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Presented by State Farm. Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty. Armstrong and Getty. And now he's Armstrong and Getty. According to new research, Ozempic could help people cut.
Jack Armstrong
Cut back on drinking. Yep, thanks to Ozempic, you can have.
Joe Getty
Less food and less booze, so you'll live longer, but what's the point?
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, there you go.
Joe Getty
An old, old joke indeed.
Jack Armstrong
I probably should read this text just too because it represents quite a few messages we've gotten and we'll probably get over the next 24 hours as people listen to the podcast, because I've said some unkind things about Matt Gaetz, for instance.
Joe Getty
Yes, you have. And I've been shocked and outraged.
Jack Armstrong
Excuse me. Matt Gates is the perfect man to do the job. Matt Gates makes you look like an elementary school student, Jack Make. Matt Gaetz is a warrior for the United States people. He might be in terms of trying to straighten out the Justice Department. Our take through the day has been just. There's probably lots of guys or women that could or would do that and they don't have all the baggage that Matt Gates has where he has made angry everybody in the other party and his own party for the most part. I mean, why, why pick a guy who has no friends, which means in politics you have less power. And then, you know, all the media against him. I just, I don't, I don't see the point. But I mean, when he says things like, I saw a clip the other day. Now, I laughed at this, but he said about some abortion pro abortion rally, talked about how well they don't have to worry about abortions because they're all too fat and ugly to have sex or something like that. Like. Well, since that that the sort of comment you want out of your attorney general, man, just don't think that helps anything.
Joe Getty
Yeah, if one of my golf buddies said it, I might laugh. That's over the top, right? But yeah, come on. And I tell you this, and I could be wrong. I have turned out to be wrong on a number of occasions. That number is two my entire life. No, I could be wrong. But when somebody tells me exactly what I want to hear, my immediate reaction is, what's going on here? Is this legit? A lot of people in politics Especially in these fever days, when somebody tells them exactly what they want to hear, they think that's a great person and I'm with them. You know, like Carrie Lake could be a perfect example. I think she's phony as a three dollar bill, but she's great at spouting the rhetoric of what people like me want to hear. Other people hear her and think she's great. I want her to win. The people of Arizona, which is a fairly red state, or used to be anyway, have spoken. But I put Matt Gaetz in that con man category. Perhaps you disagree. And again, if I turn out to be wrong, I will get on the air in front of the assembled millions and say, you know what, I was wrong on that one. So we'll all find out together.
Jack Armstrong
Brian Kilmeade on Fox and Friends said he's surprised Matt Gaetz is in the starting lineup instead of in a clown car. So I guess he's closer to my thinking, but oh my.
Joe Getty
Who is this? This is Olivia iverson and Matt Gates, 61. Michael, is it safe to say that based off of your comments, you're suggesting that these women at these abortion rallies are ugly and overweight?
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What do you say to people who.
Joe Getty
Think that those comments are offensive?
Jack Armstrong
Be offended. I get the appeal of that sort of thing, sure.
Joe Getty
Yeah, absolutely.
Jack Armstrong
I mean, you know, listen to our show over the years, but it's not always the best way to actually get anything done. Yeah, like actually bring down the deep state or corrupt this or that.
Joe Getty
Yeah, you won't be effective is the problem. Anyway, I love this from Andrew Stiles, the definitive list of winners and losers, the 2024 election. And actually, much as I love Andrew, I'm going to quibble with his opening. He says the election's over. Donald Trump and the Republicans, excuse me, won a stunning indecisive victory. I would say Donald Trump won a stunning indecisive victory. The Senate performed very, very well and the House scraped by for the Republicans.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, mentioned government, mentioned this earlier. I hadn't thought about it until I heard a Democrat pointed out, how can you call it a wave if you're going to have like a three seat majority in the House of Representatives? That ain't much of a wave. I mean, when Obama won, he had like an 80 seat majority.
Joe Getty
It's an itty bitty wave. Yeah. But anyway, winners and losers, winner, diversity, actual diversity. All sorts of different people voted for Trump and got out of their electoral pens that the Democrat had told them they ought to stay in the Democrats, rather. With the exception of seniors and college educated white women. Huzzah. Trump improved his margins in every group. Winner. Hillary Clinton, no longer the only Democrat to lose to Trump. Winner. Mental health professionals about to make a fortune treating the emotional breakdowns of college educated white women and deranged liberals and journalists who base their entire personalities on hating Trump and his supporters.
