Trial that could take place in the new year. Inappropriate in my judgment for senators on either side of the aisle to prejudge evidence before they have heard what is presented because each of us will take an oath to seriously render impartial justice. Collins and murkowski doubting the leaders approach, scrutiny fall on republicans, like Lamar Alexander of tennessee, who could force leaders to work out the terms of 1999al the way they did in with the impeachment trial of president bill clinton. Edward is in newport, florida, optimistic. Caller greetings and happy new year from sunny florida. I am very optimistic. Hasdentally, Arnie Arnesen a net worth of 70 million, all through politics. Has made hismp money in business. In new port richey, the tampa area, every block has new construction on it. When i go to the vfw, my fellow veterans are very positive and optimistic about what President Trump is doing. ande in a community of 55 at our community center, we have optimism from senior citizens. I believe President Trump is for so i amily and country very optimistic about 2020. Host thank you. Jeffrey, washington state. Jeffrey, hello. Caller yes, hello. I turned down the tv. Host thank you. Caller i am pessimistic on a number of levels. Hopefully happy new year, i am not sure. I have never seen the country so divided. I am 72, still working. American government teacher and American History teacher. I work in the innercity. Wage disparity still exists. We have a president who campaigned on racial divides. Tweetslling, racist , condescending toward africanamericans, we all know those stories. I am originally from new york city, queens, from the next neighborhood. The guy who went down to the playground to play basketball. When he stopped coming down, we found out in his private school where he went, he was actually expelled for hitting a kid and a teacher and bullying kids. He has not changed. I dont understand how these evangelicals can support the lies, the namecalling, the philandering to me, it is so hypocritical. The National Deficit. 1 trillion this year. It has never been so high. Foreign policy is tanking. North korea, forget it. To they want to use iran as scapegoat and maybe there is justification but for goodness sakes. Host gloria, maryland. Caller good morning cspan. God bless america and you. [indiscernible] my congregation [indiscernible] host gloria, are you by a window . The signal on our end is breaking up. Caller i am on a cell phone. Host if you can get to an open space. Caller i will walk over here by my sliders. I want to encourage people pessimistic, trump may think he is above the law, obviously he does. The world does not belong to donald trump. I believe a minority of people who are praying earnestly, quite frankly, i think trump is gods rebuke [indiscernible] you dont drop up senate hes in public all the time [indiscernible] i happen to be a person of color [indiscernible] as for the evangelicals, these are not christians. I am encouraging people [indiscernible] you pity. Everyone who has the opportunity he has had, his terrible rhetoric, he has brought out the worst in everything and everybody. We pity anyone who does not realize that. Have a good day. Int we will hear from gina naples, florida. Caller happy new year to everyone. I agree with your previous washington, from pretty much everything he said. I wanted to mention one thing. I want to make it very clear to all of your listeners and democrats dont hate publicans republicans. We dont hate trump. Us some, he has given reason to be unhappy with his behavior, that is an understatement but we dont hate him. Just so that the republicans know. Host why are you optimistic . I am optimistic and pessimistic. I will make a quick. I am optimistic because i believe our institutions appear to be holding on. Holding up. Even though we have a lot of criminal activity going on in the executive branch and a lot of badolicy lot policy. I am pessimistic about the fact iowa i am a farmer from and also live in florida and we have been really hurt badly from the tariffs, china is not buying the soybeans and mexico is not buying the corn, so that really i am on both sides of the spectrum. That is all i have to say, sir. Host take a look at the economy and use it to gauge optimism or pessimism, Washington Times, Associated Press story looking at the stock market closing out the year yesterday saying the s p finished with again of 28. 9 of the year, best annual performance since 2013, the dow applegained 23 led by and Technology Stocks vaulting 48 , powering the nasdaq composite the 35 point 3 gain for the year and along the way, the three major indices set the longest and cap bull market for stocks going. The more of that in Washington Times this morning. Carolyn, california, hello. Caller hi. Host go ahead. Caller i am pessimistic about the future of our country. Our president has a hidden agenda that has nothing to do with the American People. Personal gain. As far as democrats, you dont have anyone who will beat donald trump in the next election. Nobody is talking about what they are going to do to fix the situation or anything else, ok . They are talking about trump. Whatever. Ok. The point then is like, [indiscernible] i read somewhere that guatemala, like 200 million per year from our government [indiscernible] [indiscernible] they are coming here. Ok. Host what should the Democratic Candidates be talking about . Caller what they will do to fix the situation. The people coming from any country [indiscernible] becauseare coming here of corruption. Fromcan use that money them to take care of them, the housing, clothing, whatever. T sherry, fort smith portsmouth, virginia. Caller good morning. Folks ed by the there is a game called twister that was popular where you had to place yourself on the know, right hand behind her back, left foot kind of thing, i see people doing that in defending the president in a way that ignores all his illst, sexist, homophobic he spews that are clearly