The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds - 614 - Coya Knutson - Live

Episode Date: January 2, 2024

Comedians Gareth Reynolds and Dave Anthony examine the first woman to serve in Congress from the state of Minnesota, Coya Knutson Tour Dates Redbubble Merch Sources  

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I got some, I got a little chili on me, I bet. What's that? I got a little chili on my iPad. Yeah, Dave chileed up before the show. Just so you know, Dave's pre-game regiment, a little different to that of an athlete. You know, they might have a banana power bar, Dave, three cups of chili. There's a couple of things about this iPad.

This freaks people out. There's things about your iPad that you're pre-reading. People get, when they watch shows, they get both upset that sometimes I hold it upside down, but you can do this with an iPad, so that doesn't actually mean anything. And strange that those people are like, what is iPad? And then also that I don't have a cover on it, because they think I'm going to break it, but I've had it for four years.

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Is that true? I think we've proven that. So funny when people are like, it could be like, imagine the work, the level of work. I gotta be honest, I'm still thinking about that video I sent you, with the- The wall risk jumping in the water. The wall risk jumping in the water. Would you recreate the noise?

I will. I make 20 jumps off the, I don't know. So this wall risk comes running out of the building. Looks like he's running out of a cafe. It looks like he did a dinin' dash. Yeah. And he's running out of this cafe and he runs over to the, it's like there's a big drop from a docker or whatever. And he gets to the edge and goes,

bro, as he jumps. And it's like I can't stop watching it. It gets better. It gets better. It gets better and better. Yeah. August 12, 1912. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

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It's near the Minnesota border up there. She's born in the North Dakota side, the bad side, as you guys call it. Yeah, fuck them. How is that a state? I can't. I can't. I can't.

We should do North-A-Soda South-A-Soda. I can't make it through. North-A-Soda, there are fuck those things. You know what I'm? One shitty state and two crap ones. It's like a shitty duplex. Fucking losers. Anybody here from North Dakota? Get fucked! He's right. How are our numbers in North Dakota? What do you mean tanking?

Uh, Croni is older sister Crystal, cannot pronounce her name, and so she started calling her Koya. Koya, and the name stuck. Yep, I've been there. Mm-hmm. She didn't cry about it though, she just took it. She was probably never in the Guardian where they kept calling her Gary. Client's parents were Norwegian immigrant farmers, have you been believed in Norwegians here?

Yes. Her maternal grandparents lived with them, but Grandma died when Koya was seven. And after that, Grandma... So we're going with Koya. Yeah, we're going with Koya. Okay. Wow. Yeah, she is a trooper. Some of us still fight.

Yeah. After Grandma died, Grandpa moved into an abandoned chicken coop during the summers. Yeah, cocks and cock. That's how much? That's how much you don't want to be around the grandkids. Yeah. Chicken coop. That is a wild twist.

Well grandpa, we were thinking we could just kind of get one big bed in there for you. No, I'll be going to the chicken coop. I ever live in the chicken coop. There's good hay. Yeah. Uh, Koya was put in charge of the pigs and the cows and chickens at 12. Nice. Her dad, Christ, enjoyed the nonpartisan league so farmer lefties right?

Okay lefty farmers. Uh-huh The nonpartisan league took over North Dakota in 1916 their slogan was will stick was, Will Stick. We're going to stick. I don't think you're. We're still here. Ah, forever. Not for like, real stick.

You'll stick for like, ah, six years. Well, that's not much of a stick. That's a stickin'. Oh. Oh, fuck, we didn't make it. They created a state-owned bank. Sure. Koya absorbed her father's dislike of big business.

Okay. When she's 14? What about her grandpa's love of living with the chickens? Absorb that of a chicken man. This is about a woman who lives in the chicken. Back, back, back, back, back, back, back. Koya, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, heck, back, back, back, back. Yes, I'm aware. Oh. No. Oh, oh.

Do not ever shake like that again around me. Time to sit on my babies. Can we eat this one? Oh, wait. No, you. Oh, wait. So when she's 14, Chris lost his shit and braided. I have some. So when she's 14, Chris lost his shit and braided.

I have some. And braided his wife, and Koya suddenly realized. It's braided. Braided. Right, braided. These'll be nice big tails, hun. Dad's not okay. He's aggressively braiding mom's hair.

Shut up, shut up, shut up. You're next. It's shut up, you're next. It's picked up for you, woman. Good Lord. So, Koi, watching this sudden realized her dad was a drunk, which explained all of his erratic behavior. Sure. He can't...

Man, can't you? No. Are you going to kill the sky or is he going to have his own timely death? Where's the body? I heard pigs ate it. Are you gonna kill the skiers? Are you gonna have a zone timely death? Where's the body? I heard pigs ate it. But that's all I know. Is this made up of a microphone?

I was about to say. Very loud. He kept bottles in the basement near the generator and often went down there to check on the generator. Yeah, right. And if I were to make sure that it's still working, you just checked on the generator. Oh, yeah, go back down there and make sure that it...

But, right. Good news, generators. We're still going pretty good down there. Yeah, you've been down there eight times. I'll probably go down to make sure that I got still going pretty good for a while, too. What do you got a problem? Give me your hair!

Talk to me like that! Go back down to that generator! I love you, generator. Oh, Jesus. What are you doing to that generator? Shut up! I'm braiding his hair. I love you, generator. No, Jesus. What are you doing to that generator? Shut up. I'm braiding his hair.

I love you. You're the only one who I miss you. I miss you, generator. No. Oh. No, that was me. I know it's you, generator. No.

I turn the fuck around. My fucking wife keeps coming down here. I think she knows that I'm drunk's you, generator, my- No, I- Turn the fuck around! That fucking wife keeps coming down here. I think she knows that I'm drunk dating you. Oh, God, I love you. Even if you do sound like that old bag. Honey? Yes, baby. No, turn around.

You turn around, generator. Pfft. You know what I'm asking for. I don't. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, boy. We shoot it.

We are. We did. What? Huh? What? I? What? I'm not, I'm done with you. Generator. You mean?

Fucking weirdo. But even though he was drunk, the farm did okay. Now, the juiced-all girls were, they had kink-tut haircuts. Ladies and gentlemen, the Beatles! So, yeah, that's their haircut. Straight line from air to air. Bangs. Really, really hot. The boys at school teased Koyab because of her strong,

farm girl body. She had a farm girl body. Yeah, sure. She was strong. She thought she was ugly. So she listened to the radio a lot, and she wanted to be a singer. She graduated from high school in 1930

and was voted most likely to succeed. Interesting. You know what I got? Most likely to leave campus during a free period. And I was to smoke things. Well, Koi was voted most likely to succeed by her seven classmates. There's teachers out there right now, or like, I can't do this anymore.

