July 13, 2026 • 35 mins
This episode of the Dan Caplis Show is a must-listen for anyone interested in politics, current events, and the future of the United States. The conversation is a thought-provoking exploration of the complexities of politics, the importance of standing up for what's right, and the need for courageous leaders who can bring people together.
The speaker reflects on the passing of Lindsey Graham, a senator known for his unwavering commitment to his values and his ability to work across party lines. His speech during the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearing was a turning point in the process, and it's a great example of what it means to be a "joyful warrior" in politics. The speaker also discusses the importance of having a strong leader who can inspire and unite people, and how this is essential for the success of conservatives in Colorado and other swing states.
The conversation also touches on the current state of politics in Colorado, where the left is doing everything it can to undermine the state's advantages and turn it into a battleground. The speaker shares some surprising statistics from a recent CNBC survey, highlighting the dramatic decline of Colorado in various categories. They also discuss the upcoming governor's race and the path to victory, which is a crucial aspect of the conversation.
If you're interested in staying informed about the latest developments in politics and current events, this episode is a must-listen. The speaker's insights and analysis are thought-provoking and timely, and they offer a unique perspective on the complexities of politics and the importance of standing up for what's right.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 1 (00:15):
Three h three seven one three eight two five five
d an five seven seven thry nine. One of those fighters,
and I think a great fighter. Lindsey Graham obviously has
has passed away. We'll have some relevant sound today. I
know there are some who consider him a quote unquote warmonger.
I think that is completely unfair and actually backwards. I
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think that Lindsey Graham was a peacemaker in the mode
of Donald Trump and understood that peace through strength and
in this world against just raw evil in the form
of some of these nation state leaders. Yeah, that peace
through strength was the best chance to truly be a
peacemaker in many, many other situations in life.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
It's a much different approach. But when you're.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Talking about again, Hitler like evil, and Hitler's a unique
evil who committed evil in a unique way. But when
you're talking about Hitler like evil at its core, then yeah,
that there's only one approach that's going to work with
that kind of evil and its peace or strength, and
that's been proven through time and or divine intervention, which
I thoroughly believe in and will also come up in
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connection with, you know, the fall elections here in Colorado
as we get into that conversation three O three seven
one three eight two five five d an five seven
seven three nine, So lots of let's talk about today,
love your thoughts on Lindsey Gramm will also play sound
of his really heroic defense of Brett Kavanaugh. When this
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assault on Kavanaugh, it was really like a howling mob
that's lost its mind, seeking to kill, seeking to kill
an innocent person. That that's what the Kavanaugh confirmation hearing was,
and it would have killed. If that mob had succeeded,
it would have killed far more than Brett Kavanaugh, and
that would have been a great injustice, but it would
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have killed the presumption of innocence in America. So Lindsey
Graham standing up to that mob, I think is epic,
and I want to start there because it may not
sound like the most perfect out of the movie's articulate defense,
but it was really extraordinarily effective because of who it
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came from. Because Lindsey Graham was known for and has
taken some abuse from some on the right, but he
was known for working across party lines. So when he
got this angry, when he got this angry at Diane
Feinstein and some other Democrats, it had real impact because.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
He was known as one of those who would cross
party lines.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
If you wanted an FBI investigation, you could have come
to us. What you want to do is destroy this
guy's life, hold this seat open, and hope you win
in twenty two. You've said that, not me. You've got
nothing to apologize for.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
When you see Soda.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
Maron Cake and tell him that Lindsay said, oh, because
I voted for them, I would never do to them
what you've done to this guy. This is the most
unethical sham.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
Since I've been in politics.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
And if you really wanted to know the truth, you
sure as hell wouldn't have.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
Done what you've done to this guy. Are you a
gang rapist?
Speaker 5 (03:31):
No?
Speaker 3 (03:32):
I cannot imagine what you and your family have gone through.
Speaker 4 (03:36):
Boy, y'all want power. God, I hope you never get it.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
I hope the American people can see through this sham
that you knew about it and you held it.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
You had no intention of protecting doctor for it. None.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
She's as much of a victim as you are. God,
I hate to say it because these have been my friends,
but let me tell you when it comes to this,
you're looking for a fair process.
Speaker 4 (04:01):
You came to the wrong town at the wrong time.
My friend, do you consider this a job interview?
Speaker 2 (04:09):
The advice and consent role is like a job.
Speaker 4 (04:11):
You consider that you've been through a job interview.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
I've been through a process of advice and consent under
the constitution.
Speaker 4 (04:18):
Would you say you've been through hell?
Speaker 2 (04:20):
I've been through hell and then some.
Speaker 4 (04:24):
This is not a job interview. Yeah, this is hell.
This is going to destroy the ability of good people
to come forward.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
Because of this crap your high school year book. You
have interacted with professional women all your life, not one accusation.
You're supposed to be Bill Cosby when you're a junior
and senior in high school and all of a sudden
you got over.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
It's been my understanding that.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
If you drug women and rape them for two years
in high school, you probably don't stop.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
Here's my understanding. If you lived a.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Good life people would recognize it, like the American Bar
Association has the gold standard. His integrity is absolutely unquestioned.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
He is the very.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
Circumspect in his personal conduct, harbors no biases or prejudices.
He's entirely ethical, is a really decent person. He is warm, friendly, unassuming.
He's the nicest person the ABA. The one thing I
can tell you you should be proud of, Ashley. You
should be proud of this that you raised a daughter
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who had the good character to pray.
Speaker 4 (05:41):
For doctor Ford. To my Republican colleagues.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
If you vote no, you're legitimizing the most despicable thing I.
Speaker 4 (05:51):
Have seen in my time in politics.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
You want this seat. I hope you never get it.
I hope you're on the Supreme Court. That's exactly where
you should be. And I hope that the American people
will see through this charade. And I wish you will,
and I intend to vote for you, and I hope
everybody who's fair minded will see that.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
That was the turning point in those hearings. Again, because
Lindsey Graham had these relationships with Democrats, they knew he
wasn't just an automatic Democrat. Evils flamethrower and that had
a major impact. Yeah, they all still voted against Kevanaugh Right,
I mean, I get that, but that speech was epic
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and it kept the Republicans together. And Trump also deserves
a lot of credit for hanging in there in the
nomination of Justice Kavanaugh. A lot of other Republican presidents
would have bailed just in their own self interest, but
that's not how Trump is wired. So that was an epic,
epic moment. So I'll miss him. I did not know
the guy, met him once he was in town for
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a fundraiser for Gardner, but he was, you know, just
as you'd expect at the fundraisers.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
Like you see on TV.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
And just a cool, friendly, smart guy, just a joyful warrior.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
Right.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
And another great lesson for the GOP, because when you
look at the GOP, and I've seen it from both sides,
being a Democrat for many years and then being on
the GOP side, is you look at all the most
successful people in the GOP, and I would include President
Trump though he has taught the GOP to fight in
a way the GOP never knew before, and he has
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permanently changed the GOP for the better. That way, does
it go too far sometimes with some people, sure, but
you're never.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
It's a human process.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Never, if you're going to be bold, if you're going
to be courageous, if you're going to be a difference maker,
it's impossible to always color inside the lines and so
or perfectly inside the lines. So the point is the
common denominator, whether you're talking about you know, Reagan, you're
talking about President Trump, whether you're talking about Lindsey Graham,
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who is extremely effective, is the Corey Gardner is a
great example.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
They're joyful warriors. They're joyful warriors. That's the key. There
can be and there must be.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
If you don't have righteous anger over the things you're
seeing the left do right now, there's something wrong with you.
