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Sept. 21, 2022 - Lionel Nation
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Cultivating the People
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Good day.
We're going to continue what we're continuing doing by presenting to you.
And providing to you a little different take on that which you are used to.
Just to give you an idea, I have no interest whatsoever in repeating the news to you over and over.
This is what happened.
Certainly not about Martha's Vineyard.
We're going to talk about that.
This is a big, big mistake that nobody is even remotely talking about because it makes great copy and because it also...
It appeals to the mean girl, mean-spirited, kind of bullying, natural tendency of human beings, which is true.
Which is true.
We're going to be talking about this.
We're also going to be talking about the notion of the limitation of freedom of speech via proxy.
And it's the way the mechanism works, not explained.
It is to give you an idea, a way of thinking.
How do you think?
Because what you are seeing and what you are being told on a regular basis from the usual suspects doesn't even remotely, accurately explain the problem.
Now this is going to confound people because this isn't fun to remind you.
My focus is in political action.
I don't care.
I mean, I really...
I know people don't want to hear this, but I really don't care what's fun in this kind of weird post-modernistic, post-modernism world of talking constantly about what this one said.
Oh, Don Lemon was held...
Did you see the woman talking about the royals?
Who put him in his place regarding the complicity of African nations in the slavery.
That's not a story.
That's mean girls.
That's ha ha ha.
You look stupid.
That's where we are.
That's social media.
That's streaming.
That's the most...
This is what people really watch Fox News for.
And by the way, I only mention Fox News because they're really the only game in town.
They really are.
I mean, others try, but in terms of getting the message out, and they're the most effective.
But we'll get to that in a moment.
And the way this is being played and not being played.
We'll talk about that in a moment.
But first, you understand something.
We live in a world right now where what I am saying is being heavily edited and watched, not by governments per se, but by proxy.
And as you know, I and others, I want to always remind you of this.
Because what people want to do is they want to be able to take their ideas, their thoughts, their analyses, and to put it into a situation in which you are Able to enjoy this capitalist platform and to enjoy the fruits of your labor.
And if somebody likes what you're saying, they will support you and you make money and that's the way we do it.
We're not communists.
We're not socialists.
I don't want a planned economy.
For some of us, however, we are demonetized.
And demonized, but not demoralized.
And for reasons that I shan't understand, just thought of something, we are told that we always are constantly asked to reapply.
Let's give it another shot.
And can you kind of maybe, I guess by implication, can you tone down what you say?
Tone down what?
You know.
No, I don't know.
You know, what's the stuff that you say?
But other people say, well, we don't care about them.
We're talking about you.
So in the meantime, I'm going to just tell you the truth.
I would be less than honest if I told you that I'm going full-throated, that this is not the internet that it was 20 years ago, that I save my more, shall we say, problematic to some analyses from my private channel at lionelmedia.com.
That's where I can go into it.
And really say things that sometimes I'm wondering.
And there's nothing.
I'm saying nothing other than the truth.
And if you, of course, would like to be a part of that, to support us, and we so appreciate it, to support what we're doing, to say, I'm with you.
I'm with you on this.
You go ahead.
We used to have super chats and things like that.
You can go to the description section right here, and you can go to either PayPal or Venmo.
Or Patreon, or Cash App, Bitcoin.
There's even an address to send drafts and banknotes and Filipino Krugerrands.
That being said, because this is where we are.
Everything's going to be a paywall.
Everything's a paywall.
And ultimately, may I say something?
It's actually going to be better that way.
It's actually going to be better.
The paywalls will be for free speech what cable TV was for entertainment.
We got to see some really good stuff because you're paying for it.
Well, on cable, that's different.
Well, you can say that because it's on cable.
So, ultimately, it kind of works out for you the best.
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Now, let's talk about something.
Let's talk about the reality.
I know you're going to find this problematic because so many people do because to some, and to many, many people, there is a, well, I don't know what you...
I'm not sure what the word is, but they love the meanness.
They love the meanness.
There's something so wonderful about this.
This being, like, let's just make fun of Joe Biden.
Let's just make fun of Carmelita.
Let's make fun of her laugh and the way he walks.
And let's just make fun of these people.
It's just fun.
Hey, doesn't that Don Lemon look stupid?
Let's make fun of Trump's hair.
Let's make fun of Trump's...
Let's just make fun.
Make fun of everybody.
Make fun.
It's great.
Let's do that.
Let's just make fun.
It absolutely...
Never ceases to amaze me.