Jack Armstrong
Wow. What a way to live your life.
Joe Getty
The same people are cutting off friends and loved ones who care about them deeply as a human being because they. Because they've bought, I think, the most hyperbolic, ridiculous stuff about politics.
Jack Armstrong
Spend Thanksgiving alone and in the comfort of knowing at least you're not hanging around with Trump voters. You weirdos.
Joe Getty
You are evil. That's right. Another winner. Dean Phillips. Only Democrat with the balls to run against Biden in the Democratic primary and say he's too old. He was mocked and ridiculed at the time.
Jack Armstrong
Oh, man. And the Democratic Party cut his legs out from underneath him, made it impossible for him to get anywhere. And he was a hundred percent right, it turns out.
Joe Getty
And telling the truth. Yeah. Which is not welcome in politics. Yeah. Another winner. Josh Shapiro. He dodged the bullet of being hitched to Kamala Harris's.
Jack Armstrong
Wow. Right?
Joe Getty
He looks smart for not taking the job, which he probably didn't want anyway. We've already forgotten the name of the guy she did pick. The guy in the camo hat who pranced around and lied about China. Yeah. What's his face?
Jack Armstrong
Tampons?
Joe Getty
Somebody or other. How.
Jack Armstrong
How about his weird five minutes of fame? That'll never. You mean. That'll be a trivia question.
Joe Getty
Please, let's begin laughing at the laughing stock. Jeff Bezos, the whole temper tantrum, saying we gotta be a reporter of news, not an opinion machine. Tony Hitch, Cliff and garbage. He goes into how that was like the final week closing argument. Look at this monster. Trump amounted to nothing. Didn't amount to a pile of garbage in terms of electoral effect.
Jack Armstrong
Right.
Joe Getty
That was Elon Musk. Yes, Go ahead.
Jack Armstrong
That. Remember, we were counting the days. It had like five days of legs. That Puerto Rico joke as being one of the lead stories. What a stupid decision from the media who is hell bent on bringing down Trump. You thought that was your best argument. That comedian's joke apparently didn't work.
Joe Getty
Why? Because they see everything through the lens of identity politics. So this looked like an enormous faux pas and a great brick bet to beat Trump with the rest of us normal people, including plenty of Democrats and lefties, many of whom are listening right now. They're like, yeah, I can't afford my groceries. I don't care what some obscure comedian said about Puerto Rico. New media, alternative media, including ourselves. Big winners in the election. Sunny Hostin and the other ladies of the View for sinking the Harris campaign with the what would you do differently than Biden? There is not a thing that comes to mind, harris said in a breathtaking display of unpreparedness. Is Sunny Hostin a lock for journalist of the year?
Jack Armstrong
Well, as she has come out and said she was shocked at that answer. So she was trying to throw Kamala a life preserver because she had flubbed the answer the day before and instead of throwing her life preserver, she threw a cinder block that took her under the water.
Joe Getty
Yes. Yeah, well said another winner. Women. Trump's victory will usher in a golden era of women's rights in spite of the mewling and screeching of college educated white women of a certain age. His chief of staff, Susie Wiles, will be the first woman to hold the job. It'll soon be safe to play sports again. Women can say Merry Christmas and be attractive without getting publicly shamed, et cetera.
Jack Armstrong
What are you going to learn, ladies? America does not want a female president. I think that's the takeaway.
Joe Getty
Oh my God. That was an attempt, and I emphasize attempt at humor, ladies, and I apologize for it. Scott Jennings did great on the yeah.
Jack Armstrong
I heard somebody say the other day, how about try something different than pantsuits? Two pantsuit ladies who bring in effeminate men to be their underlings. Try something different.
Joe Getty
Yeah. Yeah. Margaret Thatcher wore dresses, didn't she? I don't remember. I don't care what they wear. Wear anything. I would wear nothing. Scott Jennings, great on cnn. Very reasonable, smart, conservative. Mark Halperin, whose independent reporting and sober analysis, much of which you heard mentioned here on the Armstrong and Getty show, is vastly superior and more informative than the mainstream media's hackish hyperventilating. Another example of new media just whooping the old and then some other obscure stuff. The Israel a winner.