But so you've got to have that righteous anger if
because that means you truly understand what they're doing and
the consequences. And it's also fuel to go out and
stop the bad things. But the conservatives who are unable
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to be joyful warriors, they almost always fail. I mean,
did they succeed sometimes in the hard red states where
Republicans going to win even if they don't have a pulse,
But they're not going to win in a battleground state,
and they're certainly not going to be able to lead
the uphill charge in a place like Colorado where you
have to reclaim the state for sanity. Just that whole
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joyful warrior thing is so key. So Lindsey Graham will
be missed. Three O three seOne three eight two five
five d A N five seven seven three nine, So
much too on. The President was just up and he
was talking about I know, Zach captured some of that sound.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
We made play it back. How was your weekend, Zach?
It was great.
Speaker 6 (09:20):
I had a really nice time.
Speaker 7 (09:21):
I went back up to Border for the first time
since like college just about and then had a great
time up there.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Wow. And what did you do in Boulder?
Speaker 7 (09:28):
You know, I just walked around Pearl Street, you know,
had some good food, hung out with the girlfriend.
Speaker 6 (09:33):
It was it was a great time. It was a
gorgeous day, you know, so good time.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
Okay, And I assume the girlfriend is why you have
your shades drawn there, and I'm going to draw mine
during the break. But see, we have this challenge on
this show because we have this apartment complex right across
from the studio. You're laughing, so I know you're well
aware of the challenge today, which is, I guess people
aren't legally required to like wear tops in colle right,
(10:01):
is that true? I think it's true. I guess maybe
it's their private property. So first thing I'm doing during
the break is I'm closing my blinds too, But I
want Zach's girlfriend to know he had his blinds closed
from the beginning of the show. I had not noticed.
Today's challenge is until we've sat down anyway, lots of
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ground to cover today, including what is the path to victory?
Speaker 2 (10:26):
Do you believe there's paths to victory?
Speaker 1 (10:28):
If so, what is it for the Colorado GOP in
this governor's race.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
You're on the Dan Kapla Show.
Speaker 5 (10:37):
Now back to the Dan Kapler Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
Our climate. We're so lucky here.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
I mean, as you know, most places in the country
you'd have the heat and the humidity on top of that.
So what a perfect place to be, which brings you
back to how could the left mess this place up
so badly?
Speaker 2 (10:56):
Right?
Speaker 1 (10:57):
I mean, we have all of these phenomenal advantages and
we really should be best in class in virtually everything,
or at least top five things like that. So we'll
be talking about some of the latest national surveys. This
from CNBC, not not exactly a you know, right wing
organ you know, CNBC just talking about how Colorado was
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falling dramatically in so many different categories. But you know why,
it's it's no secret, it's predictable when you do the
things the left is doing here, which brings us back to, Okay,
we got these fall elections. You know, what is the
path to victory in Colorado? In the governor's race, which
often serves as as an important anchor for so many
other races. Doesn't mean you have to win it every time.
(11:40):
We know that's not practical in Colorado right now, hopefully
someday excuse me, but it is very important to run
as strong as possible there for the other races where
you do have a better chance to win.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
So love your take on that.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
Three oh three seven to one three A two five
five the number text d A N five seven seven
three nine. So we'll continue to kick that around this
this Colorado governor's race. Now, President Trump, at the top
of the hour he was on and he was talking
about the US is going to hit the Iranian regime
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hard again tonight, and it's been particularly hard, justifiably so,
you know, for the last several nights, but duty says
it's coming again tonight. President also saying that the US
is going to start charging twenty percent tolls on those
ships that it helps through the canal because of the
straight pardon me, the strait of Hormus, because of you
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know how difficult, expensive and risky it is for the
US now to be providing that the military support to
keep that international waterway open.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
And he's reinstating.
Speaker 1 (12:51):
At this point the blockade on a run so it
cannot be exporting its oil.
Speaker 2 (12:56):
So that the latest on that front.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
He said something interesting over the weekend that I want
to bounce off you. I don't expect there's going to
be any agreement out there, but wanted to.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Make sure you knew about it in case there is.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
The President posted on social media that he would be
that there's a plan in place should there be an
attempted assassination of him, whether God forbid successful or not.
Let's hope it doesn't even happen, but there's a plan
in place to immediately hit around with a thousand missiles
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and then a thousand missiles on top of that and
destroy the country.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
So do you believe that plan is in place? If
it's not, should it be? Zach?
Speaker 1 (13:39):
I think you were saying you have some sound relevant
to this grand endeavor.
Speaker 6 (13:43):
I do. It's him making the announcement.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
You hear it, Yes, sir?
Speaker 8 (13:48):
How long you expect this to take?
Speaker 2 (13:49):
How much the legal take, what take?
Speaker 8 (13:51):
What for work? Well?
Speaker 9 (13:53):
I think it's going very fast. We've demolished the military.
We're hitting him very hard.
Speaker 10 (13:58):
And we had a deal yesterday or the day four yesterday,
it was all done, and then they broke up that
deal immediately because they found out there was something in
the deal that didn't lack and they're wired differently, and
we're not going to put up with it.
Speaker 8 (14:11):
We are just going forward.
Speaker 9 (14:12):
We're attacking them tonight. We're taking out all of their
capability for anything having to do with the straight with
the hormostraate, and I think in the end we will
end up discontrolling the whole thing. And what they're doing
is being very foolish, very stupid, and they've treated people horribly.
Speaker 8 (14:30):
They've killed fifty two.
Speaker 9 (14:32):
Thousand protesters so far that we can determine. It might
be more than that, but fifty two thousand protesters have
been killed, and it's really a terrible situation. But we'll
we'll have it out of control very quickly.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
Good sound thanks Act.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
And then there were questions about the legal authority, but
as you know that always with every president, democratic Republican,
brings you back to the War Powers Act and two
other associated arguments, And in the end, every single president,
Republican or Democrat has claimed inherent powers as commander in chief,
and this president will as well. He's tried to walk
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a line in terms of you know, this sixty day
notification requirement, etc. By declaring, you know, the first military
action completed and then entering into, as the administration describes it,
this new face.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
And so the administration, I'm sure.
Speaker 1 (15:25):
We'll take the position if we, you know, get into
a full scale war mode again.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
Though I think we're at war right now.
Speaker 1 (15:32):
Come on, let's be realistic. Iran has been at war
with this nation for forty seven years. It's just that
the US has only recently under Trump started to fight back.
And so I think the administration will take the position
that the sixty day clock you know, begins to run again,
you know, when hostilities quote unquote reach another certain levels.
Speaker 2 (15:52):
So the legal argument there listening.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
At the end of the day, you're not going to
have the US Supreme Court step in and stop this
president to Democrat president, any other president, And in my opinion,
we're not going to see that happen when the president
is is waging a war. We'll find out together, right,
because I do think, I do think that is likely
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coming this escalation just by the nature of this evil regime.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
And I hope I'm wrong. Lord knows if peace through
strength is going to work.
Speaker 1 (16:25):
This President's giving it every single chance to three or
three seOne three eight two five five d an five seven,
seven nine. I'll bounce back into calls and text after
this next break. I just wanted to get you some
of this sound to start the day. Is cut one
Zach President Trump ripping on his late friend's golf game.
Speaker 2 (16:45):
Correct, I think it is.
Speaker 8 (16:46):
And he was a nice man.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
He was a great guy.
Speaker 3 (16:49):
He loved loved playing golf, loved being outside, he played
golf with people.
Speaker 2 (16:54):
And if you dis liked him, it wasn't that he
was a great striker of the ball. It was it
was an exactly a perfect It wasn't Jack Nicholas who
was not Tiger, but he was.
Speaker 1 (17:04):
He loved this and he got you know, he has
to be our funniest president ever. Right, Oh yeah, I'm
sure it's amazing. I'm sure I wasn't old enough to
fully appreciate President Reagan, you know, in his sense of humor.
But his sense of humor was more than the Democrat
cat kitten jokes, right, And he was really funny. Trump
just this running Saturday Night Live kind of stuff. He
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is really funny.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
And once you get him going on the golf thing.
