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Hey, this is Trey.Thank you for joining us for another Thursday.It is hard to believe it is the last day of October.I'm not saying I have a favorite month.I certainly have a favorite season of the year, which would be autumn.
October is right up there.You know, it's kind of like children.You really don't want to say you have a favorite and most parents don't, but October is right up there.It's kind of hard to believe, Mary Langston.It just seems like it started.
It is kind of hard to believe and I agree.I love the season and October is a great month.I don't have a favorite, but it would definitely be one that I enjoy a lot.So, but I can't believe it's already about done.
I guess by the time people are listening to this, it'll be the last day of October.
Yeah, it'll be, isn't there like a holiday or something?
There is, there's a holiday some people celebrate.Happy Halloween to those that do.
Oh, that's where I turn off the lights and hope nobody comes and ask for candy.That's that day.
That's right.I think there was one day we taped your show or we did your show live and it was Halloween.Do you remember that?
I don't remember what I had for lunch, so no, I do not remember that.
I just remember Terry and I and we were all just kind of wondering if someone was going to ring the doorbell while we were doing the show, but nobody did.
Yeah, well, we live on a dead end street, which helps.And it's not it's a it's a pretty small neighborhood, which helps.But Terry has a candy store ready for no one to stop by.
So then I don't know what she's going to do with it, probably give it to you the next time she sees you.But Happy Halloween to whoever has kids.It used to be fun to kind of dress your kids up.
I remember when I was a kid, it was fun going off of my sisters.And then we came back, of course, having the doctor for a father wasn't a ton of fun because there was a limit on how much candy we could eat.
But I would trade different things to my sisters for their Butterfinger candy bars because that was my favorite one.
I was going to ask you before we get started with these questions is, did you have like a memorable costume that maybe you or your sisters dressed up as or something like that?Maybe Abigail or Watson, any kind of.
Oh, Terry would have been in charge of all of that.So there would have been a lot of creativity involved with. You know, Watson was probably a pirate.Abigail was probably Cinderella.I think she was Cinderella in a play.Or Alice in Wonderland.
You're asking me really tough questions, like, about, you know, obscure things like my children.I mean, you can't possibly expect me to remember what they dressed up as.
I'll have to ask her about that one.
Yeah.She would be able to tell you with crystal clarity.I don't recall my father being a big fan of mask.
I would imagine.Yeah.So, no, I just, I remember going around with a bunch of kids in the neighborhood and ringing on doorbells and Some people gave you raisins and apples and I had a tendency not to go to those houses the next year.
Not a big fan of raisins. you know, apples unless I pick them out.But be that as it may, nobody asked about Halloween.So do we have any questions this week?Any of them?
None of them are Halloween related.And there is one sports related.I'll save it for the end to end this on a good note.
But we do have some more political questions because we're still in election season.So we'll start with those two and we'll build up to your sports question.
Good.Gives me something to look forward to.Thank you.
Good.We'll start with Ray, who writes, is there any way to pass a law or laws with penalties for lying in political advertising in any of the mediums and in stump speeches?
I'm sorry for laughing. Ray, I feel your pain, brother.No, it is hard to impossible to criminalize any kind of speech, really, especially political speech.
I mean, we do have something called defamation, but the burden of proof is so high for public officials.And by definition, someone running for office is a public person. That doesn't even get to, like, he said lying.
So lying, I mean, I hate to get all technical.I don't use that word a ton because lying to me denotes an intent to deceive.There's a difference between stating something that's not factual, making an innocent mistake, and lying.
Lying is, you know, a factually incorrect statement with the intent to deceive. And it happens a lot.It's just, you know, the lawyer in me feels like I need to be able to prove what someone's intent was.But look, political ads now are awful.
And where you could make, you're never gonna be able to structure a law that criminalizes or punishes false speech.You can punish defamation,
But I mean, what if I were to say, Mary Langston, what if I were to say, or run an ad that said, I did not lose the last election.It was stolen.
And then I pause for a second and say, stolen because the media never gave me credit for what I really did in office.Is that a lie?I mean, part of it is, it wasn't really stolen, except I redefined the word stolen.
I used it like with quote marks around it.Stolen by the media because they never gave me credit for what I really did.Is that a lie?No.Is it my opinion?Yes.Is it accurate?Probably not.So where is the line between truth and falsity?
Where does intent factor in?Look, I am not a fan of untruth.I don't think it helps our society.I'm not even a believer that all opinions carry equal value.They may carry equal legal weight, but they don't carry equal value.
I mean, if I have a headache and I have a choice between asking the person, the mail carrier or asking a neurologist, I'm probably going to ask the neurologist.
Now, my mail carrier may have an opinion on why my head hurts and she's got the right to express it. But all opinions don't have the equal value.So, I mean, juries struggle to figure out what's true after weeks of evidence.