Jack Armstrong
The pantsuit thing is actually interesting and I learned this from listening to Sarah Isger in the Dispatch. I hadn't known about level one, level two, level three feminism, but like level two feminism or whatever. Maybe one was the pants suit. It's like, see, we can be just like men. We've got our version of suits and here we are in the workplace and then like the next level of feminism. No, I can dress like kind of hot like a woman likes to sometimes in a Skirt and high heels and also be effective. And I think that would be helpful to get away from that old level of pantsuit thingy. I think there is sort of a subliminal thing going on there.
Joe Getty
Yeah. We're going to free you by demanding you adhere to our stereotypes and our orders. You will work outside the home. You will turn your nose up at raising children and being the leader of the family. You will make money, money for a corporation. And you will wear pants in the name of freedom. Right?
Jack Armstrong
Right.
Joe Getty
Yeah. Level threes. Wear whatever you want. Do whatever you want. And I tell you what, that's. And, and I don't know if there's a name for guys like, I'll just speak for myself who are like, women can do whatever they want and achieve whatever they want. And who the hell am I to tell them that it's more satisfying to make another half of a percent for your corporation as opposed to raising children and being the actual functional chief operating officer. As a family, you do what you want. I trust you to make the decision. I don't believe in brow beating people to conform to some sort of pre fab image of what they ought to be. I find it disgusting no matter what label it puts on itself. Oh, we're running late. I tell you what, why don't we get to the losers? Coming. I'm auditioning. I heard they got some openings on some of the daytime TV shows.
Jack Armstrong
Oh really? I like.
Joe Getty
I'm thinking if, if maybe like a get myself a little chin lift and cheek tuck and eye lift and ear adjustment. Docking dock my ears. Maybe I could, I could be a big time TV guy. I don't know.
Jack Armstrong
With their delivery. Is that the key is the delivery?
Joe Getty
That's right. Coming up, we look at the losers.
Jack Armstrong
Okay, that's on the way.
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Shame on you. Shame on you. Shame on you. Shame on you. Shame on you.
Jack Armstrong
So that's a big crowd in Amsterdam. Amsterdam shouting shame on you. When did that happen? That's around the attacking of the the Jews attending the soccer match from a week or so ago.
Joe Getty
Do you know who they're chanting at?
Jack Armstrong
I don't. I assume it's the people that attacked the Jewish people, but so tonight the Israeli soccer team is playing France In Paris. I didn't know this. France has the largest population in Europe of Jews and Muslims. Did not know that. And they have 4,000 police. They're going to try to make sure nothing bad happens, even though social media makes it look like the Muslim crowd is looking for a fight. 80,000 seat stadium. They've sold 11,000 tickets, so not very many people are interested in being there.
Joe Getty
Wow.
Jack Armstrong
So it'll be interesting to see how this plays out.
Joe Getty
Yeah. Maybe tomorrow we can get to some more of Andy McCarthy's absolutely brilliant piece about how this is absolutely a sign of something much, much bigger. It's not about soccer and it's not even about Gaza or what have you. But we'll get to that. We're going over the winners and losers from the recent election. Loser number one. Come on. Joe Biden. The experts told us Sleepy Joe would be the most consequential president since fdr. When he dropped out in July, those same experts compared Biden to George Washington, praising his selfless act as political courage.
Jack Armstrong
He will not be remembered that way. No.
Joe Getty
In reality, Biden's decision to run for reelection. Rice Andrew Stiles will be remembered as one of the most reckless acts of political hubris in American history. His selection of Kamala Harris as a running mate in 2020, his decision to immediately endorse her, also regarded as monumental blunders. This is the legacy Biden deserves.
Jack Armstrong
They met. Trump and Biden met for two hours yesterday. I find that pretty interesting alone. What were they talking about? Trump says they talked a lot about Ukraine and talked a lot about Israel. But two hours? That's a pretty serious conversation.
Joe Getty
Oh, yeah, yeah, absolutely. I have no doubt. I'm glad to hear it, honestly. Another loser. Of course. Tim Waltz. Oh, right, the camo hat guy who pranced around on stage and lied constantly about China and other weird things. He was supposed to help the Harris campaign appeal to men. He pretended to go pheasant hunting, cackled with the ladies of the EU and played video games with aoc. He said Republicans were weird. Trump won male voters by 13 points.
Jack Armstrong
Right. And obviously, if you're going to pick somebody out of the whole crowd, that was weird. He was almost certainly the weirdest. And I'm a knucklehead at times.