And let me also tell you, which is very, very important, and very, very critical for you to understand.
Everything comes up to, and everything depends upon the elections.
And what's going on right now with Martha's Vineyard is one of the biggest mistakes anybody has ever seen.
And I told you this the other day, and it works something like this.
We understand, we understand, Completely.
That you find it problematic that people, these illegals, can be shipped to New York or to Texas or wherever it is.
And nobody seems to care about thousands of people coming across the border.
Thousands of people.
But yet, because Governor DeSantis sent 50 people to Florida, everybody's going crazy.
And because you find that To be a problem?
Because you think, well, that's stupid.
You think somehow everybody's going to say, you know, you're right.
Let's vote for Republicans.
Let's put Trump back in because of this inequity.
Because the Democrats don't know what they're doing.
And because they, well, they're just evil and let's just do it like that.
What do you say?
Right?
Right?
You think this.
You think that because this has been brought up that everybody's going to say, you know, you're right.
Hey, that doesn't make any sense.
You know what?
We're going to do that.
Thank you.
Thank you for bringing that up.
Thank you.
We had no idea.
Thanks for clarifying that.
You're crazy.
What has this accomplished?
What has this accomplished?
Republicans love it.
Democrats, it doesn't matter to them at all.
And in the middle, do you think the undecided voter likes this?
Do you think the undecided voter likes this?
No, they don't.
They don't care for this.
It's mean.
And I said this the very first day.
It looks as though you're mocking these people.
Hey, want to come to the U.S.?
Hey look, get on this plane.
Do you like oceanfront property?
You're going to love this.
Come on, get on here.
There was a fellow who was standing there on a porch someplace and he had on a he had on a a t-shirt.
It was a oh It's a notorious RBG.
It was a Ruth Bader Ginsburg t-shirt.
Somebody gave this to him.
He got it from somebody.
Somebody maybe had it in here.
Wear this.
And he's standing there, looking Central American or something, on this porch, eating something with, I guess, his family.
And we're just laughing away.
We think it's the funniest thing we've ever seen.
Hey, look at this guy!
Ruth Bader Ginsburg!
Hey, look where you are.
You didn't think you were going to Walmart's Vineyard.
You wanted it.
You wanted these people.
Well, here they are.
You had a sign on your front lawn that said, we welcome these people.
Well, here they are.
What do you do about that?
And there's more coming.
Go, DeSantis.
Go.
This is great.
We're looking great.
This is ridiculous.
And they just don't get it.
They don't get it.
They think that somehow because there's this logical incongruity, well, you've done it and you've brought fewer people.
It's incredible.
Nobody seems to understand anything.
It's one It's like they're fixated.
They are fixated on this story.
They love this story.
It's the only thing they matter.
More planes coming.
They're going to sue DeSantis.
And meanwhile, Trump's nowhere.
I don't even know where he is.
Where is Trump?
Where is Trump?
Anybody know?
Where is Trump?
What is he saying?
What is his position on this?
Where does he stand on this?
What are the real issues of this?
Why are you exploiting this?
There's a fellow.
His name is Stephen Miller.
I think it's Stephen Miller.
And he's...
He comes across rather creepily, I will say.
I will admit.
I don't know if that matters, but it's true.
He has no...
Flat affect.
Very...
But he said something which, if true, and I'm sure it is, but I'm saying, but if true, and it should be verified, it would be the one thing I would be talking about.
The one thing that I would be talking about.
And I would be phrasing it very differently.
And if you saw President Trump say this, because I don't know if he's running or what.
I don't know.
I'm not sure.
I think they've gotten pretty much frozen.
I have a brand new piece at lionelmedia.com that I just went through.
And it goes through the list.
And by the way, I hope you got the newsletter.
Another one going out today.
You should sign up for it.
But it's very, very simple.
It's very logical.
But he's got to speak.
If you're interested in Trump, if Trump's not running, you know what?
It looks like you're just trying to raise money.
And I don't know if that's it, but that's what people are saying.
People are saying, he's just trying to raise money.
I don't think so.
I think he's interested in running.
Well, why is he announced?
I don't know.
It's very confused right now.
And maybe the whole thing is confused because of the potential of criminal prosecution.
I don't know.
But it works something like this.
He has to tell people, I am concerned about the 300,000 unaccompanied minors.
Let me explain to you what that term means.
And by the way, you have to verify whether this is correct or not.
Obviously, you have to have some type of...
Give me a citation.
Don't just give me a number.
