We Finally Beat...Medicare!

Summary

Armstrong & Getty On Demand
Episode: "We Finally Beat...Medicare!"
Date: May 28, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this episode, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty dive into multiple headline topics with their signature mix of irreverence and incisiveness. They open with a jaw-dropping story of high-level deception within the CIA, discuss Dr. Jill Biden’s new book and the fallout from President Biden’s debate performance, and touch on quirky international news from Portugal. True to Armstrong & Getty form, the hosts blend outrage, skepticism, and humor while dissecting government failures, media narratives, and cultural oddities.

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Main Themes & Discussion Points

1. The David Rush CIA Scandal (02:47-13:55)

Story Breakdown

• Who is David Rush?

  • A Navy veteran who fraudulently obtained the highest security clearances in the CIA by lying about academic credentials and work history.
  • Claimed degrees from institutions he never attended and roles (such as Navy test pilot and program director) he never held.

• The Extent of the Fraud:

  • Rush moved up the CIA ranks for nearly a decade, never being caught.
  • In 2025, he requested (and received) tens of millions of dollars in government funds and 303 gold bars under false pretenses.

• Systemic Failures:

  • Hosts highlight the shocking lack of vetting and accountability within the CIA.
  • The scandal exposes broader governmental vulnerabilities to both small and grand-scale deception.

Key Quotes

• "This is a horrifying black eye for the CIA. The $40 million with the gold bars gets a lot of attention." — Jack Armstrong (02:47)
• "If you make a giant lie, people assume, well, nobody would lie about something that big. ... That’s how you get away with the big lie." — Joe Getty (06:44)
• "He wasn’t applying to be a janitor in the Capitol, folks. He was looking for the highest security clearances at the CIA." — Joe Getty (07:17)

Notable Moments

• Jokes about Rush making increasingly outlandish claims:
  • "I'm ranked the number three lion tamer on earth." — Joe Getty (06:03)
• The sheer absurdity of the U.S. government handing over gold bars:
  • "All Rush had to do was make one wild request after another for more gold bars and more currency, and the CIA said, 'Sure, David, here you go.'" — Jack Armstrong (10:05)
• Skepticism about government accountability:
  • "Nobody ever pays a price for this stuff." — Jack Armstrong (13:31)

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2. Dr. Jill Biden’s Book, Biden’s Health & Cover-Ups (25:33-39:08)

Key Topics

• Joe Biden’s Lawsuit Against DOJ:

  • Biden is suing to block release of transcripts and audio from interviews with a ghostwriter, apparently fearing further revelations about his cognitive state.

• Dr. Jill Biden’s Book & Interview:

  • Jill Biden claims she was “frightened” by Joe Biden’s performance in a presidential debate, suggesting he might have had a stroke — but then immediately returns to campaigning.
  • Hosts openly doubt her narrative and motives, suggesting financial desperation post-White House.

Key Quotes

• On the media and public denial:
  • "Is there anybody that doesn’t already know that?" — Jack Armstrong (27:30)
• On Dr. Jill Biden’s attempts at historical revisionism:
  • "She’s trying to change the arc of history because she’s going to go down as the villain and she should." — Jack Armstrong (30:03)
• "I want the most stringent, high level, brutal, merciless investigation in the history of the Republic." — Joe Getty (15:22)

Standout Segments

• Dr. Jill Biden’s debate-night reflection (29:29):
  • '"I wasn’t horrified. I was frightened because I had never ever seen Joe like that before or since. Never or since. ... As I watched it, I thought, oh my God, he’s having a stroke, and it scared me to death."' — Dr. Jill Biden (audio replayed by hosts)
• Armstrong and Getty’s immediate skepticism:
  • "You thought your husband had a stroke and you went and did nine campaign stops ... Did you see a doctor at any point?" — Jack Armstrong (38:38)

Tone & Style

• Hosts are both incredulous and mocking—using sarcasm to underscore the disconnect between official narratives and observable reality.
• They emphasize the broader cultural issue of people willfully ignoring evidence about public figures they favor.

