Charlie vs Goliath
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Charlie vs Goliath is a feature-length documentary about an ordinary man’s extraordinary struggle to shake up the political establishment. It would be hard to find a more unlikely candidate than Charlie Hardy, a 75-year-old penniless former Catholic priest who spent nearly a decade serving the poor while living in a cardboard shack in a Venezuelan slum. In 2011, Charlie returns to his hometown of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and is shocked to see poverty, hunger and homelessness.
After being snubbed by his congressional representatives, Charlie decides to run for office himself in 2014 and manages to win the Democratic Party’s nomination for the US Senate. His Republican opponent has a $3 million war chest, and Charlie’s advisors urge him to focus his efforts on fundraising. Instead, Charlie rejects money from special interests and makes campaign finance reform a key part of his platform. The election is considered the most lopsided in the country and his friends say he is “tilting at windmills.” But Charlie is convinced he will triumph even with all the cards stacked against him. A 21st century Don Quixote, Charlie galvanizes a ragged band of young volunteers determined to make waves in Wyoming’s elections, and in so doing set a precedent for the rest of the country.
The film provides an intimate portrayal of this resolute and uniquely charismatic septuagenarian while revealing an inside look at a campaign fueled by hope rather than money. Challenging the belief that our political process is fair and democratic, Charlie vs Goliath explores the question of how an honest and sincere person without money can make a difference running for higher office, and more broadly, whether, in the spirit of Don Quixote, it is worth fighting an unbeatable foe and dreaming an impossible dream.
“A modern-day Frank Capra story, Charlie vs Goliath will make you feel a twinge of guilt every time you doubt the capacity of the common people to initiate change.”– Boston Globe
“Charlie reminds us that that one person can make a difference in politics —and that impersonal out of state interests are not as good at reaching voter’s hearts as door to door candidates.” - Trevor Potter, President, Campaign Legal Center
"Profiles the senatorial campaign of a true political outsider." – Indiewire
“One man’s battle to take on the political establishment and [showing] you can win in politics without discarding your values... Powerful, passionate, and frequently very funny.” – The Independent (UK)
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Main credits
Lindsay, Reed (film director)
Lindsay, Reed (film producer)
Landrum, Phillip (film producer)
Reddick, Ronica V. (film producer)
Weldon, Anthony (film producer)
Other credits
Director of photography, Reed Lindsay; editor, Cameron Clendaniel; cinematographers, Jihan Hafiz, Julia Muldavin; music, Adam Robl, Shawn Sutta.
Distributor subjects
Politics,Funding,Government,Special InterestsKeywords
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When life itself seems lunatic,
who knows where madness lies.
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Perhaps to be too practical
is madness to surrender
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dreams. This may be madness.
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Too much sanity may be madness
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and madness of all to see life
as it's and not as it should
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be.
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Interest is growing. In the 2014 election.
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There is a progressive candidate running
in Wyoming challenging the dominant
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political tendencies.
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Charlie Hardy is your democratic
candidate for the US Senate. Hardy.
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Held an open conference for his official
announcement of his candidacy. We.
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Are embarking on a journey to Washington.
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The former priest is running an uphill
battle trying to unseat a three-term
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incumbent who spent 50 times
more money on his campaign.
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Congressional candidates are spending
more than ever in this year's elections.
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Even Wyoming is seeing
a share of big money.
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Hardy who's financed most of his
campaign on his credit cards,
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has vowed never to accept
money from lobbyists. A very.
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Nice man that has a very tough.
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Race. He's.
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Tilt the windmills. He can't win.
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Some people say this is
Charlie versus Goliath,
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and Goliath is not just center
and Z. It's a whole system.
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Right now we're in the bus at
the base of the Teton Mountains
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and this has been our bedroom
for the past few days,
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our office,
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and we've got to get it organized today.
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If anyone saw this, this would not give
a good impression of our organization.
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How many days to the election? I
don't know exactly how many days,
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but it's less than three months.
September, October, November.
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I'm Charlie Hardy. I'm
running for the US Senate
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and how did this ever come about?
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I think it was in February or March
that Bruce Wilkinson called me and he
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said, I hear you're running for the US
Senate. I think maybe I could help you.
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I have an old school bus.
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It's a 1970 school bus,
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but it has a new motor in it and maybe
I could get some friends to come out and
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help you campaigning and that
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was how the whole thing began.
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I'm Bruce Wilkinson. I'm the campaign
manager for Charlie Hardy for US Senate.
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I call ourselves the C team
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because we're not exactly the A team
when it comes to politics or the B team
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even.
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On the board.
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My name is Nick Brashear.
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My job here is driving the
bus and not hitting things.
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Yes. What's happening? We are
picking up the hit chicken.
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Thanks man. No.
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Problem. My name is Felix John Bza Gutto.
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My position in the campaign
is I'm the morale officer.
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I keep everyone's spirits high.
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You.
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Ready Charlie? You got to get loose.
You got to get ready. You got to.
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Breathe. Follow his directions. Very
important. He's going to pump you up.
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That's his job.
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He's Charlie. Charlie.
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I've traveled the world telling people
that we in Wyoming are politically the
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most powerful people in
the whole United States.
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We have a little over
half a million people.
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We have two senators and a
representative and we can get
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in and talk to them. Dick Cheney for
example, when he was US representative,
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he sat down in his office. It was
a Saturday morning in my memory,
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he had on blue jeans and we
talked. That was Wyoming.
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Federal agents do not have the right
to make an arrest and they knew it and
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it will not happen in Hot Springs
County if I'm the sheriff.
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United States.
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Senate candidate Charles Hardy.
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All of a sudden it seems that people
no longer get to talk to their
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representatives in Washington.
It's money that's talking to them.
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So I woke up one day and I said, well,
maybe I should just run. Good evening,
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sound, good evening.
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I'm running for the United States
Senate because from the time I was
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21, I started traveling
the back Roads of Wyoming,
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meeting with small
farmers and farm workers,
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listening to people and I've dedicated
my whole life to listening to people.
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I have not listened to corporations.
I've not listened to lobbyists.
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I've not listened to people of Wall
Street. I don't know your problems here,
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but I'm here to tell you I
want to listen to you and not.
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He is such an anomaly.
I don't know who he is.
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I don't know anything about him.
I was pleased that he showed up,
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but being a Democrat in Wyoming
is like being a burr under a
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recital somewhere.
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Bring them for, bring them back. I would.
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Characterize a Wyoming eye as someone who
is just strong in their principles and
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what they believe.
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In. We love our mountains and
our hunting and our oil fields.
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Most of us are very hardworking,
traditional conservative. We're.
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Basically a conservative state, which is.
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Great. Very conservative,
hardcore conservative,
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ultra conservative or
Republican? Republican.
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Oh, Republican. A hundred percent.
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Yep. I vote Republican a straight
ticket every time we're in a red state.
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I mean it's about as red
as you can get. Our Lord.
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Jesus Christ couldn't get elected
if he ran in Wyoming today as a
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Democrat.
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These signs, can we get the
signs so they're all flat? Okay.
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It just looks a little bit less
than perfect. I am Charlie Hardy.
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Okay.
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And we did call earlier this
week the United States Senate,
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and so.
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I apologize for not putting
you on the list. You called,
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I will put you on there
and you were the Democrat.
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Charlie Hardy is the most interesting
man I may have ever met in Wyoming
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politics, but I wouldn't
consider him a serious threat.
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He just doesn't have the
conservative bonafides.
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His opponent,
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Mike Enzi has been not only our
US Senator for a number of years.
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He also reflects a lot of our values here.
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As in we don't want to be messed
with by the federal government.
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We really don't like federal government
interference and Mike has always been a
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very conservative Republican and
that plays well in this state.
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I'm Charlie Hardy running
for the US Senate.
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You're a Democrat and we allow you in
Wyoming. I thought they were outlaw.
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Oh my God. 26 candidates from
all over the state of Wyoming.
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Please.
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Feel free. Are you for
something sitting where.
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You want? You can sit with other parents.
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Do right here. You can.
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Sit by yourself.
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I'm a democrat.
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We are going to go ahead and
call Charlie Hardy. Charlie,
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you're up. Let's get up. Ground applause.
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Five minutes is a long time for
a politician to talk in Africa.
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There's a place where they make someone
who wants to give a talk stand on one
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leg and as soon as the other foot
touches the ground, they have to shut up.
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You might think about that for the
next meeting. I am Charlie Hardy.
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I'm running for the United States Senate
and I want to say that seat is your
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seat. Yes, I'm running as a Democrat,
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but in Wyoming I think there is
some Republican in each one of us.
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A little bit of libertarian
in each one of us.
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A little bit of independent
in each one of us.
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I hope that you'll run with
me come November. Thanks.
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Charlie.
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Parties a people's choice.
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He is for the people and by the people.
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Explain.
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How you got here.
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Bruce and Nick are getting ready to
leave Olympia to come to Wyoming and as a
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joke, Bruce said, does anyone
want to come with us to Wyoming?
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And I raised my hand and jumped on board.
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When you realize who you're fighting
for and how important it is to put
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someone in that seat who did
it because of the people,
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not because of special interests.
That's why I'm out here.
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I think that a lot of people are
interested in this question of why did you
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come? Politics is a necessity
of having certain beliefs,
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human rights, beliefs, environmental
beliefs, and as a result,
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I already knew that I was going to be a
political activist my entire life. Hey,
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vote tomorrow if you haven't already.
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But it's something a little bit different
to engage with candidate political
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campaigns. I'm so bad at this.
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It's stretched me outside of
what I'm always comfortable with,
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but I feel like Charlie was out
here struggling and we felt a need
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to help.
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Easy go little high.
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Really
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man.
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Coming down here from Washington state
on the bus for four months was a bit of a
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sacrifice. I gave up my job,
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so that hurts. And he's
running as a Democrat.