Joe Getty
Another losers. Other losers. The Obamas. And, you know, he talked about various things, but they tried to shame black men into voting for Kamala. Scolding the brothers for hating women and. Oh, go away. Please go away. Other looter losers. Alex Soros, who's The son of billionaire George Soros, who funneled hundreds of millions of dollars into the Democrats in 2024, hanging out with him at elite conferences, inviting them to his swanky Manhattan pad, etc. And some other people you've never heard of. The mainstream media journalists are the worst. They scolded the American people for feeling stressed about the economy and thinking Biden was too old to run for reelection. They still don't understand why no one trusts them or takes them seriously. They tried to put their thumbs on the scale for Harris, but it made no difference. Due to their rapidly diminishing credibility and relevance, they will learn nothing and carry on into the void.
Jack Armstrong
Speaking of spending money, did you see that Kamala Harris's campaign gave Al Sharpton a half a million dollars? $500,000 they gave to Kamala before he did the glowing interview with her.
Joe Getty
Wow.
Jack Armstrong
What kind of shakedown is that? And I can't believe that they play that game without freaking Sharpton. You gave him a half a million dollars so he'd do a softball interview with you?
Joe Getty
Yep, more losers. The Lincoln Project. Go away. Shameless grifters, criminals, terrorists in Iran. Not even Ben Rhodes can save you now. Losers.
Jack Armstrong
That Al Sharpton thing pisses me off because that interview got a fair amount of play in mainstream media because she was addressing, you know, the black community and all that sort of stuff. He wouldn't do the interview unless he got a half a million dollars.
Joe Getty
Oh my God. Can we have some sort of giant statement from, you know, the black folks in America, Fabulous, loyal Americans who disavow the very concept of Al Sharpton being a spokesperson for anybody.
Jack Armstrong
We have a US Senator who is a friend of the Armstrong and Getty show, laying out the personality of our perhaps next Attorney General Matt Gaetz. If you haven't heard this, it's somewhat shocking.
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Tonight discuss Matt Gaetz. Some of you will think I'm too hard on him. Some of you will think I'm much too easy on him. And this is in the context of what is one of the most jaw dropping days in the last 10 years of Trump. And that is a heck of a statement from Mark Halpern. It's hard to have jaw dropping days that stand out with Trump, but yesterday was one. Here's a prescient Matt Gaetz from a little over a year ago. It may be an Attorney General Matt Gaetz down the road or someone of my liking who will be there to actually enforce the law and provide the accountability. I like that.
Joe Getty
I like that. Attorney General Matt Gaetz. Are you kidding me, man? The world is not ready.
Jack Armstrong
You probably certainly Senate confirmation wouldn't be.
Joe Getty
But you know, we're getting a boy can dream boy.
Jack Armstrong
That's interesting. He's kind of throwing it out there as kind of like a jokey idea. Senate confirmation would be difficult. Yeah, Trump heard that. Why? If you don't know the Matt Gates story. Well, here's a little inkling to his personal life from a friend of the Armstrong and Getty Show, Senator Mark Wayne Mullen, who we talked to when we were in Milwaukee.
Mark Wayne Mullen
You got to think about this guy. This is a guy that didn't have. That the media didn't give a time of day to after he was accused of sleeping with an underage girl. And there's a reason why no one in the conference came and defended him. Because we had all seen the videos he was showing on the House floor that all of us had walked away of the girls that he had slept with. He'd brag about how he would crush ed medicine and chase it with an energy drink so he could go all night. This is obviously before you got married. And so when that accusation came out, no one defended him and then no one on the media would give him a time of the day. All of a sudden he found fame because he opposed the speaker of the House back in November. And he's always stayed there and he's not, he was never going to leave until he got this last moment of fame by saying by. By going after a motion to vacate.
Jack Armstrong
Sleeping around as a congressman, probably not a wise idea, period. But the kind of 40 year old dude who shows other people at work videos of the girls he's sleeping with. Yeah. Not my kind of guy.
Joe Getty
Wow. Weak.
Jack Armstrong
And then. So whether or not he was ever with a 17 year old or transported a girl across straight state lines where 17 years old was an acceptable age. I don't know. We might learn more about that tomorrow. So coincidentally, with Trump announcing his name for Attorney General yesterday, then Matt Gates immediately resigning from the House, which is not what usually happens. Usually you hang around in your gig until you get to the confirmation time. But he immediately resigned, which means the House Ethics Committee has no reason to put out their report that it turns out was due to come out tomorrow about Their investigation into Matt Gaetz's personal life.