So how in the world are we going to be able to litigate each statement made in a political ad?Like, what if a candidate were to say, I've done more for young women your age, Mary Langston, than anyone who's ever held political office before?
Is that statement true or false? How do you quantify it?What do you mean by done more for?It's hard.I get raised frustration because I share it, where you could make some movement.
is if networks or papers or radio stations would stop running demonstrably false or misleading, misleading ads.But they won't because there's just so much money in it.
So the best we can do is punish candidates who play fast and loose with the truth and hope the rest of the candidates get the message. But one thing I've noticed in our culture is there's really no consequence for lying.There really is not.
And the consequence can't come from the other side.The consequence has to come from your own side.You have to value truth enough to require your own side to tell it.But when the other side starts lying, then we feel justified.
that we all become relativists.And if the other side's gonna take indecent liberties with the truth, then I'm gonna take them too, because winning's the only thing that matters.
So that's a long answer to a short question, which is no, you can't pass a law or laws with penalties for lying in political advertising, because it's really hard to define what a lie is in so much of its opinion.
Well said Trey and thank you Ray for that question.We'll answer more of your questions when we come back.
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Going to our next one from Cindy from Colorado, who writes, why is money so important in political campaigns?Why are candidates not interested in what's important to citizens without asking for money?
Well, Cindy, from the great state of Colorado, some are.There are plenty of folks who hold town halls where not only do they not ask for anything, they're legally prohibited from asking for anything.
We used to take meetings all the time, Mary Langston, obviously.I never ask anybody for anything. held public events.Other politicians do it all the time.They never ask for anything.
The reason you do get so many requests for money, which I know you do, I know you get them, Cindy, and it's frustrating.I get them, too.I get the emails, which is why I think God created that unsubscribe button or the spam folder.
So we had a race in South Carolina, actually our last U.S.Senate race. cost over $200 million.Let that sink in for a second.$200 million was spent trying to get a job that pays $174,000 a year.
Think about the good that money could do for folks who are needy or adults with special needs after their parents pass away or young people who want to go to college.I mean, $200 million would get you a lot everywhere except in politics.
TV costs a lot of money.Mail costs a lot of money.Radio doesn't cost a lot of money, but it costs a little bit of money.Political advisors, pollsters. It is extremely expensive to run for office.
Even in a tight media market like the one that we live in, it's really just one media market.You still, if you want to take on the incumbent member of Congress, probably still need well over a million dollars.
And the maximum that an individual can give, I think, is $2,500.I'm not great with math, but If you divide a million by 2,500, I think it's a pretty big number.That's how many different people have to max out to you.Very few people max out to you.
Most people give you $100 or $50. but you need them to give it time and time and time again.So I don't think it's that they don't care what's important to the citizens.I think in most places, they're hearing very different things.
Different people have different priorities. One may be education, one may be national security, one may be the border, one may be criminal justice.You may not be on any committees where you can do anything about any of those.
And right now, particularly with the Senate, It's so close—well, the House is close, too—but the Senate is so close, one Senate seat could determine who has the majority.So at the end of this cycle, the amount of money spent—
I think Vice President Harris has raised maybe over a billion dollars, with a B, billion, as in bonita.That's a lot of money.
I know it's an important job, but a billion dollars raised, and it may or may not prove to be enough next Tuesday or whenever we find out. Truth be told, Cindy, the candidate with the most money usually wins.That's why they want it.
And it's the only way people vote until Election Day.So the media wants to know, how is this candidate doing?You can look at the polls, but what you really look at is people are voting with their checkbooks.
They're voting with their debit cards and credit cards. If you're raising money, then that signals that you have support and other people like a winner, they want to join the winning team.So that's why you hear so much about money.
It costs a ton of money to run for office.It is outrageous.I wish it weren't true.I would take all of that.Well, you've heard me give this speech.I don't know how many times, Mary Langston, about money in politics.
There are so many better uses for your money than to donate them to a political candidate.And this is coming from somebody that has friends in political office, but there's so much need out there.
$10,000 could change a kid's life that is struggling to afford to go to college.$10,000 is a rounding error for a congressional candidate.It's nothing.
So I would be very judicious in where I put my money, and I would put it where I got the most bang for my buck, and that is almost never in politics.
Well said, Trey.And thank you, Cindy, for that question.We'll end today with our usual sports question.
Are you happy that I'm working on my cynicism?
Thank you.I've made a concerted effort to be less cynical about, you know, money and politics and things like that.
Right, but you're also a realist, so that's also important in life to be realistic about things.
You're right about that.But it is realistic.
Yeah.Well, realism is good.Stoicism is good.
We'll end with our sports question.We'll see if you're realistic on this one too.And this one's from Jimmy, who writes, what do you think about the world series?And did you predict that?