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3. International Oddities & Cultural Commentary (20:49-22:29)

• Portugal's veterinarians proactively refuse to treat humans who identify as animals after reports surfaced internationally of people seeking such care.
• Armstrong & Getty riff on the absurdity:
  • "Imagine trying to explain this to veterinarians 20 years ago. ... Well, I'm talking about people who identify as animals.” — Joe Getty (21:41)

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4. AI & Generational Shifts (41:36-43:39)

• Noting young people's skepticism toward AI—students booing AI mentions at graduations and Gen Z using AI for tarot readings.
• The hosts ponder whether society will ultimately accept or reject AI:
  • “Are we going to have a whole generation of young people that are so anti-AI...?” — Jack Armstrong (42:29)

Reflections on Technology

• Armstrong worries about AI eroding human uniqueness:
  • "A machine that can write me a song about the first girl who ever dumped me. No, I don't want a machine to do that." — Joe Getty (43:02)

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Notable & Memorable Quotes

• On Big Lies Succeeding:
  "People are more suspicious of the little lie than the big lie. And that’s how you get away with the big lie." — Joe Getty (06:44)

• On Government Accountability:
  "Your penalty is you get moved to a different department and they portray it as being fired." — Jack Armstrong (13:17)
  "Nobody ever pays a price for this stuff." — Jack Armstrong (13:30)

• On Willful Ignorance:
  "What is wrong with some of you people who will blindly follow a politician or a party no matter what evidence is front of your eyes?" — Jack Armstrong (34:42)

• On AI’s Role in Society:
  "So much of what makes us human is in that stuff. A machine that can fold my laundry for me? Yes, please. A machine that can write me a song about the first girl who ever dumped me. No." — Joe Getty (43:02)

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Key Timestamps

• CIA/Fake Credentials Scandal: 02:47 – 13:55
• Portugal’s Vets & Transhuman Culture: 20:49 – 22:29
• Biden Audio Lawsuit & Dr. Jill’s Book: 25:33 – 39:08
• AI & Magic 8-Ball Tarot: 41:36 – 43:39

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Final Thoughts & Episode Wrap (44:02–45:04)

• Quick final remarks about rotavirus making the rounds (not related to Medicare or episode’s main themes).
• Joe Getty, tongue-in-cheek: “For Christmas, I’m getting you that Jill Biden book.” Jack Armstrong: “I have a feeling by Christmas it’ll be at a pretty good price.” (44:08)
• The signature Armstrong & Getty pessimism-tinged optimism: “Don’t let the world fill you with despair... You got two friends. You’ve heard them on the air.”

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Summary

This episode is classic Armstrong & Getty: a whirlwind tour of government follies, media double standards, societal weirdness, and the uneasy advance of technology. If you missed it, here’s what you need to know: a con man infiltrated the CIA for years before being caught in a gold heist; Dr. Jill and President Biden are under fire for spin and cover-ups; and the show’s hosts remain deeply skeptical, darkly amused, and ready to call B.S.—all with a laugh and a jab.

Transcript

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[Jack Armstrong]

We have got to go bigger on this story tomorrow, and we've had time to really, really look into it. Joe gave us some of the information earlier today. It's going to become kind of a household name. Maybe they'll make a movie about him. This guy, David Rush, who's been in the CIA for a while, who had lied about everything his whole life and got into a very, very high level in the CIA. I was looking at the. The actual legal work on this sort of stuff. This is a. A horrifying black eye for the CIA. I mean, I'd say the headline as Joe mentioned was the 40 gold. $40 million with the gold bars gets a lot of attention.

[Joe Getty]

This guy that he stole. Yeah, but listen to this.

[Jack Armstrong]

This is from the beginning of the whole idea. This is a guy who was lying and cheating and stealing as a member of the CIA. Check. Never caught any of this. Listen to this. In 2009, a man named David Rush, a Navy veteran, took a job at the CIA. As part of the application process, he told the CIA that he had a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from Clemson University, when in fact he had never attained, attended the school at all or obtained a degree. So right there, he had never gone to Clemson at all. And nobody checked into that. Anyway, it goes on. Russia also told the CIA he had a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from Ren Senile Polytechnic Institute, which he in fact, had never attended or obtained a degree. Rush also told the CIA that he had been a Navy test pilot. Well, that's a pretty jazzy thing to claim.

