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So talk a little bit about some new polls out that show that uh at least at the moment that Trump is in serious trouble. um with the voting public. Now, he is not up for re-election next year or in three years. It doesn't really matter in that respect, but he needs to maintain control of the Congress or increase Republican control of the Congress, the number of members in the Congress, in order to get his agenda through. And the midterms are at the end of next year. If he doesn't do that, he's a lame duck for two years. Nothing will happen. He'll get nothing through. And um and and that would be tragic. So the big issue right now is not that people don't like his immigration policies. They think he's doing a bangup job on it. Not that they don't like what he's doing with the narrrorists. They think he's doing a bangup job on that. They think he's doing a bangup job on um making peace deals and all this kind of stuff. They think he's doing a bangup job and all of that stuff, but it doesn't fit their priorities. The overwhelming majority, I think I said it was either 52 or 57% of the respondents, their top priority is the economy, affordability, and those other things, while they're very important, they're not priorities. Crime, 9%. I have the list here. I shouldn't shouldn't try to guess uh uh damn. Yeah. In terms of priorities, um lowering prices 57%. People say that's their top priority. Controlling immigration 16%. Reducing crime 9%. That that doesn't mean that it's not an important issue for them. It just means it's not their top priority. Um, ending the war between Ukraine and Russia, 7%. Maintaining peace between Israel and Gaza, 6%. Eliminating drug traffic from Latin America, 4%. All very important issues, just not top priorities. Um there is a Maris poll indicating the Democrats in a generic election for the midterms have a 14-point lead right now. Now all that can change if suddenly the economy changes and the administration is saying there will be big changes in the first half of next year. Trump needs to make that happen. And you know, they're saying the um between energy and tariffs and uh all of the other things that they're doing, trade deals and new business coming into the country that should get the economy back up and running strongly in the first half of next year. And and that's got to happen for them. But they need to be out there selling that You know, Trump when he goes out and he speaks, he says, "Well, prices are down. You know, gas is down." And but he doesn't he doesn't get into any detail. His administration needs to be out there and his surrogates in Congress need to be out there selling the plan and they're not doing it. So, there's um there are some problems ahead unless they do a better job with that. All right. 5089960500 is the number of Europe next on WBSM. Thanks for hanging on. >> Hi Barry. >> Hi. >> You know I'm an old guy, right? >> What was that? >> I've been in business. You know I'm an old guy. >> Okay. >> And I've been in business most of my life. And I can tell you that Trump is an extraordinary businessman. >> Mhm. >> He wouldn't he wouldn't be a billionaire. And all the money that these countries like Saudi Arabia and Japan all y >> they're not >> they're not investing millions. inspect and they're giving trillions. >> Yeah. >> Not millions, trillions. So, this is like building a house. You know, you start with the foundation and then, you know, it takes the longest time to see anything really get done, especially to finish work. And this is what's happening right now. So, if you want to get rich, invest in America. >> But you know what? No, what you're saying is absolutely right. It's 100% right. The the problem is that the people on Main Street go to the polls and they're the ones that vote. And the people on Main Street are still paying $28 a pound for steak and they're still paying almost three bucks a gallon for gas and they still can't afford to buy a house. >> Biden caused all this. >> But but that doesn't matter. It doesn't matter to the average person who's out there >> at Stop and Shop on on Saturday morning and they're looking at their grocery bill. Oh my god. You know, uh, I got to get a pair of shoes for the kids. Oh my god. You know, it doesn't matter who caused it. They want it fixed. And Trump said, "I'm going to fix it." And he hasn't yet. >> He will. Give it Give it time. >> Yeah. Well, I agree with that. I agree with that. But they need to be out there selling the program. >> He's only been in office 9 10 months. >> Yeah. >> The man's incredible. >> Yeah. Oh, I I agree with you. BUT NOT ONLY DOES he have to deliver, but he has to sell it. He has to be out there right now selling it. >> He is selling it. He's already sold it to me. >> Yeah. Well, but I mean, again, you're you're okay in America. >> You're you're doing okay. There's a lot of folks out there that are just making it. And again, they're buying they're trying to buy food and they're trying to buy, you know, sneakers for their kids to go to school and they're trying to, you know, pay their their heating bill and they're saying, "Where's the relief we were promised?" >> How about all the people that are on drugs that are that can't make ends of meat? You know, that's the problem. >> Yeah. >> And he's trying to stop it. >> He's trying hard to stop it. And I think he will. Uh but in the meantime, you know, the people the people need and expect and want immediate relief and they don't see it happening. So he's got to tell them, "Hang on, stick with me. You've come with me this far. Don't leave me now because the payoff is going to be big after the first of the year." But he's got to convince people to stick around. He's got some time to do that, but he's got to do a better job of selling it. Thank you, my friend. 