Point of View October 22, 2026 – Hour 2 : 10 Ways to Lose an Election

[00:00:04] Across America, Live, this is Point of View Radio Talk Show. And now, your guest host for Point of View Radio Talk Show. That would be Charlie Hodges sitting in for Kerby Anderson who is on assignment. This is Point of View and for the next 30 minutes it's going to be you, me, and who else is listening.

[00:00:34] Look forward to having you join the show and you can do it easily by calling 800-351-1212. 800-351-1212. Numbers to call to be part of the program. Then coming up at the bottom of the hour, Vinnie Manchillo from Glass House Strategies. If you missed our first hour, you can catch it on our website at pointofview.net.

[00:00:58] Aria Myers was a paramedic in Israel. And we talked about the situation in Israel and all the things that he's had to deal with. And then for the last half hour, we had Robert Knight from the Washington Times. James has a real nice column out now that how the election is very important, that usually midterm elections don't matter that much.

[00:01:27] But it's his point that this one does. So we look forward to having you go and catch that if you didn't get it before. But we have a lot of things that we can talk about in the next half hour. And the phone lines are open. 800-351-1212. The number to call to be part of Point of View. And as we look at some of the headlines today, we have had another increase in oil prices going up to about 112 a barrel.

[00:01:56] That was about 412 this morning in the world markets. And that's because of more fears that we will have more fighting in Iran. And when we go up that high, that can cause – that just immediately they'll start jacking up oil prices across the country.

[00:02:23] It's funny how when the price of oil comes down, the companies say, hey, it takes a while for us to filter the reduction of oil prices back into the price at the pump. But when they go up within five minutes, the prices go up. So if you have any questions or any thoughts on the oil market moving around as quickly as it does, more than happy for you to give us a call.

[00:02:53] And as far as technology is concerned, how many of you all are looking for a job? You go on a website, you've got your resume, you fill it out, you send it in, and you don't know who's reading it. Well, it turns out more and more now that we have people who go to the websites, they apply for jobs, and then all of a sudden they're rejected for a role.

[00:03:22] And they don't even talk to anybody. No one calls them. They're just totally rejected for the role because they use AI. According to the Future of Hiring Candidate Report in 2026, surveyed 2,832 active job seekers from age 18 to 64.

[00:03:45] Of the 3,002 Australian respondents, 85 said they have been turned down without a single conversation. That compares with about 81% in the United States and in the U.K. and Ireland and 86% in Germany.

[00:04:02] Tom Hyde, he's the head of sales and revenue for Asia Pacific at Greenhouse, told HRD the findings show both sides of the hiring market are using artificial intelligence. That means the people looking for work and the people who are hiring, and they're very unhappy with the results. It's the doom loop of candidates, they say. They felt like they need to have to stand out.

[00:04:31] Recruiters are drowning in volume because candidates can use AI to apply so many times for multiple jobs and for multiple roles, and that creates a large volume and makes it very difficult for the hirers to fire the hire the hirees. So that's where things get a little tough there. So you having problems with finding a job, AI may be a part of it.

[00:05:02] Political texts and phone calls, you getting those? You getting those phone calls? You getting those texts? Yeah. Well, they're saying that they are on the rise. You may already know that, but they are on the rise now. And some of the messages could be scams designed to steal money out of your pockets. So if you get a text from somebody and saying, hi, this is, you know, I'm just using the name. Just to use the name.

[00:05:32] Hi, this is Don Jr., and I want you to give money to my dad. There's a good chance, according to a number of investigations that are going on right now, that that isn't Don Jr., and the money you give to isn't going to his dad. More than 1,000 political messages have been received.

[00:05:55] Troubleshooter Diane Wilson was contacted by TV station ABC 11. She didn't want to appear on camera but shared the messages to show how persistent the problem has become. Some texts asked her to complete voter registration. If somebody texts you and wants your information, please don't give it to them. Even though she said she's already registered, others asked for donations.

