WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:04.879 You've been listening to the acceptance speech Vice President Kamala 2 00:00:04.919 --> 00:00:10.000 Harris at United Center in Chicago, And now what we're 3 00:00:10.039 --> 00:00:12.679 going to do is I'll give you a quick little recap, 4 00:00:12.919 --> 00:00:17.000 but I'm more interested in knowing what you think about 5 00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:19.839 that speech. I have some views on it. It was 6 00:00:19.879 --> 00:00:24.359 a great speech. It was well written, it was well delivered, 7 00:00:25.000 --> 00:00:30.000 and it was great rhetoric. But I don't think it 8 00:00:30.079 --> 00:00:37.640 was necessarily the clearest explanation of what a President Harris 9 00:00:37.679 --> 00:00:44.200 would do and where a President Harris would take the country. 10 00:00:44.679 --> 00:00:48.679 It was long on rhetoric, short on specifics, a lot 11 00:00:48.719 --> 00:00:51.920 of attack on Donald Trump, which you would expect. She 12 00:00:52.000 --> 00:00:55.799 began by thanking her husband, Doug, Joe Biden, Tim Wall's delegates, 13 00:00:55.960 --> 00:01:00.759 missus and Mom told stories about her childhood, which is 14 00:01:00.799 --> 00:01:05.680 a which is a great, a great presentation about how 15 00:01:05.719 --> 00:01:09.480 that unfortunately her parents were divorced at an early age. 16 00:01:09.519 --> 00:01:14.760 She relied a lot upon her mom. She she talked 17 00:01:14.760 --> 00:01:17.239 about again, one of the phrases you're gonna hear more 18 00:01:17.239 --> 00:01:21.359 of is starting a new way forward. She pledged to 19 00:01:21.439 --> 00:01:24.920 trust her to put country above party or self. She 20 00:01:24.959 --> 00:01:28.319 will be president who unites us, who leads and listens 21 00:01:29.239 --> 00:01:32.200 that is a promise that is more difficult to keep 22 00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:35.560 than to make. She talked about what she did as 23 00:01:35.640 --> 00:01:38.519 a prosecutor, standing up for students who had been scammed, 24 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:44.079 and she fought against the cartels. The future is always 25 00:01:44.079 --> 00:01:47.400 worth fighting for. Again, a lot of rhetoric here. Our 26 00:01:47.439 --> 00:01:51.519 fight is for the American future, for America's future. She 27 00:01:51.640 --> 00:01:54.840 had some great lines. Donald Trump, in her opinion, is 28 00:01:54.879 --> 00:01:57.400 an unseerious man. She did not want to go back 29 00:01:57.400 --> 00:02:02.400 to the chaos and lamony that existed while he was 30 00:02:02.439 --> 00:02:07.079 in office. She brought up December sixth very effectively, I thought, 31 00:02:07.319 --> 00:02:11.520 very effective speech. She talked, referred to Project twenty twenty 32 00:02:11.560 --> 00:02:15.960 five and said we are not going back. She basically 33 00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:19.360 accused Trump that he would cut so Security and cut Medicare. 34 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:22.479 Now Trump has said the opposite. He has said he 35 00:02:22.479 --> 00:02:24.919 would not cut so Security, he would not cut Medicare, 36 00:02:24.960 --> 00:02:27.400 but that's okay. She said that he will try to 37 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:30.280 get rid of the Affordable Care Act, that he would 38 00:02:30.319 --> 00:02:35.039 eliminate the Department of Education. However, the Vice President said, 39 00:02:35.039 --> 00:02:37.800 we're trying a new way forward. A strong middle class, 40 00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:41.879 an opportunity economy should bring labor and workers together, lower 41 00:02:41.919 --> 00:02:47.240 cost of housing, groceries and healthcare. She compared that to 42 00:02:47.360 --> 00:02:52.639 Donald Trump. Again, going back to attack upon Trump, she 43 00:02:52.759 --> 00:02:57.000 spoke for it was about just a little short of 44 00:02:58.280 --> 00:03:00.680 a little more than forty minutes. I would say about 45 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:04.800 forty two minutes. She talked about he would give a 46 00:03:04.840 --> 00:03:09.639 tax break to billionaires, including national sales tax, which would 47 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:13.919 cost the average American four thousand dollars a year. She 48 00:03:14.039 --> 00:03:20.080 then touched upon the abortion issue and referenced that very 49 00:03:20.919 --> 00:03:23.639 eloquently as a decision on matters of heart and home. 50 00:03:24.360 --> 00:03:29.960 Accused Trump of his decision to take away reproductive freedom 51 00:03:30.680 --> 00:03:33.759 and said that he would enact a national abortion ban. 52 00:03:34.120 --> 00:03:37.479 I