Thursday, Sep 3: Open Phones

Good morning, good morning. Welcome to the third and final hour for today of the program. I'm Chris McCarthy. I got a press release right here. Regular guest on the program is MassGOP Chair Amy Carnivali. She's always available whenever I call. She's congratulating the Republican nominees following a historic primary. Tim walked this press release into me. This week, Republican primary voters strengthened the mandate for a new kind of governor, giving Mike Minogue nearly 76% of the vote. And once again, making history by nominating one of the strongest Republican slates in recent elections. Massachusetts Republican Party Chair Amy Carnivali today congratulated Sean Oliver on receiving the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor. Along with Anne Brensley, who has qualified for the Republican nomination for Secretary of State. Through the write-in process, pending certification, as well as Elizabeth Dionne for officially receiving the nomination for Treasurer, Michael Walsh for the Attorney General, and John Deaton for US Senate. Reflecting on the primary election, Chair Carnivali said, the Massachusetts Republican Party has never been more unified than it is today. The voters have now confirmed the cohesiveness and the fortitude that we've been seeing within the party for quite some time, close quote. Carnivali goes on to say by concluding, I welcome Sean Oliver to the new Republican Party. We are glad he has chosen to join the Republicans in moving forward with Mike Minogue at the top of the ticket. The Massachusetts Republican Party is focused on bringing our message to independent voters and disaffected Democrats who've been left behind by decades of one-party government. This is a new chapter for our party, and Mike Minogue is leading the way. So that is from the official Republican Party of Massachusetts, Amy Carnivali as chairperson, and obviously the State Committee all around the state. So good news, right? Ann Brensley was originally running for Lieutenant Governor, and that didn't work out. She had to get a minimum, and it sounds like she did, of 5,000 write-in votes. That's a big deal all over the state. The logistics of it are pretty complicated. It's not quite D-Day, but it's pretty impressive to get all that awful one day, right? A one-day invasion of the ballot box by your supporters to write in your name and your address or put a sticker there 5,000 times. So congratulations, Attorney Ann Brensley. We'll get her in. Remember, the policy here at WBSM has been for quite a while, and the practice that we don't include write-in candidates until after they've completed their journey and established that they're the legitimate nominee of the party. Otherwise, you have to deal with all kinds of people declaring at the last minute that they're a write-in candidate, although they didn't follow the process. And they want to get on the radio with equal time and all that stuff. And so that makes it really unmanageable for us here as a commercial operation. I'm sure you can understand. However, there are people who've done it. Christopher Thrasher did it two years ago, became the Republican nominee. He was not so lucky this time. He was defeated by Jesse St. Gilles in that primary for the Republican Party. But I'm hearing that Brenda Lee Smith here in Fairhaven has potentially qualified to be a candidate of the Republican Party for state representative against Democrat Mark Sylvia. So that would be Mattapoisette, Rochester, Marion, Fairhaven, and even a little bit of you, Ward 1, and a little bit of you, Acushnet. So it's another one of these gerrymandered districts for Bill Strauss. And now Mark Sylvia was handed that district and reelected. But I understand Brenda Lee Smith has gotten enough votes. We'll find out by the end of the weekend, officially, I would think, whether Brenda Lee Smith will be the Republican nominee for state representative in Fairhaven, where she lives, Mattapoisette, Marion, Rochester, part of Acushnet, and even part of you, Ward 1, city of New Bedford. So there may be other writing candidates that have qualified. Let's go to the phones. Good morning. Thanks, Holden. Good morning. And I'd like to congratulate all the people that did make the nomination in our now official running for their office, prospective office. But one of the things that has happened over the last couple of months is people were discounting what delegates did at the Republican Convention. And the lessening of the power of what they did, and also pretty much saying that they just raised a hand or whatever, and they did not do any homework. Delegates have a huge responsibility. And if someone goes out of their way, pays $200 to go to the convention just to be able to vote, and you don't think they're gonna do their homework? You think they were bought? They weren't bought. And it's quite interesting to find that what happened at the convention, the numbers are actually pretty darn close to what happened in the primary, that is in the 70%. And so I think the delegates did their homework. And even if they didn't do their homework, right there at the convention, each one of the people who are running gets