What If We Had And Election And Nobody Voted? | Lewis Black's Rantcast

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  • čas přidán 8. 07. 2024
  • This week on the podcast Lewis ponders what would happen if we all just collectively decided not to vote in the 2024 Presidential Election. This is because of a group of people that just don't feel energized by this year being a rematch of the 2020 election. In one corner a probably insurrectionist and in the other a person who might've done some good but no one seems to hear him. But the lethargy doesn't seem to end with the White House as most of Congress seems to be running in the opposite direction of progress.
    The rants this week range from the political to the silly. We're even treated to a rebuttal of a previously submitted rant. It's a live one!
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    CHAPTERS
    0:00 - Intro/What would happen if nobody voted in this upcoming election?
    4:30 - Lewis is on the road, get tickets.
    6:18 - The tremendous speaker of the house
    8:37 - And while we're on Congress
    11:40 - The Deep State
    16:27 - A man with a kilt got himself into trouble
    21:15 - RANT #1 - Mildred Ellison finds a recent censoring of Mary Poppins silly
    23:23 - RANT #2 - Barry Yates has an issue with aliens, not the undocumented kind
    25:28 - RANT #3 - Brandon Hennery response to a recent rant about corn
    27:29 - RANT #4 - Claude Craphead is onto the long con of big oil
    29:19 - RANT #5 - Michelle Remiss hates some new efficiency features on cars
    31:51 - RANT #6 - Robert Fling thinks typos suck
    33:36 - RANT #7 - Howard Toller rants about our choices for president
    36:13 - RANT #8 - Belinda hates the casual use of “My Bad”
    37:41 - RANT #9 - Edwin Huett has a revelation about corrupt Congress
    38:57 - RANT #10 - Krista Graves updates us on the Norfolk Southern train derailment
    44:16 - Outro
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Komentáře • 160

  • @OfficialLewisBlack
    @OfficialLewisBlack  Před 3 měsíci +6

    Catch Lewis live on the road!
    3/21 - Providence, RI - The VETS Providence
    3/22 - Boston, MA - The Wilbur
    3/23 - Portland, ME - Merrill Auditorium
    3/24 - Orono, ME - Collins Center for the Arts
    4/19 - Chattanooga, TN - Walker Theatre
    4/20 - Nashville, TN - James K Polk Theatre @TPAC
    4/21 - Atlanta, GA - Buckhead Theatre
    For dates and tickets, visit www.lewisblack.com

    • @efowlermail
      @efowlermail Před 3 měsíci

      Erin Marshall to replace Comer in 2024. He has a history of violence against women and a hypocrite on abortion. She has the reciepts.

    • @jimmarnell3964
      @jimmarnell3964 Před 3 měsíci

      Come back to Greensburg Pa

    • @scorp10fl53
      @scorp10fl53 Před 3 měsíci

      Hi Lewis.
      Love your stuff. Particularly because it involves input from your creatively disturbed subscribers. Lol
      Are you ever coming back to Canada...that is if you've ever been here?
      👋🏼🇨🇦😁
      Fred Lewis

  • @gargoyleb
    @gargoyleb Před 3 měsíci +25

    "Man's ability to not be rational knows no bounds." -Neil Tyson

  • @user-ng7hz7ow6s
    @user-ng7hz7ow6s Před 3 měsíci +13

    I’m five years your senior and you express my angst and anger with every rant cast. I heard you say once, “The good die young, and pricks live forever!!!” You said it well! Love you and your rant casts!

    • @randalljames3080
      @randalljames3080 Před 3 měsíci

      That may explain why I'm getting so old. All my "nice" friends died young. Go figure.

  • @tofu_golem
    @tofu_golem Před 3 měsíci +9

    “Anyone who has what it takes to have themselves made president should on no account be allowed to do so.”
    -Douglas Adams

    • @Radioman.
      @Radioman. Před 3 měsíci +1

      A Presidents job is not to wield power, but to draw attention away from it. Very wise man, Mr Adams.

  • @stevenschulz4235
    @stevenschulz4235 Před 3 měsíci +28

    The Speaker of the House believes The Flintstones is a documentary!

  • @earlofsmeg
    @earlofsmeg Před 3 měsíci +11

    IOWA - Idiots Out Wandering Around - 🤣😂🤣😂

  • @tg360andbeyond
    @tg360andbeyond Před 3 měsíci +8

    I'm crying about the kilt story. I can't....gasp...😂😅

  • @starcloudhidden8074
    @starcloudhidden8074 Před 3 měsíci +12

    Good morning
    Frank Zappa said it'd go like this
    Shame on us all.