don't know how he would do that, but that's 53 00:03:37.479 --> 00:03:42.039 what she claims. She talked about the freedom to live 54 00:03:42.199 --> 00:03:45.159 safe from gun violence, the freedom to love who you want, 55 00:03:45.199 --> 00:03:48.520 the freedom to drink clean and clean water and breathe 56 00:03:48.520 --> 00:03:53.439 fresh air, and the freedom to vote. She talked accused 57 00:03:53.520 --> 00:04:01.520 Trump of putting the strongest border bill inades. On ice, 58 00:04:02.919 --> 00:04:07.000 she talked about earning a path to citizenship and securing 59 00:04:07.080 --> 00:04:11.199 our borders. We have about twelve to fifteen million people 60 00:04:11.280 --> 00:04:15.080 in the country who potentially could earn a path to citizenship. 61 00:04:15.199 --> 00:04:18.199 He did get into the middle East. She said she 62 00:04:18.240 --> 00:04:22.639 would strands stand strong with Ukraine and NATO. She accused 63 00:04:22.800 --> 00:04:28.439 Trump of encouraging Putin to invade our allies. I suspect 64 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:30.360 we'll hear from Donald Trump on that. At some point 65 00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:33.839 she talked about Gaza. Now is the time to get 66 00:04:33.839 --> 00:04:36.839 a hostage deal and a ceasefire. She committed to always 67 00:04:36.839 --> 00:04:42.079 defending Israel, but she also said that the Palestinian people 68 00:04:42.079 --> 00:04:45.759 have a right to self determination, and then she accused 69 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:50.000 former President Trump of coasing up to dictators such as 70 00:04:50.079 --> 00:04:55.480 Kim Jong Um. Again my summary, great speech, great rhetoric, 71 00:04:55.560 --> 00:04:59.680 well written, well delivered, and she emphasized the privilege in 72 00:04:59.720 --> 00:05:04.040 priv of being an American. I haven't followed her career 73 00:05:04.639 --> 00:05:08.800 that closely as an Attorney General and as a senator, 74 00:05:09.360 --> 00:05:13.000 but this was a speech that Ronald Reagan could have 75 00:05:13.040 --> 00:05:16.839 given if you took out the criticisms of her opponent. 76 00:05:17.759 --> 00:05:20.000 It was a very patriotic speech. Now what we're going 77 00:05:20.079 --> 00:05:21.360 to do is we got to catch up on a 78 00:05:21.360 --> 00:05:24.759 couple of commercials, rob and so when we take a 79 00:05:24.759 --> 00:05:27.000 break here, we can fill some of the commercials we 80 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:29.079 may have missed. And I want to hear from you. 81 00:05:30.120 --> 00:05:34.480 Do you believe her? Do you believe. The speech seems 82 00:05:34.519 --> 00:05:38.800 to me that she talked on a number of issues, 83 00:05:39.439 --> 00:05:45.160 number of issues. It was flawlessly delivered and well received. 84 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:47.199 As you would expect. She could have got up in 85 00:05:47.240 --> 00:05:49.879 that audience tonight and recited the alphabet. But it was 86 00:05:49.920 --> 00:05:54.759 a really well written, well received speech, and I suspect 87 00:05:55.160 --> 00:05:57.759 is going to play well not only in the Democratic 88 00:05:57.839 --> 00:06:02.600 Party but amongst independent voters. It is now, I think 89 00:06:02.759 --> 00:06:06.000 up to the Republicans to realize they are in a 90 00:06:06.079 --> 00:06:12.199 real fight. Bottom line, Kamala Harris is no Joe Biden, 91 00:06:13.199 --> 00:06:15.519 and they had an opportunity to run against Joe Biden. 92 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:20.920 They now have an opportunity again to run against a 93 00:06:21.040 --> 00:06:24.920 much better position and a much stronger candidate. So we'll 94 00:06:24.920 --> 00:06:26.879 open up the phone line six one, seven, two, five, 95 00:06:26.920 --> 00:06:31.759 four ten thirty six one seven, nine three one ten thirty. Uh. 96 00:06:32.480 --> 00:06:34.800 I don't know if she wrote the speech alone. We 97 00:06:34.879 --> 00:06:38.040 will find out in the next few days, but it 98 00:06:38.120 --> 00:06:42.720 was a it was a great, great performance tonight, and 99 00:06:42.839 --> 00:06:44.480 I'd love to get your response. 100 00:06:45.040 --> 00:06:45.120 Uh. 101 00:06:45.240 --> 00:06:49.959 If you agree or disagree, feel free. We're opening these 102 00:06:49.959 --> 00:06:52.680 phone lines up tomorrow. Of course, we anticipate that they 103 00:06:52.720 --> 00:06:56.680 will be a bit of a rejoinder from the Trump administrator, 104 00:06:57.040 --> 00:07:00.480 the former president, I should say, and also from Robert F. 105 00:07:00.560 --> 00:07:04.920 Kennedy Junior. So this campaign now is underway, it is joined, 106 00:07:05.360 --> 00:07:09.639 joined the conversation six one, seven, ten thirty. Those are 107 00:07:09.639 --> 00:07:11.560 the only lines that are open right now. Back on 108 00:07:11.639 --> 00:07:12.519 Nightside after this. 109 00:07:13.439 --> 00:07:16.639 Now, back to Dan Ray live from the Window World 110 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:19.879 Nightside Studios on WBZ News Radio. 