No. So Chris alcoholism got worse. He liked to do drunk guy pranks. Like one time he put a slaughtered piglet on the table by his wife's seat. Ha ha ha ha ha! It's gonna be great! Oh my God! Ha ha ha ha! Look at you, too!

It's disgusting. Yeah, it's hilarious. This I killed a little pig. You have generator all over your face. Thank you. That's my girl. I came up with a good prank. I put a dead pig by your mother. What? So, Query goes to Morehead College, she studies music, she's shy, she's awkward. Now Andy Newtson worked on the farm. So they hit it off.

He's three years older. He's shy. By the way, can we just talk about how on this podcast, what a normal age difference that has? Yeah, oh yeah. You're normally like, he was 39, she was two. Yeah. Yeah, this one's relatively normal. Yeah.

She graduated, she got a job at teaching in Penn, North Dakota, population 90. Oh, no. She's like, these are big classes, 12. Oh my God. How do you even win most likely to succeed in a group this large? When Cory was 25, a teaching job opened up close to Andy's parents in Oakley, and she took it. Population, 310. Nice.

Blowin' up. And they finally got married in March 1940, and she quit teaching to work on his farm. Christ was now such a drunk that three workers quit and others were threatening to quit. So instead of stopping drinking, he sold the farm. Nice. That's good. That's the right move. I guarantee you, you didn't remember those guys quitting either.

He'd show up and be like, where are they? Boy, what do you mean I don't own this? You sold the farm four days ago. It's my. No. We did this yesterday and the day before. Who are you? I'm the guy who bought the goddamn farm!

What farm? Yours asshole! I gotta get down to the basement. Don't, no, no. Listen, listen, this is literally what happened yesterday. You're gonna come back tomorrow, you're gonna wonder where the farm is, why it's not yours.

I'm gonna tell you everyone quit and you're gonna say, no, they didn't. They still work for me. Then you're gonna go down there. Your wife's gonna catch you, banging the generator. I ask you a question. I would rather not because if it's the one

you keep asking, I don't wanna answer it again. What are you doing on my farm? I bought it from you. Stop it. You're fired. You can't fire me. You're fired. I'm not fired. You want to have a little, uh, no.

It is, no, it is early. No. Have you ever drink in the gasoline out of a generator? That is a crazy thing to hear. That is doing the same thing. Let's go down there and have a little generator party. No, because the first day when you asked me to do that, I said, okay, I thought I'd get fired.

Yeah, I did. I gotta get the corn in the ground. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. What's going on, son? That's my daddy's chicken. Hey, this is our fart.

Another baby. You got me, eggs. You know what? I'm not buying anymore, I can't. In June 1942, Koya heard Eleanor Roosevelt on the radio. So she hears Eleanor Roosevelt on the radio telling people to get involved in politics. She takes it to heart a month later. Koya holds a meeting to talk about bringing electricity to the area.

Wow. It doesn't happen for seven years, but a guy who was there, thought it was very impressed, and he asked her to be a field rep for the agriculture adjustment administration. So she starts doing that. Now, Koi stopped drinking. He hated his wife's religion and said,

if she stopped going to church, he would stop drinking, and so she did, and he did. And he did. And he did. They're literally gonna be like, I fucking love you. So I'm in love with you. But you know who was drinking a lot.

The generator. Andy. Who? Andy, her co-his husband. Yeah. Now he starts drinking. Now, Koya, they tried to have kids, but Koya had two miscarriages.

After the second miscarriage, Andy went drinking right when she was able to get out of bed. She had to milk the cows and do chores by herself. Now divorce was not an option, it just wasn't done then. So Koei went back to teaching and working the farm and for the AA. And then she got Andy a job as the school janitor. Good. So he's...

Drunk. Yep. Drunk. Yep. Drunk Moppin, something I love to do. Oh, it's the best. Yeah. You should be able to drink if you're a school janitor. I completely agree. Yeah, why not?

You know what? We should open it up. Yeah. And there are certain jobs where you should be able to be... Or just get high. Yeah. High. A little tipsy.

High, most jobs. Yeah, you should be able to just... High most jobs. There's certainly or somewhere you shouldn't be allowed to get high, but most jobs you should be allowed to getting high. Tipsy. Yeah. High. Tipsy. High, most jobs. Yeah, you should be like just, high, most jobs. There's certainly a somewhere you shouldn't be allowed to get high, but most jobs you should be allowed to get high. Yeah. Yeah, most jobs. Most jobs, any office job you should be able to get high at lunch.

Yep. When lunch starts, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. When I've written on shows, like, the shows where they let you get high, you're like, I'll stay, you tell me when you want me to go. The ones where they don't, you're like, this is the worst job ever. This is hell.

So Koya starts thing about running for office. Now Republicans control the state legislature, so the Farm Labor Party and the Democratic Party merged into the Democratic Farmer Labor Party. One, two. Already wrong. Fucking lick. What? Death fuck ladies. Ah! And September 1944, Andy and Koya sold their farm and bought...

I'm looking to buy a farm. Hi. Hey, you want another farm? Wait, what? I didn't think I'd say told me that I sold the other one. Yeah. Here's your mom. This is a generator. OK. Yeah, that's good. My mom's a generator?

Yeah. Yeah, OK. Look at how dumb it is. It's just stupid. What? Hello. So, sell the farm and they bought the hotel angel tear. I don't know what the fuck that is.

Inglitao. I don't know. So, Koya renamed it Andy's place hoping that Andy would take... Andy's place. ...hopeing he would take more interest. Like a foreign NBC sitcom. Andy's hotel. Oh, I love that when you're like, someone who can't handle responsibility,

I'll fix with more responsibility. Welcome to Andy's hotel. Andy's asleep in one of the rooms, and we can't figure out which one it is. Come on down to Andy's. Andy's berating customers. He's lost some of the keys. Come on down to Andy's hotel.

The cafe in the hotel did amazing. And then Kree started in 1947, and he still had a little bit of land that she inherited. Now Andy just wanted Koei to take care of him and do all the work. So she thought maybe adopting a kid would help the marriage. Boy, she is. I get that you can't get divorced, but man, you sure can throw more problems at the problem. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.

Well, he wasn't able to handle the responsibility of running that hotel. Maybe he's ready to be a father. Ha-ha-ha-ha. He didn't want to, but he said okay. Okay. So, she went and adopted a seven-year-old boy. Jesus.

Terry, the name Terry. Andy did not see the boy before he adopted him. She just went and met him and was like, yeah, we'll do that one. And Andy, you stay. We're worried all day. Well, I've got to say, it's not like a fucking dog. Where were you all day? You're a've got to say, it's not like a fucking dog. Wait, where are you all day? I, you're a dad.

Yeah, this is Terry. Yeah! Oh, are ya? I'm seven. Ha. Ha. Ha. Seven year old.

