January 15, 2025 • 42 mins
President Joe Biden delivered remarks from the Oval Office, outlining his achievements while serving as our 46th president. In this final address, Biden shared highlights his administration’s work in growing the jobs market, lowering prescription drug costs, and developing clean energy policies.
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Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire which pauses fighting in Gaza and leads to a phased release of hostages and Palestinian prisoners. The deal begins Sunday and Hamas is expected to release 33 hostages during this first phase.
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Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire which pauses fighting in Gaza and leads to a phased release of hostages and Palestinian prisoners. The deal begins Sunday and Hamas is expected to release 33 hostages during this first phase.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's nice eyes Boston's Radio.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Probably moving into our fourth and final hour tonight. A
couple of topics on the table. Pretty simple what Joe
Biden gave said during his farewell speech at eight o'clock.
Your thoughts on that. I thought he did a decent job,
no memorable line, simple as that he has a few
days left, and then he will move into his retirement,
(00:29):
well deserved at his age, that is for sure. And
then we're also talking about what I consider to be
just a remarkable comeback by the State of Israel. And
we will talk about that, I'm sure in the in
the days and the weeks ahead, as well as this
hopefully peace treaty or not peace treaty, this cease fire
(00:50):
turns into a peace treaty. And and and in Israel,
I think is in his better positioned now than it
has been in decades in the Middle East. And from
San Antonio. Wanted to follow up on our conversation of
last night, Go right ahead in held you over. You
wanted to talk about drinking and cancer. We talked about
(01:12):
that last night. The Surgeon General's report linking virtually any
use of alcohol, beer, wine, or spirits to seven up
to seven cancers go right ahead.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
In Yes, Well, my sister who was two years younger
than me, passed away of cancer and that was the
first thing they had. It was five years ago.
Speaker 4 (01:35):
Then.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
Her oncologist had said to her was the drinking. And
she wasn't an alcoholic by no means. She was very moderate.
But I feel that moderation to low moderation with premium liquor,
(01:57):
you know, top shelf, would be a better choice.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Yeah. Boy, that's a that's a tough one. How old
was your sister when.
Speaker 5 (02:06):
She passed sixty one?
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Yeah, that's way too young, just way too young. Yeah, yeah,
it is simple.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Yeah, yeah, you know, it just comes out of nowhere.
But I really did, I really, uh hope for the
best with Joe Biden. I'm sorry with Donald Trump, and
I wish Joe Biden well in his his life.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Well his retirement. Don't get him to the next life
too soon. Come on, he's got to enjoy some retirement now.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
Well that's what I meant. Yes, I'm optimistic. I believe
it's quite a course correction coming for this country that
is sorely needed. We really went off the rail.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Hopefully it'll be a good course correction. That's absolutely let's
see what happens, all right, thank you for that that
additional comment. And I'm sorry about your sister. And yeah,
just sixty one much too young, that's for sure. Yeah,
thank you, talk soon. Okay, let's go from Texas to Florida. Hey, Matt,
(03:18):
how are you having talked to you in a while?
Welcome back, Matt.
Speaker 4 (03:21):
Yeah, and I've been in the saving and saving up
all my energy. Dan, you really think Netanya, who should
get the guy just killed forty thousand people? You want
to give him a Nobel Peace Prize?
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Yes? I do.
Speaker 4 (03:35):
Wait and Biden taking credit for the ceasefire? How about
that one? Huh? What a maniac he is. I can
honestly say that I think Biden's the absolute worst president
of my lifetime.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Come back, and yeah, for a second, okay, if you
had been YA as of October seventh, how would have
you handled that situation?
Speaker 4 (04:03):
If I killed forty thousand people and there's like ten
people left, and I go, I did we just came
to an agreement? No you didn't. You just wiped out
forty thousand people. I don't, I don't, I don't agree
with any I'm not defending anyone attacking in the I'm
just saying from the outside looking in. You know, I'm
just trying to be a little I'm just trying to
(04:24):
make it a little with you.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
My question to you is how many people do we
kill in Nagasaki, in Hiroshima?
Speaker 6 (04:30):
What exactly?
Speaker 7 (04:31):
I know?
Speaker 4 (04:31):
You know I'm doing this and Jack, you know, I
just a little but okay, I just.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
I'm taking your comments. What I'm saying is I think
that I think that Israel was flatter in his back,
that it had been taken by surprise, that it's intelligence failed.
And then not only did they take out the leadership
of Hesbo Lah and mos They Iran is now on
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its on its back feet, It's and at Moscow. All
of this has broken in a period of about sixteen
months for Israel. And I got to tell you back
on October seventh and eighth, you were thinking, is this
it for Israel? I mean this right? That was a no.
(05:16):
It's dreadful day, dreadful.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
It's a great story of what's happening now, and it's
really all thanks to Trump. I mean, let's be honest.
I mean, Biden has had nothing to do with any
of this. And I'm just gonna say, well, if I
can just piggyback on my comment about that Biden's I mean,
how is how is Kamala Harris not in California right now?
You see how fraudulent these people are, Like we're talking
(05:43):
the worst bunch of people.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Are are As. You're always as you always, You're always a
little quick for me. I think Biden can take some
credit now. I don't think that Biden was a huge
supporter of Netna. If anything, he tried to hold Netna
Who back. And I think that Donald Trump made the
comment if the hostages aren't released by January twentieth when
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he became president or that all hell would be, you know,
would let would get loose. Now, all the hostages are
not going to be released on January twentieth. By January twentieth,
you're familiar.
Speaker 6 (06:18):
With that, right, yeah.
Speaker 4 (06:20):
But but Trump, just Trump being there getting elected, I
mean that gave Netanya who all the all the confidence
to do what he needed to do. You know, I
mean that's right.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
I can I can go with that. I can go
with that. You know what was amazing I heard I
talked to someone today who I think knows what they're
talking about when they got the leader of Hesbo Lah
and the Iranian guy in Beirut. They were five floors
underneath the ground and there were three Israeli planes circling
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that building, and each of them dropped a bomb read
bombs landed within as I understand that, eight seconds of
each other. That's how how how well Israel had in
terms of information location time. It was amazing. And when
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you think back to the to the to the pagers
and the walkie talkies that that blew up and killed
a lot of the his Balah fighters, I mean, what
a brilliant campaign they put together.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
Oh no, it's and it's been a long time coming,
you know. And anyone who disagrees with anything that Israel's done,
I mean, you're just not Uh you're just not with it.
You're just insane. But yeah, I just I just think
back to bottom quick. I just think, I mean, this
guy's been just a complete failure. Yeah, worst president of
my lifetime, I think, I think. Yeah, so I'm sort
(07:53):
to make that comment, and just again just how fraud
I'm so glad to see him leaving. Just he's just fraudulent.
I mean, I know, I'm not trying to speak at
platitudes generalities. But I mean that's just really like the
only way to describe it. His whole administration that past
fully is. And then now like you know, he's the
vice president not letting in jd Vance's family in that
(08:17):
kind of like plan for them moving in. And then yeah,
I know, miss h Miss Califnia, she's not even over
there trying to help anybody. Neither is Biden California. I mean,
that's a joke. So that's something Trump's going to have
to clean up too, you know. And you know in
a month, those fives are going to be out there.
I mean, Trump's going to take care of that for
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because he cares about the country. But all these other people,
they just they had to make money and profit and
that's about it.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
So let me ask you. I just got to ask
you one question, what an honest answer, right, which presidential
transition in twenty twenty or in twenty twenty four? As
an American?
Speaker 4 (08:59):
Are you prouder of, oh, the one in twenty twenty
What are you saying?
Speaker 6 (09:04):
Like?
Speaker 4 (09:05):
What am I more proud of of the winner coming in?
Speaker 2 (09:09):
No? No, no, no, I'm talking about the transition.
Speaker 4 (09:12):
Oh oh, just like the transition of the president that
was in there.
Speaker 6 (09:16):
Yeah, I leave you.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Well, yeah, I mean, you know why I would.
Speaker 4 (09:22):
Think Trump because Trump did, Trump did? He left you
let everyone come in peacefully. Biden and then kam oahead.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
Forgetting January sixth, you're forgetting January sixth.
Speaker 4 (09:37):
Yeah, I mean that's kind of blown over though, knowing
I mean.
Speaker 6 (09:40):
Oh, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
I don't think so. I think that that is a stain.
I'm stunned that Donald Trump was able to survive that.
