2025 Martini Awards Part 3: Biggest Lie, Best Political Theater, Worst Political Theater

3 Martini Lunch

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🗓️ 26 December 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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We hope you had a wonderful Christmas! Jim and Greg are back today for the third round of the 3 Martini Lunch Awards. Today, they discuss the Biggest Lie, Best Political Theater, and Worst Political Theater of 2025.

They start with the biggest lies of the year. Jim focuses on a political campaign that was built on multiple lies and media doing virtually nothing to call any of it out. Greg's choice centers on a statement from a top administration official that led to major blowback from President Trump's own officials.

Then it's time for the best political theater of 2025, with Jim choosing something President Trump does a lot that President Biden avoided whenever possible. Greg suggests theater isn't exactly the right description for his moment, as he focuses on the powerful statement of Erika Kirk at her husband's memorial service.

Finally, they cringe remembering the worst political theater of 2025. Jim points out a prominent Democrat politician who was totally AWOL when she was most needed by her constituents. Greg chooses the very same politician (and others) but for a very different reason.

Please join us on Monday as Jim and Greg hand out their awards for Best Political Idea, Worst Political Idea, and Boldest Tactic for 2025.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the three martini lunch.
0:04.9	Grab a stole next to Greg Carumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.
0:10.6	Three martini's coming up.
0:13.2	So glad you're with us for another special edition of the three martini lunch.
0:17.1	We hope you had a wonderful Christmas.
0:18.7	Got everything you wanted under the tree and also enjoyed time with family and friends we are back today with our third installment of our special
0:26.2	three martini lunch year and awards if you haven't already heard the first two installments go back to
0:31.2	December 23rd that's where we kicked it off with overrated underrated and honest political figures
0:36.0	and then on Christmas Eve we talked about the figures we were very sorry to see pass away in 2025. And also we talked
0:41.7	about rising stars and the figures fading into oblivion. So today our categories are biggest lie,
0:48.8	best political theater and worst political theater. So for the biggest lie of 2025, Jim, what tops your list?
0:57.3	Well, Greg, I really tried to struggle with like what was the most consequential lie of the year.
1:02.8	Politicians lie all the time. I kind of jokingly say, oh, this is what our category is that has
1:06.7	the most intense competition. I don't think, you know, you look at the, there were not a lot of
1:10.9	elections this year, but I think you look at the one that was probably the biggest surprise and one
1:14.4	that got a lot of coverage was Zoron Mamdami's victory in the New York City mayoral race. And I don't
1:20.7	know if you want to say his entire campaign was a lie, but the entire coverage of him, I think, was
1:26.4	from the mainstream media, was insufficient to the task.
1:30.9	It did not reflect his true record.
1:33.9	It did not reflect what his policies would actually do.
1:37.3	His entire campaign was basically him on social media, walking around the city, giving a charming smile and saying, affordability.
1:43.8	And then smile. And just, you know, like, and the idea that and saying, affordability, and then smile,
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