Joe Getty
Yeah, the Ethics Committee doesn't put out reports on former Congress people.
Jack Armstrong
No, man, why would they? We have a strong feeling that it will leak since Republicans and Democrats hate the guy. And there'll probably be a lot of people who could easily get a copy of that to what other news source? I am kind of interested though, a number of people that have said really harsh things about, about Matt Gaetz over the years. When Trump named him for ag, you know, soft pedal, did a little Lindsey Graham being one of them, Marco Rubio being another one of them, and maybe Mark Wayne Mullen. I haven't heard this. He was on CNN yesterday with Jake Tapper.
Mark Wayne Mullen
Are you going to vote for Matt Gates? You know, Matt Gaetz and I, there's no question that we've had our differences. They've been very public about it. I completely trust President Trump's decision making on this one. But at the same time, he's got to come to Congress and sell himself. There's a lot of, to the Senate and sell himself. There's a lot of questions that are going to be out there. He's got to answer those questions and hopefully he's able to answer the questions right. And if he can, then we'll go through the confirmation process.
Joe Getty
That's, that's some good strategy there. From Mark Wayne.
Jack Armstrong
I think that's perfectly reasonable. I suppose if you, if you hate Trump, you would say look at the Republicans, scared to oppose their God or whatever. But I think that's perfectly reasonable. Like as written in the Constitution, the President gets to choose his cabinet and the role of the Senate is then to have them come before them, ask them questions and then, you know, approve or not. And so that's not unreasonable to say what he said at all.
Joe Getty
And if Senator Mullen is part of the committee that's actually going to, and the Senate is the entire committee that is going to consider the nomination, I think it would be untoward. It would be improper for him to announce a prejudgment. Honestly, now that he is the nominee. It's like some of the things the Democrats did to smear the name of Brett Kavanaugh. That's terrible. It's awful. It's unacceptable. So yeah, Mark Wayne said exactly the right thing. Hey, he was nominated. We'll give him a fair hearing.
Jack Armstrong
Do you want to hear.
Joe Getty
I don't think that's, that's flip flopping at all or being a hypocrite. Not in the least.
Jack Armstrong
No. I don't either. And I am, as I've stated many times throughout the show, not a Matt Gaetz fan. I wish Trump hadn't made that choice. I hope he doesn't get confirmed. But that's just my position.
Joe Getty
I have a feeling that once we get into the hearing room and the questions and answers start flying, Mark Wayne is going to swat the Gates nomination aside. Like he's tried to touch one of Mark Wayne's children inappropriately. The brawny Mr. Mullen.
Jack Armstrong
Would he say something like, it's not a legal question, but would he say something like, do you remember when you used to show me videos of all the girls you were having sex with.
Joe Getty
Back when on the House floor, back.
Jack Armstrong
When we were both House members. You remember that?
Joe Getty
That would be an odd question.
Jack Armstrong
Would that be out of bounds, do you think?
Joe Getty
No, I don't think it would be.
Jack Armstrong
If I don't think that kind of guy should be Attorney General, its appropriateness is murky.
Joe Getty
But you would have to demurcate, as you asked it. You'd have to say, look, if there's all sorts of impropriety flying around, obviously your tenure would be blah, blah, blah. And so I'm asking you this to establish whether you'd want to frame it.
Jack Armstrong
Does it have to be a legal judgment or is it like impeachment where it can just be, yeah, I think this is an impeachable offense. I mean, do you have to go after. Do you have to go after something that, that Matt Gaetz, that is illegal, or can you flat out stay? I just don't like that kind of guy. I don't want that kind of guy to be Attorney General.
Joe Getty
Oh, the second. Absolutely.
Jack Armstrong
Because it's advice and it's not a.
Joe Getty
Legal hearing at all. Yeah. It's a, is this so bad for the country we're going to veto the president's pick?
Jack Armstrong
Yeah. Is the question. Because there is that whole. The president is selected by the people. It's the biggest number of people making the loudest noise about what they want, and he gets to pick who he wants to help him with. That job is a, you know, an.
Joe Getty
Argument, and some people might resent that. But, A, we got a Constitution. B, perhaps you've heard the phrase checks and balances. This is that at work.
