Democrats Are A Broke, Woke, Joke: But Are We Losing to THIS?

**Michael Duncan** (0:00)
What's clear is that the Democratic Party is a broke, woke joke. Meetings, let alone political meetings, are boring enough.
And then you add a land acknowledgement to the top of the thing. That's where the Democratic Party is in 2026

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We gather on the ancestral homelands of the Cato, Cherokee, Koawiltecan, Comanche, Lipan Apache, Karankawa, Tonkoa, and Wichita.

**Michael Duncan** (0:28)
She's still going.

**SPEAKER_2** (0:29)
Who call or have called what we now know as Central Texas home.

**John Ashbrook** (0:33)
Like this is not a party that's talking about modern times and normal now conversations about affordability.

**Comfortably Smug** (0:40)
They have this insanely deranged grassroots who in their own fault, they cultivated these people. They cultivated this insanity so that they could have like riots on demand at the drop of a hat. We saw all during the summer of 2020 these mentally unwell people that the Democrats have fostered of being like, yes, actually men can be women and children should get surgeries.

**Michael Duncan** (1:01)
As we get closer to election day, I wonder, are we really losing to them?

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**SPEAKER_10** (2:28)
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**SPEAKER_11** (2:32)
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**SPEAKER_10** (2:37)
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**Comfortably Smug** (2:38)
You guys are killing it.

**Michael Duncan** (2:39)
I just saw your number one.

**Comfortably Smug** (2:40)
So congratulations.

**John Ashbrook** (2:41)
Thank you.

**SPEAKER_7** (2:41)
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**SPEAKER_11** (2:50)
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**John Ashbrook** (2:53)
The only political podcast we're listening to is the Ruthless Podcast.

**SPEAKER_10** (2:57)
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**SPEAKER_11** (3:00)
The Ruthless Podcast.

**Michael Duncan** (3:04)
Welcome back to the Ruthless Variety Program. I am Michael Duncan, along with Comfortably Smug, and back on assignment, John Ashbrook.

**John Ashbrook** (3:13)
It's so good to be back, fellas. Also, it's so good to hear Carolyn Levitt's voice once again, just announcing this show. What a treat that voice was. I mean, dude, she was also like so good at her job, and I hate to see her go, but she's got a much more important job as a mom, and obviously takes that very seriously. But I know you guys talked about that a lot last week, but just what an absolute treasure she was at that podium day in and day out. 100%.

**Michael Duncan** (3:41)
Well, she may be leaving, but you are back, and might I say a little sun kissed, you look refreshed.

**John Ashbrook** (3:48)
Well, I did a little fishing. If I were a better fisherman, I would have caught more fish, but it's just nice to be out there. I mean, I love being outside. Like if I could be outside every single day of my life, I would, but not yet.

**Michael Duncan** (4:02)
So for the last few months here on the Ruthless Variety program, we have dutifully tracked all of the conflict within the Democratic Party, the rise of the DSA, all of these primaries and everything. And I think what's clear is that the Democrat Party is a broke, woke joke.

**John Ashbrook** (4:23)
That's right. Yep, you're exactly right, bud.

**Michael Duncan** (4:26)