up on that podium and tells us what their campaign's about, what they're about, and why we should vote for them. So even if you hadn't done your homework, you're not gonna just vote for somebody for voting somebody. When they're up on that podium and they're talking about what they're for, you vote for people that you think are gonna represent what your ideals are and gonna benefit the state the best. But one of the other things that is really, really sad here is that we have a huge opportunity here, and people are forgetting what we've been through for the last five years. This is not just about Republicans being disappointed and not getting their way. Every citizen of Massachusetts has been screwed by the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party politicians in office have screwed every citizen of Massachusetts. When they didn't change the law that they could have changed for the housing that allowed illegal immigrants to stay in housing, they had four years to change that law. Did they change it? No, it's still there. That fraud is still there. When we approved, over 70% of the people wanted an audit, not just Republicans, Democrats and Republicans. Did they do the audit? No, they fought against it. Democrats are for corruption. Every person who's a Democrat is really gonna think their position, do they really still wanna be a Democrat? And even if they do still wanna be a Democrat, they need to think about that the Democrats have screwed them that are in office. And it's time to clean house and get some fresh blood in there because the people that are in there now are corrupt. They're inept and they're definitely not thinking about the citizen taxpayer. They're thinking about themselves. And the day after elections, they're already thinking about their next election. They don't care about the people. All they care about is their next election and a paycheck and that pension. The lot in that phone call. So let's take the convention first. Yeah, I thought the convention was a good one and that you're right. The results at the ballot box basically mirrored what happened at the convention. And the people that go to the convention, as you pointed out, pay money. They're the most active people in their parties, Democrat or Republican. In this case, Republican, we're talking about. And you're right, because if they pay money and they traveled out to Worcester to vote and waited all day to do it, then they're gonna come back and work really hard to elect their candidate. So no, I think the convention had to be respected, although it wasn't. You're right, you're right. And I know that there's people on this radio station and people that called in as well that were discounting the process of delegates and the convention. When in actuality, when you have a primary that mirrors what happened at the convention, it just says that the system works. And for someone like the delegate running for governor against Minogue, who came in and said that the convention was somehow nefarious and it cheated them out of something. Well, I guess it wasn't. This proves that it wasn't, and the people could see through it. And the delegates that voted on that day did their job, and it was actually reflective of what the citizens wanted. Thank you for the call, my friend, 508-996-0400. Look, guys, the difference between me as an individual and a lot of the people in the media is I've done what that gentleman's done. I've gone to conventions as a delegate, a number of them, and I've been there all day supporting a particular candidate. And you learn a lot at conventions. So I understood when the convention spoke that it was one phase, but I recognized that that message meant a lot more than just those individual people in that room. Because I've been multiple times one of those peoples in that room voting for a particular slate of candidates, and then you take it home and you work for it. So there was no doubt in my mind that Mike Minogue would be the eventual nominee. And as Mike Keneally mentioned, he didn't really understand why Brian Shortsleeve kept it going for so long. And I talked about that a little bit. And I like Brian. I thought he would have made a good governor as well. And I'm glad to see he's supporting Minogue. I thought it did go on a little long. And at some point, to me anyway, it looked like political vandalism when he kept attacking Mike Minogue, when there was clearly no path for him to overcome him to be the nominee of the party. So any attack was really benefiting not him, but the Democrats in the end. But he was a first time candidate and you learn a lot as being anytime you do something for the first time, right? All right, 508-996-0500, that's how you can get on the program. Make the safe choice this summer and fall with Citywide Glass. Does your windshield have a big crack in your view? Did you wake up to vandalism overnight? Don't stress, call the pros at Citywide Glass. They can repair or replace your auto glass quickly and safely. And their mobile tech team will come right to you. You don't have to go to them. They'll come right to you. Your windshield can be replaced while you're at home, at work, on the job site, or even at a shopping center at no extra charge. Life is busy. 