[HEATED DISCUSSION]
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>> Charlie: WELCOME TO
"DONNYBROOK," THE FIRST OF THE
FALL AND SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU
WITH US AND SO GLAD TO HAVE OUR
FRIENDS AT THE GET GAIT MAKING
THE PROGRAM POSSIBLE WEEK IF AND
WEEK OUT.
LET'S MEET THE PANELISTS.
THE MEDIA VETERAN HERSELF --
WENDY WEISE.
SITTING IN FOR BILL McCLELLAN.
MR. JOE HOLLEMAN FROM THE
"POST-DISPATCH."
AND "DONNYBROOK" FOUNDER, ART
ART FROM STLMAG.COM.
AND FROM STLMAG.COM AND BEYOND,
ALVIN REID, AKA, MR. GREEN TREES
OUT THERE IN KIRKWOOD AND YOU
HAD A GOOD ONE.
>> Alvin: A WONDERFUL PARADE.
THANKS FOR THE SHOUT-OUT ON YOUR
YOUR AND IT WAS GREAT.
>> Charlie: A BIG STORY FOR PSL
HOLDERS FOR THE ST. LOUIS RAMS
WHO ARE NOW THE LOS ANGELES RAM,
A JUDGE RESUMED THEY'RE ENTITLED
TO SOMETHING, IF THEY GOT THEM
FROM FANS INC, THEN THEY GET
THEIR DEPOSITS BACK.
WHATEVER THE DEPOSIT IS, THAT'S
UP DETERMINE ITED.
SEATS THEY CAN BUY WHEREVER THE
RAMS PLAY.
THE RAMS HAVE TO MAKE A BEST
OFFER OR EFFORT TO GET THEM SOME
SEATS WHEREVER THE RAMSES ARE
CURRENTLY PLAYING.
IT'S A GOOD RULING IN YOUR VIEW.
>> Alvin: I'LL TAKE YOU BACK TO
THAT FIRST WEEKEND THE RAMS WERE
PLAYING, SOME PSL AND SOME
WEREN'T.
I WAS MR. TICKET BROKER SOMEHOW
AND WAS TAKEN THEM TO DOWNTOWN
BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE COMING
THERE AND HAD THEM LAID OUT ON
THE TAKEN AND AFTER THAT, I
WOULD HATE TO BE CALLED INTO A
COURTROOM TESTIFYING ON BEHALF
OF THIS ONE OR THAT ONE.
I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK THE OFFER, IF YOU MOVED,
IF YOU HAVE A PSL, YOU'RE
MORNING WELCOME TO BUY A SEASON
TICKET IN LOS ANGELES, THAT'S
MAYOR BUT I THINK IT'S -- I
THINK THIS IS MORE WE'RE TRYING
TO LOOK GOOD IN THE EYES OF THE
GREATEST -- THE GREATER
ST. LOUIS AREA, THE GREATER
ST. LOUIS HOLDER, THOSE FEELING
MISUSED BY THE RAMS.
>> Wendy: THERE WAS A SPORTS
ILLUSTRATED ARTICLE.
>> Ray: WAIT, WAIT, WE.
LIMBAUGH.
>> Charlie: IT'S A FINE FAMILY.
>> Ray: NORM" GIVEN TICKETS IN LOS
ANGELES, I'M FAMILIAR WITH
SOMETHING CALLED SUBHUB, WHICH
IS -- I'M NOT ONE OF THE PEOPLE
AS YOU KNOW THAT WANT TO BE A
PITY PARTY ABOUT THIS.
BUT IF -- THE GREED OF
MR. KROENKE, I WOULD LIKE A
PIECE EVEN IF TOKEN.
RACKING UP THREING IFS IN THEING THREE --
THREE FIELD
GOALS IN THE GAME.
WE HAVE -- I'M SURE EVENTUALLY
IT WILL END UP ON A BONFIRE IF
OUR BACKYARD BUT I WOULD PAY TO
SEE THE -- SO MUCH OUR RAMS'
FAN, FORMER ST. LOUIS RAMS' FANS
IF THEY GIVE THEM TICKETS
SOMEWHERE, THE -- WE'RE CREATIVE
AROUND HERE.
