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I'm Kinsey considering voting yes on DeSantis if he finally admits that he has lifts in his boots.
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I'm sure he does.
Joe Getty
Maybe three inches, four inches at least. That's US Senator and colleague of Marco Rubio. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania saying he will vote for Marco Rubio as Secretary of state. Ron DeSantis or Ron DeSantis would vote for Ron DeSantis as Secretary of Defense if he's nominated. If he admits he has lifts in his boots.
John Fetterman
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John Fetterman
I definitely like the new Fetterman post stroke better than the old one.
Joe Getty
Yeah.
John Fetterman
Which no endorsement of that terrible medical malady, but he sure is a different dude.
Joe Getty
So we're not there yet that Trump needs to name DeSantis as the nominee for Secretary of Defense because you still have old Pete Hegseth in there. He hasn't gotten out yet. Here's a little on the reporting on that from Bill Malusion on Fox. Now Hexeth also met yesterday with Senator Roger Wicker.
John Fetterman
He's the incoming chairman of the all important Armed Services Committee.
Joe Getty
Wicker says Hegseth pledged to him he.
John Fetterman
Would stop drinking if he sec deaf investigation was made about him being intoxicated at several times.
Joe Getty
And so the questions that every member.
John Fetterman
Will be asking him led to his and he categorically said he would stop drinking more altogether if he becomes secretary. Exactly. And then the rest of the allegations in the New York article and the like, how. How did you ask about that?
Joe Getty
And he stated categorically they were untrue. So I hadn't thought about that. If you're a big drinker, you can very easily. I just finished reading Bob Woodward's War Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense. You get phone calls at 2:30 in the morning and have to make some serious decisions very quickly. You can't be drunk and or hungover.
John Fetterman
No.
Joe Getty
So it's not just do you drink during work hours? Because your work hours are literally 247 when you're Secretary of Defense.
John Fetterman
Right.
Joe Getty
So as he said, he doesn't drink at all. He told Megan Kelly yesterday he doesn't, he's not an alcoholic. And he said yeah, he would be.
John Fetterman
Willing to give up alcohol entirely during his stay as Pentagon.
Joe Getty
That's a good commitment as Senator Wicker.
John Fetterman
Said, you know, so I thought a couple of days ago his nomination was shakier than I think it is today and goodness knows it could go either way. But he is absolutely manfully and intelligently saying this is a manufactured takedown. I am not going to back down in the face of this crap.
Joe Getty
Okay.
John Fetterman
And I admire him for that.
Joe Getty
Yeah. I want to hear that Wall Street Journal stuff you have before you get to that. I think this will set it up. So a little piece from the New York Times. Trump has made clear to people close to him that he believes he should have been more forthcoming about the problems he would face getting confirmed according to two people with knowledge of his thinking. So it's possible. And you never know if this stuff's true or not, but it's possible. Trump's like, dude, you gotta let us know so we can be ahead of this stuff. Possible Politico is reporting. Well, actually it's a quote from he's lawyer whose name par defended he communication with the Trump team around all this stuff and why he didn't tell him. He lawyer said it's not something you would necessarily be expected to disclose. Were you ever falsely accused of something that the police investigated and clear you of? That's not a question that comes up in any background check. Yeah. Would it?
John Fetterman
Kind of.
Joe Getty
And that's absolutely the sort of thing you would disclose. How many of you have been investigated by the police and then cleared and then you think once you're clear. That's a non story in my life. It's not worth ever mentioning to anybody. Really.
John Fetterman
You don't follow politics much for one.
Joe Getty
Right. No kidding.
John Fetterman
Of course, this is his attorney who also said that he wasn't even the state for the alleged strip club incident where he was hammered and wanted to get up on stage with the dancers. Who knows what's true? But so One dynamic I've been aware of is that his current colleagues and very recent past colleagues at Fox News has said he's the stand up EST guy they've ever worked with. They never sensed any problem. He never maltreated anybody. And so I was surprised to see this headline. Pete Hegsis drinking worried his Fox News colleagues. Sources tell NBC News. Right. I went to this story that happened to be on MSNBC. Citing 10 current and former Fox News employees. NBC News reported that on more than a dozen occasions they smelled alcohol on him before he went on air. They don't say what time of day or why he was on air or anything like that. Right.