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One, the thing that made me the happiest Tuesday was the 92% vote for Sean Oliver for lieutenant governor. And we're a party that talks about you should follow the rules, and that would include the illegal immigrants. But here's a guy who followed the rules, got his 15%, got his signatures. And I won't fault the candidates who didn't qualify for the ballot by virtue of signatures. But that confirmed to me that the process does work. But the fact that Ann Brinsley had to seek a spot for which the current Republican leadership, and that's Amy Carnivali, Eddow, and Mrs. Hodgson, and the state committee members, failed to even recruit somebody token like me to be the nominee for- But you'd left the Republican Party by then, hadn't you? Well, I could be convinced to come back for that, but- But I don't think, to be honest with you, I don't think you would have met the minimum qualifications of registration in the party by the time they could have recruited you. I'm not sure about that, but it's a valid point. But the fact that Ann Brinsley, and I looked into the candidates prior to the primary and also the convention, and I was very impressed with her credentials. And I could kind of see why Mike Minow would want her as a running mate, because I gather that was his choice. She's an eminently qualified person, good image, and another little thumb in the eye to the Democrats who think they're the only party who care about women and women's rights and giving women equal opportunities. If anything, the Republican Party, over its history, has done more for women in politics. Margaret Heckler, you can go back down the list. Jackie Lewis, my state rep for 14 years. We've done quite well on that score. Ann Brinsley has an opportunity to go after, I think, the most vulnerable on the issues person in the statewide ballot, and that's Bill Galvin. There's a guy who's been there too long. He's been for all of this goofy stuff like election day registration, just walk up and vote wherever you want to go. And four years ago when I was doing radio, I looked into the town clerks in Massachusetts. I spoke to the president that year of the Massachusetts Association of City and Town Clerks. They absolutely despise Galvin. There is a ready network out there of little town clerks and city clerks throughout Massachusetts. You call them up and say you're running against Bill Galvin, they're going to say, you have my full support. And I guess I just want to say, it seems like every four years people come out of the woodwork and decide that it'd be fun to run for governor. And there are people within the party who say it'd be fun to work on a campaign for governor. And then we nominate unelectable candidates like Jeff Deal, who's my friend. I've known Jeff since he was running against Alan McCarthy and defeated one of those kind of backbench Democrats and went on to be a commendable state rep. And I think that the Republican Party misses the point this year that they kind of go for what I call the sexy offices, US Senate, governor, and there's lots of money to be made and spent on those two offices. But the real opportunities are Andrea Campbell, who's just an absolute communist attorney general. Bill Galvin, who is the ultimate party hack, who's done everything. You want to talk about why your election laws in Massachusetts are screwed up and there's all these questions about mail-in ballots and early voting and write-ins and why is it days after an election? Bill Galvin has done more to damage and obfuscate the democratic process in Massachusetts than any 10 people you want to name. And I would think that this would be a case for the Republicans to be able to say, look, why don't you let us handle elections? Let's just start there, okay? We kind of know how to do that stuff. And most of your town clerks and city clerks out there, they're either Republicans or they're independents. You don't have to be a member of a party to be a city or a town clerk. But on the election boards, every city and town has an election commission and it says you can't have a majority of one party or the other. So if you have two Ds and one R and one I, well, and that's how a lot of them, even my local town clerk who, I don't know if he's listening or not, I kind of think she kind of puts the vote next to the people with the Rs when she goes in to vote. But I'm just so pleased at that Sean Oliver's confirmation of his hard work. I don't know if Minogue at this point in time has endorsed him or if they've met or they've talked, but I would like to think if Mike Minogue wanted to show his political acumen, he'd embrace this Portuguese middle-class, hardworking, effervescent, energetic guy from New Bedford named Sean Oliver. Because if anything, that's kind of what Healy did with Grisco. She said, here's this effervescent mayor of a small city who understands local government, and I'll be the governor, and she'll be there to help me be that conduit and that filter for local issues and working with the cities and towns. And then she still screws us on local aid. Thanks for the call, my friend. 