That's old, like, I just, yeah, that's old. Yeah, I got blessed with him, but Jesus, to be like, oh, it's fine. Well, he shouldn't be around young kids. Seven feels about right. What are we gonna name it? It's already named Terry. Hello.

Hi, Dad. Hi, you fucking son of a bitch. I don't love my rapport with Dad. So she fixes up the bedroom, right? He fixes up Terry's room. He goes, Harry. Toys and, you know, what the- Look at that!

Little Tonkas. Not yet. So play, though. She goes to get him. Oh, I'll go get him. And they take a train back and they arrive at 4 a.m. So they come into the hotel and... It's gonna be a shit can.

Slightly go up the stairs and then she's... I'm excited. ...to show her room. Her father is a real drunk, so we gotta be real quiet. Yes. And then she turns on the lights, excited show him his room and there's Andy. Past out on the bed. Quote, her husband was passed out on the bed.

Quote, her husband was passed out on Terry's bed. The room was torn up and the newly bought toys strewn about. Andy woke up and said, quote, go back where you came from. We don't want you around here. That's your dad. That's your dad. Um, so listen. He's really great.

He's just in one of those moods where he destroys the room that I spend all day making for you. Yeah. Yeah. Once he's up tomorrow, I think he'll be a good dad. Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure. Right now, he's up tomorrow, I think he'll be a good dad. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure. Right now, he's, it's just what he wakes up at 4 a.m.

Faced down on the floor, he's upset. Yeah. And he probably didn't even mean you. He probably, he was talking to me. Yeah. Maybe, I don't know. You can't leave a person right now. Isn't that crazy?

Yeah. In this time, in this era, this is the move. That's what you do. Yep, stick it out. He's been getting hot. Well, stick. I'm gonna get him a hot air balloon. So Terry spent most of his first month hiding under the cupboard.

Oh my God. Welcome. Still, they adopted him officially. Now, Andy got the town school bus driver job and now only drank. Listen, we were talking about what janitors being able to drink. Literally the first job in my head

who was like, you can't, was like, yeah, you know, like a bus driver. Can't be a drunk bus driver. Hey, can. They're more fun. He will only drink on weekends now. Oh, okay. Really?

Really fucking cool. That is, I mean, I guess if that worked. What? Sure. Yeah. Is that true? Yeah? Sure. Yeah. Why not? Is that true? Yeah.

Wow. Oh, he said he did. Right. Sure. But he's still had no interest in being a dad. He almost never spoke to Terry. Or really anyone. Quote, a conversation with him was nearly impossible.

It was not in his nature to probe or exchange ideas. That's pretty much not a human. He said stuff like, hot out today? Hot out today. But everyone in town said, Andy, was the nicest guy. Hot out today. I love Andy. Always with the temperatures. Hot out, hot out today.

It's hot out today, Andy. It's hot out today. It's hot out today. All right. It's just... It's just the hotout today. You can't stop it. Andy?

Should I get on the bus or no? Okay. Are you gonna drive? Yeah. It's just a hotout today. And it just gets hotter every day. Okay, it's summer. You can't do anything to stop it.

But it's just the season that come in ice spring. Oh yeah, but it won't take its fucking put off your neck. It's so goddamn hot out today. Okay. Okay. We're gonna be late for school. I know. It's hot out today. So Koi became active in the community and then the DFL.

She went to the state convention and met leaders like spot Ryerson. So he helped her out and he introduced her to other big hitters in the state. And then she ran for the state legislature. Her life was pretty great except for Andy who didn't talk to her now. Hi, now today. Huh? Hi, now today. Yes.

Yeah. Yes. Yes. Yeah. Terry. Ha, not today. Okay, yes. All right. All right, bye.

Ha, ha. Have we hot perm- Oh, baby. All right, bye-bye. When she said they needed to talk about things, he'd quote, turn his back, put on his coat and hat, and walk out the door without a word. His friends teased him that she wore the pants in the family. It's hot out today! And he thought she was trying to make him look dumb and insignificant by running for office.

It's not out to do that. Now, at campaign events, Koya would sing. She won. Of course. I mean, Dave, no shit. Yeah. I mean, you'd be like, all right? You're turned to rebut, 30 seconds. I don't have an accordion.

I can beatbox? No. Pfft! The Minneapolis Tribune headline was, quote, woman legislator credits victory to baby talk. Yeah. It was about the origin of Koya's name. Oh, right.

Right. The article also covered what she cooked for Christmas dinner. All right. So we've covered what it's like to be a mother. Now, walk she cooked for Christmas dinner. All right. So we've covered what it's like to be a mother. Now, walk us through your Christmas menu. Yeah! She was very annoyed, and she didn't like being called Mrs. Andy Newtson, as opposed to her name.

No, shit! In the capital, she lived in a hotel that had an elevator. Terry was blown away. He had never seen an elevator. Yeah, I would imagine that. And he especially liked that when it stopped, it jolted in the operators to pay moved. That operator was like, Jesus Christ.

Stop. Oh. operator was like, Jesus Christ. Stop. Oh, uh. When she came back from the session, Andy locked her out of the bedroom. So she moved into the guest room. Better. Better, much better. Yeah. Hot after the. Hot.

They didn't fight, but they just completely ignored each other. She was reelected. She fought for fair employment, migrant workers, and Native Americans. Disgusting. What is she cooking for Christmas? Pretty sick of you avoiding the question. None of that's got to do with being a woman. What she cook? She do when he bills, and she, and she passes, he bills about meatloaf or things that matter. Pie. Does she burn dinner? But without Koya there, the cafe just kind of fell apart.

Well, you really, Andy was not. Yeah. Yeah, they had to close it. So Andy was not stepping it up in the way that we'd all hope. No. Andy's sister lives there too. She tried, but it too much work. Right. Now, Congressman Harold Hagen came to Oakley to speak. Now, when he came to speak, he wore a homeberg hat.

Ah, nice. Yeah, that was pretty fancy. And so seeing him wearing that hat, Koi decided, Hagen was at a touch and she was gonna run against him. Oh, what? Hats again. Yep.

Fancy hat. So he had a nice hat so she was like, no way. No way, that's not the kind of hat we wear around here. I'm an accordion person. One of the first things she did was to go to talk to spot who said he had her back. Absolutely. And he would help behind the scenes with that.

Of course I would. Movers and shakers. I'm super loyal. Yes. Yes, you are a dog, yes. I am a loyal one. At a boy. Yeah.

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah, no. We do a treat-based thing with you. Oh. Uh, uh, uh, uh, pudding. with you. Oh, a pudding. There was a recent graduate named William Jadal and he became her campaign manager.

