This is Dan Kaples and welcome to today's online podcast edition of The Dan Caplis
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single day on your favorite podcast platform. So what happened? What happened to
Jared Polis and the presidency? Remember a year ago he was talked about all
the time, like, oh, ye know, your guy could be president,
your guy could be president. I'd go on business trips and people would
say, oh, I hear you're your governor's really good. You hear wrong.
A recent poll shows that Colorado, after the debate debacle, is only
two points one point nine percent leaning towards Joe Biden. Do you believe that?
Does that sound right to you? Go to the phones and talk to
Tom out in Mead. Hey, Tom, you're with John Caldera. Thanks
for calling. Hi, Gott, how are you? And I'm glad you're
well. I'm glad you recovered. Please take it easy, we need you
around. Thank you. I greatly appreciate that. Well, your previous caller
just nailed it. I think, I mean just he said that Paulus is
just too smart. To, you know, tie on to that loser,
tam La Harris. I mean, come on, I mean he's he's young,
and he I'm gonna tell you something. You know, I'm a very
Republican conservative person, but I see, I know, tell it when I
see it. And this guy is one of the most astute politicians I have
ever seen in my life. Yes, he's pretty smart. And it's not
just smart. He is lightning fast, and that he can rope a dope,
particularly reporters, very easy and just and now in double to them and
have their wires so crossed. Well, he can do that. But I
mean so he was one of the first Democrat governors to recognize that this COVID
lockdown thing is a losing issue, and you know, he ran away from
him and started opening up the state. And I watched him do it,
and I thought that was very astute of him and was smart. It was
the right thing to do. The rest of them didn't do it, but
he did, and he had the balls to do it. And you know,
I just I'm gone, I'm looking at this guy. I'm going,
you know, this guy's gonna go places. But I think your previous caller
just nailed it. You know, he's too smart to hitch his wager,
that stupid mule back in Washington. No way. I see it as a
no lose thing that if he runs, he gets to burnish his credentials with
the Left, which he'll need in order to win an nomination later. He
gets name recognition everywhere. He gets to find a way to travel and talk
to people and do it pretty quickly. And he he win, lose,
win or lose. He wins, well, let's let's say Kamala wins.
Let's say Kamala wins, hang on, play with me. If Kamala wins,
he's a heartbeat away. That's a good thing. If she loses,
she loses. He doesn't. You know. If if that were the case,
Mondale never would have been able to to win the nomination. That's why
I'll become president. Now. You don't become president for that. Yeah,
but he followed, but he was attached to a presidency, so yeah,
I don't know. He might be. My suspec is Kamala won't choose him
because she needs a RUSS got a belt swing state. I gotta keep Biden
in there, gotta keep that and uh, but I just think that Paul
is too smart to uh maybe I love I love your your thoughts. We
got to keep Biden in there, like you and I have anything to say
about it. Part of me one this question, John, let me ask
you this question. They'll pick a lot of topic. I can't, he
can't. Jill the first lady we got to call her. First lady said
a jail because we get him confused. But I think she got to be
She had to be arrested for elder You don't you think this is gross?
I mean, really, you gotta be kidding me, dude, what I
mean? What do you think about that? I think she loves her man
and want wants him to be president. There are many hang on, hang
on, hang on, hang on. You asked me my thoughts and then
you spoke over me. So let's try this. I think she is like
many politician wives who live vicariously through their husband. I've known many wives who
want who want the spouse to be in office more than the spouse does.
I have heard the same thing might be true for Senator Hickenlooper. It was
the same thing was true for uh Gary Hart that there were people, there
were wives who who were really into it. You know, I think if
it was somebody like Nancy Reagan, she only wants to protect her man,
and Jill, Jill thinks this is this is what he deserves. So how
about this for a thought? Okay, I wonder if Team Biden, knowing
how feeble he is, agreed to an early debate to force this issue.
I'm going to try that again. Is it possible that this early debate between
two guys neither one have been nominated yet so early on in the in the
race, was just to get people to look at Biden without a teleprompter.
