Gov. Newsom on Hannity

[Gil Bang 25998]

I didn't watch.   I was in the car for a long time, listening to the Angels on the radio and the Longhorns on my phone.

I saw a couple of clips. I will try to find the full episode later.

 

 

 

[Guest]

Newsom is raising my eyebrows. The clips of that interview certainly get my attention. He also rolled out a 28th amendment idea to combat guns. 

I think he still has a long road to plow given the clips we all see of California homelessness, organized theft rings, and sky-high living expenses, but I love the fight.

[tchookem 3905]

Newsom is raising my eyebrows. The clips of that interview certainly get my attention. He also rolled out a 28th amendment idea to combat guns. 
I think he still has a long road to plow given the clips we all see of California homelessness, organized theft rings, and sky-high living expenses, but I love the fight.

He could be the bulldog the Dems send out to fight these fights. Unfortunately, I suspect he wants to be the guy in the office more than the guy helping the other guy (or gal) get into the office.

[Biff Tannen 45711]

1 hour ago, tchookem said:

2 hours ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

Newsom is raising my eyebrows. The clips of that interview certainly get my attention. He also rolled out a 28th amendment idea to combat guns. 
I think he still has a long road to plow given the clips we all see of California homelessness, organized theft rings, and sky-high living expenses, but I love the fight.

He could be the bulldog the Dems send out to fight these fights. Unfortunately, I suspect he wants to be the guy in the office more than the guy helping the other guy (or gal) get into the office.

I would love to see a Newsom/Mayor Pete ticket, or the other way around.  Are we forever going to see female VP candidates now though?  

[Chuckie Finster 22724]

I kind of dismissed Newsom as a national contender years ago and not really sure why.  He has the resume, demeanor, age, looks, etc. to be a very formidable candidate.  Agree that this interaction piqued my interest.

[tchookem 3905]

I would love to see a Newsom/Mayor Pete ticket, or the other way around.  Are we forever going to see female VP candidates now though?  

Mayor Pete was exactly the guy I had in mind. I don't know that Newsom needs to be on a ticket, I think much more effective being the guy making the rounds on tv.

[tchookem 3905]

I kind of dismissed Newsom as a national contender years ago and not really sure why.  He has the resume, demeanor, age, looks, etc. to be a very formidable candidate.  Agree that this interaction piqued my interest.

Not going to lie... having a history with this individual doesn't help. Shows questionable decision making skills.

[Chuckie Finster 22724]

2 minutes ago, tchookem said:

Not going to lie... having a history with this individual doesn't help. Shows questionable decision making skills.

On the other hand, bailing before she evolved into her current state shows the kind of foresight I want from my leader.

[tchookem 3905]

Nm

[C-Man 27254]

8 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

On the other hand, bailing before she evolved into her current state shows the kind of foresight I want from my leader.

To this day, I still can't fathom that is the same person.

[Underdog 28766]

22 minutes ago, tchookem said:

Not going to lie... having a history with this individual doesn't help. Shows questionable decision making skills.

Where does she get such wonderful toys? 

[Red Five 40881]

Did she have an eye reduction? Is that a thing? 

[Js1 85522]

32 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

I would love to see a Newsom/Mayor Pete ticket, or the other way around.  Are we forever going to see female VP candidates now though?  

No. Someone like Gretchen Whitmer is a legit top of the ticket prospect. 

[Biff Tannen 45711]

2 hours ago, Js1 said:

No. Someone like Gretchen Whitmer is a legit top of the ticket prospect. 

Ok yes, but if we assume a male candidate, I'm guessing a female VP is going to be the standard going forward.  Even on the R side.

[David Dennison 18944]

1 hour ago, Js1 said:

No. Someone like Gretchen Whitmer is a legit top of the ticket prospect. 

She should be at the very top of the Democrats' wish list.

[Guest]

3 hours ago, Chuckie Finster said:

I kind of dismissed Newsom as a national contender years ago and not really sure why.  He has the resume, demeanor, age, looks, etc. to be a very formidable candidate.  Agree that this interaction piqued my interest.