Jack Armstrong
You know, my favorite thing that I've learned in the last couple of years, and because I hear it thrown around a lot, I think it's worth pointing out we do not have co. Equal branches of government. I grew up my whole life thinking that was true. Because I'd heard it over and over and over again. The reason you hear it over and over again originally Woodrow Wilson threw that out to try to make some argument why the President got to do X, Y or Z. And then Richard Nixon really leaned on it in the 70s for why he could do X, Y or Z around the whole Watergate thing. Look, we're a co equal branch. That's actually not the way it's set up. The Congress is more powerful than the other two. The best example being Congress can remove anybody in the government from the President to a Supreme Court justice to other members of their body. The Supreme Court and the executive branch has no ability whatsoever to get rid of the lowliest two year elected congressperson in America. That's all you need to know.
Joe Getty
Right, right. And certainly more evidence of that as the Constitution opens with we the people of the United States. We gotta have a country worth a damn. Okay, now let's get down to business. Article one, the legislative branch. Let's talk about the legislative branch. And they lay out the House and the Senate and the rest of it at length before they even get around to. And when I say at length, I mean at length before they get to the executive branch.
Jack Armstrong
But isn't that something that all the way up to the President of the United States, the entire executive branch or the entire judicial branch. The Supreme Court cannot remove some lowly congressperson from middle of Montana who represents however many thousand people. They just have no power to do that. Whereas the House can decide, this President's got to go. The Chief justice of the Supreme Court has got to go. That is not co. Equal.
Joe Getty
Yeah, the. I'm just, I've got my, my pocket copy of the Constitution here and the Bill of Rights and all the amendments and it's like 5, 1, 2, 3. And that we call this counting on the radio. It's one of our most beloved segments. Yeah, it's. There's five pages about Congress in two pages about the executive branch.
Jack Armstrong
And that's one of the reasons we're in such a mess is that the most powerful branch of our three branches no longer does its job lots of the time.
Joe Getty
Oh no. And I would suggest that it is a weak little punk compared to the executive branch which is an unfortunate inversion slash perversion of the founders wishes partially.
Jack Armstrong
Because we're so into the whole personalities thing. So you let the person, the big personality, that is the President do all kinds of stuff that they have no business doing. The House or the Senate should say whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, Whoa, whoa, you can't do that. We do that and we'll decide if that's a good idea or not. But what do you think you're doing? Which is the way it used to be. Like the Senate and House used to have, like real institutional, like they protect themselves. They, you know, they believed in themselves. They had a lot of self respect. That's what I'm looking for. And they lost that somewhere along the line.
Joe Getty
Right, right. Well, as historians remind us, James Madison in a conversation with Ben Franklin, Ben Franklin said, hey, people really like having kings. This Constitution you're working on, you think he can stave that off? Madison replied, Listen, I've done 500 computer simulations. I think I can buy you 250 years. And Franklin said, you know, good enough, good enough. But people want a king. They want a single figure of power.
Jack Armstrong
God. One of my favorite stories to do this is from one of the Caro books about Lyndon Johnson, Rayburn, Sam Rayburn, who was the speaker of the house for like 30 years or something like that, back when the Democrats always controlled the House of Representatives and went back when Congress asserted their power. There is some argument, I don't remember what it was, with Kennedy and Bobby Kennedy, John Kennedy's brother, went to Sam Rayburn and was complaining about this or saying like that, or you need to do this. And Sam Rayburn says, you tell the President that if he wants anything done, he better come talk to the speaker of the House of Representatives and shut the door on him, because that's the way you get to talk to the President when you're the speaker of the House. I'm more powerful than you. You need something, you better come ask me. But that's not the way Congress looks at it anymore.
Joe Getty
Yeah, yeah.
Jack Armstrong
Which is not good. They should be writing immigration law and, and deciding whether or not college students get their student loans taken away or whatever. Not the President.
Joe Getty
Right.
Jack Armstrong
It's very frustrating.
Joe Getty
Right. And certainly not creating agencies then telling the president, you know, have them write whatever laws they want and penalties and hell, even have them have their own courts. And we just, we won't say anything or do anything because if you do something, you might do the wrong thing and then we wouldn't get reelected. So if you'll excuse me, I gotta go raise some money.
