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Swing State - Interview with Dick
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To...to show you some images
and just get some impressions.
So, basically right here
we have Michael Ray Vallus.
It's a seven year old boy
who found his dad's gun
in the spring after you vetoed
the mandatory child locks.
That is indeed a tragedy.
Well, of course it is.
I don't suppose this
is a sneak attack.
And you probably don't
write for the Trib.
That's it, interview
is over, come on.
No, wait, you have nothing
to say about that?
Sure, I do, if you wanna have an intelligent
conversation about gun laws, yeah.
Okay. I did want to give you this.
This is from his mother.
This is the hat that he
wore when he shot himself.
And she actually wanted you to have it.
- Okay?
- Okay.
- That's enough. Enough...
- Yeah.
- Enough.
- Yeah.
- Come on.
- You too, let's go. Come on.
- Better reaction.
We'll just come back.
Have a nice day. Have a nice day.
I'm sure, I'm sure, we'll be welcome.
Sorry about that.
Next interview is here. It's a
talk show host. Charles Fern.
All right we're live in five,
four, three...
from the right, the messenger
from Maine, Mr. Charles Fern.
And this is the
Charles Fern show.
We're here live at the
governor's mansion
with governor Sollow himself,
governor what a blast.
So good to have you here
Charles, I'm a huge fan.
No, no, no, How do we get our country back
to those foundational republican principles?
I'm talking pre-maternity
leave, pre-bra burning.
You know, the people know
what they know
Charles, once you get outside of
those coffee houses in Seattle
I think you'll find most of
the people share our view for a...
compassionate, conservative
Washington state.
A lot of whorehouses are going on
inside of coffee shops these days.
- It's, it's, it's gotten out of hand.
- Another question?
And the next question
also Governor now...
and I'm gonna go right into
a hard question here.
Are there any republican bands
that do not suck?
What do you mean?
The left has Radiohead, it's got
Elton John, you got Neil Young.
And in the right, we're talking what,
Toby Keith and Ted Nugent.
We're really getting crushed
here in the creative trenches.
- I see... I, I get your point.
- Yeah.
I don't know, we don't have an answer
for that. But, we do need a theme song.
You know Susan Davis already
has one.
Looks like we made it,
Barry Manilow.
Well, then that song
Manilow hanging fruit.
Well, you got any suggestions?
Yeah, have you heard of an old goth
rock band called Cat Rapes Dog?
Well, a bit too obscure.
What about Pink Houses
by John Mellencamp?
That is a good song.
That's subtle.
Isn't Mellencamp a democrat?
No, that's, that's Brian Steele.
And Mellencamp's more of a independent.
When is the tour?
Are we gonna have a tour?
An official tourclock?
We...I'll tell you what, we'll do better
than that. We'll take you hunting.
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