Knowing that this would happen, I wouldn't be surprised. I agree with you.
I totally agree with that. There's more operatives than not, more people
in the Democratic Party than not that wanted to drop out, and the only
thing that it's standing between Biden and that decision as his wife. Yep,
that I agree. Thanks for the call. Let me grab another one.
Thank you so much. Three or three seven, one, three eight two
five five. Let's go out to Kenyon City. Talk to Eugene. Hey,
Eugene, you're with John KELDERA Hey, John, nice to talk to
you. I love when you fell learn and you and Ryan do a great
job. Which one does a better job, Which one does a better job?
Which one does a better job with me? Is it mean? Probably
me? Isn't it? I'm like putting me on the spot there I was
supposed to do. I love you both the same. I'm listening, right,
I can be the tiebreaker here. Oh, yes, Reilly, Hi,
how are you. I'm so glad you're feeling better. Yeah, Eugene
likes Ryan. Hugene, you cheating. I mean I think he's putting words
in my mouth. Hey, I'm listening both times, right, So oh,
don't try, don't try to make up to me. It is over,
Eugene, it is over. I can do better than you anyway.
What do you got for paconomically? Okay, So, regarding a Polish running
for presidents, I think he's obviously cunning and capable and a good politician.
I don't agree with his policies, did not vote for him. But he's
not an attractive person. I know that sounds kind of messed up being a
getting a vice president ticket might be the best thing for him. Because we
look at presidents and with the exceptional past and lb J in the twentieth century,
we tend to elect in a media environment, attractive people to be president,
and I don't think polists could even if he ran on his own and
got the nomination and not twenty thirty two. Or are you saying he is
not physically attractive enough? I don't think he's Yeah, I think he's too
ugly. Yeah, you look at you look at somebody like Gavin Newsom and
you just go really, really, you look like a televangelist. Are you
kidding me? Tall, tall, thin, big hair. That's that's what
politicians need to be, tall than big hair. I don't know. I
think I think of you know, Pritzker is not a good looking man.
Who am I thinking of? The former governor of New Jersey? I can
see his face and Alzheimer's says, kicking in. I wonder iful. We'll
rename Alzheimer's Bidenism something something like that. Anyway, I want to bring back
ugly politicians. You know what I want? I want a bald president.
We haven't had a bald president since Ike. You could argue for it,
but he didn't win. So no, we haven't had a bald president since
Ike. And as a bald man, I I'm now into the identity politics,
and I will not vote for anyone who isn't bald, and Jared's balding,
So yeah, you know, I think if Trump went bald or like
dicked his head and then put on the four nice heard, I think he
looked pretty boss, and I think should do that. But I'm all right,
we'll think about it. I gotta run you a break. Thank you
so much for the coke phone call three three seven to one, three eight
two five five seven to one three talk. Why aren't people talking about Polus
for president when a year ago they all seem to be doing so. I'm
John Calderic. Keep it right here, six thirty k how and now back
to the Dan Kaplas Show podcast. I don't know if I can get into
that song. That's just a little too a little too cheery for me.
Sounds like a Christmas song almost. Hey, I'm John Caldera, give me
a call three h three seven one three eight two five five talking about who
should replace Biden. Of course, I don't want anyone to replace Biden,
but if someone does, should it be our own governor Polis. I don't
think that's likely, but I think there's a possibility he could become a vice
presidential running mate. Three O three seven one three eight two five five Sonny
in the bathroom, best name ever you're with John KELDERA, yeah, John.
If you don't know where that comes from, you'll have to ask.