Give me a citation.
Department of Justice...
I love citation.
I'm a lawyer.
Tell me, where did you get this from?
Is this from a case?
A stat?
Where is this?
Tell me where this is.
I appreciate it.
Now, it works something like this.
There are 300,000 unaccompanied minors.
What does that mean?
Unaccompanied is a euphemism for people who appear to be trafficked.
This is according to Mr. Miller.
And what they do is there are 300,000 kids that are just brought here.
Do we know their names?
Do we know if they have a family?
Do we know if there is a...
any physical problems they have?
Have they been checked for communicable diseases, for COVID, for whatever you want?
Is there anyone looking for them?
Who are the people they are purportedly showing up with?
Who is accompanying them purportedly, allegedly?
Who is their putative...
If this is true, if it was 300, 100,000, or 50. Who are these children?
Could it be that we, as is alleged, are involved in what amounts to basically an ad hoc or actually a de facto smuggling operation?
Now, I don't know about you, but that fact is fascinating.
Number one.
Number one.
And this is critical.
It shows that you know something.
Number two, Trump would not be necessarily regurgitating his past performance, what he's done and accomplished.
It would make people say, that's a good point.
And take your mind off of this silly Martha's Vineyard stunt.
The Martha's Vineyard stunt is not a good thing.
It's not good.
Sorry.
Think about this.
Think about this.
If you are a kid, if you are a family, if you are a family, and you say, we are so poor, it's not even funny.
One of my great friends who passed away, I like when they say, he's no longer with us.
Why not?
Well, he passed.
He passed.
What did he pass?
Passed away?
He passed.
I love that expression.
He passed what?
Remember that joke?
Hey, Junior, can you pass this?
He goes, I can swallow it.
I can pass it.
Alright.
We're funny about death.
We're so euphemistic about death.
We don't really want to talk about it, but we'll talk around the subject.
So, he told me years ago, he said, he's worked in, he was in the food industry, chef and everything.
He said, if you want to see another world, go in the kitchen.
The people who show up, The people who work in the kitchens, the people who are washing the dishes and doing their thing, they are from countries with levels of poverty you can't imagine.
He says you can buy anything.
Family members, not everybody, but they know poverty like you can't even imagine.
You can't even imagine.
You can't imagine poverty.
It's incomprehensible.
We've never seen this before.
So they can take these kids and basically I've just birthed to say, fine, take.
Whatever.
There's people from countries where there's no birth certificates.
There's no record of birth.
There's no anything.
These people don't exist.
Who are they?
I don't know.
President Trump should be saying something which is an absolute fact.
And listen to me very carefully.
And this is the truth.
In the New York City school system alone, I don't know how many kids they don't find anymore.
They're gone.
Let me ask you something.
When you were a kid, how did you know there were other kids either in your neighborhood or who were next door?
How did you know?
How many kids were your neighbors?
Let's say, were there kids there?
How many were there?
Did you know their names?
Who knew them?
The way we know kids most of all is, of course, birth records and that sort of thing, but schools.
Schools are a wonderful way for you to double-check.
You go to school with him.
Yes, I went to school with him, and I went to school with his brother, or her brother, or her cousin.
Yes, I know them.
That's the Thompson family.
That's the Gonzalez family.
Yes, I know them.
You know, little Timmy hasn't been in school for a while.
I wonder where Timmy is.
Did they move?
I don't know.
Let's find out.
But if there was no school, if schools never existed, you wouldn't know anybody.
You wouldn't even know anything about them.
They would never be on their radar.
And then somehow, after COVID, for reasons I will never understand, and we can be nefarious, we can go really dark if you'd like, or we can look at this and say, I'm not sure about this, but...
But during COVID, they just never, they never showed up again.
They're just gone.
And we used to have this thing called truancy.
There was a truant office.
Remember Edgar, it was Edgar Kennedy, you know, the old why you, those old our gang, you know, Hal Roach, you know.
Robert Klein says, I don't feel like going to school today.
Anyway, it's a great routine.
But now these kids are gone.
And we don't know where they are.
And they just disappeared.
In this country, here, from schools, from PS 132.
It's just gone.
Now, add to that 300,000 whatever new kids who show up and are absorbed seriously Somewhere.
It's like a pneumatic tube.
Remember that?
You put this...
Remember a pneumatic tube if you worked in an office?
You had that...
Or you go to a bank and you put your deposit and...
And it would...
It would stop.
You'd open up the thing and there was this tube, this missile.