Well, I'm probably going to cost myself a friend and Jimmy, and I don't want to do that.I have not watched a single pitch of the world series. I do not care which team wins or which team loses.
I am actually more closely following USC baseball right now because we have a new coach and we're in fall practice and we had a scrimmage with Air Force.
I can tell you a lot more about a scrimmage with Air Force that did not count than I can tell you about the World Series.Jimmy, I am a Cincinnati Reds fan. And if you're a Reds fan, that means you can stop watching pretty much in early summer.
Now, we got a new manager.Maybe things will change.We've got some talented young players. We've got some pitchers that are getting healthy.If the Reds were playing, I would watch.
But, oh, maybe, no, I don't have any friends that have ownership interest in baseball teams anymore, I don't think.I won't call any names, but there were teams that I kept an eye on because I knew people that had an ownership interest in the team.
But the Reds, I think the first and last book I read was by Johnny Bench when I was in the second grade.And I just became a Reds fan and I've always been one.And we had our heyday.I remember watching the Reds, I think, when my son was born.
I think, literally, I might have been late going into the room because I was watching the Reds, which didn't go over well. but they won, so it's kind of worth it.I haven't watched the pitch of the World Series.Did I predict it?
No, I didn't predict it because when the Reds fall, when the Reds are mathematically eliminated, I just quit even looking at the box scores anymore.
So I hate that I cost myself a friend in Jimmy because he probably does pull for the Yankees or the Dodgers.Just the Dodgers are mortal enemies to the Reds.So I really can't pull for them and I can't pull for the Yankees.
So I mean, I would be more of a Red Sox fan than a Yankees fan.So I haven't watched the pitch.I mean, I know that it's three one right now.I know Well, three to one, we're recording this.
It will either be over or three and two by the time people hear this.How about you, Mary Langston?Did you know who was playing?
I did know who was playing, but I haven't watched it either.I turned it on for maybe a little bit longer than you did, but not much longer.
Curious.You should read a book.
I did go back to my book, but, you know, I was just curious for a second and then, you know, I'll go back and read about it or hear it from you on who wins or, you know, all the top things.
But no, I haven't been keeping up with it like I probably should have.
Can you say what book you're reading?
Well, I actually just finished a book, and it was a memoir by Ina Garden.I don't know if I'm pronouncing her last name right.She's like a cook, a famous cook and chef.So I just finished that.
It was an audio book, so I was listening to her read it, and that was interesting.
That's right.Your generation listens to books.
I do.I like to listen as I'm driving, kind of like a podcast in a way.
Well, how can you listen to Pink Floyd and a book at the same time?
I'm going to leave Pink Floyd to you, and I will listen to my I Know book, which I just finished, so I'll have to find another one.I think I asked you for some recommendations, so I need to get started on that list you sent.
I think I sent them to you, didn't I?
Yeah.I try to pick ones that, I mean, I know you well enough to know what you would and wouldn't like.
What about you?What are you reading now?
I'm reading a book called The Accomplice, which is about the hunt for one particular Nazi after World War II who went to Argentina and the Masada and others were looking for, you know, they had something called the Nuremberg Trials, which if there's a documentary on that or
If you can lay your hands on something about the Nuremberg trials, you should probably read or watch that.So some of the Nazi officials were tried.
Others used fake names and went to other countries, including Argentina and other South American countries.And it's about the hunt for them.And I'm also writing another book.So kind of divide my time between writing it and reading The Accomplice.
I'm impressed you have time to read while you're writing.
Uh, well, you've been around me enough to know that, um, I, it may not be very good, but it is quick.I do things quickly.They may not be done well.I may make a lot of mistakes, but at least I'll make them quickly.
It doesn't take me long to do that stuff.
You do enjoy writing too.So that makes all the difference too.
Yep.I do like, and I like reading.If I like the book, you know, I read it and I don't, I don't listen to it.I read it on an iPad.
So I download it to an iPad and sit there and flick away while I'm traveling or, you know, one o'clock in the morning, just sit there and read. So I think you would like the Accomplice.I'm trying to think so far.
I don't think there's any part of it that would give you pause.But if I get deeper into it and see that it is not rated G, I will, well, it's definitely not rated G, but it may be PG-13, but you can live with that, right?
I mean, the Old Testament is not G. That is true.
We can live with that.But yeah, let me know about it.And those are all the questions we have for today, Trey.
All righty.Well, you take care of yourself.And by the time we talk again, there will hopefully, hopefully the election results will certainly know stuff about the House and the Senate.
I can't imagine we wouldn't know the presidential outcome by then, but we shall see.It'll be a fascinating week.
It really will be.And we'll be looking forward to it.We'll see.
All right.Thank you all.We look forward to your questions.Keep them coming.Have a great week and we'll see you next Thursday. Listen ad-free with a Fox News Podcast Plus subscription on Apple Podcasts.
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