But that's neither here nor there. I just think that
you got to.
Speaker 6 (09:51):
Give jump get he tried to get people. I can't wait.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
Let's do this for a seconds. Hold on, hold on,
I've listened to a lot of what you said, so
just big bear with me for a second. You got
to give Biden a little bit of credit. He welcomed
Donald Trump to the White House, they had their meeting.
He will welcome the President elect and his wife, Millennia
on January twentieth. He'll ride in the limousine up to
(10:16):
the Capitol up Pennsylvania Avenue h and he will he
will do his duty as the as the president who's
who's leaving. He wasn't defeated because he was taken off
the field by the Democratic powers that be. But I
think I think I'm more, I'm much happier with how
(10:37):
this transition has gone than what happened in twenty twenty.
That's all I'm saying.
Speaker 4 (10:44):
Yeah, No, that's fair, fair enough, Okay, that the transition
though before you know that uh January sixth, that wasn't
really pile of that transition.
Speaker 6 (10:53):
That was just like you know, it marred.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
It marred that transition forever. Let us hope we never
see another January sixth as a country.
Speaker 4 (11:00):
Oh yeah, totally. But if Pelosi had listened to Trump
to begin with it, and the mayor of Walkeeton, I mean,
Trump wanted the National Guard there and they just said,
oh no no. So I mean, I don't think Trump
really has anything to do with it, to be honest.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
He summoned the crowd. Some of the crowd got to run.
I got a run. Where have you been for the
last month, month and a half? Come on back. I
love your calls.
Speaker 4 (11:24):
You know that, man, you'd agree to just honestly.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
But that's okay. Well you're back, You're back, Thanks, Matt,
Talk to you soon. Happy New year, all right, I
got wide open lines. We have two events today, one
the farewell speech, farewell address from the president, current President
President Biden, and of course this remarkable, remarkable result that
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happened today in which there is a six week ceasefire
in the Middle East. And I just think that the
fortitude of the Israeli people and the Israeli defense forces.
I mean they were on their back on October seventh,
(12:13):
and they got up off the mat and they took
care of business. Join the conversation. You can agree or
disagree on either of these. And if you happen to
be from Needham and you want to weigh in on
the vote from the MBTA Communities Act in which Needham said,
I have sent a very strong message of no. We've
(12:36):
talked about that quite a bit, you can throw into
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We have about fifty well, no, about forty minutes left,
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Speaker 1 (13:21):
Now back to Dan Ray live from the Window World
night Side Studios on WBZ News Radio.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
Back we go. Get Paul in South Boston. Paul, welcome
next to a Nightside Go right ahead.
Speaker 8 (13:34):
Well, I did watch Biden's fairwell speech, but yep, I
was basically calling you because people in SOUTHI were asking
me Paul, Dan said that you were supposed to call
him because you won the prediction on the electoral college.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
You know what I think you did, but I but
I think what happened was we said that Paul hadn't
called for by a week, and after a week, the
prize went to the person was the second closest. But
you were correct, you were I think you said three
point fifteen and it was three hundred and twelve electoral votes.
Speaker 8 (14:09):
Yep, yeah, people, and where were you you know, you know,
doing this and that and you know, and yeah, I
forgot about it, but people in Southie were mentioning it
to me. You know, I said your name mentioned. Dan
Ray was mentioning it, and I was like, no, I
did you know, But you were like, oh, that was
a high number I picked. I think you had said
that to me that night. You said, oh, yeah, I
(14:30):
thought the race.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
I thought the race would be closer, and you were.
He garnered. He won all the toss up states and
he got you. We knew the states that each of
them would win, and the seven toss up states, he
ran the table. And so he had three hundred and twelve.
And I think you picked the number three fifteen. You
(14:52):
were closest. And we threw your name out three or
four or five nights in a row. You never called in,
and so we said, okay.
Speaker 8 (15:00):
No, I'm not going for a prize. I was just like, oh,
I bet I better. You know, you know, let Dan
know that you know I'm still around.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
Well, I'm glad you're still alive, and I'm glad that
enough people in southis recognized. Yeah, that's that's wonderful. But
we'll have we'll have other contests and uh, maybe maybe
you win the next one. We really try to held
the prize as long as I could, because I don't
want people to think that we're offering prizes and not
not giving them out. So you will.
Speaker 8 (15:28):
Can I ask you one more thing? Then? Did you
really think in your in your in your hot a
hot that that the swing states were close? Did you
really buy that?
Speaker 2 (15:38):
Yeah?
Speaker 8 (15:38):
I did, you did. I didn't buy it.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
Well, I thought that the the key states remain uh Michigan, Uh, Pennsylvania,
and those are really at Wisconsin. I thought, you know, Wisconsin,
those are the three states and if if Trump had
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lost those states as he did in two thousand, the
election might have gone the other way. But no, yeah,
I was you know, I thought you had a You
were right. I'm not saying you weren't right. You were right.
You were within three points of it. So yeah, and
I followed you.
Speaker 8 (16:25):
I followed the show all the way up like to
about a year and a half before the election. And
you were like, well, you know, I'm not you know,
I'm not picking on you, but you were. I you know,
I you know Trump could never win.
Speaker 2 (16:38):
You know, I will admit to that I win.
Speaker 8 (16:42):
A general election.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
You're absolutely correct. I said that he could win the nomination,
but I did not feel I did not feel that,
and that because of January sixth and his involvement in
January sixth, he summoned the crowd who came to Washington
(17:04):
to so called stop the steal. Okay, and there had
been I think it was sixty one or sixty two
lawsuits that were brought in various states, and none of them,
you know, he lost the election, and instead I thought that,
I really did think that his involvement in January sixth
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would have been sort of a poison pail when a
lot of people would have held that against him. Look,
I mean there's a lot of people who are still
sitting in jail for what happened on January sixth.
Speaker 8 (17:37):
Then can I say one more thing before I let
you go.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
I just want to say one thing. Let me just
say one thing, and then I'll give it to you.
Michael Back. I'm never gonna be s people. I'm never
gonna say, oh no, I knew Trump was gonna win
all the way. I told you. No, what I said,
I said, that's what I believed. I was wrong, and
I admit to it, as simple as that. You know,
(18:01):
I I need to have. I'm obligated to tell my
audience what I think. That's that's really what my job is.
And that was my opinion. And guess what, I am
not omnipotent as much as I would like to think.
So go ahead, Paul. I'm sorry Tom interview.
Speaker 8 (18:18):
No, don't apologize, but I just I just never thought
January sixth, to me, this is my opinion, was not
the biggest thing since the Civil War. No way, absolutely not.
It's not bigger than nine to eleven, the comparison, the
comparisons from these piles.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
But we were attacked on nine to eleven by by
terrorists from other countries and uh and and there were
three thousand people killed that day, as well as four
planes you know, crashed into into.
Speaker 8 (18:56):
The World Trades, well two.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
Into the World Trades and wanted to the Pentagon and
went into the field in Shanksville. I hope we never
see that. Obviously, Pearl Harbor was of the same magnitude
as that. No, but January sixth was, in my opinion,
an abomination. And I watched it that day, and you know,
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I just think that you know, Trump, I assume actually
thought he won the election, and you can look at
different different variables, and you could say, well, how could
President Obama, who was a very popular president. He earned
sixty nine million votes in two thousand and eight and
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he dropped to sixty five million votes in twenty and twelve.
Joe Biden won eighty one million votes. How I mean,
Joe Biden was not a dynamic candidate, But I think
that Donald Trump had basically worn the country out and
people were exhausted. Now, I hope he handles himself quite
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differently in the months, in the weeks, months and years ahead.
Speaker 8 (20:08):
And I thirty seconds, then right in thirty seconds, tell
me how he's president again in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 2 (20:18):
Combination of factors, combination of factors. I think the Biden
economy was a disaster, and I think people do vote
with their pocketbooks. And I think that, as strange as
this may sound to you, I think a lot of
people watched that assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
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And he came up with that flag in the background,
and one picture was worth a thousand words. The Democrats
stuck with Joe Biden way too long. There's a story
there that's never been told. Who convinced Joe Biden to
do that debate on June in late June. He didn't
have to somehow, some way. I think that there were
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people in the White House who wanted to show the
world Joe Biden at his worst, and he had a
horrible performance, and it took the efforts of a lot
of leaders of the Democratic Party to get him to
step aside. Remember he said, he said, when God tells
me to step aside, I'll step aside. All of those
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factors worked for Donald Trump, and I think that then
Vice President Harris, she had a great convention. Remember it
was joy at the convention. All of a sudden the
joy went away. You didn't want to do any interviews, didn't
want to answer any questions. And when she was asked
that question on the View about what would you have
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done differently than President Biden, nothing comes to mind. I
just think the American people said, we're not doing another
four years with this.
