they've got the evidence to convict beyond
a reasonable doubt on the two the grand jury did
indict on. If the grand jury was, you know, being
very thorough and thoughtful and rejected one of the three counts,
so we'll find out together. But that's believe me, I'm
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no fan of Kmy's. I was one of the few
people with the guts to say it on air while
it was happening. The guy led a coup against a
sitting US president. It was nothing less than a coup.
But Comy's no dummy, and so you know, the big
issue is did he lead that coup in such a
way that he hit the seams and could avoid any
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later criminal prosecution. So that's the big question, right, But no,
this guy led a coup, and so I'm no fan
of Comy. I just want to make sure we don't
become a banana republic. Just because the left was trying
to make us a banana republic doesn't mean we on
the right should do that. So yeah's if he's guilty
and they can prove it beyond a reasonable doubt, charge him.
(30:30):
Nobody's above the law, but let's not start doing what
they were doing on the other side. So we'll get
more information passing along during the rest of the show.
Sheriff Steve Reams is already scheduled to be with us
at five oh six and a very important story up there,
so he's a perfect guy to chat with about this
as well as we get more information on the indictments.
(30:51):
So immediate reaction there, young Ryan. I think you're hooting
and hollering, jumping around back there, full celebration mode.
Speaker 4 (31:00):
This one felt a little obvious to me with how
Cavalier tell me was I mean, I got the clip
for you right there that he sat down on the
Cole Wallace and explained how he just sent two agents
right into the White House, didn't go through the proper channels,
put the screws to General Mike Flynn and got him
to incriminate himself on the record.
Speaker 2 (31:18):
So he did used some pretty dastardly tactics all and all.
Speaker 4 (31:21):
And I'm just trying to sort through the details as
you are as to the specifics on these charges.
Speaker 1 (31:25):
Now you're going to give me any credit at all
because I also sent that clip to you because I'm
equally outraged by it. I mean, just as the son
of a cop, the son of a lawman. The fact
that you've got this fill in the blank, you know,
just bragging about how he set Trump up. I mean,
to me, that just tells you that we had a
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rod at the top with James Comey at FBI. And
that hurts me to say, right, because I have upmost
respect for FBI. Everybody I've ever met who's been an
FBI has been awesome. And since you've been bragging about
that clip, where is it that would be number thirteen,
Number thirteen appropriately clipped.
Speaker 3 (32:06):
You look at this White House now, and it's hard
to imagine two FBI agents sending up in the State Room.
Speaker 1 (32:10):
How did that happen? I sent them.
Speaker 9 (32:18):
Something I probably wouldn't have done or maybe gotten away
with in a more organized investigation, more organized administration in
the George W. Bush administration, for example, or the Obama administration.
The protocol two men that all of us have perhaps
increased appreciation for over the last two years. And in
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both of those administrations there was process. And so if
the FBI wanted to send agents into the White House
itself to interview a senior official, you would work through
the White House Council and they be discussions and approvals
and who would be there, And I thought, it's early enough,
Let's just send a couple guys over.
Speaker 1 (33:00):
Can I think about that? Think about that A person
like that was at the top of the FBI, And
first of all, just how unfair to every man and
women in the FBI, who's who's there for the right reasons,
doing the good work, a lot of them risking their life.
How unfair to them to have a fraud like that
(33:20):
at the top. The opposite of a true lawman or
a true you know, is law woman a term I
guess it is now, But yeah, yeah, how unfair to them,
How unfair to the country, How on fair to President
Trump to have that man at the top of the FBI.
So again, no sympathy for call me. My concern is
the country. And yeah, if they've got the evidence, charge him,
(33:44):
convict him. But I just want to make sure it's not,
you know, just overreach. I have no reason to believe,
sitting here right now, that it's overreach. I mean, to
Ryan's point, you look, you listen to that bite. You know,
a guy like that easy to believe that he could
have made that kind of decision to go commit a crime.
Speaker 4 (34:06):
Well, he greenlighted the FISA warrants based on the Steele dossier,
which was bought and paid for by Hillary Clinton. It
was pure campaign propaganda. And then he gave himself the
plausible deniability.
Speaker 2 (34:16):
Of Hey, he want into the Oval office.
Speaker 4 (34:18):
He said, mister President, and we're investigating this. I just
wanted you to know about it. I mean, that set
the predicate for Hey, the President's been informed of this investigation.
Speaker 2 (34:26):
They went right down that rabbit hole.
Speaker 4 (34:28):
There's a lot of nefarious intent here that can be
ascribed to comy. He had a lot of vitriol towards
the president who fired him. He allowed a motive in
that regard, and he was looking to circumvent us. You
just heard him say to Nicole Wallace, there the normal
protocols because he didn't respect Trump and his administration the
way that he did George W.
Speaker 2 (34:48):
Bush and Obama.