You open it up.
There's the deposit slip.
Well, that's what the system is now.
You take the child and...
They're gone.
They go...
I don't know where they go.
And nobody...
But nobody is talking about that.
But instead, it's Ron DeSantis every five minutes saying, well, I don't know why they're getting upset over 50. Texas, they don't get upset.
And it's the same thing in the world.
And the Republicans are laughing.
They think it's so funny, it's so great.
It's the biggest mistake anybody's ever made.
Because it comes across as heartless.
And you're missing the point.
Missing the point.
But because Republicans are right, Republicans say, I don't care whether you like it or not.
That's your problem.
We're right, and you're wrong.
Great.
So you've got the left over here, and you've got the right over here, and this wonderful, wonderful prime real estate.
Ah, the sweet part.
The tenderloin.
Like the oyster of the chicken, the beef cheeks, the perfect grouper cheeks.
Wonderful.
This is the undecided independent voter.
Or maybe somebody who's never voted before in their life.
Who says, I don't like these people.
These people are mean.
This other group of people, the Democrats, they're saying things like they're talking about cancer research, they're talking about sustainability, they're talking about energy, they're talking about climate change.
They're not doing anything.
I don't even know much about the subject.
They're talking about a lot of stuff.
But the Republicans, I don't know what they're talking about.
They're just laughing.
They're laughing at these people.
Laughing at these folks who are trying to get their way.
That's the way it's coming across.
And the Republicans don't get it.
Because they're wanting to go, ho, ho, ho.
They're laughing.
Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.
That's funny.
Hey, let's watch that Don Lemon thing again.
Isn't politics great?
This is post-modernism.
You're laughing about the people who are laughing about the news, which laughs at the...
It's so extracted from reality.
You don't even know what you're laughing at.
You don't even know what you know.
There's no...
There's nothing...
Hello?
There's nothing going on here.
It's very sad.
It's very, very, very sad.
Now, one of the things which is the most interesting to me, and I love this, I love this, is this thing we have called censorship.
Now, the other day, I happened to watch, and maybe you did as well, on a series of YouTube.
Yet again, old Rand Paul sparring with Fauci.
What do you think is going to happen with that?
Nothing.
You never told us who was responsible, who was taking money under the table.
Well, let me tell you something.
When we're in charge, we're going to get to the bottom of that.
Fauci's long gone.
Fauci makes more money than anybody in the federal government.
Fauci's pension is bigger than anybody's.
He's like, he's just running out the clock.
But there's Rand Paul.
And the Republicans love him because they love a great soundbite.
They love a soundbite.
Isn't that great?
Meanwhile, the shadow government, the cryptocracy, they're sitting back saying, this is great.
Wait till you see what we've got planned next.
They don't even know what's going to hit them.
But let's talk about something which is important.
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Yes?
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I think you do.
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Because Mike Lindell says, I'm an American citizen.
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I don't need permission from anyone.
Really?
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Now, here's my question.
Let's talk about what's all this.
What's all this stuff?
You might have heard about somebody.
There was a fascinating subject.
A fascinating woman.
I like when people...
Come along and they find themselves inadvertent.
Well, they find themselves in different positions.
One of them is that of Amy Wax.
Have you ever heard her, Amy Wax?
Fascinating.
Amy Wax decides that she, and by the way, she is the educational, she has a pedigree, the likes of which I think is unheard of on paper.
I don't know how smart she is, not understanding how things work, but Yale undergrad, Oxford postgrad, Harvard Medical School, neurology, Columbia Law.
She was a solicitor, assistant, a solicitor general of the DOJ.
I mean, she just, I mean, dear God.
Well, she thought she could make statements regarding how people actually performed in her class.
Based upon her own observations, what she saw, what she knew, what she observed firsthand regarding ethnicities and demographics.
Well, well, sorry, Amy.
They want her out.
And they're going to grind her into dust.
And she says, but you don't understand.
I'm merely telling you what I observed.
Sorry, Amy.
Sorry.
But it's fat.
Maybe to you.
Sorry.
And they're trying to boot her from, I think it's Penn Law she's now.
And then these people just come along.
Did you hear the story about Roseanne?
Roseanne, God bless Roseanne, coming back.
She has a Fox News, Fox Nation.
What is it, Fox Nation?
Fox Nation streaming.
Good for her.
Now, Roseanne, by the way, Was the one who went on Hannity and was absolutely just, I don't want to say double-crossed, but just treated horribly.