Joe Getty
So those are unnamed Fox employees. Doesn't mean it didn't happen. But Brian Kilmeade on Fox and Friends said, we've all worked with Pete for 14 years and none of us have been contacted by any reporters. That's what Kilmeade said. I think it was yesterday on Fox and Friends.
John Fetterman
Uh, so two of those people said on more than a dozen occasions, but those same two people who are not willing to put their names forward said that during his time there, he appeared on television after they'd heard him mention being hungover. All right, so he showed up to work slightly hungover and never missed a cue, never missed a day of work, never missed anything, according to the same anonymous rumor mongers.
Joe Getty
Well, that gets the question I've been asking, asking all along, shouldn't we have a make a decision as a nation on what our standards are for people that have some of these jobs? Are you not allowed to go to strip clubs or you're not allowed to have affairs or you're not allowed to ever be hungover? I mean, that would have eliminated a lot of people that like have statues in parks for them in US History. Winston Churchill wouldn't have been Prime Minister, for instance.
John Fetterman
Right. And as one of our beloved listeners pointed out quite eloquently via email, I thought, this is really good. So I want to mention his name. No, that's not it. Never mind. He pointed out this stuff only runs one way. Democrats always make like it's some big deal when a guy was hungover once. Oh, for God's sake. Chicken ass.
Joe Getty
Well, I guess we have a clip about the strip club. I want to hear this. And I have a question.
John Fetterman
So how do you respond to those reports?
Pete Hegseth
All of those allegations are anonymous. All of them are unsubstantiated. No one's putting their name on it. No one can point to an actual incident. An Actual place, an actual piece of evidence. None of it. I was at my brother's house last night where I was talking about, where did this allegation come of me being in a strip club?
John Fetterman
That's.
Pete Hegseth
That's one of the things that's been.
John Fetterman
In Louisiana that you're in a strip club.
Will Friedle
Not just in the strip club. Strip club.
John Fetterman
Storming the stage.
Pete Hegseth
On the stage at a strip club. Where did this come from? And they said, pete, don't you know what happened there? I said, no. He goes, there was an incident at a strip club. Something happened that was addressed. You were nowhere near there. You weren't even at the event. You weren't even in the state. You're being accused of something you weren't even at. So if they're making up an instance of something where I didn't even attend, how can you believe a single other thing that any of these people are saying in any instance?
Joe Getty
Well, I assume that's 100% true, because I. There's no way you'd want to come out and say that and have that turn out to be wrong because then you're doomed. So that must be true. And that's a pretty good point. If you're going to make those claims. And I wasn't even in the state on the date you're claiming this happened. The rest of the stuff falls apart. And then what do you think about the whole Brian Kilmeade, who's on Fox and Friends daily, but also worked with him on the weekends, saying we've all, all the people on the couch, like the biggest stars of Fox said, we've worked with Pete for 14 years and nobody's asked us and we never saw any of this stuff. What does that mean to you?
