Breaking Down Modern Political Discourse: Trump vs. Harris and the Election Circus

Hello, I’m Earnest Mann! This episode is all about examining how political debates often miss the real concerns of the average American. From unemployment to the high cost of food and housing, we tackle what really matters. I also explore why presidential debates are more about political theater than addressing serious issues.

The Distractions in Political Debates

I started by showing a news clip from a presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. At first glance, it seemed like a standard political discourse, but my aim was to reveal how it is nothing more than distraction. They discuss topics like immigration, abortion, and foreign policy, yet ignore the pressing concerns: jobs, food prices, and affordable housing.

Real Issues, Real Concerns – What Americans Should Care About

While politicians bicker over hot-button issues, I ask: Why aren't they talking about the things that matter to everyday Americans, like job security, the ability to afford groceries, or even just owning a home without fear of losing it to the bank?

Trump vs. Harris: Two Sides of the Same Coin?

I highlight that both Trump and Harris seem more interested in political posturing than offering real solutions. Harris leans on her "middle-class background," but does that really resonate with voters? Meanwhile, Trump's approach, while brash, is at least consistent—if you’re going to get messed over, at least he’s upfront about it.

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on but I'm going to start this out with

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thinking well this is about

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from there okay here we go turning to

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that matter to Americans were brought up

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during tonight's presidential debate

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between former president Donald Trump

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and vice president kamla Harris KCCI

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Chief political reporter Amanda Rooker

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and our political analyst Dennis

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goldford join us again with the big

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takeaways from tonight's debate right

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there was a lot of issues they sparred

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over things like immigration foreign

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policy abortion but Dennis we are less

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than two months away from the election

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and right now polls show a neck and neck

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race between Trump and Harris we've seen

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in the past debates don't usually tend

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to have a huge huge impact on this race

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but with the closeness to election day

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and the closeness in the polls you know

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could tonight's debate make a difference

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well we remember that with the debate in

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June with with President Biden and

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former president Trump uh that was just

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an astounding moment and I don't think

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there was that sort of moment in this

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particular debate so there maybe was

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some tweaking at the margins but in a

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tight marginal race if it stays that way

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anything marginal could make a

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difference and after that June debate

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President Biden dropped out meaning that

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kamla Harris has not had that much time

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to introduce herself to the the American

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public I noticed that right off the bat

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tonight she started by saying I a child

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from a middle class family really trying

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to introduce herself you know how how

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did that strategy play out well I think

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what she wanted to do again was was give

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that sense of who she is but also in

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particular she wanted to show that

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number one she cares about the American

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people and wants to be a uniter um but

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at the same time she's no pushover she's

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so strength because the Republican

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approach has been uh that that she's

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tremendously weak um former president

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Trump during this whole debate never

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looked at her once and just exhibited a

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barely suppressed kind of contempt for

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her which was just remarkable so she

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wanted to appeal to What's Left to that

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broad American middle he wanted to

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re-energize reactivate that make America

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great again Trump core well Dennis thank

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you so much for your Insight we'll send

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it back to you in the

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studio well what you think of

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that maybe you didn't think very much

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one way or the other but now here comes

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the fun part because this is what we're

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going to do I'm going to um play this

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back in the equivalent of way back in

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the day used to be known as slowmo

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it won't be in slow motion but it will

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be stopped so I can narrate and

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periodically comment so I can

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separate the truth from well the

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I can tell you um yeah I'm I'm

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basically going to be uh reinterpreting

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it from ease until into actual

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literal meaning or perhap perhaps non-

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meeting if that's the case so why wait

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let's get

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now many issues that matter to Americans

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were brought up during tonight's

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presidential debate between former

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president Donald Trump and vice

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president kamla Harris KCCI Chief

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political reporter Amanda Rooker and our

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political analyst Dennis goldford join

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us again with the big takeaways from

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tonight's

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debate okay so the instant

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aneous jumps out from Stacy's mouth so

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let me break it down for you she starts

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talking about um mentioning that the uh

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this this whole entire thing was about

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Trump and Harris talking about many of

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the issues that concern

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Americans that's just a straight up

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lie or softer and gentler speak

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a going maybe it's an end truth

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what Americans care about this

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is what at least if they're not brain

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dead they should be caring about

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okay they care about their

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jobs having a job getting a job and