Same thing for Dr. Oz.
Same thing for Dr. Oz.
Come on!
Come on our show!
Are you going to be...
She probably thought, why should I ask?
You're going to treat me okay, aren't you?
Of course!
You don't think we'd fall in line with the rest of the people, do you?
Come on!
Roseanne?
Well, just watch what happened.
I will never forget that one.
Never.
So, Roseanne gets the last laugh.
She signs a deal with Fox Nation.
God bless her.
Roseanne, we know her very well.
I say that.
I'm very proud of that.
And when I tell you, first of all, nobody makes me laugh.
Nobody.
The last time we saw her, we were at a...
This hotel, we're just...
It was when we had those...
Remember when we had metal straws?
It was so cold, it was like burning my lips.
I go, what's the point of this?
She was telling me stories.
Just anecdotal.
Not part of a routine.
Just when she was a kid.
And I swear to you.
Roseanne's a great grandma.
You know, she's a great cook.
I don't know if she wants to do this.
But Roseanne, like Amy Wax, like anybody, decides I can say whatever I want to say.
And if you don't like it, well, you can do what I do when you say something I don't like.
But see, the rule is certain people can say certain things about certain people.
So what she went on with Fox, instead of saying, now, what did you intend to do?
They could have had examples of other people who said certain things.
And by the way, this isn't to countenance, to agree with, to substantiate, to support, to in any way align myself with that which was said.
It is merely intended, merely intended to say this is your opinion.
So, what?
Do you want me, and I'm not going to waste my time, go down and list the people currently in position right now.
Some of the biggest movie companies and cartoons and who have written the vilest, most disgusting.
I guess attempts at humor involving children?
And that's okay?
Nobody even brings it up?
Nothing?
Okay?
I'm going to say for them what I'm going to say for Roseanne.
If you don't like what they say, nobody's making you read it as what you may consider to be Awful or terrible?
It's somebody else's expression.
I can't say this enough.
I've spent my whole...
I love my off button.
I've got an off button.
I've got a volume button.
I even have a change to channel, but I'm always changing channels.
I don't want to hear this.
There are a lot of people I don't think are funny.
Kathy Griffin, I don't think is funny.
I mean, it's no big deal.
I don't think you should be kept off of anything.
Just because I don't like her?
If she has an audience, good.
This is America.
Samantha Bee or Colbert or people that everybody...
Don Lemon.
I don't watch Don Lemon because I don't want to watch him.
I don't watch a lot of people.
I don't watch most of the people you watch either because I don't want to watch them.
It's nothing personal.
Hashtag, so what?
Yeah, but she said, so what?
I'll give you an example of something.
Obesity is one of the scariest things that's really affecting a lot of people, young people in particular.
And I have spent my life, and believe me, if anybody is aware of this, I spent my life fighting obesity.
If you told me, you want to gain weight, I'll gain more weight than you will any day.
I have a propensity for this, a predilection, a predisposition.
I can put on more weight if you do it today.
Let's get up in the morning, get on the scale, and then the next morning, get on the scale again.
I will be 10 pounds.
Easy.
I swear to God, it's an art.
So, I'm very, very aware of that.
I never like when people said, hey, you putting on weight?
Oh, I was terrible.
I used to love to do it.
Oh, really?
Don't some people say, hey, you're putting on weight?
You're putting on a few pounds, huh?
And this was my routine.
I would say two things.
First, I would say, hey, thanks for noticing.
You know, I tried everything.
Oh my God, shakes and I even tried like donuts and things.
But now I'm taking this powder and this actual pill.
I'm putting on more weight than you can imagine.
I'll be 250 by Christmas.
Thanks!
And then you walk off and they'll say, But the one I love to do, if I really didn't want to see them again, they say, hey, you're putting on weight.
I say, okay.
Okay, I got one for you.
Your mother, and then I'm going to go through something of her mother involved in some illicit act with a carnival worker or a pack of bonobos or something.
Something very vile.
Very, very, very disgusting.
And they say, oh, I'm sorry.
See, I thought this was an insult contest.
See, when you insulted me, I thought it was my turn.
I'm sorry.
I make that mistake sometimes.
Oh well, and I walk off.
You never mention somebody's weight.
You never do that.
But what about somebody smoking?
If you have somebody you love, you say, listen, I've got to tell you something.
Can I tell you something?
This is what I'm worried about.
I don't know about you, but I'm looking at your ashtray, and you've just smoked a pack.
Since I've been here.