Speaker 1 (34:50):
Yeah no, and listen, I sit here right now hoping
they have the evidence to convict him for a couple
of reasons. One, what he did, he led a coup attempt,
and that is such a grave to service to this
country and to President Trump. I hope they have the
evidence to convictim. The other reason I hope they have
the evidence to convictim is because it'll be bad for
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this country if we're now charging people out of political grudges.
And who could blame President Trump? Right, nobody in American
history has been so unfairly targeted the way he has.
But as a nation, as a nation now, whether it's
the homeless guy in the corner or the head of
the FBI, we should only be charging people if the
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evidence supports it, and if the evidence supports it here well,
comy deserves it, and we're going to find out together.
We'll probably have a lot more information rolling in in
the five o'clock hour, and we'll interrupt whatever we're doing
to get that to you, because this obviously the biggest
story of the day. Always great to have Sheriff Steve
Reims with us. He'll join us on the other side
talk about the latest lunacy from this Bill Polis sign
(35:55):
that lets people out if they're two nuts to stand trial. Yeah,
just put them on the street.
This is Dan Caplis and welcome to today's online podcast
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single day on your favorite podcast platform. Beautiful day in
the history of the state of Colorado at least fall day, right,
I mean, if it's Christmas Eve, we want some snow falling.
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But today, I don't know how it gets better than
this three all three seven to one three eight two
five five the number tegt D A N five seven
seven three nine. So lots to do locally and nationally.
Sheriff Steve Reams is going to join us at five
oh six talk about the story that you just heard
about on our local newscast. And another example, right, another
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example of an incredibly dangerous criminal who is let out
of jail because of Polis and because of the Democrats.
And you just sit back, big picture and think, wait
a second, how can Colorado let any of these Democrats
stay in office?
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Right?
Speaker 1 (00:59):
How does this happen? I mean, this has to be
the craziest, most upside down thing any of us have
ever seen. You know that the hard left. If anybody
ever had any doubt about how hardcore left the Colorado
Democratic Party truly is, you know, by jamming through this
law that lets these really hardened repeat criminal offenders just out.
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As long as they're nuts, I mean, that's think about it.
Think about what the left values. The left values nuts,
because I think as long as they're nuts, and they're
so nuts that not only are they two nuts to
stand trial, that they're two nuts to ever stand trial.
Then the left says, Okay, we got a solution for that.
We got a solution for that. You can be a
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kidnapper of kids, you can be all these horrible different
types of violand criminal if you are two nuts to
stand trial, Our solution, says the Colorado Democratic Party, is
to put you back on the street, get out of jail,
free card. I mean, it's totally insane, right, it's whack.
But that is the ultimate proof of what the Colorado
Democratic Party, not your typical Democrat in Colorado. I'm not
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saying that, but what the people who will power in
the Colorado Democratic Party have become. They are so pro criminal,
so pro criminal, so anti victim, that's what they've become.
And you know this special session they just had. Well,
I was the lone voice crying in the wilderness. Hey,
you got to deal with this at the special session
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because you get all these crocodile tears from Polish. Oh
this is so bad, it's not what we intended. Well,
you should have fixed it at the special session. But
now we got another example a dangerous nutjob. And I
don't say that disrespectfully. We talk very seriously about mental
illness on this show, but in this context you're talking
about dangerous nutjobs being actively rewarded and encouraged by Jared
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Polus and the Colorado Democratic Party. That's the reality of it.
So Steve or Eames will join us five h six
to talk about the most recent example. But you know
us here, we don't curse the darkness. We light a candle. Well,
we do curse the darkness, but we also light a candle.
And so yes, the sheriff will be with us and
we'll talk about what's the fix. Well, they just had
a chance to fix it in the special session. Wasn't
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important enough to the Colorado Democrats who hold all the power, right,
wasn't important enough to do that. So I'd love to
hear from you The fix is obvious, right, you just
you don't do this. You don't do this kind of insanity.
You make sure that people are taking off the streets
at least for the length of the sentence until they
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can or until they get rehabilitated mentally and then can
stand trial. But the fix is not to throw them
out on the streets. And then you get this phoniness
from polis in the left about oh, the conies they
need to go in and get involuntary commitments. Has anybody
looked at that law, and don't blame the judges, don't
blame the judges on any of this. Has anybody looked
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at that law? Yeah? How easy is that?
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Now?
Speaker 1 (04:02):
This is a creation of the left in Colorado And
the big question is whether the GOP is going to
be able to use that to open eyes and educate
people on flip votes, because you need the flips. Right,
that's a two for in this next cycle three all three, seven, one,
three eight, two five five the number. I know just
the person to ask about that, young Ryan. We will
ask our friend Bob Kirkmeyer when she joins us at
(04:25):
four point thirty six. She's running for governor in Colorado.
Barb really well informed on what's going on under the dome,
right because she's had a key role down there for years.