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having a job that pays the bills

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so they don't have to have two or three

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jobs just a job eight hours that should

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be enough that's what Americans

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are concerned about also the price of

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food Americans are concerned about the

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price of food for

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instance it shouldn't take for instance

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$500 dollars to buy two bags of

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groceries Stacy just thought I'd mention

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that to you so they're concerned about

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housing and they're concerned about the

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cost of food and of course

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employment but you said where they

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discussed many things in America the

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Stacy they talked about topical hot

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button issues they talked about

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immigration that's not going to be

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solved tomorrow but that's not really

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what is concerning most

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Americans okay okay abortion yes it's

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something that you know for the most

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ridiculous of reasons has to be rehack

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over again which is strictly for

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political theater and for the purpose of

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constantly distracting you about the

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things that actually matter like

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being able to afford to actually buy a

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home and not pretending to own a home

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because when you lose your job 3

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to 5 years later well you're back to

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square one again because the

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bank comes and takes it away from you

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that's not home

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ownership and one last thing Stacy when

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you first started this segment I have

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this really corporate sounding I I

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mean I've met more pleasant

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prison guards okay commitment

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2024

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commitment what the a commitment

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like in a relationship like somebody

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that you're wanting to get together and

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bang or something like that okay that's

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being committed not this

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I'll tell you something Stacy

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my personal opinion as far as commitment

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is concerned the only thing here that

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should be committed is you to a funny

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farm let's go

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on right there was a lot lot of issues

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they sparred over things like

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immigration foreign policy abortion but

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Dennis we are less than two months away

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from the election and right now polls

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show a neck and neck race between Trump

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and Harris we've seen in the past

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debates don't usually tend to have a

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huge impact on this race but with the

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closeness to election day and the

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closeness in the polls you know could

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tonight toate Make a Difference excuse

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me corporate shill I mean Dennis

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um shortest possible answer Amanda no it

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doesn't matter it doesn't matter

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whatsoever and as far as the contestants

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being so neck and neck are

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concerned we're only talking a

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difference in reality here of Coke and

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Pepsi on the real issues if you examine

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the real issues both of them have

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virtually nothing to say about about the

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things that I previously mentioned that

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really matters because they have no real

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clue about how to address those

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issues so again the very short answer

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Amanda is no it doesn't matter whatso

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ever

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next well we remember that with the

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debate in June with with President Biden

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and former president Trump uh that was

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just an astounding moment and I don't

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think there was that sort of moment in

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this particular debate so there maybe

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was some tweaking at the margins but in

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a tight marginal race if it stays that

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way anything marginal could make a

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difference are you kidding me Dennis get

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the out of here astounding anything

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between Trump and Biden

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astounding you've got to be what

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Kool-Aid are you on Dennis boy they must

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pay this corporate shill a lot of

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Buu bucks to dish out this

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premium top grade now if you

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really want to see something astounding

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you really want to witness something

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special closeup video of snails having

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sex that is

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astounding let's move

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on and after that June debate President

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Biden dropped out meaning that kamla

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Harris has not had that much time to

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introduce herself to the the American

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public I noticed that right off the bat

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tonight she started by saying I am a

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child from a middle class family really

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trying to introduce herself you know how

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how did that strategy play out while

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Stacy I have to say you read your

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corporate Q cards very well as far as

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getting to know Harris is concerned are

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you again are you kidding

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me I haven't had that much long to get

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to know how much how long does

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it take we know who camell Harris is

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Stacy it doesn't take uh four five 6 7 8

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10 12 years to figure it out we

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basically know who she is what she did

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and what she's about but then again I'm

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not looking for Celebrity Status here

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Stacy and the other thing is too it's

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like he wants to get to know people I

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actually come from very humble

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beginnings and middle class background

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Stacy I don't give a if she was the

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loved child of the Pope and the cleaning

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lady at the Vatican it's

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completely

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irrelevant

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Christ all right let's hear some

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more well I think what she wanted to do

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again was was give that sense of who she

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is but also in particular she wanted to

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show that number one she cares about the

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American people and wants to be a uniter

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um but at the same time she's no

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pushover she's so strength because the

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Republican approach has been uh that

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that she's tremendously weak um former

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president Trump during this whole debate

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never looked at her once and just

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exhibited a barely suppressed kind of