I think there are some real serious issues with how much of the country sees California.

Unaffordable, huge homeless issue, high regulation/taxes, and organized theft rings. Stuff like Whole Foods closing after a year in SF and Target/Walgreens locking up merchandise are not good looks at all.

I think he'd get eaten up in an election with those issues.

 

[StassneyHorn 6626]

Any of you realty people know the average rent in California if you exclude San Francisco, San Diego, and Los Angeles? Curious

[chainsaw 9873]

31 minutes ago, StassneyHorn said:

Any of you realty people know the average rent in California if you exclude San Francisco, San Diego, and Los Angeles? Curious

i'm curious too.

[Foosters 17881]

53 minutes ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

I think there are some real serious issues with how much of the country sees California.

Unaffordable, huge homeless issue, high regulation/taxes, and organized theft rings. Stuff like Whole Foods closing after a year in SF and Target/Walgreens locking up merchandise are not good looks at all.

I think he'd get eaten up in an election with those issues.

 

Going to be honest, it sounds like you're just regurgitating right wing talking points. Organized theft rings? High Taxes? 

Most of the Democratic party base supports raising taxes on the wealthy to fund various programs. But I don't know, maybe the Dems can't win a national election unless they nominate a boring centrist who ignores the progressive wing of the party. Who do you recommend that carries no baggage and has policy positions that mirror the Dems from the 90's?

Amazingly, the GOP is going to nominate someone with multiple criminal indictments, but the CA governor is too extreme for most voters.

 

 

[Biff Tannen 45711]

11 minutes ago, Foosters said:

Going to be honest, it sounds like you're just regurgitating right wing talking points. Organized theft rings? High Taxes? 

Most of the Democratic party base supports raising taxes on the wealthy to fund various programs. But I don't know, maybe the Dems can't win a national election unless they nominate a boring centrist who ignores the progressive wing of the party. Who do you recommend that carries no baggage and has policy positions that mirror the Dems from the 90's?

Amazingly, the GOP is going to nominate someone with multiple criminal indictments, but the CA governor is too extreme for most voters.

 

 

This. Not to mention, if you look at the urban areas in California, the cost of living and taxes and such are well worth it to a lot of people. One of the most beautiful parts of the entire country. Wildfires…suck. No getting around that one. 

[gmr548 16601]

I kind of dismissed Newsom as a national contender years ago and not really sure why.  He has the resume, demeanor, age, looks, etc. to be a very formidable candidate.  Agree that this interaction piqued my interest.

I think the elite coastal liberal douchebag image is going to be hard to shake in a general election, fair or not (I don’t follow CA politics closely enough to know if it is).

[gmr548 16601]

Any of you realty people know the average rent in California if you exclude San Francisco, San Diego, and Los Angeles? Curious

I mean CA is 40mm people and those markets are like 30mm.

You’re basically talking Sacramento (in the ballpark of an Austin though I think maybe slightly cheaper at this point). Beyond that it’s expensive coastal/mountain towns, the Central Valley - which is right at the national average COL but like living in a cluster of Amarillos with terrible air quality -and some real backwoods middle of nowhere stuff.

[Biff Tannen 45711]

1 hour ago, gmr548 said:

Beyond that it’s expensive coastal/mountain towns, the Central Valley - which is right at the national average COL but like living in a cluster of Amarillos with terrible air quality -and some real backwoods middle of nowhere stuff.

I never knew this until I drove through it.  Fuck me.  Just awful.

[YChang 3462]

15 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

I never knew this until I drove through it.  Fuck me.  Just awful.

Even as you drive north, past wine country on the way up to the Oregon border... it's still really beautiful. But also some really depressing dead/dying towns. Where hearing banjos playing in the background seems appropriate. 

[tx ind 7013]

8 hours ago, Js1 said:

No. Someone like Gretchen Whitmer is a legit top of the ticket prospect. 