And I'm worried about you, and I'm worried about your health, and I'm worried about what you're doing.
And I just want to know why you're doing this.
Can I help you?
Now you would say, oh, that's great.
That's great.
Okay.
Am I smoke shaming?
No, you're trying to help him.
Okay.
What if somebody said, listen, can I ask you a question?
Yeah.
I want to talk to you.
I don't want anybody to hear this.
You're really, you've put on a lot of weight.
And I'm worried about you.
Your BMI must be.
You're technically obese.
And I know your A1C levels are through the roof.
And your mother and your father are diabetic.
And you don't want to be diabetic when you're older.
And this is something you can be doing right now.
You can do something.
You can change this.
Now, is there anything I can do to help you?
No.
They say, uh-uh, you can't do that.
Why?
Well, that's fat shaming.
Wait, excuse me.
What?
The smoking was okay.
That's different.
And I agree, it can be very, It can be...
But you see how we do?
We have these rules.
Excuse me, where did this come about?
I don't know.
You're telling me you can...
And what is this about?
Let me tell you what it's about.
It's not about telling people that they've got to be sensitive towards somebody else.
It's about this love that we have for telling people that they made a mistake.
You fat shamed.
I'm going to shame you for fat shaming.
You can't fat shame.
Do you really care about this person?
No, not at all.
But what I do care about is the fact that you fat shame.
And I'm going to shame.
I'm going to...
I love doing that.
I love telling people, you better stop that.
Don't say that about gender.
Don't say that about race.
Don't say that about whatever.
I love this.
I love telling people what they can and can't say.
And I don't care if it's true.
I don't care if it's factual.
I don't care anything.
It doesn't matter.
I love the new parlor game.
Telling people to shut up.
Give me a reason to tell them to shut up and I'll do that.
That's all I want.
Give me a reason.
I love this.
You're being transphobic.
You're being misogynistic.
You're being Islamophobic.
You're being racist.
You're being insensitive.
You're a climate denier.
You're an election denier.
You're a truther.
You're a denier.
You're a birther.
You are a...
And just give me some more.
I love this.
I love it.
You're not wearing a mask.
You're a COVID denier.
You're an anti-vaxxer.
You're an anti-masker.
You're not standing within six feet.
Give me some more.
I love this.
I love this.
I love telling people that they can't do this.
Whatever it is.
And if you tell me if there's a bounty on her head, and if it's Amy Wax, or if it's whoever.
I don't know.
Whoever the person is, we're going to go after them.
Because we love this.
We are a part of the scrum.
We are a part of the pitchfork and torch crowd.
We are a part of this thing called, and I've been telling you this for how long, the aclacracy.
This is the mob rule.
This is what Gustave Lebon said.
This is what we love.
You see, there's you, and then there's you and your team.
A friend of mine one time, Years ago, it was a big Cleveland Browns fan.
And this was, oh gosh, it's years ago.
20, 30, who knows.
He says, you want to go to a...
We're meeting with my fellow Cleveland Browns fans.
It was a bar.
And I walked in, and it was the craziest thing you've ever seen.
Each person...
Trying to outdo the others regarding the Cleveland Browns.
You can talk about Jim Brown.
I don't know what you're going to talk about.
But they lost themselves.
They lost themselves in the crowd.
Their identity became part of the crowd.
I am now a Cleveland Browns fan.
And I'm going to stand on the chair and act like an idiot.
I don't have an individual.
I don't exist anymore.
I'm a part of this group.
And whatever that group says, I do.
When that group, when the group says we clap, we clap.
When it says we are voting for this person, we're going to do it.
And if you live in a world where people say, how upset can you be with Donald Trump?
Because in our group, the more you are repulsed by Donald Trump, The higher the status you have.
And you've met these people.
It's called a TDS.
And there's other kind of stuff.
And the best part about that is I don't fit in anywhere with any of the people who are purportedly behind Donald Trump.
Because I'm going to tell you what I told them.
And by the way, today...
Oh, I forgot to tell you.
Maybe I'll do it next time.
I was on a friend of mine's show.
And this...
PBS Pacifica West Coast Channel about a lot I've got to tell you.
I'm going to read this email somebody sent, comparing the Queen to Pol Pot.
But here's the thing.
This is the part.
And this is what drives people crazy.
And it's in my newsletter.
If you want to subscribe to it, you should.
But if I could meet the President, I could sit down and say, okay, I'm running the show now.
And these are my rules.
And you're not going to hear this on many of the usual suspect shows.