[Joe Getty]

Only the best of the best, Jack,

[Jack Armstrong]

when, in fact, while he had served in the Navy, he had never been a pilot of any kind. CIA officials, CIA officials apparently never caught any of these falsehoods when they hired him in 2009, when, as a new employee, he submitted an application to obtain the highest possible security clearance. Highest security clearance you can get in our government.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, my gosh.

[Jack Armstrong]

Which means you got access to all kinds of information. Top secret, secure compartmented information. Rush again claimed to have degrees from Clemson in that science place. And he received the clearance. He moved up the ranks. So he's been in the CIA now for about a decade as of 2018. And he applied to enter the Senior Executive service, which would place him at the very top level of the CIA and among the highest paid of all agency workers. In that application. Hold on. This jumped. In that application, Rush stated that he was a graduate of the United States Air Force Test Pilot School and that he Was current director of test for 145 person 18 aircraft Joint Army Navy Weapons Test Organization.

[Joe Getty]

Currently.

[Jack Armstrong]

Currently. So this is in 2018 when he applies for the next level up. He says that he is the director of this 145 person agency.

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Wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

The, the affidavit continued that in the same application Rush stated that he had an 11 year tenure as a thesis dissertation advisor at the Air Force Institute of Technology. None of those things were true.

[Joe Getty]

And I'm ranked the number three lion tamer on earth. I mean, why not keep going. Holy crap. This is. You know, all jokes aside, this is incredibly disturbing.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's, it's got a whiff of. It's easier to get away with giant lies than small ones because who would claim they were director of a 145 person test pilot school? In fact, I've been the theser dissertation manager for the past dozen years. Who would make a claim like that if it was completely made up.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, it's funny, I've read about this in the context of propaganda how some of the master propagandists in history when they've talked about how they do what they do, the commonality is that they know people will. If you make a giant lie, people assume, well, nobody would lie about something that big. They might lie about little stuff. So people are more suspicious of the little lie than the big lie. And that's how you get away with the big lie. This guy, I mean obviously this guy's got a screw loose because if just speaking for myself, if I had stolen 303 gold bars that exceed $40 million in value, I'm not so much as rolling a sign for the rest of my life. I am, I'm telling the truth. I am the most upstanding citizen you've ever seen in your life. But this guy, I mean just, he was, he's a fabulous, He's a serial fabulous and a con man. But again, the fact that the government didn't get this, catch this. He wasn't applying to be a janitor in the Capitol, folks. He was looking for the highest security clearances at the CIA. And they didn't catch that he never even attended universities he claimed to have degrees from.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, he got the highest security clearance then a decade later applies to be at the highest level, to be the highest paid person among the highest paid people. He also, Joe mentioned this one earlier that he continued to claim leave pay for military service even though he was no longer in the Navy. I mean, that's some nickel and dime thieving, right There.

[Joe Getty]

Wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

Get to this. And then in November of 2025. So this is just seven months ago, six months ago, Rush allegedly did something astonishing, more striking than anything he had done before. According to the affidavit, Rush made several requests to the U. S. Government to obtain a significant quantity of foreign currency and tens of millions of dollars in gold bars for work related expenses. And then the CIA gave it to him. That's how he got the gold bars. So this past December, he goes to the CIA and says, you know, I was doing all this work for you guys, I deserve compensation and I would like it in gold bars, please. And they say, okay. And they give him all those gold bars.

[Joe Getty]

Well, wait a minute now. I don't know that it had something to do with his work with foreign governments or something like that, because it's $40 million worth of gold.

[Jack Armstrong]

Officials began handing rush money. This is from Byron York's column in the examiner today. Officials began handing rush money and gold. Only later did someone begin to begin to wonder what was going on. The CIA then searched a storage space in his office, but found only a portion of the currency that had been given. Government officials were unable to locate the gold bars. Blah, blah, blah, blah. Yeah, so, and so just back in this past November, he said, I did lots of work for foreign, you know, foreign work, and I need to be paid a significant quantity of foreign currency and tens of million dollars in gold bars. And the ca. I started giving it to him. And this is a very. This story is like so crazy, it's hard to believe. Byron York writes, the money angle defies description. How in the world did officials give Rush 303 gold bars? For what purpose did they believe he intended to use them in the foreign currency?