wrong for the elected leader of the clearlybe espousing and are not christian based in terms of what he is saying, yet people are able to ignore that and allow themselves to be hypnotized by what they consider financial success. Host you describe yourself as optimistic. I live incause tidewater, hampton roads, where the nation was founded in 1607 at jamestown. We are very much about understanding how that beginning is reflected in who we are today. We are very much about helping america heal from the wounds of slavery without shame or blame and so by doing that we bring people together and have conversations about the past and how the nation was formed on the values and principles of which it stands for. By doing that, we get able to appreciate how we have to Carry Forward that legacy in the present day, the 21st century. This is what we are doing in hampton roads, virginia at fort monroe where slavery was ended in 1861, two point five years before the emancipation proclamation with federal policy that basically said when people made their way to that union camp at fort monroe, they would be not returned to their owners and they would be put on the federal payroll and given citizenship. That started, may, 1861 fort monroe and people become impressed when we tell them that and empowered by that history. Host ok. Saint albans,rom new york, tom. Caller thank you. Host go ahead. Becauseim optimistic trump is not, i hate to say bad president but for lack of a better word, we have had president s who have been you know unpopular, controversial, divisive before in our history. We have survived them all. Im optimistic there is only a year left in his term even if he is not removed. If he wins reelection, which i hope does not happen, we can survive more years of him. Education happens in many ways. Sometimes education comes from hard knocks. The hard knocks we are experiencing is a country are an Excellent Way of educating the , to elect a more favorable person and have better domestic and international policies. We were talking about iraq and the embassy thing, i remember, 1979 when the embassy in iran was overthrown. I remember when we went into iraq. I was against it. We dont hear anything about the iraqi people getting the ink stained fingers, holding them up in the air when they voted, the 1960s, the domino theory to spread democracy. Nobody talks about that anymore. Next fromill hear springfield, missouri, ron. Caller thanks. Couple things i am optimistic about. People are starting to wake up to america. Peoplebeen several years have gotten together as a group and talked about the problems and really cared. I think we are going to reach a Critical Mass in the country where things are going to happen fast duend change so to the evolution of technology that people are going to make decisions for change instead of talk about them. We have to do some things that are going to hurt but the one thing we have to do is attack the deficit. The only way to start that is to do a national lottery. That way, we are doing something about the deficit. We have got to do something about the climate. The only way we can do that is to wake up to recycled things. We have to do things. The reality is there. We are in the middle of winter. Most of the country feels like its in the spring. Fact that wece the have different news briefs doctoring the news. We have to demand the real truth. We can all do that. The one thing we all have to wake up to is the spiritual reality of our lives. That is why we are here. America, dont worry about your pocketbook. Worry about your spiritual bank. Host ok. Congressional issues. More andreporting, more californians are moving elsewhere amid rising housing costs, the golden state is on seat for lose a the first time in history. 203,000 people moved out of 20182019,between the bulk of them going to arizona, texas and colorado where the cost of life is less pricey. Year,bers hold true, next california would see the number of seats in the house of representatives dropped to 52. It would do little to diminish californias influence in the Lower Chamber but there is a possibility the States Californians are migrating to could pick up a seat, a move that could alter the local and federal political map. The Washington Times has a story about those who are retiring from congress or running from for office and keeping a tally. Here is the list. Office,s, nine, leaving announcing the intention, compared to 25 republicans, some retiring, some running for government, senate and other offices. That list available at the Washington Times if you want to see the perspective. Ohio, westchester. Caller hello. I am optimistic for many reasons. First of all, i read on the gateway pundit a few weeks ago that only 42 of deplorables voted in the last election, which leaves 58 who have now had four years to find out, gee, if i get registered and come out and vote again, that could increase trumps vote. The other reason i am optimistic is i see minorities moving to the low teens from the mid20s, approaching the 30s, i think that will be another beneficial thing. All of this being under the tutelage of brad carr scale, the social media manager. Years ofad three getting all the info and we are finding out 25 of the people attending trump rallies are democrats. I have a lot of reason for optimism. I expect to go to bed early on election night, 2020. Thanks much and happy new year. Huntsville, alabama, optimistic. Pessimistic because of what congress is doing and not doing. We have groupthink taking over the congress. If anyone doesnt know what that is, look it up. Up cognitive dissonance, which is essentially acting against your beliefs. The beliefs they are acting against, if they are christians, their actions are not representative of christianity. It is not about what you talk about, it is about what you do, your actions. Everybody should pick up a psychology book sometime and realized all actions are results of feelings. Host rick, if congress is suffering from