[00:06:26] And a woman with the Better Business Bureau of the Eastern Carolinas said scammers may pose as political candidates or organizations to take advantage of voters' emotions and political interests. And sometimes if you give money, even to a campaign, and they're using a third-party site, so they have a company that gets with the campaign and says, we'll raise money for you. Okay, cool. You'll raise money.

[00:06:55] That's great. They get voter information, and you say, I want to make it a one-time donation only. And the next thing you know, your card's getting dinged for $25 every week because it's not a one-time donation. They've made it a recurring weekly donation. Happened to me. Happened to me right here.

[00:07:25] I have had that happen to me. So be careful with that. That's just one of the things that we found today that makes for a good story, and it all goes into this election and what's all coming up. One thing to remind you of with the discussion that we had on terrorism earlier in this program today, and if you missed it, you can catch it on pointofview.net.

[00:07:52] Kirby wrote a wonderful book, The Biblical View of Terrorism, and this is it right here, and you can get it by going to pointofview.net. That's pointofview.net, and you can sign up, and we'll send this book to you. And also, we've talked about this. This was part of the discussion we had last hour, and we'll talk a little bit more about it at the bottom of the hour with Vinny Manchillo.

[00:08:23] Socialism is happening in America. The search is happening, and a lot of it's going to be decided by this election when you go to the polls. And polls are open in many states right now, early voting. So go vote. No matter who you want to vote for, go vote. And we'll be back with more after this break on Point of View. Thank you.

[00:09:00] This is Viewpoints with Kirby Anderson. Last month I talked about the decreasing number of young men in the labor force. Kyle Becker adds some additional insight into why women outnumber men in the workforce. For example, during a struggling economy, often men are the first to be let go. But that is only part of the problem. He observes that the latest data shows something different. Women outnumbering men in the workforce is becoming the new normal.

[00:09:30] Economist Stephen Moore explains, Working-age men have lost jobs, while women have captured virtually 100% of the net new jobs. Men are being replaced in some job sectors. He reminds us that in the manufacturing and tech sectors, where men have traditionally dominated by numbers, that is another issue. H-1B visa holders. Foreign workers have replaced many workers in the United States in fields that attract men.

[00:09:56] Women are not only obtaining more college degrees than men, but they also seem to have an advantage in hiring. Nearly 60% of all bachelor degrees go to women. Second, a recent article in Science discovered that female recruiters are more likely to favor female applicants, but the researchers did not find that male recruiters showed a greater preference for men. The social consequences of this are not positive. This country is already experiencing historically low rates of marriage.

[00:10:24] Low rates of marriage also result in lower birth rate and fewer families. The fewer men working is probably another reason for why men account for four out of five suicide deaths. This gender employment gap is not only harmful for men, it is also harmful for our society. I'm Kirby Anderson, and that's my point of view.

[00:10:49] Go deeper on topics like you just heard by visiting pointofview.net. That's pointofview.net. You're listening to Point of View, your listener-supported source for truth. Hodges in for Kirby Anderson, who is on assignment today on Point of View. Thanks for joining us. Let's go to Fairbanks, Alaska.

[00:11:19] Elmer, how are things up in the 50th state? There's snow on the ground. Already? Yes. But beyond that, I'm interested in the election, and I remember, I suppose most people remember that we fought against the Americans, sided against the Axis powers, the expansion of the Japanese and what Hitler was doing in Europe. Uh-huh.

[00:11:47] But now here we are. Neville Chamberlain tried to appease Hitler from his expansion by giving him Czechoslovakia or parts of it. And now we're trying to, Trump wants to have a Nobel Peace Prize, so he wants to sell out Ukraine to Putin. And also to help it. Is that the way you see it? I believe it is, yes.

[00:12:14] I would like to have the people's opinion, and I think it's appeasement. I think it's not American to sell out of people who are seeking independence and freedom. The Marine hymn says, first to fight for the right and freedom. I think that's emblematic of what America is about.