Okay. And so he's young, he's a 25. The hotel became the headquarters. Sure. Now Andy immediately became jealous of Bill and also Bill was living them with them in the hotel while running the campaign. He wouldn't talk to her, he wouldn't do anything whether he would avoid her, they had separate lives,

he sees another guy and he's like, that two-timer. Ha! The only person who doesn't fuck her is me. He gets in his face. Hot today. What? Hi. What? Yes, hot today, face. How today? What? Yeah, huh? Huh?

Yeah, it's hot today, huh? What? Hot today? Yeah. Yeah. It's actually not. It's like 30 degrees. Jesus Christ, man.

Hot today. Okay, all right. Yeah. So, Koya tried to talk to every farmer in the district. Sometimes a farmer came out to milk his cows in the morning and found Koya in the barn. Excuse me? Who are you and what are you doing next to my cow? I'm running for office. I'm gonna start up by giving my hands on these others. You got my vote.

I'm a fucking weirdo. It's just gonna be hard to milk them with that accordion. Well you don't know where I'm from, but that's how we do it. My daddy was drunk and my mom was a generator. And my grandpa was a chicken. Well, that's quite a speech. Wanna song? Sure do. You guys have no idea what the fuck is happening now.

Yeah, no, yeah. Dave's about to sing a song. Go ahead. Anyway, she wins the primary. the fuck is happening now. Yeah, no, yeah. Dave's about to sing a song as, go ahead, go ahead. Anyway, she wins the primary. Okay. She quits teaching to run. Bill put a huge loudspeaker on her car.

She didn't know, she had no Norwegian accent until she heard her radio add. What? Yes. She had no idea, she had no Norwegian accent that she heard herself on the radio. She was like, what was this person? What did she talk like this for?

Why did you get a sound alike to a sound like me for the radio? Who is she? That's you. No, that's not to me at all. Listen to her talk. Well, how are you Irish now? You're goddamn fraud There's something I have to tell you

She sang parody songs about... So she is weird out. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha People must have aided up. Yeah, huh, huh. She also sang parody songs about her opponent, Hagen. One quote really devastated Hagen. OK. She got no money from the DFL and went into debt, and she had to sell the land she didn't herited to pay for the campaign. OK. She was backed by old lefties and railroad unions.

She was backed by old lefties and railroad unions. Yep. Any refuse to campaign with her? Hot. One day she came home and discovered heat opened the mail and stole a bunch of donations. How is this a good job? This is a story about how divorce became legal. Well, it may be, yeah.

I get some point. It's like, uh, listen, we frown upon it, and normally you'd go to hell, but Andy, get the fuck outta here. You are really a piece of shit. What? So Bill would work really late. Oh, Terry just becomes huge.

So Bill would work late, and then he'd sleep really late. I hope Terry just becomes huge. So Bill would work late and then he'd sleep in late. But Quen never let Andy sleep in late. So one morning Andy just lost his mind and started screaming, quote, that good looking loud. He has no business line around in bed all day. I was wrong about him. He'd wet the fuck? It's that alcoholic erase.

Yeah, he's got that psychotic mind going on. Yeah, totally. As the campaign went on, Andy just got more and more angry with Bill. Hagen gave letters to friends to give to the paper, like as if they had written them. Letters to the end. One said, quote, when I think of the faithful service that representative Harold Hagen has rendered to all of us in the part of the ninth district generally, the idea of submitting a reputable lady school teacher

for solid worth seems very out of place. Wait. To be inserted in the Crookston paper. That was the letter the guy didn't take off. The guy didn't take off to be inserted. What did you mean when you wrote that? Ha ha ha. It was a note to the self to just...

It says to be inserted in the paper. Okay, maybe you should just do it. But then the guy who turned in the letter added his own thing on at the end. There should be better swings in the park. Quote, she can't do what Hagen has done for the farmer, and if she is a smart woman, she should be able to work in some bank that is intended for a woman and not stick herself in a man's place. All the like care to thread the needle on the first part by him.

He's like, she's gonna go work in a bank for Ladybrained. And she's so smart, why come she ain't got a million dollars inside her? Riddle me that, dip fuck! Insert in paper. Take sip of whiskey. She's so smart, why don't you live in the cloud with Jesus Christ? Stupid assholes. I ain't got no argument. I'm not gonna vote for some lady that's wearing shoes.

I can't you just float a little bit higher than Earth. Figure that one out, yeah? Nope. I can't. I can't. Well, there you go. I can't vote for that. It's disgusting.

She's an idiot. Trust me. You read what I wrote. Yeah, you want her to work in a bank. For ladies. A lady bank? I think that's what I said, isn't it? What did I say?

You said she should be able to work in some bank that is intended for a woman. Yeah, she exactly, a bank intended for a woman. The woman bank, right? Yeah, she exactly, a bank intended for a woman. The woman bank. Right? Yeah, kindness. I guess. Or just a bank where they only hire ladies. Why don't they think they should be allowed to have money?

I would love a bank that only had ladies working in it. Are we talking about something else? Ah, sure am. Before at a vent in Oakley, Koi's brother-in-law killed himself. Her family was going to tell her after her big speech, but Andy told her right before she went on stage. I am fed up with him. I can't imagine what she's going through. I'm like, I'm this fucking guy. Hey, good luck out there, by the way. So she was campaigning that day with Senator Humphrey.

So she just went out and introduced him, but she couldn't speak for herself. For the fight. And there you go. Not good. Why? Because you told me that my brother and I kill himself I before I went up on stage.

You did? Yeah. Whoa. You told me. How did it? Oh. Oh. So for the final week, she was just completely grief-stricken

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Forks? I like folks. The grand folks, Harold, that said history, had been made by the state of America. The grand folks, that said, the state of America, the state of America, the state of America, to change it to folks though, like forks, I like folks. The grand folks' herald that said history had been made by a housewife.

She was national news. She asked the Democratic leadership for a spot on the House Agricultural Committee, and the chairman said he did not want a woman on his committee. But he eventually re-lented. Taking on a bit of a wrestling audience vibe right now. Buh! But she made it! Yay! The press focused on how she was able to combine home making and legislating.

Reporters all called, but just for human interest stories. Quote, they particularly wanted to know what her husband did and whether or not he would move to Washington. They just couldn't get their mind. How does this work when it's a different way? Now there's like when a man comes, the woman sometimes also comes. Why do you get your power from without a man nearby? Andy's drinking just got worse.

Koya talked to his brother and they decided it would be good to try to get him into a nearby mental hospital to sober up. Andy was fucking live it. So then she asked the town liquor store to stop selling to him. That is a terrible second option. Yeah. And you're like, well, we'll just hiss the store to not give him booze anymore. That's bad. He found out and threatened both Koya and Terry.

Wow. She decided she was just gonna give him money. I've been fucking the generator. And what? Yeah. That's what my dad did. Yeah. I know.