Speaker 1 (17:30):
Like remember during that debate, the June twenty seven, twenty
twenty four Biden Trump debate, where they got off on
their golf games, Biden claiming to be an eight. For
those who don't know golf, eight means you're shooting in
the seventies virtually all the time, and you're really good.
Speaker 6 (17:49):
And he said he'd carry his own bag.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
Yeah, right, which is actually the one good line Biden
had the whole debate.
Speaker 1 (17:56):
But there is a truly, truly, much more likely that
Joe Biden is a Martian and always has been a Martian.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
Than being an eight. So I thought that whole thing.
Speaker 1 (18:08):
Golf the great unifier, right, it's the Great Unifier. Speaking
of which, the British Open this week. Got to tell
you my British Open story someday, I guess that would
be today.
Speaker 6 (18:19):
Yeah, I'd love to hear it.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
I don't know if you would tell me that after
you hear it, but it is. It's actually a.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
Pretty okay story, pretty okay story. Stall working into the
show sometime this week. Anyway, when we come back, we'll
go to calls and text. We have a lot of
things pop in this afternoon. I personally am intrigued. Maybe
nobody else cares about the Colorado governor's race. Is there
a path to victory here? What would you advise the
Marx campaign. You're on the Dan Cappus Show.
Speaker 5 (18:54):
You're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (18:57):
On Christmas Day.
Speaker 11 (19:00):
That is an undecided legal issue, which, well, I suppose
I should ask exactly what you mean by that. I'm
assuming that the question you mean is whether a person
who was apprehended in the United States.
Speaker 8 (19:14):
Is not just to ask you where you ran on Christmas,
you know, like old Jews.
Speaker 3 (19:26):
I was probably the Chinese restaurants, right answer, Lindsey Graham.
Speaker 1 (19:33):
Obviously, the confirmation hearing of Justice Kagan, and clearly that
question was set up, but that was you know, he
was a joyful warrior. I'd ask you because I do
think it's absolutely pivotal, essential, indispensable to success of conservatives,
certainly in Colorado, any swing state and most red states.
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But who would you consider to be the joyful warriors
in Colorado Conserva bit of politics?
Speaker 2 (20:00):
Because I think it's an indispensable.
Speaker 1 (20:02):
Quality, which obviously Lindsey Graham brought to the table three
oh three.
Speaker 2 (20:07):
He's seven to one three eight two five five d
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Speaker 1 (20:12):
Let me get too a few of our wonderful Texters today, Uh, Dan,
I do expect fawning words from President Biden concerning Lindsey Graham.
I am not because the reality is obviously President Biden
ad a our time putting a sentence together when he
was president. That's not meant to in any way, shape
or form make fun of him, but of the Democrats
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who kept.
Speaker 2 (20:36):
Telling, you know, but this is the best version of
Biden ever, et cetera.
Speaker 1 (20:40):
Yeah, Dan, Sweet Jesus, is that statement by Trump about
his assassination to go full throttle on Iran gives Israel
the perfect solution to finish their Greater Israel plan absolutely unbelievable.
He's referring to the President's statement that, you know, if
Iran attempts to assassinate him, let alone God forbid, succeeds
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in assassinating him, that.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
There are a thousand missiles pointed at Iran.
Speaker 1 (21:09):
A plan is already in place, and there'd be a
thousand missiles behind that and the country would be totally destroyed.
So that is what he is referring to there this
point that it gives Israel the green light to go
ahead and do it itself. I don't read it that
way at all. What I read, and I don't know
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how anyone would disagree with this, is that if Iran
attempts to assassinate the president, that constitutes an attack on America.
There's no difference in my mind between that and an
attack on American soil. No matter where God forbid, hope
it never happens, the assassination attempt occurs. Am I missing
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something rationally, logically, legally, legislatively, that would be the equivalent
of a nine to eleven attack attacking America on our
own soil.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
Yeah, I don't see where that's any different.
Speaker 1 (22:14):
And then I think, you know, some people might say, well,
it's different if the attempt fails, and I'd ask how
and why? What would be the logical reasoning there? If
another nation state attempts to kill our president, what would
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be the reasoning there? Now where I think that I
don't think the President meant that literally is this president
has shown overall an enormous respect for human life, and
I think a tremendous heart for the many innocent people
in Iran who are prisoners of their own regime. You know,
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Iron's a fascinating country. In the same is that, by
all accounts, you have millions and millions and millions of
really good, innocent people who are captives of this brutal regime.
But you also have within those same borders some of
the most evil people to ever live. So I don't
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believe for one second President Trump meant it literally in
terms of destroying the country from top to bottom, because
he has shown such respect for innocent human life and
for the people of Iron who are captives. But I
think his message was that and don't do it, and
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unlike you know, the Joe Biden kamalaires, don't do.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
It, don't do it.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
I mean that's where I think President Trump has been
such an effective peacemaker. Not perfect, but no human of
her has been, but much more effective than almost any
other president in our lifetime, maybe than other and then
any other president in our lifetime because the enemy will
take him seriously. Now, that's the interesting twist at this moment,
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right because the regime is clearly betting that the President
is not willing to go to all out war boots
on the ground, which is what it would take to
depose that.
Speaker 2 (24:18):
Regime in Irun.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
So the regime believes that it can humiliate the president,
mocked the president, have its way with the president and
this nation.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
And I don't think the regime cares for.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
A second about the type of very serious, dangerous strikes
that are going on right now. I think all the
regime cares about on the bottom line, is it's survival.
It was willing to kill tens of thousands of its
own citizens recently to survive, and it's just betting the
President won't go there. I think we're going to end
up finding out together. I respect whatever decision the President makes,
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because he's earned that based on past performance. He has
acces to so much more information than I have sitting
in a radio studio, and I have no doubt about
his commitment to protect this nation. But only he knows
what the likely casualty levels are of the type of
war it would take to depose at regime, what that
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would mean first and foremost for American casualties, what that
would mean for innocent people on the ground in Iran.
Speaker 2 (25:26):
He knows that as well as any human can, and
no human can know it perfectly. But yeah, so that's
what that texture I believe was alluding to there.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
Dan, President of Rock, is coming to DC to discuss
a two year pipeline construction build out to the Mediterranean.
Great text, thank you and this and there are some
other bypasses of the straight or for mouse potentially in
the works now too. This just goes back to the
brilliance of the long term impact of President Trump.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
And we can already talk about long term.
Speaker 1 (25:58):
Impacts on multiple levels domestically internationally, he's already achieved. But here, Yes,
solving this straight of Hormuz risk dilemma permanently is going
to be hopefully another one of his lasting contributions. Now
I believe it'll be self short term through military force
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and maybe deposing that evil regime. But there's no guarantee
that you couldn't end up with an evil regime coming
back or in one of the other bordering nations. So
this idea of a physical workaround is brilliant and overdue.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
I hope feasible. I just hope it's feasible.
Speaker 1 (26:40):
Dan tolls are negotiable, but obviously getting around to continue
to bomb their neighbors a great strategy. So a bit
of mockery from our texture there, and a Texter makes
a very good point though.
Speaker 2 (26:53):
Listen, it's because so many.
Speaker 1 (26:55):
Presidents, Republican and Democrat, have kicked the can down the
road and allowed this truly Hitler esque regime to grow
more and more powerful. Then yeah, this isn't some video game.
There's going to be an enormous cost to the type
of war it would probably take to depose the regime,
and to the Texter's point, the Gulf States, you know what,
(27:18):
will pay a very very high price as well, because
it is it's like if Satan had a nation state
that he was actually hands on operating that's around right
now and they have, and they will just lash out
and destroy as much as they can, which again is
another reason that nation can never have a nuclear weapon,
(27:38):
not under this regime, can never have a nuclear weapon.