Speaker 8 (21:51):
Do you think the View heard her or do you
think Brett jum here here Brett baer bread Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
Both both both, but the View heard her more.
Speaker 8 (22:04):
Yeah. When she said she wouldn't have changed anything, yeah, Well.
Speaker 2 (22:07):
She said nothing comes to mind. That was devastating in
my opinion. All Right, I'm gonna let you run. Paul
is always thank you very much for your call. R
Gat to talk with you. Talk soon, all right. The
only lines that are open right now are six one, seven, two, five,
four to ten thirty. Feel free to jump on board.
I'm going to be off the next couple of nights.
So if you're holding off because you want to talk
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to me tomorrow or Thursday or Friday night, I will
be stepping aside for a couple of nights. I'll be
back next week. Six one, seven, two, five, four to
ten thirty. You can talk about President Biden's farewell speech tonight,
or you can talk about this remarkable, remarkable comebacks come
back by the State of Israel within sixteen months. They
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got off the flat of their back, and they now
are in position, in position potentially to create alliances with
Knie in the Middle East, which one would have thought
was absolutely impossible just sixteen months ago. Back on night Side,
after this.
Speaker 6 (23:10):
It's night Side with.
Speaker 1 (23:13):
Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (23:16):
All right, moving right along here, gonna go to Terry
down in Harwich, Massachusetts. Up. It's a little chili down
on the cape tonight, Terry. How are you tonight?
Speaker 9 (23:26):
Hi, Dan, It's so lovely to hear your voice normal
and strong again. Good for you, and thank you so
much for the lovely night side with Dan. Ray told
big that you sent me what a special present. Thank
you so much.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
You're very welcome. I hope you use it whenever you
head to the store or when you're out and about
in beautiful Sure.
Speaker 9 (23:56):
It's already a big hit at the front est you
know what I'm talking about.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
I think I do. I think I do well. You
wanted fair and square, Terry, so use it proudly.
Speaker 9 (24:07):
Thank you. So I just wanted to make a couple
of comments if I could. I believe we are all
witnessing a wonderful, peaceful transfer of power, just the way
it's always done to be. I think that President Biden
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certainly looked presidential this evening. I think she delivered his
farewell addressed uh strongly, precisely, and I think he gave
needed caution in certain areas and.
Speaker 2 (24:51):
We are there. There were there were items, absolutely, absolutely,
there were items without question.
Speaker 9 (24:59):
And I I think he did it with dignity. I
think he did it respectful and professionally and I think
he delivered a great speech, and it must have been
extremely difficult for him to have done that.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
I wouldn't consider it a great speech, to be honest
with you, I thought that, you know, I thought it
was it was what I expected. I thought he'd speak
for twenty minutes, and he pretty much hit it right
on the number, right on the number.
Speaker 9 (25:34):
Sure, I think under the circumstances, it must have been
so difficult for him to have done that that I
think it was a great delivery. I really mean that.
Speaker 2 (25:45):
Well, that's right. There's some people who thought You're not
the only one who gives him high marks. The marks
I think. I think he's he pleased his supporters, and
I know that you're a big supporter over time, and hey,
you know.
Speaker 9 (26:02):
It's you know, I just wanted to give him a hug.
I just think he reminded me of my grandfather years ago,
and I said, my god, I just want to hug him.
Speaker 2 (26:17):
I think he reminded a lot of people of their grandfather.
Speaker 9 (26:24):
Well, no, I hear what you're saying. I understand that,
and and I really am grateful that this has been calm,
relatively peaceful, and I hope it continues to stay that way,
and I wish the President elect every success in the world.
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I hope he remains relatively stable and calm himself and
makes good judgments so that all of us get just
coast for a while, because we all need to do that.
Speaker 2 (27:03):
I think you're right, it would be great if we
had just again. Israel situation seems to have settled down
a little bit, which is great, and let's let's see
what happens in Washington. I hope Donald Trump learned from
his first administration that maybe maybe he needs to chill
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a little bit. And what did they say? You don't
often get a chance to make a first impression at
a second time or whatever. You can only make first
depression once. But he's been given a very special gift
by the American people. I hope he uses it, and
I hope that he's successful.
Speaker 9 (27:45):
I agree, and I have think give a shout out
to Jay Leno. I love the fact that he took
out his antique fire truck and filled it with hot
meals and pushed we delivered it to the fire fighters
and the first responders at the fire see in California.
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God bless him for stepping up and doing what he can.
Speaker 2 (28:15):
Well, guess what, Jason Massachusetts.
Speaker 9 (28:18):
Guy, and he's absolutely we will always claim him.
Speaker 2 (28:25):
No question. Terry, thank you so much for your call.
I appreciate it immensely. And happy New Year.
Speaker 9 (28:31):
And you too, are a healthy one. Dan, Thank you
so much.
Speaker 2 (28:35):
Bye bye, all right, take it easy, talk to you soon. Thanks.
All right, let's keep roly. He're going to talk with next.
Maria is in the great state of New York. Second
call tonight from New York State, Maria. Welcome next time, nightside.
Speaker 7 (28:48):
I know I heard that. Hi, thank you, Dan. I'm
calling from the Finger Lakes region. I'm very excited because
I've been a fan of yours for years. Well, thank you,
You're welcome. I'm a little nervous too, but I used
to watch you in the eighties with my grandmother and
my aunts on WBZ when you were on TV. Yes,
and we all loved you back then. So now my
(29:10):
kids are grown and I work a couple of evenings
a week, and I listened to you on WBZ, So
it's kind of a nicetle thing.
Speaker 2 (29:19):
Thank you. It kind of all comes full circle, does it.
Speaker 7 (29:22):
Yes, it does, thank you. So I just wanted to
say we have cable where we live, and it's Spectrum,
which I believe is owned by Comcasts, and there is
a there. We get two TV channels that are based
in Israel, and I did not really yes, I did
not pay much attention to them until within the last
(29:46):
six months.
Speaker 5 (29:47):
When I realized we had these channels.
Speaker 7 (29:49):
One of them I think is called Heroes and Icons
and they they have Israeli news intermittently. But then the
this other one called j b as in boy s
is in Samuel and I'm not sure what that stands for.
But there's a TV show they have called him Right
(30:11):
to Life and it's a talk show.
Speaker 4 (30:14):
And I saw this.
Speaker 7 (30:14):
I'm sorry it and taking a long time. But anyway,
in Israeli Defense Services young man had retired. He was
a tunneling specialist and he wanted everybody.
Speaker 5 (30:26):
You know, they were talking about the situation.
Speaker 7 (30:29):
And I found out maybe you knew this already, but
I didn't. If they want to find a tunnel used
by their enemies, all they have to do is find
where a hospital, a market and a school meet and
there's guaranteed to be a tunnel.
Speaker 10 (30:49):
You know.
Speaker 2 (30:51):
I didn't know that, but that makes sense because hamas
at least Tamas used a lot of tunnels and used
protection the protections of hospitals. Israel tended not to want
to hit. Occasionally, there were some strikes near hospitals, and
Hamas always was very clever in using public relations. Their
(31:13):
quote of public opinion against the state of Israel. Absolutely,
So does that makes sense?
Speaker 7 (31:19):
Yeah, unfortunately it does. But anyway, I would encourage you
guys who have comcasts to maybe look for these channels
and check this stuff out, the shows they have, because
if you want to hear their perspective or you want
to For me, it was I wanted to understand why
they could justify all this bonding, and so I kind
(31:41):
of got my answer. I mean, it's tough stuff. It's
hard for us to understand, but it's very real for them. Yeah,
but I don't like the settler issue. That makes me uncomfortable.
Speaker 2 (31:54):
Well, again, I've never been to Israel. I understand the
the considerations. I also look at the context of the
amount of terrorism that this small country about the size
of New Jersey has withstood over the seventy five seventy
six years.
Speaker 10 (32:13):
Of its existence, and I can understand, Yeah, I can.
I can understand to be honest with you, So yeah,
you know, but again I understand what others are saying.