So look forward to that convo three all three seven
one three eight two five five texts d A N
five seven seven three nine to talk about that, going
to talk about whether there should be Charlie Kirk's image
(04:47):
should be on currency. There's a bill apparently it's about
to uh, it's about to run that would put Charlie
Kirk's image on a newly minted silver coin, and it
would be active currency. It's not one of these things
you get and you put on the shelf. Have you
ever understood that? Ryan, I've been seeing those commercials since
before I was.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
Born, Buffalo.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
I mean, I can remember being in the womb and
you know, okay, what's this a little fuzzy? But what
are they doing there? But who buys those collectors?
Speaker 3 (05:16):
For?
Speaker 1 (05:16):
What?
Speaker 2 (05:16):
It's like? You know, Base, If you.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
Can't go and spend them somewhere.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
That's a different animal together. Yeah, I know you're the
Liberty coins, you'll, Buffalo Nichols.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
I mean, if you could spend it, like I remember
I was a little little kid. But the Kennedy half
dollar that came out or whatever it was. That was
really cool when when one of those rolled through. But but
if you can't spend it, why do people collect those?
Maybe maybe somebody can educate me on that. But yeah,
they're talking about a spendable Charlie Kirk coin. So dollar'll
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take on that. I think it's going to be a
twenty here.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
I'll pull it up.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
I had that story Andy, and then of course I
lost it. But but yeah, yeah, so we'll talk about that,
and I'll tell you what we'll be on the coin
should it go through. Do you want it to go through?
Three out of three seven to one, three eight, two,
five five the number techs d an five seven seven,
three nine. Obviously Charlie Kirk would be in his memory,
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accomplishments would be very very worthy of it. I think
the bigger, tougher question is how often do we want
to honor somebody that way, because pretty soon you're going
to run out of currency and who should that be
reserved for? But yeah, no question about the worthiness there.
I think we're going to see that Komy indictment. I
think that's coming down.
Speaker 4 (06:32):
I thought you were gonna ask me if James Comy
was gonna be on a coin, and I'm going to
say no to that one.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
You know what's so interesting? Nobody cares but me, and
I'm not even sure I care. But it looks like
if he is indicted, he's going to be indicted in
part for statements he made at a hearing I was at.
Really not only was I at the March twenty hearing.
I brought the whole family and it was Amy's birthday,
So hey, aren't you glad you married me?
Speaker 2 (06:58):
All of that?
Speaker 1 (06:59):
What do you want to do on your birthday? Let's
go see James Comy testify before Adam Schiff and that
whole panel.
Speaker 4 (07:06):
If I'm not mistaken, if they're gunna press charges against Comy.
You mentioned this yesterday about statute of limitations in the
five years it would have to run by Tuesday.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
Yeah, tuesday thing. Yeah, yeah, that's that's the analysis I've read. Anyway,
depending on the charge, but I think Lyne to Congress
is a five year and so yeah, well we will
find out together. Can't wait to analyze it. To me,
as you know, the big thing is, okay, do they
have a really solid case where they can expect to
prove guilt? Beyonder reasonable doubt. If they do bring the charge,
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they should nobody's above the law. If they don't, don't
bring the charge. We don't want to be a Banana republic.
Just because they tried to make us one, doesn't mean
we should try to make us one. It'd be wrong
and the voters would punish us. But for all I know,
they've got the guy cold. We'll find out together three
at three someone three eight two five five text d
an five seven seven three nine. So we got that
(07:59):
going for us, and a lot more going to talk
about this really unfortunate. Don't mean to be a buzzkill,
but this new normal that we can clearly see emerging now.
As you know, conservatives get and I expect keep power
and expand power, not everywhere at once, right, but I
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think we're very very steadily moving in that direction. And
as we do, when we're going to see more and
more of this violence from the left. And sometimes it's
going to be big mobs, you know, like when Paula's
turned over downtown after the death of George Floyd. Other
times it's going to be lone wolf. But because we
know and I'm not talking about democrats here, I'm talking
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about the left that runs the Democratic Party because we
know there are a lot of evil ideas on the
left that the things they try to do policy wise
in some cases are just flat evil. We can expect
that we're going to see this quote new normal, not
I mean it shouldn't be normal, but that's what's emerging,
(09:01):
you know, of these constant violent attacks. As the left
realizes more and more that it's politically impotent, you're going
to see more and more of these violent attacks. So
what can we do as a society to protect against that.
We'll come back. We'll start with John I. Morris and
get to our callers textures. You're on the Dan Caplas.
Speaker 5 (09:21):
Show, and now back to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast.
Speaker 6 (09:31):
The Frame was facing charges like attempted murder, but he
was found incompetent to stand trial, and that bill says
if the incompetent can't stand trial or get mental health care,
that they have to then be.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
Relieved, which is true societal suicide, right, But that's what
the Dems are doing. So Steve Riems at five oh
six on that Ryan's Bumper Music and truly the greatest
trip we've ever taken. Was that Safari to Africa. But
here is Trump passed to be the funniest president right
of any lifetime. I mean, obviously we weren't around for
(10:05):
some of the early grades, but I cannot imagine the
wit and wisdom of Abe Lincoln. Pretty good stuff. I
don't know if his delivery was as good as Trump.