[Joe Getty]

Government of Oman, we're very close to a breakthrough here. I spread a little love.

[Jack Armstrong]

So he was claiming that, like, yeah, I need some gold bars so I can deal with some bad guys in the middle east.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, make it okay.

[Jack Armstrong]

We trust you. I mean, you've never lied about anything. You got that whole electrical degree and everything like that. And you're a navy test pilot. Who doesn't trust a navy test pilot. Right. And after your years of being in charge of the dissertations at the pilot program, it appears that all rush had to do is make one wild request after another for more gold bars and more currency. And the CIA said, sure, David, here you go.

[Joe Getty]

Well, when a three time masters champion asks for gold bars, you give them to him. It's right here on his resume. Yeah, this is, this is profoundly disturbing. I've had relatives as have you, gone through the high level security clearance process from the government. And I've been warned a couple of different times, hey, you might get called because I've listed you, blah, blah, blah. And it's, it's presented as a very, very serious and rigorous process. Well, maybe not so much.

[Jack Armstrong]

And what I say is he may claim he's the number three lion tamer in the world. He's fifth or sixth at best.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, yeah, please, please. He uses an illegal chair in the ring. Everybody knows it.

[Jack Armstrong]

There's a couple of dudes in India that are better lion tamers than him. I swear to God.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. The rankings are so fixed.

[Jack Armstrong]

This is an incredible story. I think there's going to be more to them.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, there's got to be. Although there. And here's where you get angry folks. Sorry. We've been enjoying it very much together, haven't we? How many heads will actually roll over this?

[Jack Armstrong]

Nobody.

[Joe Getty]

Somebody will blame a building, they will blame an office and no human being will take responsibility. That's government. Keep growing it though. Keep growing it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Byron York writes in the examiner today that this case is devastating news for the CIA. How could anyone have any confidence in an agency that repeatedly does things that are so self, self evidently stupid? How could this have happened? John Ratcliffe, the Trump administration CIA director, has a lot of work and explaining to do. Nobody will lose their job. The, the worst punishment that will happen is some people will retire early with their full pension. That will be the worst punishment anybody gets. If anybody gets any punishment at all or be reassigned and it'll be reported in the moronic news like they always do. Has just been removed from his position without the follow up sentence of and put in a different position that pays exactly the same and is actually easier. They never have that next sentence because that's what happens over and over with these government things. Your, your, your penalty is you get moved to a different department and they portray it as being fired.

[Joe Getty]

Right.

[Jack Armstrong]

And if you do get fired, you get your full pension and everything like that that goes with it. Yeah. Nobody ever pays a price for this stuff.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

I hope this doesn't happen, but I would be so not shocked if it ever does. We get attacked by China and all kinds of things fall apart and we find out that the military, the CIA, all kinds of different things are way less up to snuff than we thought they were.

[Joe Getty]

It would not shock me at all. Have you ever read and I know the answer for you personally Jack. But have you ever read the 911 report? It is unbelievable. There we are under attack and people are like, we should probably scramble some jets. Who do you call? I don't know. Base commander. He's not working. I don't. Gosh, I don't know. Call pilots.

[Jack Armstrong]

What?

[Joe Getty]

Pilots. We don't know what to do. Sorry.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I. I would never steal money or anything like that, but I wish I'd made up lies like this at various points in my life just for the fun of it. That would have had no effect. You know, applying for radio jobs.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

I was a Navy test pilot. Oh, cool. Then just tell stories about it.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. I finally worked up the courage to do that one night when I was drunk in an Uber and claimed I was with Craig, the healthcare guru, and claimed to the Uber driver that I was a healthcare guru. And you may recall this story, she said, oh, my God, I'm so glad. I'm having so much trouble with my health plan at work. What should I do? And Craig just looks at me like, go for it. Drink more water.