Jack Armstrong
Oh, by the way, one quick thing, and one of the reasons that Speakers of the House have been scared of the President was the new rule that just one person could call for a vote and have you, you know, boost it out. So if you could get one House member loyal to the President, Matt Gaetz, to want to boost out the speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy. The president could do that yesterday. They at least have made the first motions toward changing that from one to nine. You would need nine House members to get together and want to oust the speaker before you could do it. Now you're talking, which seems like a more workable number.
Joe Getty
You can't have the tip of the tail wagging the dog. That's ridiculous.
Jack Armstrong
We will finish strong next Armstrong and.
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Oh my. So I don't know what it is with the media, from, you know, the mainstream kind of silly media to the very, very serious media, but they just had another big hearing about UFOs or UAVs or what are we supposed to call them now? UAPs? Unidentified anomalous phenomena? It's what are we politically correct here? You go from, you know, handicapped to handicapable to whatever. I just think.
Jack Armstrong
But UFOs is stuff flying around. So this could this also be like if you got a poltergeist in your ceiling.
Joe Getty
For instance. But I am paragraphs into this Wall Street Journal piece about the hearing the other day, and you had a bunch of Pentagon officials, former Pentagon officials, saying, yeah, there's all sorts of stuff out there that the government is covering up. But. And every news story does this, I think, to keep you tuned in or because it's kind of fun. They never get to look, are we talking about freaking space aliens? Are we talking about probably military, terrestrial military craft, but they never get into that until like way, way deep into the article. So it's more fun to talk about, I guess.
Jack Armstrong
Is that because either in the committee or if you're the journalist, the article or the committee hearing would be over in like two minutes if you did that. So you leave that to the end. Is that why?
Joe Getty
I don't know. I would think there's plenty of interest in, hey, we got some stuff on the radar. Our pilots have seen it. We can't identify it. Let's get to the bottom of it. You need not bring into the oh, do aliens exist? Alien autopsies?
Jack Armstrong
Little green men?
Joe Getty
Why is that even part of this discussion?
Jack Armstrong
I don't know, you can't make a logical argument for why there would be intelligent life at the level somewhere in the universe that it can travel through solar systems because nobody believes it's in our solar system all the way here and then hang around for some reason.
Joe Getty
And wouldn't and would bother to maintain secrecy.
Jack Armstrong
Right? Yeah, exactly. I mean, it just doesn't make any logical sense.
Joe Getty
Well, I mean, I could cook up a scenario, but please. Anyway, the department has previously said there's no evidence that UFO sightings are alien spacecraft.
Jack Armstrong
Okay, good.
Joe Getty
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Jack Armstrong
Here's your host for final Thoughts, Joe Getty.
Joe Getty
And I'm afraid we don't have time for the utterly stupid grandstanding by some of the people on the committee. But trust me, it was stupid. Let's get a final thought from everybody on the crew, starting with our technical director, Michelangelo Michael. Final thought? Yeah. You can watch the Matt Gates Senate.
Jack Armstrong
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Joe Getty
And 6am during the safe harbor hours. Beautiful. Yeah, well said. Katie Greener, esteemed newswoman, has a final thought. Katie, speaking of UFOs, I saw a meme years ago. It was a picture of an alien looking down at Earth and they were going, f that.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, no kidding.
Joe Getty
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Jack Armstrong
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Joe Getty
Wow.
Jack Armstrong
Isn't that incredible? What kind of metabolism does he has that allows him to do what he.
Joe Getty
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Armstrong & Getty On Demand: "I'll Get An Ear Adjustment" – Detailed Summary
Release Date: November 14, 2024
The latest episode of Armstrong & Getty On Demand delves deep into the political landscape following the 2024 elections, focusing primarily on the contentious nomination of Matt Gaetz for Attorney General. Hosts Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty engage in a spirited discussion, dissecting election outcomes, institutional power dynamics, and contemporary political controversies. The episode is structured into several key sections, each enriched with notable quotes and insightful analysis.
Timestamp: [06:28] – [08:07]
Jack and Joe kick off the episode by analyzing the 2024 election results, categorizing various entities and individuals as either "winners" or "losers" based on their performance and impact.
Winners:
Notable Quote:
Joe Getty: "Trump improved his margins in every group... Mental health professionals are about to make a fortune treating the emotional breakdowns of college-educated white women and deranged liberals."
Losers:
Notable Quote:
Joe Getty: "Dean Phillips, the only Democrat with the balls to run against Biden in the Democratic primary... Another winner."