Speaker 7 (10:13):
Jasmin Crockett j Remember what I say? Is she a
relation to the late Gray Davy Crockett? I don't think
something as Crockett. Let me tell you before you even ask.
She's a very low IQ person. If we have had
to pass an aptitude desk, that's the one should take one,
because she shouldn't admit the crowd. So I have no
(10:35):
idea what you're going to, but I don't think we
should waste that time. This is a low IQ person
who I can't even believe is the first person between
her and.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
Ilman Omar and the group. You know, I met the
head of Somalia, did you know that?
Speaker 7 (10:50):
And I suggested that maybe he'd like to take her back, and.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
He said I don't want her.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
Okay, what else.
Speaker 1 (10:57):
I mean? Because right, yeah, So I'm not saying the
first part's funny. The second part's really funny. Three at
three someone three eight, two five five Representative Crocketts. Just
a gift to the GOP, right, so just be grateful
for that. All right, phone lines, let's start and beautiful
morse in Colorado. It's beautiful everywhere today. I don't know
(11:18):
that there's been a nicer fall day. John, you're on
the Dane Kaplas Show. Welcome, Hi, Dan, Hi Johnny.
Speaker 8 (11:26):
I was just gonna say, it's a shame that when
they release these people who aren't hit the stand trial,
that they don't aren't able to release them un the
Senate floor or the governor's office. See what they voted for?
Speaker 1 (11:39):
Oh man, you need to run that as a ballot measure.
You got a couple of mill laying around, so you
can put something on the ballot because that might be
the first like ninety nine to one ballot measure. Right.
Don't you think everybody in Colorado would vote for that?
Speaker 8 (11:56):
Well, everybody who wouldn't have to deal with it it is.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
That is a great, great idea. Now, John, quick question,
how did bathrooms become known as John's As a John?
Is that something you learned early in life? Is that
something you were curious about.
Speaker 8 (12:13):
From my understanding, and I think I saw this on
a TV show at one point, But the man who
invented the flush toilet was named like John Crapper or
something like that.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
You know, if I'm ever on a game show and
they give me a lifeline, I'm calling John fro Morrison
because I just looked it up. It comes from Sir
John Harrington in the late sixteenth century, who invented an
early version of the flushing toilet. His device was called
an ajax, which was upon on Jake's, a term for
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toilets in medieval times, and then it turned into John
because Sir John invented it. So yeah, well, hey, thank
you man, appreciate the call than you.
Speaker 8 (13:00):
The other thing on that it was an interview with
Kit Harrington, who was on Game of Thrones because he's
related to John Herre.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
No, what what role did Kit Harrington play? He was
John Snow you know, nothing, really, he was John Snow
wow wow.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
For those who what was your favorite scene from Game
of Thrones? I know mine a hundred times over, we
play it before every trial. What what was your favorite scene?
Speaker 2 (13:28):
I need some insight on that one.
Speaker 8 (13:30):
Yeah, I think I liked where was it Aria took
care of the the guy and uh who had killed
off her family?
Speaker 1 (13:43):
Oh you ate with his dogs?
Speaker 2 (13:45):
Right?
Speaker 1 (13:47):
Uh?
Speaker 8 (13:47):
No, I think this He was like the one who
was in charge of the Red wedding. Oh she said
him his family in a pie.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
Oh I missed that episode kind of glad. I did
John appreciate the call? I was thinking of a different deal.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
What's the scene?
Speaker 1 (14:02):
What's your favorite scene?
Speaker 2 (14:03):
The red wedding scene is that's iconic.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
But the Red wedding scene the bad guys win.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
That gives you the impetus for the rest of the
series though.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
Yeah, yeah, I like when the good guys win.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
I tell you what.
Speaker 4 (14:16):
This might throw some people, but there might be some
out there agree with me. Maybe even the Ladies is
a spoiler if you haven't seen it. However, when igrit
Is killed the redhead that John snow had his first
romance with and she was one of the wildlings and
did not care for that was really upset by that.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
Oh was that like with the arrows and all this?
Speaker 2 (14:37):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (14:37):
Right, yeah, it's horrific stuff. Horrific so well, it was
really depressing for me. Horrific. I liked her.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
I think they're together in real life though, those two
I believe, so.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
Yeah, hopefully minus the arrows. But my favorite scene by far,
and we do play it before trials, is it has
to be one of the greatest battle scenes ever filmed,
right where you've got John Snow in the middle of
the battlefield and he's gone out to try to save
his brother and it's just John Snow and he's got
(15:08):
his sword out and you have hundreds of stampeding you know,
warriors on horseback coming at him and he's just standing
up to him. Isn't that a great scene?
