In this episode, we delve into the intricate dynamics of political accountability and its implications during election years. Key figures like Tim Walz and Mark Kelly are at the forefront of high-profile controversies, prompting serious discussions on what constitutes genuine accountability. Our conversation brings insights into the strategic narratives employed in political discourse and their effectiveness.
So we got our pound of flesh. And in so doing, if you talk about how Trump won’t forget it, I think you’re right. The administration shouldn’t. I’m a big believer in accountability. But generally speaking, as Tim Walz, again, heads off into obscurity, he’s forgotten pretty well already. And will there be a large public outcry for more Minnesota accountability in a midterm year when we have 500 more important fish to fry? I bet not.
SPEAKER 02 :
Tim Walz is the face of Democrat corruption scandal. And I don’t think that Republicans are apt to let that go. But meanwhile, let’s look at what the Democrats still think is a winning message. I love this headline. Over at Hot Air, Ed Morrissey points out that Axios had this headline. Democrats wonder whether championing a narco-trafficking dictator is a winning message. You think? I mean, Mark. But they’re continuing to do it. Mark Kelly. They’re all doubling down. Chris Murphy.
SPEAKER 01 :
Okay, you ready to talk about Mark Kelly? Please. You know what Hegseth did to him? Correct. Okay. So for those who don’t know, Mark Kelly, Arizona Senator, former astronaut, which will make me love you. But, wow, a lot not to love, especially he and his five co-conspirators, all with some degree of military and intelligence experience, putting out a few months ago that nefarious video inciting insubordination in the ranks. Psst. Hey, troops, you know you don’t have to do any illegal things that you’re asked to do by Trump or the chain of command, right? Providing no examples of what they were actually talking about. It was meant to sow doubt in the minds of our armed forces. It was absolutely seditious behavior. Trump, of course, the first thing out of his mouth was maybe these people need to be hanged. It’s like, OK, ain’t nobody going to be hanged. That is one of the penalties for such things. That’s not going to happen. But what did happen is Mark Kelly, as a retiree 15 years past his Navy service, he had his rank brought down and his retirement pay cut. brought down. And he was in full throat this morning on NPR talking about, they’re trying to silence me. I will not be silenced. Nobody’s trying to silence you, you dork. We’re essentially delivering accountability for something you did that was sinister.
SPEAKER 02 :
Well, and they pulled out all the heavy hitters on this particular issue. His wife, Gabby Giffords, took to social media and she said, I was shot 15 years ago, but my husband’s heroic. And it’s terrible what they’re doing to my husband since I was shot. Mark Kelly posted on social media, when my wife was shot, I was serving my country as an astronaut. I’ve been deployed X number of times. I’m a war hero. How dare you? I mean, they’re trying to pull out all the stops, Mark. And you know the thing about a war hero? If you go around having to tell people you’re a war hero, you ain’t a war hero.
SPEAKER 01 :
Common thread among war heroes is they tend not to beat you down with stories of other war hero status. You’re going to make me say something I chose not to post last night. Not because I, but, you know, you never know how things are going to go. So here’s the thing. So most important thing, his wife, Gabby Giffords, thank God she’s alive. Thank God she didn’t die from that bullet. I’m so pleased. Just thank God, thank God, thank God. Her actual attempt to take that bullet and weave from it a Teflon that says, you can’t argue with me about what my husband has done. Like being shot makes you write about this. What? It was completely off topic and weird.
SPEAKER 02 :
So it’s bizarre. Well, I think it reeks of desperation. It’s kind of like the Tim Walz thing. I mean, he says, I’m going to take questions, and then he turns on his heel and leaves. He won’t take questions. He looks like he’s in a lineup at the police station. I mean, he’s guilty, and I really believe that. And incidentally, our buddy Mike Lindell has already said he wants to run for governor in Minnesota as a Republican. He was brought up by Tony DiCoppo yesterday. I heard our buddy Chris DeGaulle this morning call him Tony DiCoppo. I don’t think, I don’t know if he made that, if that was accidental. It’s kind of a hard name to pronounce.
SPEAKER 01 :
It is. There’s some Czechoslovakian lineage there.
SPEAKER 02 :
By the way, you know who he’s married to?
SPEAKER 01 :
Katie Tour. Katie Tour. Which, big red flag. Yes, ma’am. But I’ll tell you, I watched that first newscast of CBS last night. I did too. Okay, first of all, it was good news. Tell me, I don’t want to go conspiratorial. What did you think? As Tony DiCoppo looked at the screen and said, I think it went to the Tim Wall story, but the video behind him was Mark Kelly. He had to stop down. It’s all live, of course. And he said, okay, we going to Mark Kelly? Yeah, they had a problem.