>> Alvin: I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY
TO AFFORD IT, BUT IF I DID, IF I
HAD THE CHANCE TO BUY SEASON
TICKETS TO THE RAMS, I WOULD BUY
THEM BECAUSE THEY'LL BE AT THE
COLISEUM IN TIME AND THE WHOLE
IDEA IF I HAD A SEASON TICKET
AND THEY WERE IN THE STADIUM,
AND THEY GOT THIS THING
TOGETHER.
THAT WOULD BE -- THAT WOULD BE A
VALUABLE --
[SPEAKING SIMULTANEOUSLY]
>> Charlie: IF ANYONE HAS DEEP
POCKETS, IT WOULD BE STAN
KROENKE.
I DON'T THINK WE'VE HEARD THE
LAST OF THAT STORY.
>> Wendy: BUT HE'S A GREAT
HUMANITARIAN.
>> Charlie: LET'S TALK ABOUT
DAVE PEACOCK, IN THE SPORTS
ILLUSTRATED, HE SAID HE'S SAD
THE WAY THINGS WORKED OUT WITH
THE RAMS IN ST. LOUIS, BECAUSE
WE SPENT $17 MILLION OF PUBLIC'S
MONEY, TO PUT TOGETHER A STADIUM
FOR STAN KROENKE, MONEY THAT
COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER SPENT ON
OUR SERVICES IN THE AREA.
>> Ray: I THOUGHT IT WAS
NOTEWORTHY ALONGSIDE ROGER
GOODELL, SAYING HE FEELS FOR
ST. LOUIS AND IN MR. PEACOCK'S
CASE, THE DRIVER OF THE BUS THAT
RAN INTO THE WALL HAS DECIDED HE
WASN'T DRIVING THE BUS AFTER ALL
AND -- I SUPPOSE IF THE
TASKFORCE CHAIR, FEELS AS
TERRIBLY AS MR. PEACOCK, PERHAPS
THE NEARLY $1 MILLION THAT HIS
FIRM BILLED --
>> Wendy: MAYBE THEY'LL RETURN
IT.
>> Ray: HE SAID HOW MUCH BETTER
USE THE MONEY -- I THINK THE
REAL QUESTION, I'VE GIVEN THEM
THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.
GOOD INTENTIONS FOR DOING THEIR
BEST, BUT AT SOME POINT, THEY
HAD TO KNOW THAT WAS STADIUM
DEAL WAS A NO-GO.
IT WAS FROM THE BEGINNING A
NO-GO FOR THE RAMS.
THERE WAS NO RATIONAL BASIS FOR
THE RAMS TO PLAY THERE.
THE REAL THING WAS THAT AT
THE -- TEND OF THE PROCESS WHEN
KROENKE SAID, SEE YA, THEY
DIDN'T TAKE 10 MINUTES TALKING
TO OTHER FRANCHISES.
IT COULD HAVE HAD CIVIL RIGHT
FOR OTHER FRANCHISES BURR THE
MINUTE THE -- BUT THE REASON THE
RAMS WERE GONE --
>> I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE ON.
>> NOT BEING A RAMS' FAN,
WATCHING FROM OUTSIDE, IT WAS
ALL WINDOW DRESS CAN, ONCE YOU
START HEARING THAT THE TEAM
MIGHT MOVE, THEY'RE ALREADY AS
GOOD AS GONE.
WHEN YOU HEAR THE STOCK TICK,
CHANCESES ARE YOU'RE TOO LATE TO
GET IN ON THE GROUND IMPROVEMENT
I'M SO GLAD EVERYBODY IS SORRY,
I'M GLAD THAT JUDGE LIMBAUGH
RULED THE WAY HE DID, BECAUSE I
HOPE IT COSTS STAN KROENKE SOME
AMOUNT OF MONEY AND AGGRAVATION.
>> Charlie: BEYOND THAT, LET'S
GO, THE RAMS ARE IN L.A. -- IN
THAT STORY, HE EVEN GOES AS FAR
AS TO SAY, IT'S NOT MY FAULT
BECAUSE WHAT HE WAS SAYING WAS
WE WENT FARTHER THAN THE NFL
ASKED US TO GO BUT THERE WAS
SOMETHING LIKE -- SOME DARK
MATTER OUT THERE THAT WAS
TELLING HIM TO PUSH ON AND GO
FARTHER AND HE NEVER SAID
EXACTLY WHAT THAT WAS.
>> Charlie: HE WAS TALKING ERIC
GRUBMAN, THE NFL EXECUTIVE
COMING TO TOWN.