Speaker 2 (15:19):
Yeah? Doesn't.
Speaker 4 (15:19):
He kind of shield himself though, and he somehow survives
that stamp.
Speaker 1 (15:23):
Now he didn't shield himself at all. He just stood
tall and he's got his sword out and he's ready
to take him on. And then his troops probably not
the technical term for that time, but his troops come
roaring up behind him, and just as the opposing you
know fighters are about to reach him, his troops reached
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the opposing fighters.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
Pargle it up.
Speaker 1 (15:45):
If you haven't seen the show. If you have seen
the show, you know what I'm talking about. If you
haven't seen the show, google it up.
Speaker 4 (15:50):
Was that part of a cliffhanger episode, at the end
of one episode, in the start of another.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
No. One of the things I loved about that is
they played it straight through. Okay, so if you're wondering
what I'm talking about, think you'd really enjoy it. And
there isn't the nudity and everything else in it. Didn't
it get annoying? Have to like fast forward through the nudity?
Speaker 2 (16:07):
Oh I didn't pass forward?
Speaker 1 (16:13):
Was that fast forward or replant? Ye? Anyway?
Speaker 5 (16:18):
Yeah, so google it up.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
Greatest battle scene Game of Thrones John Snow, Yeah, it's
just just epic. And if you ever want to get
fired up, you're going into a big this or that.
It's a great thing to fire you up. Three or
three someone three eight two five five takes d a
n five seven seven three nine. So President Trump, I mean,
what's it going to be like when he's gone? I
(16:41):
jd vance he'll be a great president and all that,
but there's no way he can be as funny. Nobody's
going to be exactly like Trump Bright. That's a once
in every lifetime, any lifetime kind of thing. What do
you think the succession is going to be? If it
works the way it should Is it going to go
j D for eight Marco for eight.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
Yeah, that sounds about right.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
Does Don Junior get in there somewhere?
Speaker 4 (17:07):
I don't think Don Junior really wants to do that.
I think he enjoys being a troll on the sidelines,
and he even jokes about that. I don't think he
wants to be in the arena as the candidate.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
I don't think he wants that.
Speaker 1 (17:20):
I wonder. Yeah, I think.
Speaker 4 (17:23):
Eric Trump actually is a pretty impressive guy that will
make a really good candidate.
Speaker 3 (17:26):
You know.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
It is one of the top five conversations I've ever
had on air because of when it happened, because I
had him booked and it just happened to be the
day after the Hollywood Access Tapes story broke, the Monday after,
and everybody was trying to force Trump out, and Eric
stayed with me for I think an hour, and it
was just a very frank conversation about his dad and
(17:52):
why Eric was sure this was locker room talking. He
he I think he stayed he was waiting to catch
a plane. I think he stayed for about an hour,
But I was just so I've always been impressed with him,
but in our conversations, but just super impressed that day.
He wasn't trying to run, he wasn't trying to do
anything else. He was just having a really frank conversation
about how all that happened and why it shouldn't matter.
(18:16):
And Yeah, tremendous respect for him and and Don Junior.
He was always fun. He was always fun, and I
wouldn't be surprised if if the opening was there, if
he got in. But such talent, Man, am I missing somebody?
Can anybody get a leap frog? The JD Marco thing
could be DeSantis, but I think unlikely. Yeah, yeah, three
(18:39):
o three seven one three eight two five five text
d an five seven seven three nine. With his violence
from the left, It's always been there, but now becoming
the new normal, has it become more politically impotent? What
do we need to do to protect society?
Speaker 5 (18:58):
You're listening to the Dan Kaplish podcast.
Speaker 4 (19:01):
To agree with my immigration policies.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
You don't have to agree with.
Speaker 4 (19:05):
Donald Trump's immigration policies. But if your political rhetoric encourages
violence against our law enforcement, you can go straight to hell.
Speaker 5 (19:14):
And you have no place in.
Speaker 9 (19:15):
The political conversation of the United States of America.
Speaker 1 (19:19):
I'll tell you, I think we're heading into a particularly
dangerous time now as the left becomes more and more
politically impotent. And I understand Colorado's a tougher enough to crack,
but across the country now you can see this decisive
movement towards the GOP, which I expect to continue as
the Trump administration continues to do a good job, and
(19:39):
so we're going to, unfortunately, I think, see more and
more of this violence. What can we do to protect
ourselves as a society. Hey, let's go to the VIP line.
Welcome one of my favorite people in public life back
to the dan CAPLA show. That would be Barb Kirkmeyer.
How you doing, Barb.
Speaker 3 (19:55):
I'm doing well and thanks for having me on.
Speaker 8 (19:57):
Appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (19:58):
Well, congratulations. I've been in a trial bubble last month
and then I emerged to find out you're in the
governor's race. So congrats on that. That's a gutsy move.
So tell us all about that.