111 00:07:20.639 --> 00:07:22.360 All right, well, I hope you heard the speech. It 112 00:07:22.439 --> 00:07:27.319 was really a good speech. Now again, there are there 113 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:30.519 are plenty of quipples that can be taken with it, 114 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:34.480 and I suspect that many of the diehard Trump supporters 115 00:07:34.480 --> 00:07:36.160 are not going to see it. I will just say this. 116 00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:41.199 I will just say this. Uh, she is a formidable candidate. 117 00:07:41.920 --> 00:07:45.639 She is a very formidable candidate. And if the Republicans 118 00:07:45.800 --> 00:07:50.600 and the Trump supporters underestimate Kamala Harris, they do it 119 00:07:51.439 --> 00:07:55.040 at their own jeopardy. Let's start it off. We'll get 120 00:07:55.040 --> 00:07:56.519 to phone calls and love to get as many of 121 00:07:56.560 --> 00:07:59.279 you as possible. I got some lines at six one, seven, two, five, four, 122 00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:01.560 ten thirty. Let's light him up and let's go right 123 00:08:01.680 --> 00:08:04.199 as right away, Tom and Dorchester. Tom, you were next 124 00:08:04.199 --> 00:08:06.680 on night first this hour, Night Side go ahead. 125 00:08:06.439 --> 00:08:09.720 Tom, Bye bye, Dan, How are you I'm doing just 126 00:08:09.800 --> 00:08:12.959 fuck when Donald Trump should win easily? 127 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:16.160 Now, let me ask you this, and I want to 128 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:20.120 have a conversation speech. Hold on a second, just let's 129 00:08:20.120 --> 00:08:20.879 have a conversation. 130 00:08:20.959 --> 00:08:21.160 Tom. 131 00:08:21.199 --> 00:08:27.199 First again, you think that this speech hurt her tonight? Yes? 132 00:08:27.560 --> 00:08:32.919 Why she lied about the incursion? It was Joe Biden 133 00:08:33.200 --> 00:08:36.960 that said a small incursion into Ukraine. He could do 134 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:39.759 that was not Donald Trump. And there was so many 135 00:08:39.799 --> 00:08:43.799 other lies, Dan, Trump would chair this upont It was 136 00:08:43.799 --> 00:08:46.799 so many lies in that speech. I'm not kidding. I'm 137 00:08:46.799 --> 00:08:50.200 saying there was one of the big, huge lie I 138 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:52.679 was thinking of, and it just it went out of 139 00:08:52.679 --> 00:08:53.159 my mind. 140 00:08:53.360 --> 00:08:57.480 Well, what I don't think. I don't believe she might. 141 00:08:57.759 --> 00:09:00.240 She could say that Donald Trump wants to cut Social 142 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:03.440 Security and Medicare, but I've heard Donald Trump say just 143 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:09.120 the opposite now exact. But I'm saying she may believe 144 00:09:09.200 --> 00:09:12.519 that in her heart of hearts, and she can say 145 00:09:12.559 --> 00:09:16.480 whatever she wants in a campaign of this nature, but 146 00:09:19.480 --> 00:09:23.440 I think that that is going to be I think 147 00:09:23.519 --> 00:09:26.799 that's a mistake. I also think that on the Middle East, 148 00:09:26.840 --> 00:09:28.679 if there, if I had to find a weakness in 149 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:32.120 the speech. I think she's trying to split the difference 150 00:09:32.120 --> 00:09:34.279 in the Middle East, and I'm not sure she's going 151 00:09:34.360 --> 00:09:38.440 to make everyone happy. I think she may make everyone unhappy. 152 00:09:38.480 --> 00:09:43.960 On that she talked about, you know, the right of 153 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:48.480 the Palestinian people, the self determination. That is an issue 154 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:52.360 that in light of the October seventh attack, a lot 155 00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:55.679 of Jewish Americans and a lot of Israeli is going 156 00:09:55.759 --> 00:09:59.240 to say, how is that possible? How is that possible 157 00:09:59.759 --> 00:10:02.440 that they can live with neighbors like that. So, I 158 00:10:02.480 --> 00:10:06.960 mean it's look, I hope you would agree with me 159 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:10.559 that it was a well written and well delivered speech. 