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contempt for her which was just

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remarkable so she wanted to appeal to

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What's Left of that broad American

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middle he wanted to re-energize

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reactivate that make America great again

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Trump core well Dennis thank you so much

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for your Insight we'll send it back to

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you in the studio I have to you have to

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stand in a you have to stand back in

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absolute a Dennis thank you for

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you saved the very best serving of

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for the very end it's a it's

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amazing I I just I I I don't know what

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to say I'm I'm I'm I'm and

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speechless because this whole the the

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laughing the very first time I heard

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this this about Chamilia caring

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about people

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let's make something perfectly clear as

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I finish this up either Harris or Trump

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either one of them don't give a

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whatsoever in any way shape or form

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other than getting elected um about the

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American people none zero they're

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they're in the big club and well you me

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and a whole hell of a lot of other

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people or not so if you drink that

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Kool-Aid well I've got some Lakefront

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contact me that I'd love to sell you um

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if I had anything to say like I said as

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I finish this up and I know I've I've

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worn your ear or your eyes off for 15

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minutes or so now um you know if there's

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there's two basic different ways of that

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they're trying to worm and squirm their

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way back onto the public Dole because

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that's what this is really all about and

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if you want to know in a future video

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I'll go into that into depth to explain

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where I'm coming from okay

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okay um neither one of them give a

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about the American people it's about

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getting into office any way they can and

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they'll say and just about do anything

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to do that but in summary here's what I

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would have to say about this um two

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different approaches to trying to

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accomplish the same thing okay

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um Harris is using the old old Democrat

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tried and true technique basically it's

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with an attitude of her constant her

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constant cackling laughing it's like

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permanent and the smirk that virtually

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never leaves her face okay and I

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personally find that really annoying but

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that's that's just me but um yeah you

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don't you don't get much more patently

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disingenuous than than Kamal Harris

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god um not to mention the fact yeah

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except for in a very thieving and

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conniving way uh yeah it's not a whole

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lot of like a saucer there's no depth

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there on anything so she doesn't go off

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of prompters and she doesn't talk about

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you know what's been called you know

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meat and potato on the table the dinner

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issues because she doesn't have any real

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plan there is none the only plan

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is any way she can to get into office

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that's that's the plan but it's the same

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old you notice the platitudes of you

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know getting rid of the um the

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divisiveness and this they've been

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saying this same old tired Trope about

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we need to come together and unify and

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all this horseshit for the last 40 years

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that I've been listening to this

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horeshit and she has a very what I'd say

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is rainbows unicorns and puppy dogs

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approach to this you know to this

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election whereas Trump is different

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Trump is a whole different Critter that

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appeals to a different segment of

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thought Trump comes in he come in and

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say he'd have a date or something like

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that this is all you know this is all

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figuratively speaking of course but I'm

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saying if it was a beautiful if America

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was and its people were a beautiful

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woman she would come in and soon as she

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got into his apartment he'd kind of

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unceremoniously rip her clothes off slap

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her across the face and throw her in the

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bedroom and say I'll be in in 5 minutes

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you're getting

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that's

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Trump but the thing that appeals to

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people about

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that at least he's

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honest yep if anybody's going to get

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and if you're going to get

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fck at least he's honest just one other

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quick side note I want to make a

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prediction here again this is not

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partisan I'm not wishing one creature

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over the other and right now they're

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both really bad as far as I'm

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concerned but having said that I'm can

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predict and I think with a a very good

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degree of

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certainty Trump's going to win Trump

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however you feel whether that brings you

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know pleasant thoughts or whatever or

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just hell on Earth to your mind

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I really sincerely don't believe the

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numbers that I see and what and what I

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know in the final analysis there are a

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number of states um there are four or

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five

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Bedrock uh fence sitting borderline

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States but they're really in a pinch

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they're going to roll Republican

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and if she doesn't win minimum a minimum

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of four of those

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States mathematically she's out that's

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it pure and simple so you could wish and

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hope and dream and again of rainbows

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unicorns and puppy

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dogs yeah and just you know we're just

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going to do it but that's not what

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actually does it and so all of this

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debating

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does it matter for a hill of beans

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because

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again I believe Trump's going to win but

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then again the bigger point is that all

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of us and I mean all of us are going to

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lose ah here's actual footage of my

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