  • @producerk8247
    @producerk8247 Před 3 měsíci +6

    We're F**ked! 😵‍💫

  • @HVACSoldier
    @HVACSoldier Před 3 měsíci +3

    It’s the two party system. In Europe, IF one party goes crazy, there is more than one alternative. IF BOTH major parties, in European countries, go crazy, there are alternatives. In the U.S.? Not so much.

  • @BillonBass
    @BillonBass Před 3 měsíci +4

    I’m writing in Bozo the Clown. If we are going to vote in clowns I at least want to see the big red nose and shoes!

  • @apocalypsepromotions7676
    @apocalypsepromotions7676 Před 3 měsíci +6

    Good morning, Lewis!

  • @heywoodjhablomee5473
    @heywoodjhablomee5473 Před 3 měsíci +2

    I totally agree. It's ridiculous what our politics has become.

  • @anitakranitz6845
    @anitakranitz6845 Před 3 měsíci +3

    I'm in Tennessee and my ex-father in law has a farm and a huge vegetable garden well, it's an acre big and the corn and other veggies I get from him are awesome. Also, he has a chicken farm on the other side of the house. He's on 2 acres. And I can tell you there is a big difference between those eggs and the eggs at the store.

  • @daftsquiddy
    @daftsquiddy Před 3 měsíci +4

    You would get my vote Mr. Black!

    • @drlegendre
      @drlegendre Před 3 měsíci

      He wouldn't want it. That's the whole point.

  • @ThomasHuffman-ys1tq
    @ThomasHuffman-ys1tq Před 3 měsíci

    Man, I so hear you. You make it fun to be pissed off about things that just plain shouldn't be a problem!

  • @ssgtmole8610
    @ssgtmole8610 Před 3 měsíci +2

    This is why some of the founders of the US constitution didn't want political parties. They saw how fucked up they were in the english parliament and said, "Uh-uh! No! No thank you!" 😣

    • @darksaint0124
      @darksaint0124 Před 3 měsíci

      Those same people immediately made and joined political parties.

  • @ndoucette9676
    @ndoucette9676 Před 3 měsíci +2

    So disgusting about the government

  • @66tluv
    @66tluv Před 3 měsíci +2

    It's fucking amazing. Dems says this is what we want to do for the people". Repus say in turn " we ain't doing that ". Nothing gets fucking done.😡😡😡😡

  • @chuckharris4504
    @chuckharris4504 Před 3 měsíci +5

    all those cuts to mental health care have really paid off for the republicans...!!

    • @HVACSoldier
      @HVACSoldier Před 3 měsíci +1

      BOTH parties did it. Mental health reform, and the closing of mental hospitals, began with JFK. BUT, back then, they were performing lobotomies on homosexuals. It was a bit extreme, compared to today.

  • @michaelhuling3588
    @michaelhuling3588 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Thank you Lewis, I have been saying both of them are 2 old. Now that I know you agree, I feel like I'm not alone!

    • @lesliewolfe7643
      @lesliewolfe7643 Před 3 měsíci +1

      You're definitely not alone. I imagine most sane people feel the same. I honestly wonder if either one of them will make it for 4 more years.

    • @michaelhuling3588
      @michaelhuling3588 Před 3 měsíci

      @@lesliewolfe7643 I know.....I mean Kamala is a little younger, but we didn't hear much out of her the last 4 years, and who knows who Trump will pick.....I bet it's not Pence! 🤣

    • @lesliewolfe7643
      @lesliewolfe7643 Před 3 měsíci

      @@michaelhuling3588 I am so disappointed in Harris. First woman vice president and she did absolutely nothing. Way to represent us lady 🙄

    • @mjb3694
      @mjb3694 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Both are INCONTINENT.
      😙💩🤡

  • @IanSutton-gl1fi
    @IanSutton-gl1fi Před měsícem +1

    LEWIS BLACK Here' ya go...your fourth-party candidate !LEWIS BLACK FOR PREZ!!!!!

  • @mikegiammaria
    @mikegiammaria Před 3 měsíci +3

    The fourteenth time in my life. But sorry, Lewis, this time we need to vote.

  • @troy.peters
    @troy.peters Před 3 měsíci +1

    It's the media who decides for us. All states should primary on the same day, just like the election. Why should Iowa decide for the rest of the country?
    And there is an option, but we never here about him because he is running as an independent and the media doesn't want that.

  • @jerry4256
    @jerry4256 Před 3 měsíci +2

    It's a three way system. Democrats, Maga, and Republicans. I'm a Republican and have no candidate to vote for.

