The Mark Simone Show on 710 W0R.

Hey, we'll take some calls. Kevin McCarthy announced he's leaving.

Well, I'll be departing the house at the end of this year.

Now, the reason he had to make this announcement, otherwise, who the hell would have noticed?

Would you notice if this guy left?

But this is normal.

Speak of the house, you're no longer speaker of the house.

You leave. And the reason you leave, you've just been Speaker of the House for a while.

So you've got a lot of clout there. So you leave like a Paul Ryan or whoever. And then you go make

five, ten million a year as a lobbyist in Washington. Now, the only person who lost the speakership and then did not leave was Nancy Pelosi,

but that's because she doesn't need the money.

She's worth $500, $600 million.

But if you're Kevin McCarthy, you're Paul Ryan.

This is your chance.

This is where you go out and make a ton of money.

So obviously, he's leaving.

Let's go to Kathy in North Carolina.

Kathy, how you doing? Hey, Mark. I wish I had a thousand dollars laying around, extra

thousand to lay around so I could bid, but I would want to meet you and blame. So I'll think

about that. Well, we were kind of hoping for more than a thousand, but okay, go ahead. Okay. Well, that's why an extra couple of thousands. Wait a minute. Hang on for a second. Somebody just tuned in. They may think I'm a prostitute or something. No, it's not a thousand dollars to, it's, she's talking about a charity auction, the Y Hungerthon where you can bid for a meet and greet. It's what is it, hungrathon.org slash iHeart. But go ahead. Yeah, well, for a couple of thousand, I might want more than just a meet and greet. Well, we'll talk. We'll negotiate something. Listen, so I wanted to call. I mean, I always wanted to call to tell you that I'm a member of the...

What the hell is that screeching back there?

I know, it's not yours.

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