[Jack Armstrong]

Take small sips.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, I. Yeah. Have you called anybody? Call him again.

[Jack Armstrong]

Ah, this guy has got. They got to make a movie out of this, and we gotta see this guy and hear from him.

[Joe Getty]

You can go to the damn movie if you want. I want an investigation. I want the most stringent, high level, brutal, merciless investigation in the history of the Republic.

[Jack Armstrong]

How so? He's clearly got some sort of kink where he gets his. His. His. His fix is lying and getting away with a lot. Because if you're just trying to get money, as you said, you wouldn't. You wouldn't go about it this way.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. That's amazing. Yeah. I was a Navy tester mill. And he keeps lying.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'm in charge of a program. There are 140 people underneath me. And I've been in charge of the dissertations for when they get their degree for a dozen years. Cool. Just.

[Joe Getty]

You know, we've run into this sort of character before, whether it's Scott Peterson way back in the day or Joe Biden or Brian Williams, they get a thrill from completely unnecessary lies.

[Jack Armstrong]

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[Jack Armstrong]

Now, I know Portugal is the hot spot to go right now. I know this from several people, like

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Yep, yep, yep, yep. Place to move. I know several people, rich people in the LA area going to Portugal and scouting it out and all their friends are too. So. So you got people going there and claiming their cats or dogs or whatever.

[Joe Getty]

Well, here's the odd part. The regulatory body's decision follows international reports of young people seeking medical assistance at veterinary clinics abroad because they identify as an animal. Portugal currently has no official records of veterinarians facing such requests. Nevertheless, the professional body took proactive measures to legally safeguard veterinary practices.

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I wonder if that was just a preliminary. Oh, the Americans are coming and we know how crazy they are, particularly Californians. So we better get ahead of this.

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I'll bet it is. I'll bet it is the omv, that's these, that veterinary people there are unequivocal about the scope of professional practice. The governing body for Portuguese veterinarians states that professionals cannot diagnose, prescribe treatments or perform clinical procedures on human beings regardless of identity. Imagine trying to explain this to veterinarians 20 years ago. They'd laugh at you. What the hell are you talking about? Well, I'm talking about people who identify as animals.

[Jack Armstrong]

What the hell does that even mean?

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[Joe Getty]

Former President Joe Biden is suing the Department of Justice to block the release of transcripts and audio files of multiple interviews he gave a Ghostwriter for a 2017 book.

[Jack Armstrong]

The DOJ plans to release the material

[Joe Getty]

to the House Judiciary Committee as soon as June 15th. Biden's lawyers write President Biden, like every American, has a right to privacy and personal conversations he had within his own home.

[Jack Armstrong]

So I thought we were done with Joe Biden, but apparently we're not. You got two different stories going at the same time. Dr. Jill Biden's new book that is out. We'll talk about that in a second. Uh, but this, this lawsuit, which is Joe Biden trying to stop the transcript, the audio video from coming out. I was when he did those interviews with a ghostwriter. And it's gonna come out. This stuff always comes out. And so in June, there'll be various hearings and the Republicans are gonna do a good job of picking out the clips that are the most embarrassing to Joe Biden that make him look the most, you know, dementia riddled, which he was. So at the, at this point you. What is it to just to try to embarrass the whole Democratic Party and say, look, you covered for this guy. What the hell?

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, yeah, I think I. Or we made some comment that we weren't sure it was really necessary to release this correspondent JT and Livermore wrote, wow, I could hardly disagree more that there's no public interest. There was a conspiracy to cover up Biden's severe mental decline. The conspiracy was top to bottom and it put the entire country at risk, all to keep the Dems hold of power. I can hardly think of anything of more importance to the public than the audio Biden's mental state is outlined in the her report, etc. He was a. Well see, that's my response to JT. I thought, oh, that was so completely self evident.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, see I, I disagree with him. Well, it's an important topic. I agree 100% on that. I just don't think this is going to do anything for that. Is there anybody that doesn't already know that?