508-996-0500. Yeah, the state party has recognized Sean Oliver as their nominee for lieutenant governor. I'm not sure what's happening. I'm not at that level with Mike Minogue and Sean Oliver. But listen, they're both professionals. Sean's a corrections officer. He has to deal with people. Clearly, he doesn't get along with the society, doesn't get along with, but he has to deal with them, right? And gotta deal with his fellow corrections officers and a leadership team up there as well. And Mike Minogue is a corporate executive with an exceptional military career, in combat, West Point graduate. I'm very sure those two gentlemen can work it out. And what I worry about some of the people on the sidelines who are trying to inject themselves into the process who have no track record of being successful. I hear some names out there of people who are trying to get involved who have literally a track record of zero success in politics. And they're trying to insert themselves into the process. It's not amusing, quite frankly, not at all. It's also not amusing if your car isn't running correctly. It's probably one of the most valuable items you own, right? You're probably still making payments on it, but treat you well as well. Bring it to Mac Auto Sales. 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He probably should do some of his homework. Some of the most Republican states are close to 70% mail-in ballots. Arizona and Alaska, and I'll give you Arizona has become a semi-purple state. Alaska is majority Republican, and Alaska is close to 100% mail-in. You can throw around Massachusetts, but there are plenty of Republican states. I mean, our president- Go ahead. And it says no mail-in ballot, yet he has voted mail-in ballot for the last five, six elections. I mean, he goes on vacation to Mar-a-Lago every other weekend. I mean, he can have Secret Service so he can walk in in Florida and vote. So your point is, is that Republicans benefit from mail-in balloting as well? No, no, no, no. My point is it's a mute issue. It doesn't matter. You can come up with 6,000 or 500, you know, someone who is dead. I mean, we're talking hundreds of millions of elections. I mean, we're talking about nothing here. Let's talk about the Iran war that was supposed to last a month. We're now six months in. I just paid $4.19 a gallon. Let's talk about the Russian-Ukraine war that he was going to fix in 24 hours as president. We're almost two years into his presidency. Let's talk about that issue. Let's not talk about mail-in ballot. I mean, come on. Sir, you can use your time and he can use his time. Talk about the war. I'm dying to talk about the Iran war. I've been dying to bring that up. I'm glad you called and brought it up. Talk about it. Yeah, I mean, the Strait of Hormuz was open before this started. Now we're getting 30 ships through as of Wednesday, a day with military pulling them through. I mean, aluminum prices are through the roof. I mean, that is a major, major issue. Yes. That are affecting the American people. Hey, call back if you can. I don't know why these phones are doing that. Call back. I'm dying to talk about the war with people who are opposed to it, people who have questions about it. Look, I don't want, I think, I hope that's a guy. For some reason, the way I do the phones here is, I don't know. Anyway, all right, call back, sir, if you'd like to. I'd like you to call back because I want to talk about the war. I've been trying to talk about it. We just had so much local stuff going on that sort of dwarfs it out. Good morning. Thanks for holding. Hey, good morning, Chris. How are you doing? I'm doing well. How are you? Good. First time meeting you, buddy. I've been listening all day. Thank you. I live in Fall River, if that's all right. Yeah, Fall River's great. I got family in Fall River. You do? Of course, right? I probably have some in New Bedford. I just don't even know. Right. Hey, real quick. Barry knows me, man. You know Will Flanagan and the recall? I don't know if you know that story. Of course, I know Will really well. Me too. I wrote the petition that got him recalled, the first sitting mayor in the history of Massachusetts removed from office. I wrote that myself. Did it work? Are you glad you did that? Or in retrospect, was it better to have him there? For sure. At the time, he needed to go. All these guys are like Schmeagle from Lord of the Rings with the ring of power. Once they get in there, party aside doesn't matter. That's the scariest part. Once they get in, you give them a little power. Forget about it. It's a nightmare. Will might be coming back. Yeah, I know. I talked to him for about an hour yesterday. I might even be helping him. Good. You know what I mean? He's a Republican now. I'm a libertarian. I'm super conservative, brother. You know what I mean? I'm over the top conservative. But I just want to comment on the primaries. This is why I'm calling Chris. Very good sign with all these candidates that we have around here. I know it's a little bit farther, but Thurber and Somerset, he's got a good race, right? And we need to keep that kid out because I'm sorry. They had to have that forever. They're trying to now bring