[00:12:38] And so I guess that's what I think selling out the Ukraine is anti-American and I would say anti-biblical. Also, one thing is, is people forget that the Ukrainians also had their own Holocaust. It's called the Holodomor, when Stalin was in power and millions of Ukrainians were killed then. Millions of others were killed by Stalin as well.

[00:13:07] So it's not just the Ukrainian thing. But there was more Ukrainians than probably anybody else. And it's memorialized as the Holodomor that most people don't know about. So, yeah, I guess that's the gist of knowing that they should fight for their freedom and their sovereignty and their lives.

[00:13:37] Well, I appreciate the phone call. I can't tell you whether we're selling out Ukraine or not. I don't know enough. And, you know, I just am on the radio. I don't know the foreign policy back and forth. I don't know all the nuances that go into negotiating this thing. What I do know is that we have had, we have tried a number of ways to get peace.

[00:14:06] And they've gone to Putin and they have gone to Zelensky. And Zelensky has repeatedly shot down ideas to try to bring an end to this war. So I don't know who's selling out who. I just know that Ukraine is losing lots of people.

[00:14:35] Russia is losing lots of people. And maybe it's just time to try to get people to stop dying. The one thing that we do know that is different from the situation with Germany is Hitler was building an army to attack other countries. What we do know is that they don't have that type of military.

[00:15:04] They have the missiles, but they don't have the tanks and everything else to do a conventional war. Russia doesn't like Japan or like Germany did. Russia doesn't have that. And that's the only thing I know is that it's a different time. It's a different place. And I think you have a valid point. You have a valid point.

[00:15:32] But as far as getting any kind of insight from me, not going to get it. But if any of you have any concerns, if any of you want to give your opinion on this, you are more than welcome to give us a call at 800-352-1212. 3-5-2-12-12.

[00:15:59] Coming up, bottom of the hour, Vinnie Manchillo, Glass House Strategies. And we'll talk more about the upcoming election and what it means nationwide.

[00:16:12] One thing that I found rather interesting from the election talk was Michigan Senator, I think it was Michigan Senator Elise Slotkin, doing an interview and saying that she favors taking any 20. 20-year-old kid who may have gotten out of college and wants to work for the Trump administration.

[00:16:39] And if they can commit even the smallest of crimes, that they should be fully prosecuted basically just for their political beliefs. And one thing about Senator Slotkin is that she was with the CIA.

[00:16:59] And she was trained by John Brennan and Clapper and a lot of the people who were in the Obama and Biden intelligence cartel. Kerby Anderson wrote this wonderful pamphlet, The Weaponization of Intelligence. And you can take a look at this. Go to pointofview.net. That's pointofview.net. And you can get one of these. We'll send it to you.

[00:17:28] And you can see what the weaponization of intelligence looks like if you don't already think that Senator Slotkin is working on doing that right now. So give that a look. Also, some other ones that I think are rather important since they're not teaching it very much in school anymore. This is the founding of America and what it means. So you might want to look at that before you vote in the midterms. What does America mean?

[00:17:55] What is this experiment that we have in representative republics right here in this country? And why has it been an experiment that has worked fairly well for the last 250 years? And why this country didn't fall to or why the world didn't fall to Germany was in big part because of what this country did.

[00:18:18] What this country founded on the Judeo-Christian mandates. We were a nation of the Lord. And that's not me talking. That's what our founders said. Read the Federalist Papers. You can find out a lot of that by Kirby's book right here. And another thing to read before you get to the midterms.

[00:18:48] This is why empires fall. Could we be falling under the same thing right now? Why empires fall? Very important as we head into the midterms. The election day itself, it's still a ways away. But we do have early voting going on across the country. And people are getting their ballots ready to go or they're voting in person early.

[00:19:16] And these are things you just need to look at again before we get ready to vote. Man, I feel like Debbie Downer today. I mean, it's so serious. And here's another goodie. Is Christianity and socialism compatible? You can get this by coming to us at pointofview.net. And we'll send you. This is from February of 26.