5089960500 is the number. You're next on WBSM. >> Hey, Barry. How you doing? >> Good. the hell are you? >> I'm trying to keep up keep up with the heating bill, you know. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> H It's outrageous. I want to talk about Larry Summers and and uh about Snap. Let's start with Larry Summers. >> Yeah. >> Uh we all know that Larry Summers was uh secretary of treasury under Bill Clinton and he also was uh the Harvard president from 2001 to 2006. And uh I've seen various news reports on Larry Summers and he's in hot water because he he's first of all Larry Summers a married man with children and he was having an extra marital affairs with young women. >> Well, we don't know that. Hold on just one second. We don't know that. Yeah, we know he's apologized. >> Show the emails that were released by the DOJ and I've seen them on the news. >> But you haven't seen Have you seen those emails? Cuz I haven't. >> I've seen it on the news. >> You've seen emails that say that he had he had relations pages of the emails of his correspondence with uh with Jeffrey Epstein and how we asked for advice about our particular young woman that uh was giving him a hard time. She didn't want to she didn't want relations when should he do uh to attract these these women to like him more. And the other thing is uh it's there's more it's going to come out. These are things that I've seen on the news. I'm not going to go over the radio and and say lies about >> Yeah, but I haven't All right. I I I'm not saying that you're saying lies, but a lot of things get reported that are not necessarily confirmed or factual. >> The literal the literal copy of the emails, two of them between him and Epstein. And uh according to the [clears throat] news report, uh he was having communications with Epstein from 2006 as later, >> right? But that doesn't mean he was having sex with kids. >> We don't know that yet. >> Young, they said young women. They didn't say anything about young kids. Well, a young woman could be 18, too. You know, we we don't know yet. Nothing has yet. >> He had communic uh that he was having emails, sending emails back and forth from him to Epstein. Uh and uh he was talking to him from [clears throat] 2016, I think, up to 2022 until, you know, he got busted. In 2019, he there was a court case, you know, about the one in Florida where that was dismissed. And even after he was dismissed, he was still talking to Epstein. As a matter of fact, at the time, he was still the president at Harvard. So, I mean, more is coming out, but they showed the the the little digital copies of his emails. So, I'm not going to go over the airways and I'm not going to uh go out and invent stuff. I I I I seen it on the TV. As far as SNAP is concerned, from 2021 to 2025, this was reported on on your news station and others news stations, there's been a 20% increase in MBT cards in Massachusetts, especially for illegal aliens, and they're getting $2,000 a month on EBT. And I saw uh an interview with uh with Elon Musk and he was talking about when he was with Doge, he and they asked him about fraud and federal social programs like welfare, SNAP and so forth. He says this somewhere between two to300 billion dollars of fraud and abuse that's happening in the government. You know, this is going on all all day long. Nobody goes to jail. I mean, Mory Healey and the super majority Democrats are violating, I'm going to quote you the part of the law, and if you don't believe me, you can look it up, federal immigration law, title 8, subsection 1324, triple I, it's a crime to shelter, aid, and illegal aliens. You got 501c3s and NGOs's, especially in the city of New Bedford. You got CDEC run by director Karen Williams. And in the south end, you have the executive director, Lena Hughes, that's running the immigrant assistance center. And they're in violation of title 8 subsection 1324 triple I and nobody does nothing. No Republicans, no Democrats. I think a lot of people upset cuz Donald Trump said he was going to take care of the illegal immigration problem, but yet we have over 25,000 illegal aliens according to the last census, which was back in uh 2022. Nothing's being done. I think many Americans are just ticked off because he's not doing anything about that. >> Yeah. Well, you know, again, I it is the there's a lot of reasons why the economy is is is not shaken out yet. And it's um um it's not because there there's a lack of effort. Uh there's a lot of lot of work being put into it. There are things that are holding back. And one of the things has been the the refusal of the Fed to uh reduce interest rates and that that's hurt a lot. thing, Barry, the other thing, Barry, is is artificial intelligence. I mean, I listen to CNBC and Bloomberg and other uh the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times, and we hear about