Welcome, it is Verdict, live from the Republican National Convention.

Thank you.

And it's always fun when we come to these events because we get to hang out with friends.

It is great to be

with you. Half the time we're recording verdict and either I'm at home in my bedroom talking

into a microphone late at night and Heidi's yelling at me because she wants to go to sleep.

Or sometimes I'm in a dingy motel talking into a microphone and...

And when your power's out, sometimes you're at my house at midnight

okay that is true the last podcast we did you know there was a hurricane that hit houston power

went out and then my internet went out so i couldn't get online so what had ben say get your

rear end in a car drive to my house i've got internet so that was the last podcast i dressed up for you

full PJs.

It was really, it was disturbing, actually. He was in a speedo, and let me just say it was far too

much Ferguson for my taste. Do you hear this? All right. I'll get you back. I will get you back.

We have a guest today. We do. So we are live in

Milwaukee at the RNC. We have a guest, a good friend of mine, Dave McCormick. Now who is Dave McCormick?

Dave McCormick is from Pennsylvania. He was all state in wrestling. He was all state in in football he went to West Point where he

was the captain of the wrestling team at West Point by the way Dave was captain

the wrestling team at West Point Ben played varsity tennis at Old Miss I was a debate

both of these guys would have shoved me in a locker and forgotten

did we agree on that statement right that's a bipartisan

and I say would have if I have one more joke about about them

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