[00:19:45] And this is our latest socialist surge in America. We have all of this for you to read. Listener supported radio. This is Point of View. And we're on stations all over the country. And you can catch us on pointofview.net. And we look forward to bringing you truth. Truth through the eyes of the Lord. You can call us.

[00:20:15] 800-351-1212. 800-351-1212. 12-12. Vinny Manchillo joining us when we come back from the break. You can talk to Vinny as well as we talk about his book, 12 Ways to Lose an Election. Lots of ways to win it, but 12 Ways You Can Really Lose One. And we'll also talk about the midterms. That's all coming up on Point of View. And Vinny is, not only is he a friend of mine,

[00:20:40] he happens to be one of the smartest operatives in politics that I know. And he doesn't try to make you think that he's the smartest operative that is out there. There are a lot of them who are operatives, and they like to make you think that they're really smart in what they do. Vinny is smart in what he does. Vinny does do a great job. He doesn't have to tell you about it because he does one thing most of the time. And you know what that is?

[00:21:10] He wins. 800-351-1212. I'm Charlie Hodges in for Kirby Anderson. This is pointofview.net. Come on back. Join us. Vinny Manchillo next on the program. Thanks for being here. It almost seems like we live in a different world from many people in positions of authority.

[00:21:38] They say men can be women and women men. People are prosecuted differently or not at all depending on their politics. Criminals are more valued and rewarded than law-abiding citizens. It's so overwhelming, so demoralizing. You feel like giving up. But we can't. We shouldn't. We must not. As Winston Churchill said to Britain in the darkest days of World War II, never give in. Never give in.

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[00:22:53] You are listening to Point of View. The opinions expressed on Point of View do not necessarily reflect the views of the management or staff of this station. And now, here again, your guest host for Point of View. Charlie Hodges in for Kirby Anderson, who is on assignment.

[00:23:23] Point of View with you every day, right here on this radio station at pointofview.net. Joining us on the program is Vinny Manchillo. You may have seen him on Fox. You may have heard him on the radio. I've had him on the radio a lot in the state of Texas. But he has a book out now called 10 Ways to Lose an Election. Are you sure there's only 10, Vinny?

[00:23:51] Well, you know, every day I think there's only 10. But I'll have to get to 11 or 12 before 12 days are done this year. Tell me a little bit about yourself. I am a Republican media consultant, which basically means all those lovely political ads that you see on TV. Those are guys like me make those. So I make the ones you like. There's always the ones that drive you crazy. But basically, we work with candidates.

[00:24:20] We create the ads. And we also work with the image and strategy for the candidates. What do you think of the ads that are running this year? Well, you know, listen, I've seen some that I think are absolutely fantastic. I've seen some that confuse me. And I've seen some that are just not very good. So there's been so many. I mean, we are going to hit a record of spending this year. I can't remember the number, but it's I think it's close to 17 or 18 billion dollars.

[00:24:50] So there's been plenty of ads to look at. But it's been a bizarro year of ads. That's for sure. Tell me about the book. The book is, you know, the book was kind of the genesis of it was based on questions that first time candidates have asked over the years. You know, what do I do? What should I expect when I go to run a political campaign? And that's and that's the way this is. This is been created.

[00:25:15] And the idea is that there's a million ways to win a race. Anything from you get lucky to your opponent dies. And we've we've seen all those things happen. But there is a pattern to losing. And the campaigns that make mistakes and lose, we narrowed that down to 10. And there's a real pattern to losing. So if you can avoid those 10 mistakes, you give yourself a chance.

[00:25:43] What are the biggest of the 10 mistakes that even the folks who are just sitting at home watching all this stuff? What what are some of the biggest mistakes that we can look for in a potential losing candidate? Well, I'd say the biggest one is to make things too doggone complicated. You know, you come out with your 42 point plan to save America.

[00:26:11] And I'm sure it's wonderful, but people are busy. They're going to work. The kids have a cold. You know, nobody can think about all that stuff. Not that they are not able to, but you can't keep that many things in your mind. So the smart campaigns are the ones that get it down to one issue, two issue, three issues. And making at least one of those issues very, very different and very, very personal. I'll give you an example.