I think I just did, and I loved it. For those who don't
know, apparently you called in and because of a typo, Dan called you
Sonny in the bathroom instead of sorry, I'm in the bathroom. Even it's
something completely different, but you'll have to ask the talent from the program what
that all is about. Well, just to see that you're you're still dodging
the afterlife. So congratulations on that. And I'm sure your son is enjoying
packing up your stuff for the airport trip. It's funny, quick, quick
quick thing on that. So my with a heart attack. My my daughter
really flipped out. She flew in from college to lord all over me and
her fascist manner. I opened up my refrigerator and all the good food is
labeled with a big no exclamation point. And my my son, who has
down syndrome, he could tell something was wrong, but he was he was
just tied in and giving me all this all the right love and but very
gentle because he knew I was I was hurt. Yeah, it's good to
have family. Yeah. So just wanted to say on that that as far
as Polus, I saw a video from seeing in broadcast right after the debate
that listed Polus as a possible. So what I'm really wondering what happened after
the night of the debate where he was viewed as a possible then but not
now. I mean, did he just shut them down or there had to
been something there? And I, you know, I've been asking the very
same question because you and I understand that a year ago he was, you
know, in the top well he was, he was in the top three
of Yeah, right after the debate, he was listed on CNN of the
broadcast as a top three contender. But now it's completely shifted. So I'm
wondering if he told them no, that he saw the debacle coming and maybe
he said like, hey, I'm out, like I'm not in this at
all, or what I mean, you know, don't I don't care enough
to think about it too much, but it is interesting, Yeah, it
is. He is so very very smart. He knows how to take advantage
of this. But he's got a position himself for twenty twenty eight. That's
what he's thinking about. There's no doubt about it. And being a running
mate would I think only help. I don't think it would hurt him,
and it would only take him away. It would only take him away from
his duties for a few months. So he does, he has a and
then everyone knows who he is. I'm sorry, what duties are those?
Like dancing around on TikTok or something like that. The duties of raising our
taxes by calling them fees and banning plastic and taking away our gun rights.
Those duties, well, yeah, that'd be a great thing to take them
away for a while. So maybe we should all encourage start to go fund
me or something like the fund his campaign. Yeah, run, Jared Run,
Although would you really want to inflict Jared on the nation, not on
anybody? YEA. Let me say this at least Kamala and I might have
this wrong if I do. Let me know, Kamala seems to be the
raging socialist that she presents as that you get what you get what is advertised.
It's one of the reasons I loved Pat Schroeder, the long time congress
Will from Denver. She was a raging progressive, but when she came home,
she didn't do what so many other Democrats did, which was talk like
a moderate. Now she was the same person. What you see is what
you get. Polis is the opposite. What you see is not what you
get. He is better than Clinton when it comes to changing his colors,
changing his tone, changing his words to meet the people he's with, but
then when he's in office, he destroys businesses, destroys civil liberties. As
far as Kamala goes, you know, I think at the beginning of her
career she's a little bit of a sleeper candidate. But I think things have
probably changed since then. Yeah, could be, could be. So I'll
ask you to say, I'll ask you the same question real fast. Do
you think this early debate that the Biden team agreeing to it was was done
on purpose, that this is what they wanted the world to see. It's
so hard to tell. I mean, I think not that they wanted to
see that, but what they wanted to see is if he could perform and
see if they could pull it off. And it's better to figure out can
we pull this off earlier than it would be later. So now they've got
some time before this whole Ohio thing happens in what like thirty days or something
like that, that they've got to have somebody figured out by then. So
I think it was they wanted to figure out can he perform enough early on.
I suspect I have no proof that those people inside his inner circle agreed
to this so that the world could see what they saw and and this move
this issue altot. I The more I think about it, the more likely
I believe that Biden will will decide not to run. Yeah, but I
guess who do you think are the people that would actually agree to Biden doing
the debate? That's what I don't know is who would actually say, hey,
we agree to that. I mean, we know Biden's not running anything
so right, so it has to be his people, and I think a
lot of his people, including maybe some of the Obama folks, still still
have sway there. That'd be my guess. Anyway, thanks for the call.
We'll play with this after after a quick break three h three seven one
three eight two five five seven to one three talk. I'm John Caldera.