    • @ongogablogian8568
      @ongogablogian8568 Před 3 měsíci +2

      If you care to retain a democracy hold your nose and vote for Biden. Then in four years you can vote whatever conservative flavor you like. Re-electing Trump will trash the principles our country was founded upon, chances are our republic will not stand.

  • @johnrusselljr89
    @johnrusselljr89 Před 3 měsíci +9

    Mike Johnson is a JOHNSON!

  • @monkeegyrl6788
    @monkeegyrl6788 Před 3 měsíci

    Dear Lewis, At 27 minutes, you mentioned having “corn in Illinois, just outside Mansfield, Ohio at Kenyon college where they produced”your play. Mansfield, Ohio, however, is in NE Ohio, near Oberlin college, not near Illinois. I’m from Columbus and my best friend went to Kenyon, which is in SE Ohio in Gambier. Oh and by the way, I was the one who wrote the “Wanda” rant you read last July, about my narcissistic roommate! 😂

  • @carpathia0117
    @carpathia0117 Před 3 měsíci +3

    Yep, you don't have to pump your own gas in NJ 😊
    Thanks for a hilarious video.

  • @lesw3803
    @lesw3803 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I love your nihilistic humor! But I love voting. I think the real problem is the appointed government.

  • @carabennett6942
    @carabennett6942 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Thanks for saying it! 👏💯

  • @jonncockrell3606
    @jonncockrell3606 Před 3 měsíci +1

    In the end, We get the government that We Deserve. The end of the Republic is near.
    Time to get used to the Empire.

    • @jeffrygagnon5506
      @jeffrygagnon5506 Před 3 měsíci

      Completely agree w Lewis - up to the point where he actually starts touting the thieving Joe Biden puppet because he "shows up where or when he's supposed to." I can't recall that.

  • @kimloureiro177
    @kimloureiro177 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Love to you Lewis!

  • @mjb3694
    @mjb3694 Před 3 měsíci

    I wish people would stop using the "F" word. Just because the country is, doesn't mean we have to be reminded constantly! 🤯

  • @kcsvantasticvoyages9729
    @kcsvantasticvoyages9729 Před 3 měsíci

    My sentiments exactly

  • @galejohnson6953
    @galejohnson6953 Před 3 měsíci +1

    The guy in the corn field needs to connect with the kilt wearer..!

  • @johnrusselljr89
    @johnrusselljr89 Před 3 měsíci

    AMEN LEWIS AMEN!

  • @puck61luck64
    @puck61luck64 Před 3 měsíci

    Sir Black, if there was a Cosmic cup and we filled it with all the knowledge of mankind from the beginning of time. It would still be empty.

  • @Whatdahwhere
    @Whatdahwhere Před 3 měsíci

    Lewis , ( Everything that has a beginning has an end ). Humanity peaked a while ago. Take it easy but take it.

  • @ernestosilva9891
    @ernestosilva9891 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Mr Black it's like groundhog day, it's the comet going to kill us or what

  • @kcsvantasticvoyages9729
    @kcsvantasticvoyages9729 Před 3 měsíci

    It’s like watching two kids fighting over their toys in a sand box🤓

  • @karlkingsbury5088
    @karlkingsbury5088 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Hey Lewis, I'm Happy To See That You've Have Seen The Light. Because In My 62+ Years I've Been Saying For At Least 30 Years When The Two People That We Are Handed As Are Chose For Are Fearless Leader Are Not Fit To Lead Themselves Even To The Bathroom ! ! ! I've Been Telling People If Every One Just Didn't VOTE. You Think Maybe Somebody Might Notice. What Do Think About That. That Is Why I've NEVER VOTED FOR ANYONE IN MY LIFE.

    • @pac3br
      @pac3br Před 3 měsíci +1

      I confess I have always had hope. But it is now waning. To have never voted, you must have seen from an early age this ludicrous hypocrisy that used to be a democracy.

    • @pac3br
      @pac3br Před 3 měsíci

      Was a sham

    • @lesliewolfe7643
      @lesliewolfe7643 Před 3 měsíci

      ​@pac3br I used to not vote bc I was uninformed. Now I don't vote bc I am informed.

  • @christiansmith-of7dt
    @christiansmith-of7dt Před 3 měsíci

    Its embarrassing

  • @nrthshor8586
    @nrthshor8586 Před 3 měsíci

    Simple choice this year lesser of 2 Evils and Congress also tools on court point taken thanks.👍

  • @philosmaximus9359
    @philosmaximus9359 Před 3 měsíci

    See you in Portland!