SPEAKER 02 :
They had a big technical problem.
SPEAKER 01 :
What’s the first thing you thought, to be honest? Well, what do you mean? Oh, that it was intentional? Okay. And I’m half kidding. I’m half kidding, but only half. I envisioned a disgruntled staffer in the control room not happy that non-leftist Barry Weiss is now running CBS News. You know, there is a back story.
SPEAKER 02 :
And that’s a back story that not everybody might be aware of. But Barry Weiss was kind of a – she sort of – made her bones as an anti-woke New York Timeser. And she left the New York Times on her own accord saying, you know what, I can’t put up with the anti-wokeness. She started something called the Free Press, which has turned into this mammoth, mammoth, sub-stack sort of online site. Rod Dreher. Rod Dreher’s in Dallas, isn’t he? Rod Dreher just joined their team. I saw and he’s terrific. But Barry Weiss then was brought into CBS with her anti woke mentality. And there’s been a lot. She’s the one that had the Erica Kirk town hall. They hated Barry Weiss for that. She’s the one that spiked some 60 Minutes reporting. They hate her for that. You’re right. I mean, that’s not a bad theory.
SPEAKER 01 :
Their hair is on fire that she’s running the place. And it’s so weird because for her, she’s not a movement conservative. This isn’t Sarah Palin running in the network. She is simply not a bug-eyed leftist. And to the bug-eyed left, that now makes her a MAGA warrior. It’s crazy.
SPEAKER 02 :
Correct. Hey, I never thought of that. I’m going to go with your theory. I think there was a disgruntled CBS staffer. Because I will say this, but I will say this. The reason why it makes a little bit of sense. You rarely see a mistake of that enormity on a network like that. I mean, that’s something on the Mike Gallagher show. That happens regularly on our show.
SPEAKER 01 :
That’s, hey, Christian, you got the video? No, I don’t have the video yet. Sorry. We do that. I watched the content of it, and it was good. It seemed balanced.
SPEAKER 02 :
Yeah, but you know what’s the problem? Can I tell you the problem? What’s that? He is dry as a bone. He’s got no personality. He’s got no personality.
SPEAKER 01 :
I’m doing me the ball to be Carnival Ball. Do we need them all to be? A guy you mentioned yesterday, how much personality did Chet Huntley have? You’ve got to have some warmth.
SPEAKER 02 :
It ain’t 1959. This is 2025. You’ve got to have some warmth. You’ve got to have some personality. You’ve got to have some relatability. This guy, here’s my prediction, he ain’t going to make the cut.
SPEAKER 01 :
I don’t think he’s going to make the cut. What’s your over-under on him staying in that anchor chair? One year. One year, maybe. I think at the end of that year, he will have found himself in his content yesterday. There were stories of Venezuelans pleased at the Trump operation. There was an economic angle where their business lady, whose name escapes me, was talking about how this might bring the price of gas down. And then at the end, when that was all done, he took about 15 or 20 seconds. One of the worst problems with media, you ever have a newscast or a news network say, we give you the news and why it’s important to you. We give you the news and we analyze it. You know, danger, Will Robinson, because their analysis is always from the hard left. Tony DeCoppo looked into the camera and said, look, the big picture here, what might happen is that a lot of bad countries, China, Iran, Russia, etc., etc., They may have been expecting a firm foothold in our hemisphere, and now it looks like they’re not going to get it. We’ll be back in a moment. I went, whoa, what just happened? Whoa, what?
SPEAKER 02 :
So I wish him well. I wish him well. Oh, I hope the whole, and it’s bigger than him. I mean, look, it’s Barry Weiss. And if she’s really going to bring an anti-woke perspective to CBS and say, look, let’s report on the news and let’s shoot right down the middle. Let’s go straight down the middle here. We’re going to present both sides of issues. We’re going to let our viewers decide. What a novel concept.
SPEAKER 01 :
Wouldn’t that be something? Oh, you know who she’s got to talk to next? You know who she’s got to talk to next? It’s this Margaret Brennan at Face the Nation on Sunday morning. Did you see her badger Marco Rubio? There’s still four or five members of the regime still there. It’s like, hey, we got the one guy. What do you want? Anyway, I’m sorry.