Is Polish ready for the big league? Should he go? Would he go
keep it here here on six thirty k happ you're listening to the Dan Kaplis
Show Pop. I know, I know you're gonna hate this. I can't
stand that. I knew you were gonna say that. I knew you were
gonna say that. I cannot stand that. And I know it's a it's
a beautiful song, and people get teary and they wave the flag, and
but good god, it is such a too dimensional, in your face kind
of song. Is that it's supposed to be? Maybe you know, it's
not like it's not like the Star Spangled banner, because are flags to wave?
It tells a story, this one. Yeah, And I don't feel
that free these days. I feel rather coerced and controlled. So you know,
I love America, but you know she's got some serious problems anyway.
No, there's just I'm there's no texture to that song. I'm sorry.
I know you hate me, and it means I'm a bad patriot. But
that's that wasn't my point. I heard Kelly scream no she was sad.
Yes, because screaming I heard you, oh no else like you saw a
kit and get run over When I said that, Yeah, kind of No,
that is Ryan, you are not at all accurate. I respect your
opinion. John, continue yet big fat loser communist? All right? Three
or thirty seven one three, eight, two five, five seven one three
talk. We're talking about a poll that came out that says that Trump is
within two points of Biden in Colorado. If true, that would be remarkable.
I highly doubt it, and I I know that this pole. I
don't know for fact. I speculate this poll was leaked to someone in the
press for the very purpose of scaring Joe Biden and giving people ammunition to scare
Joe Biden, or should I say Jill Biden, because I think Jill Biden
is the person who makes the call on this one. It is fascinating that
we've got We've got people admitting Joe is thinking about it. This from New
York Times. President Joe Biden has told key allies that he knows the coming
days are crucial and understands that he may not be able to salvage his candidacy
if he cannot convince voters that he's up to the job after a disastrous debate
performance last week. According to two allies who have spoken with him again,
reading from the Times, Biden has emphasized that he is still deeply committed to
the fight for reelection, but understands that his viability as a candidate is on
the line. All right, what does this mean? The Times wants him
out? The Times editorial board made it very clear they want him to drop
out. And so then to put this story out that says, you know,
he's considering it. That's basically what he's saying. He's considering it.
Holy moly. Once once you do that, once you give people a whiff
of weakness, what you do is invite more pressure. He is inviting more
pressure. Hmmm. Presidents ought to project confidence Wednesday and a call with his
campaign staff even as White House officials were trying to calm nerves among the ranks
inside the Biden administration. No one's pushing me out, Biden said in the
call. I'm not leaving. We will not back down. We'll follow our
president's lead, said Kamala Harris. We will fight and we will win.
Oh, she's just terrific, isn't she. So there is a whiff of
fear in that story. That was the purpose of the story. Don't think
that this was a news story. This wasn't a news story. This was
another brick to drop on Biden's head to get him to leave, to show
that there is growing momentum for him to drop out. And if he admits
that he's got a problem, that means he's going to encourage more and more
people to call for him to come out. So they say two allies have
according to two allies, they don't say who those two allies are. A
new poll from The New York Times in Sennia College showed that Donald Trump now
leads Biden forty nine percent to forty three percent among likely voters nationally, a
three point swing toward the Republican from just a week before the debate. The
six point deficit in the poll was a blow to the campaign and could make
it harder to hang on. Although some insiders had worried it could have been
worse, it could have been worse, so Jean Pierre Kareem Sean Pierre,
the White House Press secretary, said the President told her directly he has not
talked to allies about dropping out of the race. That is absolutely false,
she said during the briefing. But wait a minute, the President says he's
not talked to allies about dropping out, and then one of his allies spoke
on the condition of anonymity to The Times, saying that the president was well
aware of the political challenge he faces. In other words, he talked to
him about dropping out. That person said, Biden was aware that the outcome
of his campaign could be different from what he is fighting for. Biden,
that person said, believes he is an effective leader, who is mentally sharp
and who doesn't get how others don't accept that. Yeah. Yeah. According
to the story, key party donors privately calling House members, senators, super
PACs, and the Biden campaign and the White House to say they think Biden
should step down. An elected Democrat. An elected Democrat speaking on the condition
of anonym who are these wusses? Speaking on the condition of anonymity given the
political sensitivities, said the decision was still ultimately up to Biden. The only
thing that matters is his decision on whether he is going to let it go.