Timestamp: [22:37] – [32:56]
The centerpiece of the episode revolves around the nomination of Matt Gaetz for Attorney General, a move that has sparked significant debate among the hosts and their listeners.
Background:
Matt Gaetz, a Republican Congressman, has been embroiled in scandals, including allegations of inappropriate relationships with underage girls and other ethical controversies. Despite this, President Trump has nominated him for the prestigious role.
Host Perspectives:
Jack Armstrong expresses strong skepticism about Gaetz’s suitability, highlighting his controversial behavior and lack of support within the party.
Notable Quote:
Jack Armstrong: "I just don't like that kind of guy. I don't want that kind of guy to be Attorney General."
Joe Getty echoes this sentiment, questioning the wisdom of nominating Gaetz given his contentious history and the potential fallout.
Notable Quote:
Joe Getty: "The world is not ready. Senate confirmation wouldn't be."
Senator Mark Wayne Mullen’s Input:
Invited as a guest, Senator Mullen provides a nuanced view, acknowledging differences with Gaetz but ultimately supporting Trump's decision while emphasizing the need for a fair confirmation process.
Notable Quote:
Mark Wayne Mullen: "I completely trust President Trump's decision making on this one. But at the same time, he's got to come to Congress and sell himself."
Confirmation Process:
The hosts discuss the procedural aspects of Gaetz’s confirmation, touching upon the constitutional roles of the executive and legislative branches. They argue that Congress holds significant power over executive appointments, yet express concern over the politicization and potential biases affecting the process.
Notable Quote:
Jack Armstrong: "The Constitution... allows Congress to remove anybody in the government from the President to a Supreme Court justice."
Timestamp: [32:03] – [35:27]
Delving into the structural dynamics of U.S. governance, Jack and Joe explore the balance of power between Congress and the Executive Branch.
Key Points:
Notable Quote:
Joe Getty: "All legislative power herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States which shall consist of a Senate and a House of Representatives. All legislative power from the Constitution. Love it or leave it."
Timestamp: [41:38] – [44:18]
In a lighter yet intriguing segment, the hosts touch upon recent government hearings concerning Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs), commonly known as UFOs.
Discussion Points:
Notable Quote:
Joe Getty: "The department has previously said there's no evidence that UFO sightings are alien spacecraft."
Timestamp: [44:39] – [46:17]
As the episode nears its end, Jack and Joe offer personal reflections and wrap up the discussion with final thoughts on various topics.
Matt Gaetz’s Future:
Jack debates the practicality of Gaetz’s potential confirmation, expressing doubt about his acceptance and effectiveness in the role.
Notable Quote:
Jack Armstrong: "I hope he doesn't get confirmed. But that's just my position."
Constitutional Insights:
The hosts reiterate their stance on the importance of constitutional principles, emphasizing the need for Congress to assert its legislative authority.
Notable Quote:
Joe Getty: "Love it or leave it."
Closing Remarks:
They conclude with a humorous nod to ongoing political dramas and reaffirm their commitment to providing unfiltered commentary on pressing national issues.
Notable Quote:
Jack Armstrong: "Armstrong and Getty wrapping up another grueling four-hour workday."
Throughout the episode, Armstrong and Getty pepper their discussion with memorable quotes that encapsulate their viewpoints:
On Matt Gaetz’s Controversial Nature:
Jack Armstrong at [03:14]: "Matt Gaetz is a warrior for the United States people... but I don't see the point."
On Media and Credibility:
Joe Getty at [07:48]: "The same people are cutting off friends and loved ones... because they've bought the most hyperbolic, ridiculous stuff about politics."
On Constitutional Powers:
Jack Armstrong at [34:45]: "We do not have co-equal branches of government. Congress is more powerful than the other two."
The "I'll Get An Ear Adjustment" episode of Armstrong & Getty On Demand offers a comprehensive and candid examination of contemporary political issues, with a particular focus on the controversial nomination of Matt Gaetz for Attorney General. Through incisive commentary and robust debate, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty provide listeners with a thought-provoking analysis of election outcomes, institutional power dynamics, and the integrity of political nominations. The episode underscores the ongoing tensions within American politics, advocating for greater accountability and a reaffirmation of constitutional principles.
For those who haven’t listened to the episode, this summary provides a thorough overview of the key discussions and insights shared by Armstrong and Getty. To experience the full depth of their conversation, tune into the episode on the iHeartRadio app or your preferred podcast platform.