  • @ericheine2414
    @ericheine2414 Před 3 měsíci +2

    You'd get a choice between bad and worse. So we vote for the lesser of two evils. It's all theater anyway. I don't bet on wrestling. A lot of us are going to be dead in the next 20 years. We're like our country too far gone to care.

  • @ianashmore9910
    @ianashmore9910 Před 3 měsíci

    The sitting President ALWAYS runs for a second term. We bought that ticket 4 years ago. Now take the ride.

  • @Jerm44905
    @Jerm44905 Před 3 měsíci

    Shout-out to Mansfield, Ohio!

  • @glendas2906
    @glendas2906 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Fear got us here

  • @66tluv
    @66tluv Před 3 měsíci

    We're wrong with us Lewis. The people have let the government get out of hand. We vote for a politician that is for our one personal belief. Doesn't matter if they have any ideas on fixing anything else.

  • @sneakyomni
    @sneakyomni Před 3 měsíci +1

    no body votes excepts the candidates and congress... we still lose

  • @shadyshady2286
    @shadyshady2286 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I miss the chicken

  • @sufficetosay1704
    @sufficetosay1704 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I would say to, Nobody... Great job! give them a thumbs up with a nod flick and continue with my day.

  • @frogneckmen857
    @frogneckmen857 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Nobody wanted them, but still voted for them regardless.

  • @mjb3694
    @mjb3694 Před 3 měsíci

    You are TOTALLY CORRECT ..
    unfortunately!
    I have said for years "DO OVER"!
    Acts 2:38 before it's too late.🎉

  • @hollishurd4464
    @hollishurd4464 Před 3 měsíci

    Pronunciation of Orono is as follows: or-oh-no.

  • @edwardlulofs444
    @edwardlulofs444 Před 3 měsíci

    Start - stop gives the vehicle an extra 1/2 mpg. That’s all! And yes, it is hard on the battery.
    I am never selling my old truck!

  • @walterpurcell2164
    @walterpurcell2164 Před 3 měsíci

    we should tell people not to vote, if thats what they want.

  • @sarahjeannepeterson5536
    @sarahjeannepeterson5536 Před 3 měsíci

    We're not allowed to pump it in Jersey!!!

  • @mikedee6915
    @mikedee6915 Před 3 měsíci

    none of the above and let the dictator choose

  • @francescaruby1150
    @francescaruby1150 Před 3 měsíci

    And Barcelona…..????

  • @Nizodizo
    @Nizodizo Před 3 měsíci

    I have never not voted in a Presidential election but I like your idea.

  • @shawntruckingwithbs5302
    @shawntruckingwithbs5302 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Voting for Cornel West for president who's running third party

    • @HVACSoldier
      @HVACSoldier Před 3 měsíci

      I’m voting Libertarian. No major party candidate, for President, should get over 40% of the popular vote.

    • @ongogablogian8568
      @ongogablogian8568 Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@HVACSoldierIt doesn't matter what anti vote you cast, if you don't vote for Biden your vote becomes a de facto vote for Trump. If that's who you want in office, so be it. I prefer to side on keeping a democracy in place.

    • @HVACSoldier
      @HVACSoldier Před 3 měsíci

      @@ongogablogian8568 But, you’re probably a progressive Democrat. You are going to vote Democrat no matter who it is. As for me, I don’t trust either party.

    • @ongogablogian8568
      @ongogablogian8568 Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@HVACSoldierI am a registered Democrat but live in a big city that has been run for the last 70 years by a corrupt political system. I vote Republican locally as an anti vote, to show my displeasure. No one cares, it doesn't matter, the Democratic candidate will always win. I do this for shits and giggles. This presidential election is not for shits and giggles, every vote is important, very important. I don't trust either party myself, mine is more of a vote for the lesser evil. But, as far as I can see, it's the GOP who has gone off the rails. So hold your nose, vote Biden to preserve our Constitution, then in four years you can vote for any flavor you want. I do feel that the foundation of our democracy is truly at risk this time around.

    • @HVACSoldier
      @HVACSoldier Před 3 měsíci

      @@ongogablogian8568 What happens in 2028, when the Republican Party nominates someone worse than Trump? What then? What happens in 2032, when the Republicans nominate someone worse than who they nominated in 2028? Here’s the thing, since 1960 Republicans have nominated Nazis, and Democrats have nominated Marxists. That’s what Democrats and Republicans say every four years.