Speaker 2 (32:28):
But I just think that that Israel has done an
amazing job, just an amazing job, okay, and and they
should be. They now are on the precipice. I think
with many of their enemies now out of commission, I
think they have the precipice potentially potentially a breakthrough of
(32:53):
just incredible proportions, incredible proportions, and maybe we may have
some years of, if not at least quietude.
Speaker 8 (33:01):
In the Middle East.
Speaker 2 (33:03):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (33:03):
Now I have to ask, because I've been listening to
you off and on for the last few weeks. Were
you inspired by Jimmy Carter's funeral? Did you start thinking
about the Camp David Accords and say to yourself, man,
we could do this again.
Speaker 2 (33:19):
I thought of Jimmy Carter, and I thought in terms
of the hostages. I thought in terms of the pans
between him leaving and the hostages being released, almost inspired
by the Iranians, and that this is now another transition
from a democrat to a Republican. And I was hoping
(33:41):
that this might be an opportunity where Hamas might decide
to release some if not all of the hostages, so
we'll see. Obviously, I'm very much aware of the Camp
David Accords. If you listen to any of my programming
that night, I need two hours, and basically told stories
of times that I spent with Jimmy Carter, all the
(34:01):
presidents of interviewed. I spent more time with him before
he was a candidate, while he was a candidate, while
he was president, and visited him in Plains Georgia after
he was awesome.
Speaker 7 (34:14):
Yeah, those are I loved your plans Georgia's story.
Speaker 3 (34:18):
I love that.
Speaker 2 (34:19):
Oh you did hear it? Okay, great, Okay, if you
get a chance, you can always check it out at
nightside under me in dot com. That was it was.
He was a wonderful human being. I mean, and he was.
He was not lucky as president. He inherited some difficult circumstances,
simple as that.
Speaker 7 (34:37):
No, and I'm sure you read you read Tip O'Neill's autobiography,
and you remember Tip was kind of frustrated by him.
Speaker 2 (34:46):
It was. But but when I had to get a
chance to go to Plains Georgia was tipped and set
it up for me.
Speaker 7 (34:52):
Oh that's great.
Speaker 5 (34:54):
I love that book. I love history. I'm a bit
of a history not so yeah, Marie.
Speaker 2 (34:58):
What do you what do you do in New York?
You still work? What do you do?
Speaker 7 (35:01):
I work part time. I'm older now and I used
to be a legal secretary, but now I work with
two disabled individuals. I cook and clean for them a
couple of nights a week. So there's a lot of
need for that out there. If anybody's looking for some
part time work, I would encourage you to check it
(35:23):
out because there's a huge need right now after COVID
and all the agencies.
Speaker 4 (35:28):
You know.
Speaker 2 (35:29):
Yeah, Well, thanks so much for calling. Please call again, Okay,
and thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Speaker 7 (35:36):
Thanks, you're welcome. Thank you, Dana, have a good night.
Speaker 2 (35:41):
Take quick break. We're going to finish up with Eric
and Bill. Eric is in Alboro, Bills in Pennsylvania. We
get room for them. If you want to try to
get in, give it a shot. Six point seven two.
Speaker 1 (35:53):
Now back to Dan Way Live from the Window World
Nights Night Studios on WBZ News Radio.
Speaker 2 (36:01):
I gotta wrap it up, gonna go first to Billis
and Pennsylvania. Then we get Eric and Adelborough.
Speaker 5 (36:06):
Go ahead, Bill, and then I just wanted to make
a couple of comments. I'm glad you're feeling better too.
I had the same thing and it took me forever
to get over it. And yeah, I.
Speaker 2 (36:18):
Missed, by the way, I only missed one night. I
was sick for one night. Uh, and most of my
recovery was during a Christmas New Year's break.
Speaker 5 (36:27):
Yeah. No, no, I felt bad for you because I
had the same thing. And boy, it was tough. Hey,
I know the Democrats are losing all the young people,
and uh, I think part of the reason it's going
to be if if if the if the Republicans were smart, Dan,
they would make a really good documentary okay about the
(36:48):
Biden administration and uh, all of them saying that he's
sharp as attack and all that I mean, and then
and then I'd put in there it's not just one thing, see,
it's it's it's that, and then it's what it's all
the incompetence down in New Orleans on that deal, and
then it's all the incompetence out They just talked to
some trends out California. Democrats okay that have turned okay,
(37:12):
they're turning out there, and because of the bad they
Republicans should make a documentary about all this stuff and
run it before every election.
Speaker 2 (37:23):
Well, you know, I think that that people are seeing. Look,
I think the mayor of Los Angeles is a joke.
At this point. I think that Newsom's presidential aspirations are over,
and I think the Democrats have to find new leadership.
I think that that's patently obvious to me. Now, there
(37:45):
will be bumps in the road. The Republicans will also
make mistakes. That's the history. You go back, and whether
it's you know, Richard Nixon in Watergate, or whether it's
Ronald Reagan. Even with a round contra, George Bush probably
extended US too far into the Middle East. That paved
(38:05):
the way for Barack Obama. What happens is that that
mistakes are made. All these presidents are human, uh, And
just as Joe Biden made mistakes, Donald Trump might make mistakes.
I think Donald Trump misbehaved as president, and I think
that his behavior was way out of what considered to
(38:25):
be the presidential norm. Is what I'm trying to say.
He was the anti president president. I hope that he
can act more presidential in the next four years.
Speaker 5 (38:37):
He'll make mistakes, absolutely not I agree with I agree
with you. But the other thing is we're not getting
any I'm not getting pushed back from many of my
Democrats friends. You know, they used to be ready, ready
to rumble, you know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (38:52):
They're they're licking their wound. They're licking some wounds. Okay,
it's as simple as that. Yeah.
Speaker 5 (38:57):
I think it's because a lot of them, Dan have
seen what the Democrat Party did. No primary, Okay, just
put Kamali in there and no mistake. Anyways, Hey, look
like a one more.
Speaker 2 (39:11):
I got to sneak in you.
Speaker 5 (39:13):
Okay, Okay, Dan, have a good night, Bill.
Speaker 2 (39:15):
Bill appreciate it. Look forward to your next call. Thanks,
thanks my friend. Let me go to Eric and Attenborough. Eric,
you're going to wrap the show show for us today.
I right ahead.
Speaker 6 (39:24):
Hey Dan, how's it going tonight?
Speaker 2 (39:26):
It's going fine. I had a lot of very interesting
callers tonight, and I'm sure you're going to be good
as well. So what do you got for me?
Speaker 6 (39:36):
I just wanted to point out one thing. You know,
in Israel, in other countries through like Finland for instance,
they have military conscription. So pretty much unless someone earns
an exemption, you know, aged eighteen to twenty six. They
served two years in the military. Now, obviously, you know
(39:58):
that's a positive thing as far as like building a
sense of camaraderie, I mean, to bonding experience. You know,
it still discipline. But what what we've clearly seen or
for those that have eyes to see and mot turn away,
We've seen a lot of people that are not meant
for combat, you know, that have been involved in you know,
(40:25):
the the in the flare up if you will, between
Israel and are.
Speaker 2 (40:32):
You Israeli soldiers jobman Israelis?
Speaker 6 (40:37):
Well yeah, I mean if I mean, if you really
take a close look, I mean, there's certain you know.
Speaker 2 (40:42):
This, so what so what what is your what is
your point that they do have you know, a draft
conscription over there, but the vast majority of Israelis realize
that they're in it together and and they're incredibly patriotical.
Speaker 6 (40:58):
Well absolutely, but but that's what I'm that's my point
is the ones that I mean, they weren't able to
they were not able to defeat Hamas in the like
urban warfare, like when they made their entry into northern Gaza. Wow,
that was like almost nine months ago.
Speaker 2 (41:15):
Well they did for you, So what's your Eric I've
got thirty seconds left. What is your overall point? I mean,
Hamas has been destroyed, Hesbola is in ruins, Iran is
on their heels, Asada is in Moscow.
Speaker 6 (41:29):
Yeah, well that's what I'm trying to say. I mean like,
I mean, you know, I guess it's like this dance,
like when there was.
Speaker 2 (41:37):
Ten seconds, I got five seconds. Eric, you helped me
out here. What are you trying to say.
Speaker 6 (41:42):
I'm just saying there was a ceasefire, you know with
hesbol months a couple of months back. You know that's
in the middle way.
