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Jeff Poor Show - Friday 9-13-24
[MUSIC PLAYING] From Bucks Pocket to the shores of Orange Beach, at all points in between, an insider's perspective on Alabama politics. It's the Jeff Poor Show. I don't think Hank done it this way. [MUSIC PLAYING] Good morning. Welcome to the Jeff Poor Show, Defend Talk 10065. Thanks for joining us on this Friday. Friday is finally Friday. We do appreciate you listening, broadcasting, and Birmingham. Once again, some of us have a little different that is why. Coming up on the program, Mary Sell, pitch hitting for Todd Stacey in about a half hour. Todd, our Friday regular, is in some point clear. She likes to advertise on his daily newsletter, where he is, I'll see here, Bradley Jay from Breitbart News coming up in that 10 o'clock hour. And then finally, we do it every Friday, our returning champion, Chris Elliott, state senator from the lower portion of Baldwin County. So we appreciate you listening. 2-5-1-3-4-3-0-1-0-6 in the middle of the-- I'm in the middle of my marathon. This is the last day of Phil and dude, he's in Birmingham. But I have made it this far, so I think I can get to the finish line. So we're going to get some slowly-- kind of today, I think the big story will be. We'll see throughout the day. We're going to start getting some post-debate polling. We'll have a better idea of sort of where things are. And if this presidential debate-- it was not a great showing for our former president, but it wasn't exactly a blowout win, either for the vice president. And if it matters, I'm definitely skeptical that it does matter. So we'll find out if I'm right or if I am wrong. But today, let's typically we see a lot of these polls. Probably today, maybe into the weekend, Sunday for sure. And if it is in Kamal Harris' favor, just buckle up because the Sunday shows will try to make it the biggest news ever. I mean, can we stop pretending to-- yesterday, he had to deal with somebody, a caller. And it was essentially, well, Trump should have been better prepared to go three on one. As if that's just you want to be a Republican president in America, that's what you're subject to. And then I'll say a little irritating. Maybe they're right. But we've got to get a better-- the Republican Party has got to get a better hold on this process, and maybe that's something to work on heading into the 2028 cycle, which sounds awful to talk about on September 13, 2024. No third debate as Trump announced yesterday on his truth social platform. And I'll say right now, now the polls will change this number, depending on what they do. They may not. The 538 blog guy, Nate Silver, still putting Trump in a 60% chance of winning, and this is probably post-Taylor Swift endorsement as well. By the way, that's a question for you guys. Two, five, what, three, four, three, zero, one, zero, six. This is a Taylor Swift stuff matter at all. And I think it's a good indication of mass marketing in America, too. Gee, she Taylor Swift drinking a Diet Coke. Are you? If you're-- well, she's got her Swifties. But are you more inclined or less inclined to drink Diet Coke? Are maybe you just drink Diet Coke, because you've always drank Diet Coke. But looking up and down these celebrity endorsements, not a candidate's, but a product. The only one that comes to mind that really matters, matters more than any, Michael Jordan and Nike shoes. Now, some of the others are important, but that one is, that one is big. So when they come to-- and then this was obviously in the 80s and 90s when this mattered, my hypothesis here, they don't matter as much as they used to why the culture is so splintered. Everybody's got 500 different things they're into. There's a lot of Taylor Swift fans out there. Now, 75% of them are holding up the vote. And that's a passing fad, it feels like. But the culture's so split up into different things. And, furthermore, a celebrity endorsements mattered. We know that liberalism in the Democratic Party reigns the premium in Hollywood. Why don't we have Democrat majorities, Democrat one party rule in America. If the culture, the pop culture, not the culture culture, but the pop culture, plays such an important role. The culture plays a role, but it's not pop culture. I mean, it's language, it's customs, it's faith. And there's a lot two culture that just whatever the new folk album that Taylor Swift put out is. But I don't think pop culture moves the needle-- and I don't think it moves the needle as much as it used to. It's like the way things are going, technology is sped up so much that people can get whatever they want. And you look, for example, if you want to watch binge watch episodes of Cheers or the Cosby Show, or I don't know about the Dukes of Hazard, but Night Rider, or you think of these 80 shows, 90 shows, you can now. You can cut yourself off completely from the outside world and have your own entertainment or your own-- what was the pop culture at one time? And to think that people are all tuned into three networks, it doesn't happen anymore. And maybe it happens for a few hours every year during the Super Bowl. But even then, that's not even drawing the numbers that they used to because, like I said, people got other options now. 2, 5, 1, 3, 4, 3, 0, 1, 0, 6. So just throwing that out there. Do you think Taylor Swift matters? That's-- my opinion is no, not really. And I said this, I think it matters maybe more than this. But is it get people out the vote? They registered a vote. Sure, but then do they actually go vote? Beyonce, a lot of this is already baked in, guys, too. I mean, there was any surprise. She was a-- going to support Kamala Harris. Any shock there? The Haiti stuff is still going on here in Alabama. There's a town hall last night in Talladega County in Fayetteville. I don't know. You heard from Steve Marshall yesterday on this program. It just doesn't sound like there's a lot that could be done at the state level or that there's willing to be done at the state level. We'll have to wait and see it. You wonder if-- watch Ohio because there-- that's the state where it's probably going to be the first out of the gate to do anything. So, Ohio and the National Guard, will they pass a state law? Can the state start regulating these NGOs that are profiting off of this relocation program? Can they start going at-- and this has been Robbins that we had on yesterday-- can they start looking at regulating these sponsors, these people who are claiming to be quote-unquote sponsors but don't really do the job. They pocket the money and leave these non-English speaking folks just kind of at a hotel somewhere, kind of clueless. Is that a potential fix? But more and more of these stories are popping up all over. And I wonder how long it is until we have something a little closer to our listening area. They got-- we bitched in Silicon, you know, a lot, but in Albertville and Athens, Russellville. And now you're starting to hear enterprise in Coffee County as one of the spots. I mean, are we that far from-- what would you guys say if they started dropping off Haitian bigrants in Loxley or Robert Stale or Citranelle or Atmore or something like that? No, what would the reaction be? So I kind of scoffed at it initially. Well, it seems to be pretty isolated, but the way it's explained to me, 500,000 potentially Haitian migrants, they got to relocate, and they got to hurry up and do this before the January 20th inauguration. Potentially, now, from all Harris wins, it's a moot point. But you're starting to see all these stories about it for that reason, because they are prepping for the potential of a loss there. And what do you do? Well, you don't need to call holding them back. So they're trying to move these-- you're trying to get these immigrants relocated as expeditiously as possible. I don't know when that alarm bell rang, but it rang here in the last month or so. Again, are there more places? Are you folks in Mississippi? But wherever there's a chicken plant, and they're kind of looking into these poultry processing plants, they are not fun places to be. And it's not-- I mean, the work is gross and dirty. But these poultry producers aren't necessarily like good companies. They aren't-- I mean, sure you wouldn't say, well, a job's a job's a job. But they try to crank out as much chicken as possible under some potentially hazardous circumstances, unclean, unsanitary, and not very safe. And you feel like you would hear this. Are they-- imagine being a non-English speaking Haitian-- that's totally alien culture, undeveloped country. And you get put in this processing plant, and you're not 100% aware of your surroundings. Are these people being exploited? Perchive labor. And it sounds more and more like they are in some places. And that's the question you need to ask, like, how much are they paying these people? If anything at all, it's almost like a digital servitude. But that's what it is. It is sort of sanitized human trafficking. [MUSIC PLAYING] That's happening in here in Alabama. And there's not much that can be done about it. Well, you just get to vote for Trump. Well, yeah. Alabama's going to go for Trump. Well, back, this is the Japore Show at F.M. Talk 10065. [MUSIC PLAYING] Of course, this time, leave the doctor. You'll hide a black tornado across the western sky. Rope an old blue, northern, delicate tinnies dry. Bulldog the Mississippi, and it seems downflate. Long before you take this cowboys hat. Welcome back to the Japore Show at F.M. Talk 10065. Now, you'll have to jag it means to you. 24 minutes after the hour on this Friday morning, 2513430106. So I couldn't help myself. But to look up the booking question here at the Mobile Library, might let's be an experience with loneliness. It's not exactly full frontal nudity. But I don't know. They are pushing the envelope here at the library. I don't know if it's this way, a young adult type of book. Anyway, 2513430106 had a WKRG story about-- that's why Missy Gates decided there talking about something on the shelves at the library. I mean, it's just what they do. They just-- these librarians don't want to be told what to do. And I guess they're just going to get close to that line as possible. Mobile is a much different place. Mobile, Birmingham, the politics, and the culture, and everything is maybe a little bit more progressive. Is that the right word? Then some other places-- and I don't know. It's one of the people in Mobile think of this, 251. If you live in Mobile-- or Mobile County, I guess-- 2513430106. Let's see, we got any text here. We'll kick it off with a name text here. I'm not sure how people would react to Taylor's supposed supporting Diet Coke. But I do know how they'd react to Dylan Mulvaney. Yeah, but that was different. That was-- that was promoting a lifestyle that some people find objectionable. And for no real good reason, other they had to say, hey, you good old boys out there that drink Bud Light, we're going to bring in some high culture and high classed your sorry, pathetic existence. And there was a backlash. I think Taylor Swift, the Dorsing of Saltrick, is perfectly fine. Jerry, of course, you could go after the 50C3 groups if you actually had an AG. Jerry, not a fan of Steve Marshall. That's twice for Stacey B and no-show Joe. Does he spend the quality time with the governor? I don't know, Todd does that to me sometimes. Oh, man, I just totally forgot, but it happens. I've done that to people before, too. When you're really busy and you have a bunch of jobs, it happens on the name text, or Jeff. I'm from Enterprise, my sister lives there. She has shocked the number of Latinos that are flooding enterprise bogging down the school's hospitals there. Well, this is not just your run-of-the-mill Latino. I mean, they share some of the customs or with the culture there. A name picture there is a talk about the Haitian refugees. And they're coming in to do jobs that even the Latinos, the Hispanics, will not even do. Why these people will not just pay more. And I mean, it's going to result in higher poultry prices. But these these poultry companies, I mean, you read some of these stories about the poultry farms in Alabama and the pressure they're under to make these people happy. Does she put out a song-- Didn't she put out a song, Bad Choices? It's sort of the joke here. And Taylor Swift, all of her songs are about all the bad choices she made. Backstrap, I don't take cues from actors' musicians or athletes. Most are out of touch, asshats, who have zero clue about real life. Martin, any of that diet soda pop as a funky aftertaste. Business and Jim Mercers' video and prediction Democrats are going to keep Trump out of office, even if he wins. Well, there you have it. We will explore some Jim Mercers at some point. 