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I'm not a Democrat, I'm not a Republican
either. I'm totally independent.
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He's a priest. I'm an atheist,
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but I think of Charlie as
what a politician should be.
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Jingle.
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He's just been on the right
side of everything and I'm
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excited to be inspired.
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I need my reservoir refilled
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of optimism. Oh.
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That's good.
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Do you see him as a typical Democrat?
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Oh no.
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I see Charlie Moore as
someone who came into politics
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as an offshoot of his faith journey.
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So you want to see some
of the things of my
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past life. I was born here in Cheyenne,
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Wyoming in 1939 in the house
where I am right at this very
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moment. My parents were
immigrants from Austria.
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Here's a nice picture.
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Frank and Johanna Hardy and
my father came over here,
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got a job putting in the tracks
for the Union Pacific Railroad
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and with that was able
to support six of us.
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There's a picture of my family
and there I am. Thinking back,
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why did I decide to become a
priest instead of a lawyer,
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an engineer or something or other?
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It was probably because I
figured if whatever I do,
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I'll be happy at might as
well do something where
maybe I can make other people
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happy and I felt that was
something that was a job
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of clergy.
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Here's one where I have
priestly clothes on.
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Look at the sideburns there. When
we came out of the seminary in 1965,
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we all had one goal and that
was to serve the people.
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And so as a result of that,
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I started studying Spanish and
finally I was given permission
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to go with some missionary group and
that's how I ended up in Venezuela.
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In 1984, I was assigned to Venezuela.
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So here I am today. The words
of Ollie Primero's song,
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houses of Cardboard are pretty strong.
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See how sad it is to hear
the rain on the roofs
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made of cardboard. How sad.
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Live the children in the
houses native cardboard,
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but how happy live the
dogs in the houses of the
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exploiters.
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This is a picture of the street
where I lived down at the end
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Here is our house.
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My experience in Venezuela was like being
hit over the head daily with a hammer,
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having to see things from a
totally different perspective,
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and when I came back to Wyoming,
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you couldn't help but realize
things were pretty bad.
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For a lot of people, people
are working 40 hours,
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working 70 hours working more than
that and they can't support a family.
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It just wasn't the United
States that I remembered and I'm
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afraid that Senator Enzi has
lost contact with the people of
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Wyoming and people are suffering.
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You can't get away from that.
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There's a lot of service jobs, fast food,
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restaurant, cleaning, motel rooms.
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There's not the kind of jobs that
you can really make a living off.
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Of. When I came here,
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it was very easy to
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raise a family with what you make on.
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Now you get more for what you work for,
but everything else is so expensive.
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The economy has risen up so high and you
have to pay so much for everything that
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you have to have both parents working.
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It would take more than what I
make plus another income just.
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Like it.
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I mean we really just don't make enough
money to support a family around here.
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Honestly,
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I make about nine 50 an hour and then
we deal with getting hours cut all the
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time. It's rough.
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There's a lot of people
in Wyoming struggling bad.
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It's one of those things
that this is America.
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People don't want to admit that
we have problems here, but we do.
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A lot of people are losing their jobs.
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There's a lot more people on
unemployment, a lot more people,
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and I am just hoping they'll change soon.
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Mike Enzi was mayor of Gillette, Wyoming,
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which sits at the heart of one of the
largest co-producing regions in the world.
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Everything he ever learned about
being in politics was colored
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by the relationship of the
local community to those big
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coal mines.
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They are huge contributors
to him as a candidate for
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office and as a holder of office.
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They run his political life, frankly.
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Our next entry, rounding the corner here.
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Mike and his wife Diana have lived in
Gillette for 40 years in the US Senate.
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He's worked reign in the reach
of the federal government.
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Men, Mike Enzi, our other senator,
John Barrasso. Hey, how you doing?
00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:43.400
Our representative Cynthia Lamas
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are philosophically disposed
toward those big to begin with.
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Their understanding of
how you put together a
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society is driven by a
notion that those are
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the most important institutions.
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Thank you Mr. Chairman,
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and thank you for holding this hearing
For a long time we've been involved in
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oil and gas and coal.
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Incumbent senators kid themselves.
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If they think that all that money comes
to them because people believe in them,
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people are buying access.
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It's the ugly truth of government.
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There are organizations
that track very closely
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down to the date on which a
major contribution is received,
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followed within hours or
days of a vote on an issue
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that matters to the contributors.
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And so you can see the
impact that it has. Now,
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senators and members of the house
will say, oh, that doesn't affect me.
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I still vote the interests of my
people, but it does have an impact.
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All of our elected officials
that represent us right
now have vulnerabilities in
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the sense that I don't know that
they truly reflect the views of most
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people. Here in Wyoming,
for example, minimum wage.
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People in the states support
that incredibly strongly.
00:19:10.080 --> 00:19:11.760
Healthcare Medicaid expansion,
00:19:12.030 --> 00:19:14.910
people in the state support
that incredibly strongly.
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None of our federal
delegation supports that.
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So I think if you have the ability
to communicate that message,
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that might be where the vulnerability
lies and that's where money does come in.
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The amount of money you raise is a mirror
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to your chances for winning.
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This time. It's my honor to
introduce to you Senator Mike Enzi.
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What we have is a system that requires
calling up people who are very
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wealthy or who represent very
wealthy pacs and asking for their
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support.
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So is this election a real
referendum and who could do the
00:19:54.270 --> 00:19:55.740
best for America or Wyoming?
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It's a referendum on politics issues.
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Crutch.
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In our family.
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The two great commandments weren't
love God and love your neighbor.
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They would go to church every
Sunday and vote in every election,
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and in some ways it was the same thing.
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I better eat my jelly and
peanut butter because campaign
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manager said In 20 minutes
we have to have a meeting.
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A couple here.
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We're going to raise a lot of money in
these next three months just so you know,
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and it's going to be a
big focus. Unfortunately.
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We need to raise money, but it
has to be the common person.
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We need to raise some more
money. Zis got $2 million.
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We have $5,000. That's literally
what we have in our bank account.
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NZ is running commercials
constantly for US Senate.
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People in the east don't
understand the West.
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One of the biggest fights that we always
have is federal regulation overreach.
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The E P A is trying to take over all
the land, all the water, all the air.
00:21:24.550 --> 00:21:27.400
Endangered species are
endangering Wyoming.
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We have no money. We're not going
to have any television ads probably.
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We might not have any radio ads,
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but we don't need huge amounts of money.
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We're a state of 250,000 voters at most.
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I mean, gosh, you could do anything
that changes all sorts of things.
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When you're traveling
through the mountains.
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If you have a soppy wet towel all the
time, it's a lot of weight to take along,
00:21:56.060 --> 00:21:59.890
right? So what you do is you use
a little wash cloth, you dry out,
00:21:59.890 --> 00:22:02.320
you keep bringing it out. That
gets rid of all the water.
00:22:02.890 --> 00:22:04.600
Then when you use your towel,
00:22:05.080 --> 00:22:08.740
there's not much water left
on the big towel. Okay?
00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:13.900
The other thing I highly urge you
to do is take soap and wash your
00:22:13.900 --> 00:22:15.940
feet in between toes and so on.
00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:19.840
Lots of times people just resume because
the water's running. You get a plane?
00:22:20.110 --> 00:22:20.350
Oh my.
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Goodness, am I six years old and
you're my father? Come on now.
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True. It's true. Yeah. Larry.
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No. Look.
00:22:29.860 --> 00:22:31.000
25 Years ago, I'm.
00:22:52.090 --> 00:22:55.630
Mike's going to run around the state
with ice cream parties in every county.
00:22:55.870 --> 00:22:57.610
Is that what you want from Washington?
00:22:57.820 --> 00:22:59.800
A center who comes and
gives you ice cream?
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Or do you want a situation where
people can buy their own ice cream?
00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:07.190
What have we got to lose? I liked
it. Is that too intense? No.
00:23:07.300 --> 00:23:10.660
What? Too intense. For God's sake.
00:23:10.660 --> 00:23:13.930
You need to go intense. More and more.
00:23:25.990 --> 00:23:26.823
Charlie, where are we going?
00:23:28.450 --> 00:23:29.590
I see this sign over here.
00:23:30.070 --> 00:23:32.200
I thought maybe these people
would let us put up a sign.
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That's what I like to
tell Mike Zi. Go to that.
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That's beautiful.
00:23:45.060 --> 00:23:49.370
I'm a fish. Taxidermist Al Arlington.
00:23:49.820 --> 00:23:52.220
Glad to meet you. Come on in
real quick. I'll show you.
00:23:52.850 --> 00:23:56.720
These are all real fish caught around
here. Oh no. They're caught everywhere.
00:23:57.200 --> 00:24:01.850
That big one there. The northern
pike came from Canada. Oh,
00:24:01.850 --> 00:24:03.140
this is Laramie.
00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:07.430
This is a little fish that won
the BO and ice fishing tournament.
00:24:07.430 --> 00:24:08.510
Smallest fish.
00:24:09.350 --> 00:24:14.030
I'm a conservative Republican and I don't
like any of the people right now that
00:24:14.030 --> 00:24:17.960
I have representing me. Until we get
rid of the professional politician,
00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:20.990
we're not going to get rid of any of
these problems because there's people
00:24:20.990 --> 00:24:22.520
buying 'em off continually.
00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:24.470
And it's Democrats and Republican.
00:24:24.490 --> 00:24:28.730
No, it's on both sides. It's the perpetual
campaign. That's what it's all about.
00:24:29.030 --> 00:24:33.110
It's not about governing. It's about
campaigning and getting elected.
00:24:34.280 --> 00:24:39.230
I'm going to vote for you and
you're a Democrat. Good luck.
00:24:39.950 --> 00:24:43.970
I wonder how many more people there are
in Wyoming will think the way Al thinks.