John Fetterman
Which is, which is why I went to that headline from NBC News thinking, oh, wow, that contradicts what I've heard. But no, it's two anonymous crackpots making ridiculous. Who cares? Allegations. So did that answer your question, or. I think, yeah, the fact that everybody he works with now says, no, he's a great guy. There's no problem. But his piece in the Wall Street Journal, Pete Hegset is there, available today. It's. I faced fire before. I won't back down. I look forward to an anonymous. I'm sorry, to an honest confirmation hearing, not a press show trial based on anonymous accusations. And he says, on these pages, 18 years ago, I penned an article titled More Troops, Please. I was a young US army lieutenant who just completed a combat tour in Iraq, and I believe we needed more troops and a new strategy to turn the war around. I had seen a lot, been through a lot and believed in my troops and the mission. Ever since then I've been fighting for our troops. And he goes into his background of founding and advocating for organizations that are all about the troops. A couple of different ones, including one that overspent and went into debt and he stayed there at the helm until they paid off all their debt. Very stand up guy, at least by his description. And he has volunteered over and over again to protect his guys. Then he reenlisted. He'd missed the sense of purpose of being in the military. Then he talks about when he came back he founded Concerned Veterans for America. His background is an organizer and worker and guy who cares is really very very impressive. Then he talks about his work at Fox News. He says where I saw my work as a continuation of my mission to fight for America again. The Legacy Press has used anonymous sources to try to discredit even that. Please see my X feed for all the on the record sources whom I actually did work with and know what kind of person I am and how I conduct myself. I've been through a lot. Combat tours, job changes, divorces and family challenges. Yes, I love my mom very much and she loves me. I've always led with honesty, integrity and passion. Tragically, many veterans never find the purpose for the next chapter and succumb to the bottle, depression or worst of all, suicide. I understood what they're facing because I've lived it by the grace of God. I took another path. My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ has renewed and restored my life. I am saved by his grace. The press is peddling anonymous story after anonymous story, all meant to smear me and tear me down. It's a textbook manufact takedown. They provide no evidence, no names, and they ignore the legions of people who speak on my behalf. They need to create a boogeyman because they believe I threaten their institutional insanity. That is the only thing they're right about.
Joe Getty
Yeah, so I don't really have an opinion on Pete Exit being Secretary of Defense or not, other than some of my favorite pundits are really in favor of him getting the job. So it makes me think I'd be in favor of. But I definitely have an opinion on these snowballing witch hunts that happen in Washington D.C. particularly around Republicans, like having like happened with Kavanaugh. And that's not good. That's not the reason to get rid of people. And I like the way the goalposts always move. So it started with he may have, like, raped a woman or something, but that one kind of fell apart or went away. And now we're down to he was hungover at work. I mean, what would you disqualify anybody for anything before because they were hungover at work a couple of times.
John Fetterman
And you got all sorts of drunks and philanderers and stolen valor punks in the Senate on the Democratic side, for instance. Yeah. It's funny how these standards change case by case. More on that. My only concern about Pete is whether he would be effective in taming a gigantic bureaucracy, because that's a specific. That requires a specific skill set.
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John Fetterman
Did not notice.
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John Fetterman
Yeah. I was actually engaged in one of my beloved hobbies which I want to talk about later. Just that whole doing a hobby because it makes you happy and it's good for you as opposed to having an end goal. I struggle with that and I think a lot of people do.
Joe Getty
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John Fetterman
Anyway, more on that to come. So Coffee Drinkers of the World Unite. Came across this rather interesting piece about what actually happens when you have your coffee in the morning or all day long in some folks case. So let's say at 8 o'clock you take your first sip of coffee. They mentioned that there are significant differences between the way people process, between the ways people process caffeine. And it's kind of understood, but only partly gender differences.
Joe Getty
You know, of course there is.
John Fetterman
The word is sex, men and women and genetics.
Joe Getty
Of course there is. I've never thought about it before, but of course there is. And that explains me, my kids, people I know and the way they react, you know, the way they handle drinking coffee in the way I do. We react completely differently. Yeah, right.
John Fetterman
Or alcohol or whatever. Yeah. It's one of the most liberating things in the world, folks, when you realize, oh, different people perceive the world differently than I do. They come to different opinions and that's okay.
Joe Getty
Anyway, some people not get like the jag from coffee that like you and I get. Do some people. Because it's like painkillers don't make me high and happy, so I have no desire to take them. But I know people, they like. The first time they ever had any painkillers like, this is the greatest feeling I've ever had. Do some people not get that from coffee?
John Fetterman
Yeah, I suppose so. And I know you and I differ in that I drink a fair amount of coffee too, but I don't get headaches if I don't get coffee. I just think, man, I'd like some coffee.
Joe Getty
I feel like a railroad spike has been driven through my eyeball.
John Fetterman
So the first mood alteration when you take that sip is likely placebo rather than any biological change. Especially if you're in the routine of consuming caffeine every morning. To actually get any effects from caffeine, it's got to get into your bloodstream, which takes about 20 minutes or so.