2, 5, 1, 3, 4, 3, 0, 0, 6. Mary Shelk coming up here in a few minutes. This is the Jet Force Show at FFTOC, 1, 0, 6, 5. Be a man. There's someone for everyone. Spent my dollar, parking a holler, needs a mountain moonlight. Older up tight, make a little oven, a little turn of it on, a mason, dixon night. If it's my life, oh, it's all right. My name's Eli and Eli. Look at my to the Jet Force Show at FFTOC, 1, 0, 6, 5. Things are sticking around on this Friday. Friday, Friday, Friday, morning. 2, 5, 1, 3, 4, 3, 0, 1, 0, 6. I didn't think about what time of day it was. Yesterday, the four hours, it's tricky. You say, good Thursday morning to you. And then you go Thursday afternoon. And then it just all gets jumbled in your head. Joining us now, though, somebody who doesn't have a jumbled head, always a pleasure. It's been a while. Mary Selph from Alabama Daily News, pitch hitting for Todd Stacy today. Mary, good morning. How are you? Good morning. I'm doing well. Thanks for having me on. Appreciate it. Thanks for hopping on them, impromptu notice. We always appreciate that. Yeah, when the boss is at the beach, you can do what you got to do. Well, he's down where I live when I'm not there today. I mean, I'm in Birmingham. So it's like, I guess, I guess, better weather there than what I loved it, I hope. For Todd, let's start here. I didn't look when we're kind of throwing this together at the last minute here. But I think it's worth talking about. Like, we kind of had a busy session and it ended. It ended with some heart feelings. Like, it does sometimes, but it felt a little-- it felt a little more dramatic this time. It did. It did, yeah. There was some anger leaving the state house in May, for sure. And it kind of is, you know, you're still passing when you talk to some of those gambling guys. I mean, they're still bitter about it for lack of a better term. I suppose we'll be put aside and we'll get to these next two years. I don't expect another gambling bill before the new quadrant name, do you? Like a serious gambling bill. A serious gambling bill. Because, I mean, there's always a gambling bill. How much? Like what they tried last year, serious, right? Sure, yeah. I would think for a serious gambling bill, I think you're going to have to have the governor involved. You're going to have some sort of like they did with gas tax, you know, some outside organization before we get to the session. And I know the members of the house put a lot of work into the 2024 bill. But you've got to get the Senate and the house together before the session starts, I think, to really get something done. And if that is happening right now, I have not seen that. Well, even at this time a year ago, we were hearing about Andy Witt going around-- Sure, doing his tour. And we're not taking pictures of the backroom casinos. Yeah. We're not really hearing much of that right now. What we are hearing-- and I had him on yesterday, the attorney general, I mean, he is going and shutting down some of these speakeasy casinos a little bit. I mean, or maybe they're just making the news more, but it seems like there's at least that going on. Right, yeah. I mean, until there is a legitimate fix for the illegal gambling, we're going to keep saying this. And those who want a bigger gambling bill, I mean, this is going to be an ongoing discussion for sure. But yeah, I agree with you that a big bill-- if it's in the works, I'm just not sure that-- and the likelihood for next year. I agree with that. The other thing, I guess, ethics reform, maybe that will be the big-- I mean, let me just ask you like this. I don't know what the big thing will be these next two years, it could be-- I mean, they've gotten a lot of the hot button, like, kind of right wingy things taken care of, it seems like, grocery tax, school choice, a lot of these things, boxes have been checked. But I can't be out of it with this. With things, we're kind of roaming the halls of the State House and a potential gubernatorial run. Will he try to-- does he have some kind of ace up his sleeve or something where he wants to kind of build himself up heading into an election cycle? Makes me wonder. But I think, like, right now, the only thing I could think of that would be significant would be an innocent, really significant to the general population at all. But the way we're going about trying to fix the ethics laws in Alabama. Right, right, yeah. Big effort by Representative Simpson. Again, down your way this year. But that's another one where I think you've just got to get more folks on board. And he did last year. He started. He had those meetings leading up to the session, public comments, a lot of public discussion. And I know he's going to try again. But, yeah, that's another one where so much of the work happens in the off session, as we say. One of the things I'm going to go ahead. Well, I think a lot of people, the Ethics Commission-- I mean, it's kind of confusing what it does, how it operates. The lines are muddled between that and the prosecutors in Alabama, the AG and the DAs. And I think that makes it like-- probably, since it's so complicated, a lot heavier lift to get done. It's a very heavy lift. And there's just so much. When you start saying, oh, we're going to change the ethics laws, immediately, people get suspicious. Some of the media start jumping on you, about, oh, what are you trying to do? You're trying to open this up. It's just such a-- nobody wants to touch it. Very few people want to touch it. We heard Phil Marsh and Magma Coach. And when they were on their way out the door of the State House, they wished that there had been changes and that the 2010 ethics bill went too far. But yeah, to change it now is such a heavy lift. And we're facing down the barrel of a very big election year in 2026. These guys are going to start campaigning next March. They'll be able to start raising funds. So I think the upcoming election will play a big factor in what bills we see and what's going to get done in 2026. I'm sorry, 2025. 2025, yeah. Well, and this will be a make or break year. And for our listeners, like the way this works, they do very little in that fourth year of a quad learning because the election's coming up in November. And they don't do it. Primary's in March, yeah. You don't really want to get too deep into something controversial that might actually directly impact the election. So next year is the year if anything's going to happen. Right. And I think one of the things that I'm starting to watch is we see-- I mean, the session starts in February. But I mean, we're already here. Not far you're seeing agencies start to prepare there. Budget requests for the 2026 fiscal year, which it's always hard for me to wrap my mind around that because right now we're still in 2024. 2025 starts in October. But making plans for 2026, the governor's office will have her proposal to lawmakers when they come in in February. I think the budget situation, I think we're seeing the sugar high of the pandemic relief post-COVID. We're coming off of that. We're seeing a flattening of revenues in both the general fund and education budgets. And we're starting to see some really big asks and some heavy lifts of lawmakers coming up in 2025 for 2026. We know that P-HIP, the Teachers Insurance Fund program, is going to-- they're facing a more than $200 million shortfall in 2027. They're going to be asking lawmakers for significantly more money. We know that RSA, their unfunded liabilities, have gone up in the last year. They will be asking for more money from both the general fund and the ETF. I mean, we're talking about hundreds of millions of dollars when we're seeing a flattening of revenue. So I think that is not going to be a fun discussion for anybody. And that's going to take up-- we're going to see the budgets, I think, be a bigger discussion in 2025 as well. Yeah, it's going to go back to kind of look at always has been where the budgets really are, the flashpoint, right? Right. And you're right, in some of these early budget hearings, they're already bracing themselves for maybe less revenue growth or no revenue growth or negative growth even. And it's not going to be business as usual, is it? Right. Yeah, since the pandemic, we had the cares money, and then all this ARPA money. And distributing that money was a huge deal. And then we saw increased revenues because of the influx of cash. And we've been warned for a couple of years that that party is going to end. And I think that we are, I think, 20, 25 session is going to be that post-party cleanup. That was kind of it, though. Let's go back to, I don't know, 17, 18, somewhere in there. And it's kind of a good economy. And so revenues were up, and they were able to do a lot more. And then as things kind of got into COVID, and then the federal government just started dumping cash into all the states. Sure. Yeah. Now you got it. And I mean, I'm-- Go ahead. Well, now you got some question marks about the economy. And the big thing is, the federal money is running out. I mean, that's-- The federal money is running out. Inflate the interest rates, federal interest rates, coming down, the general funds growth the last couple of years has been significantly propped up by higher interest rates. And that ARPA money that's been sitting in the bank waiting to be spent. And so as that money goes out and interest rates come down, we'll see a leveling off in the general fund, too. So my first year in the state house was 2012. That was not fun. I mean, they were looking for, you know, quarters under couch cushions, those back in those sessions. We're not-- we're obviously not there. But the budgets are going to be a different tone, I think, especially with some significant asks that-- and, you know, it's not like, you know, funding insurance and funding RSA, those aren't optional things. You know, those aren't. And I mean, that means the money that come from somewhere else. And that's the big question mark I would guess is where-- what are they going to-- are they going to-- look at cuts, or what are they going to do? Yeah, because as of last month, the revenues in the ETF were up by, I