160 00:10:11.240 --> 00:10:13.320 Despite the fact that that I know you're a big 161 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:16.519 Donald Trump supporter. Joe Biden could not have given that 162 00:10:16.559 --> 00:10:19.159 speech tonight as effectively as she gave that speech. 163 00:10:19.799 --> 00:10:23.519 Dan speak was full of lies, full of lives. It 164 00:10:23.600 --> 00:10:28.399 was incredible. They gave Iran billions of dolls. That's why 165 00:10:28.639 --> 00:10:31.240 this war is going on in the Middle East. Joe 166 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:35.919 Biden and Kama Harris gave them billions of dollars, billions 167 00:10:35.919 --> 00:10:36.919 and billions of dogs. 168 00:10:37.080 --> 00:10:39.320 I don't think I don't think Biden Harris gave them 169 00:10:39.360 --> 00:10:41.559 billions of dollars. Tom I got to disagree with you. 170 00:10:41.639 --> 00:10:45.240 I think that the Obama administration did give money to Iran, 171 00:10:46.200 --> 00:10:48.960 and I do think that you can argue that there 172 00:10:48.960 --> 00:10:51.440 could have been pressure applied by the Biden and Harris 173 00:10:51.480 --> 00:10:54.080 administration that was not applied. But I don't know that 174 00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:57.799 money was sent by Biden, by the Biden Harris administration 175 00:10:57.840 --> 00:10:59.960 to Iran. I think you're talking about what happened when 176 00:11:00.080 --> 00:11:03.480 President Obama was when they sent those palettes of cash. 177 00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:07.200 Uh no, I'm not you know why. I'll tell you why. 178 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:12.120 Donald Trump had sanctions on Iran and all of a sudden, yes. 179 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:14.840 He did right, and the sanctions were removed. But that's 180 00:11:14.919 --> 00:11:19.480 not giving Iran money. That's maybe allowing them to improve 181 00:11:19.519 --> 00:11:22.759 their economy, but it's not You said that they gave 182 00:11:23.000 --> 00:11:25.320 that Biden Harris gave around billions of doll I'm just 183 00:11:25.399 --> 00:11:28.320 trying to I'm just trying to call it as fairly 184 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:31.600 as I can. I really mean that, So you you're 185 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:33.879 not concerned. You are not concerned at this point you 186 00:11:33.879 --> 00:11:35.080 think that Donald Trump is going. 187 00:11:35.080 --> 00:11:39.039 To walk in, You should do a lot better. There's 188 00:11:39.080 --> 00:11:42.799 so many jan I'm telling you they gave billions of 189 00:11:42.840 --> 00:11:47.600 dollars to Iran because Trump said sanctions on Iran. All 190 00:11:47.639 --> 00:11:50.720 of a sudden, Iran is a washing money. 191 00:11:51.279 --> 00:11:59.360 Lift sanctions, Tom, Lifting sanctions is different than giving money. 192 00:11:58.360 --> 00:11:59.919 Dan, Honest to god, they gave Bill. 193 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:03.879 Okay, we'll see. I'll fact check you on that one. Okay, 194 00:12:04.360 --> 00:12:06.200 all right, Tom, thanks very very much you call. Let 195 00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:08.799 me go to Sandra in Boston. Sandra, your reaction to 196 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:14.159 Vice President Kamala Harris's speech tonight go right to hit Sander. 197 00:12:15.080 --> 00:12:18.840 Well, Dan, I think she is a forceful speaker, and 198 00:12:18.919 --> 00:12:21.960 somebody did some good writing. But I agree with Tom. 199 00:12:22.039 --> 00:12:24.159 There were so many lies in it that you just 200 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:27.320 had to you know, it was just mind boggs. 201 00:12:27.399 --> 00:12:30.639 Okay, so let me ask what lies would you identify again? 202 00:12:30.879 --> 00:12:34.159 I I identified when she said that, you know, Trump 203 00:12:34.200 --> 00:12:37.360 wants to cut off so screwy. I don't think he. 204 00:12:37.519 --> 00:12:39.639 I don't. I think he said just the opposite. Go ahead. 205 00:12:42.000 --> 00:12:45.840 An armed mob did not storm the capitol there. 206 00:12:47.600 --> 00:12:49.919 What was it? It was? It was a mob. 207 00:12:50.080 --> 00:12:51.039 They were not armed. 208 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:54.639 The mistakes she made. She said he sent the mob. 209 00:12:54.440 --> 00:12:57.519 To send an armed mob to the capitol. 210 00:12:57.799 --> 00:12:59.960 But it was an armed mob that went to the capitol. 211 00:13:00.200 --> 00:13:03.120 They had they had sticks. 212 00:13:03.279 --> 00:13:06.759 The people who had guns were the Capitol police, and 213 00:13:06.799 --> 00:13:10.480 they were the people who shot people. And and there 214 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:12.000 was one person. 