[speaker001:] Okay, I don't know, which end do we push but okay,
[speaker002:] Okay, well, um, let's see, I, I think there's a lot of people that don't vote because they don't really think their, their, uh, opinion is going to be heard and, you know, there's such a small voice and such a huge number of people in the United States and that, you know, their, yo-, vote's not going to make that much difference and whether you vote for one person or the other person, the issues is what, you know, what you believe in, and that person is going to have a lot of, uh, since there's so many issues, this one person can believe a lot of different ways on,
[speaker001:] Right, yeah.
[speaker002:] all of them so, it would be really difficult to have that one pers-, perfect person that believed exactly what you believed.
[speaker001:] That's true, you know, a lot of people, uh, uh, I think the, that it ends up the people that, uh, vote every time, uh, elections come around are more the, the polly, uh, the party type followers, the guys that, uh, you know, follow the party lines, you know, and,
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] they, you know, just go in and if they're Republican they vo-, vote Republican every year, you know, and, uh, the people that are independent, you know, are the ones that don't, uh, don't really, uh, show up every year because they can't seem to, to decide which are the good aspects and which are the bad aspects of a candidate.
[speaker002:] Right, yeah,
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] that's good.
[speaker001:] Ye-, I always thought it was back when Anderson was running, I was hoping that things would change and he'd actually get elected and party politics would start going down the tubes, but, um [baby crying],
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] that didn't work.
[speaker002:] Yeah, there's, uh, a lot of extremes on the parties, too, with the you know, the real, uh, far side of the Democrats they're real liberal now and to where probably fifty or a hundred years ago, um, the Democrat party being liberal like they are now, you know, would never be thought of, it would be the other way that the Republicans were real liberal minded as far as like, uh, moral standings and those kinds of things.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] But,
[speaker001:] Yeah, yeah, that's, uh, and then, and then people always get upset about it, too, because, you know, every year the, the, the politicians are the ones that are usually pushing for more people to vote,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh [very faint].
[speaker001:] they, they each think that, uh, if more people vote, they'll get more votes, huh?
[speaker002:] Yeah [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] I'm always amazed at that, that each candidate thinks it's going to be the people that come out that will vote for him, you know.
[speaker002:] Yeah. That's, that's true. I think in, uh, the Texas governor elections, I think more people turned out to vote against somebody than for somebody, this time.
[speaker001:] Yeah, well, that, uh, I know that there's certain issues that can really motivate people because we live in a pr-, pr-, predominately Catholic type area,
[speaker002:] Oh, really?
[speaker001:] and when things start, uh, when, when abortion comes on the issues and people just get all insp-, inspired, you know,
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] and, uh, still on the other hand we're also, uh, this particular community is a Catholic community but, uh, uh, down in D C where, where things are a little bit different, uh, you know, it's, it's women's rights and the, and that sort of movement, and so it's, uh, quite the opposite, so elections start getting very, uh, the elections where they have that topic seem to be a little bit better attended than some of the other ones.
[speaker002:] Yeah, that's true.
[speaker001:] But, uh,
[speaker002:] Yeah, that's true that the different places in America that, uh, you know, different issues would be a lot more important than say in another place.
[speaker001:] [Baby talking] Yeah, I can understand why, why some of the, the rural areas, the voter turnout isn't as much because it does seem sometimes like the lobbyists in D C are like controlling things for the, the Midwest,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh [very faint].
[speaker001:] and, uh, it doesn't matter who they put in office, they're going to fall subject to, uh, the pressure that the lobbyists can put,
[speaker002:] Right. Yeah, and it's, uh, real true that, uh, you know, they'll say one thing,
[speaker001:] [Baby talking].
[speaker002:] to get elected, and then once they do get elected, they don't have the power or the authority or the willingness to do those things that they promised, you know, beforehand.
[speaker001:] Right.
[speaker002:] You know, maybe it just wasn't possible at all in the first place, you know, like the no new taxes thing. You know, that's, uh, with the economy going the way it is and everything, that was nearly ridiculous
[speaker001:] Yeah [baby talking].
[speaker002:] thing to, even try to do.