tens of thousands of layoffs, whether it's American Airlines, Target, Amazon, I mean, the list goes on. General Motors, thousands, if not tens of thousands, UPS, and they'll just they're just getting rid of a lot of employees. A lot of it's artificial intelligence. It could show weakness in the economy. But like I said, I do a lot of my research. I'm not going to go over your your radio station. I'm not going to go and invent stuff. I'm telling you from what I'm seeing and I saw the digital copies on Larry Summers. He's in doodoo because he got involved with Epstein and he went to the island and the emails, >> right? I I I have I have read all of the stories about Larry Summers. I have the the main story from two days ago right in front of me. It's open right here in front of me. I can look at it. There's uh where he talks about a mentee. Well, hold on. Listen. I I sit here quietly listening to you and I get three words out of you jumping down my throat here. >> Question. Go ahead. Go ahead. >> I'm just I'm telling you there there is no specific allegation at this point that Larry Summers had sexual relations with a minor. There's no there are words like menty and so on and so forth. No. >> Menty was the woman that the young woman he was involved with. But we don't know what he did with her or how old she was. Now, I suspect based on his apologies already that he feels he has something to apologize for. >> Of course, he has to apologize. >> But we don't know that yet. >> Cuz he cheated. He cheated. >> But we don't know that yet. All we know is we've got a guy, a very well-connected guy who is apologizing and stepping back and resigning and everything. So, he is insinuating that he did something wrong. But we don't know that until the files actually are released and we read in them. But there is no file that is out yet that says Larry Summers violated a child. We don't have that yet. Now, do I believe that that probably exists based on his uh reaction to all of this? I suspect that it probably does. Um, we got to wait and see what happens though. 5089960500 is your phone number. And you are next on WBSM. Thanks for hanging on. Hi Barry, how are you? It's good. >> I'm good. Barry, I just wanted to bother you for one minute and make sure that I personally took the time to invite you tonight to the country club to listen to Mike Nog. If you could make it, we'd love to have you, Barry. >> I and I appreciate that. Sheriff Hodson invited me out there as well. That's tonight at 7 o'clock if I remember. >> 6 to 8. >> 6 to 8. Yeah. And it's open to the public, right? Folks can go by and meet him. Absolutely, Barry. But I I know that the sheriff did, but I wanted to invite you also. >> You're awesome. I appreciate that. >> Okay. I hope to see you tonight, Barry. And anybody else who wants to come. >> Thank you. Uh yes, the Republican gubernatorial uh candidate Mike Mino is going to be at the New Bedford Country Club from 6:00 to 8 tonight. And if you want to go by and meet him and uh and uh get to know him and everything, that's certainly going to be available to you. All right. 5089960500. You're up next on WBSM. Good afternoon. >> Hi. Good afternoon, Barry. >> Hi. >> I [clears throat] was listening to you, you know, talking about people having a tough time making ends meet. Well, you know, then they need to do what um our parents did and what you did as a parent. They need to maybe get a second job. You know, there are a lot of employees looking for help. And if they can't make ends meet, then the the uh answer is get another job or get a part-time job, work a little bit more. You know, people everything today, everyone's so used to getting everything so easy that God forbid they actually have to work for it. And if they have to buy their kids sneakers, don't go and buy them the $120. I don't even know what sneakers go for because I buy I look for deals with sneakers. I buy mine at TJ Maxx and I would never even buy a pair of Nike sneakers. But, you know, the other day I had to laugh. I was watching um just the news and they were showing kids in a school and they all have the same Nike sneakers. I'd like to know what those go for. I I guarantee you they're about a buck 50. So, you know what? You just tell your kids, "Sorry, you can't have the Nike sneakers. You're going to have to >> Oh, but we're not talking about Nike sneakers, Kathy. I'm talking about Walmart sneakers. I'm talking about any sneakers." There are a lot of families in this country right now. Hold on. There are a lot of families in this country right now that are struggling. And not because they're not working enough hours. It's because they have kids. And you know, I mentioned earlier, my wife and I are dropping about Hold on, Kathy. Hold on. I listen to you. Listen to me. I mentioned earlier my wife and I drop around 170 bucks on average a week at the supermarket. That's a lot of money. That's just the two of us. Now imagine if I've got two and three kids, okay? And um you know, also buying sneakers, cheap Walmart sneakers, uh buying clothing for school, uh paying co-pays for kids to go to doctors, and all the other things you know that go along with raising kids. So you don't have to be living in an exorbitant lifestyle to be strapped for cash while you're working hard. It's and that's part of the problem that we have right now in the