Speaker 2 (41:48):
I gotta go, Eric, you ran out of time. Call
me next week and we'll we'll discuss this more. Okay,
I get your thoughts together. Done for the night. Rob Brooks,
thank you very much, Karen, thank you very much. All dogs,
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That's where all your pets are past. They loved you,
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See again next week on nights Aid. Everyone be good
(42:10):
to my sitting host. Thanks everyone,
It's nice eyes Boston's Radio.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Probably moving into our fourth and final hour tonight. A
couple of topics on the table. Pretty simple what Joe
Biden gave said during his farewell speech at eight o'clock.
Your thoughts on that. I thought he did a decent job,
no memorable line, simple as that he has a few
days left, and then he will move into his retirement,
(00:29):
well deserved at his age, that is for sure. And
then we're also talking about what I consider to be
just a remarkable comeback by the State of Israel. And
we will talk about that, I'm sure in the in
the days and the weeks ahead, as well as this
hopefully peace treaty or not peace treaty, this cease fire
(00:50):
turns into a peace treaty. And and and in Israel,
I think is in his better positioned now than it
has been in decades in the Middle East. And from
San Antonio. Wanted to follow up on our conversation of
last night, Go right ahead in held you over. You
wanted to talk about drinking and cancer. We talked about
(01:12):
that last night. The Surgeon General's report linking virtually any
use of alcohol, beer, wine, or spirits to seven up
to seven cancers go right ahead.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
In Yes, Well, my sister who was two years younger
than me, passed away of cancer and that was the
first thing they had. It was five years ago.
Speaker 4 (01:35):
Then.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
Her oncologist had said to her was the drinking. And
she wasn't an alcoholic by no means. She was very moderate.
But I feel that moderation to low moderation with premium liquor,
(01:57):
you know, top shelf, would be a better choice.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Yeah. Boy, that's a that's a tough one. How old
was your sister when.
Speaker 5 (02:06):
She passed sixty one?
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Yeah, that's way too young, just way too young. Yeah, yeah,
it is simple.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Yeah, yeah, you know, it just comes out of nowhere.
But I really did, I really, uh hope for the
best with Joe Biden. I'm sorry with Donald Trump, and
I wish Joe Biden well in his his life.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Well his retirement. Don't get him to the next life
too soon. Come on, he's got to enjoy some retirement now.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
Well that's what I meant. Yes, I'm optimistic. I believe
it's quite a course correction coming for this country that
is sorely needed. We really went off the rail.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Hopefully it'll be a good course correction. That's absolutely let's
see what happens, all right, thank you for that that
additional comment. And I'm sorry about your sister. And yeah,
just sixty one much too young, that's for sure. Yeah,
thank you, talk soon. Okay, let's go from Texas to Florida. Hey, Matt,
(03:18):
how are you having talked to you in a while?
Welcome back, Matt.
Speaker 4 (03:21):
Yeah, and I've been in the saving and saving up
all my energy. Dan, you really think Netanya, who should
get the guy just killed forty thousand people? You want
to give him a Nobel Peace Prize?
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Yes? I do.
Speaker 4 (03:35):
Wait and Biden taking credit for the ceasefire? How about
that one? Huh? What a maniac he is. I can
honestly say that I think Biden's the absolute worst president
of my lifetime.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Come back, and yeah, for a second, okay, if you
had been YA as of October seventh, how would have
you handled that situation?
Speaker 4 (04:03):
If I killed forty thousand people and there's like ten
people left, and I go, I did we just came
to an agreement? No you didn't. You just wiped out
forty thousand people. I don't, I don't, I don't agree
with any I'm not defending anyone attacking in the I'm
just saying from the outside looking in. You know, I'm
just trying to be a little I'm just trying to
(04:24):
make it a little with you.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
My question to you is how many people do we
kill in Nagasaki, in Hiroshima?
Speaker 6 (04:30):
What exactly?
Speaker 7 (04:31):
I know?
Speaker 4 (04:31):
You know I'm doing this and Jack, you know, I
just a little but okay, I just.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
I'm taking your comments. What I'm saying is I think
that I think that Israel was flatter in his back,
that it had been taken by surprise, that it's intelligence failed.
And then not only did they take out the leadership
of Hesbo Lah and mos They Iran is now on
(04:56):
its on its back feet, It's and at Moscow. All
of this has broken in a period of about sixteen
months for Israel. And I got to tell you back
on October seventh and eighth, you were thinking, is this
it for Israel? I mean this right? That was a no.
(05:16):
It's dreadful day, dreadful.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
It's a great story of what's happening now, and it's
really all thanks to Trump. I mean, let's be honest.
I mean, Biden has had nothing to do with any
of this. And I'm just gonna say, well, if I
can just piggyback on my comment about that Biden's I mean,
how is how is Kamala Harris not in California right now?
You see how fraudulent these people are, Like we're talking
(05:43):
the worst bunch of people.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Are are As. You're always as you always, You're always a
little quick for me. I think Biden can take some
credit now. I don't think that Biden was a huge
supporter of Netna. If anything, he tried to hold Netna
Who back. And I think that Donald Trump made the
comment if the hostages aren't released by January twentieth when
(06:06):
he became president or that all hell would be, you know,
would let would get loose. Now, all the hostages are
not going to be released on January twentieth. By January twentieth,
you're familiar.
Speaker 6 (06:18):
With that, right, yeah.
Speaker 4 (06:20):
But but Trump, just Trump being there getting elected, I
mean that gave Netanya who all the all the confidence
to do what he needed to do. You know, I
mean that's right.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
I can I can go with that. I can go
with that. You know what was amazing I heard I
talked to someone today who I think knows what they're
talking about when they got the leader of Hesbo Lah
and the Iranian guy in Beirut. They were five floors
underneath the ground and there were three Israeli planes circling
(06:55):
that building, and each of them dropped a bomb read
bombs landed within as I understand that, eight seconds of
each other. That's how how how well Israel had in
terms of information location time. It was amazing. And when
(07:15):
you think back to the to the to the pagers
and the walkie talkies that that blew up and killed
a lot of the his Balah fighters, I mean, what
a brilliant campaign they put together.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
Oh no, it's and it's been a long time coming,
you know. And anyone who disagrees with anything that Israel's done,
I mean, you're just not Uh you're just not with it.
You're just insane. But yeah, I just I just think
back to bottom quick. I just think, I mean, this
guy's been just a complete failure. Yeah, worst president of
my lifetime, I think, I think. Yeah, so I'm sort
(07:53):
to make that comment, and just again just how fraud
I'm so glad to see him leaving. Just he's just fraudulent.
I mean, I know, I'm not trying to speak at
platitudes generalities. But I mean that's just really like the
only way to describe it. His whole administration that past
fully is. And then now like you know, he's the
vice president not letting in jd Vance's family in that
(08:17):
kind of like plan for them moving in. And then yeah,
I know, miss h Miss Califnia, she's not even over
there trying to help anybody. Neither is Biden California. I mean,
that's a joke. So that's something Trump's going to have
to clean up too, you know. And you know in
a month, those fives are going to be out there.
I mean, Trump's going to take care of that for
(08:38):
because he cares about the country. But all these other people,
they just they had to make money and profit and
that's about it.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
So let me ask you. I just got to ask
you one question, what an honest answer, right, which presidential
transition in twenty twenty or in twenty twenty four? As
an American?
Speaker 4 (08:59):
Are you prouder of, oh, the one in twenty twenty
What are you saying?
Speaker 6 (09:04):
Like?
Speaker 4 (09:05):
What am I more proud of of the winner coming in?
Speaker 2 (09:09):
No? No, no, no, I'm talking about the transition.
Speaker 4 (09:12):
Oh oh, just like the transition of the president that
was in there.
Speaker 6 (09:16):
Yeah, I leave you.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Well, yeah, I mean, you know why I would.
Speaker 4 (09:22):
Think Trump because Trump did, Trump did? He left you
let everyone come in peacefully. Biden and then kam oahead.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
Forgetting January sixth, you're forgetting January sixth.
Speaker 4 (09:37):
Yeah, I mean that's kind of blown over though, knowing
I mean.
Speaker 6 (09:40):
Oh, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
I don't think so. I think that that is a stain.
I'm stunned that Donald Trump was able to survive that.
But that's neither here nor there. I just think that
you got to.
Speaker 6 (09:51):
Give jump get he tried to get people. I can't wait.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
Let's do this for a seconds. Hold on, hold on,
I've listened to a lot of what you said, so
just big bear with me for a second. You got
to give Biden a little bit of credit. He welcomed
Donald Trump to the White House, they had their meeting.