Speaker 3 (20:10):
Well, it's been exciting. I've been in for about the
last two weeks now. I've been getting a lot of
support and help and encouragement, so that's been good. I
was listening to some of your comments there, and I
would say, you know, in the last few months, I mean,
I've really been looking at this. There is a path
for a Republican to win statewide in this state. You know.
(20:33):
The point is showing that we're at a crossroads in
our state, and people, not just Republicans, not Democrats, but
really the unaffiliates in this state that make up more
than fifty percent are saying, look, this state is going
the wrong direction. It's going the wrong way. And I
couldn't agree with them more. And I think they're looking
for leadership. I think it's time that we have a
(20:55):
governor who knows how to govern and that wants to
make sure that his best days are still ahead of us.
I mean, there's no reason why Colorado families can't afford
to live, work and thrive in this state. There is
no reason why we can't have Colorado businesses that grow,
innovate and create jobs and we just get government, you know,
(21:16):
out of the way basically. So that's the Colorado that
I know we can have, and it's the Colorado that
I'm going to.
Speaker 8 (21:23):
Go fight for.
Speaker 1 (21:24):
Yeah, And I do believe there's that pass and I
do believe there's that path for you as well. Now, Barb,
before I forget, how can people help you out? What's
the website?
Speaker 3 (21:35):
My website is Kirkmeyer for Colorado and it's four. It's
failed out, it's not the letter four. So it's Kirkmeyer
for Colorado dot com and you can go in there
and find out more about me and also contributor, volunteer.
Speaker 1 (21:49):
And I think, Barb, the other part of the past,
at least as I see it, is people just know
across party lines, right that they know the state isn't
just safe, they know it's getting less safe all the time.
They know the homeless problem just continues to grow. As
in my view, at least the left is like actively
inviting homeless people from around the country to come here,
(22:11):
just as they're actively inviting folks here illegally to come here.
So I think that's another reason there's a path.
Speaker 3 (22:19):
I would agree with you. I mean, I think people
have just like enough enough. You know, this last session
the Democrats push through a bill that would put taxes
back on overtime pay. Yeah, at the federal level, they're
reducing you know, they're saying no, no more tax on
overtime pay, which is you know, for hard working families,
(22:40):
that's a big deal. We have we have families who
are working over time and you know, going in and
you know, working over time in their job, dads and
moms so that maybe they can get healthcare for their child,
or pay for those braces, or what the heck, even
maybe try and go on vacation or do something you
know around their house. Who knows. And then for the
Democrats to just push that through and to say, yeah,
(23:03):
but we're just going to keep taxing on it. And
then you know, we just spent six days in a
special session about a little over a month ago, and
the special session had nothing to do us allowing us
to cut spending. I mean, we're in a structural deficit.
We're in the red in other words, I mean, think
of it for people who are in their households. We
maxed out on our credit cards and now we got
(23:24):
to start paying the bill. And instead of saying, you know,
from the legislative side, the Democrats, they went and increased taxes.
Instead of saying, Okay, we're going to cut our spending,
we're going to tighten our belts on which we're going
to have to do a lot of they just said, no,
we're going to now try and bounce the budget on
the backs of small business, and I just think that
is so wrong. But I think people are fed up
(23:46):
with that attitude. It's like, you got to live within
your means, just like we do government, and so I
think they're just getting tired of it all the way around.
Speaker 1 (23:55):
And as for our Kirkmeyer, our guest running for governor
is it's Kirkmeyer for spelled out fr governor. Is that right?
Dot com? The website, so.
Speaker 3 (24:05):
It's Kirkmeyer for Colorado.
Speaker 1 (24:07):
Dot Oh, Kirkmeyer for Colorado. Thank you for that. Yeah,
so please do check out the website. But the point
I was making is that as a former Democrat, I
think there are an awful lot of people who can
see what bad shape the state's in and they'd like
an alternative. But like me, you know, they grew up
with this stereotype of Republicans that's hard to get over.
(24:28):
I got over it once I started to meet Republicans,
go to Republican stuff and see what it really was.
But most people aren't going to do that, right, So,
so I think a key is just kind of breaking
through that stereotype. I think you're in a real nice
position to do that. But I do think that's whether
(24:48):
it's you, and I hope it is, or somebody else,
somebody's going to have to cut through that stereotype.
Speaker 3 (24:55):
Yeah, And I think people we've got to be relatable, right,
So regardless of which sided it only are on, you
got to learn how to be relatable. And I think
you know, I'm I'm a mom, I'm a grandmother, lifelong Colorado,
and I know what it's like to work hard for
every dollar. I grew up on a dairy farm in
northern Jefferson County and we were port when I was
a kid. And you know, I started at like the
(25:16):
age of six or seven where my job was to
go out and it was a job. We didn't just
get an allowance, it was a job. My job was
go out feed cabs before and after school, clean the barn,
clean the house, that type of thing. And I made
about two bucks a month. From there. I saved my money,
bought a heifer calf when I was nine and joined
four age, and you know, it's things like that. I
(25:39):
worked my way through college. I went on to own
a dairy farm, run a floral shop with my sister.