They have proven that the belief of almost every rational
person that they would use nuclear weapons.
Speaker 2 (27:48):
If they got them is true.
Speaker 1 (27:50):
So yeah, no, nobody's suggesting that this is going to
be clean or easy or anything like that. If it
ends up going to that point, it's going to be horrific.
It's going to be horrific. I don't think it's going
to be long in the sense of years, but it
is going to be horrific in terms of American casualties,
(28:11):
in terms of the Gulf States, in terms of the
innocent people who are captive of this evil regime. Text
or Dan I fear marks will perform even worse than May's.
Speaker 2 (28:21):
Do you think that's possible.
Speaker 1 (28:23):
Hey, let's tackle that after this break, because one of
the over our questions today is is say, what is
the path of victory in the governor's race. What do
you think the very best thing that the Marx campaign
can do in the governor's race, the very best strategy
they can pursue.
Speaker 2 (28:39):
And then when we come back, I'll follow up in
that text.
Speaker 1 (28:41):
Let you know how Dan Mays did in that race,
because I think there are a lot of people in
this state now who don't remember it, and a lot
of people who are here who want to forget it.
Speaker 2 (28:49):
You're on the Dan Kapla Show.
Speaker 5 (28:55):
And now back to the Dan Kapler Show podcast for.
Speaker 1 (28:59):
Those three big protect kids Colorado ballot measures, but recorded
a little mother giving advice to their summer camper by Swedie.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
Remember, no child's born in the wrong body.
Speaker 11 (29:12):
There are only two sexes.
Speaker 4 (29:13):
There's no wrong way to be a boy or a girl.
Safe adults don't ask you to keep secrets.
Speaker 2 (29:18):
No one should ask you.
Speaker 4 (29:19):
Who you're attracted to or for your pronouns. We don't
trust people with purple hair and a septum ring.
Speaker 2 (29:24):
Don't talk to anyone with the safe space sticker.
Speaker 4 (29:26):
Socialism doesn't work, and Donald Trump is not the source
of all evil. Marxism is. Okay, have a great day camp.
Speaker 8 (29:32):
Okay, by.
Speaker 2 (29:35):
That's great.
Speaker 1 (29:36):
See growing up in Chicago, we didn't go off to
summer camp. We went to a day camp like at
Marquette Park. But so this whole saying of parents dropping
their kids off to like go away for a week
or two or three, I know that's a big part
of the culture out here, must be. I don't know, Zach,
do you think it's really hard on the parent or
(29:57):
do you think it's great for the parent.
Speaker 6 (30:00):
It depends and it depends on the kid.
Speaker 2 (30:02):
Did you have that experience, like going away to summer
camp for a while.
Speaker 7 (30:06):
I didn't do the stay away camps, but I would
do a lot that were like day camps where you'd
go out up into the mountains and do different things.
Speaker 6 (30:13):
I did some kayaking camps and all sorts of different stuff.
Speaker 1 (30:16):
Now, I man, I just think about I wish they
had that sort of thing then, because my mom, Saint Mom,
Oh man, it probably would added ten years to her
life if we would have been sent off to camp
for a couple of weeks every summer. Because when you
think about it, like for both my mom and dad,
and I'm sure it's the same for many other people,
but for both my mom and dad, greatest mom and
(30:38):
dad you could ever have. They never got a break.
I mean from the moment we were born. They never
got a break.
Speaker 2 (30:45):
And so all the material stuff, all the comforts, any.
Speaker 1 (30:49):
Nice vacations, all that went out the window forever, you know,
so that they could raise us.
Speaker 3 (30:55):
And.
Speaker 2 (30:57):
I hope it was worth I know, I'm grateful for it.
Speaker 1 (31:01):
They were the best parents ever, But I hope yeah,
because they just sacrificed a lot to shoot, we had
one car until I was like a junior in high school,
you know, because they just all the sacrifices were to
send us to Catholic schools into just yeah. But I'd
never heard this kind of neat turn of the phrase
until Amy and I had our first child, Joe. And then,
(31:24):
you know, so we're reading all the books and finding
all of the experts to talk about rais a kid.
Speaker 2 (31:29):
And there was this one guy trying to remember his name.
Speaker 1 (31:32):
He had this great point that love is spelled tim
and so it doesn't matter if you have a good
paycheck or whatever. The kids will remember whether you gave
them your time. That's what they'll remember, absolutely, And that's
what my parents did. I'm guessing yours did too, because
you turned out so great.
Speaker 3 (31:51):
But thank you.
Speaker 2 (31:52):
My dad had come home.
Speaker 1 (31:53):
He had two jobs, Chicago police and rough and basketball.
He'd come home, he'd get all the kids on the
block out in the alley. We'd play baseball, softball actually
in that season, and then football in that season, and yeah,
that's where his time went.
Speaker 2 (32:07):
And lord knows all my mom's time went tough. Yeah,
so same thing for you, I gather.
Speaker 6 (32:14):
Yeah, yeah, pretty much.
Speaker 7 (32:15):
I parents were very involved, and you know, sent me
to a lot of summer camps so they could work
here and there. But you know, if I had a
sports game or a concert at school or whatever, they
always showed up.
Speaker 2 (32:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
And you know what I'd loved about my dad when
he showed up those games, and he was a true athlete.
He was like a real big time college basketball player
on a big time team. He would go to the
far end of if we were on the first base,
dugout that end, third base, dugout that end, go all
the way down the fence line, and he wouldn't be
(32:46):
anywhere around the dugout anywhere around home plate.
Speaker 2 (32:50):
He would just let us play, which not every parent did.
Speaker 1 (32:54):
Oh hey, Like I can remember I was a pretty
good player, not great, but I can remember up big situation,
I think i'd gotten a hit, like last twenty at bats,
big situation, I struck out, and I can remember parents
grabbing the fence screaming swear words at me.
Speaker 2 (33:13):
That's freeze. After I struck out with runners up base,
not my parents.
Speaker 1 (33:18):
They were down, you know, out by the outfield wall,
and it didn't make any difference to them whether we
struck out or got a home run, as long as
we were good kids.
Speaker 2 (33:26):
Anyway, getting back to this text, and unfortunately.
Speaker 1 (33:30):
I was not always a good kid, but because of them,
I was better and became better. I just up and
think without my parents, I think the only question is
what institution I'm in? Right, No kidding, parents are again,
oh man. But anyway, we have this Texter who asked
in hey, do you think that Victor Marx will do
(33:54):
worse than Dan May's And I want to go firmly
on record and say absolutely not, zero chance of that
happening when the Dan Mays race in twenty ten.
Speaker 2 (34:04):
That for those who weren't around then or have blocked
it out, you're lucky.
Speaker 1 (34:07):
This was a situation where the GOP had a real
strong candidate in Scott McGinnis, and he was probably going
to beat John Hickenlooper because if I remember right, I
think Bill Ritter had been a one term governor, decided
not to run again, and McGinnis was going to beat
Hickenlooper and then all the sudden, McGinnis got hit with
(34:29):
these claims of plagiarism over some articles written for some
water publication. I mean, by modern standard, it's pretty mild stuff.
But then the left poured a ton of money into
that primary, trying to get May's elected over Scott McGinnis,
and they did just apparently. Mays ended up beating McGinnis
(34:49):
by one point three percent, and that sealed the GOP's fate.
Tom ten Cradle got into that twenty ten race heroically
trying to rescue the GOP almost pulled it off, but
Hick and Looper ended up getting fifty one percent, ten
Credo thirty six percent, and May's.
Speaker 2 (35:07):
Eleven point four percent. So you can take it to
the bank. No matter what happens, there is no way
Victor Marx.