00:24:45.770 --> 00:24:46.850
You don't always hear from him,
00:24:48.170 --> 00:24:50.750
but I think there may be more
than we could ever imagine.
00:25:01.730 --> 00:25:05.570
I think politics in Washington
is a fundraising exercise.
00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:14.210
These elections have gotten to the point
now where it's all about how much money
00:25:14.210 --> 00:25:14.870
you can raise.
00:25:14.870 --> 00:25:17.930
Whoever's got the biggest bucks is the
one that's going to have the biggest
00:25:17.930 --> 00:25:18.500
vote. They.
00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:22.070
Say that every vote counts, but
sometimes I feel like it doesn't.
00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:25.160
What are you going to do when they have
millions and millions of dollars and the
00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:28.010
common guy who should probably be
in office can't do anything about.
00:25:28.020 --> 00:25:28.310
It.
00:25:28.310 --> 00:25:32.300
The blue collared people that built this
country have kind of been just we're a
00:25:32.310 --> 00:25:34.100
silent voice. We didn't
even get heard anymore.
00:25:34.310 --> 00:25:39.170
We need to get back to the
basic roots of politics where
00:25:39.170 --> 00:25:42.270
the people in Washington
represent me and you.
00:26:01.670 --> 00:26:04.520
44,372.
00:26:07.520 --> 00:26:10.520
44,373.
00:26:12.410 --> 00:26:17.330
44,375. How long have we been here?
00:26:17.600 --> 00:26:19.310
Three days doing this? Three days.
00:26:22.010 --> 00:26:23.750
I wonder when our rule
is going to come in.
00:26:28.970 --> 00:26:30.560
This is an ask for money.
00:26:31.370 --> 00:26:34.790
It's only about seven 50 letters. I think.
00:26:35.450 --> 00:26:38.180
Most of these are people
that I personally know.
00:26:39.320 --> 00:26:43.470
None of them are lobbyists.
They're just, they're friends.
00:26:45.330 --> 00:26:49.980
We need some cash to fill
the gas tank to do some
00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:54.690
mailers, maybe do a few radio ads and
social media ads and that sort of thing.
00:26:55.050 --> 00:26:59.190
So hopefully they're
just going to raise us
00:27:00.320 --> 00:27:05.190
a few thousands of dollars
that we need to be able to put
00:27:05.190 --> 00:27:10.140
on a fair campaign
considering that the money
00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:12.510
situation right now is pretty low.
00:27:13.710 --> 00:27:18.500
No, it is not low. No, no, no,
no. That is not true. True.
00:27:18.560 --> 00:27:22.980
It is not low. It is underground.
00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:29.100
But here, Hey, but wait,
I'm in debt eyeball.
00:27:29.130 --> 00:27:32.340
But one doesn't go through life fighting
for what you believe and then give up
00:27:32.340 --> 00:27:35.670
just because you're going to go in debt
for the rest of your life if you don't
00:27:35.670 --> 00:27:40.110
win the election. No, let's
go to the post office.
00:27:40.320 --> 00:27:43.440
So you really are going carry those
all by yourself? Yeah. Alright.
00:27:43.800 --> 00:27:47.760
As I look at the donations
that I received, the date,
00:27:48.780 --> 00:27:52.680
I know personally almost
everybody who has sent donations.
00:27:53.250 --> 00:27:56.640
There's some donations for
a dollar, some for five.
00:27:57.090 --> 00:28:01.290
There's a couple few
thousand dollars donations,
00:28:02.070 --> 00:28:04.860
but most of them are small. Is that.
00:28:04.860 --> 00:28:05.693
A cowbell?
00:28:09.810 --> 00:28:14.730
Don't. I didn't do it. Felix
here he asked, is this a cowbell?
00:28:15.510 --> 00:28:18.300
Is it a cow bell? Yeah.
Yes, it's a cow bell. Nice.
00:28:18.990 --> 00:28:23.670
If Charlie feels strongly about
not being beholden in some
00:28:23.670 --> 00:28:27.780
way to the folks that are
funding the PACS or whatever,
00:28:28.590 --> 00:28:32.670
then I totally respect that. But
there's no doubt that by doing that,
00:28:32.670 --> 00:28:33.630
he's handicapping himself.
00:28:34.140 --> 00:28:37.080
You want to stop in church
for a couple seconds? Alright.
00:28:38.190 --> 00:28:39.960
As long as mass is in session.
00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:42.930
No, no, it's 3 0 5 in the afternoon.
00:28:44.430 --> 00:28:47.910
Isn't it nice that there's still
a place that you can walk into,
00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:51.570
just have silence and
kind of be all alone?
00:28:52.770 --> 00:28:54.750
I could never have built
something like this.
00:28:54.750 --> 00:28:57.480
I wouldn't even know how
to lay the first stone.
00:28:58.830 --> 00:29:03.750
I don't know. I think when when
a group of people want something
00:29:04.410 --> 00:29:06.510
dis immaculate, it'll happen.
00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.773
I.
00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:13.860
It water from baptism.
00:29:15.570 --> 00:29:15.870
So if I.
00:29:15.870 --> 00:29:18.030
Drink that, will I be completely blessed?
00:29:18.660 --> 00:29:20.880
No. You probably get a lot of diseases.
00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:49.473
What are you doing?
00:29:49.540 --> 00:29:54.490
I am putting donation
envelopes into the brochures,
00:29:54.910 --> 00:29:57.280
helping the as Charlie
and state the revolution.
00:30:04.210 --> 00:30:05.043
Here. We're.
00:30:11.710 --> 00:30:13.360
Charlie, you asked, somebody
wants to talk to you.
00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:15.273
I do.
00:30:15.820 --> 00:30:16.390
Hi.
00:30:16.390 --> 00:30:18.940
Charlie. Hello Leslie. Quick.
00:30:19.090 --> 00:30:22.120
Word with you. I have a three 30
meeting in there. I'm glad to see you.
00:30:22.120 --> 00:30:23.110
Thank you for coming.
00:30:25.150 --> 00:30:27.550
Senator Walsh canceled at the last.
00:30:27.550 --> 00:30:28.760
Minute. I wondered if he was.
00:30:28.760 --> 00:30:31.840
Going to come, which is good, but
it gives us a little time space.
00:30:31.850 --> 00:30:33.160
You're going to get a
minute and a half to.
00:30:33.170 --> 00:30:35.650
Speak. Oh really? I mean,
I'll get my thoughts.
00:30:35.710 --> 00:30:39.250
It costs us about almost $20
per person. If you drink,
00:30:39.580 --> 00:30:42.610
we give tickets out with two
drinks and there's food. Yeah.
00:30:43.570 --> 00:30:45.760
We won't give you any drinks, but
you're going to eat some of the food.
00:30:45.990 --> 00:30:46.823
Okay.
00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:54.400
All stop and that's better, but it's
not going to stay tight. Hold it up.
00:30:54.730 --> 00:30:56.140
We'll stay tight once I'm done with.
00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:59.530
It. Remember Senator Herbert
Gil, a great senator,
00:31:00.130 --> 00:31:02.840
but after being in 18 years, he lost all.
00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:07.720
We have a senator there right now.
Lindsey, he's not a great senator.
00:31:08.020 --> 00:31:11.710
He's been an 18 years now. We
have a chance to take that seed.
00:31:12.370 --> 00:31:15.940
He may have millions
more in his war chest.
00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:19.840
We have bigger hearts in our human chest.
00:31:20.410 --> 00:31:21.970
If you read the newspapers,
00:31:21.970 --> 00:31:26.410
you have saw that we raised $6,000 last.
00:31:26.710 --> 00:31:28.120
Quarter. Do you want
give me that newspaper.
00:31:28.270 --> 00:31:31.360
And NZ raised 250,000.
00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:33.460
You guys should beat up that newspaper.
00:31:34.060 --> 00:31:37.060
Yeah, selling. Sorry, it's beat.
00:31:37.070 --> 00:31:37.990
Up eating on it.
00:31:39.580 --> 00:31:40.150
Five.
00:31:40.150 --> 00:31:42.310
Should be a nicer situation,
00:31:42.320 --> 00:31:45.730
but the guys we're using it as a
table cloth in the bus. I think
00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:53.160
I didn't see you beforehand. Oh.
00:31:53.770 --> 00:31:54.603
Well thank you.
00:31:54.760 --> 00:31:59.380
This is called help our Wyoming
legislature and it's an effort to
00:31:59.380 --> 00:32:04.240
raise some money that can be
allocated to several to be decided
00:32:04.570 --> 00:32:08.500
legislative embraces in Wyoming where we
think they have a real shot at winning
00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:11.080
and where some money can
make a big difference.
00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:13.810
What about Charlie who's seeking
a national office? Does he.
00:32:13.820 --> 00:32:16.120
Have a chance? Probably not.
00:32:18.670 --> 00:32:20.200
This is a big stop for us.
00:32:20.210 --> 00:32:25.060
This is where a lot of people who
have money to donate to Democrat
00:32:25.060 --> 00:32:28.750
campaigns are coming. So we
are setting up this table here.
00:32:29.080 --> 00:32:32.710
We're hoping to meet a lot of
good people. Raise some funding.
00:32:32.830 --> 00:32:34.030
So the campaign needs.
00:32:34.030 --> 00:32:36.400
If you were running for
Senate from Wyoming,
00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:41.180
what would you say about
regulations gaining coal?
00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:45.560
Is Charlie here or is it Charlie?
Hi Charlie. How are you? Charlie,
00:32:46.040 --> 00:32:48.230
thanks for getting in there.
I love your bus. Thanks.
00:32:48.710 --> 00:32:49.940
Maybe I could team up with you.
00:32:50.540 --> 00:32:53.450
You want to answer that question
so that I don't get you in trouble?
00:32:56.390 --> 00:32:57.223
Answer.
00:32:57.890 --> 00:32:58.700
Go ahead.