But you know, I worked my way through college, so
I know what that's like. I know what it's like
to sign that front of that check that says, you know,
we're gonna have to pay someone to work for us,
and what it's like to have to own a business
kind of thing. And it's just gotten so tough in
(26:00):
this state. But you know, I mean, I have that
in my background as well. You know, the reason I
even got in politics in the first place is because
I was I live in a rural community. You live
in a rural area in Well County, had a dairy
farm and they were trying to cite all these landfills
in my area. So I started talking with my neighbors,
and you know, we talked to our county commissier. And
(26:21):
when I talked to the county commisser, he told me
I was just chasing windmills. I'm like, well, you're gonna
be really sorry.
Speaker 1 (26:26):
I want to catch one.
Speaker 3 (26:27):
And I ran and became a county commissioner and led
my county to zero debt and lowered the property taxes.
So you know, it's things like that. I mean, I'm
a fighter. I'm going to go do what I think
is right for the state, and you know what, I'll
work with whoever we need to work with to move
our state forward.
Speaker 1 (26:44):
I think that's such a wonderful, wonderful story, and I
think people will connect with that and respect that. But
let's not please, let's not sell Michael Bennett short. It's
very very hard work chewing on that silver spoon all
those years, so you know, let's be fair to him
on this. But that's the other reason. There's a path,
right Barb. And we've got about a minute left. But
(27:06):
the appointment is going to be Michael Bennett. And I
can't imagine anybody without the last name of Bennett is
going to be excited about that. They may vote for him,
but they're not going to be excited about it.
Speaker 3 (27:17):
Yeah. I don't think so either. And I just think,
you know, I know, people keep saying you got to
be a Democrat to win statewide in this state, but
I just don't think so. I think you're right. Colorado
is ready for a new direction, and they are ready
for a common sense conservative leader like myself who's going
to roll up for slaves, work with people, and deliver
real results. I mean, I have a list of accomplishments,
(27:40):
a list of experiences. I know that I can deliver
real results. It won't be about political games. It's going
to be about how do we fight for the state
so that people feel like they can really you know,
they want to live here, that they.
Speaker 8 (27:52):
Can afford to live here.
Speaker 3 (27:53):
Yeah, well feel safe here.
Speaker 1 (27:55):
Well, really appreciate you popping on one of many conversations.
I hope to come and go get him. It's Kirkmeyer
for Colorado dot Com. Look forward to the next one.
Speaker 3 (28:05):
Barb, All right, Hey, thanks a bunch, have a grady
me you too.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
Thank you. That is obviously Barb Kirkmeyer. Three oh three
someone three eight two five five the number sheriff frames
at five oh six. We're going to be talking about
and he warned about it, right, you let this guy
out of jail. He's going to go back and do
it again. But we'll talk about that craziness in Colorado
where he have somebody's two nuts to stand trial and
they're going to stay nuts. They get to just get out. Yeah,
(28:31):
what sense does that make? You're on the Dankapla Show.
Speaker 5 (28:40):
And now back to the Dan Kaplas Show podcast.
Speaker 1 (28:44):
Former FBI director James Comey has been indicted on two
of three counts sought by prosecutors, one count of making
false statements and one kund of obstruction of justice. ABC
story reads just days after President Donald Trump issued a
public demand for his Justice Department to act now, and
then this story goes into some history on that, and
(29:07):
then I am looking to see which count he did
not get indicted on. And that's interesting because normally, as
you know, grand jury's you know, will normally not always
return the indictment sought by the prosecutor. So if this
story's right, and the grand jury indicted on two of three,
there are a couple of ways to read that right.
(29:28):
And one way would be it would give me some
more comfort that they've got the evidence to convict beyond
a reasonable doubt on the two the grand jury did
indict on. If the grand jury was, you know, being
very thorough and thoughtful and rejected one of the three counts,
so we'll find out together. But that's believe me, I'm
(29:48):
no fan of Kmy's. I was one of the few
people with the guts to say it on air while
it was happening. The guy led a coup against a
sitting US president. It was nothing less than a coup.
But Comy's no dummy, and so you know, the big
issue is did he lead that coup in such a
way that he hit the seams and could avoid any
(30:09):
later criminal prosecution. So that's the big question, right, But no,
this guy led a coup, and so I'm no fan
of Comy. I just want to make sure we don't
become a banana republic. Just because the left was trying
to make us a banana republic doesn't mean we on
the right should do that. So yeah's if he's guilty
and they can prove it beyond a reasonable doubt, charge him.
(30:30):
Nobody's above the law, but let's not start doing what
they were doing on the other side. So we'll get
more information passing along during the rest of the show.