Joe Getty
I've been aware of this from my drinking days. I would get that feeling you get after having a beer. When I decided to have a beer before I even opened it up. So the brain was like, okay, we know what's coming. Release the chemicals. And it does the same thing with coffee. That doesn't surprise me.
John Fetterman
Yes, I can attest to that phenomenon. You're not alone. About 20 minutes in, the first thing you experience is an increase in heart rate. If you're in a low state of arousal. Not that kind of arousal. Clean it up.
Joe Getty
Walking around with the direction and a cup of coffee.
John Fetterman
Oh, my God. He couldn't let folks. I begged him. I begged him. Let's see. Which is why people rely on the cup of coffee in the morning. Within 20 minutes, your mental performance has already improved. You feel more alert, switched on, able to tackle cat tackle tasks. The flow of coffee into the bloodstream causes adrenaline to be released.
Joe Getty
Does it say less angry at any point? Because that's what happens for me.
John Fetterman
Less likely to snap at people. It can actually sharpen your vision too. Which probably explains why morning paper spreadsheets, whatever, are easier to read after a coffee or two. Wow.
Joe Getty
That's what you need, Michael.
John Fetterman
Yeah, I may have to start drinking coffee. Sharpen your vision around 20 minutes. Come. At the 20 minute mark comes the old rush of euphoria. It's when you're feeling good, you're feeling positive, you're greeting your colleagues, whatever.
Joe Getty
It's the roe everything's great. Always has been, always will be.
John Fetterman
By 8:30. Oh, nature calls. Literally, because caffeine is a diuretic, and so you gotta pee. I tell people all the time, we would get on, get ready to go on family vacations and of course I would be in charge of finishing packing the car and pushing the rope, hurting the cats trying to get him in the car and the mood was always a little tense and then when you go off down the road. But I was never hard ass dad about no, it's too soon to stop to go to the bathroom because I was swigging out coffee.
Joe Getty
I was the first guy who had to stop, right?
John Fetterman
Anyway, by 9:30am an hour and a half later, much sooner for other people. All of a sudden your your bowels say, well, good morning all. I am. I'm feeling excellent about the day and there's something I would like to accomplish. I don't have time to explain the metaphysics of it, but that's unmistakable.
Joe Getty
Why do your bowels have an English accent?
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Er.
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Joe Getty
I'll think about that forever when I'm in coach where I mostly am. Go poop in a bucket you beast.
John Fetterman
That is really funny so Senator Josh.
Joe Getty
Hawley laid into the CEOs of the big airlines yesterday in a very populist way that maybe we'll play some nice.
John Fetterman
Yeah. Okay. So I thought this was so interesting. Getting back to the coffee discussion. Then I want to move on to France.
Joe Getty
Hmm.
John Fetterman
Roughly 60 to 90 minutes after consumption. Your results may vary. All of us feel strange rumblings below. And they point out they used to.
Joe Getty
Make that joke on friends all the time about coffee making you poop. And it always struck me as weird because it doesn't me. Not that you probably want to hear this much about it, but it just. It never. It's never have never been a correlation for me.
John Fetterman
Definitely mobilizes the troops in my case, but. Wow, this is the worst discussion we've ever had. Only if you make it childish. I'm more than capable of carrying this on in an adult way.
Joe Getty
What makes you poop, Katie?
John Fetterman
Oh, gee, money. Oh, Lord. What I gotta work with. Don't. As if you're going to dignify his stupidity. I don't have.
Joe Getty
Does coffee have. Do you drink coffee, Katie? I don't even know if I paid attention.
John Fetterman
I do.
Joe Getty
You do. And does it have the effect on your bowels that Joe is mentioning?
John Fetterman
No. No, it doesn't. I'm perfect.
Will Friedle
And women don't do that.
John Fetterman
Jackson.
Joe Getty
That's right. Women don't do that. Keep it that way.