>> BUT THAT'S THE THING, IT'S
ONE THING TO SAY YOU NEED TO DO
THIS AND THIS, SOMEBODY MIGHT
SAY, YOU DON'T SAY -- JUMP, YOU
DON'T SAY HOW HIGH, YOU SAY WHY?
>> Charlie: LET'S MOVE ON, WENDY
WEISE, I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT
ERIC SCHMIDT, RUNNING FOR STATE
TREASURER AND CAME UP WITH A
POSITION THIS WEEK THAT BOEING
SHOULD LOSE ITS STATE TAX CREDIT
IF IT DOES BUSINESS FOR IRAN,
PASSENGER JETS AREN'T MADE IN
ST. LOUIS BUT FIGHTER JETS ARE
AND BOEING GETS SOME TAX CREDITS
FOR OPERATING HERE.
80 PASSENGER JET TO IRAN WHICH
SPONSORS TERRORISM AND RIGHT NOW
HAS AMERICANS HELD HOSTAGE.
DOES HE HAVE A POINT?
>> Wendy: I THINK HE HAS A GREAT
POINT AND I THINK IN JUNE, THE
STATE DEPARTMENT HAD IRAN AT THE
TIPPY TOP OF THE TERROR
SPONSOR -- TERRORIST SPONSOR
WATCH LIST AND THE PRESIDENT OF
IRAN WHO'S BEEN AT THE THE U.N.
THIS WEEK, HE IS IN THE FIGHT OF
HIS LIFE UP AGAINST HARD LINERS
WHO POSE HIM AND THIN THAT THE
NUCLEAR DEAL HAS BEEN A DISASTER
BECAUSE PART OF THE INCENTIVE
WAS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO
LOOSEN THE SANCTIONS AGAINST
IRAN BUT -- BUT ALL SORTS OF
MECHANICS THAT PREDATE THE
NUCLEAR AGREEMENT KEEP THE
BANKING ALL TIED UP SO HE'S
FIGHTING AGAINST THE HARD LINERS
AND IF WE WOULD CONTINUE TO DO
BUSINESS AND GIVE TAX CREDITS
AND ENCOURAGE COMPANIES IN IN
COUNTRY TO DO BUSINESS WITH A
GOVERNMENT LIKE THAT, WHO KNOWS
WHERE THIS COULD GO.
, IN FACT, PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS
RECENTLY AS APRIL SAID THAT THE
NATION OF IRAN WAS NOT LIVING UP
TO THE SPIRIT OF THE HISTORIC
NUCLEAR POWER AGREEMENT BY
SUPPORTING HEZBOLLAH.
>> ERIC SCHMIDT HAS A FINE
POINT, OBVIOUSLY, I'M NOT GOING
TO STAND UP FOR IRAN, HOWEVER,
I'M ASSUMING THIS IS A LEGAL
TRANSACTION UNDER U.S. LAW.
IN OTHER WORDS, I DON'T THINK
THEY'RE VIOLATING A LAW.
AND IF THEY ARE A LAW-ABIDING
CONTEXT HERE, WE MAY HATE IRAN,
BUT I THINK IT'S A SLIPPERY
SLOPE TO DECIDE TO TELL
COMPANIES THAT ARE DOING LEGAL
TRANSACTIONS WITH FOREIGN
COUNTRIES -- WELL, FOR THE THAT
ONE BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL
CLIMATE AND SO I THINK THAT --
[SPEAKING SIMULTANEOUSLY]
>> Wendy: YOU'RE ACTING LIKE
IRAN'S JUST RECENTLY WOKE UP ON
THE OTHER SIDE THE BED IN A
DIFFERENT MOOD AND -- THEY'VE
BEEN BAD GUYS FOR A VERY LONG
TIME.
>> Ray: WERE IS IT LEGAL TO DO
BUSINESS WITH THEM?
IF IT'S LEGAL TO DO BUSINESS
WITH THEM --
>> Charlie: LEGAL BUT NOT MORAL.
>> HOW ABOUT SAUDI ARABIA?
>> Alvin: YOU FELLOW LIKE YOU'RE
RIGHT AND OUR LEGISLATURE GOES
AND VOTES AND THEN OVERRIDES THE
VETO AND WE'RE IN WICHITA AND
SEATTLE TOMORROW.
CRYING ABOUT THE RAMS, WAIT
UNTIL BOEING LEAVES.