think, less than 2%. So still some growth, but not what we've seen in the last couple of years. And also, for the first time in 14 years, sales tax revenue is going to be down in this fiscal year when it ends this month. And that's in part because of a policy change, or mostly because of a policy change. The tax deduction, grocery tax, that one penny coming off of grocery taxes. And that was a decision that lawmakers made, but there are effects, consequences. Well, the P-HIP, you brought that up, but are they just going to come out of the ETF? I mean, we know how they're going to resolve that. So what the P-HIP board is asking right now-- and again, they're facing a, I think, 237 million deficit in 2027. So they're gearing up for that. There are plenty of advanced warning, but they're asking lawmakers for an additional 133 million in 2026, and then they wanted to dip into a reserve fund. But even if they do those two things, they were still face a deficit in 2027. Lawmakers will very likely have to pony up some additional money, but you know this crew, Jeff. I would expect some conversations about increased premiums or co-pays that the employees are going to have to pay additional funds, too. That is not what the P-HIP board recommended when they voted last week, although it was part of an initial discussion. But I just can't see our legislative leaders-- Especially the budget chairman you have now, you know? Right. Just saying, sure, we will take on all this responsibility. So I think those are-- and again, those are tough discussions because all right, you're going to raise teachers' premiums a year before an election year. That's a tough look. That's a tough decision. Sure. By Mary Selv, Alabama Daily News. Hey, have you been keeping up with the progress on the new statehouse? I know that Todd was talking to AFNI Latham yesterday on Capitol Journal. That'll be on tonight. And I look forward to getting an update on that. But I am not-- [LAUGHTER] Oh, I find it on that one. The statehouse about as much as I do. Well, I hear lately about-- I would be going every week, but just a few times a session typically. And I get-- I mean, I don't know. It is kind of a dated building. And if there's mold, then they need to do something there. But I never felt that uncomfortable in there. I don't know. Maybe you have a different take. So I mean, I've spent a lot of years in that building. And it is-- for what we do, it's adequate. And I'll tell you, there's some things that I like about that building. I love that lawmakers have to go down that hallway. And you can snatch them up if you have a question. You can stop them on their way into the chambers. And so can lobbyists and so can anybody else. The building-- but honestly, Jeff, I've been in there and had staff come up to me and say, hey, don't ride the middle elevator today. It's a little wonky. It's been stopping on people. Like, what? Right. They're a significant mold. The first floor smells disgusting. It smells like sewage sometimes. And also, it's costing more money to maintain. And just, like, the HVAC is seriously outdated. There was a report a couple of years ago that-- and I forget the number-- how much it would cost just to maintain it. But it was hundreds of millions of dollars. So my biggest issue with the state house, though, and why I am-- I've said I'm pro new state house-- is the accessibility for people. When you have groups come in, when you have the kids come in on school buses, there is nowhere for them to be. We have these tiny board rooms-- or, I'm sorry, committee rooms that can accommodate people. There's no room for groups to meet, to sit. The crowded in the hallways. It is just not a friendly building for the public. And that has always irritated me. So I am pro state house in the-- In theory, yeah, or in the-- In theory, if we get in there and it's still tiny, tiny committee rooms, and people still have to be packed in the hallway, and they're-- yeah, I've seen people turned away from public meetings. People that drive from all-wheel or decatur. Well, that-- And the security through security in the morning is-- Yeah. So I am taking everybody at their word that this is going to be a more accessible, friendly building for the public. And that's why I'm for it. So I can see the-- Reporters are used to working. Reporters are used to working in nasty, moldy places. We'd be OK either way, but I really hope that's a better spot. We're going to die 10 years too early anyway. But hopefully, let us kind of go down the hallways. We're not like, have to conform to some kind of rules like those lobbyists, and we'll be-- Right. Yeah. If there's stopping people, like, if all of a sudden, we can't get down the hallway to get to senators or get to house members, that is going to be an issue. And I will come on here and raise heck with you. I hear you. Well, we'll standing nighted on that one. Mary, I'm fortunate to find you online or sign up for the Alabama Daily News letter. How can they do so? They can find us online, aldailynews.com. Yes, I'm up for our newsletter. It's free in your email every morning. And you can find me on Twitter, Marysell Quillan. Marysell Quillan, ladies and gentlemen. Mary, thanks again. Much more than-- I appreciate you, Jeff. Thank you. All right. We'll be right back. This is the Jet Por Show of the Talk, 106.5. [MUSIC PLAYING] Like a rhinestone cowboy, running out on a horse and a star-spangled rodeo, like a rhinestone cowboy, getting caught and let a strong people I don't even know. Welcome back to the Jet Por Show of the Talk, 106.5. Text me, 2513430106. So to come on the program, by the way, Jay, Breitbart News, we'll talk to a state of November at 10 o'clock. Our 1030 block, also, state senator Chris Elliott, a returning champion. So stay right where you are. Marshall, good morning, Jeff. I don't know about Haitians, but I've noticed definitely the influx of brick-o-wear muzzle to show it up in, when it does, big enos, in Baldwin County. I have not noticed that. Maybe it's a different part of Baldwin County. Marshall, good morning, Jeff. Sounds like we have Haitian migrants. We're going to get into chicken plants, but you ask migrants-- you ask about the migrants of silicaga. Has anyone checked the Honda plant? I believe that's about 20, 25 minutes from there. Thanks, Marshall. Marshall, I have heard-- and I hate to say this-- the Wellbird Cabot Factory. And that's one place they're being brought in. Now, I mean, if he is-- or they are paying a fair wage or a good wage or something, that's different. And here's what you-- I mean, here's the dilemma. It's a federal government using an NGO as an intermediary, brings Haitians or whatever culture, foreign alien culture, into your community, puts them in a hotel, and they start going out looking for work. They're here. What should the local economy do? I mean, assuming they're willing to work, and you need employees, you can't just turn them away because they're Haitian migrants candy, or should you? I mean, the problem is, too, that they don't know any English, typically. [MUSIC PLAYING] But should you not put them to work because they're in your community, and their presence that people don't want? Is that the right thing to do? Two, five, one, three, four, three, zero, one, zero, six, and I can see why that might not be. We'll be right back. This is F.M. Talk about those six, five. [MUSIC PLAYING] From Buck's Pocket to the shores of Orange Beach, at all points in between an insider's perspective on Alabama politics. It's the Jeff Moore Show. I don't think I ain't done it this way. [MUSIC PLAYING] Welcome back to the Jeff Moore Show. What if we talk about those six, five out? Number two begins right now. Bradley J, Breitbart News, code up in about 30 minutes. In the meantime, you're text, two, five, one, three, four, three, zero, one, zero, six. That's how you get touched with the program. We kind of look you through what I've got on my radar here. It's a Haitian mania. A lot of people upset, disappointed with the way the-- some of the local governments are handling this, and it is kind of peculiar. There doesn't seem to be-- the local politicians, the local political class, seem to be urging like, hey, this is no big deal. Don't worry about this. Don't pay attention to what's going on in other states. It's not going to be like that here. The local public is very, very riled up. Well, at least you're given the appearance of that. We had a reporter at a town hall meeting in Talladega County last night, a town called Fayetteville. Kind of a ghost town these days, but it-- I mean, he said that you could feel the anxiety. It was there. And there's just a complete distrust of the media, even 18, 19 news. I don't blame him. Who'd want to be the subject of a John Archibald 400 word column, right? Jerry, I'm pro cutting taxes and the state house is much better than elected officials deserve. Well, they're getting the state house, Jerry, whether we like it or not, because they're halfway done with it. It's being built by RSA. I had somebody ask me about this, like, Jeff, bit of politics a long, long time. They only used to have fights about these big things. Didn't we used to make a big, make a lot of noise about the expenditures of the state government? And to be fair, the little history here on the state house, Jerry, if you'll indulge me. 1980s, early '80s, I mean, they were still meeting at the Capitol building, which is more of a museum than a really functioning capital. There's offices there, but it's not really meant for a-- well, even at the time, I mean, if you go back to the way they used to do things, really wasn't meant for the meaning of 105 house lawmakers and 35 city lawmakers. So they were going to build up a new state house, and they said, well, in the meantime, we get this old highway building. Alabama Department of Transportation is moving, and the highway department building's pretty big. We'll retrofit it, and we'll make it the state house. And that was always supposed to be just temporary, as my understanding, and then they just never really left. So 40 years later, they're leaving what was meant to be a temporary fix. But I don't like how they're doing it at all, but they're doing it, Jerry. I mean, they are-- Bronner and RSA are building it. They don't have to go through all of the required hurdles that if the state built it itself has to go through, then they are going to lease the state house from the retirement services of Alabama. So they're spending time in Montgomery, downtown Montgomery, especially if you're coming down from Prattville, you'll see all the green rooftops. Those are all the RSA buildings. And I guess the new state house wall of a green rooftop. I don't really know. I haven't looked into it that far. But they're going to lease it. And I think after so many years, they're going to buy it for $1, and it'll be their state house. And if anything, lawmakers are only there three, four months a year. It's more of a health hazard for the staff, Jerry, than the lawmakers, the staff, the security, all the people who run the-- I mean, despite not being a legislative session, there are things still going on in that building, dealing with the Alabama legislature. And there's health problems that are coming out of it. They needed to do something. They needed to do it this way. And it seems to be kind of underway with very, very little public discussion. Because this used to be like a hill to die on for some