00:32:58.700 --> 00:33:03.140
I would say we ought to be pursuing
the best of the above energy approach.
00:33:03.290 --> 00:33:05.240
I would say we obviously have to limit.
00:33:05.630 --> 00:33:10.430
Mark Al is running in Colorado,
not in Wyoming, but in Colorado.
00:33:11.090 --> 00:33:15.560
Why were they more interested in
Mark Udal than in Charlie Hardy
00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:17.120
sequester the co2?
00:33:17.330 --> 00:33:21.890
I'm not sure that I've ever been really
taken serious during this campaign by
00:33:22.490 --> 00:33:24.710
a good part of the
leadership of the Democrats.
00:33:24.920 --> 00:33:27.440
I don't think they're in touch
with the ordinary person.
00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:31.040
Let the marketplace come up with
the innovation and the technology.
00:33:31.100 --> 00:33:35.210
It's the American way. It's the
patriotic thing to do, right? Rights.
00:33:35.210 --> 00:33:38.200
What America does we interview?
You want to take a cut at.
00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:40.940
That? Just one quick item. As Democrats,
00:33:41.630 --> 00:33:45.620
senator's worried about the coal
companies and the corporations,
00:33:45.860 --> 00:33:49.010
we have to be concerned about
the people who are involved.
00:33:49.340 --> 00:33:52.310
It's mentioned what's
made about West Virginia.
00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:57.410
I mean I get scared. Gillette
could be a ghost town any day.
00:33:57.650 --> 00:34:00.740
If the coal companies
we produce in Wyoming,
00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:04.790
four people produce the amount of
coal that 43 can produce in Kentucky.
00:34:05.270 --> 00:34:09.230
But if the coal companies discover that
a hundred people in China can produce
00:34:09.230 --> 00:34:12.290
cheaper what we're producing
here, then it can all be gone.
00:34:12.290 --> 00:34:17.030
We've got to be concerned about bringing
jobs here to Wyoming and ensuring also
00:34:17.030 --> 00:34:18.500
those in the supportive things.
00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:22.160
Those who are working in
Gillette making $8 an hour,
00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:26.210
they also have to survive.
So we've got to work on that.
00:34:26.270 --> 00:34:30.230
Be concerned about people more than
corporations. That's a wonderful,
00:34:34.180 --> 00:34:37.340
and sanity might be contagious.
So wash your hands before you
00:34:44.690 --> 00:34:48.980
in Jackson. I'd have to say we've
received no financial support.
00:34:49.520 --> 00:34:54.320
There is no other time that I
felt like an outsider that I
00:34:54.320 --> 00:34:55.970
felt insignificant
00:34:58.310 --> 00:35:00.830
in three tenths of a mile
turn left onto south.
00:35:06.110 --> 00:35:10.040
Is it this way? No. Keep going. Keep
going straight. Keep going straight.
00:35:13.700 --> 00:35:14.100
This.
00:35:14.100 --> 00:35:15.980
Should be it right here. Yep.
00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:23.510
This person we're visiting. How
much did she donate your campaign?
00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:26.960
She sent us a check for $25,
00:35:29.390 --> 00:35:30.320
which means a lot.
00:35:32.240 --> 00:35:33.830
It's like this house right over here.
00:35:34.340 --> 00:35:38.310
This would be it right here. All right.
00:35:41.790 --> 00:35:43.920
Isn't this a beautiful garden?
00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:52.590
Hey Charlie. We're staying here.
00:35:52.710 --> 00:35:53.970
You're staying there? Yes.
00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:55.273
Have fun.
00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:04.713
You like it?
00:36:05.220 --> 00:36:08.370
I love your vehicle. Nice.
00:36:09.690 --> 00:36:10.770
You want to come look at it?
00:36:11.340 --> 00:36:12.173
You sure.
00:36:12.450 --> 00:36:15.420
You help? Pay for us to
get here. This is so quick.
00:36:15.450 --> 00:36:16.860
Do you take care of this yourself?
00:36:17.850 --> 00:36:20.130
Yes. I took care of this myself.
00:36:22.530 --> 00:36:27.480
This is a Japanese egg plant
and Ooh, are they delicious?
00:36:29.130 --> 00:36:29.430
And my.
00:36:29.430 --> 00:36:34.080
Glass. Those were gladiolas. No
yellow ones. Glad these flags.
00:36:34.080 --> 00:36:37.170
Irises. Irises. And this is a platoon.
00:36:39.780 --> 00:36:42.240
I've got something for
you in the house. Come on.
00:36:42.240 --> 00:36:46.980
In for a second. We've been
sleeping on the bus. Come up now.
00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:47.910
Are those carrots?
00:36:48.690 --> 00:36:49.380
Well, yes.
00:36:49.380 --> 00:36:50.400
Will you give me one?
00:36:53.370 --> 00:36:54.840
No. Here, let me get 'em. Father.
00:37:04.200 --> 00:37:06.180
These guys eat like horses.
00:37:08.520 --> 00:37:09.510
Isn't it neat?
00:37:10.650 --> 00:37:14.700
Isn't it neat that
someone from way over and
00:37:15.780 --> 00:37:19.980
Thermopolis would write me a
check for $25? Isn't that neat?
00:37:21.210 --> 00:37:24.060
It's like, yeah, Charlie,
well that's gotten old
00:37:27.360 --> 00:37:30.660
so well maybe she's got 20 grandkids.
00:37:31.830 --> 00:37:33.780
Have you been in all these states?
00:37:33.840 --> 00:37:37.830
I've been in all 48 of the lower states.
00:37:39.450 --> 00:37:41.430
Clear up to Maine.
00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:44.910
What do you think of Charlie running?
00:37:44.940 --> 00:37:47.460
Because the Republicans are really
strong here in Wyoming, right?
00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:52.740
This is Wyoming is a Republican state.
00:37:53.850 --> 00:37:57.720
But see there's a lot of people
that don't like Mike Kenzie because
00:37:58.800 --> 00:38:00.030
he's joined the crowd
00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:04.320
in Washington DC
00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:08.070
and it's a do nothing Congress.
00:38:12.030 --> 00:38:12.863
Goodbye.
00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:16.230
He's taking pictures.
00:38:17.010 --> 00:38:19.860
And I hope we'll get back here
00:38:21.600 --> 00:38:25.650
before November 4th. Okay, we'll
see you. We'll see you Juan.
00:38:32.670 --> 00:38:37.450
Wanda apologized because
she couldn't fix a meal for
00:38:37.450 --> 00:38:38.283
all of us.
00:38:38.770 --> 00:38:39.610
That's okay. I forgave.
00:38:39.610 --> 00:38:41.950
Her so she gave us.
00:38:42.010 --> 00:38:42.843
Carrots.
00:38:43.130 --> 00:38:43.963
Carrots.
00:38:48.780 --> 00:38:51.640
Carrots. No seriously than carrots.
00:38:53.710 --> 00:38:57.940
You'd rather have carrots. But
isn't that just humbling? Yeah.
00:38:58.540 --> 00:39:02.470
I mean when you think about the
places where we were in Jackson
00:39:03.400 --> 00:39:06.790
and the money that was there
00:39:07.990 --> 00:39:12.580
and nobody walked up and gave me a hundred
00:39:12.580 --> 00:39:13.413
dollars.
00:39:33.270 --> 00:39:34.990
What was your guess, Bruce?
00:39:35.290 --> 00:39:37.270
$6,000 For all of it today.
00:39:39.490 --> 00:39:43.270
I think he's overly optimistic.
How many envelopes were there here?
00:39:43.900 --> 00:39:46.090
There was 38 cents.
00:39:46.150 --> 00:39:50.800
So you're thinking that the average
would be above a hundred dollars per,
00:39:51.670 --> 00:39:54.130
if we get $4,500,
00:39:56.020 --> 00:39:57.370
I'll be happy with that.
00:40:04.540 --> 00:40:05.590
This is from a woman
00:40:07.690 --> 00:40:12.250
wrote me when I first decided to run
and said she was sorry she couldn't send
00:40:12.250 --> 00:40:17.110
more because she had like a $900
a month social security check and
00:40:17.110 --> 00:40:20.950
she sent me a hundred
dollars. Dear Charlie, sorry.
00:40:20.960 --> 00:40:25.540
I can't do better for
helping as I am in a very low
00:40:25.540 --> 00:40:28.420
income. I still keep praying for you.
00:40:29.410 --> 00:40:33.010
I am in so forth help do pray for me.
00:40:35.350 --> 00:40:38.170
I'm a hundred years old today.
00:40:38.650 --> 00:40:43.540
She sent me a check
for $50. I mean, again,
00:40:43.540 --> 00:40:44.950
it blows your mind.
00:40:45.620 --> 00:40:46.453
I.
00:40:48.550 --> 00:40:53.050
Dear Charlie, this in response to
your solicitation letter of 7 24 14.
00:40:53.110 --> 00:40:53.980
Unfortunately,
00:40:54.340 --> 00:40:58.870
I live in a plutocracy
as well as a democracy.
00:40:59.530 --> 00:41:04.420
I deplored the billions of dollars
spent on campaign ads in our country
00:41:04.450 --> 00:41:08.950
every year and I will not
donate ever again to political
00:41:08.950 --> 00:41:12.490
campaigns. One more, and I'm stopping.
00:41:12.850 --> 00:41:15.490
I want to revise my estimate to 1500.
00:41:18.760 --> 00:41:21.880
Nothing the note. A thousand.
00:41:22.330 --> 00:41:23.590
For $1,000.
00:41:23.920 --> 00:41:27.670
Really? No. Give me that envelope.
00:41:28.450 --> 00:41:30.110
You're just messing with me.
00:41:36.920 --> 00:41:38.300
Hey, come on now.
00:41:41.090 --> 00:41:45.140
Whoa, big dog. Yeah, that's awesome.