country. And I'm not blaming Trump for that. Trump inherited that. But Trump has to deliver on the promise that he made that he was going to fix that and make life more affordable. >> But it's not just Trump, Barry. It's local. If these people are having a tough time >> Yeah. But hold on because you you and so many people are missing the point here. And I keep getting text messages from people that don't even understand what the hell I'm talking about here. Mora Healey is responsible for our utility bills being very expensive. I get all of that, but the public doesn't care about that. The public knows that their bill comes in the mail every month and the bill is this much and they can't afford it. And the first person that they point their finger at is the guy who said, "Elect me and I'm going to make life more affordable for you. Well, Barry, how stupid is that on their part? How stupid is that? If they don't recognize that a lot of their expenses are coming from Mara Healey, >> Kathy, that doesn't matter. That doesn't none of that matters. What matters is it's happening. Okay? So, this is my point that nobody's listening to me on. Trump needs to do a better job of telling the public what's going on. And they're not doing that. They're not delivering the message. Trump needs to get out there and his surrogates need to get out there and say, "Look, we've been in office 11 months. We've done XYZ to fix the economy." Okay, we've had resistance from the the Fed, the Federal Reserve. This hasn't happened. That has But all of these things are going to come together. We've got courts, the Supreme Court threatening to take away our authority to to issue tariffs and so on and so forth. All of this stuff is coming together and it's going to take a couple more months and then you're going to reap the benefits. This is going to happen. that's going to happen. But they're not doing that. So, I mean, they're losing the public. Most people don't have time to I know you study this stuff and you watch the, you know, Newsmax and One American News and all of this and people, you know, the call talk shows are usually pretty up to date on what's going on. The average person isn't. They don't have the time for it. They're living their lives and they're >> That's the problem. That's what I'm trying to get across to you. That is the problem. They are not paying attention. They don't get involved. They don't demand that their local government, you know, do what's right. They just expect miracles. They expect to just put their head up their butt and everything's going to be wonderful. And guess what? It doesn't work that way. It doesn't work that way. They want to, you know, you know, the whole society is so different from what it was once was. People today have expectations like um everyone everything's going to just work out fine if they don't get involved. they're just going to sit back, you know, um, eat their Doritos and drink their soda and watch football and the world's going to be wonderful. Well, guess what? That's not the way it works. They don't get involved. They don't pay attention to what their kids are being taught in school. Their kids are getting brainwashed, indoctrinated into all this insanity. And then you wonder why. I mean, just look at like um, uh, what was his name who came on was telling people how they have to behave on airplanes. And you see what's you see the videos of people fighting on airplanes, people with their feet up in the air behind somebody's chair. I mean people that's what our society has come to. Our society has come down to a bunch of >> right and all of this is what we have dealt to us. This is our hand. Okay. So I can't solve all of the problems of the world or all of the problems of the country. Neither can you. We can't force people to vote. We can't force people to be educated about it. None of that matters anyway. It doesn't matter. You can be outraged at people eating Cheetos and watching football, but that doesn't solve the problem that we have here. The problem is the economy is no better now than it was when Trump took office. Trump ran for president and said Biden screwed up the economy. I'm going to fix it. Day one, I'm going to fix the economy. Want a drill, baby drill. Everybody's going to have plenty of gas and it's going to be under two bucks and stakes going to come down and eggs are going to come down. All the prices are going to be wonderful again. And it hasn't happened yet. So it doesn't matter whether you watch football and eat Cheetos or whether you watch the news 24/7. You're going to go and vote next year and you going to go vote on two things. Number one, what was I promised in 2024? Number two, what is my reality today? So it doesn't matter. None of this other stuff matters. It's just noise. If the Trump administration cannot deliver on the promise that it made to the people, he's going to be dealt a blow in the midterms. And that's a simple truth. It is the reality of it. I'm with you. More people should pay attention. More people should know what they're doing when they vote. But they don't. And we can't fix that. We've got an election coming up in less than a year unless this administration and it isn't Morah Healey. It isn't Joe Biden. It isn't anybody else. Donald Trump has to deliver relief. All of these other people did bad things to us in our economy