He will welcome the President elect and his wife, Millennia
on January twentieth. He'll ride in the limousine up to
(10:16):
the Capitol up Pennsylvania Avenue h and he will he
will do his duty as the as the president who's
who's leaving. He wasn't defeated because he was taken off
the field by the Democratic powers that be. But I
think I think I'm more, I'm much happier with how
(10:37):
this transition has gone than what happened in twenty twenty.
That's all I'm saying.
Speaker 4 (10:44):
Yeah, No, that's fair, fair enough, Okay, that the transition
though before you know that uh January sixth, that wasn't
really pile of that transition.
Speaker 6 (10:53):
That was just like you know, it marred.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
It marred that transition forever. Let us hope we never
see another January sixth as a country.
Speaker 4 (11:00):
Oh yeah, totally. But if Pelosi had listened to Trump
to begin with it, and the mayor of Walkeeton, I mean,
Trump wanted the National Guard there and they just said,
oh no no. So I mean, I don't think Trump
really has anything to do with it, to be honest.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
He summoned the crowd. Some of the crowd got to run.
I got a run. Where have you been for the
last month, month and a half? Come on back. I
love your calls.
Speaker 4 (11:24):
You know that, man, you'd agree to just honestly.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
But that's okay. Well you're back, You're back, Thanks, Matt,
Talk to you soon. Happy New year, all right, I
got wide open lines. We have two events today, one
the farewell speech, farewell address from the president, current President
President Biden, and of course this remarkable, remarkable result that
(11:52):
happened today in which there is a six week ceasefire
in the Middle East. And I just think that the
fortitude of the Israeli people and the Israeli defense forces.
I mean they were on their back on October seventh,
(12:13):
and they got up off the mat and they took
care of business. Join the conversation. You can agree or
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(12:36):
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Speaker 1 (13:21):
Now back to Dan Ray live from the Window World
night Side Studios on WBZ News Radio.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
Back we go. Get Paul in South Boston. Paul, welcome
next to a Nightside Go right ahead.
Speaker 8 (13:34):
Well, I did watch Biden's fairwell speech, but yep, I
was basically calling you because people in SOUTHI were asking
me Paul, Dan said that you were supposed to call
him because you won the prediction on the electoral college.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
You know what I think you did, but I but
I think what happened was we said that Paul hadn't
called for by a week, and after a week, the
prize went to the person was the second closest. But
you were correct, you were I think you said three
point fifteen and it was three hundred and twelve electoral votes.
Speaker 8 (14:09):
Yep, yeah, people, and where were you you know, you know,
doing this and that and you know, and yeah, I
forgot about it, but people in Southie were mentioning it
to me. You know, I said your name mentioned. Dan
Ray was mentioning it, and I was like, no, I
did you know, But you were like, oh, that was
a high number I picked. I think you had said
that to me that night. You said, oh, yeah, I
(14:30):
thought the race.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
I thought the race would be closer, and you were.
He garnered. He won all the toss up states and
he got you. We knew the states that each of
them would win, and the seven toss up states, he
ran the table. And so he had three hundred and twelve.
And I think you picked the number three fifteen. You
(14:52):
were closest. And we threw your name out three or
four or five nights in a row. You never called in,
and so we said, okay.
Speaker 8 (15:00):
No, I'm not going for a prize. I was just like, oh,
I bet I better. You know, you know, let Dan
know that you know I'm still around.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
Well, I'm glad you're still alive, and I'm glad that
enough people in southis recognized. Yeah, that's that's wonderful. But
we'll have we'll have other contests and uh, maybe maybe
you win the next one. We really try to held
the prize as long as I could, because I don't
want people to think that we're offering prizes and not
not giving them out. So you will.
Speaker 8 (15:28):
Can I ask you one more thing? Then? Did you
really think in your in your in your hot a
hot that that the swing states were close? Did you
really buy that?
Speaker 2 (15:38):
Yeah?
Speaker 8 (15:38):
I did, you did. I didn't buy it.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
Well, I thought that the the key states remain uh Michigan, Uh, Pennsylvania,
and those are really at Wisconsin. I thought, you know, Wisconsin,
those are the three states and if if Trump had
(16:05):
lost those states as he did in two thousand, the
election might have gone the other way. But no, yeah,
I was you know, I thought you had a You
were right. I'm not saying you weren't right. You were right.
You were within three points of it. So yeah, and
I followed you.
Speaker 8 (16:25):
I followed the show all the way up like to
about a year and a half before the election. And
you were like, well, you know, I'm not you know,
I'm not picking on you, but you were. I you know,
I you know Trump could never win.
Speaker 2 (16:38):
You know, I will admit to that I win.
Speaker 8 (16:42):
A general election.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
You're absolutely correct. I said that he could win the nomination,
but I did not feel I did not feel that,
and that because of January sixth and his involvement in
January sixth, he summoned the crowd who came to Washington
(17:04):
to so called stop the steal. Okay, and there had
been I think it was sixty one or sixty two
lawsuits that were brought in various states, and none of them,
you know, he lost the election, and instead I thought that,
I really did think that his involvement in January sixth
(17:27):
would have been sort of a poison pail when a
lot of people would have held that against him. Look,
I mean there's a lot of people who are still
sitting in jail for what happened on January sixth.
Speaker 8 (17:37):
Then can I say one more thing before I let
you go.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
I just want to say one thing. Let me just
say one thing, and then I'll give it to you.
Michael Back. I'm never gonna be s people. I'm never
gonna say, oh no, I knew Trump was gonna win
all the way. I told you. No, what I said,
I said, that's what I believed. I was wrong, and
I admit to it, as simple as that. You know,
(18:01):
I I need to have. I'm obligated to tell my
audience what I think. That's that's really what my job is.
And that was my opinion. And guess what, I am
not omnipotent as much as I would like to think.
So go ahead, Paul. I'm sorry Tom interview.
Speaker 8 (18:18):
No, don't apologize, but I just I just never thought
January sixth, to me, this is my opinion, was not
the biggest thing since the Civil War. No way, absolutely not.
It's not bigger than nine to eleven, the comparison, the
comparisons from these piles.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
But we were attacked on nine to eleven by by
terrorists from other countries and uh and and there were
three thousand people killed that day, as well as four
planes you know, crashed into into.
Speaker 8 (18:56):
The World Trades, well two.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
Into the World Trades and wanted to the Pentagon and
went into the field in Shanksville. I hope we never
see that. Obviously, Pearl Harbor was of the same magnitude
as that. No, but January sixth was, in my opinion,
an abomination. And I watched it that day, and you know,
(19:21):
I just think that you know, Trump, I assume actually
thought he won the election, and you can look at
different different variables, and you could say, well, how could
President Obama, who was a very popular president. He earned
sixty nine million votes in two thousand and eight and
(19:42):
he dropped to sixty five million votes in twenty and twelve.
Joe Biden won eighty one million votes. How I mean,
Joe Biden was not a dynamic candidate, But I think
that Donald Trump had basically worn the country out and
people were exhausted. Now, I hope he handles himself quite
(20:03):
differently in the months, in the weeks, months and years ahead.
Speaker 8 (20:08):
And I thirty seconds, then right in thirty seconds, tell
me how he's president again in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 2 (20:18):
Combination of factors, combination of factors. I think the Biden
economy was a disaster, and I think people do vote
with their pocketbooks. And I think that, as strange as
this may sound to you, I think a lot of
people watched that assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
(20:38):
And he came up with that flag in the background,
and one picture was worth a thousand words. The Democrats
stuck with Joe Biden way too long. There's a story
there that's never been told. Who convinced Joe Biden to
do that debate on June in late June. He didn't
have to somehow, some way. I think that there were
(21:01):
people in the White House who wanted to show the
world Joe Biden at his worst, and he had a
horrible performance, and it took the efforts of a lot
of leaders of the Democratic Party to get him to
step aside. Remember he said, he said, when God tells
me to step aside, I'll step aside. All of those
(21:23):
factors worked for Donald Trump, and I think that then
Vice President Harris, she had a great convention. Remember it
was joy at the convention. All of a sudden the
joy went away. You didn't want to do any interviews, didn't
want to answer any questions. And when she was asked
that question on the View about what would you have
(21:43):
done differently than President Biden, nothing comes to mind. I
just think the American people said, we're not doing another
four years with this.
Speaker 8 (21:51):
Do you think the View heard her or do you
think Brett jum here here Brett baer bread Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
Both both both, but the View heard her more.