people. And what it looks like you're not going to get the chance to die on that hill. Two, five, one, three, four, three, zero, one, zero, six, art. Good morning and happy Friday. I probably am not the average person. But celebrity advertisements is a negative for me. And I don't watch any of it on TV. I've got a remote. It works great. I even get a hint of an athlete pretending to-- pretending entertainer turned off to be an entertainer, I think. But they do that. It's like the Super Bowl. The one that was brought up to me yesterday was NASCAR and how, especially in the '80s and '90s, people were so religious about brand loyalty in NASCAR. That was true. And it was more so with Ford Chevy, back then Dodge, Chrysler. Maybe the sponsorships, but maybe like how many people are loyal to STP? GM Goodrich. I mean, you look at that sport. Budweiser is not even in the sport anymore. Under the texture, God forbid, Trump loses our way for four years, who steps up in the Republican Party. That's a good question. I mean, does it feel like the Santa's party? What happens to Trump? He wouldn't run again, would he? It's-- we're cutting that Obama situation, 2012. And now's probably the time to think about it. Who will be the leader of the Republican Party? No, look, the Republican Party has a tradition of standing in line and waiting your turn. That's why I think a lot of people, including John McCain and Mitt Romney, just don't like Donald Trump. He never stood in line. But McCain stood in line. And Romney stood in line, Bob Dole, George W. Bush not so much. But he was at least a governor. John Kerry, well, he's a Democrat. But Democrats had to wait in line sometimes, too. Obama not so much. Joe Biden, yes. How many times does he run? Kamal Harris. But I think that is a good question. I don't know who the next. Don't tell me Nikki Haley. Whoever it is, it's not going to be a deal-con mold. We're not going to export democracy. I mean, you want to talk about Reagan and Reagan conservatism. You don't just get the Cold War part of Reagan. You have to get everything else to go with Reagan, especially the social conservatism. You don't just get to build up the military. And that's where a lot of these neocons kind of fall flat. I think-- oh, see, dirt digger. When they're not citizens and they're paid, then has anyone seen Snoopy or Kitty, they do not. They do that when not making enough money to survive. Wake up, Alabamians. An damn texture. Was there a large immigrant invasion in Percher-Wistler area somewhat lately? I don't know about that. If that's not the kind of thing you get to read about on the evening news, Michael, the State House construction process doesn't sound bad at all to me after thinking about it. It's going to be cheaper construction process. They probably want to follow the DEI crap in the bid process like the government does. Well, you have a-- the guy who runs RSA is a big ESG guy. Like, he is a big. He invests RSA money in those things. And the other problem is the state's kind of beholded to the RSA. I mean, they have-- they go to the legislature for money. So on paper, it does. I mean, they don't have to go through all the usual, like, minority contracting and using whatever kind of construction materials to get a green rating. However, you are signing a lease with somebody who comes knocking on the state store for money every year. And they also went around the bid process. I mean, the RSA could do it however they want. And they-- it's just a lot of short cuts here. Is this the way we need to do it now, or does it have RSA build everything, because they could do it for a much lower cost? I mean, are we in the business of providing a retirement pension, or are we in the business of building things? When they text you, the problem with all these guys staying in line is they suck. They're a bunch of wimps. Yeah. Well, they weren't aggressive enough to win in the first place. Sean, save it 2028. "Dirt, do your churches have revivals and tits, so I can't stay that's by a Barnum and Bailey circus retire tent to have meetings during session?" That's-- look, here's the deal. I went ahead to speak on their behalf and defense of them. We have three branches of government. And I would argue that we're very, very top heavy with the executive branch. And the leader of the executive branch really has a-- I think she has a disdain for the legislative branch. I mean, the judiciary is what it is. But as we learned during COVID, there's got to be some kind of check on executive power. And the legislature's supposed to be that, they weren't that. And a lot of lawmakers were afraid to go to the state house because of the health hazard. I mean, like you're supposed to avoid big crowds of people, and that's not a very well ventilated building. You're just a city target for COVID. Well, the legislature has to function. We can never let the legislature be sidelined again when a doctor, Scott Harris, and KIV, just wild-ass guessing health decisions, it turned out to be kind of suspect. Willingly violating your First Amendment right. Closing down churches but keeping the state liquor stores open. Having an all-powerful health officer that doesn't answer to anybody in the public. And the only way you are able to check that is with the legislative branch. You could file a suit in court, I guess. But they can only base their judgments on existing law. You need to change the laws. And that requires an act to the legislature. And the legislature can't call itself into session, but the governor was pushing them out the door as fast as she could. In 2020, we'll be right back. This is a Jeff Moore show at FIT Talk, 106.5. [MUSIC] Welcome back to the Jeff Moore show at FIT Talk, 106.5. 24 minutes after the hour on this Friday. Friday, it's finally Friday morning, 25134301. Zero one, zero station with me in touch with the show. All you gotta do is text me and we'll do our best to respond. To whatever it is that is on your mind. We'll kind of do a reset here of what's going on. Watch the polls, you'll see more and more come out today. And probably Sunday, there's always like the Sunday shows. We'll save something, you'll get like an NBC or ABC or something poll. And these will be our first indication. It's a debate really mattered. We'll get that. And that'll give us a better idea where this is headed. I don't think it's going to change much. I wasn't thinking about this yesterday. If the Trump just kind of, if we don't have any major like presidential election cycle events, and what I mean by that is like conventions are probably that candidate dropping out are a debate. And we may get a vice presidential debate, but that certainly won't. I don't think that will matter at all. The reality of the sort of conditions on the ground will sit in, needing inflation, the immigration. And look, we got to make it to the month of October without the October surprise. And it will certainly be something what rise to the level of an October surprise. I don't know. But as long as there's not a big presidential election event, people will start to kind of come back into their own world and be like, yeah, the price of the tank, the pop really sucks to fill up a gas tank, the price of food, I mean, every little thing that seems to be nagging at the Biden administration will accumulate. And that I tell you is ultimately what will determine the outcome of the election. It's not going to be a debate. It's not going to be something like that. Rarely do you get a debate situation like we had in June where one candidate is just so ill prepared, ill equipped to disqualify himself. And we'll talk about Kennedy Dicks said that's the one that always comes up in 1960 before a lot of us were alive. I mean, everybody had to watch the debate that night. There was no Netflix to stream or everybody had that on where you don't capture that big of an audience anymore, all at one time. So even if they did for some reason have another presidential debate, I don't think it matters. The bar for the presidential debate performances as such don't fall flat on your face. Unfortunately, our current commander chief could live up to that. And that's why he is a one and donor. Two, five, one, three, four, three, zero, one, zero, six. That's the text line. If you need to be in touch with the program, hit me up there. Pat asks three way to pivot to talk about Putin telling NATO if they allow long-range missile use it will mean war with NATO. Pat, it just seems like there's always some kind of threat from those guys in Moscow. If you bring in Western or U.S. weaponry, it's going to be World War three. Well, not only is it Western weaponry that they're using, the Ukrainians are holding Russian territory right now, be with Western weapons. So I don't know, and what's the best resolution for that situation? They kept trying to corner Trump into debate about Ukraine, Russia. Well, will you support a victory by Ukraine? Define victory, David Mer. And thus, or Trump, could have done a little bit better. We'll be right back. This is a Jet Force show and I have to talk with us this time. And they go on by defenses, just to leave it up to you and get on it. Look back to the Jet Force show and I'm talking about 065, thanks for staying with us. On this Friday morning, text line, 2513430106 would be a touch of the show. All you got to do is text me, joining me now on the line. One of my colleagues at Breitbart News also fill out me in here. Bradley J joins us on the line. Bradley, good morning, are you? Good morning. Great, Jeff. Always happy to join you. Hey, thanks for making time and coming on. So I mean, it's all presidential politics right now. We're kind of watching it. A few things before we get into that. This showdown on Capitol Hill, the house, it's getting kind of scant coverage. But whenever I read something in Politico or the Hill or wherever, I just, they just shamelessly make it about Trump, what's going to happen there with the potential government shutdown? If past this prologue, the Senate is going to roll the House and Mike Johnson is just going to roll over. I mean, that's a tale as old as time. The House tries to insert something into a spending bill into a continuing resolution. In this case, Johnson announced just a few weeks ago, under pressure from some conservatives and then President Trump got behind it, wanted to attach the Save Act to the spending bill. Now, what the Save Act does is it's supposed to prevent non-citizens from voting. Of course, Democrats are up in arms saying that, well, it's already illegal. Well, there are mechanisms in place to prevent it, even if it is illegal. And it's very telling that they don't want to implement any of these mechanisms to actually prevent non-citizens, the legal immigrants, whoever from voting. Anyway, Johnson is said he wanted to do a six-month CR, push spending into the new year so that the next president, whether it's Trump or Harris, will be able to implement spending policies that they won't. Well, Johnson can't even get the Republicans behind his plan. You've got folks like Mike Rogers in Alabama, of course, who say, well, this doesn't have everything that we need for defense spending. He came out and really stuck it to Johnson coming out when he did weeks after this proposal had been out there. Then, of course, you have some on the other side of the conference, some of the conservatives who were opposed to CRs in principle. Again, remember, this is continuing spending