215 00:13:12.440 --> 00:13:16.360 There was one person shot. Okay, what are the other lines. 216 00:13:16.240 --> 00:13:23.120 Michael Bird? So other problems the Ukraine business? Uh? Tom 217 00:13:23.200 --> 00:13:28.440 is right? Biden said, Oh, to putin a slight incursion 218 00:13:28.559 --> 00:13:33.720 won't matter. And then even more importantly, they moved the embassy, 219 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:37.720 the American embassy, which is committed is American soil. They 220 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:40.639 moved it out of Keys to the western part. 221 00:13:41.320 --> 00:13:41.639 Uh. 222 00:13:42.200 --> 00:13:45.320 In other words, if they had kept the embassy and 223 00:13:47.080 --> 00:13:50.519 put up some sort of front against Putin, perhaps he 224 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:52.320 wouldn't have gone as far as he did. 225 00:13:53.320 --> 00:13:53.600 Uh. 226 00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:55.639 So she was wrong on that, and if she had 227 00:13:55.679 --> 00:13:58.960 anything to do with it, she should be held responsible. 228 00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:01.960 To be honest with you, You might be correct on that. 229 00:14:02.039 --> 00:14:05.240 I do not remember the American Embassy being moved. 230 00:14:05.399 --> 00:14:07.759 I remember calling your show about it because you had 231 00:14:07.799 --> 00:14:11.200 someone from the Fletcher School on, and I asked the 232 00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:14.679 person why they moved the embassy to the western part 233 00:14:14.720 --> 00:14:19.720 of the of Ukraine. They moved out of Keys. 234 00:14:19.919 --> 00:14:22.360 Okay, Well, I'm going to double during the break coming 235 00:14:22.440 --> 00:14:24.120 up here, I'm going to try to fact check that, 236 00:14:25.000 --> 00:14:27.440 and if you're right, I will I will report. 237 00:14:27.120 --> 00:14:30.519 It and then in terms of the border, two million 238 00:14:30.639 --> 00:14:34.879 people are what they call goutaways. They don't know who 239 00:14:34.919 --> 00:14:37.559 they are, they don't know where they are, and they 240 00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:41.799 quite potentially could be terrorists. Some people are saying there 241 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:46.559 as many fifty thousand communist Chinese that have come in. 242 00:14:47.399 --> 00:14:50.120 The border has been a disaster, and for her to 243 00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:53.320 say anything about it where she was given the responsibility 244 00:14:53.440 --> 00:14:57.600 to take care of it is just inauthentic to be 245 00:14:57.799 --> 00:14:58.799 kind and generous. 246 00:14:58.960 --> 00:15:03.080 Okay a phrase okay. 247 00:15:04.799 --> 00:15:05.440 Do you want more? 248 00:15:06.039 --> 00:15:07.720 Well, I'm listening to you. 249 00:15:08.840 --> 00:15:11.840 I am pro choice and I'm an independent, so I 250 00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:16.279 do feel that, you know, it's a very difficult decision 251 00:15:16.360 --> 00:15:19.679 for a lot of us to to to make. But 252 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:23.039 I would just say, look at the way she treated 253 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:28.519 Jeff Sessions when Jeff when Attorney General Jeff Sessions reached 254 00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:31.600 for an a dirve on that at the same time 255 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:34.679 that the ambassador of the Soviet Union was in some 256 00:15:34.720 --> 00:15:38.039 sort of cocktail party or whatever, he was accused of 257 00:15:38.080 --> 00:15:41.480 being all kinds of things, And there's a clip where 258 00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:49.000 she is, uh, just harassing him, and it's just there's 259 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:54.120 I don't know, people better look at that clip because 260 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:58.080 I think you'll forget the real person that from me looking. 