Speaker 8 (22:04):
Yeah. When she said she wouldn't have changed anything, yeah, Well.
Speaker 2 (22:07):
She said nothing comes to mind. That was devastating in
my opinion. All Right, I'm gonna let you run. Paul
is always thank you very much for your call. R
Gat to talk with you. Talk soon, all right. The
only lines that are open right now are six one, seven, two, five,
four to ten thirty. Feel free to jump on board.
I'm going to be off the next couple of nights.
So if you're holding off because you want to talk
(22:30):
to me tomorrow or Thursday or Friday night, I will
be stepping aside for a couple of nights. I'll be
back next week. Six one, seven, two, five, four to
ten thirty. You can talk about President Biden's farewell speech tonight,
or you can talk about this remarkable, remarkable comebacks come
back by the State of Israel within sixteen months. They
(22:50):
got off the flat of their back, and they now
are in position, in position potentially to create alliances with
Knie in the Middle East, which one would have thought
was absolutely impossible just sixteen months ago. Back on night Side,
after this.
Speaker 6 (23:10):
It's night Side with.
Speaker 1 (23:13):
Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (23:16):
All right, moving right along here, gonna go to Terry
down in Harwich, Massachusetts. Up. It's a little chili down
on the cape tonight, Terry. How are you tonight?
Speaker 9 (23:26):
Hi, Dan, It's so lovely to hear your voice normal
and strong again. Good for you, and thank you so
much for the lovely night side with Dan. Ray told
big that you sent me what a special present. Thank
you so much.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
You're very welcome. I hope you use it whenever you
head to the store or when you're out and about
in beautiful Sure.
Speaker 9 (23:56):
It's already a big hit at the front est you
know what I'm talking about.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
I think I do. I think I do well. You
wanted fair and square, Terry, so use it proudly.
Speaker 9 (24:07):
Thank you. So I just wanted to make a couple
of comments if I could. I believe we are all
witnessing a wonderful, peaceful transfer of power, just the way
it's always done to be. I think that President Biden
(24:31):
certainly looked presidential this evening. I think she delivered his
farewell addressed uh strongly, precisely, and I think he gave
needed caution in certain areas and.
Speaker 2 (24:51):
We are there. There were there were items, absolutely, absolutely,
there were items without question.
Speaker 9 (24:59):
And I I think he did it with dignity. I
think he did it respectful and professionally and I think
he delivered a great speech, and it must have been
extremely difficult for him to have done that.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
I wouldn't consider it a great speech, to be honest
with you, I thought that, you know, I thought it
was it was what I expected. I thought he'd speak
for twenty minutes, and he pretty much hit it right
on the number, right on the number.
Speaker 9 (25:34):
Sure, I think under the circumstances, it must have been
so difficult for him to have done that that I
think it was a great delivery. I really mean that.
Speaker 2 (25:45):
Well, that's right. There's some people who thought You're not
the only one who gives him high marks. The marks
I think. I think he's he pleased his supporters, and
I know that you're a big supporter over time, and hey,
you know.
Speaker 9 (26:02):
It's you know, I just wanted to give him a hug.
I just think he reminded me of my grandfather years ago,
and I said, my god, I just want to hug him.
Speaker 2 (26:17):
I think he reminded a lot of people of their grandfather.
Speaker 9 (26:24):
Well, no, I hear what you're saying. I understand that,
and and I really am grateful that this has been calm,
relatively peaceful, and I hope it continues to stay that way,
and I wish the President elect every success in the world.
(26:48):
I hope he remains relatively stable and calm himself and
makes good judgments so that all of us get just
coast for a while, because we all need to do that.
Speaker 2 (27:03):
I think you're right, it would be great if we
had just again. Israel situation seems to have settled down
a little bit, which is great, and let's let's see
what happens in Washington. I hope Donald Trump learned from
his first administration that maybe maybe he needs to chill
(27:27):
a little bit. And what did they say? You don't
often get a chance to make a first impression at
a second time or whatever. You can only make first
depression once. But he's been given a very special gift
by the American people. I hope he uses it, and
I hope that he's successful.
Speaker 9 (27:45):
I agree, and I have think give a shout out
to Jay Leno. I love the fact that he took
out his antique fire truck and filled it with hot
meals and pushed we delivered it to the fire fighters
and the first responders at the fire see in California.
(28:09):
God bless him for stepping up and doing what he can.
Speaker 2 (28:15):
Well, guess what, Jason Massachusetts.
Speaker 9 (28:18):
Guy, and he's absolutely we will always claim him.
Speaker 2 (28:25):
No question. Terry, thank you so much for your call.
I appreciate it immensely. And happy New Year.
Speaker 9 (28:31):
And you too, are a healthy one. Dan, Thank you
so much.
Speaker 2 (28:35):
Bye bye, all right, take it easy, talk to you soon. Thanks.
All right, let's keep roly. He're going to talk with next.
Maria is in the great state of New York. Second
call tonight from New York State, Maria. Welcome next time, nightside.
Speaker 7 (28:48):
I know I heard that. Hi, thank you, Dan. I'm
calling from the Finger Lakes region. I'm very excited because
I've been a fan of yours for years. Well, thank you,
You're welcome. I'm a little nervous too, but I used
to watch you in the eighties with my grandmother and
my aunts on WBZ when you were on TV. Yes,
and we all loved you back then. So now my
(29:10):
kids are grown and I work a couple of evenings
a week, and I listened to you on WBZ, So
it's kind of a nicetle thing.
Speaker 2 (29:19):
Thank you. It kind of all comes full circle, does it.
Speaker 7 (29:22):
Yes, it does, thank you. So I just wanted to
say we have cable where we live, and it's Spectrum,
which I believe is owned by Comcasts, and there is
a there. We get two TV channels that are based
in Israel, and I did not really yes, I did
not pay much attention to them until within the last
(29:46):
six months.
Speaker 5 (29:47):
When I realized we had these channels.
Speaker 7 (29:49):
One of them I think is called Heroes and Icons
and they they have Israeli news intermittently. But then the
this other one called j b as in boy s
is in Samuel and I'm not sure what that stands for.
But there's a TV show they have called him Right
(30:11):
to Life and it's a talk show.
Speaker 4 (30:14):
And I saw this.
Speaker 7 (30:14):
I'm sorry it and taking a long time. But anyway,
in Israeli Defense Services young man had retired. He was
a tunneling specialist and he wanted everybody.
Speaker 5 (30:26):
You know, they were talking about the situation.
Speaker 7 (30:29):
And I found out maybe you knew this already, but
I didn't. If they want to find a tunnel used
by their enemies, all they have to do is find
where a hospital, a market and a school meet and
there's guaranteed to be a tunnel.
Speaker 10 (30:49):
You know.
Speaker 2 (30:51):
I didn't know that, but that makes sense because hamas
at least Tamas used a lot of tunnels and used
protection the protections of hospitals. Israel tended not to want
to hit. Occasionally, there were some strikes near hospitals, and
Hamas always was very clever in using public relations. Their
(31:13):
quote of public opinion against the state of Israel. Absolutely,
So does that makes sense?
Speaker 7 (31:19):
Yeah, unfortunately it does. But anyway, I would encourage you
guys who have comcasts to maybe look for these channels
and check this stuff out, the shows they have, because
if you want to hear their perspective or you want
to For me, it was I wanted to understand why
they could justify all this bonding, and so I kind
(31:41):
of got my answer. I mean, it's tough stuff. It's
hard for us to understand, but it's very real for them. Yeah,
but I don't like the settler issue. That makes me uncomfortable.
Speaker 2 (31:54):
Well, again, I've never been to Israel. I understand the
the considerations. I also look at the context of the
amount of terrorism that this small country about the size
of New Jersey has withstood over the seventy five seventy
six years.
Speaker 10 (32:13):
Of its existence, and I can understand, Yeah, I can.
I can understand to be honest with you, So yeah,
you know, but again I understand what others are saying.
Speaker 2 (32:28):
But I just think that that Israel has done an
amazing job, just an amazing job, okay, and and they
should be. They now are on the precipice. I think
with many of their enemies now out of commission, I
think they have the precipice potentially potentially a breakthrough of
(32:53):
just incredible proportions, incredible proportions, and maybe we may have
some years of, if not at least quietude.
Speaker 8 (33:01):
In the Middle East.