[Joe Getty]

All right, here's my disagreement with your disagreement. And this disappoints me, but I have to accept it. There's a large percentage of America, including the media, that was rejecting those stories completely at the time because Biden was in office and they were trying to hold on to power. But much like Dr. Jill, who we're about to discuss now, we're going ahead and telling the truth and we think everybody knows this was completely self evident. There's a certain chunk of Americans that probably need to hear this.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, I hope you're right.

[Joe Getty]

Shocking to me.

[Jack Armstrong]

I think everybody's either decided to just la la la. I don't want to hear about it. Let's move on. Let's look forward. I hope, I hope it should be well known, but you know, in our circles everybody's been on this story for how long? Eight years?

[Joe Getty]

Well, how long was it before the election that I swore up and down Joe Biden will not be the nominee. He will not be on the ticket in November. I mean, look, and I'm sorry I got saggy Mike syndrome. I really need to remember my Viagra in the morning. It's not like I'm some sort of seer. The guy's degeneration was absolutely clear. But it reminds me kind of the COVID stuff, that there's a lot of America who still doesn't know the lab leak is the accepted theory now. Still doesn't understand that the shutdowns were completely unnecessary, that the cruelty to the children was unforgivable. So I don't know.

[Jack Armstrong]

Anyway, so everybody with eyes and ears knew Joe Biden was struggling hard. But a lot of people tuned into that first debate between Biden and Trump, and he was a mess. And Dr. Jill Biden was watching that debate and she was shocked, too, according to this interview that's coming out on Sunday. Here's a little clip of that.

[Child]

Were you horrified as you saw it unfold? I wasn't horrified. I was frightened because I had never ever seen Joe like that before or since? Never or since? Yes. Or since. I've never seen. Never. No. What happened? I don't know what happened. I mean, when I, as I watched it, I thought, oh, my God, he's having a stroke. And it scared me to death.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow.

[Joe Getty]

She's a practiced professional liar.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'm not willing. Well, she's, she's got a job. She's got to change. She's trying to change the arc of history because she's going to go down as the villain and she should. Nobody was more aware of his situation than her, obviously, as his wife. And they have a more real marriage than like, Trump and Melania. They actually sleep in the same bedroom and stuff like that. So Dr. Jill Biden knew 100 what kind of shape he's in. So for her to say I never and be like that before. Okay, okay. Maybe you were lying to yourself or whatever, or you just weren't in the room. Whatever. I find it hard to believe, but since we're coming up on two years since that debate, two years this summer. You're telling me he's never had moments like that since then? Okay, sure, whatever.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Her. Just her practice. I'd never seen him like that before. Or since. Or since. I mean, she was obvious. It's like somebody testifying, you know, or being deposed or so what a liar.

[Jack Armstrong]

So they also need money. So she's got this book out. I have no idea what she got paid for this book based on that interview. What's the point of reading it? Because she's not telling the truth. If she was going to tell the truth about what was going on with his brain and behind the scenes and everything, that'd be fascinating, but obviously she ain't. I'll be interested to see. I will watch this Sunday morning how much pushback there is from whoever that interviewer was, because if you don't follow up with some of the stuff we just said. So you're saying the one time he seemed that confused that you've ever seen was that night at the debate.

[Joe Getty]

Sure. Go ahead and play 34 for us, Michael.

[Jack Armstrong]

Refresh. Yeah. With the COVID Excuse me. With dealing with everything we have to do with. Look, if we finally beat Medicare.

[Joe Getty]

Thank you, President Biden.

[Jack Armstrong]

And then. So we got to play this. This was her right after the debate. So you just. You, you, you. According to what you're saying, you thought your poor husband, your elderly husband who almost died of an aneurysm once was given his last rights. That's how close he was. You thought he had a stroke. So right after the debate, you took him to the Waffle House and the airport and did all these campaign appearances and said this, Leading the CR to the crowd in four more years. And then, then she says this, Joe,

[Child]

you did such a great job. You answered every question.

[Jack Armstrong]

You knew all the facts.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. She was terrified that her elderly husband had suffered a stroke, and that's how she acted.