this kid in. Thurber is important because he's an inroad against this awful corrupt Democrat machine in Massachusetts. So we need to keep him in there. That's primary number one. Then this Jalez kid, I hear him talk. He sounds like JFK sometimes. You know what I mean? It might be too good to be true. He reminds me of Jay Z or Obama with such good verbal skills. Hopefully, he's a good guy. I'm gonna meet him soon. That Chester Tam guy, he looks like he's gonna smoke whoever ends up going against. How about this? I just learned about the recounts, and nobody can count ballots all of a sudden in Dartmouth and Somerset. Scary stuff, dude. I know. There's 50 ballots out there that they haven't counted yet in a very contested primary for the Democrats. I'm still waiting to see where Joe Biden got the most ballots in American history. I've been told a million times there was no fraud involved in that. So the news said it, so it must be true, right? Let's go Dan Coe. Let's go Dan Coe. Dan Coe, who was a direct assistant to the President of the United States when Joe Biden was in a coma. And Dan Coe didn't say anything about it. And now they're gonna elect him to Congress from Massachusetts. Let's go, Dan Coe. Crazy. Hey, listen, I will say this, though. I'm super skeptical when it comes to politics. I'm an Iraq war veteran myself, so my opinions aren't just like shooting the breeze. I put my life on the line for my country, right? I'm very encouraged. I think Democrats have just ran this state. And when they get a chance, periodically the country into the ground so bad. And I tell everybody, dude, people vote by looking at their rent and their grocery bills and their utilities. And the Democrat game is just up. That party is over. It's like walking dead. They think they're still viable. Boomer Amaral, I think, has a shot against Mike Roderick's. It's a whole new era in Massachusetts. Fall River is red-pilled because of myself and your earlier caller, Josh, right? We've convinced a lot of people over the last two decades of what's been happening. And with the schools, these commies, everything, and there's a new sheriff in town. And you're gonna just see it as time goes on, brother. What do you think of the current sheriff? He's a little red. He vacations in North Korea. My God, Haru, my God. He belongs in one of the jail cells, probably. No, I wouldn't go that far. But he likes to vacation in North Korea. What does that say? Oh, my goodness. He had Marlene Pollack and a member of the Communist Party as his two co-chairs of his inauguration committee. Listen, how many men lost their lives storming the beach, even in Vietnam, dude, even in Vietnam? How many men lost their lives to fight communism and we elect them in this country now? New York City, Michelle Wu, all these people, Haley herself. Dude, it makes my stomach turn cuz greater men than me fought in real wars. World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and just to see us hand the keys to all these traitors. Hey, what about this kid in Providence, dude, Morales? Oh, my God, he was a former semi-professional wrestler. He's a communist now? Dude, it's scary. We can laugh about it, but it's scary. People need to show up in November and cast all these people on their way, dude. I agree with you. Hey, thanks for the call. Don't be a stranger. Take care, man. Thanks. Absolutely, nice meeting you, brother. Nice meeting you. All right, 508-996. We're always happy to have Fall River people calling in. We used to get a little more often. Fall River is a vibrant part of this community, so we want to get more of them. All right, if you're on hold, I see you, but I do have to take a quick two-minute break. We'll be right back. Back to Chris McCarthy and South Coast Now on WBSM. Call 508-996-0500. Welcome back to the program. This hour is brought to you by the cold beer and the world's best chicken wings at Rose Alley Ale House in downtown New Bedford. It's dried up. It's a nice day to sit on the deck, and they got a cover over it anyway, a roof on the deck, so it's beautiful. And they got a full menu, all kinds of drinks, all kinds of great beer, all available at Rose Alley Ale House. Sometimes you'll even see me there. All right, let's go back to the phones. Good morning. Thanks for holding. Hi, Chris McCarthy. Mike Jansen, what's happening? You can hear me fine? Yeah. Okay, because you've had problems with your phone lines. I can hear that, yeah, I know. Yeah, the other day, you were talking about Mr. Burgo running for mayor. Yes. And I don't think he's going to run, and I don't think John Misch is going to run, to be honest with you. Really? John had a fundraiser last night. The guy who gets in is going to be left with quite a mess, because it's not going to be solved in this administration. He's the contributing factor to the problems, the financial issues that the city has to address in the next administration, whomever. And I doubt that he'll be here. And I don't think Mr. Burgo is going to give up his job to run for mayor. I get an idea of who's going to run. Okay. And if he does, he'll win. And that's Leo. Leo Shoquet? Yes. Well, Leo's been on every side of every issue. So he'll have