Speaker 2 (33:03):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (33:03):
Now I have to ask, because I've been listening to
you off and on for the last few weeks. Were
you inspired by Jimmy Carter's funeral? Did you start thinking
about the Camp David Accords and say to yourself, man,
we could do this again.
Speaker 2 (33:19):
I thought of Jimmy Carter, and I thought in terms
of the hostages. I thought in terms of the pans
between him leaving and the hostages being released, almost inspired
by the Iranians, and that this is now another transition
from a democrat to a Republican. And I was hoping
(33:41):
that this might be an opportunity where Hamas might decide
to release some if not all of the hostages, so
we'll see. Obviously, I'm very much aware of the Camp
David Accords. If you listen to any of my programming
that night, I need two hours, and basically told stories
of times that I spent with Jimmy Carter, all the
(34:01):
presidents of interviewed. I spent more time with him before
he was a candidate, while he was a candidate, while
he was president, and visited him in Plains Georgia after
he was awesome.
Speaker 7 (34:14):
Yeah, those are I loved your plans Georgia's story.
Speaker 3 (34:18):
I love that.
Speaker 2 (34:19):
Oh you did hear it? Okay, great, Okay, if you
get a chance, you can always check it out at
nightside under me in dot com. That was it was.
He was a wonderful human being. I mean, and he was.
He was not lucky as president. He inherited some difficult circumstances,
simple as that.
Speaker 7 (34:37):
No, and I'm sure you read you read Tip O'Neill's autobiography,
and you remember Tip was kind of frustrated by him.
Speaker 2 (34:46):
It was. But but when I had to get a
chance to go to Plains Georgia was tipped and set
it up for me.
Speaker 7 (34:52):
Oh that's great.
Speaker 5 (34:54):
I love that book. I love history. I'm a bit
of a history not so yeah, Marie.
Speaker 2 (34:58):
What do you what do you do in New York?
You still work? What do you do?
Speaker 7 (35:01):
I work part time. I'm older now and I used
to be a legal secretary, but now I work with
two disabled individuals. I cook and clean for them a
couple of nights a week. So there's a lot of
need for that out there. If anybody's looking for some
part time work, I would encourage you to check it
(35:23):
out because there's a huge need right now after COVID
and all the agencies.
Speaker 4 (35:28):
You know.
Speaker 2 (35:29):
Yeah, Well, thanks so much for calling. Please call again, Okay,
and thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Speaker 7 (35:36):
Thanks, you're welcome. Thank you, Dana, have a good night.
Speaker 2 (35:41):
Take quick break. We're going to finish up with Eric
and Bill. Eric is in Alboro, Bills in Pennsylvania. We
get room for them. If you want to try to
get in, give it a shot. Six point seven two.
Speaker 1 (35:53):
Now back to Dan Way Live from the Window World
Nights Night Studios on WBZ News Radio.
Speaker 2 (36:01):
I gotta wrap it up, gonna go first to Billis
and Pennsylvania. Then we get Eric and Adelborough.
Speaker 5 (36:06):
Go ahead, Bill, and then I just wanted to make
a couple of comments. I'm glad you're feeling better too.
I had the same thing and it took me forever
to get over it. And yeah, I.
Speaker 2 (36:18):
Missed, by the way, I only missed one night. I
was sick for one night. Uh, and most of my
recovery was during a Christmas New Year's break.
Speaker 5 (36:27):
Yeah. No, no, I felt bad for you because I
had the same thing. And boy, it was tough. Hey,
I know the Democrats are losing all the young people,
and uh, I think part of the reason it's going
to be if if if the if the Republicans were smart, Dan,
they would make a really good documentary okay about the
(36:48):
Biden administration and uh, all of them saying that he's
sharp as attack and all that I mean, and then
and then I'd put in there it's not just one thing, see,
it's it's it's that, and then it's what it's all
the incompetence down in New Orleans on that deal, and
then it's all the incompetence out They just talked to
some trends out California. Democrats okay that have turned okay,
(37:12):
they're turning out there, and because of the bad they
Republicans should make a documentary about all this stuff and
run it before every election.
Speaker 2 (37:23):
Well, you know, I think that that people are seeing. Look,
I think the mayor of Los Angeles is a joke.
At this point. I think that Newsom's presidential aspirations are over,
and I think the Democrats have to find new leadership.
I think that that's patently obvious to me. Now, there
(37:45):
will be bumps in the road. The Republicans will also
make mistakes. That's the history. You go back, and whether
it's you know, Richard Nixon in Watergate, or whether it's
Ronald Reagan. Even with a round contra, George Bush probably
extended US too far into the Middle East. That paved
(38:05):
the way for Barack Obama. What happens is that that
mistakes are made. All these presidents are human, uh, And
just as Joe Biden made mistakes, Donald Trump might make mistakes.
I think Donald Trump misbehaved as president, and I think
that his behavior was way out of what considered to
(38:25):
be the presidential norm. Is what I'm trying to say.
He was the anti president president. I hope that he
can act more presidential in the next four years.
Speaker 5 (38:37):
He'll make mistakes, absolutely not I agree with I agree
with you. But the other thing is we're not getting
any I'm not getting pushed back from many of my
Democrats friends. You know, they used to be ready, ready
to rumble, you know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (38:52):
They're they're licking their wound. They're licking some wounds. Okay,
it's as simple as that. Yeah.
Speaker 5 (38:57):
I think it's because a lot of them, Dan have
seen what the Democrat Party did. No primary, Okay, just
put Kamali in there and no mistake. Anyways, Hey, look
like a one more.
Speaker 2 (39:11):
I got to sneak in you.
Speaker 5 (39:13):
Okay, Okay, Dan, have a good night, Bill.
Speaker 2 (39:15):
Bill appreciate it. Look forward to your next call. Thanks,
thanks my friend. Let me go to Eric and Attenborough. Eric,
you're going to wrap the show show for us today.
I right ahead.
Speaker 6 (39:24):
Hey Dan, how's it going tonight?
Speaker 2 (39:26):
It's going fine. I had a lot of very interesting
callers tonight, and I'm sure you're going to be good
as well. So what do you got for me?
Speaker 6 (39:36):
I just wanted to point out one thing. You know,
in Israel, in other countries through like Finland for instance,
they have military conscription. So pretty much unless someone earns
an exemption, you know, aged eighteen to twenty six. They
served two years in the military. Now, obviously, you know
(39:58):
that's a positive thing as far as like building a
sense of camaraderie, I mean, to bonding experience. You know,
it still discipline. But what what we've clearly seen or
for those that have eyes to see and mot turn away,
We've seen a lot of people that are not meant
for combat, you know, that have been involved in you know,
(40:25):
the the in the flare up if you will, between
Israel and are.
Speaker 2 (40:32):
You Israeli soldiers jobman Israelis?
Speaker 6 (40:37):
Well yeah, I mean if I mean, if you really
take a close look, I mean, there's certain you know.
Speaker 2 (40:42):
This, so what so what what is your what is
your point that they do have you know, a draft
conscription over there, but the vast majority of Israelis realize
that they're in it together and and they're incredibly patriotical.
Speaker 6 (40:58):
Well absolutely, but but that's what I'm that's my point
is the ones that I mean, they weren't able to
they were not able to defeat Hamas in the like
urban warfare, like when they made their entry into northern Gaza. Wow,
that was like almost nine months ago.
Speaker 2 (41:15):
Well they did for you, So what's your Eric I've
got thirty seconds left. What is your overall point? I mean,
Hamas has been destroyed, Hesbola is in ruins, Iran is
on their heels, Asada is in Moscow.
Speaker 6 (41:29):
Yeah, well that's what I'm trying to say. I mean like,
I mean, you know, I guess it's like this dance,
like when there was.
Speaker 2 (41:37):
Ten seconds, I got five seconds. Eric, you helped me
out here. What are you trying to say.
Speaker 6 (41:42):
I'm just saying there was a ceasefire, you know with
hesbol months a couple of months back. You know that's
in the middle way.
Speaker 2 (41:48):
I gotta go, Eric, you ran out of time. Call
me next week and we'll we'll discuss this more. Okay,
I get your thoughts together. Done for the night. Rob Brooks,
thank you very much, Karen, thank you very much. All dogs,
all cats, all pets go to heaven. That's where my
pal Charlie Raims were passed fifteen years ago in February.
That's where all your pets are past. They loved you,
you love them. I do believe you'll see them again.
See again next week on nights Aid. Everyone be good
(42:10):
to my sitting host. Thanks everyone,
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