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was watching that and it appears, and I can't read her mind or anything like that, but whether or not I ever agree or disagree with Marjorie Taylor Greene, she's just so likable. Is it just me? Am I the only one who just sees her and I think you're just so likable. It doesn't matter, you know, if I'm on board with the same policies. Sometimes I'm not, sometimes I am, right? But she apparently, and…

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ats. All right. So now you tell me what they have in common.

You said charisma. Charisma is true, but it's not what I'm looking for. You're right about the charisma, but I think there's something even bigger. Confidence. Look at that. Confidence. Oh, you're so close. You're so close with confidence. But there are some other words I'm looking for. You ready? Here's the reveal. They're fearless. They're all fearless. Oh, you beat me to it. Damn it. Just as I said fearless, it went by in the comments. So one of you beat me to it. They're absolutely fearless. And I'm just drawn to fearless people. You know, there's a story today about Nancy Mace going off swearing at some TSA people. I don't even need to know the details. I don't care. I don't need to know the details. I don't need to support her or not support her or anything. I would just note that she's definitely not afraid of anything. She puts on a very brave persona, which I think is the real thing. I mean, if you look at her life arc, a lot of bravery in there. And all the other guys, take somebody that maybe you don't like so much, but maybe I like more than you. Take Bill Maher. I know. I know it drives you crazy. I totally understand the people who say, you know, don't make him a hero. Then you're just giving away power to the other side. Get it? I get it. Totally get it. And that's not wrong. You're not wrong about that. But I can't really help who I like. And when I look at Bill Maher, if you look at his history, the way to become Bill Maher in 2025 is to be the worst version of Bill Maher in I don't know 20 whatever earlier. Don't you think that becoming a stand-up comedian has

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got to be the hardest, most humiliating, you know, punch in the gut thing if it doesn't work out that night? And nobody kills it on the first night. So if you look at what a lot of these people had to do to get to the position where we all know their names, it's very impressive. And every one of them is fearless. So I love that. The rest, it's up to them. They'll have to come up with good ideas fo…

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