261 00:15:57.840 --> 00:16:03.840 At me, let me let me to a piece that 262 00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:09.600 is about the US embassy. March eight, two thousand and four, 263 00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:12.960 the US State Departments plenty to send several dozen diplomats 264 00:16:12.960 --> 00:16:17.080 this is last March to the overstretched US embassy in 265 00:16:17.200 --> 00:16:21.159 Ukraine's in Ukraine's capital of Kiev, and to give officials 266 00:16:21.200 --> 00:16:24.240 more flexibility to travel around the surrounding reason for People 267 00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:28.480 familiar with the decision told Foreign Policy the move comes 268 00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:31.000 despite fears within the Bide administration to the presence of 269 00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:33.799 any more US diplomats or military personnel in Ukraine would 270 00:16:33.799 --> 00:16:36.399 increase the risk of Washington getting entangled in a shooting 271 00:16:36.440 --> 00:16:38.799 war with Russia. If someone can confirm for me that 272 00:16:40.799 --> 00:16:42.960 right now, it's said there are roughly one hundred to 273 00:16:42.960 --> 00:16:45.679 two hundred US diplomats and military personnel at the US 274 00:16:45.679 --> 00:16:48.360 Embassy in Kiev. This is as of March. Current and 275 00:16:48.399 --> 00:16:50.600 former officials said, though the exact come. 276 00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:57.279 Back the move happens during the first part of the battles, 277 00:16:58.200 --> 00:17:02.159 when the when Russia actually was bombing. 278 00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:06.359 Rane resisted. 279 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:07.720 Again. 280 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:10.640 There may be in the embassy now, but. 281 00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:16.680 If I find something, I do not believe it. Sandra, 282 00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:18.599 please listen to me, if you'd be so kind. Okay, 283 00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:22.200 I will try to find out. But I have been 284 00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:26.799 able to find nothing that that would that would support 285 00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:30.279 that that we move people or we move the embassy out. Okay. 286 00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:32.920 I'm looking at the picture of the US Embassy in Kiev, 287 00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:36.440 but I don't want to look. People can decide that 288 00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:39.319 for themselves, Okay. I don't want to squabble with you here. 289 00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:42.319 You're a good caller. I just had never heard of that. 290 00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:47.000 You may recall it better than I do. Uh, other 291 00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:49.480 listeners might check check it out. I do not see 292 00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:52.079 that we moved the US embassy, is what I'm reacting to. 293 00:17:53.920 --> 00:17:56.079 They tried to close it up and move it to 294 00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:59.559 the west, and Biden offered Zelenski a ride out of 295 00:17:59.640 --> 00:18:00.000 the Puny. 296 00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:04.920 I believe that, yes, but I believe that Zelensky said, 297 00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:11.240 uh no, I'm staying. Okay. So therefore, if as a 298 00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:14.839 matter of again, whatever, let me get we'll get back 299 00:18:14.880 --> 00:18:16.960 to the speech. Sandra, thank you much for your call. 300 00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:19.759 Uh okay, Okay, thank thank you much. 301 00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:21.759 We will talk to you great. 302 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:22.119 Okay. 303 00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:26.079 If anybody can confirm what Sandra said, what Sandra asserted, 304 00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:28.359 I would I tried to find it it does not 305 00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:31.400 appear to me to be true. But we have We 306 00:18:31.440 --> 00:18:33.599 got a newscast coming up. I got one line at 307 00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:36.079 six one, seven, two, five, four, ten thirty. Got a 308 00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:39.279 couple of lines at six one seven, nine, nine thirty. 