Speaker 1 (35:16):
Does worse than Dann May's. And I'm not, by implication
saying that he's going to tank that way. There are
a lot of really smart people, really proven to have
been right before in politics, who think the Marx campaign
is going to absolutely tank and drive everybody else in
close races down with him.
Speaker 2 (35:36):
Could that happen?
Speaker 1 (35:37):
He could, But when we come back, let's discuss different
scenarios and why it may not.
Speaker 2 (35:42):
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Speaker 1 (00:15):
Three h three seven one three eight two five five
d an five seven seven thry nine. One of those fighters,
and I think a great fighter. Lindsey Graham obviously has
has passed away. We'll have some relevant sound today. I
know there are some who consider him a quote unquote warmonger.
I think that is completely unfair and actually backwards. I
(00:37):
think that Lindsey Graham was a peacemaker in the mode
of Donald Trump and understood that peace through strength and
in this world against just raw evil in the form
of some of these nation state leaders. Yeah, that peace
through strength was the best chance to truly be a
peacemaker in many, many other situations in life.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
It's a much different approach. But when you're.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Talking about again, Hitler like evil, and Hitler's a unique
evil who committed evil in a unique way. But when
you're talking about Hitler like evil at its core, then yeah,
that there's only one approach that's going to work with
that kind of evil and its peace or strength, and
that's been proven through time and or divine intervention, which
I thoroughly believe in and will also come up in
(01:22):
connection with, you know, the fall elections here in Colorado
as we get into that conversation three O three seven
one three eight two five five d an five seven
seven three nine, So lots of let's talk about today,
love your thoughts on Lindsey Gramm will also play sound
of his really heroic defense of Brett Kavanaugh. When this
(01:46):
assault on Kavanaugh, it was really like a howling mob
that's lost its mind, seeking to kill, seeking to kill
an innocent person. That that's what the Kavanaugh confirmation hearing was,
and it would have killed. If that mob had succeeded,
it would have killed far more than Brett Kavanaugh, and
that would have been a great injustice, but it would
(02:06):
have killed the presumption of innocence in America. So Lindsey
Graham standing up to that mob, I think is epic,
and I want to start there because it may not
sound like the most perfect out of the movie's articulate defense,
but it was really extraordinarily effective because of who it
(02:27):
came from. Because Lindsey Graham was known for and has
taken some abuse from some on the right, but he
was known for working across party lines. So when he
got this angry, when he got this angry at Diane
Feinstein and some other Democrats, it had real impact because.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
He was known as one of those who would cross
party lines.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
If you wanted an FBI investigation, you could have come
to us. What you want to do is destroy this
guy's life, hold this seat open, and hope you win
in twenty two. You've said that, not me. You've got
nothing to apologize for.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
When you see Soda.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
Maron Cake and tell him that Lindsay said, oh, because
I voted for them, I would never do to them
what you've done to this guy. This is the most
unethical sham.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
Since I've been in politics.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
And if you really wanted to know the truth, you
sure as hell wouldn't have.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
Done what you've done to this guy. Are you a
gang rapist?
Speaker 5 (03:31):
No?
Speaker 3 (03:32):
I cannot imagine what you and your family have gone through.
Speaker 4 (03:36):
Boy, y'all want power. God, I hope you never get it.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
I hope the American people can see through this sham
that you knew about it and you held it.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
You had no intention of protecting doctor for it. None.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
She's as much of a victim as you are. God,
I hate to say it because these have been my friends,
but let me tell you when it comes to this,
you're looking for a fair process.
Speaker 4 (04:01):
You came to the wrong town at the wrong time.
My friend, do you consider this a job interview?
Speaker 2 (04:09):
The advice and consent role is like a job.
Speaker 4 (04:11):
You consider that you've been through a job interview.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
I've been through a process of advice and consent under
the constitution.
Speaker 4 (04:18):
Would you say you've been through hell?
Speaker 2 (04:20):
I've been through hell and then some.
Speaker 4 (04:24):
This is not a job interview. Yeah, this is hell.
This is going to destroy the ability of good people
to come forward.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
Because of this crap your high school year book. You
have interacted with professional women all your life, not one accusation.
You're supposed to be Bill Cosby when you're a junior
and senior in high school and all of a sudden
you got over.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
It's been my understanding that.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
If you drug women and rape them for two years
in high school, you probably don't stop.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
Here's my understanding. If you lived a.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Good life people would recognize it, like the American Bar
Association has the gold standard. His integrity is absolutely unquestioned.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
He is the very.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
Circumspect in his personal conduct, harbors no biases or prejudices.
He's entirely ethical, is a really decent person. He is warm, friendly, unassuming.
He's the nicest person the ABA. The one thing I
can tell you you should be proud of, Ashley. You
should be proud of this that you raised a daughter
(05:39):
who had the good character to pray.
Speaker 4 (05:41):
For doctor Ford. To my Republican colleagues.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
If you vote no, you're legitimizing the most despicable thing I.
Speaker 4 (05:51):
Have seen in my time in politics.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
You want this seat. I hope you never get it.
I hope you're on the Supreme Court. That's exactly where
you should be. And I hope that the American people
will see through this charade. And I wish you will,
and I intend to vote for you, and I hope
everybody who's fair minded will see that.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
That was the turning point in those hearings. Again, because
Lindsey Graham had these relationships with Democrats, they knew he
wasn't just an automatic Democrat. Evils flamethrower and that had
a major impact. Yeah, they all still voted against Kevanaugh Right,
I mean, I get that, but that speech was epic
(06:37):
and it kept the Republicans together. And Trump also deserves
a lot of credit for hanging in there in the
nomination of Justice Kavanaugh. A lot of other Republican presidents
would have bailed just in their own self interest, but
that's not how Trump is wired. So that was an epic,
epic moment. So I'll miss him. I did not know
the guy, met him once he was in town for
(06:59):
a fundraiser for Gardner, but he was, you know, just
as you'd expect at the fundraisers.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
Like you see on TV.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
And just a cool, friendly, smart guy, just a joyful warrior.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
Right.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
And another great lesson for the GOP, because when you
look at the GOP, and I've seen it from both sides,
being a Democrat for many years and then being on
the GOP side, is you look at all the most
successful people in the GOP, and I would include President
Trump though he has taught the GOP to fight in
a way the GOP never knew before, and he has
(07:33):
permanently changed the GOP for the better. That way, does
it go too far sometimes with some people, sure, but
you're never.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
It's a human process.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Never, if you're going to be bold, if you're going
to be courageous, if you're going to be a difference maker,
it's impossible to always color inside the lines and so
or perfectly inside the lines. So the point is the
common denominator, whether you're talking about you know, Reagan, you're
talking about President Trump, whether you're talking about Lindsey Graham,
(08:05):
who is extremely effective, is the Corey Gardner is a
great example.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
They're joyful warriors. They're joyful warriors. That's the key. There
can be and there must be.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
If you don't have righteous anger over the things you're
seeing the left do right now, there's something wrong with you.
But so you've got to have that righteous anger if
because that means you truly understand what they're doing and
the consequences. And it's also fuel to go out and
stop the bad things. But the conservatives who are unable
(08:39):
to be joyful warriors, they almost always fail. I mean,
did they succeed sometimes in the hard red states where
Republicans going to win even if they don't have a pulse,
But they're not going to win in a battleground state,
and they're certainly not going to be able to lead
the uphill charge in a place like Colorado where you
have to reclaim the state for sanity. Just that whole
(09:01):
joyful warrior thing is so key. So Lindsey Graham will
be missed. Three O three seOne three eight two five
five d A N five seven seven three nine, So
much too on. The President was just up and he
was talking about I know, Zach captured some of that sound.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
We made play it back. How was your weekend, Zach?
It was great.
Speaker 6 (09:20):
I had a really nice time.
Speaker 7 (09:21):
I went back up to Border for the first time
since like college just about and then had a great
time up there.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Wow. And what did you do in Boulder?