John Fetterman
Yeah, that is a. That's an excellent point, Katie. Thank you. So, anyway, what's interesting is, though, coffee is a vasodilator. And I've heard that it dilates your veins eventually and everything just gets going more. There are also compounds in coffee, including decaf, that cause those rumblings. But note, please. Again, he. The adult in the room says coffee drinking has been pretty strongly associated with a lower risk of colorectal cancer. And one view is because of those compounds, effects on gut motility, as they say, getting things up and going. Coffee also has been shown to lower the risks of type 2 diabetes, among other things. And then they talk about the crash and the headache, and then you want more and all. But we all know that. So, anyway, let's see now.
Joe Getty
A long time ago, some radio doctor. I don't remember who it was. I remember them saying the only downside of being a coffee addict is you're a coffee addict. Other than that, there's not really a problem. Still, mostly true, as far as I can tell. Yeah.
John Fetterman
As far as I've observed. One more somewhat interesting thing I came across was this doctor who's A neurobiologist, he coined the term the 90 minute rule about coffee, suggesting the best time to drink your morning coffee for optimal productivity is 90 to 120 minutes after waking up.
Joe Getty
Not a chance, Not a flipping chance. Who's going to wait? Wait an hour and a half for their first sip of coffee after they get up? Good Lord.
John Fetterman
This is said to help you avoid the dreaded mid morning energy crash and cortisol spike which will affect your sleep. Well, he should mind his own. Damn. Yes, no kidding, we're agreed on that. So, complete change of topic here, Michael, we haven't played transition music in a long time. Do you have something good handy there at your fingertips when we veer wildly from topic topic. Sometimes it helps to clear the palate, cleanse the palate. There we go, that's nice.
Joe Getty
Ain't got no cigarettes. There we go.
John Fetterman
That groove is just intoxicating.
Joe Getty
The great Roger Miller.
John Fetterman
Love it. Anyway, this is certainly the co finalist for the most important story any American could pay attention to with the, you know, small group of stories about how China is constantly attacking us. We're in a full on cold war as they are hacking into our phone systems and stealing our technology and America's lousy with Chinese spies. But the other one is the problem going on right now in France. Don't get hung up on the particulars of parliament and prime ministers and presidents and wait a second, I thought Macron was the president, but they have a parliamentary system. Oh my gosh. Well, they just had a no confidence vote, essentially throwing out their prime minister, even though he might stay in office because of some of the rules and regs. But again, that's not the important part. The important part is this. They are in complete political gridlock because they have overspent their revenue so much and they are so saddled with debt and expensive interest payments that they are going broke. And the measures it would take to fix the problem are so politically unpopular, the whole thing is crumbling and nobody knows what to do. Nobody can form a coalition, nobody can get elected telling the truth. France is nigh on screwed and we're about two strides, you know, behind them.
Joe Getty
Well, how did you go broke? Gradually, then suddenly. One of the best things ever written about that, because that is what happens. It feels gradual till the point that it's just, okay, now we're screwed, I'm screwed, the family's screwed, whatever, the country's screwed. And then, and then there's no fixing it. There's no coming back saying, oh, wait a second, I didn't know or something. It's. No, it's. You're. You're done.
John Fetterman
Maybe you prefer the metaphor of the boiling frog, which is especially appropriate because we're talking about French people, surely. Or the nickname on any. Yeah. Anyway, so putting aside the particular parties and personalities, Marine Le Pen, you've heard of her, the right winger and unruly alliances of leftist parties and Macron's so called moderates and all. Don't worry about that. Here's the deal. Le Pen joined with leftist lawmakers backing the no confidence vote for the current prime minister. Dude. After he said, look, here's 60 billion euros, about $63 billion. It's quaint by U.S. monetary foolishness standards, but France is a much smaller country. He produced about $73 billion in spending cuts and tax increases. What he's trying to do is narrow France's deficit, which is going to reach more than 6% of their gross domestic product this year, which is double the European Union's limit because they have rules to keep everybody from going broke and then making everybody else bail them out like Greece did. But this Barnier is this guy's name who just got voted out. He spoke to the lower house as people were shouting at him. He was had a solemn look on his face and he said, look, we need to fix our finances. We're spending more on servicing our debt than our entire defense budget. Quote, listen to me, this reality is here to stay and it won't disappear by the magic of emotion, of censure. In other words, okay, get rid of me, get the next guy in. He's going to have exactly the same problem and they're politically paralyzed.