00:41:45.650 --> 00:41:49.310
So how far did we, what is
it head up to right now?
00:41:49.430 --> 00:41:51.260
It's like 2000, maybe
00:41:56.210 --> 00:41:58.100
2,355.
00:41:59.330 --> 00:42:03.200
I'm just happy that we have enough
to pay your rent for next month
00:42:04.280 --> 00:42:05.113
and that's good.
00:42:31.370 --> 00:42:35.660
Who else is going to go down the street
giving out brochures if I'm on one side
00:42:35.660 --> 00:42:37.490
of the street? Go on the other side.
00:42:38.060 --> 00:42:42.590
That is a big old bus entered by Charlie
Hardy from the US Senate running on the
00:42:42.590 --> 00:42:45.800
Democratic ticket route with
Charlie 20 fourteen.com.
00:42:46.160 --> 00:42:49.640
I think I rode one of those to school.
That's a big old crown school bus.
00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:51.890
Did you get one of these
beautiful little fighters?
00:42:52.370 --> 00:42:56.000
Charlie, bless his heart. He's
talked to thousands of people,
00:42:56.390 --> 00:43:00.560
but he's never asked them to do
anything. He asked them for their vote.
00:43:01.340 --> 00:43:02.173
It's not like,
00:43:03.200 --> 00:43:07.910
and we need to ss this
office and we need to have
00:43:07.910 --> 00:43:09.170
people call people.
00:43:09.180 --> 00:43:12.950
We need people to go door to door and
we need people to do media work and he
00:43:12.950 --> 00:43:14.240
hasn't been very good at doing that.
00:43:15.410 --> 00:43:20.000
Run with me. Anyone else want to run
with me? When the campaign started,
00:43:20.210 --> 00:43:24.290
I was told whoever you go
ask for money, ask for money.
00:43:24.650 --> 00:43:26.000
Keep me in your thoughts and prayer.
00:43:27.050 --> 00:43:32.000
Thank you that anyone who
has ever won an election has
00:43:32.420 --> 00:43:35.000
done it that way. Good morning.
00:43:35.420 --> 00:43:39.800
I am Charlie and they won't let me on
my bus, but if you all want to hop on,
00:43:39.800 --> 00:43:44.660
there's room. Okay. And my
response was, that's true.
00:43:45.830 --> 00:43:48.890
Everyone who has won has done it that way
00:43:50.540 --> 00:43:53.000
and everyone who has
lost did that way too.
00:43:55.280 --> 00:43:58.640
I should catch up with my bus
soon. They won't let me on it.
00:43:59.870 --> 00:44:00.470
That was my bus.
00:44:00.470 --> 00:44:05.090
I think when people truly come to take a
look at who they want to be represented
00:44:05.090 --> 00:44:07.820
by, if they saw Charlie and met Charlie,
00:44:07.910 --> 00:44:12.110
they would all raise their hands up
and say, I'm running with Charlie.
00:44:12.380 --> 00:44:14.360
Ms. Pat is for an immigrant as a kid.
00:44:14.900 --> 00:44:17.510
But unfortunately the
way he's not fundraising,
00:44:17.810 --> 00:44:21.290
it's going to be difficult to get his
message out there and win a federal
00:44:21.290 --> 00:44:22.123
election.
00:44:23.870 --> 00:44:25.850
Have you heard of Charlie Hardy? Pardon?
00:44:25.860 --> 00:44:26.190
No.
00:44:26.190 --> 00:44:27.110
Have I heard of who?
00:44:27.680 --> 00:44:30.140
Have you heard of Charlie
Hardy? No, I have not.
00:44:31.110 --> 00:44:36.000
Have I heard of Charlie Hardy?
Charlie Hardy? Charlie Hardy? No.
00:44:36.300 --> 00:44:40.710
Charlie Hardy. Have we heard of
who? I have not. No. Nope, nope. No.
00:44:43.770 --> 00:44:46.560
He's running the US Senate
against Mike Enzie. Good luck.
00:44:55.170 --> 00:44:57.960
There was a pullout last
night that wasn't very nice.
00:45:00.210 --> 00:45:03.990
It gave NZ 75% and Charlie
00:45:03.990 --> 00:45:05.220
16%.
00:45:05.760 --> 00:45:08.610
Bruce, Nick, Felix, can I
interrupt you for a second?
00:45:09.930 --> 00:45:13.110
I'm maybe going to take words
out of your mouth. Charlie,
00:45:13.470 --> 00:45:18.180
you really shouldn't be doing this. You
should be doing something else. However,
00:45:18.270 --> 00:45:19.230
for my sister,
00:45:19.350 --> 00:45:24.330
it was important for her to make
tuna salad sandwiches for you
00:45:24.330 --> 00:45:28.020
all today. This one is marked,
doesn't have any onions.
00:45:28.020 --> 00:45:30.270
That's in. We did talk
about things. We were like,
00:45:30.900 --> 00:45:33.870
what's the point of this
campaign trying to win?
00:45:34.620 --> 00:45:36.810
Or are we trying to educate
people about issues?
00:45:37.650 --> 00:45:41.520
And everybody basically
pointed to winning.
00:45:50.370 --> 00:45:54.060
You want to see a miracle
happening in this old bathtub.
00:45:54.930 --> 00:45:59.640
Just a few drops of bubble back
can create millions and millions of
00:45:59.650 --> 00:46:03.480
bubbles. And I've often thought how
00:46:05.190 --> 00:46:09.720
maybe just a little bit of
hope could create millions of
00:46:09.720 --> 00:46:11.070
miracles in the world too.
00:46:13.440 --> 00:46:18.080
I have no idea where we are
with regard to poles and
00:46:18.180 --> 00:46:22.590
in many ways it really doesn't
matter because there's little things
00:46:23.190 --> 00:46:25.470
that have happened. I
don't know a lot about God,
00:46:25.500 --> 00:46:29.520
but so many coincidental things have
happened along the way. Gail McGee,
00:46:30.540 --> 00:46:32.910
the man all Wyoming is talking about,
00:46:33.060 --> 00:46:37.650
he was our last Democratic
US center from Wyoming,
00:46:39.540 --> 00:46:43.170
November 3rd, 1964, 50 years ago.
00:46:44.130 --> 00:46:45.090
So on
00:46:45.090 --> 00:46:49.710
November 4th, 2014
00:46:51.120 --> 00:46:55.680
will be the day that
Charlie Hardy is elected US
00:46:55.680 --> 00:46:56.880
senator from Miami.
00:46:59.580 --> 00:47:04.050
I never thought of that.
Maybe it's just coincidence.
00:47:04.710 --> 00:47:07.740
Probably just coincidence.
But at the same time,
00:47:08.040 --> 00:47:12.630
here's Charlie Hardy who has
a team of people who are not
00:47:12.630 --> 00:47:13.463
experts,
00:47:13.830 --> 00:47:18.630
who doesn't have money and
yet his name will be right
00:47:18.630 --> 00:47:21.780
alongside Senator Enzo's
name on the ballot
00:47:23.310 --> 00:47:26.400
and you don't know what
voters are going to do. Now,
00:47:26.400 --> 00:47:30.250
some people may wonder
what campaign are for.
00:47:31.480 --> 00:47:36.370
I suppose if we were paying him, I
wouldn't have him do this kind of work.
00:47:36.380 --> 00:47:40.420
But Look it would you stop for a second,
00:47:41.140 --> 00:47:43.390
move that a little bit back for just.
00:47:47.800 --> 00:47:50.740
I think when I first
came out here, Charlie,
00:47:50.980 --> 00:47:54.070
even though he said he was
going to win and all this stuff,
00:47:55.270 --> 00:47:56.710
I don't think he really believed it.
00:47:59.770 --> 00:48:02.080
I think it wasn't until after I,
00:48:02.820 --> 00:48:05.320
we got going on the campaign that,
00:48:06.130 --> 00:48:09.280
I mean he started making
these sort of comments around,
00:48:09.820 --> 00:48:14.470
this all can't be happening
for no reason at all.
00:48:14.480 --> 00:48:17.020
There's coincidences happening,
there's good things happening,
00:48:17.470 --> 00:48:19.750
there's connections that are being made,
00:48:20.410 --> 00:48:25.240
but there's no divine plan for winning
the US Senate. And so it's actually,
00:48:25.780 --> 00:48:27.190
it might be the opposite.
00:48:36.430 --> 00:48:38.080
One morning when I was out jogging,
00:48:38.350 --> 00:48:42.880
I asked man on the street
where this barbershop was
00:48:43.900 --> 00:48:45.280
because I had heard about it.
00:48:54.240 --> 00:48:56.090
They made it. I know.
00:48:57.510 --> 00:48:59.500
Do you know what he's doing? I mean,
00:49:00.220 --> 00:49:02.530
do you want to borrow my
eyeglasses to see what's happening?
00:49:04.960 --> 00:49:05.793
Hi,
00:49:10.450 --> 00:49:11.530
I'm Charlie Hardy.
00:49:12.700 --> 00:49:13.600
Running for the US.
00:49:13.610 --> 00:49:14.443
Senate.
00:49:15.160 --> 00:49:19.960
But I need a haircut. Why
am I getting a haircut?
00:49:20.410 --> 00:49:22.780
Because tomorrow night there's a debate.
00:49:22.840 --> 00:49:27.220
It will be statewide
on public broadcasting.
00:49:28.240 --> 00:49:31.660
Fortunately on the radio they will
not be able to see my haircut.
00:49:33.550 --> 00:49:38.260
Hey man, before you leave. No,
he did a nice job. Yeah, he.
00:49:38.260 --> 00:49:39.670
Always does a nice job.
00:49:39.970 --> 00:49:41.890
What's your name here? I'm Charlie Hardy.
00:49:42.220 --> 00:49:45.670
I'm running for the United States Senate.
Cool. Now are you registered to vote?