policies that President Biden and that the Democrats wanted. Republicans understandably, some of the conservatives don't want to pass that. So Johnson's trying to walk that down. He said, well, maybe we can do a three-month CR with the Save Act. I think what's going to end up happening is it's another short-term spending bill that kicks it into the lame duck period just like we had two years ago, and Republicans get nothing for it. That's kind of how things always go. You're right that it's not getting a lot of coverage in a lot of ways just because inside the beltway, people have just come to expect, well, there's a Republican House, it's going to get rolled by the Senate, it's going to get rolled by the Democrats, and unfortunately, that's what we have. It's just another example of Mike Johnson not doing a good job with basic outreach to his conference. You got to think, wow, if he can't run a slim majority when there's a, the opponent is very clear. We have a Democrat White House and a Democrat Senate. How could he be expected to run the House if we've got Trump and a Republican Senate? So it's chaos in the House, but again, that's kind of par for the course, Jeff. What do you think is going to happen with the House Freedom Caucus, Bob Good out, once, I mean, and you know, I've heard people say, well, it's just kind of an irrelevant institution, but I don't think it is only because if it is a close slim majority, once again for Republicans, I mean, they're going to have a say of committee assignments and speaker race and all of that. I mean, what are you hearing there? There's a question that there's a lot of drama inside the Freedom Caucus right now. It's certainly evolved over the, gosh, decade or so that it's been around. A lot, a lot of it, though, I believe is overblown. The Freedom Caucus wouldn't get so much coverage. Of course, the liberal establishment media here in D.C., any time there's Republican infighting, they love to zero with all that and hype it up. The truth is that the Freedom Caucus in 10 years has pulled the conference undeniably to the right. A lot of the modern disputes that the Freedom Caucus has now with the rest of the conference, well, it's minor in a way that a lot of what the conference is pushing now, it never would have under Boehner. It would not have under Paul Ryan. So the Freedom Caucus has been victorious in many ways. Now, looking forward, what is the Freedom Caucus's role going to be? Here you've got, of course, Jim Jordan, one of the founders of the Freedom Caucus, probably its most important consequential member during its history. I mean, he's the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and in fact, probably the most powerful committee chair in the House in a generation. You have other members of the Freedom Caucus who, as you alluded, have been placed on all these important committees. I mean, who would have thought just a couple of years ago you'd have Freedom Caucus members on the House Appropriations Committee, as we do now. That would have been unthinkable. So the Freedom Caucus, the power of its members, the influence of its members is significant, probably more so than any other time. Now, the Freedom Caucus didn't get everything that it wanted this Congress, given its slim majority, the Freedom Caucus thought that it would have the ability to be the deciders on so many of these issues. No one would have predicted that Mike Johnson would have instead just allied himself with the Keem Jeffries and the Democrats to push spending bills, foreign aid, warrantless surveillance in FISA bills. No one would have fought that, and maybe Johnson's chickens will come home in the roost before the next Congress, maybe not. I don't know what the Freedom Caucus will decide what they want to do for the rest of the year and going into the next Congress. My impression is that there's a lot of soul searching that they need to do, and those conversations are happening with Bob Good stepping down. I don't know if we'll have a caretaker chairman for the rest of the Congress, as seems to be the case. Who knows? They're still having those conversations, despite a lot of what's been reported. So much depends on who's going to be president. If indeed we have a president Trump, I think that you will have the Freedom Caucus bribing a lot more of the agenda with what goes on inside the House Republican Conference. I don't know who the leader's going to be of that, but tell me this, speaking of leadership. I mean, I think is there a potential that Mike Johnson survives this next Congress's speaker, even if Republicans have the majority? Is there anybody else out there that would take a shot at it? What it would take for Mike Johnson to be Speaker of the House Well, we would have to grow the House majority. That is certainly up for debate whether or not we could do that. And the reason why is I think that there are going to be a significant number of Republicans who will not vote for Mike Johnson on the floor for Speaker. Now, are you going to have Democrats cross the aisle and vote for him for Speaker as they did just a few months ago during the motion to vacate battle? I don't know. That would be unprecedented. But then again, it's unprecedented for Democrats to vote against the motion to vacate like they did this year. They've supported Johnson once. Will they do it again? I don't think so. When you start looking at other candidates, someone like Tom Immer, who is the majority whip, he has repaired a lot of repaired his relationship with Trump, which was what kept him from becoming Speaker this time last year. He would certainly be a strong candidate. Certainly, the conservatives would want to push Jim Jordan, their numerous Republicans on the Appropriations Committee, their armed services and intel, you know, those types that in many cases are indistinguishable from Democrats who hate Jim Jordan because he wants to shake things up and they wouldn't vote for him under any circumstance. So I think what we will see as soon as the election ends, I mean, we're talking the day after the elections on November 6, you're going to see that jostling back and forth. No, you're going to open up the floodgates and people calling for Johnson to be replaced and promoting this candidate or that candidate. And it might be a bloodbath. It might use one of President Trump's words. It might get very ugly. We'll probably see just what we saw this time last year. And then two years ago, when McCarthy had to make some concessions, many concessions that I think were very valuable and did serve the conference well despite, you know, everyone's heroes and all the motion to vacate. But it might get very messy. Will Scalise make another play at it? Absolutely. Will he have the ability to get across the finish line? He might run into some of the same problems as the last time. So there are a number of names. I think that those are those may be the three big ones right now. There's other folks who made a play at it last time who might throw their names in the hat again. But I don't think that anyone wants to be seen as moving to try to position themselves to be the next speaker until after the election because they certainly don't want to run across wise with Trump. I think that Trump was wise not to weigh in too much during the motion of vacate battle. A lot of the reporting you hear from the beltway is, "Oh, Trump and Johnson are very close." That's nonsense. Trump has given very oversuntery praise of Johnson. "Oh, I think he's doing a pretty good job." I mean, anyone who knows Trump, Trump is his language. It's so flowery and over the top. If Trump says you're doing a pretty good job, he doesn't think you're doing a pretty good job. Will Trump weigh in and how will he weigh in after the election if he wins or who he wants the next speaker to be? Again, if the Republicans keep the house, I think that that would be likely. But a lot of grand to cover before this. Join by Bradley Jay from Breitbart News here on the program. Let's talk real quick about presidential politics. I think what today, and I was supposed Sunday going into those Sunday morning shows, I forget our first taste of polling coming out of this debate, I don't think it moves much. I mean, I've been saying this all along and I said this even before the debate, the bar solo on these things, everything's built in. You really do have to fall flat on your face like President Biden did back in June for these debates to really matter. Otherwise, what happens? It just sort of goes along, goes along and what ends up being the prevailing motivator behind presidential politics will be like the economy, immigration, all the conditions on the ground, I believe. I think you're right, Jeff. Look, Kamala didn't get her moment. She had it in the vice presidential debate, but she didn't get it this time. It's clear that it was three on one and that Trump may or may not at that time. I don't know if he got flustered, but he clearly was very forceful. It came across as pretty heated, perhaps understandably, in the second half of the debate, but if you're undecided and independent, watching that debate and what's your takeaway? It wasn't as if Kamala had this moment where she showed, "You know what? Yeah, she would be confident. She has what it takes to handle this job." No, she recited a bunch of talking points and someone like President Obama might be able to get away with that, but Kamala does not have the charisma or the gravitas to be able to capture those voters the way that Obama did. Obama was pretty generational in some of his—he was a talented guy, whether you like him or not, certainly his policies. I think we're abysmal, but I don't believe that Kamala has the ability to run on vibes the way that Obama did, and she doesn't have the policy chops that Obama had. No, I think you're right. I don't think that the debate moved much. Obviously, there are seven or seven states that are going to determine this election. If you're a working-class American watching the debate who's struggling to pay your bills or find housing, I don't think that Kamala's off-brand hope and change message carries water, especially when you've been in the administration for three and a half years, that it's been the source of so many of these troubles. I think you're right. I don't think it moves much. There has been some polling I wrote about on Breitbart. It's up on our website now that showed that Trump has actually gained over the past week. This was polling after the debate specifically inside those seven-swing states. There's been polling that shows Trump is 17 points at the head in those seven states in working-class voters. If Republicans are right to feel pretty good right now in Washington, that's the move right here among Republicans. I think rightfully so. As you said, I believe it was earlier in your show, what are we going to see over these next 54 some odd days of it's really going to move the needle? You never know. There could be a disaster overseas. Remember what happened with Superstorm Sandy? I hate to call it Superstorm because it was just the storm. But absent something huge that moves the needle, I think the Trump should feel pretty good right now. I agree with that. If everything kind of stays status quo, then there's always going to be October surprises. But if there's not anything like a financial collapse or something calamitous that we weren't expecting, Trump will probably win. The least electoral college. Hey, Bradley, we're sort of time here. Folks, what a find you online. How could they do so? Finis@britepart.com. We're staying busy between now the election. I'm on Twitter at Bradley AJ. Find me there. We're posting all our stories and giving political commentary. I would love for you to join in the conversation. Bradley, Jay, ladies and gentlemen, Bradley, thanks for making time. It's great to join you, Jeff. All right, we'll be right back. This is the Jeff Moore Show of the Trump 10065. Living on the road, my friend was going to keep you. Welcome back to the Jeff Moore Show of the Fin Talk 10065. 