The Decline of Civility in Politics

0:00 Speaker 1 Sunday morning. We have a few comments from Governor Pattison this morning, and he’s always had his common sense, and well, Governor Patterson, I don’t know what’s going on in our country anymore. Some states or have common sense. By the way, I had a great discussion with Senator McCormick in Pennsylvania and Senator Fetterman, and they worked well together. Josh Shapiro

0:30 Edrendell work well together in Pennsylvania. How come some states there’s craziness going on in some states you have common sense. I mean, maybe there’s something in the water.

0:42 Speaker 2 Well, what I would say, John, is, first, I hope you’ll join with me in congratulating Michael Jennaris, the deputy Speaker of the City Council. He’s retiring from politics.

0:52 Speaker 1 He’s too young to retire.

0:54 Speaker 2 He is too young to retire. And actually one of the reasons I’d like him not to retire is he was talking about the Senate primary in Michigan and he was saying that, you know, sometimes people get tired of all these other people who make all this money and they don’t make any money, and that’s why they voted

1:12 him out. I think that’s the biggest problem we’re having in this country right now. It’s not about wealth that’s getting people riled up. It’s just about beating people. It’s just about seeing them suffer. The winner, Abdul i’ll sell Aid is talking about disengaging from Israel, not sending them any more money. He wants to get rid of the

1:38 National Football League. He wants to get rid of ice in neighborhoods. He wants to get rid of special services for people who have served this country, in other words, returning from war. And therefore we can’t we You know that myself and Jake Novak hosts a show on the station called The Left Persons the Right. It’s not the

2:03 left versus the right anymore. It’s the good versus the evil. Jake and I’ve been wishing we could find a subject to fight over, but right now it’s so clear that there are people who are this just angry and frustrated and violent in some cases.

2:20 Speaker 1 You know, Governor, when I spoke to Senator McCormick before and Senator Fetterman, they get along fabulously. I mean, they don’t vote on everything the same way, but they get along a civilized way. Governor Rindell, we always got you know, I had a civilized conversation. We don’t agree on everything, and Josh Shapiro, we don’t agree on everything, but the

2:44 Democratic the Democratic Socialists hate him because he’s he’s Jewish.

2:48 Speaker 2 John when I was a minority leader of the New York States Senate for four years and the governor for three and a half years, and though at that particular time the leader of the New York State Senate was Joe Bruno, a legendary figure, he and I got along and when we had a problem, instead of yelling at

3:08 each other, we sat down, we exchanged opinions, and I think almost every time we worked it out. That’s also what’s gone from politics, the whole idea that you’re supposed to be leadership. You’re supposed to be teaching people how to work with each other and how to respect each other.

3:26 And nothing could be more opposite than what we’re seeing right now.

3:30 Speaker 1 I agree with you one hundred percent. We have another minute or so left with us. Would you like to tell people on the Sunday morning.

3:37 Speaker 2 Well, I think, fortunately, I think people are going to come to their senses. I think when they hear what Abdul, I’ll slid has to say they’re not going to vote for him. He barely won the primary in the first place, and maybe that’ll be the ginning of a wave that goes around this country where people now think more about

3:57 what the people were running for office can do for them, as opposed to trying to turn everybody into a vigilante.

4:04 Speaker 1 I agree one hundred percent. I’ve said that to all my Democratic friends. I’ve said that to all my Republican friends, that common sense people should work together. Extremism in any direction is not good for America.

4:17 Speaker 2 I hope I’m one of your Democratic friends.

4:19 Speaker 1 You are You help me run my campaign for mayor in twenty thirteen, and I thank you for that.

4:26 Speaker 2 Thank you most fun I had in politics.

4:29 Speaker 1 God bless you, God bless America. Thank you for coming on.