[00:26:40] I've seen several campaigns where you may have done a poll in the city and people are concerned about crime and people are concerned about taxes. And and but way down the list was potholes. Well, maybe it's a candidate that comes out and goes, you know what? I'm going to own that pothole issue. And that's a differentiator. And that gets them over the line.

[00:27:04] What do you think right now is probably the best run campaign that you have seen on the national level? Senator House. Oh, wow. And there's been some really good ones. I said Michelle Tafoya and she's kind of off the radar. This is Minnesota Senate. Michelle Tafoya has run a really good campaign and this is her first campaign. And so, you know, don't sleep on that one.

[00:27:32] On election night, everybody watch Minnesota because that could be that could be a surprise. Extremely well run campaign. I would say also the Michigan Senate campaign is really good. And then what one one. You mean Rogers Rogers Rogers in Michigan. Really, really good. And then we're working on a campaign in New York. And it's a district that Kamala Harris won in the last presidential election.

[00:28:01] But there is a Republican congressman there and he's running. He's doing a great job. It's Congressman Michael Lawler, New York 17. Then it'd be a tough district to hang on to. But he has run just about a perfect campaign. Some of the bad campaigns. Wow. There's just so many.

[00:28:20] You know, I think, you know, what kind of makes a bad campaign a lot of times is if the campaign fails to get any traction early and fails to raise any money.

[00:28:34] So if you don't have any money in here in the great state of Texas, let's look at the Democratic candidate for governor, Gina Hinojosa, who has not been able to raise any money and really is struggling and making mistakes and really has no very little direction and very little messaging because she just can't put anything out.

[00:28:55] So that campaign is a mess, maybe not by virtue of the candidate or the organization, but the fact that they just don't have any resources to do anything. That's a really terrible campaign. And I'm trying to think of some other ones. I hate to throw people under the bus. Yeah, but Vinny, about Hinojosa, the polls say that she's going to beat Paxton or beat Abbott. Be against Abbott. You know what? That's not going to happen.

[00:29:24] And I'll tell you why. Let me give you two good reasons why. Looking at the polls, and I'm not one of those guys that thinks the polls are wrong universally. I think people read the polls incorrectly. If you look at the polls in that race, those polls really have not moved. The legitimate polls in that campaign started out at four points and they're at four points today.

[00:29:48] And that's not that different than four years ago where the Democrat got four points close to Abbott and never got any closer. And I think he wound up winning by seven or eight. That's going to happen again on November 3rd. The second poll, the second data point in that race that's absolutely critical, and this is the most important poll, is the Democrat donors are not contributing to that campaign. They are not participating. There's no contribution limit in that campaign.

[00:30:17] A big Democrat donor could write her a check for $100 million, and they're not doing it because they don't believe and they don't see any upside. Let's go through the U.S. Senate races. Will the Republicans be able to hold on? I think so, yes. And I can't, I haven't decided if we wind up, worst case scenario, I think we're 50-50.

[00:30:44] And then that gives us the Vice President's tie-breaking vote. So that still puts us in control. But I think there is a world, and people are calling me crazy, that we could be at 52 seats, maybe 53 seats if we got a little lucky. And Tallarico in Texas, what do you think happens with him? Boy, I think, you know, that's as close to a jump ball, and I hate to say that, but I think that is a jump ball.

[00:31:16] And I don't make predictions, but my analysis of it so far is I think the Republicans, Ken Paxton, has a structural advantage, has a very powerful turnout machine powered by the Abbott campaign. I think he hangs on, but man oh man, I think it's going to be close.

[00:31:38] And speaking of Tallarico, our Outlook article, Christianity and Socialism, is it compatible? That is in our latest Outlook magazine. Actually, it's from February, but you can still get with us at pointofview.net, and you can order this. This booklet is wonderful, and you can get that article and take a look at it before you vote in the election.