Quite  rude

[Bullneck 19200]

9 hours ago, tchookem said:

Nm

Yeah, right.  You were going to say something about dick sucking lips, weren't you?

[Foosters 17881]

2 hours ago, gmr548 said:

I think the elite coastal liberal douchebag image is going to be hard to shake in a general election, fair or not 

I don't disagree

[Sawbonz 27583]

2 hours ago, gmr548 said:

I mean CA is 40mm people and those markets are like 30mm.

You’re basically talking Sacramento (in the ballpark of an Austin though I think maybe slightly cheaper at this point). Beyond that it’s expensive coastal/mountain towns, the Central Valley - which is right at the national average COL but like living in a cluster of Amarillos with terrible air quality -and some real backwoods middle of nowhere stuff.

 

[Bullneck 19200]

6 hours ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

I think there are some real serious issues with how much of the country sees California.

Unaffordable, huge homeless issue, high regulation/taxes, and organized theft rings. Stuff like Whole Foods closing after a year in SF and Target/Walgreens locking up merchandise are not good looks at all.

I think he'd get eaten up in an election with those issues.

What Foosters said.  

You need to think carefully about what the state does v. what a city is responsible for v. what private industry does. 

 

[ChuckNorrisActionJeans 2682]

1 hour ago, tx ind said:

Quite  rude

I recommend Spanx for the midsection 

[Zepol87 9191]

6 hours ago, StassneyHorn said:

Any of you realty people know the average rent in California if you exclude San Francisco, San Diego, and Los Angeles? Curious

I work for a rental company. I’m at our Pasadena office for the week, rentals in our SoCal market go from 2200-3800. Rentals in DFW go from 1900-3000, mostly suburbs

[Bullneck 19200]

31 minutes ago, ChuckNorrisActionJeans said:

I recommend Spanx for the midsection 

That belly is damn sexy.  

[Sawbonz 27583]

8 minutes ago, Bullneck said:

That belly is damn sexy.  

[Dnaguy 12044]

7 minutes ago, Bullneck said:

That belly is damn sexy.  

 

As a buddy of mine once said at last call: 

'A dog's gotta eat'.

 

[Grade of D as in David 13253]

1 hour ago, ChuckNorrisActionJeans said:

I recommend Spanx for the midsection 

I would Spanx her ass all night long 

[Longhorn_Fan68 33886]

as someone who used to be married to crazy and then followed up that up with a double dip cone of crazy of a long-term gf (escaped that one too, thankfully), let he who hasn't fallen for crazy be the first to cast the first stone. that dgaf sex tho

[hayden_horn 11365]

long as he doesn't have a suede denim secret police i mean i guess

[Born to Run 6569]

Even as you drive north, past wine country on the way up to the Oregon border... it's still really beautiful. But also some really depressing dead/dying towns. Where hearing banjos playing in the background seems appropriate. 

Lost coast is really affordable and gorgeous with very linited scattered pockets of hopelessness, decline meth/opiods. No different than Texas coast of other places in my experience, and in some ways better people in the small towns. SF is really bad for petty crime and theft right now but I grew up in Houston in the 80s. To me it's overblown. Homeless issue is out of hand, but if I was homeless anywhere in the US I'd take free bus fair to Cali for the weather. Urban camping paradise.

[Born to Run 6569]

as someone who used to be married to crazy and then followed up that up with a double dip cone of crazy of a long-term gf (escaped that one too, thankfully), let he who hasn't fallen for crazy be the first to cast the first stone. that dgaf sex tho

Are you me?

[SydneyCarton 48150]

2 hours ago, Born to Run said:

7 hours ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

as someone who used to be married to crazy and then followed up that up with a double dip cone of crazy of a long-term gf (escaped that one too, thankfully), let he who hasn't fallen for crazy be the first to cast the first stone. that dgaf sex tho

Are you me?

We’re all Spartacus, buddy. 

