Josh Welch
Appearances
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
Well, see, what being tough meant back in those days is, could you kick someone's ass? Could you whip someone's ass? That's what like being tough meant. So when you ask me these questions about Trump or Elon Musk, like, what if, you know, they were to be in a dark alley and meet some, I don't know, guy like me or
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
6'3", 6'4", African-American or whatever, and that you literally had to get into a fistfight, like fight each other. Like, are you thinking that Trump or Elon Musk or, I don't know, Joe Rogan, I mean, he's kind of cut a little bit.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
Yeah, I mean, are these guys, are you going to be able to fight your way out of that? Or are you just one of these like loud talkers? Because like, I'm kind of a tree hugger, kind of progressive. But I would love the chance to get into a fistfight with someone that I didn't like that was MAGA.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
I mean, so if you've got road rage and you see me driving my overpriced Range Rover, flip me off and let's get out and let's fight. Like, that's what it means to be a tough guy. Like, can you whip someone's ass?
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
I think that's the point. It's just rhetoric. It's just talk like guys like that. Back when you're in my high school that would talk like that, you would just quickly get your ass beaten. Like you would talk shit, somebody would call you on it, you'd get into a fight, you would get your ass whipped.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
You couldn't get on social media and type a bunch of shit out and put out a bunch of propaganda about how tough you were because all the kids just saw you get your ass whipped.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
They take these issues like trans playing sports, which is probably less than 1% of any factor in anything, and they take that and highlight it. But to your point, we know a lot of people who have trans kids. And the way that the kids are treated, everybody universally agrees is horrific.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
The way they're vilified, the way the government has turned its back on the treatment of these kids, everybody can universally get behind that. However, in rural Oklahoma, in rural parts of the country, when people don't understand an issue, their immediate go-to is to fear it. that issue and not understand it. So there's a lot of fear based around issues that they don't understand.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
And so part of that is incumbent upon the Democrats to be able to present this messaging in a way that resonates. And I think sometimes we just intellectualize too much or we're not as As you pointed out, we don't take a firm enough stance and dig in on certain issues. Because with what I do for a living, I'm very unapologetic about certain things I believe in.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
And if you don't like it, you know, you can F off. And I know that Regardless of what we say about Donald Trump, I think we can say that a lot of people were gravitated towards him initially because he spoke off the cuff and said things that normal politicians don't say. Now, we don't like those things, but that was his, I think, part of his attraction to a certain sector.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
You keep- You've just decided not to start answering me. I mean, it's been going on for years.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
Right in front of them. It seems like I was carrying several bags or one or two bags. You know how you get like a strap that's intertwined with your fingers, right? And I'm holding my iPhone. And it was such that I couldn't maneuver to where I could press the button or press the device and the time would pop up. So that's why I continued to ask.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
But I did realize the absurdity of asking when, in fact, I was holding an iPhone.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
Yeah. But I just wanted to qualify it as there were some handicaps that were preventing me from completely just taking that extra step and punching the face of the iPhone just to get it to light up. Like there was something that caused me not to be able to do that.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
And it seems like these families that do need assistance, that do need help, the Republican Party is doing everything they can to dismantle any form of governmental assistance for kids like the families that you speak of that come from poverty areas. The Republicans are specifically against those types of policies.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
It seems like that's exactly what they're trying to dismantle as far as governmental assistance in lifting kids like you speak of up instead of keeping them down. It seems like that's a systematic approach of their governing.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
It's kind of a broad umbrella, but I think I'm getting to the point where I've had it with society celebrating children so much, just in a general sense. Like everything is a celebration. Every child is going to be an exceptional athlete. They're going to train when they're in fourth and fifth and sixth grade. They're going to the NBA. They're going to play professional football.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
If you go to an award banquet, there's 87 awards given to assure that everybody gets one. I think just the celebration of children is makes me want to not celebrate children.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
Eating sushi, having a good time, and then, you know, all this shit's going on over here.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
Well, the only thing I want to offer to this is that I think my biggest complaint.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
Well, sort of. Sort of for both of you. And I'm not super informed.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
And we sort of embrace that. I feel bullied. No, no, no. Well, I've had a long run of being a Democrat for all my life. And I'm very progressive. And I think some of us, I'm a trial lawyer. I'm a criminal defense lawyer. Some of us sit on the sidelines and watch what happens, the dynamics between Republicans and Democrats.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
And it becomes apparent to us that the Democrats just don't play by the same set of rules that Republicans do to their detriment. Right. And the days of swining about integrity and all of these establishment things are gone. They're playing by a different playbook.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
And if we don't adapt and if we want to adhere to these go-to phrases of honoring this or honoring that or not doing this, then we're going to continue to get sliced apart. And that's what's happening. Yeah. is that we're playing nice, they're not. They're clearly playing by a different level of rules.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
You can see that with President Trump, how he treats the judicial branch, judges, how his AUSAs treat judges, the Department of Justice, how it's become weaponized. It is a different time that's going to call for a somewhat different response. Otherwise, it's going to be more of the same. And my biggest complaint is that Democrats don't. And it doesn't have to be fight, per se.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
Take that word out of it. But stand up, push back, and develop a different messaging.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
I think so. And the reality of it is that if you're lucky... you're just a normal kid. You're not exceptional. You're not killing it. You're not getting A pluses all the time. You're not scoring 30 points in a basketball game. You're just a normal child and that needs to be okay. Even being a subpar child at times is sort of being a good thing.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
I agree 100% with what you say and certainly recognize and respect your experience and the roles and expertise that you bring. It does seem to me, though, that we have a messaging issue. As far as these core issues, you talk about education and other things. How do we get that to resonate in areas where you also have guns? You also have abortion rights. You also have these other issues.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
But when you elevate it to where we at all times have to applaud the
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
and cheer and talk about how great this is and how great that is and in reality it's not you're just an average kid at times you're a little below average and that's okay you don't have to be exceptional everybody doesn't need an award you don't need another certificate that you're going to trash the moment that you get home we don't need all that doesn't it
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
Do we get a virtual hug between you two before the show?