309 00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:41.480 Your reaction to the speech, okay. I mean, if you 310 00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:43.480 thought it was a great speech, great, If you thought 311 00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:46.799 it was short on details, we don't need to quibble 312 00:18:46.839 --> 00:18:48.920 over everything. But I would love to hear from you. 313 00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:52.839 I there was some things that I thought were factually untrue, 314 00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:56.920 and there were some things that she expressed her opinion on. Okay, 315 00:18:57.039 --> 00:19:00.599 and you got to make that distinction, and let's just 316 00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:03.279 have at it. Okay, you got the phone numbers, we 317 00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:05.720 got the lines, we got a newscast. Be right back 318 00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:12.759 on Night Side. 319 00:19:09.839 --> 00:19:14.000 With Dan Ray on Boston's news radio. 320 00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:17.319 Thank you, Dan Watkins. It'll be interesting to see what 321 00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:20.960 the poll numbers show in the next week or so. 322 00:19:21.240 --> 00:19:25.839 And I think that the vice president we'll get a 323 00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:29.720 bump from this speech. And again I'm asking you, if 324 00:19:30.400 --> 00:19:33.559 you know, if you're a Trump supporter, you can tell 325 00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:36.720 me whatever you want, but let's try to keep it accurate. 326 00:19:36.839 --> 00:19:40.960 And again, if you're a Harris supporter and you feel 327 00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:44.799 I thought it was an excellent speech. I thought she 328 00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:47.200 did a great job. I think she had a better 329 00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:52.680 speech tonight than Donald Trump did at his convention. I 330 00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:59.519 thought that Trump's speech was meandering. Hers was crisp. She 331 00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:02.400 hit all the issues that she wanted to hit. Uh, 332 00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:05.680 she stayed away from issues that would be embarrassing. She 333 00:20:05.759 --> 00:20:10.039 did not talk about her position unfracking, on which of 334 00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:13.839 course is a big issue in Pennsylvania. She did not 335 00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:16.960 talk about her support for the Minnesota bail fund in 336 00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:21.000 twenty twenty before she was the vice president of the 337 00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:23.559 United States. I'm sure that the Trump campaign will be 338 00:20:23.640 --> 00:20:25.920 hitting upon those, but you would not expect her to 339 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:31.920 talk about things that were potentially negative issues. She she 340 00:20:32.079 --> 00:20:35.119 delivered a great speech tonight, and you need to understand that, 341 00:20:35.319 --> 00:20:36.960 and you need to understand that a lot of people 342 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:39.279 who are not paying attention are going to take it 343 00:20:39.319 --> 00:20:42.559 as a great speech. But I'm more than willing to 344 00:20:42.599 --> 00:20:45.200 hear from you if you disagree. I've got some open lines, 345 00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:49.359 which I think is very interesting, and it sounds to 346 00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:52.319 me like maybe a lot of the Trump people are 347 00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:56.440 to have little to say. Six one, seven, nine, three, 348 00:20:56.559 --> 00:21:00.920 one ten thirty six one seven, two five ten thirty 349 00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:04.200 William in Hyde Park, William, Welcome back on Welcome to 350 00:21:04.279 --> 00:21:04.680 Night Side. 351 00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:08.640 How are you, sir, Hi Dan, Thanks for taking my call. 352 00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:12.480 I thought it was an outstanding speech. I've been following 353 00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:16.119 politics since sixty eight, pretty much all my voting life, yep, 354 00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:19.720 and I haven't really don't remember a Democratic convention that 355 00:21:19.880 --> 00:21:23.799 was as energized fight up as that one. Even compared 356 00:21:23.839 --> 00:21:25.480 it to an Obama was run for president. 357 00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.200 I agree. 