Sheriff Steve Reams is already scheduled to be with us
at five oh six and a very important story up there,
so he's a perfect guy to chat with about this
as well as we get more information on the indictments.
(30:51):
So immediate reaction there, young Ryan. I think you're hooting
and hollering, jumping around back there, full celebration mode.
Speaker 4 (31:00):
This one felt a little obvious to me with how
Cavalier tell me was I mean, I got the clip
for you right there that he sat down on the
Cole Wallace and explained how he just sent two agents
right into the White House, didn't go through the proper channels,
put the screws to General Mike Flynn and got him
to incriminate himself on the record.
Speaker 2 (31:18):
So he did used some pretty dastardly tactics all and all.
Speaker 4 (31:21):
And I'm just trying to sort through the details as
you are as to the specifics on these charges.
Speaker 1 (31:25):
Now you're going to give me any credit at all
because I also sent that clip to you because I'm
equally outraged by it. I mean, just as the son
of a cop, the son of a lawman. The fact
that you've got this fill in the blank, you know,
just bragging about how he set Trump up. I mean,
to me, that just tells you that we had a
(31:46):
rod at the top with James Comey at FBI. And
that hurts me to say, right, because I have upmost
respect for FBI. Everybody I've ever met who's been an
FBI has been awesome. And since you've been bragging about
that clip, where is it that would be number thirteen,
Number thirteen appropriately clipped.
Speaker 3 (32:06):
You look at this White House now, and it's hard
to imagine two FBI agents sending up in the State Room.
Speaker 1 (32:10):
How did that happen? I sent them.
Speaker 9 (32:18):
Something I probably wouldn't have done or maybe gotten away
with in a more organized investigation, more organized administration in
the George W. Bush administration, for example, or the Obama administration.
The protocol two men that all of us have perhaps
increased appreciation for over the last two years. And in
(32:41):
both of those administrations there was process. And so if
the FBI wanted to send agents into the White House
itself to interview a senior official, you would work through
the White House Council and they be discussions and approvals
and who would be there, And I thought, it's early enough,
Let's just send a couple guys over.
Speaker 1 (33:00):
Can I think about that? Think about that A person
like that was at the top of the FBI, And
first of all, just how unfair to every man and
women in the FBI, who's who's there for the right reasons,
doing the good work, a lot of them risking their life.
How unfair to them to have a fraud like that
(33:20):
at the top. The opposite of a true lawman or
a true you know, is law woman a term I
guess it is now, But yeah, yeah, how unfair to them,
How unfair to the country, How on fair to President
Trump to have that man at the top of the FBI.
So again, no sympathy for call me. My concern is
the country. And yeah, if they've got the evidence, charge him,
(33:44):
convict him. But I just want to make sure it's not,
you know, just overreach. I have no reason to believe,
sitting here right now, that it's overreach. I mean, to
Ryan's point, you look, you listen to that bite. You know,
a guy like that easy to believe that he could
have made that kind of decision to go commit a crime.
Speaker 4 (34:06):
Well, he greenlighted the FISA warrants based on the Steele dossier,
which was bought and paid for by Hillary Clinton. It
was pure campaign propaganda. And then he gave himself the
plausible deniability.
Speaker 2 (34:16):
Of Hey, he want into the Oval office.
Speaker 4 (34:18):
He said, mister President, and we're investigating this. I just
wanted you to know about it. I mean, that set
the predicate for Hey, the President's been informed of this investigation.
Speaker 2 (34:26):
They went right down that rabbit hole.
Speaker 4 (34:28):
There's a lot of nefarious intent here that can be
ascribed to comy. He had a lot of vitriol towards
the president who fired him. He allowed a motive in
that regard, and he was looking to circumvent us. You
just heard him say to Nicole Wallace, there the normal
protocols because he didn't respect Trump and his administration the
way that he did George W.
Speaker 2 (34:48):
Bush and Obama.
Speaker 1 (34:50):
Yeah no, and listen, I sit here right now hoping
they have the evidence to convict him for a couple
of reasons. One, what he did, he led a coup attempt,
and that is such a grave to service to this
country and to President Trump. I hope they have the
evidence to convictim. The other reason I hope they have
the evidence to convictim is because it'll be bad for
(35:11):
this country if we're now charging people out of political grudges.
And who could blame President Trump? Right, nobody in American
history has been so unfairly targeted the way he has.
But as a nation, as a nation now, whether it's
the homeless guy in the corner or the head of
the FBI, we should only be charging people if the
(35:31):
evidence supports it, and if the evidence supports it here well,
comy deserves it, and we're going to find out together.
We'll probably have a lot more information rolling in in
the five o'clock hour, and we'll interrupt whatever we're doing
to get that to you, because this obviously the biggest
story of the day. Always great to have Sheriff Steve
Reims with us. He'll join us on the other side
talk about the latest lunacy from this Bill Polis sign
(35:55):
that lets people out if they're two nuts to stand trial. Yeah,
just put them on the street.
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