a big base if everybody forgets all his flip-flops. But you think Leo could win? You think he could raise the money? He has like $7 in his bank account. And that's why I don't think Mr. Burgo is going to run. And I don't think John Mitchell, he knows the mess he's put us in. He's not- You think he'll get out of politics? I don't. He had a big fundraiser. Yeah, in other words, John Mitchell had a big- Yeah, he's no politician. He had a big fundraiser last night. I know. But what's he raising the money for? Well, they had the fundraiser out of town. So the people that would like to protest, the firemen especially, wouldn't go. They had it at Round Hill, correct? Well, yeah, but they could have gone over there. Huh? The firefighters could have gone over there. Yeah, but no, they can't get in. They wouldn't be able to get past that gate. I guess you're right about that. I didn't think about it that way. But listen, I don't think John Mitchell is raising money so he can retire. When I tell you the guy's all done, he should just step down now. But Mike, I mean, I don't think he's going to do that. In other words, you can be of that opinion, but I don't think John Mitchell's done with politics. And giving up the mayor would be being done with politics. Why? What's a man make? $165,000? He just bumped it up to that, right? Right, but it's not about money for him. That's not a concern of the mayor. I don't think so, do you? I can't believe you just said that. Why? You think it's about the salary for John Mitchell? I think he's gone after his term's up, yeah. To do what, Mike, though? I'm curious about that. Who cares what he does as long as he gets out of the people's care in this community. All right, thank you. Thank you, my friend. 508-996-0500. I do not think John Mitchell's giving up being mayor. He's not the type of person that raises money. It's no secret that his wife does really well saving people's lives. Thankfully, she gets a lot of money for that. That's who we should reward. My point being is John Mitchell's not there about the money. He's there about policy, whether you agree with him or not. And a lot of things I don't agree with the mayor on. But there's quite a bit I do agree with him on. And I don't believe the mayor is the type of person that would be raising money so he could spend it, right? He doesn't spend his campaign money, barely at all, really. But he certainly doesn't spend it on himself, which is different than other people in this greater New Bedford area with their political money, right? You can track it all online. So I think John Mitchell has a political future. I think he keeps his own council. And I think he's running for reelection. And he'll get reelected. And then he will look for higher office to run for. That's my opinion. And I don't think he'd be raising money if he didn't have a political future. He's getting ready to get out. I don't think so. All right, 508-996-0500. Good morning. Thanks for holding. Hi, Chris. Hello. Do you mind if I comment about mail-in ballots? No, go ahead. Okay. Well, before I say that, you just mentioned that Paul Haru took a vacation in North Korea. Yes. That would be like someone taking a vacation in the town of Auschwitz during 1943. That's a very good analysis. It's the same freaking thing. I can't believe that you would go to a country that when you look into the people's faces, there's no beauty because there's not even a thumb on their head. There's a boot on their head. You would go to a vacation and spend time and money around that? I mean, that is horrible. I'm disgusted with his choices. But anyway, you had a caller a couple of calls ago mentioned mail-in ballots. And what's the problem? Trump does a mail-in ballot. Well, my dad did also during World War II. They gave provisions for military and people out of the country. It's pretty normal. The difference is, this week, a woman was arrested in LA, and she had a home in LA, and she went to the homeless encampments. And she signed up 1,000 homeless people with her personal home address so they could get on the mail-in ballot list in LA. Her penalty is she's gonna do community service, which I'm pretty sure they'll put her on an election commission to do that. Yeah, and working with the homeless. Exactly. But it goes on all the time. Mail-in ballots have no controls. If you think there's controls, you're an idiot. I mean, there are so many ways that mail-in ballots... In the last presidential election, they caught and busted three people in, I think it was New Haven, that were counselors that were stuffing ballots at night in a ballot box. They saw them carrying ballots in the dark, a bunch of them, and then collecting and stuffing them. So it goes on. If it was up to me, I'd wipe everything except for people that put in for ballots because they're overseas or in the military or whatever, because there's no controls there. I mean, you may think it's the modern way to vote, but it's not. It's total garbage. And they're finding more and more people abusing it. So you know what I mean? I do. I do. But I think the entire way we vote has to be looked at again and reexamined, and a real conversation has to go on around it. Because