358 00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:29.160 I thought I thought her comments on gun violence were 359 00:21:29.359 --> 00:21:32.480 on point. I thought her point about women's rights and 360 00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:35.680 abortion's rights is huge. I think their reference to Project 361 00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:37.920 twenty twenty five is going to be an anchor that's 362 00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:40.480 going to drag down Trump's campaign. I thought she did 363 00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:44.599 an outstanding job. The energy was off the charts. I 364 00:21:44.599 --> 00:21:47.519 don't ever remember a convention where I saw so much 365 00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:52.400 people were just ecstatic. I mean, it was unbelievable. Yeah, 366 00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:54.599 I understand, you know, you go ahead. 367 00:21:54.359 --> 00:21:54.640 IM sorry. 368 00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:59.319 I think part of that is that these delegates were 369 00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:03.799 in six weeks ago to go to Chicago and renominate 370 00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:11.079 Joe Biden, and obviously the decision to force Biden out, Uh, 371 00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:13.319 you know, I think it was Warren Dawd who called 372 00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:17.519 it a coup. This has turned out well for the 373 00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:20.400 Democratic Party. I think they were in much better positioned 374 00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:23.759 to stay in the White House tonight than they were 375 00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:26.079 six weeks ago. And I think I agree. 376 00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:29.480 What's amazing to me was, I don't know, do you 377 00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:32.759 ever remember Republicans speaking of them? Congrat you mention? I 378 00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:36.079 don't think what was the question? 379 00:22:36.119 --> 00:22:36.440 I missed? 380 00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:39.880 You ever remember? Do you ever remember Republicans coming to 381 00:22:39.920 --> 00:22:44.119 a democratic inventing and talking about the country and America 382 00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:46.359 and democracy and keeping it safe and what's right and 383 00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:47.640 what's wrong and being principled. 384 00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:51.160 No, no, no, no, no, no, let me tell you you're 385 00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:53.799 absolutely running that. Obviously, I saw Kinsinger up there tonight. 386 00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:56.799 I don't know if Liz if Liz Cheney made an appearance, 387 00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:59.599 but I did see Adam Kinsinger. And I'm not sure 388 00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:02.000 what other Republicans might have been up there, because I 389 00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:05.599 was trying to, you know, do my show. But this 390 00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:09.480 is a different situation. Donald Trump has made in rows 391 00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:14.079 in the Democratic base that other Republicans did make. You 392 00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:18.039 got to remember Mitt Romney ran and lost badly to 393 00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:23.680 President Obama in the twenty twelve race. I remember, Okay, 394 00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:27.720 so Mitt Romney was a quintessential gentleman. Donald Trump is 395 00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:32.039 a different sort of candidate, and it worked for him 396 00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:34.440 in twenty sixteen, didn't work quite as well for him 397 00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:36.680 in twenty twenty. We'll have to see what happens in 398 00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:39.359 twenty twenty four. But it's fascinating. 399 00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:43.039 I mean, it really is. And at the point that 400 00:23:43.119 --> 00:23:48.240 Kimsinger made about Donald Trump basically changed the whole kind 401 00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:52.359