00:49:45.880 --> 00:49:46.610
No, I'm not, but I.
00:49:46.610 --> 00:49:48.160
Was going to this year. Okay, listen,
00:49:48.220 --> 00:49:52.690
if I lose by one vote and
hear that you didn't register.
00:49:54.240 --> 00:49:57.460
Okay, just a second. Let
me say a quick prayer.
00:50:00.760 --> 00:50:02.350
Okay, we'll see you. Bye.
00:50:04.900 --> 00:50:08.050
It's a Republican state and I can see
why they like things certain ways,
00:50:08.050 --> 00:50:11.230
but I also believe that
with change comes progress.
00:50:11.770 --> 00:50:15.790
I think it's nice that you're out in
the street community going to local
00:50:15.790 --> 00:50:19.690
businesses, sharing who you're with
people most times you don't see that.
00:50:21.970 --> 00:50:24.910
Tomorrow night. I don't have the
right answer for some question.
00:50:25.300 --> 00:50:30.050
You are partly to blame for it
because instead of sitting down and
00:50:30.860 --> 00:50:34.820
studying issues, we've
been having fun here.
00:50:41.930 --> 00:50:42.770
38,
00:50:44.330 --> 00:50:49.280
you see this is 38 regular
and this is I think
00:50:49.280 --> 00:50:50.270
a 40 short.
00:50:56.180 --> 00:50:59.510
Can I ask you a question? Sure.
I'm running for the US Senate.
00:50:59.600 --> 00:51:01.790
Oh well good luck. And tomorrow
night there's a debate. Okay.
00:51:02.510 --> 00:51:05.090
And this is not my usual attire.
00:51:05.870 --> 00:51:06.290
Is this the one.
00:51:06.290 --> 00:51:06.920
We were talking about?
00:51:06.920 --> 00:51:11.630
That's the one that I bought and when I
put down it's a little bit big. Oh yeah.
00:51:11.630 --> 00:51:15.170
I've never worn that. I
still have on the sleeve.
00:51:17.330 --> 00:51:19.100
I didn't cut that off. Okay.
00:51:21.930 --> 00:51:24.660
Okay bud. Alright. If we have any.
00:51:25.280 --> 00:51:27.680
Now I am going to be
standing behind the podium,
00:51:28.430 --> 00:51:32.090
so maybe at this moment I don't
think there's, just cross.
00:51:32.090 --> 00:51:34.250
Your arms a little bit
for me. You know what?
00:51:34.250 --> 00:51:35.660
Actually this is actually really good.
00:51:36.470 --> 00:51:39.560
Because when you're talking to the
people, if you're having to go like this,
00:51:39.650 --> 00:51:42.170
it's going to distract from what
you're saying. I think it looks fine.
00:51:43.400 --> 00:51:44.233
I really do.
00:51:46.790 --> 00:51:48.800
And you're going to vote
for me on November 4th?
00:51:48.800 --> 00:51:49.633
Absolutely.
00:52:07.430 --> 00:52:12.140
See you. Yeah, don't drive.
00:52:14.350 --> 00:52:15.260
Don't fall asleep.
00:52:37.130 --> 00:52:41.450
I don't know about all of
you, but this is like a dream.
00:52:41.690 --> 00:52:45.230
I mean this is like, can I have one
more to eat for another half hour?
00:52:52.750 --> 00:52:53.110
Bruce.
00:52:53.110 --> 00:52:53.943
Where we.
00:52:54.560 --> 00:52:59.120
The central Wyoming College for the
debates and for the coin toss actually,
00:52:59.120 --> 00:53:01.520
which happened two minutes ago,
00:53:01.520 --> 00:53:05.030
so it's like we are a little
behind the schedule. A little late.
00:53:06.620 --> 00:53:08.930
600 Feet. Your destination left.
00:53:13.010 --> 00:53:15.830
These socks along to Marvin Espinoza.
00:53:16.700 --> 00:53:18.980
Is Marvin going to be mad
at you for wearing all his.
00:53:18.980 --> 00:53:23.390
Clothes? No, no, no. He has loaned
me these until the campaign. Oh wow.
00:53:23.480 --> 00:53:27.210
The sock pants belt and tie are Marvin.
00:53:28.440 --> 00:53:30.120
This is truly grassroots.
00:53:32.640 --> 00:53:34.200
Oh look, I didn't realize I brought it.
00:53:35.070 --> 00:53:39.630
We can get a free frosty with
the purchase of anything at
00:53:40.410 --> 00:53:41.243
Wendy's.
00:53:42.510 --> 00:53:44.550
What do you think it's going to
take to win the hearts and minds,
00:53:44.550 --> 00:53:46.290
the Wyoming citizens to
get their vote from you?
00:53:52.770 --> 00:53:57.000
There used to be a song to No,
no, know me. It's to love, love.
00:53:57.000 --> 00:53:57.833
Love.
00:53:57.900 --> 00:54:00.330
You're the first politician
I've had. Sing to me on camera.
00:54:00.930 --> 00:54:01.740
Hi, nice to.
00:54:01.740 --> 00:54:04.620
See you again. To see you.
You're looking sharp. Thank you.
00:54:05.640 --> 00:54:07.560
I saw Zi come in before.
00:54:07.650 --> 00:54:11.400
Yeah, he is here. Are you Charlie Hardy?
I'm Charlie. I'm looking for you buddy.
00:54:11.760 --> 00:54:15.660
I have your mic. You can just
drop that in your inside pocket.
00:54:15.720 --> 00:54:16.830
Okay. Let's see.
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We'll get ready to go on set.
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We'll make sure and get you turned on
and get audio check. Okay. Thank you.
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Excuse me.
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Will you be responsible and not
lose any of this for me? Yeah,
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I think there's my fortune
there of 30 some dollars.
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Just.
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Over three minutes. Still live.
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Live. Appreciate it.
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30 Seconds. Quiet on the set. Standby.
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10,
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9,
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8,
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7,
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6,
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5,
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4,
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3,
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2,
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1.
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Wyoming P B Ss in partnership with Wyoming
Public Media are proud to bring you
00:55:12.240 --> 00:55:14.250
Wyoming's general election debates.
00:55:15.060 --> 00:55:19.680
My first question is for you, Mr. Hardy
experience is an issue in this debate.
00:55:20.130 --> 00:55:23.310
Please describe the qualifications that
you feel have prepared you to best serve
00:55:23.320 --> 00:55:25.350
Wyoming in the United States Senate.
00:55:25.590 --> 00:55:26.070
First of all,
00:55:26.070 --> 00:55:30.000
I want to thank Wyoming p b s for the
chance to address the people of Wyoming,
00:55:30.450 --> 00:55:32.790
their children going to
bed hungry every night.
00:55:33.090 --> 00:55:37.530
There are women who are not being
treated equally and honestly.
00:55:37.530 --> 00:55:38.340
Senator Enzi,
00:55:38.340 --> 00:55:42.510
I've not heard you talking about these
people and the problems they have today.
00:55:42.570 --> 00:55:43.403
I'm.
00:55:44.160 --> 00:55:48.690
Positioned to do some critical things at
a critical time for our nation and I've
00:55:48.690 --> 00:55:50.610
got the background to be able to do it.
00:55:50.880 --> 00:55:54.000
Wyoming was one of two states that
didn't have a job Corps center.
00:55:54.060 --> 00:55:57.600
I helped to find the money so that this
job Corps center could be built here.
00:55:57.750 --> 00:56:01.500
Senator Ey was proud that we got
a job corps center in Wyoming,
00:56:01.500 --> 00:56:04.440
but he said we were one of two
states that didn't have any.
00:56:04.890 --> 00:56:07.620
I think that shows a failing
on his part. As a senator,
00:56:07.950 --> 00:56:09.960
we have not taken any money from pax.
00:56:09.960 --> 00:56:14.520
We've not taken any money
from corporations for our
campaign because we believe
00:56:14.520 --> 00:56:18.120
money is playing too important a part
in this whole thing. In my opinion,
00:56:18.120 --> 00:56:21.870
we have legalized bribery,
we have legalized corruption
going on in Washington,
00:56:22.050 --> 00:56:23.380
and I think it's time to stop that.
00:56:23.800 --> 00:56:27.250
When I ran for office the very first time
I was accused of having a conflict of
00:56:27.250 --> 00:56:28.870
interest in the Wyoming legislature.
00:56:29.260 --> 00:56:34.240
They said that I got a
reduction in coal tariffs for
00:56:34.240 --> 00:56:38.320
a coal mine. I did,
00:56:39.550 --> 00:56:42.610
but I don't have any advantage
from the coal mines. Yes,
00:56:42.610 --> 00:56:44.140
you can criticize some of my votes.
00:56:44.140 --> 00:56:48.640
I've had over 5,000 votes and I would
say that even my wife wouldn't agree with
00:56:48.650 --> 00:56:50.230
all 5,000 of those votes,
00:56:50.830 --> 00:56:54.280
but every one of those votes
has to be made at the time,
00:56:54.640 --> 00:56:55.840
not with hindsight.
00:56:56.200 --> 00:56:59.800
I think there are some questions that
Wyoming voters should ask. Senator Enzi,
00:57:00.250 --> 00:57:05.170
why has 99% of the money in
his PACS come from outside the
00:57:05.170 --> 00:57:06.010
state of Wyoming?
00:57:06.160 --> 00:57:10.090
Why did he vote against the Violence
Against Women Act when half the Republican
00:57:10.090 --> 00:57:13.780
senator voted for it? Why did he vote
against equal pay for equal work?
00:57:13.840 --> 00:57:18.820
Why did he vote against raising the
minimum wage when he earns $174,000 a
00:57:18.820 --> 00:57:19.653
year?
00:57:19.750 --> 00:57:24.370
Let's show the whole nation that
it is not money which decides votes
00:57:24.580 --> 00:57:25.413
in Wyoming.