[Jack Armstrong]

Surely, surely, in the near interview, the woman says that if you were so worried he had a stroke, why did you take him to the Waffle House? There are no doc.

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[Jack Armstrong]

There are no doctors there.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

And you know, for the millionth time, because we've been mocking this since the day after the debate when we had that clip talking about him like he's some sort of special needs person. You answered. He answered all the questions. He knew all the answers. Here's an ice cream cone.

[Child]

You did such a great job. You answered every question. You knew all the facts.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yay. Yay.

[Joe Getty]

Yell the cultists. What the hell? Politics is sick.

[Jack Armstrong]

Supposed to answer all the questions and know the facts. That's kind of the point.

[Joe Getty]

And again, Michael, give me 37. She's convinced, according to her new book, that she was. That her husband might have suffered a stroke, and she's terrified.

[Child]

Did the president get examined by a doctor or did he get a neurological scan? A neurological scan.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, this is kjp.

[Child]

What I can say is that just to take a step back, it was a bad night. We understand that it was a bad night. And the president has spoken to this, and he understands that.

[Jack Armstrong]

What a weird period to have lived through.

[Joe Getty]

And this. This is lying. Jill, the next day, what you saw

[Child]

last night on the debate stage was Joe Biden, a president with intense integrity and character.

[Joe Getty]

You know, though, please.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's hard to pick who's the villainist of the villainist. I suppose she is, but that crowd. God, do you just. You got no moral compass whatsoever or just. What is that? I couldn't do that. I don't care how much I want one particular per one side to win or one particular. I couldn't cheer and pretend. Yeah, he's on his game. What the hell is that? What is wrong with some of you people who will blindly follow a politician or a party no matter what evidence is front of your eyes? What is with you people?

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, that's. That's the business they feel like they're in. Yeah, it's crazy. The South China Morning Post is claiming there's a tentative agreement in Iran's negotiations pending Trump's approval. Let's go through that. It's the South China Morning Post. Freaking communists trying to dominate the globe and supplant America.

[Jack Armstrong]

I read the sports section. A lot of ping pong, but I don't read the politics part.

[Joe Getty]

Secondly, tentative agreement. Another tentative agreement pending Trump's approval. The hell does that even mean? All right, we have a tentative agreement on you buying this car, pending your approval. What are you saying? You have an offer?

[Jack Armstrong]

That's the whole thing, you see, is me deciding to buy it or not, right?

[Joe Getty]

Well, it's tentative. I said that. So you wrote something up and you're calling it a tentative agreement pending my approval. Well, let me look at it. Wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

Anyway, back to the Biden situation.

[Joe Getty]

They.

[Jack Armstrong]

They are. According to all reports from serious people, they are broken. They are a family who's been living the high life forever and they are flat broke. So I need to look it up. Maybe the numbers are out there. Who paid how much for that freaking book full of crap?

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, yeah. Hunter better start painting fast. Selling half million dollar paintings.

[Jack Armstrong]

I think you need to start painting houses, like, for, you know, whatever he can get for it.

[Joe Getty]

Hourly wage. Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

And then, you know, I wonder if she'll ever tell the truth.

[Joe Getty]

Nah. No, no, no, no.

[Jack Armstrong]

Because she's the villain. If she tells the truth, she's a horrible person. If she was to tell the truth, she'd have to say, I liked being first lady so much, and I like being rich so much. Mainly, I liked being rich. I liked limoing around and private planes, the fact that we had six houses and one on the beach. I liked it so much, I was willing to lie to the country and pretend that I wasn't trying to take care of a feeble old man who some days didn't know who I was.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. And I'll tell you, I've run into a couple of people like this lately. People who actually believe their own self delusion, they. They believe the S that they're putting out. If you know, it's. We all rationalize to some extent, but some people go way, way down that road. It's like OJ Dr. Jill is probably convinced herself that Joe was doing great. Occasionally he'd be a little tired, you know, but. And he had a bad night because he'd had a cold a week prior. Whatever. She probably believes that S. I heard

[Jack Armstrong]

this the other day. Denial as an acronym. Didn't even know I was lying. I am lying. Deny. L. I am lying. Didn't even know I am lying. Oh, that's don't even know. I guess that's it. It don't even know I am lying. Denial.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, truth bomb.