[South Austin 52564]

7 hours ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

as someone who used to be married to crazy and then followed up that up with a double dip cone of crazy of a long-term gf (escaped that one too, thankfully), let he who hasn't fallen for crazy be the first to cast the first stone. 

There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.

 

[YGIFS 19452]

Suede Denim Secret will make a fine name for the house band if the airport Ramada Inn. 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13521]

Newsom owned Hannity, who wasn’t prepared for someone to defend Biden. Dems shouldn’t be defensive when someone attacks Biden or Dem policies. Be on the offensive when the right attacks.

I still stand behind my belief that the US has never been stronger than today. Not perfect by any means but the best overall it has ever been. 

[SydneyCarton 48150]

4 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Newsom owned Hannity, who wasn’t prepared for someone to defend Biden. Dems shouldn’t be defensive when someone attacks Biden or Dem policies. Be on the offensive when the right attacks.

I still stand behind my belief that the US has never been stronger than today. Not perfect by any means but the best overall it has ever been. 

Half of America wants to eat the other half and are flirting with or outright fascists, rights folks had just 10 years ago are being stripped away, and you think we’re stronger than we’ve ever been? Well ok. Half of America is fine that a president commits crimes and puts self over country. I’ll have what you’re having. 

Edited June 14, 2023 by SydneyCarton

[South Austin 52564]

40 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I still stand behind my belief that the US has never been stronger than today. Not perfect by any means but the best overall it has ever been. 

MAPA.  Make America Perfect Again.

[hobbes2702 13054]

19 hours ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

I think there are some real serious issues with how much of the country sees California.

Unaffordable, huge homeless issue, high regulation/taxes, and organized theft rings. Stuff like Whole Foods closing after a year in SF and Target/Walgreens locking up merchandise are not good looks at all.

I think he'd get eaten up in an election with those issues.

 

[Tuco 5077]

18 hours ago, Foosters said:

Going to be honest, it sounds like you're just regurgitating right wing talking points. Organized theft rings? High Taxes? 

 

As we learned with Hillary, right wing talking points are effective in winning elections.  There were a ton of independents and even Democrats who believed, or at least half-believed, the absurd bullshit the right wing nutcases had been saying for years about Clinton.  There are more who believe that California is failing.  Shit, there was an article in the Atlantic about SF being a failed state.  Citing reality or a nuanced understanding of reality doesn't really matter.  It would be really hard to work through those talking points in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Georgia.   

But, California is extremely productive for fundraising.  With his connections, he would build a massive war chest in the primaries. 

[YChang 3462]

7 hours ago, Born to Run said:

16 hours ago, YChang said:

Even as you drive north, past wine country on the way up to the Oregon border... it's still really beautiful. But also some really depressing dead/dying towns. Where hearing banjos playing in the background seems appropriate. 

Lost coast is really affordable and gorgeous with very linited scattered pockets of hopelessness, decline meth/opiods. No different than Texas coast of other places in my experience, and in some ways better people in the small towns. SF is really bad for petty crime and theft right now but I grew up in Houston in the 80s. To me it's overblown. Homeless issue is out of hand, but if I was homeless anywhere in the US I'd take free bus fair to Cali for the weather. Urban camping paradise.

I lived out in the bay area for nearly 10 years. I don’t disagree with anything you’ve said. I just remember my first roadtrip up there shattering my myth of everything is perfect in the state. But some of those old lumber towns….yech. 

Edited June 14, 2023 by YChang

[Biff Tannen 45711]

1 hour ago, YChang said:

I lived out in the bay area for nearly 10 years. I don’t disagree with anything you’ve said. I just remember my first roadtrip up there shattering my myth of everything is perfect in the state. But some of those old lumber towns….yech. 

I hiked 300 miles through southern inland california this spring.  I found some really nice little towns and some just god awful methy shit holes.  

[henrygandorf 29194]

45 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

and some just god awful methy shit holes.  

dude we were just having lunch, it’s not like i live there.