Back to episode — Episode 2826 CWSA 05/01/25
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g at the criticism that's coming in from the dumb people. So somebody is criticizing me for not being expert in deals. Well, surprise. I'm actually expert in deals. I used to be a contract negotiator for a living. And then when I became a cartoonist, I was deeply involved in contract negotiations my entire career because there were always licensing and publishing deals etc. So I actually am an exp…
← Previous segment →ster, he talked to a bunch of people who voted for Trump and he wondered if they were still backing Trump given that they were feeling some economic pain and probably were going to feel some more. And he said that it's unprecedented that Trump voters still stand behind Trump despite the economic pain. Luntz said on CNBC, "I've never seen this before." Because usually when you're hurt economically, that changes your perspective and your politics. Not with these people. They're staying firm. Now, the way he says it makes it sound like the people are stupid. Is that how you hear it? You know, like they don't know what's in their own best interest or something. I don't think he understands Republicans. The defining characteristic of Republicans is that they're long-term thinkers and they're willing to take some short-term pain to get there. It's probably the most defining characteristic. So here the president has given Republicans the following proposition. There's going to be some short-term disruption and it's the only way to get to this way better situation. And then Republicans listened to him and said, "All right, so we're going to have to suck it up for a while." Yes. And then they say, "Got it. So we'll suck it up for a while." It's the most defining characteristic probably more than just about anything. I mean, everything from religion to starting a family to staying out of trouble and almost everything Republicans do are very obviously and clearly oriented toward the long term. And when you look at systems over goals and when you look at Democrats, it seems completely oriented towards some kind of short-term dopamine hit. Like even the story I was telling earlier about the DNC head, how is that any kind of a long-term anything if they're fighting about whether the head of the DNC is diversified enough? There's no long-term anything with that. It's just short-term dopamine pleasure. Ah, we got rid of the white guy. It is the single thing that defines I think Rep
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ublicans from Democrats. It's the ability to take some pain to get to a better place. That's it. So I would not have been surprised. Frank Luntz. According to the new Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney, he says, quote, we all recognize climate change as an existential threat. Which makes me wonder who is he talking to? I mean, he wasn't addressing America, but is that true? Is it true that ever…
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