[00:32:08] And early voting is open all over the country. Quickly, Vinny, early voting, good thing or bad thing? Oh, it's a fantastic thing. And people always dog us in Texas that we make it hard to vote. We have two weeks of early voting. So I think Republicans have finally embraced early voting. And I know here in Texas, we'll have 70% of the vote in before election day. So go out there and vote.

[00:32:36] If you have early voting available to you, I say go out there and get it done. So if you have any questions for Vinny, you can give us a call at 800-351-1212. That's 800-351-1212. Vinny Manchillo with us till the top of the hour. We're talking about the election. Vinny is very good. He has worked for some presidential candidates. He's worked all the way down to city council candidates.

[00:33:02] So please go ahead and take part in the conversation if you wish. 800-351-1212. And Vinny happens to know this political stuff really, really well. I mean, we've been talking about this. He and I have been friends for a good 15 years talking elections. So we look forward to hearing from you on the program. This is Point of View.

[00:33:30] I'm Charlie Hodges in for Kirby Anderson, who's on assignment. We'll be back in just a couple minutes.

[00:33:58] You're listening to Point of View, your listener-supported source for truth. Charlie Hodges in for Kirby Anderson, Vinny Machillo, our guest. Vinny, the U.S. House, if that goes Democrat, then the entire second half of the Trump administration shot, isn't it?

[00:34:23] Well, I would say we'll certainly see a Congress that will really not get anything done for the American people for two years. They will spend all their time just trying to bring charges against the president and investigations, et cetera, et cetera. It will be retribution politics for two solid years.

[00:34:44] And I hate to say this, but I do think we lose control of the House, but I don't think it will be the bloodbath that some people are predicting. So if the Democrats do take control, what are you hearing about Hakeem Jeffries being able to keep his job as Speaker of the House? Well, you know, we were talking about that yesterday internally. And that's going to be very tough.

[00:35:12] And, you know, we don't remember, we forget, you know, it wasn't that long ago when Kevin McCarthy had to make a deal with the, you know, with some people who he did not necessarily want to make a deal with that were much more conservative than he was. And we all saw how that worked out and he was very short tenured as a speaker.

[00:35:34] Listen, the socialists who are going to get elected in New York that have won those primaries, the squad members who are already in Congress, they do not trust Hakeem Jeffries. They do not like him. They are not interested in following him. So if he wants to get that speaker's gavel, he's going to have to make a deal with the devil. And how many impeachments do you think they'll get in for Trump? Oh, my gosh. You know, it'll be a world record. It'll be a world record.

[00:36:04] If it isn't already, it'll be because that's all they'll do. You know, so, you know, as a citizen, I'm sad because I know nothing of value is going to get done in Congress. And then probably, you know, by extension, nothing will get done in the Senate either because the House won't vote or anything the Senate pushes up. So it's unfortunate, but that's I'm afraid what the next two years are going to look like. Let's take a look.

[00:36:31] And we didn't talk about this race, but I think there may have been enough things that have come up on it. People say, oh, you have to have debates. You have to have debates. Well, there's one debate that happened that really has backfired on the incumbent, and that's New York Attorney General with Tish James. The woman who is running against her just totally obliterated her in their one debate. Yeah. Your thoughts on that race?

[00:37:00] Let me put the main Senate race in that, too, where Mr. Jackson told Senator Collins to shut up. And that's that's not going to help his campaign either. You know, debates are tough things. Yeah. You know, and as citizens, we kind of expect the debate. But but in a lot of ways, you know, it's a dangerous game and you can't win a race in a debate. You just can't do it. But you sure can lose one.

[00:37:29] And I think that's some of the things we are seeing is candidates who are get off the rails emotionally or are poorly prepared or just not good debaters. You could you could throw a whole race away with one poorly placed quick. And isn't it basically the rule that the candidate who is behind really wants to debate? So if you have two candidates and one saying I must debate you, I must debate you.