You're fucking my mom. Yeah, yeah. So Koya and I just decided she was gonna give him money and wipe her hands of them. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, Koi and I just decided she was going to give him money and wipe her hands of them. She's just giving money and she's done. So how does that work? She's just going to take care of them like you would a baby. So she just gives them money and she's like, go fuck it.

Yeah. Yeah. Here's a death stipend. Terry would go to DC with Koya for her first two weeks. You didn't want to kick it with Andy back at the hotel that sucks? One night Andy came back shit faced with a shotgun. Shot faced. And told Koya and Terry quote, stand here you two you think you're leaving huh? Now what do you say?

And then he saw the looks in their faces and dropped the gun, quote, I didn't mean it, I didn't mean it. Let me start blubbering. He's fun. I mean, that's, it's fun. Well, listen. A very good ending to a really crazy moment.

Could be so much worse. That's like like movie shit. Yeah. She's like, no, you, sorry, I'm like, oh, Jesus Christ. Andy, this is fucking out of control. I'm sorry. It's just so hot in the summer.

It gets so hot and humid in the summer. It's hot. It in the summer. It's... It's hot. It's 42 degrees. I find it to be warm. I don't know what he wore. My dad left. Your dad left?

Who told? He's been gone for like 15 years. Oh no. Is there a hat? Err... Err... What are you doing? Err, he did.

Yeah! No. Terry, my boy. No. I love you. He doesn't even know who... You're my son. No, you've never said anything to him. I miss the days when we used to go

throw the old pig skin out back and tell each other knock, knock, no. Little he never happened. Oh, remember when we used to put all the talk of cars in your bedroom and stop around and say, hey, they work for us. No, you just. Remember when I got you that little tool bells?

No. That little woman, all those fake screwdrivers and hammers, and I used my real ones and we made a workbench and I pretended like you didn't. Remember to touch out a shave? That's a movie you're talking about. Too many memories. That none of this happened.

What about the time I touched out a swim? I'm sorry, I threw you in there and let you go under for a minute, but then said it was the only way. Oh, boy, I love you. I'll never forget when you were a little baby and had you strapped to my chest and that weird be on. And I took her out and people said

you were the spit and image of me and I didn't have the heart to tell him that we had you adopted since he was six months old. Can you pick up the shotgun and shoot me? I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not.

I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. like 15 years ago. Oh, I love your son. I can't believe he's getting married.

I'm not. Well, someday you will. I'm 16. To be there. Oh. No. Oh. Boy, I'm just playing on all montage in my head right now.

Remember that time I fell on a deli slicer and it took my tits off. Man, I'm leaving. And the doctor said he could reattach him so I asked him for yours. And you gave me one and then you split the skin and then he gave me a new set. No. And then I did that terrible photo shoot with that man that said if I wanted to have a good Hollywood career, I'd have to do some compromising pictures so I did them in a bathtub. And he did a bunch of me looking at a window,

whacking myself. And then when he said, bend over like you got to pick something up, I said, I don't know if I like the long term strategy and he said, do it. If you want to make it in this industry, you got to do some things you're not comfortable with and said do it. If you want to make it in this industry you've got to do some things you're not comfortable with and I did it. And then when he mad me sign that contract I realized there

was no movies. He was just my neighbor. The porn is we've lived five lifetimes together in your 18 years. I'm 16. Poin is. When I look into your eyes, I see myself. All the potential, all the heartache, all the love. And we're the same. The generous downstairs, you know. I just finished inside of it. I need 10 minutes.

I love you son. Okay. I love you so much. Alright, see you later. Your daddy loves you. Okay. Biological papa. Okay.

Bye. Okay, bye. Baby. No. Come on. Let's do the secret hand shake. Bing, bang. Oh.

Ha ha ha ha. Uh. My boy's a man. Give me a grand kid. Nope. Want some chocolate? No. Sit on my leg. I'll be sure to.

Shut the fuck up. Oh, king. By the way, all that stuff about those photographs, just so you know, that happened. So Cara, Koya took Terry that night and went to stay with her sister, Minneapolis, before they headed to DC. Now there were a total of 17 women in Congress that Tribune published a photo of Koya in her office. Quote, she spent the first couple of days mentally rearranging the furniture so that when she actually moved in she was ready to push it around into a new pattern like any woman. Pfft.

Pfft. It's a fun thing. It's a fun thing. Someone actually wrote that. I know. I know. I can't you. They should buy it at two hour conversation.

She was probably like, and it's very important that someone represents the farmers. They mean, he's like, what are you going to do with that, Ottoman? Pfft. It feels a bit out of place. I'm sure it's all you're thinking about with your little lady brain. Will you be wearing gloves when you're in session? You are a woman, it is Congress.

What are you going to do with that desk? It's awful manny. Tee look at you. You can't even process the words I'm saying. On an agricultural committee trip to the Dominican Republic, Koya was the only woman. So all the dudes were jockeying to sit beside her. And she realized they all saw her as fair game and she could not travel as the only woman in the group.

Wow. She also had a hard time telling a difference between them being nice and overtures with sexual innuendos. She tried to ignore the fondling, but it made herself conscious. Jesus Christ. And it pissed her off because it made her feel awkward

and added disadvantage. Well, yeah. Just enjoy your woman. What are my hands supposed to be for? I know. She had Terry enroll in a Virginia military academy so he didn't have to go back home. And when they went...

You're gonna train to kill your father. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Well, Koi was obviously horrified by the way Andy looked. I really missed him, stuff. By the way, I'm 81 now. What's the matter? You never heard of a blunt? Since you've been gone, I've been listening a lot of two-puck. And let me tell you something. You got a lot of fucking attitude. She said he didn't care about anything just drinking.

But in town, everyone saw him as a good guy who, quote, celebrated too much once in a while. Yep, he's just hooked on celebrating. She still deposited money in his account and at the bank, he'd giggled nervously as she put money in. She's this Christ. Fuck. And like in the eyes of government, they were like, he'd be way better in government. He's a man.

In 1956, the state DFL backed Illinois governor Adley Stevenson. This is for the Democratic presidential primary. So, Koya had told the DFL not to back him because he knew fuck all about farming. So when they backed him, she backed and became the state chairwoman for the campaign of Tennessee Senator, I don't know if it says name, I should look it up, Estes Cuffevar. Now the DFL guys are pissed that she backs him and they decided Bill, her member of the campaign manager, had pushed her to back

Cuffevar. Right. Suddenly rumors swirled. Swirled. Swirled? Well, it's Andy. I don't know about this rumor. Suddenly rumors swirled that Koya and Bill were having an affair. They all swirled. Mm-hmm.

Anybody know if I'm saying the name wrong? Kevover? What? Kevover? Okay, Kevover. At Rally, she sang a song about Kevover to the tune of Davy Crockett. Kevover, Kevover, Kevover. Kevover, Kevover.