[Jack Armstrong]

And that's her. If you wanted to believe it really, really bad. And you sure do if you're her. And she's probably aware of their financial situation too.

[Joe Getty]

Ah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Not only am I not President, the First lady anymore, we're broke.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay. Well, the whole ball of wax to me for this story is the CBS follow up on any of those nonsensical answers. You thought your husband had a stroke and you went and did nine campaign stops over the next 18 hours. Okay, did you see a doctor at any point? I mean, it was so bad that the pliable press was asking in the White House press room the next day did he get a neuro neurological test or anything?

[Joe Getty]

Right, right. Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

So we'll finish strong next Armstrong and get foreign.

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[Jack Armstrong]

AI We've played a bunch of clips where anytime AI is mentioned at a graduation, the students boo. Which is kind of interesting because it's coming. It's coming like a freight train. There ain't no stopping it. Anyway. Gen Z according to this has started asking chat, GPT and Gemini for tarot readings. Guess that's become popular.

[Joe Getty]

Wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's like a really high tech magic eight ball. After years and billions of dollars spent trying to stop AI from making things up, hallucinating, they found where they want it to make things up. But where this goes is com a completely open question how we're going to mostly use this technology,

[Joe Getty]

right?

[Jack Armstrong]

We think we know. We have guesses we don't actually know as companionship, as amusement for work. Will will will we turn against it? Are we going to have a whole generation of young people that are so anti AI it's just no, absolutely not. No chat bots, no blah blah blah.

[Joe Getty]

I think it's too useful.

[Jack Armstrong]

I use it every day and I love it. I do wish it wouldn't talk to me like a human though.

[Joe Getty]

I'm Telling you it's creative. Should I even use that word? Its abilities to create things that normally humans had to be gifted to create. It can just crank out in the tenth of a second. I find that so disturbing. So much of what makes us human is in that stuff. A machine that can fold my laundry for me? Yes, please. A machine that can write me a song about the first girl who ever dumped me. No, I don't want a machine to freaking do that. That's the.

[Jack Armstrong]

Your final thoughts with Armstrong and Getty. You'll get the facts. They're sharp and steady. Tune in tomorrow. Don't you forget it. For more from Armstrong and Getty, you. Here's your host for final thoughts, Joe Getty.

[Joe Getty]

Let's get a final thought from everybody on the crew to wrap up the day. Michelangelo in the control room will lead the way.

[Jack Armstrong]

Michael, final thought.

[Joe Getty]

Just so you know, you guys, for Christmas I'm getting you that Jill Biden book.

[Jack Armstrong]

So I'm gonna get it on clearance. I. I think I. Yeah, I have a feeling by Christmas it'll be at a pretty good price.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, boy. Yeah. Jack, final thought for us.

[Jack Armstrong]

Rotavirus, R O T. A virus. That's what I think I had yesterday. It's going around the country. It's very contagious and it hits you like a freight train with your stuff stomach. So if you have that happen all the time, you're not dying. It's the rotavirus.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, I'll pile on. I was doing a little news search for that. Right now it's all about the Bay Area. San Francisco, Bay area, Northern California. About a month ago it was all about the east coast. Theoretically it was kicking around there. So it's here, there and everywhere. Look for it in an airport near you.

[Jack Armstrong]

So you think, did I eat something funny? Why do I feel like this? Great. At least it didn't last long. Armstrong and Getty wrapping up another grueling four hour workday.

[Joe Getty]

So many people. Thanks. So little time. Go To Armstrong and getty.com for the hot links for the Angie Swag store. Pick up an enforce the law T shirt. Drop us a note. Mailbagarmstrongandgetti.com there's something we ought to be talking about. Send us the link or what have

[Jack Armstrong]

you got an interesting conversation today for one more thing. The podcast, which if you don't get that, it's a completely separate thing we do. You should look for it wherever you get podcasts. We'll see you tomorrow. God bless America. I'm strong and Getty.

[Joe Getty]

Don't let the world fill you with despair.

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