>> Wendy: YOU'RE RIGHT.
>> I THINK THE GOVERNMENT HAS A
GOOD STANDING TO JUDGE WHAT IS
MORALLY RIGHT WHEN IT COMES TO
BESS TRANSACTIONS.
ONCE AGAIN, I AGREE WITH MY
CONSERVATIVE LAISSEZ-FAIRE
PROFESSOR OF ECONOMIC, THE
GOVERNMENT HAS TO STAY OUT OF
IT, THEY HAVE TO BUT A LEGAL
TRANSACTION AND AIRLINES MADE BY
PEOPLE WITH JOBS, ERIC SCHMIDT
IS MAKING A GREAT POLITICAL
POINT BUT IF WE GO PAST THAT,
YOU HAVE A COMPANY NOT DOING
ANYTHING ILLEGAL AND PROVIDING
JOBS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE
AIRPLANES.
WE'RE NOT SELLING FIGHTER JETS
SO I DON'T THINK THE GOVERNMENT
HAS A RIGHT TO SAY, WE'RE GOING
TO MAKE A MORAL JUDGMENT, YOU
CAN'T SELL THEM.
>> THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS
THAT IRAN HAS AMERICAN
HELICOPTERS AND IT'S A COUNTRY
THAT HAS SPONSORED HEZBOLLAH.
WITNESS A MINUTE -- I LISTENED
TO YOU GUYS, AND IT'S GOOD TO
TAKE A STAND AGAINST COUNTRIES
WHO DO THINGS --
>> Alvin: CHARLIE, IF I TOOK
SOMEBODY HOSTAGE, AND FROM
FRANCE IN THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, FRANCE WOULD SAY THAT
AMERICA HAS SOMEONE HOSTAGE, YOU
NEED TO REPHRASE THAT, THERE ARE
PEOPLE WHO ARE HOSTAGES IN IRAN,
THAT'S NOT SAYING THAT IRAN
HAS --
>> Charlie: IT IS, IT IS --
>> Alvin: IN OTHER WORDS, THE
PRESIDENT SHOULD DELIVER THEM --
>> Charlie: [INAUDIBLE] WITHOUT
THE INITIAL OR UNOFFICIAL OF THE
SUPREME LEADER.
>> Alvin: THEY NEED TO SAY THAT
THAT BEFORE THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
THESE OTHER COUNTRIES --
>> Charlie: EVERYTHING WRONG --
>> Alvin: NOTHING WITH WRONG
WITH THIS.
>> Charlie: AFTER THE NUCLEAR
DEAL, THEY RELEASED HOSTAGES AND
THEN TOOK MORE.
[SPEAKING SIMULTANEOUSLY]
THEY AREN'T SAYING IT'S THE
HIGHEST LEADERS OF OUR NEIGH
NATION THAT IS THAT ARE BEHIND
BEHIND IT.
>> Charlie: I WANT TO ASK YOU
ABOUT "THE NEW YORK TIMES"
EDITORIAL ON FRIDAY THAT CALLED
MISSOURI THE "SHOOT ME" SO I
STATE.
THAT YOU CAN CARRY A FIREARM
WITHOUT ANY TRAINING AND DON'T
HAVE TO CHECK IN WITH THE LOCAL
SHERIFF AND GET A PERMIT.
DO YOU THINK THAT'S A FAIR
DESCRIPTION OF MISSOURI?
>> I THINK IT'S A CLEVER
HEADLINE.
GOD BLESS THE "THE NEW YORK
TIMES," ESPECIALLY FROM NEW
YORK, I ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE
THAT.
I THINK IT'S LIKE ALMOST EVERY
OTHER GUN POSSESSION LAW WILL
HAVE NO EFFECT OR LITTLE EFFECT
ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
IT WILL NOT MAKE US SAFER NOR
MORE IN PERIL AND MOST STUDIES
SHOW THEY DON'T.
BUT IT'S THAT POLITICIANS
COULDN'T WAIT TO SAY THAT PEOPLE
WILL BE SHOT IN THE STREET.
FORGET THE FACT THAT PROBABLY
WON'T HAPPEN ANYMORE THAN IT'S
ALREADY HAPPENING.
WE'VE PREDICTED WHAT THE EFFECT
OF THE LAW WILL BE.