56 minutes after the hour on this Friday morning, coming up in the next hour, our returning champion, state senator Chris Elliott, please stick around for that. 2513430106. That's the text slide. We'll throw the question out there once again. Do celebrity endorsements, radicals. There's a lot of like interest in Taylor Swift. Here's the thing. People tell me that the Taylor Swift endorsements a big deal that I'm underestimating the Swift E vote. I've yet to meet one of these Swifties who are like, well, I wasn't going to vote or I was going to vote for Donald Trump, but Taylor Swift said I should vote for Kamala Harris. So I voted for Kamala Harris. And that's not my peer group. That's not the people that I run around with. There are many Swifties in my life. In fact, I might have a distant relative or a cousin or something or a niece and nephew, but I don't have any, you know, like, it's hard for me to think that this matters as much as we are being told. And had she endorsed Donald Trump, it might have been a different story, but I think the Swiftie vote was already built into the polling results. But there's a lot of concern about that. Text slide 2513430106 will be right back. This is the Jet Force show on FM Talk 1065. [Music] From Bucks Pocket to the shores of Orange Beach, at all points in between, an insider's perspective on Alabama politics. It's the Jet Force show. [Music] Welcome back to the Jet Force show on FM Talk 1065. Good. Good Friday morning to you. 2513430106. That's the text line. That's how you get in touch with the program. If you want to be in touch with me, your show host just hit us up there, and we'll proceed accordingly. Coming up on the program, our returning champion, State Senator Chris Elliott. That's the bottom of the hour, so stick around for that as well. In the meantime, I'll tell you why. I met the Shelby County Bureau of FM Talk 1065 when I'm informing him I do the show here. I have one TV monitor on its Fox News. They are spending a lot of time on questioning the ABC debate moderators. There's been multiple segments throughout the morning so far. Is it better anymore? Really, Trump voters are kind of like expecting the media to be one-sided. They were expecting the moderators to be one-sided. They anticipated this. Instead of saying, "Here's what happened." Instead of being like, "Well, Trump had a bad night. Maybe he should be president." All it's doing is it's getting these. All of these sort of Trump supporters are just, "See, the media does, is terrible. See the media do suck." And no one's like, "Oh, wow, man, he had a bad debate. Maybe we got to rethink our vote here." And we're kind of talking about that in the last segment with Bradley a little bit. It doesn't seem to matter. But what's curious to me is that Fox News has chosen to go on offense against ABC News. And I don't know. Is there really a desire for that? We know what ABC News is. We know how they operate. I think you just kind of move on from there. I mean, here this Friday, we're going until weekend and maybe we're just kind of looking at this, especially on the heels of an announcement. Donald Trump will not do another debate. Maybe that has something to do with it. The connection in Daniel keeps bringing this up or brought this up. He texts Disney bought ESPN and they are even worse. But the ABC Disney connection, go back to the flagship network of the NBA is ESPN, ABC. And all of the China controversy, did anybody notice ABC News not really go into the China question at all? That only Trump brought it up and he talked about tariffs. If our policy is not just Ukraine, this is the service here. I mean, you could say whatever you want to about Ukraine and our end are Israel. But the main threats on the globe or the main nations that will have an impact on the US directly on the globe are probably China, some extent Russia, but maybe with energy prices, absolutely the European Union. And in the Western Hemisphere, Latin America, but not a lot of China discussion on that debate stage, Tuesday night. It's trust I get to do another debate. It doesn't matter. Even if he did do another debate, it doesn't move the needle as long as he doesn't go up there and appear to be senile. I mean, and then that's all that matters. And he's already done two debates as opponents only done one. I mean, I just wish there was a way to show to voters that I mean, no one voted on her and here she is their nominee while they talk about democracy. Well, they screech about democracy. They're not living or they're not portraying themselves as a democracy built party right now. And the Harris camp really wants another debate. Now, I'm kind of with Trump on this one. If you're begging for a debate, you're probably down. How many frontrunners are begging for a debate? And they just want some kind of interaction with the candidate be for the only switchies I know are 10 year old girls like my daughter and her friends. I know none are that are voting age. However, I am sure Democrats already have absentee ballots pre-filled and my daughter's name and all the Swifties. I'm going to take a shot at Taylor Swift fans and I don't mean this personally. And I'm sure this isn't universal, but if you've ever listened to Taylor Swift music and you really identify with it, your emotional maturity isn't you're not at full speed. And it would make sense that you would vote for the party that emotes, right? It would make sense that you would identify with the emotional party. If you don't understand what I mean by that, watch an episode of The View. It's not as if they arrive at their political stances on like an allegiance to some kind of ideology. It's just whatever their emotional whims tell them, which are tend to be ginned up by their colleagues in the media or wherever they're going. The cocktail party circuit in Manhattan are in Georgetown or wherever. Now, I do not believe that, you know, Joey Behar, although she may be leaving liberal causes, I mean, at one time, all of those women on that show with the exception of Rosie O'Donnell were kind of pro-Trump. And then like, he becomes the Republican nominee and they lose their damn minds. And the media used to have a love affair with that man. But he had a primetime show on NBC for years. And it wasn't just because he made them money. I mean, they genuinely like Donald Trump. And I don't think he's changed. I think he's still the same kind of crass vulgar, like get or done guy, which won him the favor of a lot of Americans, you know, be in that guy, just say it like it is. It's not like he, you know, became this monster. They make him out to be overnight. He just ran against people in their party. I mean, do you think Bill Hill or Clinton? Do you think Donald Trump's change that much from the days that Bill Hill or Clinton were hanging out at his wedding down at Mar-a-Lago? No, but politics is one of these things where you're personal relationships and at a certain level, those personal relationships just go away. And it's, it's all, all hands on deck. But anyway, the Taylor Swift stuff, I mean, if your emotional maturity is to the, to the, to the point where we will never, ever get back together really sings to you here at that point in your life, you probably weren't voting Republican anyway. The real Sam, the Haitians, who some say like to eat cats and dogs who are largely employed by the chicken industry, who are being run out of Haiti by an ex-coptern gang leader, his name is barbecue. This is interesting. Am I detecting a common theme here? There's a lot of, you're right, there is a lot of meat by product here, right? Let's see, and they text their half seed Swifties. I don't know what that, about that. Uh, and they text her what he stated. He just grabs women by the blank. That's when he lost most females. Well, how is he still able to win though? How was he able to steal the wind? Because that happened and that came out in 16. But did we, would we, were we really that surprised? That's how he talked. That that's how he looked at things. I figured there was something like that out there, or most Americans like, oh my gosh, this man's about to be president. We can't have that. What would the margin have been if that had never come out? I mean, if you would be honest, I mean, you had to go back to the 80s and all of his scandals, not to know he's a Manhattan playboy. Two, five, one, three, four, three, zero, one, zero, six. I will acknowledge this though. I don't think it's just that a deep texture. I think there's the beater is off putting for a lot of women. They just see a guy who's like that and just throwing it around and talking big, and talking to big game. And that's off putting to them, especially in our culture now. It's just a, like a, a stylistic thing that appeals to a lot of people, but it also turns a lot of people away. I mean, he's maybe a very intelligent man. He is an intelligent man, but he has a lot of traits that you see other guys who are less than a intelligent exhibit. I mean, that's the blue collar appeal in him too. I would assume he tells it like it is. Vince, what would it take for Trump to win in your opinion? Is it possible? He's going to win, I think, probably going to win. And I don't see, I mean, I don't see that in any emotional, yay, he's going to win. Just look how hard it is for Harris to win. I don't think she can win all those battleground states. They're, I mean, at best, he's 50/50. They're battleground states for a reason. They're in play. I mean, pulling over and over for the last several years has shown they are in play states. And the state of the economy is as such, you know, we could go back and look over history and every little nuance, every little news story, every little petty, I got you thing that the media have rolled out against the Republican. But what ended up being the big issue in the end was, in what any of that, it was always the, the, you know, why is the economy so terrible? Are just the state of the world, the appearance like what was just George W. Bush's undoing, but before the financial collapse, it was the Iraq war and this, you know, perception that was being mishandled. And it's always something that happened or something that was done during administration, at least to its downfall, not some engineer could drive talking point. I'll be right back. This is the Jeff Moore show it. If I talk one oh six five. We'll get on the old town square under the barbershop pole. They set me up in the chair. The old school was our repair of here. We got a rebel flag, it's blind and fun, it was a beer, plenty of snow in the middle of June. Oh, how do you muggy? Afternoon, the lines are lagging, but then I guess it's like being next to me. Welcome back to the Jeff Moore show it. If you talk one oh six five. Text slide two five one three four three zero one zero six. Keep it coming tight