Speaker 7 (09:28):
You know, I just walked around Pearl Street, you know,
had some good food, hung out with the girlfriend.
Speaker 6 (09:33):
It was it was a great time. It was a
gorgeous day, you know, so good time.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
Okay, And I assume the girlfriend is why you have
your shades drawn there, and I'm going to draw mine
during the break. But see, we have this challenge on
this show because we have this apartment complex right across
from the studio. You're laughing, so I know you're well
aware of the challenge today, which is, I guess people
aren't legally required to like wear tops in colle right,
(10:01):
is that true? I think it's true. I guess maybe
it's their private property. So first thing I'm doing during
the break is I'm closing my blinds too, But I
want Zach's girlfriend to know he had his blinds closed
from the beginning of the show. I had not noticed.
Today's challenge is until we've sat down anyway, lots of
(10:22):
ground to cover today, including what is the path to victory?
Speaker 2 (10:26):
Do you believe there's paths to victory?
Speaker 1 (10:28):
If so, what is it for the Colorado GOP in
this governor's race.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
You're on the Dan Kapla Show.
Speaker 5 (10:37):
Now back to the Dan Kapler Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
Our climate. We're so lucky here.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
I mean, as you know, most places in the country
you'd have the heat and the humidity on top of that.
So what a perfect place to be, which brings you
back to how could the left mess this place up
so badly?
Speaker 2 (10:56):
Right?
Speaker 1 (10:57):
I mean, we have all of these phenomenal advantages and
we really should be best in class in virtually everything,
or at least top five things like that. So we'll
be talking about some of the latest national surveys. This
from CNBC, not not exactly a you know, right wing
organ you know, CNBC just talking about how Colorado was
(11:19):
falling dramatically in so many different categories. But you know why,
it's it's no secret, it's predictable when you do the
things the left is doing here, which brings us back to, Okay,
we got these fall elections. You know, what is the
path to victory in Colorado? In the governor's race, which
often serves as as an important anchor for so many
other races. Doesn't mean you have to win it every time.
(11:40):
We know that's not practical in Colorado right now, hopefully
someday excuse me, but it is very important to run
as strong as possible there for the other races where
you do have a better chance to win.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
So love your take on that.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
Three oh three seven to one three A two five
five the number text d A N five seven seven
three nine. So we'll continue to kick that around this
this Colorado governor's race. Now, President Trump, at the top
of the hour he was on and he was talking
about the US is going to hit the Iranian regime
(12:16):
hard again tonight, and it's been particularly hard, justifiably so,
you know, for the last several nights, but duty says
it's coming again tonight. President also saying that the US
is going to start charging twenty percent tolls on those
ships that it helps through the canal because of the
straight pardon me, the strait of Hormus, because of you
(12:39):
know how difficult, expensive and risky it is for the
US now to be providing that the military support to
keep that international waterway open.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
And he's reinstating.
Speaker 1 (12:51):
At this point the blockade on a run so it
cannot be exporting its oil.
Speaker 2 (12:56):
So that the latest on that front.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
He said something interesting over the weekend that I want
to bounce off you. I don't expect there's going to
be any agreement out there, but wanted to.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Make sure you knew about it in case there is.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
The President posted on social media that he would be
that there's a plan in place should there be an
attempted assassination of him, whether God forbid successful or not.
Let's hope it doesn't even happen, but there's a plan
in place to immediately hit around with a thousand missiles
(13:29):
and then a thousand missiles on top of that and
destroy the country.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
So do you believe that plan is in place? If
it's not, should it be? Zach?
Speaker 1 (13:39):
I think you were saying you have some sound relevant
to this grand endeavor.
Speaker 6 (13:43):
I do. It's him making the announcement.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
You hear it, Yes, sir?
Speaker 8 (13:48):
How long you expect this to take?
Speaker 2 (13:49):
How much the legal take, what take?
Speaker 8 (13:51):
What for work? Well?
Speaker 9 (13:53):
I think it's going very fast. We've demolished the military.
We're hitting him very hard.
Speaker 10 (13:58):
And we had a deal yesterday or the day four yesterday,
it was all done, and then they broke up that
deal immediately because they found out there was something in
the deal that didn't lack and they're wired differently, and
we're not going to put up with it.
Speaker 8 (14:11):
We are just going forward.
Speaker 9 (14:12):
We're attacking them tonight. We're taking out all of their
capability for anything having to do with the straight with
the hormostraate, and I think in the end we will
end up discontrolling the whole thing. And what they're doing
is being very foolish, very stupid, and they've treated people horribly.
Speaker 8 (14:30):
They've killed fifty two.
Speaker 9 (14:32):
Thousand protesters so far that we can determine. It might
be more than that, but fifty two thousand protesters have
been killed, and it's really a terrible situation. But we'll
we'll have it out of control very quickly.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
Good sound thanks Act.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
And then there were questions about the legal authority, but
as you know that always with every president, democratic Republican,
brings you back to the War Powers Act and two
other associated arguments, And in the end, every single president,
Republican or Democrat has claimed inherent powers as commander in chief,
and this president will as well. He's tried to walk
(15:09):
a line in terms of you know, this sixty day
notification requirement, etc. By declaring, you know, the first military
action completed and then entering into, as the administration describes it,
this new face.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
And so the administration, I'm sure.
Speaker 1 (15:25):
We'll take the position if we, you know, get into
a full scale war mode again.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
Though I think we're at war right now.
Speaker 1 (15:32):
Come on, let's be realistic. Iran has been at war
with this nation for forty seven years. It's just that
the US has only recently under Trump started to fight back.
And so I think the administration will take the position
that the sixty day clock you know, begins to run again,
you know, when hostilities quote unquote reach another certain levels.
Speaker 2 (15:52):
So the legal argument there listening.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
At the end of the day, you're not going to
have the US Supreme Court step in and stop this
president to Democrat president, any other president, And in my opinion,
we're not going to see that happen when the president
is is waging a war. We'll find out together, right,
because I do think, I do think that is likely
(16:16):
coming this escalation just by the nature of this evil regime.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
And I hope I'm wrong. Lord knows if peace through
strength is going to work.
Speaker 1 (16:25):
This President's giving it every single chance to three or
three seOne three eight two five five d an five seven,
seven nine. I'll bounce back into calls and text after
this next break. I just wanted to get you some
of this sound to start the day. Is cut one
Zach President Trump ripping on his late friend's golf game.
Speaker 2 (16:45):
Correct, I think it is.
Speaker 8 (16:46):
And he was a nice man.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
He was a great guy.
Speaker 3 (16:49):
He loved loved playing golf, loved being outside, he played
golf with people.
Speaker 2 (16:54):
And if you dis liked him, it wasn't that he
was a great striker of the ball. It was it
was an exactly a perfect It wasn't Jack Nicholas who
was not Tiger, but he was.
Speaker 1 (17:04):
He loved this and he got you know, he has
to be our funniest president ever. Right, Oh yeah, I'm
sure it's amazing. I'm sure I wasn't old enough to
fully appreciate President Reagan, you know, in his sense of humor.
But his sense of humor was more than the Democrat
cat kitten jokes, right, And he was really funny. Trump
just this running Saturday Night Live kind of stuff. He
(17:27):
is really funny.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
And once you get him going on the golf thing.
Speaker 1 (17:30):
Like remember during that debate, the June twenty seven, twenty
twenty four Biden Trump debate, where they got off on
their golf games, Biden claiming to be an eight. For
those who don't know golf, eight means you're shooting in
the seventies virtually all the time, and you're really good.
Speaker 6 (17:49):
And he said he'd carry his own bag.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
Yeah, right, which is actually the one good line Biden
had the whole debate.