[speaker001:] Yeah. Well, I don't think he's going to have to worry about that next year. I think he can probably raise taxes and still get elected.
[speaker002:] Right [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Uh,
[speaker002:] Right, after the war.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] That really, uh,
[speaker001:] Unfortunately that will probably even drop lower, the voters turndown, even more because more Democrats will think that they don't have a shot so they won't even bother turning out.
[speaker002:] Uh, that's true, yeah.
[speaker001:] They'll just say, oh, well, you know, the Republicans have this election we'll see you in four years.
[speaker002:] Right. Yeah.
[speaker001:] hope some of the local, well that's what they, they keep saying that it seems like people with old-fashioned values are the ones that aren't turning out at the, at the booths, they, they say that these older voters that, uh, you know, they, they feel like the kids are running the, the country so they, they don't come out, turn out to vote and they're the ones that, uh, you know, really know what's going on, have the experience and seen, you know, how politicians can, you know, screwup or what ever.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] But, I know, my grandmother hasn't voted in years.
[speaker002:] Right, that's, you know, neither has mine as a matter of fact. And, uh, [barking], that's true, they, I think they look at it as, well everybody, the majority of the people think this way, when that's not necessarily true,
[speaker001:] [Baby talking].
[speaker002:] because, you know, that's what the media says. Well, the majority believes this way so, uh, they don't even bother turning out to vote to express their, uh, opinions. So that's, that's true.
[speaker001:] Yeah, wonder if they're going to take into account this computerized conversation that there's little children, you know, bouncing in your knee,
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] the whole time your talking [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Yeah. Do you hear the dogs in the background here?
[speaker001:] No, I can't hear them.
[speaker002:] Okay, they're, the children [barking] next door just opened the fence and they went off.
[speaker001:] Oh, yeah?
[speaker002:] Yeah. But anyway, that's, I guess we've, uh, talked long enough and, uh,
[speaker001:] Yeah [Baby talking].
[speaker002:] that was sort of interesting. What part of the country are you from?
[speaker001:] Uh, Washington, D C,
[speaker002:] Are you really?
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] Wow. This is, I'm in, from, this is Dallas where I'm at.
[speaker001:] Oh, okay.
[speaker002:] The outskirts of Dallas.
[speaker001:] Well, I figured with Texas Instruments they'd probably have a few, uh, Texans on the line now and then.
[speaker002:] Yeah, do, do you work for T I in any way?
[speaker001:] No, huh-uh.
[speaker002:] Wow, how did you, how did they get you?
[speaker001:] Um, they, they went through engineering companies,
[speaker002:] Oh.
[speaker001:] and, uh, we're communications. I, I work in a communications company.
[speaker002:] Oh, okay, right. I work for T I so, we saw it on the, uh, T News one day and I thought, wow, that might be interesting.
[speaker001:] Yeah. sort of different.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] They called me at, uh, ten o'clock one night, that was very strange.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] I guess they were doing Eastern Standard Time. I was like, I don't know how long it takes whether it takes five minutes or twenty minutes.
[speaker002:] [Barking] Yeah, Central Standard Time is what they're doing it by.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] Yeah. I still haven't figured out what the zero through six days which day is which yet but,
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] I didn't study it that hard so maybe I'll figure it out.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] But, anyway, it was nice to talk to you and, uh, sort of meet you, and,
[speaker001:] Okay.
[speaker002:] that was an interesting topic.
[speaker001:] Yeah. Okay, well, if your ever in, uh, D C, come look up Wayne Sherman, you'll say oh, yeah, talked to that guy.
[speaker002:] Okay. I'm, I'm Kyle Hunt,
[speaker001:] Oh.
[speaker002:] too, if you ever come to, to Dallas area.
[speaker001:] Okay.
[speaker002:] We live right by the airport.
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER] Yeah, yeah, so do we.
[speaker002:] Oh, okay.
[speaker001:] Yeah, right next to Dulles.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] All right, I'll talk to you later [baby crying].
[speaker002:] Okay.
[speaker001:] Bye-bye.
[speaker002:] Bye.