Joe Getty
Well, I started the show talking about Mitt Romney's speech yesterday, his leaving the Senate speech, when he talked about the thing that bothered him the most is that he couldn't make any movement on bringing the parties together and doing something about our debt. And he mentioned, you realize that if we didn't have of so much we were spending on just the interest payments on our debt, we could double our defense budget or double our Social Security payments and Medicare payout or double lots of things. You realize if we didn't have to pay, but we do and nobody has any interest in doing anything about it and it's only going to get worse.
John Fetterman
Our spend thriftways are a choice and they have real consequences. But there is zero political gain in pointing that out. That is so you're going to eat your spinach and we do not have an electric that is willing to Eat spinach. At this point, just one more note on the French thing and it's going to be frustrating and I know y'all are with us on this, but when the poo hits the ventilation device, a huge percent of the population and a lot of politicians are going to say, how did this happen? But.
Joe Getty
Right.
John Fetterman
And I'm going to be slapping my forehead. But anyway, so Marine Le Pen, who I agree with on a fair amount about immigration, that sort of thing, said she was prepared to vote in favor of an extension. She was railing against Barnier's measures as an assault on working and middle class households that have borne the brunt of the cost of living crisis. This budget takes the French people hostage. She said, good luck.
Joe Getty
Well, good luck to us.
John Fetterman
Yeah, no kidding.
Joe Getty
And you know, that's not good for the United States either because France is one of our main allies. We end up in a full on war with China. France will be on our side and we'll need them. And if they're broke, they're less help.
John Fetterman
Oh, yeah, Yeah. I don't know, I'm, I'm just. I think I'm resigned to the disaster. I just feel.
Joe Getty
I think I am too. I think I am too. They're going to grow up in a different country than I did. A much weaker country with much higher taxes and lower services, which I don't care that much about. But it'll be a different. It'll be a different country.
John Fetterman
Yeah. I'm looking for the energy that would be behind a reckoning with the problem and a summoning the will to fix it. And I don't, I don't find that energy anywhere.
Joe Getty
There are lots of people slash families that do the same thing, you know. You know, you got to get your act together. It could be your weight, it could be your credit card, it could be lots of different things. You know, you gotta eat right here, act together. And when do you. After the disaster hits? After the heart attack? After you actually get your car repossessed or lose your job? After the disaster. And we are gonna have to have a disaster before we'll do anything about it. Well, not looking forward to it.
John Fetterman
Super. No, the kick in the gut.
Joe Getty
I'll just mention this briefly before we take a break. Did you see the pictures of Hunter Biden at Arby's?
John Fetterman
I missed that. Somehow.
Joe Getty
I don't think I've ever seen anybody look so happy. And when I saw the look on his face, I thought, you know, I get it, it makes sense.
John Fetterman
I hate it.
Joe Getty
But he was facing A miserable end to his life. He's early 50s, he's going to spend 5, 10, 15, 20 years in prison, right? Be broke forever.
John Fetterman
Well, and that's just the existing convictions. Nevermind all the crimes he may have. A money laundering, fair of violations, everything that his daddy preemptively pardoned him. His daddy declared that for an 11 year period, Hunter Biden was not subject to the laws of the United States. And if he broke a single one, all is forgiven preemptively, no matter what he did. Treason, murder. Well that's a local charge as well, but just that it's obscene.
Joe Getty
So that guy who was facing prison and a whole bunch of other stuff getting uncovered to make his life even more miserable and ending up broke as of Sunday night is a 50 something rich guy who's never going to jail, ever. Yeah, imagine the weight lifted off of his shoulders. Kind of funny that he ended up at the Arby's Adventura.
John Fetterman
But people want to have the meat.
Joe Getty
They have the meat.
John Fetterman
So.
Joe Getty
Huh, huh.
John Fetterman
Where are you gonna go?