That person said, all right, the purpose of this New York Times
story was to say he's thinking about it, he is seriously considering it,
he knows it's a problem. In other words, it's there to get more
pressure on him. My suspicion is over the next couple days, the pressure
for him to drop out will grow exponentially. Now should he do that?
It leaves a question not only who replaces him, but if he's ready to
not be president, would he just quit now and let Kamala be an incumbent
running for reelection. When you think of it, if he really cared about
the country and about the election, keeping the house, keeping the White House
in Democratic hands, he would not just drop out of the race. He'd
resign. He'd resign so that Kamala could run as president. It's a lot
easier to win as president, don't you think. Give me your thoughts on
this. Three h three seven one, three eight two five five seven to
one three talk What what does he have to hear? What needs to happen.
It's amazing to see Democrats scramble, and I'm trying not to take Schottenfreud
in it. I'm trying to not take pleasure and watching them scramble and finally
admit what all of us already knew, that this guy is not up to
the job. And one has to wonder. Excuse me, friends in the
media, Excuse me, Democrats who know better. Where were you for the
last three years? Oh, now you're pressuring him to leave now that it
looks like he might lose, But you were happy to have the nation be
in the hands of a guy who can't remember where his feet are. Is
there? You know what? You guys deserve this Democrats, you deserve this
mess because none of you would stand up and say what needed to be said.
Three or three seven, one, three, eight, two five five.
I'm John Calderrek. Keep it right here six point thirty k how and
now back to the Dan Kaplas Show podcast. Now that a song. I
was hoping you'd like that. One. Guy's got some soul going there.
We might have had to fight if you didn't like that one. Yeah,
I'm pround to me and a manicin all right, look at it. It's
it's a kiddy tune, but Purple Mountain's majesty is grace on these with the
soul of this. Now that's how you're doing a song about patriotism. Yeah,
Ray Charles is America. John You're right, Ray Charles. You know
what if if Ray Charles and Johnny Cash had a baby, it would be
America. I love it. Yes, Yeah, that's that's how you celebrate
America. That's how you celebrate America. All right, you're ready for my
best joke? Oh it did? Okay, I made this one up today,
right. It's so they asked her how how do you keep a dog
from barking on July fourth? And Christy Noman answered, you shoot him on
the third. Oh that's good that that that was mine, made that completely
by myself. I like it. It's dark, it's great, it's cutting,
and it's true. See now, if you sign onto my newsletter at
Independence Institute, that's just go to thinkfreedom dot org. You'll get a note
from me tomorrow. Should go out with that joke in it. I put
out a little weekly note about what's going on and send out our column and
what's going on on our TV show, Devil's Advocate. But but occasionally I
I write a good joke that sicks. Just that's from way downtown right there.
So Christopher Hitchens, the late great Christopher Hitchens, had some great observations
about humor, more specifically about why women aren't funny. And he wrote this
piece for was It What are you write? Vanity Fair? And he said,
quote, women aren't funny because they don't have have to be that that
men need to win women's attention, so they work on being funny women not
funny. They don't have to be a lot. Went on to say that
guy humor. Guy humor is cruel, that there is there is a competitive
meanness about guy humor. And you think about the Three Stooges. What's funny
about some guy getting hit with a two by four. If you're a guy
and it happens to somebody else, that's funny. If it happens to me,
I know, I got it. No, No, you're both full
of crap. Well that's true. What what exactly? Well, she's a
girl. So she's a girl. She's she's she's offended. She's not funny.
Stop it what, I'm very funny. All right, let's have a
joke right now. I can't know. I just laugh. H h that's
her humor. It'll laugh itself. Yeah. There are funny women. Don't
get me wrong. There are the Lucille Balls of the world. They are
the Tina phase of the world. They're funny women. But no, no,
and guy humor is cruel. Girl humor is not nearly as cruel.
Just something to think about on your long long weekend. Hey, please go
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