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Playing the Kellyanne Conway Hot Mic Clip
from The Long Island Way · #45
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
3 minNews
They play and dissect the actual Kellyanne Conway hot mic audio, joking about what she really said, then riff on Zbigniew Brzezinski's hardline national security legacy.
- 25:24Tim's impression of Kellyanne Conway and his casual assessment of her appeal.
- 25:37The hypothetical scenario where Kellyanne goes to jail and then they could potentially date.
- 26:07Tim compares modern political scandals to Watergate, arguing Watergate was relatively minor.
- 26:21Discussion of whether Nixon was framed, citing historian Russ Baker's theory.
- 26:54Tim questions the logic of prosecuting Trump for sharing classified information with Russia.
- 27:28Tim asks what people actually believe they're proposing—that Trump is a Russian agent.
- 27:41Historical comparison: Israeli spy Eli Cohen who rose to Syrian Defense Minister in the 1950s.
- 27:59Tim imagines the absurdity of the Russians orchestrating Trump's rise through reality TV, Miss America pageants, and politics.
- 28:28Belief in Trump as a Russian asset requires discounting the possibility of deep state involvement in actual events like 9/11.
- 28:42Tim describes the implausibility of the scenario: that a crooked New York real estate developer could manipulate his career for 40 years.
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