[00:37:57] And the other one says, I don't think so. Most of the time, it's the one who wants to debate is the one who's really behind. I can tell you, if my candidate is behind, I want to debate very much, you know, because you want to be put up on the same level as that person. And you want to have an opportunity to go toe to toe with them. But you know what the smart campaigns can do in that situation is, is you can be very creative about how your opponent will not debate you.

[00:38:26] And we've seen that done in the past. This cycle, not so much. But you can have a lot of fun with why your opponent won't debate you. But listen, there's no law that says you have to debate. And even winning a debate is no guarantee. You know, in middle school, junior high school, we all learned about the Lincoln-Douglas debates. And they were fantastic debates. And I think Lincoln did great in those debates. We forget that he lost that election. That's true. He, that was the first Senate race.

[00:38:56] He lost that election. It all worked out and he wound up beating Douglas in the presidential race. But winning a debate is not a guarantee of winning an election. Let's go back to 1960. You had the Kennedy-Nixon debates. And people who listened to the debate on radio thought that Nixon cleaned the floor. But those who watched on TV saw Nixon sweating. And he, and he lost because TV.

[00:39:24] He had a five o'clock shadow. He didn't wear any makeup and he looked bad and no disrespect. He's certainly not the handsome man that John Kennedy was. And, and people forget Nixon was an A plus plus debater. Very smart and very quick on his feet. And, and, and that's, you know, the radio, the radio audience again, they thought he won. But, uh, you know, for Kennedy, he looked right, sounded right.

[00:39:52] And, uh, being good looking on television doesn't hurt. That's why I'm on the radio right now. Come on. One thing about, uh, the Republican Party right now, and this is pretty much a national thing. You have the, the conservative element of the Republican Party and the not so conservative element of the Republican Party. And they're sort of dog fighting it out.

[00:40:16] And you're seeing that in Texas with the Karl Rove and Bush element fighting so hard against Paxton and, uh, other elements within the party. Um, Democrats have the same thing with the DSA and the more moderate Democrats. Are we going to have to have these parties get through with their wars before we, um, can get things stretched out a little bit? Well, you know, I, you know, I think so. Yes.

[00:40:45] You know, and people always go, gee, we need a third party in this country. Well, my friend, you have four. And, and, and really the, the, the schism in those two parties is very, very well defined. And certainly in the Republican Party and now a growing schism in the, in the Democrat Party. Now winning fixes a lot of things. Most usually. Now, if the Democrats win the House, you would think it's going to be kumbaya and we're all going to play nicely together. I'm not so sure that happens.

[00:41:14] Uh, so we shall see. But, uh, you know, a divided party, a divided house cannot stand. Lee from KYCC in California. You're on with Vinny Manjillo. Hey there. Uh, so, um, question is basically, um, proposition question. Uh, how, you know, how to cast a vote for propositions. And once you hear what I'm going to say, you're going to say, good luck on you. You know, um, what it comes down to is, um, I have a flip phone.

[00:41:43] Um, that's, I know how to use, but to actually cast, you know, a ballot for, um, uh, stuff that I have no idea how to, how to research it and find out exactly. Uh, this is a biblical thing that I need to vote for. I need to stay away from. So, um, and I doubt you would do it, but there's my phone number. Call me up after the show's over and say, Hey, this is what, uh, you know, whatever.

[00:42:05] So walk me through something, but I really want to be informed on the down ballot, if you will, and some of the other things that are important to us. Yeah. And the only way to do that is to go through the voter guides in your area and frankly, talk to your pastor. And if your pastor has the, the gumption to, to, to, to do it, because a lot of pastors don't want to get into politics. That's one way to handle it. So, Hey, Lee, appreciate the phone call.

[00:42:34] Thanks for, for taking part in a point of view. Many Vinny, any final thoughts? We got 30 seconds. Yeah. You know why it's so critical to go out and vote. And those of us who work on campaigns, we place incredible value on your vote. Your vote always counts. Your vote has amazing value. Not only in these big elections, every election, go vote every time for your city council, your dog catcher, everything. 10 times out of 10, get out there and vote.

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