permitting. We will get to as many as we can. Programming note coming up on Monday. Let's see here. Jennifer Fiddler. We'll be making the return of parents on the program. State representative from my state representative from Silver Hill. Del Jackson will be in India. I am going to be spending the afternoon, the evening, and a football game tomorrow with and then I guess we'll get even more of him on Monday, but they'll Jackson will be with us on Monday. He's sitting in with me this afternoon up at Birmingham. And then let's take Governor Will Ainsworth. We'll be making the appearance of the program on Monday as well. So what he thinks about these Haitian migrants being spread throughout Alabama, but that's coming up on Monday. So to come on this program, state senator Chris Elliott, our returning champion, just a few texts you get to here. I.T. Jesus. Drop in wins the 16 because the left under us made it how many ballots they had to stuff, but that what they have fixed that problem. Oh, why even vote? I T. Jesus. I look. I just I reject that a little bit. Let's see. Uh, I think texture water chances. Trump running in 2028 if he doesn't get elected this time. I think very small. I do think the Republican Party will move on if he doesn't win in on the 5th of November. It's hard for me to see him making another run at it. I mean, just the age alone, but I mean, who knows what they'll throw at him and they couldn't get him off the ballot in 24. They tried to re impeach him and they tried. They tried to convict him. It'll be harder this time. And finally, Leo, Trump talking about women's sexually as normal and most any group of men working close together, women are clueless. I do think that there is a like sort of a sanitized version of the real world that is portrayed in our media and on our prop culture. I don't think men talk or sit around talking about grabbing women by their genitals. At least they don't do that in my circles, Leo. Maybe they do that in your circles. But I do think, uh, to act like the men don't do that and there's well, that's just toxic masculinity that has to be fixed. You can't fix that. It's weird. These leftists want to play God sometimes. And I know I'm not trying to be like a spokesman for like the status quo and all the problems in the world. But like take something like racism or take something like, uh, uh, you know, just just xenophobia or any, anytime you have like a dust up between religious elements, like we have in the Middle East. Well, it's just kind of an unfortunate fact of life. These things have been going on for thousands of years. It's just beginning of human civilization. And if you're like a, you know, you believe in these biblical principles, I mean, we are a, we are a fallen world and we must seek salvation. We don't seek salvation. The government can't be our salvation. It's sort of higher power, but I think a lot of people in government, and they don't, that's, that's all focus, focus. Jesus in the sky stuff. We want results. We need real solutions. We gotta, we, we gotta go government all the way. And government is a creation of man of men. It is going to let you down every single time. Doesn't mean we shouldn't try, but you can't put like a religious level of faith into your, into your government. Uh, but the point of this is like these left wingers take to take, to just fix this human behavior with their PSAs or whatever it's bizarre. We'll be right back. This is a Jet Force show. And if you've talked about 065, no body looking back again. This Friday morning, 2513430106. We will, uh, uh, try to get to your text, uh, time permitting. So if you want to try to get in, get in while you can joining us now are returning champion. You hear him about this time every week. State Senator Chris Elliott. Senator, good morning. How are you? I am doing great. It has turned out to be a beautiful day in, uh, in South Alabama. Well, I, it just, uh, you will don't like the weather. Wait five minutes, right? Exactly. Exactly. And then that was certainly true this morning. At the same time of year, boys and girls, uh, has, uh, have you encountered Haitian hysteria yet? You know, I have and it's amazing to me, you know, the, uh, the memes and the, uh, the folks that are, are, you know, just, just excited about this. We've got an immigration problem in this country. There's no question about it. We've got an immigration problem in this state and we've got a illegal immigration problem in Baldwin County. And we need to fix it. But the focus on this one, this one thing is, is very, very interesting to me. Well, I, I just think the culture is so alien to, in disturbing ways, baby, uh, that it's got a lot of people scared. Maybe that's the perception. Let me say that. I mean, I don't know how alien the culture is. I don't hang out with many Haitians in my peer group, but the perception of their culture is a such. I mean, that's all to anybody. I've been, I've been Birmingham. That's all anybody was talking about. Well, it is interesting to me too, that the media on the left has immediately branded any concern about illegal immigrants, uh, racist. And I'm like, how is, how is that the case? I don't under, I don't understand their logic there. There's nothing to do with, with, um, with where he says everything to do. It's a fact that, you know, illegal immigrants should not be in the country. And the disastrous mortar policies of the Biden, the Harris administration that continue to lead us down the wrong path and cause very real problems to people in Summerdale and Foley and Fair Hope and, and, and everywhere in between. And it is come home and we're seeing it here. I mean, there's going to be political repercussions here, even if they try to downplay it, whatever they, you know, it's, it's, uh, it's almost folly, uh, to think that all you got to do is, well, you just say it's racist and no one's going to care and they're going to, you know, where they're going to just vote for our candidate. That's not the reality right now. Well, it's, it's definitely not though, but what's more concerning, especially when we start talking about presidential politics, I heard some commentary the other day. Of course, you've talked about it quite a bit is the votes are really in the swing states, right? That's where the selection is going to be, uh, won or lost. And then you can get into specific localities or counties or precincts even in those swing states. But the commentary I heard the other day was just so, so illustrative to me was that the presidential election and certainly disissued immigration will be decided by the number of people that could fit in a decent size college football stadium. That's who's going to make this decision for us. Well, uh, it's such as our system, but I, you know, I, I, when you look at it and it was, we'll talk about electoral college real quick. I don't know what she's doing to really, say she the vice president is doing to better herself in those situations. I mean, I'm not saying Trump's going going to win, but if I'm watching this and you're watching Trump call plays, you're watching Harris call plays, you're watching the Harris campaign and you put Trump aside, uh, that doesn't look like a winning presidential campaign to me. Well, it's not. And, and you, you look at the, the policy swings, right? And, and, you know, I'm against fracking. I'm for fracking. I'm, um, you know, sorry, you know, but more illegal immigration. Oh, no, I'm a guest. I was the border guard. I'm not the border. This isn't, these aren't policy swings. This isn't somebody who's been in office, learn more about a policy that adjusted their opinion on the matter. This is a lack of a value system, a lack of principles that, that makes her so malleable that she turns into a communion and can be whatever she wants to be or they need her to be today. Uh, all these folks that were, were riding with Biden, Joe Biden's a guy. He is perfectly capable of doing this are the same people that threw him by the wayside immediately, uh, and, and, and put her in there. She, she is gummy. And at the end of the day, is you think that she's your person and she shares her values way till tomorrow. It's as sickle as a weather in South Alabama. I think so. Uh, it's interesting that you put it that way because you don't think it's just a blatant like John Kerry kind of flip flop, uh, pandering to do whatever it takes to win. This, she's like been vice president for a few years and she's like, wow, so this is how the world really works. We can't be like wedded to our like liberal hobby horse. I got to, I got to do some adjusting here, which doesn't seem like somebody who's ready for the present field day one, does it? It doesn't. It, it is a complete lack of principles and that ought to concern voters on the left and the right. I mean, if you think this person is going to back you up on, on some of the, the leftist issues, you think this is a progressive person, she will abandon you so fast and adopt something else if she thinks for one second that is going to get her one of those hundred thousand bucks in one of the six, eight Swiss states that they need. She'll do it in a heartbeat. Yeah. I mean, if she's not, she's, she's, she's, she's just kind of everywhere right now and won't. The weird thing is she can't be pinned down, uh, not doing a whole, and when I say, when you look at what she's doing, and let's leave the policy out of it for just a moment, but tactically the appearances, the, the lack of media appearances, uh, the, the choice of rallies and the number. I mean, it doesn't look like the, as a candidate, it doesn't look like that's a winning strategy. However, I'll say this, I think the thing that keeps the Democrats in it is just a, you know, and always hear this. I don't know if this is myth or real or what, that it's a, they have such a ground game. They have people everywhere, registering voters, knocking on doors. That's what makes the Democratic party, uh, have a shot at this contest. And it may very well be effective, which is what scares me to death is, is that you have voter identification and get out the vote efforts that are going on right now that are so keenly focused on this very few amount of people that will decide, uh, the, the, you know, the outcome of the selection. And so many of us have made up our mind. And, and, and to me, the, the choice couldn't be clearer. Here's a, here's a guy with a proven track record, right? The president is a proven conservative track record. You can like his delivery, not like his delivery, you know, like his personality or not. The track record speaks first and for itself versus, you know, the vice president who is all over the place has, has no principal approach to anything, will sell out the liberals and the conservatives alike in them and the moderates just to get an extra vote, uh, whose, whose record is just as scary as it can be and may change tomorrow. And so I think that at the end of the day, you've got people that are going to vote for President Trump or they just can't stand him and so they're going to vote the other way, uh, or, or, or you've got people that are so mad at, uh, at President Trump, that they'll just just vote for anybody and anything in order or vote against him for anything, uh, or any reason. And, and I think those are her voters. That's her base. Well, I, I just did not reliable enough for my, I mean, if I, she's my candidate, I'm worried. I really honestly am. And I think about