Joe Getty
You're gonna go where they have the meats.
John Fetterman
Got.
Joe Getty
And so then the other story, if you haven't heard this, have you heard about who Joe Biden's talking about pardoning? I mean, this was reported yesterday by the great political reporter Jonathan Martin. We should tell you about that when we come back.
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Feel more seasonal in here already.
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Joe Getty
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John Fetterman
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Joe Getty
As Will Ferrell said, an elf Santa sits on the throne of lies.
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So Jonathan Martin's one of your top political reporters in America, and he put this out yesterday, and it got a lot of attention. Top Biden aides are conducting a vigorous internal debate. So they're actually debating this over whether to issue preemptive pardons, which would be an extraordinary step to inoculate potential Trump targets from prosecution. At issue, whether to err on the side of protecting figures like Anthony Fauci. Freaking shift the Mr. Russia gate. Liz Cheney, in case Trump pursues him.
John Fetterman
Hey, you're the people who engage in law fair. The Republicans don't do that, you scumbags.
Joe Getty
Um, and the debate is over whether or not Biden should issue a pardon like he did with his son or avoid any suggestion of impropriety by handing out pardons. Such individuals are not even seeking over things they haven't. Nobody's even. I mean, there haven't been pardons like this before. I was reading through a bunch of the. The legal people jumping in as soon as this news broke yesterday. This would be a new territory for the pardon power of just. There's a person that might. Somebody might come after them over something. So they're part.
John Fetterman
And I like them. Yeah. I'll just put them above the law.
Joe Getty
Whatever might be.
John Fetterman
It's obscene. It is horrifying. If this gets through. I don't. There will be a reckoning over the pardon power. 100%.
Joe Getty
Yeah. There's been a fair amount of talk among various legal people of whether or not we ought to reign that in or do away with it completely. And then who's the guy who got shot in the duel? Alexander Hamilton. He wrote the Federalist paper arguing for the pardon power. But it perhaps relied on. I'm stealing this from others smarter than me. It perhaps relied on certain kinds of people in the presidency that weren't going to abuse it. And then if you get a certain kind of person in the presidency that's going to abuse it, it doesn't work anymore.
John Fetterman
Yeah. Honorable moral people don't need as many rules as. As not honorable people. Like an entire family that sells influence and launders money, for instance. Oh, boy. Yeah.
Joe Getty
I just frustrated. I almost want Biden to do it. Kind of practically like taking a page from the whole Marxist playbook of let's make things so awful they have to be rebuilt. Just, you know, go, go, go whole hog with this. Do it. Do just crazy pardons. And then let's have a real conversation of whether or ought to be able to do this or not.
John Fetterman
And in what way.
Joe Getty
Yeah.
John Fetterman
Yeah. If the media were not the lap dogs that they were, everybody would be talking about this all the time. It's an enormously important story. The idea of preemptively declaring people above the law for a decade or more of their lives. What the hell. The Founding Fathers would be loading their muskets. And this is not a call for any sort of violence. It's merely a phantasmagorical fantasy. They would be loading their muskets and saying, time for another one. Round two, here we go.
Joe Getty
Well, they're vigorously debating it inside the White House right now. So who knows which direction they go or, you know, they don't have to do all of them. Maybe they do. Liz Cheney or just Adam Schiff or whatever. But it'll still be extraordinary if they'll.
John Fetterman
Declare what they think they're guilty of. They need to be pardoned. I might be more patient with it.
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Podcast Summary: Armstrong & Getty On Demand Episode Title: Why Do Your Bowels Have An English Accent? Release Date: December 5, 2024
In this engaging episode of Armstrong & Getty On Demand, hosts Joe Getty and John Fetterman delve into a variety of pressing political issues before transitioning into a lighter, yet intriguing discussion about the physiological effects of coffee. Here's a comprehensive breakdown of the episode's key segments, featuring notable quotes and insights from the conversation.
Discussion Highlights: Joe Getty initiates the conversation by addressing the contentious nomination of Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense. Hegseth faces allegations regarding his alcohol consumption, which Getty scrutinizes alongside Fetterman.
