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well another week and the government shutdown continues or is it as Fox News
want to tell us
only a slim down eliminating all of the worst aspect
up government that certainly some wordsmith thing if I've ever heard it
myself
Louis Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell were both caught
on Mike I don't think they knew they were being recorded all the Mitch
McConnell the say in this clip that is all
wired in or something like that they were kind of talking about the next
shutdown move in strategy
Mikes picked it up take a look listen for yourself
you p.m. second I'm all wired up here a
CNN I just go over over again room
no mom who's in it I don't think the poll tested we won't negotiate I think
it's all
for them to say that over Yahoo and I just embarked to our
made in fell and I was
old buddy play you problem
was I think we keep saying we wanted to be funny we fought for that
now we're willing homes you can't move in with me I think
10 we don't want to be wouldn't
so this is pretty funny for a couple love reasons I mean that the funniest
thing about this is that
in the three days since it's been recorded
it's not really gone the way that Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell predicted here
just saying hey
if they keep saying they being the democrats if they keep saying
they're not going to compromise and we keep saying we're willing to compromise
will look good and they'll look bad
it seems like that plan has completely imploded in the face is the republicans
overwhelmingly polls showing Americans blame republicans
correctly for this shutdown and it's kinda funny to get a little
insight Louis funny and and just compelling to see what the conversations
are like presumably private conversations unless you're really
conspiratorial and think that being caught on Mike
was enough itself stage which I don't really think so
this is just the thought process that they went through and based on that it's
not really working well
right and I love it at the end Rand Paul says
like I i no we don't want to be here but I i think we can win or whatever he said
white kinda a you know that's kinda telling to you i mean i
and its I mean in these guys know I mean that big golden rule
is that if their microphones around you just don't talk
I mean maybe they didn't think what they were saying was that bad or maybe they
just didn't realize that would be picked up yeah I've actually had
were I guess what I would consider experienced political aids right not
elected officials but just their aids and a lot of them
even after we used to have people in our studio back in Northampton Massachusetts
in Valley at valley freeway Dr initial affiliate
even when we clearly we're in a commercial there was music playing
we were clearly not on the air they still would always ask
are those mikes of right now just because they know that sometimes even
when there's a commercial or whatever's going on you get caught
and Rand Paul in Mitcham mcconnell not taking those precautions here
and it's not so much that what they said it's shocking it that what they said is
just not playing out the way they expected
and a and I have to say i'm glad that that's the case because we don't want
the american public bamboozled by the fact that democrats aren't willing to
compromise
and Republicans claim they are just because you're hearing those talking
points doesn't mean you're going to start blaming Barack Obama for the
shutdown
and people haven't