LET'S APPLY THAT CRYSTAL BALL
PERCEPTION TO EVERY OTHER LAW
AND FIGURE OUT HOW IT'S GOING TO
WORK OUT.
IT'S PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT FOLKS
TO HAVE GUNS AND SAY IF WE PASS
THIS LAW, THIS WILL CAUSE THIS
AND THIS WILL CAUSE THAT.
WHEN THE HONEST TRUTH IS THAT
THE PEOPLE COMMITTING GUN CRIMES
NOW HAVE NO TRAINING, DO NOT
CHECK WITH SHERIFFS, AND THEY'RE
CALLED OUTLAWS.
THAT'SMOST MOST OF THE PEOPLE
GETTING SHOT IN THIS NATION,
PEOPLE ALREADY BREAK CAN THE LAW
SO THE IDEA OF SOMEHOW MAKING
YOU HAVE A PERMIT IS GOING TO
STOP THE LAWBREAKERS FROM BREAK
CAN THE LAW IS NONSENSE AND
EVERYONE STUDY HAS PROVEN IT.
>> LET ME GIVE YOU SOME
EXAMPLE -- I'M NEVER --
>> I DISAGREE, YES, YOU WILL.
>> I WILL NEVER STOP TO HELP
ANYONE ON THE SIDE THE ROAD.
THAT'S THE REASON THAT I MIGHT
GET SHOT, BUT I'LL SAY THIS, YOU
DEFINITELY CAN SAY LIKE A BLACK
MAN WALKING UP ONON ME IN THE
DARK, I BLEW HIS HEAD OFF, I WAS
SCARED AND IT WAS ALVIN REID
WITH HIS CELLPHONE --
>> Wendy: EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO
YOU ARE.
THAT'S WHY --
>> I DISAGREE, YOU'LL RETURN AS
A PERSON BECAUSE YOU'RE A GOOD
PERSON.
YOU'LL STILL STOP TO HELP
SOMEONE --
>> Wendy: DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE
THAT SOMEONE WITH THEIR SHOPPING
BAG AND ON THE WAY TO THE
McDONALD'S DRIVE THROUGH
WINDOW, IF YOU COME SPRINTING
ACROSS THE STREET IN KIRKWOOD,
YOU REALLY DON'T BELIEVE --
>> Alvin: THIS IS WHAT THESE
LAWS DO.
GOOD SAMARITANNISM, TRYING TO
HELP AND COME TO SOMEONE'S
DEFENSE AND NO, THESE THINGS ARE
OVER.
NOW SOMEONE CAN LEGALLY SHOOT
YOU --
[SPEAKING SIMULTANEOUSLY]
>> I THINK IT WAS MARIA
DESCRIBED -- PART OF THE THINGS
WAS THE STAND YOUR GROUND LAWS,
WHICH ARE AWFUL AND MAKE IT
EASIER TO JUSTIFY A SHOOTING
THAT MIGHT NOT BE JUSTIFIABLE
OTHERS.
I -- YOU KNOW -- OTHERWISE, I'M
NOT GOING NO. TO GET INTO A
ARGUMENT ABOUT THE CRYSTAL BALL
AND WHAT IT MEANS.
THE HISTORY OF THE ARGUMENT,
ORIGINALLY VOTERS NARROWLY
DEFEATED CONCEALED CARRY.
THE LEGISLATURE BRAZENLY
OVERTURNED THE WILL OF THE
PEOPLE BUT THE BIG ARGUMENT OF
THE ARGUMENT AMONG REASONABLE
PEOPLE, IF WE HAVE CONCEALED
CARRY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
PERMITS AND TRAINING AND ARE
GOING TO HAVE ALL OF THESE
SAFEGUARDS AND I THINK IT'S
TELLING THAT THE POLICE CHIEF
AND OTHER POLICE ORGANIZATIONS
WOULD REALLY -- WERE REALLY
UPSET AND VERY MUCH IN
OPPOSITION TO THIS AND WE CAN
ARGUE ON THE REASONABLE BASIS
ABOUT THE FUTURE, BUT THERE'S NO
QUESTION THAT THIS IS AN
ABSOLUTE REVERSAL OF WHAT WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE PUBLIC POLICY.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT STAND YOUR
GROUND, I'M NOT -- AND I THINK
WHERE IT GETS CONFUSING, STAND
YOUR GROUND IS SOMETHING THAT
COMES INTO PLAY IN THE
COURTROOM.
IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO
WITH YOUR DECISION TO SHOOT
SOMEONE OR NOT.
THAT'S YOU'RE FEELING
THREATENED.
STAND YOUR GROUND MAKES IT
ACCEPTABLE.
WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE
IT THAT EVERY SHOOTING IS PREME
TAKE THED AND IT'S NOT EMOTIONS
WORKING.
AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN,
EVERY MURDER IS PREMEDITATED.
AND COMMON GROUND HAS NOTHING TO
DO WITH --
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
IT'S WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE
THAT AS A SAND DEFENSE ONCE YOU
GO TO COURT.
AS A VALID DEFENSE ONCE YOU GO
TO COURT.
>> I'M SAYING NO,.
>> IT MAKES A BAD LAW HE HAD A
WHITE BUDDY TRYING TO --
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
RAY HARTMANN I WANT TO ASK YOU
ABOUT A NEW POLL THAT SHOWS ERIC
GREITENS, THE REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE IS DOWN BY 10 POINTS
TO KOSTER, THE DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE IN MASSACHUSETTS.
>> Ray: THE A.G.'S RACE, THE
DEMOCRATS [INAUDIBLE] WAS UP
ABOUT NINE POINTS.
I THINK THE REPUBLICANS -- IT
WAS UNUSUAL BECAUSE THE
REPUBLICANS WERE WINNING BUT --
BUT THE --
>> Charlie: SO YOU WERE
SURPRISED THAT GREITENS WAS DOWN
BY 10?
>> Ray: NO, I THINK CHRIS KOSTER
IS A STRONG CANDIDATE.
PEOPLE CAN TALK ALL THEY WANT
ABOUT OUTSIDERS.
I BELIEVE IN THE YEAR OF THE
OUTSIDERS, CARNAHAN IS LIKELY TO
BECOME LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND
RAY ASHCROFT IS RUNNING AHEAD SO
I DON'T THINK IT'S ALL OUTSIDER
STUFF.
CHRIS KOSTER IS A SELF-DESCRIBED
CONSERVE ACTIVE DEMOCRAT AND
GOTTEN A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT
ENDORSEMENTS.
>> Wendy: THE NRA.
>> Ray: THE NRA AND I THINK HE'S
GOING TO WIN.
THE BEST DEMOCRAT IN THE
MISSOURI -- THE STRONGEST
RUNNING DEMOCRAT IS A FORMER
REPUBLICAN.
THAT'S WHAT THIS STATE IS IS
CONSERVATIVE.
WHETHER YOU LIKE THAT OR NOT.
IT'S CONSERVATIVE.
I'M SURPRISED THAT GREITENS IS
DOWN 10 POINTS BUT I THINK HE'S
PROBABLY MADE A FEW ENEMIES
RUNNING ROUGHSHOD OVER FELLOW
REPUBLICANS AND REPUBLICANS CAN
SCREW UP NIP ELECTION POSSIBLE
THIS YEAR.
I THINK GREITENS HAS SUFFERED A
LITTLE BIT OF THAT.
>> Wendy: I THINK IN THE SAME
WAY THAT GEORGE HERBERT WALKER
BUSH SAID HE WAS GOING TO VOTE
FOR HILLARY CLINTON, I THINK YOU
HAVE A LOT OF REPUBLICANS WHO
FEEL THE SAME ABOUT ERIC
GREITENS.
>> Charlie: GOT TO BREAK ON THAT
TOPIC.
THE NEXT ONE, ALVIN REID,
BRAIDING HAIR.
NOW IT'S RULED THAT, YES, IF YOU
WANT TO BRAID HAIR IN THE STATE
OF MISSOURI, YOU HAVE TO GO
THROUGH THE $1,400 OF TRAINING.
HAIR BRAIDERS ARE SAYING IT'S A
ANCIENT CRAFT AND WE'VE BEEN
DOING IT FOR GENERATIONS AND
DON'T HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH
HOOPS.
YOU CARRY A GUN, NO TRAINING AND
TO BRAID HAIR, YOU NEED $1,200.
>> Alvin: I DON'T THINK THAT'S
BEING PART OF, YOU KNOW, THE
HAIR DRESSING INDUSTRY.
I UNDERSTAND GENERATING MONEY,
IF ANYONE OWNS A BAR OR
BUSINESS, WHAT IS THIS ABOUT.