this, like, well, you know, it's hard to look at this, you know, because I mean, the right wing talk radio guy or whatever. So, yeah, what you say is dated, but I have, have we ever seen a presidential campaign? And this is a big office and this is the leader of the free world. Have you ever seen a presidential campaign? It just seems like it can't be bothered to do just a little blocking and tackling things that presidential campaigns do. They don't think they have to. They think they just have to scare you and convince you that President Trump is, is, is dangerous, which, which of course he's not. He kept us out of wars. He kept the economy going. Uh, we saw a, a, a, if you look at just the facts and fingers of what was achieved during the last Trump presidency, it was, it was very impressive from a conservative standpoint, very impressive. Um, so all they're trying to do is, is scare you. I mean, take, take this into account for a second. Kamala Harris is the candidate of Bernie Sanders and Dick Cheney. Now, what kind of principled gymnastics do you have to do to get that? And the answer is you just have to not be Donald Trump. And that's a really crummy way to take a present. I'm just thinking about that. That is, that is remarkable to be the president or the candidate for Dick Cheney and for Bernie Sanders at the same time. But I mean, you know, most of this listening guys will be like, well, those are like, while they are very different parts of that political spectrum, they are not good, right? Well, I certainly would agree. Uh, you know, when you, when you look at what they've said, how they've been for President Trump in the past, what, you know, crazy ideas Bernie Sanders has, but you know, the underlying point there is, she'll say anything, do anything, and be anything to anybody just to get your vote. And that to me is just pattingly offensive. I guess I don't, I don't even know if she'll say anything because she doesn't look like she wants to talk. I mean, that's just, that's the thing about it. Like, the media are in your back pocket. Why, why aren't you doing like the view or all of these like just, you know, shamelessly sycophantic media outlets that you can right now? Maybe she doesn't. They're doing it for. They're doing it for her. She doesn't have to. But I mean, if you Senator, you're, you're a, uh, you're a politician. The only sycophantic media you go on is this station. But like, uh, if you had that ability, like, you could just go on and show up at like WK or G or wherever and they would welcome you with the rose petals. I mean, it's a no brainer. So like, I don't, what I don't understand is like, is she just waiting to do that? Or I think it's this because we saw the same behavior when she ran in 2020. I don't say lazy, but she says I have a work ethic to do it. She doesn't want to be bothered with it. Well, and, and again, I think that at the end of the day, this, this race is about whether or not the folks in those swing states, the limited number of folks can look, look past some of their personal objections to the personality of Donald Trump and can realize that the contrast is very clear. A, a history of a liberal progressive, um, or, or a conservative, uh, whose policies speak for themselves and lead the country in the right direction. And just don't get caught up in all the media, hyped at nonsense. And it's, uh, and then platitudes that are being spewed out there. Donald Trump tells it like he is. I don't agree with 100% of what he says. Um, and I know, well, you know, I know people like 100% nowadays, but you have to remember the old Reagan adage, you know, find somebody who's your 80% for him and move on, you know, and that's your guy. And I think that's what we need to do with President Trump, joined by, uh, state Senator Chris Ellie here on the program, uh, back to state politics, and back to this Haitian discussion. You hear him from Lance Bell or anybody about any of this stuff going on that way. I'm quite a bit Senator Bell's a good friend. We talk, we talk frequently to each other and, uh, he and I are, uh, we're actually headed, uh, to the Texas border next week, to learn from some lawmakers down there and policy experts down there about what state actions we can take, uh, to, to really try to make it tough to be an illegal immigrant in Alabama. And that's something that I think you'll see more of in the upcoming legislative session is, is, you know, this is a federal issue, no doubt. It needs to be solved by the federal government, but the federal government is absolutely failing us. And so what we're going to try to do is figure out what options do states have, what have worked, what has worked in other states, what can we apply here in Alabama to make it tougher to be an illegal immigrant here in Alabama? Well, how much of it is this Senator, not necessarily that they are here illegally because it appears, the Biden administration just let everybody come across the border of the kind of legal status. So that's really where your hands are tied because they are here legally. And it's like so much you could do with that. Well, you can do things and we've been talking about this already that make it harder to get a driver license, harder to get a, a license plate or title a vehicle that makes it, you know, more enhanced criminal penalties for lying on work applications and things of that nature that will trigger extradition and make it so that we are working within the federal system that we don't have a choice but to work in, but, but figuring out a way to work that system to our advantage as much as possible. No, I, you watch this and you watch these people in these different places around the state. And I mean, how long until we get something in our backyard dealing with Haitians? What's the, I mean, what do you do there? You know, like, what's, is there anything you can do at the state level? You know, that's, that's what we're, we're hoping to learn from our, you know, our brethren in Texas is what have they done that has worked? What have they done that has been a challenge? You know, I'll tell you, if you look at Texas Governor Greg Abbott was one of the first to start buzzing illegal immigrants out of Texas, right? And what did it do? It immediately changed the attitude in the sanctuary cities and the sanctuary city mayors that started feeling the, the crunch of what illegal immigration does to your town and your city. And again, you know, for, for the longest time the illegal immigrants were something we put up with here in Baldwin County, it looked a little different at the Walmart. Okay, it was what it was, you know, the construction crews looked a little different. Okay, we're glad to have them here, you know, whatever. But we are seeing serious changes in our schools now. We are seeing problems with failing schools because the English second language population is so high. And it's just increasing to the point where our literacy act, our numeracy act issues are just getting, getting pretty bad, pretty fast. And we're going to have to, we're going to have to address it. And we're going to do whatever we can at the same level, do you say? Well, I think, and this is it, we'll get out of here on this, but do you think there are some, maybe some bad actors, some bad third party actors here. And maybe it's the exploitation of this, this migrant labor coming in, uh, lowering weight, lowering, they have a lot to pay them as big of a wage, or is it, you know, we talked a lot about this Haitian stuff and these sponsors or these NGOs, acting as a third party, that there are people kind of like taking the situation and the system and maybe capitalizing on it. There's no doubt. I mean, that's, that's absolutely happening. This is all about money. All of it has been about money. It's about money in a failed state in, in Haiti. That's why, that's why they're leaving the drugs, right? Uh, it's, and it's about money and control and warlords in Haiti. It's, and, and it's about folks taking advantage of them here and, and the cheap labor and their desperate situation and not understanding and not realizing, and this goes to the NGOs as well, that they may think they're doing good, right? They may think they're trying to help folks, but at the end of the day, they are putting an unbelievable strain on our communities, on our school systems. Um, and, and it is, it is one of those strains that cost real dollars. And so as a, as a protector of taxpayer money, we need to make sure that we do the best we can to make sure of these folks do not bleed our communities dry. And that is what we're seeing. We're seeing in hospital ERs and waiting rooms. We're seeing it. Um, in our schools, we're seeing it. Uh, when we start talking about issues at DMV and who's, you know, and insurance on vehicles and uninsured motors, all these types of things, we just got to get a handle on it. Senator, we'll leave it there. Uh, maybe I'll see you around Montgomery, but if not, have a good weekend. I will do it. Thanks so much for the time. All right. Stay centered. Chris Elliott there. We'll be right back. This is a Jeff Porte show that could talk. What? Oh, six, five. Just to send it on down the line. Hello Mr. Jeff, your cold miner, let me thank you for your time. You were before the army for living. Just to send it on down the line. This is for the one who drives the big rig. Now get on me. Want to know, hey, why do you drink? Hey, why do you roll smoke? Why must you live by the song that you've grown? Over and over. Everybody make my birthday. Welcome back to the Jeff Porte show. What if it talk? What oh, six, five. Thanks for staying with us. Uh, coming up on Monday's show, we'll have, um, Jeffrey Fiddler, state lawmaker from Silver Hill. Bill Jackson, uh, WVN and the yellow hammer news and lieutenant governor. Oh, Will Ainsworth, uh, bid able Bill Sean coming up from the grounds for the G and D farms outdoor expo. So, uh, stay tuned for that. In the meantime, uh, see. Squirrel sends me a little mouse who might liberals pandering nonstop on Twitter and the TikTok don't care about the economy or anything more than the virtue singly. Their social media narcissists just want come all in the wind so they can use it to prove they are not racist bigots as they have defined it. They vote out of fear, same as 2008 for Obama. I, I, I'm just screwed that a little bit. I don't think that vote matters. I don't. I don't think it's way selections. Um, I think it's always gone for the democrat. It's built into the system. It just is, it's there. And it's, it's in the, it's money in the bank, essentially. And you're never going to pull that vote away. Now the, the people who make up that demographic will, you know, maybe they grow up and they changed their political stripes. But that age will always be liberal. Social media or not could be, you know, just want to be, well, or should a mom of voters be nervous about where things are. She's an embarrassing. No, she's not. She, she herself appears to be nervous. One of the next debate community notes. Finally, Chris Hill. He got it right about mom of a county. It's bad with the illegals. All right. Well, there you have it. Oh, I got to get out of here shot coming up from the grounds. Y'all need to stay tuned for that. I will try to do better on a Monday. Sorry for us. Once again, I forgot to say goodbye. This has been the Jet Force Show. What if the dog would oh, six, five? This is where the cowboy rides away. [Music]