Welcome to an HBO podcast from the HBO late night series Real Time with Bill Maugh.

Okay, here we are back on the internet.

Oh, yeah.

It sounds really nice.

Okay, Dars, how would Lincoln have handled today's Republican Party?

Well, first of all, I must say, I always hate it when Republicans go,

we're the party of Lincoln.

The parties change their whole dynamics and it completely flips.

They should be forced to drop that where the party of Lincoln.

That's not at all the same party, right?

No, it is not the same party, but I must say, just listening to you tonight,

it made me so good after this at Acrimonius Week to laugh tonight.

I mean, it's really important to have that sense.

It is.

Lincoln used to say, the way you whistle off sadness is through humor.

He was able to tell funny stories.

I don't see a sense of humor in our current press.

I mean, it's a really missing element, but I mean, there's a lot of...

Well, he got the U-Wen laughing with him.

That's true.

With...with...with me.

But I think what...what...what...if Lincoln were here today,

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