Man, I tried to find it. I just wish it was out there. It wasn't out there. Like that would have been the best thing ever. Oh. Kaffabr wore a Davy Crockett. He did. Koon Skin Cat.

Wow. Oh. He he he. At one rally. I mean, come on. At one rally, a local sheriff escorting Kavavar wore a Buckskin suit and a Koonskin cap. Behind him, a gaggle of boys were the same.

The sheriff then sang David Crockett, substituting Estes Kavavar for David Crockett, and then he sang a duet with Koya. Wow, and people were like, that's a pretty good campaign, right? I mean, just when you think campaigns are all about stupidity and bluster now. I mean, could you imagine watching that? Like, if you were even slightly smart, you'd be like, what in the- You'd be like, so quick fuck. So what is his camp?

He's just David Crockett. I think so. David Crockett was one of the first, like, populous kind of guys. Oh, really? Yeah, he was like a- Oh, I didn't even, I really don't even know. I just know the song really,

and I know he wore a good shirt. Yeah, yeah, so he was like a big, yeah, a man of the people, type, fella. Okay, sure. Yeah, well clearly. So put on a gun skin happens. Yeah, of course. Crew's round like, you know, freaky. I mean, yeah, rack the raccoons were like,

wait, what's going on? They're like, there's a real, there's a populist who's wearing you guys. That's not great. No, it ain't. So Cuffavro, populist, he would shake everyone's hand. Stevenson hated being folksy and shaking hands. And Kaffabra, one Minnesota, Bick. And now the DFL guys were humiliated. And they blamed Koya. Sure. But she was now the most talked about Congresswoman. And suddenly, Adelie Stevenson became a big hand-shaking

campaigner. And he wore cowboy boots in Arizona. Give me that hand. Give me your fucking hand. Give it to me. And how are you? He carried his stuffed alligator in Florida. Like they do.

Give me that hand. I have an alligator. I'm a 70 year old. Hello! I love everybody. Give me that baby. Here, put it in there. Hey, I got an alligator.

Come on. What the fuck do you people want from me? I'm trying to figure it out. Well, nobody said Carrie an alligator. You want me to shake hands? So I'm carrying an alligator and shaking hands, like you has for. We don't carry alligators.

Well, I'm carrying an alligator and an eight working. They just, they're, something we're actually scared of. It's hard to shake hands when you have two gators under each arm. I'm trying to fucking thread all these needles to you people. Why can't I just be me? I don't shake hands. I don't carry alligators.

You're trying to make me something that I'm not. So now I've got to carry another alligator to fix this. That's going to be your three. That's your solution. We don't carry alligators. I had it hard to carry a fourth, and I'm not even hearing about it. The fuck am I gonna put a fourth? You know, we...

A third's gonna be an issue. I guess I could do it between my legs, but then I'm gonna be the alligator guy. Everyone's gonna be like, what's with this guy on Alligators? I don't even like him. I don't know what I'm up to. Slowly.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. The bottle hit Sheila and Tom's eyes met. It was their time. So Stevenson wins the prize. I got a ninth alligator. I've taped it to my head. So Stevenson wins the prize. Now he'll be.

He'll be. Now he'll be. He'll be. He'll be. And Kefabr both want to be VP and at the Democratic National Convention, Stevenson suddenly announces he's not going to pick the VP but he'd let the convention vote on it. Which devastated Humphrey. Right after Stevenson announced that a reporter found Humphrey weeping. Oh gosh. I can't want to be the guy with the pickin'. You ready? You can't.

I just wanted to pick me up. I can't pick me up. I can't pick me up. You might not. I want to be my president. You might not be suited for it. A lot of pressure I don't know that you can No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,, don't start again, don't start again. Don't start again, do breathing. Breathe, breathe, breathe, breathe. They're gonna need to see you out there in a minute. Do some breathing.

I want to be breathing. Stop, stop, stop, stop. Stop, just breathe, breathe, breathe, breathe. I know you, maybe next time, maybe next time, maybe next time, maybe next time. Maybe it can be next time. It can be next time for you, maybe. Maybe next time's better for you.

Maybe next time. Maybe you take a few years, you get some counseling and you learn how to deal with some stuff and it'd be okay, just do some breathing. And don't do a restart. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. No, you're a big boy. Hey, my God, what a big man.

I was a senator. Hey, what a big senator, huh? Holy, whoa, whoa, whoa. Boy, do you have a lot of power in the Senate, huh? Boy, do you have a time? No, I want your boyfriend. No, but you don't even need that device. President's just kind of like it.

It's like it. Don't you elephant. Do not. You know you don't. Now, come on. You're a bit, you're don't. Now come on. You're a bit, you're, stop it. Stop it. Don't, no, don't you knock that,

that is a really bad one to knock. You have done a lot. You're a big, big Senator. You really are a big beefy Senator. Look, yeah, I'll go to your bad boy, huh? You a bad boy. Look at his little bad boy. Yeah, look at his bad boy, huh?

Vice President, hey, fuck that, you don't need that because you're a big bad motherfucker. Yeah, you are. Yeah, you got some snot on your face, your eyes are real red, you're a big bad-ass. Yeah, yeah. All right, there you're a big bad-ass. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. All right. There you go.

Yeah. Feel better. Yeah. Now, don't even worry about it. All right. Now, this was insane, but that's okay. But that's okay. All right.

Yeah. Big tough guy. After the first... I'm pretty riled up over here. Yeah. I don't know you are. After the first ballot, Humphreys was last in the votes. Don't tell people.

Do not tell him. People that everyone gathered in his room. Oh no. To discuss what to do. Some were saying you should drop out, quote, Eugeneie Anderson shouted, leave Humphrey alone! Everyone was crying. TV commentator Martin Agronsky quote, Hubert was crying, sobbing and so were some of his friends. Holy shit.

So Kevavar begged Humphrey to help him and he started crying. What is the idea that these people are like a woman in government? Well, they're like, yay! I would never remember my best friend. A witness quote, in fact, everyone was crying. I'll never forget the water gushing in that room. Their cycles have synced. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right.

That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right.

That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right.

That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right.'s completely insane. That's nuts. Now, Koya orchestrated people to vote for Humphrey, but that was only because she knew Humphrey could not win and would drop out, and then they could get him to support Kevavar, okay? So that's exactly what happened, and Kevavar won VP on the ticket.

Wow. That was, like, Koya was behind that. She orchestrated that, so now, top DFL guys think Koya's gotten too big. And when she got back to DC, she finds a letter from Andy on her desk. from Andy on her desk. Jim Beam, ice, limes. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha These day cherries that the bartender will give you a few of if you ask for them, but then it looks weird if you ask her an applicant full of them. What's the stuff you can dip in the drink? Oh, bread. Bread.