00:57:53.650 --> 00:57:54.700
Let's just start at the top. We got the
00:57:59.080 --> 00:58:03.580
wherever you ro and admit that the
00:58:03.580 --> 00:58:06.730
waters around you have grown.
00:58:06.790 --> 00:58:11.410
Last night we passed
out a little paper about
00:58:12.190 --> 00:58:13.023
minimum wage.
00:58:15.220 --> 00:58:15.730
If your.
00:58:15.730 --> 00:58:16.920
Time is.
00:58:17.890 --> 00:58:21.790
Worth saving you. Yeah.
00:58:29.740 --> 00:58:30.550
Hello.
00:58:30.550 --> 00:58:31.690
Howdy. How's it going?
00:58:32.230 --> 00:58:33.670
Good, how you doing? Come on in.
00:58:33.670 --> 00:58:34.150
Not too.
00:58:34.150 --> 00:58:35.860
Bad. I think we met before.
00:58:36.880 --> 00:58:37.540
Dean.
00:58:37.540 --> 00:58:41.980
Dean, did we meet someplace? I don't
know. It seems somewhere I saw you.
00:58:42.960 --> 00:58:44.080
You want to see where I sleep?
00:58:44.950 --> 00:58:49.750
This is where I get to put my pad
down here and I sleep on the floor
00:58:50.350 --> 00:58:52.570
and that's fine. I mean,
00:58:52.570 --> 00:58:55.780
I sleep perfectly and I
can sleep eight hours.
00:58:56.350 --> 00:59:01.090
The only danger is if they're driving
while I'm sleeping on the floor
00:59:01.780 --> 00:59:04.690
because things have a tendency
to fall over on top of me.
00:59:05.350 --> 00:59:09.540
Definitely not your
typical campaign bus. Yeah.
00:59:09.680 --> 00:59:10.513
It does. It works.
00:59:10.630 --> 00:59:14.320
Yeah, whatever works.
Alrighty. Charlie, you ready?
00:59:15.340 --> 00:59:16.360
Sure. Are you going to the.
00:59:16.360 --> 00:59:18.280
Camera? I'm going to sit you
right there. Alright, good.
00:59:19.030 --> 00:59:23.240
I am interviewing Charlie
Hardy for a piece for News 13.
00:59:23.570 --> 00:59:28.100
And what prompted the interview? He's
running for Senate and he was in Casper.
00:59:28.820 --> 00:59:32.120
Alright, Charlie, we got
some questions for you here.
00:59:32.180 --> 00:59:33.230
Could I say something?
00:59:33.500 --> 00:59:37.640
We came up to Casper and we were
passing out just a little piece of paper
00:59:38.180 --> 00:59:41.840
and we were told in various
establishments, no, get out of here.
00:59:41.840 --> 00:59:45.470
You can't pass out paper.
Which when you think about it,
00:59:46.010 --> 00:59:50.300
it's not legal or it's not permitted
for us to pass out a paper to people,
00:59:50.810 --> 00:59:55.100
but it is permissible for people
to go and pass out money to
00:59:55.100 --> 00:59:58.040
senators and representatives
so they win the next election.
00:59:58.340 --> 01:00:02.480
Charlie, he's just getting better and
better at these things. He really shows,
01:00:03.260 --> 01:00:07.400
I think these days how quick he is.
01:00:07.820 --> 01:00:12.710
He's just able to pour out
really great details on what
01:00:12.720 --> 01:00:14.690
he stands for and who he is,
01:00:14.720 --> 01:00:17.240
and I think we'll see what
the interview looks like.
01:00:17.420 --> 01:00:20.390
It's coming out tonight at
the six o'clock in Tampa News.
01:00:28.640 --> 01:00:30.830
Okay, we're going to go out and canvas.
01:00:31.400 --> 01:00:34.910
Charlie said North side's
the bomb part of Casper.
01:00:35.960 --> 01:00:36.860
This was wine broke.
01:00:39.120 --> 01:00:43.970
It's a little bit snowy out,
but I think we're ready.
01:00:45.140 --> 01:00:50.030
Okay. This is your house? No. Hey,
01:00:50.040 --> 01:00:53.630
I'm Bruce. I'm with the
Charlie Hardy campaign. Anyway,
01:00:54.380 --> 01:00:55.640
he's in town today.
01:00:56.090 --> 01:00:59.390
We're asking if you know people
who earn less than $15 an hour.
01:00:59.570 --> 01:01:03.560
Wyoming Senator McKinsey voted against
raising the minimum wage despite making
01:01:03.570 --> 01:01:06.590
six digits benefits and
flying in private jets.
01:01:06.980 --> 01:01:11.690
We got a little
infographic who's helped by
01:01:11.690 --> 01:01:16.490
raising the minimum wage. That's
what people think and the reality.
01:01:17.600 --> 01:01:18.680
Hey, Mr. Postman,
01:01:22.640 --> 01:01:26.330
it's like all volunteer.
I'm the campaign manager.
01:01:27.190 --> 01:01:28.400
He he's a good fellow.
01:01:28.400 --> 01:01:30.590
We're basically talking about
raising federal minimum wage.
01:01:31.280 --> 01:01:34.760
Fucking fucking Enzy fan, so
that'll help. There you go. Okay.
01:01:35.150 --> 01:01:39.560
35 Degrees. Yeah. Can I,
I'll leave you a flyer then.
01:01:39.830 --> 01:01:40.230
It is a little.
01:01:40.230 --> 01:01:42.590
Cold today. I know. I don't want to
let too much cold air in your house.
01:01:43.280 --> 01:01:47.810
All right. Do the next
block down. Are we tired?
01:01:48.710 --> 01:01:50.720
Four more street? No. Oh, no more.
01:02:09.230 --> 01:02:10.340
Charlie Hardy for.
01:02:14.000 --> 01:02:14.870
Money out of poverty.
01:02:15.770 --> 01:02:18.830
It's hard to know what's
happening out there in the public,
01:02:19.170 --> 01:02:23.490
but I think there's a slim
path to victory. Let's bring.
01:02:23.490 --> 01:02:27.240
Wyoming values to us. Charlie Hardy.
01:02:28.500 --> 01:02:30.690
If you work hard and you have a plan,
01:02:30.690 --> 01:02:35.610
you're staring at that 1% chance.
Maybe you can make it happen.
01:02:36.390 --> 01:02:40.440
And if you're not suffering,
you got to have to ask yourself,
01:02:40.440 --> 01:02:42.120
was there something I
could have done more?
01:02:42.480 --> 01:02:44.430
And I hate to put that pressure
on folks, but I'm like,
01:02:44.730 --> 01:02:47.550
why not put everything you got into this.
01:02:49.710 --> 01:02:53.940
Because it's on a major highway.
This is a great place to have a sign.
01:02:54.420 --> 01:02:57.660
Let's try once more. Just see what we can.
01:03:00.270 --> 01:03:03.720
It's probably on rocks so it's
not going all the way down.
01:03:04.110 --> 01:03:05.550
Yeah, don't push it from up there.
01:03:07.110 --> 01:03:08.760
This is a metaphor for the campaign.
01:03:09.420 --> 01:03:14.400
The opinions of Wyoming are represented
by this hard earth. The rocks.
01:03:15.300 --> 01:03:18.480
Here's Charlie trying to dig into
it, but you see him, he doesn't stop.
01:03:18.510 --> 01:03:19.343
He doesn't give up.
01:03:20.310 --> 01:03:21.780
It's getting pretty far
down there, isn't it?
01:03:22.110 --> 01:03:24.630
Yeah. That's perfect.
I ain't going nowhere.
01:03:25.440 --> 01:03:29.640
What I see is how many men does it take
to put up on those? It's pretty good.
01:03:30.060 --> 01:03:33.000
It's strange, the things that you
remember as you go through a life,
01:03:33.030 --> 01:03:37.620
but there's only one thing that
I remember from orientation in
01:03:37.620 --> 01:03:42.600
Venezuela. Someone said to me, never
forget what Mother Teresa said.
01:03:43.410 --> 01:03:48.210
She said, never let the
motherfuckers get you down.
01:03:49.720 --> 01:03:50.553
I.
01:03:55.670 --> 01:04:00.540
Eight coming up. She's
back after three months,
01:04:00.540 --> 01:04:05.460
spending time with returns to work back
01:04:05.470 --> 01:04:06.303
with open arms.
01:04:07.210 --> 01:04:09.630
Okay, France, I'm going
to shovel snow for a bit.
01:04:16.260 --> 01:04:21.210
This campaign of ours is different
from any other campaign in the
01:04:21.210 --> 01:04:25.020
United States today.
This is heavy snow. Wow.
01:04:26.010 --> 01:04:30.510
The joy, the fun, the laughter. It is
01:04:35.310 --> 01:04:38.520
what a lucky, lucky, lucky person I am.
01:04:40.410 --> 01:04:44.310
If the only reason you get into politics
is because people around you say you
01:04:44.310 --> 01:04:47.340
can win. You're in politics
for the wrong reason.
01:04:48.390 --> 01:04:53.220
You really need to be somebody who rides
out as Don Coyote did amidst all of
01:04:53.230 --> 01:04:57.150
his friends saying, Hey, this is
crazy, and go ahead and do it.
01:04:58.110 --> 01:04:59.460
And that's Charlie.
01:05:01.350 --> 01:05:05.640
Here's a guy who's been on the ground in
some of the worst places in the world.
01:05:05.880 --> 01:05:08.430
He was down there doing good.
He was walking the walk,
01:05:08.790 --> 01:05:13.350
and so maybe tilting in windmills is just
what he does on a daily basis and more
01:05:13.360 --> 01:05:14.130
power to him, man,
01:05:14.130 --> 01:05:17.470
because one day he's going to win
and the windmills coming down.