and it costing us to, you know, spend a lot of money and pay a lot of money. Trump promised to deliver and to fix it. If he doesn't deliver and fix it, he's going to pay the price at the ballot box next year. 5089960500 will come. >> Dashing through the store. [singing] Dave's looking for a gift. One you can't ignore, but not the socks he picked. >> I know. I'm putting them back. >> Hey Dave, [music] here's a tip. Put scratchers on your list. >> Oh, scratchers. Good idea. >> It's an easy shopping trip. We're glad we could assist. >> Thanks, random singing people. >> So, be [singing] [music] scratch. >> Please play responsibly. Must be 18 years or older to purchase player claim. Back to Barry [music] Richard on WBSM. Call 508996500 [music] >> midnight at the Oasis. [music] Send your camel to bed. >> All right, welcome back to the program 234. I'm getting a headache today. You know, I just I don't understand the logic behind some some of you folks that um because I am pointing out a reality to you, something that you need to you need to be maybe slapped a little bit and and wake out of it. Uh snap out of it and understand because I am telling you um a truth that you may not like to hear. I'm not being I've been being accused of being disloyal to Trump. Oh my god, I'm being disloyal to Trump. I'm being oh giving up. I'm surrendering. I'm g No, I'm telling you the truth. I swore on day one of this this gig that I've got right now that I would never lie to you. I'm telling you the truth as I see it. The administration has to do a better job of convincing the people that we are still on course for an economic erection and that that's going to happen sometime soon or he's going to lose the people and he will lose the midterms. Now, if you find that being disloyal or abandoning or or you know you're crazy. You've got to be able to sit down and do some analysis. And you guys are better analysts than that. If you don't see this, you don't see it um at your own peril. That's all I can say. 5089960500. Thanks for hanging on. You're up next in WBSM. Good afternoon. >> Good afternoon, Barry. >> Hey, >> I um yes, I uh believe you're right. Uh people vote by their pocketbook. Uh, I'm a I'm a Trump supporter and I always will probably be, but if he doesn't do better with the economy, and it's not his fault. I mean, he was left with that, but he has to do better. Uh, it seems like when you go out, everywhere you go, you spend money, everything is going up up up all the time. >> Yeah. Uh the gas the the the fuel came down and they were saying that's why your groceries are high because they got to bring it in. But the gas did come down. So I don't know if what's going on with the grocery stores. Are they the one gouging you or what? You know, sometimes you think what's going on with them because they keep on going up and up and up. >> Well, you know what? They never came down. That's the problem. and and you were supposed to see prices come down and with the exception of eggs, I don't know of anything else that came down in price. And even the gas, the gas came down a little bit, but it went back up again. >> Well, certain things in your grocery store and other places are going up. >> Uh say for instance, coffee. I know it's a lot. It's in it's imported, >> but uh not long ago, I was I go to Cland Farms. Not long ago, I was paying way under a dollar for a large cup of coffee. Now it's $2. I mean over >> Wow. >> So, you know, every time you go into a place, you say, "What the hell is going on?" >> Yeah. Exactly. And and you know what? There may be some good reasons for it, but it doesn't matter. Trump got elected. I love Trump till the day I die. And I think Trump's been, you know, one of the greatest presidents we've ever had in this country. And I think he's really trying his butt off. I think he's got a plan. I think the plan needs to be followed through and needs to be worked out. And I think ultimately we'll be okay, but they have to get out there and tell the people because, you know, people Yeah. people don't care about, you know, Mora Healey and what she did to energy prices and all that. All they care about is they open their their their checkbook at the end of the month and see how much is there. He's doing a terrific job and everything, but uh that's that will hurt him definitely uh with the economy because I think that's what the Democrats are going to nail them on. You know, he's got to he's got to improve it. >> And I hope I hope he gives the seniors uh a little better in their uh cost of living at the end of the year instead of one 1% or one and a half%. I mean, they can do better than that. Well, we're going to we're going to see our t no longer going to be taxed on social security after the first of the year. So, that's that's a benefit. You'll be able to get more, but it's not going to be like a a more healy 11% pay raise or 10% pay raise for the legislature. We're never going to see that on social security. That's never going to happen. Um, but you're right. And and there, see, there's another case. Now, the seniors are the voters that are the most difficult to win over. They should be out every single day talking to seniors about how their um you know how their cost of living is uh you know uh going to be adjusted and how the the no longer going to be taxed on on your social security and all that. But