Welcome to the Bowler Podcast. I'm Charlie Sykes. It is August 30th, 2023. And we are joined

by Mike Murphy, an apostate GOP strategist, consultant, campaigns advisor, including John

McCain's Arnold Schwarzenegger's and Mitt Romney's all really Republicans in good standing

these days. So you've been running the table there, Mike.

Yeah, I'm so old. How old are you? I am so old. I remember the St.

Burkian Republican Party. I started in the early 80s. And so I've seen the, the

transformation from the best parts of the Constitution to the worst parts of the

Walmart parking lot.

Yeah, I mean, we're already at the stage now where we're sitting around the fire, saying

the young people. Let me tell you what it used to be like. You know, we were, we were

for the balanced budget. Yeah, four people were completely crazy. Of course, you all

have your own podcasts, hacks on tap, your analysts for NBC news. Okay, I want to start

off with, I suppose this is a palette cleanser because I know that everybody listens to

this podcast, just, you know, can't get themselves enough. Donald Trump, you know, Trump is

now saying that he's going to be recording these videos on truth, social on a regular

basis, which I mean, really what could go wrong? Yeah, perfect. Yeah. These lawyers are

going, oh, no, yeah, exactly. You're a Trump lawyer. This way you signed up for you have

the client from hell, not a surprise. Yeah, that's the book I'm waiting for. One of the

Trump lawyers does a tell all at the end because the worst job in America, it is the worst

job. And well, I'm, I have to think about that. I think there are probably some worst jobs

in America. I think the guy that's Trump's body man, that might be true. Yeah, that's true.

It's true. Yeah, I'm going to prison for it. So here is the former president of the United

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