Number one, if I advise President Trump, you will not see him on the golf course until he is inaugurated in January 2025.
You must remind the electorate of what he looks like when attired and appointed to POTUS.
Image, image, image.
You know what the pro-Trump people say?
You don't understand.
He became president being himself.
And he only knows how to be himself.
And if that's the way he is, he's going to do it.
Wrong.
They don't want him to be himself.
That was okay in 2016.
Not now.
We don't want the old Donald Trump then.
No, no, no, no, no.
That ain't going to work.
You know how you have the new iOS, the new system, the new phone, the new rollout?
We need the new one.
That's not going to work.
Nobody wants that.
Because nobody wants to go back because we always talk about, I can't go back to that again.
Have you heard people say that?
Go back to what?
Oh, God.
Gas was basically free.
They gave, they paid you to get gas.
We were energy independent.
The world feared us.
Money was going, everybody was going great 401k.
They were going nuts.
You don't want to go back?
Oh, no.
I can't.
Why?
Because of the tweets.
You don't even follow Twitter.
I don't know.
But my friends tell me that I can't do this.
You're just saying this, aren't you?
Yes.
Yes, I am.
I'm just saying this.
Okay, fine.
So, Mr. President, number one, act like a president.
Act like a president.
Get out of the golf.
Enough with this.
Number two, fire advice, President Trump.
My focus would be on the independent and undecided voter only.
I couldn't possibly care less about those who have made their mind up already or either left or right.
My sole focus would be on the voter who perhaps has never voted before.
If I advise President Trump, I would devise a very strict list as to who would Could and could not speak on his behalf.
And the campaign.
And as of today, no one will be speaking for him.
He speaks for himself.
And the list of excluded spokespeople would be seemingly endless.
Endless.
That includes members of your immediate family and anybody who remotely represents whatever it is.
Let me ask you something.
Somebody said, Trump's going on Hannity.
Okay, that's good.
Or going on Fox.
Terrific.
Who's going to see that?
Answer that question.
Next, if I advised President Trump, he would never utter the name of the current White House occupant unless it was absolutely necessary.
And I can tell you, it is never absolutely necessary.
The American voter wants to hear what the President will do, not what has already been done.
Stop mentioning the occupant's name.
Ronald Reagan never mentioned Jimmy Carter, ever.
He didn't care about Jimmy Carter.
I one time saw a debate between Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Bernadette Castro, who deigned to run against him for U.S. Senator.
He didn't even look at her.
They were on the same set.
She didn't even exist.
He was talking about things.
She wasn't even there.
She could have set herself on fire.
He wasn't on it.
Forget Biden.
President Trump must immediately institute Trump TV.
How long have I been saying this?
Seven years.
A 24-7 dedicated video and information source that allows him to speak directly to the American people and the world whenever he wants about whatever he wants.
No truth social, none of this stuff.
TV.
Talk to people.
And finally, President Trump must immediately surround himself with the greatest legal, political, sociological, scientific, and academic minds, admittedly anonymous, I understand, to craft and formulate a cogent, singular message comprising his worldview and policy.
And I realize I am wasting my time.
And if I didn't know better, I swear certain people didn't want to run.
Because what we're seeing right now is the most ridiculous drivel I've ever seen.
If I hear about Martha's Vineyard one more time, I'm going to...
I don't know.
I don't know what.
We love little jokes.
Brandon.
Golf is his therapy.
His president.
He's the president.
I don't want his therapy.
His therapy should be defending the liberty of the republic getting re-elected, if that's what you want to do.
If you don't want to do that, I understand completely.
Because Ron DeSantis, he is just sitting there saying, just say the word.
Now remember, DeSantis has to run for re-election in November.
Which is, by the way, let me just remind you of something.
Always do this days until midterms.
Days until midterms.
November 8th, I believe it is 47 days.
That's it.
Now, here in New York, we have a guy named Lee Zeldin.
Lee Zeldin is running for governor.
And this guy is about as impressive as...
He doesn't know what the hell.
I mean, you know, he's good.
He's against...
Kathy Hochul.
And the Republicans are laughing so hard about that.
Oh, Kathy Hochul's a joke.
It's like, oh, they're doing it again.
They're doing it again.
They just don't understand how this thing works.
They don't.
And it starts from the social media platform all the time.
It keeps just...
Lowering itself to this mean...
And people talk to themselves for so long.
They go on Twitter, or they go on Getter, or they go on Truth Social, and they watch Fox, and they think that there's obviously no way to go but this.
