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Back to episode — Episode 2932 CWSA 08/19/25

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more years, you might never die. I think I've been hearing that for 50 years. Meanwhile, the Texas Democrats who went rogue and left the state so that they wouldn't have to vote on the gerrymandering proposal in Texas, they have returned. And did they gain anything? And once again, we see that they didn't have any leaders because you can't name anybody who was associated with it, right? There's n…

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whether or not he can get it done. But he's already made you think about what it's like to have them all done. It's perfect technique. He also uses repetition. He just keeps saying, "Oh yeah, I think we can get this done. We got to get this done. We got to stop killing. We got to get it done." Repetition really matters for persuasion. So he's got that right. So he's got the repetition and he's making us think past the ending of it. That's all good.

But here's the best part. Remember I always told you that reality follows the best story, the best story. So if you're watching a big, let's say, Super Bowl and there are two quarterbacks that are famous, one of them often has a better story. So it might be somebody, for example, who had been fired by the very team that they end up playing in the Super Bowl. Now, if that quarterback wins after being fired by the team that they're playing, well, that's a better story. So, it's more likely that that quarterback will

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win because it would make a better story. Do you know what would make a great story with the ending of the Ukraine war? The great story would be that Trump came in office and ended all war everywhere on the planet. That's the best story. You can't get a better story. Now, given the power of that story and knowing that, you know, wars all have to end. Eventually, they have to end. That is a really…

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