they're not doing that. They just assume everybody knows this stuff and you can't do that. No, I I I hope he's not out of touch with the seniors because uh a lot of us are watching this time around and uh uh what is he going to do for us, you know? So, >> absolutely. Thank you, my friend. Appreciate it. 5089960500 is the number. You're next on WBSM. >> Good afternoon, Barry. I agree with you. I agree with you 110%. >> He's got to focus all his energies, everything, everything. and the Republican party, everything has to be focused on the economy right now. You know, people do, you know, the thing people notice the most is gas prices, right? I mean, you know, I've seen gas come down just a little bit, but you know, nothing like uh, you know, what what was when Trump was in office before. And, you know, like you say, he said, "Drill, baby, drill." You know, well, let's get drilling. I just paid for 465 bucks for oil. I think 300, sorry, $312 a gallon. I can remember back when he was president, I think I was the the best I had was about a buck 50 a gallon, which which was great. People people understand that energy prices, you have to you have to do that. Uh, you know, he's got to he's got to start focusing on that. Everything else should be full 100% on the economy. It has to be. And giving people relief and people notice it at the pumps and that's what people notice it the most. Energy, you know, we're going into the winter now. People have to heat their homes, you know, the heating oil and so forth. But uh you know and and the Republican party has to get behind them. They they don't they just don't do it. You know, they >> No, I mean they they they don't they get in these circular firing squads and shoot at each other. But you know, I think that the plan the plan is a plan in in in progress and and I as I said earlier, I remember during Reagan's first administration, it took him over a year uh for all of the policies to finally kick in and for the economy to get better. I mean, under under Jimmy Carter, we were paying double-digit interest rates to buy a house and and stuff like that. I mean, it was just totally miserable. We had we couldn't even get gas back then. Remember, they shut the the spigot off. We couldn't get any gas. And um >> Right. But >> you look at like look at look at Mario. Look what's going on in our state. Typically, the the blue states are the most expensive states to live in, you know, >> and uh as opposed to the red states. He's got to sell that because you know again what she's doing to our to our state you know illegal immigration has killed >> but you know what the voters come next come next year the voters are not going to differentiate they're not going to they all they know is they got a guy who said you know I'm going to do this and and they're going to say well you know yeah you didn't do it and it ain't really going to matter in Massachusetts anyway because we're going to elect all Democrats anyway right all the Yeah. But I mean it's it's in the states where it does matter, where they do actually have two parties, uh that it could make a big difference. And um >> but especially up here in the Northeast, you know, people, you know, when it gets into home heating all the time, you know, people think, you know, be freaking out. You know, you can if they start seeing their heating bill go down and the price of gasoline go down, they can look at look at it. But if he doesn't do this, we are in big trouble of losing uh losing in the midterms big again. And you know, that the the uh media, the Democratic media is is, you know, is uh you know, they do a good job at beating the hell out of this. >> Well, Trump's, you know, campaign was promises made, promises kept, and now he's promised this a better economy, and he's got to deliver, and he's working his ass off on it. He's working real hard. Um the policies have not kicked in yet. And I think I think um from what I hear from people in this administration, we should see start to see a noticeable difference after the first of the year. And you better hope we do. Thank you, my friend. I got to hold you right there. I got a whole bunch on hold now. I want to try to get everybody in before the end of the day. You're next on WBSM. [clears throat] Good afternoon. >> Hello. >> Hi, Barry. >> Hi. >> Hi. >> Now, there's no question about it that some things have to be done. I was listening to vice president the other day and he agreed that the housing has to have something done and they haven't really come up with a solution cuz I feel bad. I have a daughter and uh and a husband both went to college and they're they're renting out a a home for like $1,700 a month which is up in New York area. But um people don't realize that uh I think some of them do. The last administration put a wrecking ball to this country. >> Yeah. >> I mean they destroyed everything everything they could get their hands on. And you don't you don't really hear a lot about that. People just talk about the economy and I understand that. But people have to realize this guy is saving thousands of lives. Thousands of these he's blowing up these boats in the water. Some people say it's not it's not good, but every a lot of people agree with it. These pe these things are killing our children. And you don't hear people calling you up and mentioning about that. They're just