Speaker 1 (17:56):
But there is a truly, truly, much more likely that
Joe Biden is a Martian and always has been a Martian.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
Than being an eight. So I thought that whole thing.
Speaker 1 (18:08):
Golf the great unifier, right, it's the Great Unifier. Speaking
of which, the British Open this week. Got to tell
you my British Open story someday, I guess that would
be today.
Speaker 6 (18:19):
Yeah, I'd love to hear it.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
I don't know if you would tell me that after
you hear it, but it is. It's actually a.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
Pretty okay story, pretty okay story. Stall working into the
show sometime this week. Anyway, when we come back, we'll
go to calls and text. We have a lot of
things pop in this afternoon. I personally am intrigued. Maybe
nobody else cares about the Colorado governor's race. Is there
a path to victory here? What would you advise the
Marx campaign. You're on the Dan Cappus Show.
Speaker 5 (18:54):
You're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (18:57):
On Christmas Day.
Speaker 11 (19:00):
That is an undecided legal issue, which, well, I suppose
I should ask exactly what you mean by that. I'm
assuming that the question you mean is whether a person
who was apprehended in the United States.
Speaker 8 (19:14):
Is not just to ask you where you ran on Christmas,
you know, like old Jews.
Speaker 3 (19:26):
I was probably the Chinese restaurants, right answer, Lindsey Graham.
Speaker 1 (19:33):
Obviously, the confirmation hearing of Justice Kagan, and clearly that
question was set up, but that was you know, he
was a joyful warrior. I'd ask you because I do
think it's absolutely pivotal, essential, indispensable to success of conservatives,
certainly in Colorado, any swing state and most red states.
(19:54):
But who would you consider to be the joyful warriors
in Colorado Conserva bit of politics?
Speaker 2 (20:00):
Because I think it's an indispensable.
Speaker 1 (20:02):
Quality, which obviously Lindsey Graham brought to the table three
oh three.
Speaker 2 (20:07):
He's seven to one three eight two five five d
A N five seven seven three nine.
Speaker 1 (20:12):
Let me get too a few of our wonderful Texters today, Uh, Dan,
I do expect fawning words from President Biden concerning Lindsey Graham.
I am not because the reality is obviously President Biden
ad a our time putting a sentence together when he
was president. That's not meant to in any way, shape
or form make fun of him, but of the Democrats
(20:36):
who kept.
Speaker 2 (20:36):
Telling, you know, but this is the best version of
Biden ever, et cetera.
Speaker 1 (20:40):
Yeah, Dan, Sweet Jesus, is that statement by Trump about
his assassination to go full throttle on Iran gives Israel
the perfect solution to finish their Greater Israel plan absolutely unbelievable.
He's referring to the President's statement that, you know, if
Iran attempts to assassinate him, let alone God forbid, succeeds
(21:04):
in assassinating him, that.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
There are a thousand missiles pointed at Iran.
Speaker 1 (21:09):
A plan is already in place, and there'd be a
thousand missiles behind that and the country would be totally destroyed.
So that is what he is referring to there this
point that it gives Israel the green light to go
ahead and do it itself. I don't read it that
way at all. What I read, and I don't know
(21:31):
how anyone would disagree with this, is that if Iran
attempts to assassinate the president, that constitutes an attack on America.
There's no difference in my mind between that and an
attack on American soil. No matter where God forbid, hope
it never happens, the assassination attempt occurs. Am I missing
(21:53):
something rationally, logically, legally, legislatively, that would be the equivalent
of a nine to eleven attack attacking America on our
own soil.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
Yeah, I don't see where that's any different.
Speaker 1 (22:14):
And then I think, you know, some people might say, well,
it's different if the attempt fails, and I'd ask how
and why? What would be the logical reasoning there? If
another nation state attempts to kill our president, what would
(22:37):
be the reasoning there? Now where I think that I
don't think the President meant that literally is this president
has shown overall an enormous respect for human life, and
I think a tremendous heart for the many innocent people
in Iran who are prisoners of their own regime. You know,
(22:58):
Iron's a fascinating country. In the same is that, by
all accounts, you have millions and millions and millions of
really good, innocent people who are captives of this brutal regime.
But you also have within those same borders some of
the most evil people to ever live. So I don't
(23:21):
believe for one second President Trump meant it literally in
terms of destroying the country from top to bottom, because
he has shown such respect for innocent human life and
for the people of Iron who are captives. But I
think his message was that and don't do it, and
(23:41):
unlike you know, the Joe Biden kamalaires, don't do.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
It, don't do it.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
I mean that's where I think President Trump has been
such an effective peacemaker. Not perfect, but no human of
her has been, but much more effective than almost any
other president in our lifetime, maybe than other and then
any other president in our lifetime because the enemy will
take him seriously. Now, that's the interesting twist at this moment,
(24:05):
right because the regime is clearly betting that the President
is not willing to go to all out war boots
on the ground, which is what it would take to
depose that.
Speaker 2 (24:18):
Regime in Irun.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
So the regime believes that it can humiliate the president,
mocked the president, have its way with the president and
this nation.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
And I don't think the regime cares for.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
A second about the type of very serious, dangerous strikes
that are going on right now. I think all the
regime cares about on the bottom line, is it's survival.
It was willing to kill tens of thousands of its
own citizens recently to survive, and it's just betting the
President won't go there. I think we're going to end
up finding out together. I respect whatever decision the President makes,
(24:55):
because he's earned that based on past performance. He has
acces to so much more information than I have sitting
in a radio studio, and I have no doubt about
his commitment to protect this nation. But only he knows
what the likely casualty levels are of the type of
war it would take to depose at regime, what that
(25:18):
would mean first and foremost for American casualties, what that
would mean for innocent people on the ground in Iran.
Speaker 2 (25:26):
He knows that as well as any human can, and
no human can know it perfectly. But yeah, so that's
what that texture I believe was alluding to there.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
Dan, President of Rock, is coming to DC to discuss
a two year pipeline construction build out to the Mediterranean.
Great text, thank you and this and there are some
other bypasses of the straight or for mouse potentially in
the works now too. This just goes back to the
brilliance of the long term impact of President Trump.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
And we can already talk about long term.
Speaker 1 (25:58):
Impacts on multiple levels domestically internationally, he's already achieved. But here, Yes,
solving this straight of Hormuz risk dilemma permanently is going
to be hopefully another one of his lasting contributions. Now
I believe it'll be self short term through military force
(26:19):
and maybe deposing that evil regime. But there's no guarantee
that you couldn't end up with an evil regime coming
back or in one of the other bordering nations. So
this idea of a physical workaround is brilliant and overdue.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
I hope feasible. I just hope it's feasible.
Speaker 1 (26:40):
Dan tolls are negotiable, but obviously getting around to continue
to bomb their neighbors a great strategy. So a bit
of mockery from our texture there, and a Texter makes
a very good point though.
Speaker 2 (26:53):
Listen, it's because so many.
Speaker 1 (26:55):
Presidents, Republican and Democrat, have kicked the can down the
road and allowed this truly Hitler esque regime to grow
more and more powerful. Then yeah, this isn't some video game.
There's going to be an enormous cost to the type
of war it would probably take to depose the regime,
and to the Texter's point, the Gulf States, you know what,
(27:18):
will pay a very very high price as well, because
it is it's like if Satan had a nation state
that he was actually hands on operating that's around right
now and they have, and they will just lash out
and destroy as much as they can, which again is
another reason that nation can never have a nuclear weapon,
(27:38):
not under this regime, can never have a nuclear weapon.
They have proven that the belief of almost every rational
person that they would use nuclear weapons.
Speaker 2 (27:48):
If they got them is true.
Speaker 1 (27:50):
So yeah, no, nobody's suggesting that this is going to
be clean or easy or anything like that. If it
ends up going to that point, it's going to be horrific.