Booze bread. Here's the letter, quote, my dear wife. Whoa. Some of the party had a- Oh, give him a chance. Ha give him a chance. He's changed. Some of the party had a meeting. They called me over and asked me lots of things. Well, I didn't say much because I wanted to see first how you turn out. Bad phrase. They want another meeting now about February 1st. Well,

Koya, if I don't hear from you by that time, I am going to tell them the whole works. I don't get any money from you. So I'll have to get it at wrong. Some other place. I'm broke and I need money. The faces got about 50 to 75 coming from me. I'm broke and I need money. The face has got about 50 to 75 coming from me. I can really make money out of this deal. The rest is up to you, Koya. Which side of the fence you want me on? I love you, honey. Oh my God. Are there two Andes? He said so much and yet I still don't know what the fuck is going on. He's saying some guys from the party called him in to talk to him. And he's going to basically do a tell-all to them unless he's blackmailing him.

Yes, he's blackmailing him. If she doesn't give him money, he's going to take money from them. And at the end, he was like like insert into the local paper. She decides not to give into his threat, but she doesn't have any money anyway because she's paying for two places. Now stories start coming out that the DFL does not like Bill because he kind of runs interference for Koya. So she just focuses on doing business.

She had her big things passing a college loan bill. Now the DFL tries to purge anyone in the district supporting Koya, but she wins the district convention by two votes. Wow. This is just like most likely to succeed all over again. But the big story was that Andy was an alt delegate. Oh my God. And it stood up and asked to read a letter into the record, but was denied. Oh my God.

Thank God, I'm seeing triple. So he instead, afterwards, gave a statement to the press. Woo! Quote. I have, as of this date, May 4th, inform my wife. Star Wars Day. Ha! Ha! Is it really?

May the fourth be with you. Ha! Inform my wife, Quote. We both, they're like Blue Blue Kai have daddy issues too. It's hard to tell. Well, and for my wife, Koya, Newtson, I do not want her to file for re-election to Congress. I expect her to comply with this request.

Therefore, because of my- I passed my own law. Man, say woman, no! Read cave paint! Therefore, because of my interest in the DFL party, as a party member, I believe it should be the business of this convention to discuss a candidate or candidates to file the primary, so my wife's position will be filled again by a DFL member. Oh my God. So the press goes fucking bug-fuck.

It's on the radio, it's on TV. She doesn't find, she's driving at this point to Minneapolis. She doesn't find out for like a couple hours. The Fargo Forum paper headline was quote, koia come home. Oh my God. And then, and then the AP picked that up and then all of the papers picked it up. And so koia come home became the phrase.

Oh my God. That's too late. Yeah, it's a... I don't hear you anymore. Koei just decided to respond. Quote, family problems are a personal matter. I will not discuss it with the press. So Andy drops another letter. I do not subscribe to this same theory. Here is another entry from the Andy diaries. You come home so I can shoot you in my shotgun.

Here come on. Quote, our home life has deteriorated to the extent that it is practically non-existent. I want to have a happy home that we enjoyed many years prior to the election. Koya hasn't been home for Christmas for two years and Easter for three. She's trying to divorce you dickface. What the fuck? And then Andy wrote that Bill had a dictatorial influence. Oh, sorry. A big dictatorial influence.

He's got a big ol' dick influence. And what I want to say is he's got that big dictatorial energy. And that Bill had ruined their marriage. Quote. We got a Bill camp. and that Bill had ruined their marriage. Quote. Woo! Woo! We got a Bill camp. Woo! Quote, finally I believe that it is useless for her to be elected as the decisions that

are made are not hers, but then whatever Bill's last name is. That is, that is all, like, it's amazing that he's like, she's doing all these bad things. She's really chosen her work over my house. Also, obviously a woman couldn't decide to do that. Bill made her. Yes, that is a problem. Yeah, there is a bit of a contradiction

in the Andy Diaries. So the press goes fucking bananas, because now it's an abandoned husband, and an affair. Right. Jesus Christ. And it's neither, maybe one. Is she, did she bang Bill?

I don't think so, but you never know. I know. Lord knows I wouldn't give it to him. She should. Honestly, she should. Oh, I'll tell you what, good Lord. So he could kill the soil with no tools, if you don't understand.

I don't. I don't. He had a barn full of objects. I wanna mine a fertilizing. The barn? God. You know, it's got a big crop. Keep going. So people are telling her if I have a fire bill, but she refuses to fire bill.

People are telling her to drop out. She's like, I'm not dropping out. So people are telling her if I have a fire bill, but she refuses to fire a bill. People are telling her to drop out. She's like, I'm not dropping out. And she says, Andy's statement is political. The saga was being covered everywhere, even in England. Oh Tear a woman These are your people. Oh, no.

Oh, my man. Do you know that one about the woman who had will? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

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Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Is anyone in the press reporting that he is a talking Manhattan? Not yet, no. He said he'd support Koya if she fired Bill and spent more time at home.

He didn't want her to quit now, he said, quote, I just want her to come home more often. Oh my, talk to her then you fucking asshole. And then the DFL lied to a local paper about Koya. Made up some stories that she wasn't popular and this other stuff. And then when the editor find out the DFL lied, she went public and corrected the record and said, Koya's friend, Spot Ryerson, had been the one to lie to her. Um...

Not spot. Not spot. Spot! No! Bad spot! Get out of here! And he did an interview and showed off all of the fan letters he was getting. He stood by every word.

Now women both supported and were against Koya. For instance, Arther Edward wrote to say there should be a law that if a woman is married she has to quit working. Some wrote of the double standard. Oh, I think it about you. Oh, how dare they. The agriculture committee chairman called her a devoted public servant. A Republican said she worked hard and, quote,

she was a pleasant surprise because she's a cheerful blonde addicted to rather bright costume jewelry. And I thought she might trade on her personality. That's, by the way still would be considered a very positive quote from a Republican. Republican Sid Simpson quote, I'm for the ladies after all they cast more votes than the men and Koya Nutsen is a nice looking Swedish blonde.

Reporters wrote about her looks, plop-bom, blonde, honey blonde, chubby blonde. Other congresswomen were asked how they balanced home life and work. What did you make for Christmas? Koya wrote to the Oakley businesses and put in the Oakley paper that she was not responsible for any of Andy's debts. And then a syndicated columnist wrote that Andy had a drinking problem and lived off her money. Andy was now fucking pissed. In response, 17 men in Oakley calling themselves the Friends of Andy Newtson Committee. Oh my God! The Swift Post veterans for truth!

Where the Friends of Andy Coalition? That's right and I'm the President! Andy's a hell of a guy! This is the best! You didn't know I would! I would have had any number one! You're the best. You're the night and I will. I will. I will. I will. I will. See you laughed at Andy. And then he became a fucking ass fart.