talking about their wallet. >> No, because every time you hear the media talk about it, they question the legality of it or the ethics of it. I mean, how dare he I actually had a story from AP that I read on the air last week about how they were uh uh they decided to take a deep dive into just who these people were that were on the boats and these were poor uh you know poor guys that were down on their luck and they couldn't make a living in their home of I don't know wherever the hell they were from in El Salvador, Venezuela, whatever Colombia and uh so they went out well yeah they were running drugs but you know they they they needed the money and so so you know they sympathize with these people that are running the the fentinel into your country to kill your kids. And this is the kind of media coverage that that we're getting on this story. >> Yeah. People have to realize that the last administration, they were out to take over our country. They were destroying everything. Even I felt my life was at state. I honestly did. And I feel a little safer now. And there's no question that the economy now I think it I think it did go up about like 1% uh housing and stuff like that compared the what the Biden administration when it doubled and and that's a hard thing to to do what they're trying to do. And and I don't think Donald Trump is bragging about a lot of stuff he's doing. He has a way. >> But he needs to see that's that's the problem. He needs to because the media is telling you the economy sucks. The Democrats are telling you the economy sucks. Trump needs to go out and say this is what we are doing and this is the results we're getting so far. >> A good attitude. Yeah. To me, he's just trying to show a good attitude, trying to keep people upbeat. >> Yeah, but you got to sell people. >> You got to convince people to go out and give him more Republicans in Congress next year. But you you got to tell them why >> they need to do that. >> Yeah. I think I think I I really I really admire the way he handles himself. I mean, I'm not making any more money than I did before he was president, but I know what's going on. I know what he's doing. Yeah. >> And and that's why I think there's more people who do like him than there are who do not. >> Well, I you know, look, I think people again people I don't want to say people are fickle, but I think people um can only see as far as the end of their pocketbook. And if if times are tough and times are still expensive for them and again you know if if you're you know you got some money whatever maybe it's not such a big deal but if you're a family and you're working and you got two three kids and you're trying to buy the sneakers and you're trying to put the food on the table and you're trying to pay for little league I don't know if you put a kid through little league recently it's very expensive um all this all these kind of things save for college for your kids and all that it is very difficult to get by right now never mind coming up with a down payment for a So, you elect a guy, you love him to death. You love him, but he said he was going to fix all this on day one, and he hasn't yet. It may not be his fault that he hasn't, but he promised. And that's what people are going to remember when the next election comes along. Thank you, my friend. I got to get a break in. 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That's gofundme.com. gfu ndme.com. This is a commercial message brought to you by GoFundMe. Back to Barry [music] Richard on WBSM. Call 508996500. [music] I've been really trying [music] to hold back this feeling for so long. [music] >> All right. 251 right now on a kind of cloudy afternoon and welcome back to the program. Appreciate you being here. Let's get back to your calls. You are next in WBSM. Thanks for hanging on. >> Good afternoon, Barry. >> Hey. >> Hey. I think that was uh Midnight at the Oasis you played a little while back. I think that was Maria Moldor Mold. >> Yeah, Midnight at the Oasis. >> That was what? >> Put your camel to bed. Yeah, I remember. >> Yeah. [laughter] >> Good stuff. >> Yeah, it was out in Arizona at prep school back then. That's why I remember it. um talking about the uh the voters and uh remember I had a class in communications, believe it or not, they got a class communications when I was at SMU. Um, and I think that uh what I'm hearing a lot because they say they used to say, you know, talk face the person you're speaking to and tell them what you hear them saying and ask them if that's accurate accurate and they repeat it back to you, you know, the way that you intended to intended it to be understood. Then you successfully communicated. If not, then you have to redevelop, you know, reapproach it. >> Yep. But um I think a lot of people have been calling you and uh they're they're speaking a different language than a lot of the people that go to the polls and vote. >> Yes. >> You need to speak to them in the language that they understand if you want to communicate with them that they need to vote for the Republicans. And whatever that language is, make it never mind. >> Right. No, I I agree with you 100% and that's exactly what I believe the administration is not doing right now and they need to do a much better job about it. I got to hold you my friend. 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