It's going to be horrific. I don't think it's going
to be long in the sense of years, but it
is going to be horrific in terms of American casualties,
(28:11):
in terms of the Gulf States, in terms of the
innocent people who are captive of this evil regime. Text
or Dan I fear marks will perform even worse than May's.
Speaker 2 (28:21):
Do you think that's possible.
Speaker 1 (28:23):
Hey, let's tackle that after this break, because one of
the over our questions today is is say, what is
the path of victory in the governor's race. What do
you think the very best thing that the Marx campaign
can do in the governor's race, the very best strategy
they can pursue.
Speaker 2 (28:39):
And then when we come back, I'll follow up in
that text.
Speaker 1 (28:41):
Let you know how Dan Mays did in that race,
because I think there are a lot of people in
this state now who don't remember it, and a lot
of people who are here who want to forget it.
Speaker 2 (28:49):
You're on the Dan Kapla Show.
Speaker 5 (28:55):
And now back to the Dan Kapler Show podcast for.
Speaker 1 (28:59):
Those three big protect kids Colorado ballot measures, but recorded
a little mother giving advice to their summer camper by Swedie.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
Remember, no child's born in the wrong body.
Speaker 11 (29:12):
There are only two sexes.
Speaker 4 (29:13):
There's no wrong way to be a boy or a girl.
Safe adults don't ask you to keep secrets.
Speaker 2 (29:18):
No one should ask you.
Speaker 4 (29:19):
Who you're attracted to or for your pronouns. We don't
trust people with purple hair and a septum ring.
Speaker 2 (29:24):
Don't talk to anyone with the safe space sticker.
Speaker 4 (29:26):
Socialism doesn't work, and Donald Trump is not the source
of all evil. Marxism is. Okay, have a great day camp.
Speaker 8 (29:32):
Okay, by.
Speaker 2 (29:35):
That's great.
Speaker 1 (29:36):
See growing up in Chicago, we didn't go off to
summer camp. We went to a day camp like at
Marquette Park. But so this whole saying of parents dropping
their kids off to like go away for a week
or two or three, I know that's a big part
of the culture out here, must be. I don't know, Zach,
do you think it's really hard on the parent or
(29:57):
do you think it's great for the parent.
Speaker 6 (30:00):
It depends and it depends on the kid.
Speaker 2 (30:02):
Did you have that experience, like going away to summer
camp for a while.
Speaker 7 (30:06):
I didn't do the stay away camps, but I would
do a lot that were like day camps where you'd
go out up into the mountains and do different things.
Speaker 6 (30:13):
I did some kayaking camps and all sorts of different stuff.
Speaker 1 (30:16):
Now, I man, I just think about I wish they
had that sort of thing then, because my mom, Saint Mom,
Oh man, it probably would added ten years to her
life if we would have been sent off to camp
for a couple of weeks every summer. Because when you
think about it, like for both my mom and dad,
and I'm sure it's the same for many other people,
but for both my mom and dad, greatest mom and
(30:38):
dad you could ever have. They never got a break.
I mean from the moment we were born. They never
got a break.
Speaker 2 (30:45):
And so all the material stuff, all the comforts, any.
Speaker 1 (30:49):
Nice vacations, all that went out the window forever, you know,
so that they could raise us.
Speaker 3 (30:55):
And.
Speaker 2 (30:57):
I hope it was worth I know, I'm grateful for it.
Speaker 1 (31:01):
They were the best parents ever, But I hope yeah,
because they just sacrificed a lot to shoot, we had
one car until I was like a junior in high school,
you know, because they just all the sacrifices were to
send us to Catholic schools into just yeah. But I'd
never heard this kind of neat turn of the phrase
until Amy and I had our first child, Joe. And then,
(31:24):
you know, so we're reading all the books and finding
all of the experts to talk about rais a kid.
Speaker 2 (31:29):
And there was this one guy trying to remember his name.
Speaker 1 (31:32):
He had this great point that love is spelled tim
and so it doesn't matter if you have a good
paycheck or whatever. The kids will remember whether you gave
them your time. That's what they'll remember, absolutely, And that's
what my parents did. I'm guessing yours did too, because
you turned out so great.
Speaker 3 (31:51):
But thank you.
Speaker 2 (31:52):
My dad had come home.
Speaker 1 (31:53):
He had two jobs, Chicago police and rough and basketball.
He'd come home, he'd get all the kids on the
block out in the alley. We'd play baseball, softball actually
in that season, and then football in that season, and yeah,
that's where his time went.
Speaker 2 (32:07):
And lord knows all my mom's time went tough. Yeah,
so same thing for you, I gather.
Speaker 6 (32:14):
Yeah, yeah, pretty much.
Speaker 7 (32:15):
I parents were very involved, and you know, sent me
to a lot of summer camps so they could work
here and there. But you know, if I had a
sports game or a concert at school or whatever, they
always showed up.
Speaker 2 (32:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
And you know what I'd loved about my dad when
he showed up those games, and he was a true athlete.
He was like a real big time college basketball player
on a big time team. He would go to the
far end of if we were on the first base,
dugout that end, third base, dugout that end, go all
the way down the fence line, and he wouldn't be
(32:46):
anywhere around the dugout anywhere around home plate.
Speaker 2 (32:50):
He would just let us play, which not every parent did.
Speaker 1 (32:54):
Oh hey, Like I can remember I was a pretty
good player, not great, but I can remember up big situation,
I think i'd gotten a hit, like last twenty at bats,
big situation, I struck out, and I can remember parents
grabbing the fence screaming swear words at me.
Speaker 2 (33:13):
That's freeze. After I struck out with runners up base,
not my parents.
Speaker 1 (33:18):
They were down, you know, out by the outfield wall,
and it didn't make any difference to them whether we
struck out or got a home run, as long as
we were good kids.
Speaker 2 (33:26):
Anyway, getting back to this text, and unfortunately.
Speaker 1 (33:30):
I was not always a good kid, but because of them,
I was better and became better. I just up and
think without my parents, I think the only question is
what institution I'm in? Right, No kidding, parents are again,
oh man. But anyway, we have this Texter who asked
in hey, do you think that Victor Marx will do
(33:54):
worse than Dan May's And I want to go firmly
on record and say absolutely not, zero chance of that
happening when the Dan Mays race in twenty ten.
Speaker 2 (34:04):
That for those who weren't around then or have blocked
it out, you're lucky.
Speaker 1 (34:07):
This was a situation where the GOP had a real
strong candidate in Scott McGinnis, and he was probably going
to beat John Hickenlooper because if I remember right, I
think Bill Ritter had been a one term governor, decided
not to run again, and McGinnis was going to beat
Hickenlooper and then all the sudden, McGinnis got hit with
(34:29):
these claims of plagiarism over some articles written for some
water publication. I mean, by modern standard, it's pretty mild stuff.
But then the left poured a ton of money into
that primary, trying to get May's elected over Scott McGinnis,
and they did just apparently. Mays ended up beating McGinnis
(34:49):
by one point three percent, and that sealed the GOP's fate.
Tom ten Cradle got into that twenty ten race heroically
trying to rescue the GOP almost pulled it off, but
Hick and Looper ended up getting fifty one percent, ten
Credo thirty six percent, and May's.
Speaker 2 (35:07):
Eleven point four percent. So you can take it to
the bank. No matter what happens, there is no way
Victor Marx.
Speaker 1 (35:16):
Does worse than Dann May's. And I'm not, by implication
saying that he's going to tank that way. There are
a lot of really smart people, really proven to have
been right before in politics, who think the Marx campaign
is going to absolutely tank and drive everybody else in
close races down with him.
Speaker 2 (35:36):
Could that happen?
Speaker 1 (35:37):
He could, But when we come back, let's discuss different
scenarios and why it may not.
Speaker 2 (35:42):
You're on the Dan Kapla Show.
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