Notable Quotes:
Joe Getty [03:26]: "I'm Kinsey considering voting yes on DeSantis if he finally admits that he has lifts in his boots."
John Fetterman [04:03]: "I definitely like the new Fetterman post stroke better than the old one."
Key Points:
Allegations vs. Defense: Hegseth denies the unverified claims, emphasizing the lack of concrete evidence. He asserts, "All of those allegations are anonymous. All of them are unsubstantiated." ([10:08] John Fetterman).
Contrasting Perspectives: While Hegseth maintains his innocence, some Fox News colleagues defend his character. Brian Kilmeade mentions, "We've all worked with Pete for 14 years and none of us have been contacted by any reporters." ([08:30] John Fetterman).
Political Standards: The hosts critique the inconsistent standards in political vetting, questioning the fairness of disqualifying candidates based on unproven personal behavior.
Discussion Highlights: The conversation shifts to the Biden administration's internal debates over issuing preemptive pardons. Getty and Fetterman express concern over the potential misuse of pardon powers to protect political allies.
Notable Quotes:
Joe Getty [46:50]: "They need to be pardoned. I might be more patient with it."
John Fetterman [47:00]: "It's obscene. It is horrifying. If this gets through."
Key Points:
Historical Context: Referencing Alexander Hamilton, Fetterman discusses the original intent behind the pardon power and its potential for abuse in modern politics.
Current Debate: The hosts argue that preemptive pardons could undermine the rule of law, suggesting that such actions would lead to a "reckoning over the pardon power" ([47:43] John Fetterman).
Legal and Ethical Concerns: They explore the implications of granting immunity to individuals who may be targets of political prosecution, highlighting the dangers of politicizing executive clemency.
Discussion Highlights: Getty and Fetterman turn their attention to France's escalating financial crisis, characterized by excessive debt and political paralysis.
Notable Quotes:
John Fetterman [34:10]: "Maybe you prefer the metaphor of the boiling frog, which is especially appropriate because we're talking about French people."
Joe Getty [37:58]: "Yeah, no kidding."
Key Points:
Economic Overspending: France is grappling with a budget deficit exceeding 6% of its GDP, double the EU's limit, leading to potential political instability ([36:21] John Fetterman).
Political Gridlock: The inability to form effective coalitions exacerbates the crisis, leaving France vulnerable both domestically and in its international alliances, particularly with the United States.
Global Implications: The hosts express concern that France’s financial woes could weaken a key ally, impacting broader geopolitical dynamics ([37:58] Joe Getty).
Discussion Highlights: Transitioning to a lighter topic, the hosts explore why coffee acts as a laxative for many individuals, humorously tying it to the episode's title, "Why Do Your Bowels Have An English Accent?"
Notable Quotes:
John Fetterman [24:38]: "Why do your bowels have an English accent?"
Joe Getty [29:32]: "Make that joke on friends all the time about coffee making you poop."
Key Points:
Physiological Effects: They discuss how coffee stimulates bowel movements through increased gut motility and the release of certain compounds, with Fetterman explaining, "Within 20 minutes, your mental performance has already improved. You feel more alert, switched on, able to tackle tasks." ([22:53] John Fetterman).
Individual Variability: The hosts highlight that not everyone experiences the same effects from coffee, attributing differences to genetic and biological factors ([21:07] Joe Getty).
Humorous Angle: The playful banter about bowel movements and coffee adds a relatable and entertaining layer to the discussion, making complex physiological processes accessible and amusing to listeners.
This episode of Armstrong & Getty On Demand masterfully blends serious political discourse with relatable everyday topics. From scrutinizing political nominations and presidential powers to dissecting the scientific reasons behind coffee's effects on the body, Getty and Fetterman provide a well-rounded and engaging listening experience. Their ability to interweave humor with critical analysis ensures that the podcast remains both informative and entertaining for a diverse audience.
Notable Timestamped Quotes:
This structured approach ensures that listeners grasp the depth and breadth of the discussions while capturing the hosts' unique rapport and insightful perspectives.