Everybody I know agrees with it.
We all know she's crazy.
We have a guy in New York known as the Axe.
He brought an axe or a hatchet.
I don't know which one's which.
to a McDonald's and She could be theoretically responsible for that.
Let me tell you a problem people have.
People are tired of hearing about crime.
People are tired of hearing about crime.
It's boring.
I know.
The homeless.
I know.
What are you going to do for me?
Win me over.
I'm the undecided.
Tell me something positive.
Don't tell me something negative.
Rather than saying, I'm going to get rid of crime, you're going to make the streets safe.
You're going to make this country better and brighter and stronger and cleaner.
Address.
Address climate change.
Call it the environment.
We used to call it the environment.
Is there anybody here who's against clean water?
Clean air?
Let's talk about what they're spraying.
Perhaps maybe another generation.
Is there anybody here who doesn't know this?
Forget climate.
Don't say climate.
Say environment.
Environment.
In the state of New York, if I were Lee Zeldin, I would talk about We always talk about the water.
We have these wonderful aquifers and these tributaries and these reservoirs and the Croton Reservoir and the tap water in New York is the greatest.
It's the most incredible thing in the world.
Ask yourself what is it that would make people feel positive.
I like this guy.
Every time he's on, I love him.
He makes me happy.
I like him.
And you show pictures of kids of every conceivable color laughing and singing and playing.
You just told everybody.
That's free.
It's diversity.
They're outside.
Environment.
It's beautiful.
I love this guy.
Don't mention the other person.
Give me something positive.
Tell me.
Have you ever seen the McDonald's commercial?
I don't even know if we have them anymore.
Remember the old days?
McDonald's.
Remember.
Remember they would show you a McDonald's burger that doesn't exist.
It was nice and fluffy.
You always got this flat kind of a cheeseburger.
What is this thing?
And they would take these really long bites and they would...
And they had the perfect lettuce.
Steam coming off of it.
It was a McDonald's that never existed.
People loved Disney World.
They believed in happy.
Show me something good.
Show me happy.
Remember when people would...
When you would see a woman, stop for a second.
Have a mocha.
These women would stop in their day.
They'd sit on the couch or the settee or the divan and they would luxuriate.
They would eat this ice cream and their eyes would roll back.
It's almost orgasmic.
They would sit there and say, what is it?
It's sherbet.
Or sherbet.
Anyway.
It's...
Think about the way things are sold.
Think about when you say, I want that.
I've got to have that.
Do you know that years ago, this is the most important thing in the world, years ago, there was a commercial for Budweiser.
Budweiser Never told you about the beer.
It was always about the Clydesdales.
It was about the people at the beach.
It was about the guys in great shape.
Remember Abercrombie and Fitch?
Remember that whole story where they were too white?
Did you ever see a Gap catalog?
Did you ever see a Land's End catalog?
Have you ever seen how these people are doing?
Brooks Brothers, look at a catalog.
What are you selling?
What does Ralph Lauren sell?
What does Armani sell?
You sell an image, a feeling.
You want people to be happy.
You can say, I've got to have that.
I've got to have that.
But what do we do?
We don't do that.
We've got somebody who thinks making fun of people in Martha's Vineyard is somehow going to get you to say, you know what, I'm voting Republican.
Anybody with that sense of humor, that's for me.
But they don't listen to me.
And the reason why?
I'll tell you why.
Because I hate everybody.
Because everybody's crazy.
And nobody's got it right.
Because nobody really wants to sit down and answer the questions and find out the fundamental truth.
The truth is inconvenient.
It's painful.
It's embarrassing.
Nobody wants the truth.
Nobody does.
Nobody wants to know anything.
We love to just play along.
And the people who call the shots right now, they know the rules, and I know how to work around them.
But that doesn't play.
Remember something.
If you have a TV show, a network, your job is not to change things for the better.
It's for everything to be a complete you-know-what storm.
So that you can talk about it and show people.
They love border crises, crime, people in Sephora stealing stuff with hatchets and axes and crime and mayhem and stupidity.
They love that.
So that's not where you go for the truth.
How many times have you said to somebody, come on over, come into my house, I'm going to show you something.
Come here.
Here's a flashlight.
Let's look under my bed.
Look at this stuff.
Nobody does that.
That's what TV does.
It wants you to see the worst.
I'm going to let you go right now, Don Corleone.
And may your first child be a masculine child.
The great Lenny Montana.
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