BUT I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING
CULTURAL ABOUT IT, IT'S NOT
ANCIENT HISTORY, IT'S NOW
HISTORY.
THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE LAW,
THEY DON'T LIKE TO -- THEY'LL BE
DOWN THERE RIOTING AND HALF GOT
BRAIDS IN THEIR HAIR.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
WE DON'T LIKE THE BRAIDS AND --
>> Wendy: I DEFER TO YOUR
EXPERIENCE.
I'M THINKING, THOUGH, ONE OF
THESE -- ONE OF THE WOMEN
INVOLVED IS A -- SHE'S FROM
SENEGAL.
IT'S THE HIGH COST OF DOING
BUSINESS.
THIS COULD HAVE SOMETHING TO
DO -- ONE OF THE MOST
COMPETITIVE FIELDS IN THE WORLD
IS THE WORLD OF HAIR SALONS AND
THAT KIND OF THING.
VERY COMPETITIVE.
IF YOU HAVE A -- IF YOU'RE GOING
TO MANNY OR PEDICURE, YOU HAVE
TO BE LICENSED.
IT'S THE SAME HIGH COST OF DOING
BUSINESS IN THE UNITED STATES.
>> Alvin: THIS ONE IN
PARTICULAR, I THINK YOU CAN MAKE
A CASE THAT WE TAKE SYNTHETIC
PRODUCTS AND WEAVE IT IN YOUR
HAIR, AND -- TO ME, THAT'S THE
SAME AS TATTOOS, YOU DON'T HAVE
TO GO THROUGH TRAINING TO DO
THAT.
>> Charlie: SPEAKING OF
APPEARANCES, HOW BECOMES WENDY,
THE NEW SLU MASCOT.
FINALLY -- KIND OF MEAN SCARY
SORT OF --
>> Wendy: DID YOU SEE THE
STEPHEN KING PENNY WISE, IF
PENNY WISE AND CHUCKY HAD A
BABY, IT WOULD BE THE NEW SLU.
THAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT
BECAUSE -- NEVER MIND.
BUT IT'S TERRIFYING.
BUT I MEAN --
[SPEAKING SIMULTANEOUSLY]
NO, NO, WE DID THE WHOLE NEW
COKE THING AND IT WAS A LOT OF
FUN.
HA-HA.
>> Ray: I CAN'T ARGUE IT'S NOT
TERRIFYING BUT IT'S
ENTERTAINING, THERE WAS A TWEET,
ONE OF OUR CONTRIBUTORS AND LONG
GREAT FRIEND ABOUT D A TWEET
MAKING AN EXORCIST JOKE AND MY
FAVORITE PART WAS THE PRESIDENT
OF SLU RESPONDED WITH A JOKE
ABOUT -- WHAT? -- THAT THE
MASCOT GOING TO BE ON ONE OF THE
NETFLIX PROGRAMS AND I CAN'T
IMAGINE FATHER BIONDI RESPONDING
WITH THE SAME HUMOR.
I ENJOYED IT.
I GUESS THERE MAY BE A SERIOUS
STORY HERE BUT -- IT'S A MASCOT.
>> Wendy: IT'S A MASCOT.
>> Charlie: SHORT OF YOU HAVING
A NATIVE AMERICAN NAME,
SCHOOLS -- I WOULD SAY TO SLU,
IS THIS YOUR MASCOT OR NOT.
>> Wendy: WHY OF ALL OF THE
THINGS --
>> YOU COULD PROBABLY BUILD A
SUBSTANTIVE CASE.
SORRY, MASCOT CASE --
[SPEAKING SIMULTANEOUSLY]
>> Charlie: I LIKE THE MASCOT.
WHY NOT.
IT LOOKS A LITTLE UNUSUAL, BUT
SO WHAT?
[SPEAKING SIMULTANEOUSLY]
I THINK IT SHOULD BE SERIOUS AND
THREATENING AND MENACING SO THAT
THE OTHER TEAM EQUIVALENTS.
>> Wendy: IT'S NOT SERIOUS AND
THREATENING AND MENACING --
>> Charlie: ANTHONY WEINERS IS
CREEPY.
THIS IS JUST A MASCOT.
>> Alvin: THE BURGER KING OUGHT
TO BE THE MASCOT.
>> Ray: I UNDERSTAND THAT
ANTHONY WEINER TRIED TO TEXT TO
THE MASCOT.
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