01:05:25.390 --> 01:05:29.260
Today is the 4th of November
and it's election day
01:05:35.260 --> 01:05:37.570
and like a bunch of crazy people,
01:05:38.050 --> 01:05:40.870
we're going to stand on the
street corners with signs.
01:05:41.830 --> 01:05:46.570
No more tears, no more cry
here. Today is the big day.
01:05:47.290 --> 01:05:50.530
This is where all our endeavors,
01:05:51.010 --> 01:05:54.640
all the work we put
into this campaign, all
01:05:57.760 --> 01:05:58.960
what it all boils down to.
01:06:06.550 --> 01:06:11.170
So the Cheyenne newspaper
today has their recommendation.
01:06:11.530 --> 01:06:16.420
Charlie Hardy's too liberal for Wyoming.
I mean they gave in their endorsement.
01:06:16.420 --> 01:06:18.820
Yeah, my hair isn't too messed up. Is it?
01:06:21.730 --> 01:06:26.410
To dream the impossible
Dream to fight the.
01:06:27.620 --> 01:06:31.240
Hi Charlie. Hello Rick.
01:06:31.240 --> 01:06:32.980
Sar. I taught him in high school,
01:06:33.640 --> 01:06:38.410
I dream of the night of November 4th when
01:06:38.410 --> 01:06:41.740
C B SS N B C A B C says
01:06:43.840 --> 01:06:46.000
there has been an upset in Wyoming
01:06:47.560 --> 01:06:49.840
three term incumbent center.
01:06:49.840 --> 01:06:54.610
Mike Enzi lost the election
tonight to a former
01:06:54.610 --> 01:06:59.560
Catholic priest, Charlie
Hardy. That would be
01:07:04.420 --> 01:07:09.040
to dream the impossible dream to fight the
01:07:09.040 --> 01:07:09.910
unbeatable foe.
01:07:14.050 --> 01:07:16.780
I wish I could remember the rest
of the words of that song, but
01:07:19.600 --> 01:07:20.433
Party.
01:07:20.620 --> 01:07:25.570
Hardy, first name.
01:07:25.600 --> 01:07:26.433
Charles.
01:07:29.040 --> 01:07:30.250
Okay, I don't have you in.
01:07:31.000 --> 01:07:32.710
How about right there? Hardy Charles.
01:07:32.770 --> 01:07:33.603
Oh, you're up there.
01:08:11.960 --> 01:08:12.793
This too.
01:08:13.960 --> 01:08:14.793
Sure.
01:08:18.530 --> 01:08:19.363
Have a good afternoon.
01:08:19.760 --> 01:08:20.593
Thank you.
01:08:20.630 --> 01:08:21.463
Welcome.
01:08:29.140 --> 01:08:33.920
To dream the impossible Dream to fight the
01:08:34.190 --> 01:08:35.023
unbeatable folk
01:08:38.150 --> 01:08:43.010
to bear with unbearable
sorrow to run where the
01:08:43.010 --> 01:08:44.060
brave dare not go.
01:08:46.400 --> 01:08:49.580
This is my quest to follow that star.
01:08:50.480 --> 01:08:54.140
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far.
01:08:59.780 --> 01:09:02.840
I don't think that any
of us has not considered
01:09:04.730 --> 01:09:07.730
the reality of losing this campaign,
01:09:08.780 --> 01:09:11.300
and so one has to ask oneself,
01:09:12.050 --> 01:09:14.180
is this campaign futile
01:09:16.340 --> 01:09:17.840
in our despair?
01:09:19.700 --> 01:09:22.340
That answer is yes.
01:09:24.980 --> 01:09:29.840
Everything that we're doing in
this campaign will not succeed,
01:09:32.900 --> 01:09:36.770
but in a greater reality, it also exists.
01:09:38.330 --> 01:09:41.600
Everything that we do is important.
01:10:06.180 --> 01:10:10.040
There's two cakes over here.
One is a black Russian cake,
01:10:10.460 --> 01:10:13.850
which Francis makes with vodka and Kaa.
01:10:14.330 --> 01:10:18.110
The other is a poppy seed cake,
which is made with cream. Sherry.
01:10:18.980 --> 01:10:23.270
I cannot verify that any of those
liquors are in the cakes at all.
01:10:23.870 --> 01:10:28.270
Okay. But she always seems very happy
when she looks at the cake, takes it out.
01:10:28.880 --> 01:10:30.270
Their award-winning cakes.
01:10:31.250 --> 01:10:35.900
Oh, they are award-winning cakes. Yes.
Okay. They are award-winning cakes.
01:10:35.930 --> 01:10:40.250
What words? Laramie County
Zero in Albany County.
01:10:40.520 --> 01:10:43.220
Zero reporting Sweetwater. Zero reporting.
01:10:44.120 --> 01:10:45.910
So basically they don't have
anything. We're going to,
01:10:45.970 --> 01:10:48.050
you're going to hit the road. Alright. I.
01:10:48.050 --> 01:10:50.120
Just want to say thanks.
01:10:50.570 --> 01:10:53.810
For your courage and
your insanity enthusiasm,
01:10:53.810 --> 01:10:56.570
and I probably got some of it
from you all way, way, way back.
01:10:58.670 --> 01:11:00.950
Enterprise Institute ej.
01:11:12.290 --> 01:11:14.820
We only got percent, is that right?
01:11:15.690 --> 01:11:19.050
It's way lower than what we expected.
01:11:23.760 --> 01:11:28.410
Hi Kristen. This is Charlie Hardy. I just
wanted to call and congratulate Mike.
01:11:29.370 --> 01:11:33.810
If you would give me a call back. I'd
appreciate it. Okay. Have a good night.
01:11:34.170 --> 01:11:35.003
Bye.
01:11:35.200 --> 01:11:36.980
Carlos. Hi Carlos.
01:11:37.650 --> 01:11:42.420
I only got his campaign
director. He wasn't there.
01:11:43.720 --> 01:11:43.940
But.
01:11:43.940 --> 01:11:44.773
You did talk to.
01:11:45.090 --> 01:11:45.923
Yeah, I left.
01:12:40.700 --> 01:12:43.680
It is been about a year now
since I lost the election.
01:12:45.060 --> 01:12:47.820
I'm hiking on the Camino de Santiago.
01:12:48.810 --> 01:12:52.230
It's a route that Christian pilgrims
have been following from more than a
01:12:52.230 --> 01:12:56.700
thousand years. People hike the
Camino for different reasons.
01:12:56.760 --> 01:13:00.720
Most come here looking for something.
I guess that's why I'm here.
01:13:02.910 --> 01:13:06.210
There's a book, the Song of the Bird,
01:13:07.080 --> 01:13:08.600
El del Pajaro,
01:13:11.790 --> 01:13:16.530
and there's a story in there
about a prophet who keep shouting,
01:13:17.280 --> 01:13:22.110
keep shouting his message and
nobody's listening to him and
01:13:22.110 --> 01:13:27.030
someone says, why do you keep shouting?
You're not going to change anybody.
01:13:28.560 --> 01:13:29.850
And he says, I keep shouting
01:13:32.790 --> 01:13:37.290
so that I don't lose my
own bearing about what is
01:13:37.290 --> 01:13:41.610
important in life. Wow.
01:13:55.680 --> 01:13:58.530
Live a proud tree comes crashing down.
01:13:58.980 --> 01:14:01.200
No one there to hear the sound.
01:14:02.490 --> 01:14:06.660
It'll still nourish the
bugs and the grass so
01:14:07.380 --> 01:14:11.070
nobody's listening to the tune. I'm.
01:14:20.190 --> 01:14:22.420
Well, it's July 3rd,
01:14:22.420 --> 01:14:25.330
2016 and Charlie's tilting at WHI
01:14:25.540 --> 01:14:30.070
Mills when it's more so again, my
better judgment. I came out to join him.
01:14:38.410 --> 01:14:41.350
Boy, the bus got bigger.
Do you like the shirt?
01:14:43.590 --> 01:14:44.423
It's okay.
01:14:49.420 --> 01:14:53.080
Two years have gone by now since
we tried to run for the US Senate.
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I've never been so excited about a
campaign as this time because there's
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so many young people involved.
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I'm working with Charlie
for his congressional race
and we're out here paying
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the bus today, making it purple.
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I want to just go over from the mesh
this way and just give it a quick to
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smooth it out. Long strokes from top.
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To bottom.
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This just happened to be on the bus and
I came up with the idea that you can
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donate your change for change and
we can use this for our gas for
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the bus.
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I don't know if this
bus has ever been clean.
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Yeah, we got on a big kick and we
decided to clean the whole bus.
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It's the first time I've actually gotten
involved in Wyoming politics because of
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Charlie.
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Gosh, there's nobody like
Charlie. He's the most,
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he's just the nicest person I've
ever met. He's really genuine. I.
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Just thought he got the guts to run,
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so I'm going to help him in any way I can.
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It comes from the heart, the volunteering
here. It is not about the money,
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it's not about any of that.
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It's about making a statement
about doing what we feel is right,
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about doing something that actually
could make this world a better place.
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A lot of people say that it's not
possible for him to win because he doesn't
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have money. On the other hand,
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there are a lot of people who say that
they just want an honest politician and
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an honest politician is not someone who
gathers money from PACS corporations.
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If you want honesty,
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you're probably going to have a
candidate who is on a shoestring budget,
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and that's exactly what
we have in Charlie.
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What he lacks in money he makes up for
in the way that he inspires people who
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are in seek of true change
because he embodies that change.
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I remember sitting on the back of a
motorcycle in Bolivia going toward
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Brazil and we were singing a
song and there's a line in it.
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Although there's some people
who say nothing can change,
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fight for a better world,
fight for the truth.
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I still see myself on the back of
that motorcycle. It didn't matter.
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It was in the Amazons.
Every place in the world.
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Makes no, no.
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Must be no.