groupthink, give me a specific. Caller whenever you have people that will not listen to what the , andligence agency say they will go about what the president believes, i do not believe that before this term took place, this candidacy took place go back and look at man fromke the gentle South Carolina that spoke against President Trump and now how he talks. In less than two years, he has changed his whole thought based on what . Not on facts. If it was faxed, he would be listening to the intelligence agencies. Why is he speaking against them now . It is not like everyone in the agency those are career professionals. They were in those positions before trump got in office. That is my evidence. No one is going against it. On impeachment, all republicans voted they were against impeachment. That is my facts. Not the emotions. You can join us via phone talking about your optimism, pessimism or maybe you are unsure . Give us a call. 202 7488001 if youre pessimistic. 202 7488002 if you are unsure. 8000 if youre pessimistic. Joining with the blaze, us from iowa. Good morning. Guest happy new year. Host happy new year. Optimism, pessimism . Guest i am optimistic i am not going to run out of material this year and pessimistic at what that material is going to be. Your last caller is a great example. He claims he has some kind of moral high ground that now all these people on the right are against the intelligence agencies because trump is but then where is the selfawareness . Those same agencies 15 years ago sre telling us iraq had wmd and we had to preemptively strike. Those same leftists were saying bush lied, people died. We are going to get tribalism on steroids. If you want to know what republicans will say about impeachment, rerack what democrats said 20 years ago and vice versa. It is the same thing on intelligence agencies. It is going to be tribalism on steroids. If youre looking for punchlines, as i am, it will be glorious. Impeachment,ers of will that further strengthen the tribalism . Guest absolutely, especially when the democrats decided we have the Robert Mueller report, lets spend 50 million on that for two years, instead, lets roll with this ukrainian phone call, only one of the witnesses recalled was actually on. This entire thing, i am a christian, i dont have the chinese year of the this, but if i were, i would declared 2020 already, having listened to the first call before i came on, this will be the year of bumd. Maximum dumb. Abouti am interested criticism of those who would support the president amongst the evangelical community, when you hear that criticism, is it valid or not valid . Guest i think there has been legit criticism of the way some in the evangelical community have supported President Trump. The whole jesus saves, nebuchadnezzar, this, that, that is ridiculous. I push back on that on my show with maximum prejudice. And clearober minded thinking evangelicals are loyal to the president. It is clear. The Democratic Party, if you watch their debates, what Hillary Clinton said in 2016, they use the full coercive power of government to hammer them for their beliefs and drive them out of the mainstream of the Public Square and shut down any businesses they own in the process. Ask for jack who is the only baker in denver, colorado. It is an act of selfdefense. No one has any moral high ground. If you are supporting the party, with its virginia governor, we give birth to kids, then we put it in swaddling clothes in the been and let the mom decide if she wants it and if she doesnt, we stick a fork in it and say adios. If that is your political party, i think maybe you need to consider jesuss admonition to look first at the beam in your own eye rather than the speck of dust in others before you start preaching on a moral high ground. Host taking a look at criticizing those who would support the president on those fronts, your analysis . Do you buy it . Guest if st. Paul were here, he would look at this debate and say it is silly and pointless. The idea that the president should be impeached if you read the article, the case is he should be impeached because he is a Bad Influence on christianity. If donald trump is everything christianity today claims, they should look in the mirror and say, we as the shepherds, how did we fall down on the job that such a neerdowell was able to take advantage of the church like this . It is a self condemning piece. There were a lot of people that were convicted and righteous in faith that came to the defense of the president. They need to look at some of the people they signed the list with like apollo white, a complete sham artist, probably should be in prison for shaking people down for finances with the fake prosperity gospel. We should have let Chuck Grassley investigate those tax 15 years ago. Paul would look at each side and say, he is a political candidate. In a few years he will be gone. One where the other. Christianity remains. What are you doing for the integrity of the faith . It is larger than donald trump, barack obama or nero. I think this debate is god of theof how the Christian Church in america is too small. Host you have a caucus coming up in iowa in a couple weeks. Does it get overshadowed by matters of impeachment or lose oompf . Guest a good friend of mine was looking for info from out east using a source right before christmas, asking me what is going on . We are hearing nothing in new york. When they started impeachment, the Iowa Caucuses, except for isolated rallies, Pete Buttigieg or elizabeth warren, the room has been chloroformed. If you open up the room, there is no oxygen, you cannot breathe. Delaying this all the more has not been good for energy on the ground for democrats. Some of their own candidates like Amy Klobuchar are warning them, tulsa gabbard, no one is asking us about this. Get busy living or get busy dying. Two weeks today that nancy pelosi has been holding onto the articles. I would not trust any polling out of iowa or anything of that nature until w