You Don't Have To Agree

in #blog21 days ago

I think that's the one thing I can say that this place, as bad as I think it is as a platform, it has created this strange ability for Americans to communicate, even if we disagree. And I learned something while I was in Congress that I will take for life from Congressman Tim Burchett. And that is, you don't have to agree to be friends.

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So with that, I want to say thank you to all of you for being here. It's going to be a tight one hour conversation. Unfortunately, time is not a commodity.

I have an abundance right now at the moment. So I know you guys are used to drawn out spaces. I'm going to say this because I want to make it clear.

I have sent a co-host invite to Sarah, who is my OG space co-host. And she is now berating me on text because I didn't. Maybe she's old and she didn't see it and her fat fingers got in the way.

But here she is. That being said, Sarah, welcome to the stage. You get my text.

I did send you a co-host and you completely declined it. I didn't. It was your pinky that got in the way.

Yeah, sure. My pinky, not your fat fingers. But anyway, yeah.

So I just want to say thank you guys and have a conversation. And just like, let's give it one last hurrah of a shit show. And yes, this will probably be a shit show.

Most people are expecting me to be, what, curled up in a ball. I've done that for the last week in case anybody's wondering. Today, I just had to wake up and say, like, let's just do something normal, something we're used to doing.