if you're not secure in your elections, you really can't have a republic or a democracy. You can't. Right, right. And you have obviously state elections versus federal. So I kind of think that federal elections should take precedent when it has to do with federal candidates. So I would get rid of mail-in ballots for that. If a city, town, or state decides they wanna keep them around for everybody else, that's fine. But that's their prerogative, I guess. Well, thanks, Nicole. The lowest common denominator in voting beyond the individual is the precinct level. Every federal election is decided in the same precincts as every state and local election, right? So you gotta work with them all together. And you can do one sort of standard, but we gotta figure it out. And that way, everybody's got, all the major players and the citizens have to agree with the standards and have confidence in them. All right, I gotta take a quick, do I have to? Let me see. Good morning. Hey, thanks for holding. You're on the air. Hey, what's happening, my man? How you doing? I just wanna comment on the mail-in ballots. Sure, go ahead. To be honest with you, Chris, I think you should be able to vote for two weeks, not just one day. I voted this week and I went, I gotta vote today. I gotta get out of work early, get down there and vote. A lot of people don't have that luxury of doing what I did. Right. A lot of people with kids and etc, etc. Why don't they have open voting for two weeks? Well, we do. So we've had- I'm not talking about this mail-in ballot. No, no, you've been able to early vote in your community for two weeks, or you were able to. And you'll be able to do it again in November. Well, it'll start earlier than November, but you get my point. Yeah, there'll be a two-week period of early voting where you could go to City Hall, Town Hall, it might be the library, but your community will be different. Like New Bedford, it's at the main library across the street from City Hall for two weeks before. So we have that, physically walking and early vote. All right, well, that's the way it should be. That way, everybody has an opportunity to vote. All the people that don't like mail-in ballots, they get their way, everybody's happy. I agree with you. Right? Yes. I mean, I'm so sick and tired of giving a vote. We've been voting in people forever, and I don't think there's enough corruption to really sway, especially a major election. You know what I mean? I'm not saying people don't squeak through and there's people that vote that shouldn't vote, but I don't think it's enough to sway a major election. I really don't believe that. I mean, but that's my opinion. Yeah, I can tell you that I've known gangsters who are dead now who swayed elections and got a lot of rewards for it in the city of Providence. He sat right here in the studio and explained it to me. And he did it on behalf of, well, the politician he did it for is dead now too. And he put it in his book because the dates had expired. But yeah, and there's long been rumors, and thanks to the call, my friend, about buses from New Bedford going into Rhode Island elections, people being paid. But I have to tell you, those were in-person voting. And I could explain to you here, I won't, but how to do it, how to fix an election, if you have the right number of people, it's really not that hard. And the penalties really aren't that severe, but your name would be ruined if you got caught. So I don't think people should do it. But it's not that hard to figure out how to do it with available public information. Your voting record, whether you voted or not, is public record. Now, most politicians are looking for the names of the people that regularly vote. But there's also names of people who never vote who are registered. So use your imagination on what you can do with names like that and walking people into the polls. Oh, there, I explained to you how to do it. All right, I gotta take a break. We'll be right back. Welcome back to the program. I'm Chris McCarthy. You're on the air. Hey, my man, what did come out in percentage-wise for New Bedford? What? Percentage-wise, remember I said six and three quarters? Oh, yeah, I don't have enough. I don't have it in front of me, I'm sorry. Okay, no problem. How are you feeling? All right, yeah, guys, I don't have the percentages literally right in front of me. By the way, there's a good article in the New Bedford Light, Lieutenant Governor nominee quick to jump on Minogue's team. An article about Sean getting the nomination of the Republican Party to be Lieutenant Governor and the press conference he held endorsing Mike Minogue. So see, Sean's on board with the leader of the party, and I didn't expect he wouldn't be. That's great. So the ticket is Mike Minogue and Sean Oliver, New Bedford's own Sean Oliver. So guys, stick around for Barry coming up next, a great Howie Carr. And did you hear Tim Dunn with the governor in Fall River yesterday and his great exchange with the Channel 5 reporter? I'm goofing on the Channel 5 reporter, how he made Howie Carr laugh. Great stuff. All right, guys, God willing, I'll be back tomorrow. You got Barry coming up, Howie Carr, and it should be a-