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
I was going to get your advice on being an empty nester. We've kind of decided that we almost have to kind of like each other.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
I was very, I mean, I don't know that I've seen you that, um,
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
No doubt. And what it does is it places you in these untenable positions in a conversation where you have to look at the person and say, that's complete bullshit. That didn't happen. The way that you're describing this just simply did not happen. You can either say that or you just have to kind of sit there and nod your head and think, OK, when the fuck do I get to get out of here?
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
I agree, and I think he did provide some context for what he was saying.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
I think you did. I have to give a lot of deference to him. He's been in the trenches and doing this with the very top people for years. I do take a little bit of exception to the messaging aspect of this. I think you can be in that arena for so long and sort of lose sight of what people in Hugo or rural parts of the country think about certain things because, you know, he's in Chicago.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
Yeah, it's different. It's different. The rules are different that they're playing by and the messaging is going to have to be different. Right.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
You're welcome. I am your tree hugger who wants to fist fight a MAGA.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
Thank you all for having me, Pumps. I hope that you're safe and sound in bed, that you get better. The podcast missed you today. Thank you all for having me.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
I do sometimes. I have to. It's the only time I see. I have to kind of see what you're wearing, see what you're saying, what you're doing.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
But let's dissect this even further because it's part of a bigger problem with parents or grandparents wanting to take so much pride in their child or grandchild that they make something about the child or grandchild about them. This isn't about your aunt wanting to brag about
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
Her grandson, as much as it's a moment for her to tell some outlandish lie that's just simply not true, that just takes it to another level. You know, you see this a lot in sports where parents are talking about their kids and what a great, they're great at this or they're great at that. And you're just thinking they're not that great. You know, it's okay not to be that great.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
And your grandson's not that smart. Nobody gets a perfect ACT. That's a bald face lie. Quit saying this shit so we can have other conversations.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
See, you've pegged the worst there. That's the worst thing in the world. Whenever someone's sharing something with you about something they take pride in, and then you take that and you one-up it and totally shift the conversation to where it's not even about the thing that you're being vulnerable with and sharing. It then becomes about their one-upping. Right. And it's awful.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
I'm Josh. I'm filling in for AKA. What is it? The HBIC. The HBIC. The HBIC. The HBIC. The HBIC.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
It totally removed me from the gay camp. Yeah. As far as was he ever gay or not?
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
I recently had a brain tumor. I'm losing my hearing in my left ear. So all this happened within the past 10 days. I'm still investigating all of these things.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
Sequin. It's more sequins. I can't say it. Sequin. Sequin. Sequin.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
Well... In my defense, the Gucci website didn't pop the sparkles on the shoe like you would expect.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
That's right. That's right. I'm too busy at Best Buy looking for nut shavers. I don't have time for all this other stuff.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
Wow. Now, who said that? Do we get a name attached to that? Their name was Lenny. Lenny. Okay. A DEI hire?
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
You're not even touching on all the other things either. The addiction, all the other things I am that would make me a minority.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
Three or four. I had two CT scans scheduled simultaneously at the same time, one with contrast, one without, because I'd called so many doctors and they had all scheduled them. And eventually I thought I cannot go get a second CAT scan. I just had one. They said I'm normal. That would just not be smart. So I'm always chasing something down. As you get old, shit starts to break. Things fall apart.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
Three's being generous. And she's fortunate that We're not going to have all these petty grievances about people like her who try to tell us what to do.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
Well, it's also part of the just shut up and dribble LeBron stuff. It's exactly what it is. Just stay in your lane and... Here's a novel idea for that particular viewer. I guess we can call her a viewer. If you don't like the content, then maybe you don't have to fucking watch it. That's just a thought.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
If it gets a little too political, maybe you just turn it off because I turn shit off all the time that I don't want to listen to.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
I think that's 100% true. Women are just stronger. Mentally, emotionally, psychologically, they're just stronger than men. They just, when they've made a decision, there's some finality to it. It's over. You know, men just constantly are just titty babies and they're sorry. They're sorry over and over. And, you know, women are just No.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
Homecoming King, 1987. Let's get that out there. Football captain, football captain, the full nine yards.
I've Had It
Total Bullsh*t with Rahm Emanuel
Randy Travis, Clint Black, you name it. With your sea queens. George Strait.