  • @galejohnson6953
    @galejohnson6953 Před 3 měsíci

    No…I’m 69, and happen to be familiar with the term “hottentot”…. Now considered offensive. But to ban Mary Poppins…. Pretty ridiculous!

  • @ChadGeidel
    @ChadGeidel Před 3 měsíci

    Stop/Start is awesome. It saves 15% in gas.

    • @lesliewolfe7643
      @lesliewolfe7643 Před 3 měsíci

      Love your profile pic! What's his name? I don't remember 🤔

    • @ChadGeidel
      @ChadGeidel Před 3 měsíci

      @@lesliewolfe7643 It’s Sweetums. 😁

  • @randalljames3080
    @randalljames3080 Před 3 měsíci

    Why would i vote? I live in West Virginia, so the few electorial votes will go to Trump. If my vote is the only way i can help stop trump, then i aint got nothin!

  • @claireriepe7832
    @claireriepe7832 Před 3 měsíci

    Lewis - Thanks for all the smiles and laughter. But please, before you come to Maine, learn to pronounce Orono. The accent is on the first syllable: OR'-on-ō. Your audience will appreciate it.

  • @PastorJailtime
    @PastorJailtime Před 3 měsíci

    Unqualified lawmakers playing to the mentally disadvantaged. This explains why Hell is now a ghost town.

  • @kcsvantasticvoyages9729
    @kcsvantasticvoyages9729 Před 3 měsíci

    Wonder who will be VP this election?

  • @buckbaumann773
    @buckbaumann773 Před 3 měsíci

    I thought it was homelessness.

  • @jerrysmith2349
    @jerrysmith2349 Před 3 měsíci

    isn't that most elections?

  • @thesimulation9651
    @thesimulation9651 Před 3 měsíci

    Oh Lew, WTF are we going to do?

  • @nansea6318
    @nansea6318 Před 3 měsíci

  • @mariemelansongundy-vx4ox
    @mariemelansongundy-vx4ox Před 3 měsíci +2

    Frank Zappa's clone for president

  • @Javmon9
    @Javmon9 Před 3 měsíci

    Living in CA the presidential primaries are meaningless by the time it gets to us.

  • @rebeccablanton4035
    @rebeccablanton4035 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Were banning books because there might be a thought!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @jimmcintyre3582
    @jimmcintyre3582 Před 3 měsíci

    Re: The kilted antique assficianado - czcams.com/video/f9aM_dT5VMI/video.html

  • @chuckharris4504
    @chuckharris4504 Před 3 měsíci

    mike johnson talks to god...and he says god talks back...get the net...!!

  • @rohieram724
    @rohieram724 Před 3 měsíci

    What if we had and. election an nobody came?

  • @gerardgauthier4876
    @gerardgauthier4876 Před 3 měsíci

    +300 million people and the best it can produce is Biden and Trump to lead them...

  • @justrelaxing1501
    @justrelaxing1501 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I don't lyke typo's eiter.

  • @johnrusselljr89
    @johnrusselljr89 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Sorry Lewis! I like JOE! BUT I STILL LOVE YOU!

  • @maryloulindquist7453
    @maryloulindquist7453 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I believe Mr. Biden has done a spectacular job as POTUS !!!!!!

    • @puck61luck64
      @puck61luck64 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Then you to are out of your Dam* mind. Or you just don't pay attention.
      Have a good life, until it's over and it looks like that's coming sooner then you think.

  • @pither1243
    @pither1243 Před 3 měsíci +1

    You don't want to vote for biden again?

    • @eltorocal
      @eltorocal Před 3 měsíci

      @pithiful1243

    • @pither1243
      @pither1243 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@eltorocalso clever...

    • @eltorocal
      @eltorocal Před 3 měsíci

      @@pither1243

    • @pither1243
      @pither1243 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@eltorocal what are you even saying? Why respond with nonsense?

    • @eltorocal
      @eltorocal Před 3 měsíci

      @pithiful1243

  • @buckbaumann773
    @buckbaumann773 Před 3 měsíci

    I can't listen to you anymore. You obviously are stuck between 1985 and 2000.

  • @checkoutmyyoutubepage
    @checkoutmyyoutubepage Před 3 měsíci +2

    3:54 he never showed up at East Palestine.

  • @dr.m.hfuhruhurr84
    @dr.m.hfuhruhurr84 Před 3 měsíci

    as like 2hundred 'meric (re:19:00~ishof i̶n̶a̶u̶d̶i̶b̶l̶y̶ ̶r̶e̶d̶ࠀc̶t̶e̶d̶ hmmrpfhhhphf