Yeah. Yeah. Andy is a very poor woman. You fucking piece of a baddie's my best friend. Andy's my friend. I'm a big man. Andy's so bad. I'm sorry.

I love Andy. I love Andy. I love Andy. I love you, I love you, I love you. I stole from Andy. I stole a lot from Andy. I may love to his downstairs machine. Hold on, I'm in it. I just realized I'm Andy. Hey!

Oh my God. Hi. My wife. Ha ha ha ha ha. So they, the Annie Newtson committee, signed a document stating, Andy was not an alcoholic, was responsible, and paid his debts.

And they published it in the paper. Yeah. Here, a super PAC. Coius Oakley supporters were begging her to tell the truth about Andy, but she stuck to personal life as my business and no one else's. So now Republican papers start juicing it, right? The Ferguson Falls quote, will it ever be the same? Oh my God, everything's the worst for ever.

Those of us who are ruled by the finest and human emotion joined with Andrew. It sounds like a de Beers ad. Give her the gift. Join with Andrew in the hope that Quay will come home and they will live happily ever after. All Andrew wants is for her to come home to the room that he took from their orphan son. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Under the cupboard, Terry.

Another paper quote, he's a lonely man, this Andy Newtson. Oh my God. This low thing is... They all sound like ads. Yeah. This lowliness is written all over his thin, somewhat care worn face. Andy showed, pick, Andy showed reporters

a picture of the family and said, that's from when they were happy. And you look 30 there. Anything she did became about Andy. Oh, fuck, all papers were now villainizing Bill. At the state Anything she did became about Andy. Oh fuck. All papers were now villainizing Bill. At the state convention, in a meeting, four DFL guys told her fire Bill and she refused. I love that that's the issue. Yeah.

Kill Andy. And they all ended up screaming at each other. The next day, those four guys formed a 20-member group to oppose Koya. But it didn't work. The convention still endorsed her. Andy? Here we go. Then publicly supported one of her primary opponents, Marvin Evanson.

I'm asking Marvin to move in with me. That's Marvin. I love for Marvin to live with me. At one point, Andy and Koei discussed divorce, but Andy said he wanted alimony, so she said no. So he sold her piano. What are you going to do? It's Christ.

Back in DC. This is a great lesson in staying single. Yeah. Back in DC, she got her college loan bill passed. For the first time, women who could not afford to get educations could get loans to do so. And it says no. and women who cannot afford to get educations could get loans to do so. Yeah! Yeah!

Yeah! Yeah! And it says no! And eventually those loans will become insane. And then you'll become slaves to the estate. To the loan, and then we will say that it'll be forgiven, but. It's not. It's all a rigged game, but back to Andy and Koya.

So now she hits the campaign trail. Out at the bottle. Andy, of course, went to rallies and backed Evan. That is fucking insane I mean like What the fuck yeah, no, it's insane. He's like well, and here I am actively married. Yeah I'm running against koia At a rally in Oak, two days before the election,

Andy stayed home and told reporters, quote, I'm gonna sit here and see what she does. In the way that he's like, either she's coming home, or she's gonna pick politics again. Yeah, that's exactly right. Oh my God. And I'll just look out the window.

The Churbian reported while she spoke, he was quote, waiting for her to come and see him. But after she drove off. I mean, I, I, I, I, Gareth Reynolds want to kill everybody. Ha ha ha ha ha. Ha ha ha ha ha. What the fuck? This is one of these, sir, shut the fuck up. This is one of these stories where it really is like, it is almost nice because you're like,

it's always been the worst. This is so applicable to every bit of bullshit today. Yeah. Where you feel like, man, this has just become a fucking clown. And you know, you know, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, you're like, it's always been the worst. This is so applicable to every bit of bullshit today. Yeah.

Where you feel like, man, this has just become a fucking clown show. But you're like, this is, I mean, the papers are like, will Andy get his wife back? Ha, ha, ha, ha. The fuck are you doing? Breaking news. Andy took a bath. I'm standing in the front of the house where Andy has motivated himself to have a bath.

Do you even Andy what Andy's using in there? He said he was just going to have some hot water and maybe bubbles. Wow, unbelievable developing story. We're bringing in a couple experts today. Someone who thinks Andy should be taking a shower. Someone else who thinks a bath might be a solution for Andy. It's probably beyond for about the next four to five days. I have word that Andy has left the bath.

Wow. How was it? Andy enjoyed the bath. Okay. We'll show the same B-roll of him sort of waving from a carton. So she wins the primary. You clap, but Andy's alone now.

You clap again, but you forget forget that and he did everything he could did like well you're right you are right you're actually right you're right you're right her republican opponent opponent was farmer Odin Langan farmer Odin Langen. He was six-five. His campaign slogan, a big man for a man says job. So subtle. Hey, what's your campaign slogan? Not a woman! Man job! Man! Eleg may and I'll show it to you and it's muddy. Now he ran the exact same campaign that she did the first time. Speaker on the car, meeting with farmers. A song was written about him to the tune of David Crocket.

I mean, and people thought Koi had changed because she had, because it was years later, and she'd been a Congresswoman. Rumors swirled that she'd dyed her hair and bought lots of new clothes. Oh my God. Yeah? Because she did. Yeah, she did, yep. Okay, she's the person. Yeah, Langdon.

I would also like to come out as someone who bought some new clothes. Langdon went after her attendance because if she wasn't home, we're in Congress. What was she up to? Yeah. Where was she? A woman began impersonating her, Where was she? A woman began impersonating her wearing a blonde wig and going to bars near Morehead

She slapped men on the back and said quote, SET HIM UP! I'm Coia Nutson! No one knew if the story was true, but everybody fucking loved it. Who does fake Co coil work for? Probably one of the campaigns. Okay, so, but to me, I'm like, nah, I like this coil. And I fucking coil, I could sure drink.

An old supporter told the reporter, a coil was too loud and strong now. Not quiet like a housewife. was too loud and strong now, not quiet like a housewife. Minnesota says, Koya, come home. Borders and husband agree that it's the place for Congress. Get fucked. I mean, you have got to be kidding me. Fucking Andy.

I just hope she comes home. I mean, the good news is I don't want to throw out any spoilers, Dave, but Andy has died. Uh, he's dead now. Andy died. Andy died. So, and then when he was in, he was getting lowered into his casket, he said, a coy, I come by join me. A country wants Andy to be joined by Kaya, six feet under.

She lost by 1200 votes out of 100,000. She was the only house seat that Democrats lost. Kaya returned to DC to end her term. Two days later, Andy filed a $200,000 lawsuit against Bill for alienation of affection. I'm sorry. What? Bill, you took her heart.

Now give me booze money. Andy quote, I've got nothing against her. I love her and I want her back. I want someone to be in my house that don't talk to. Andy called the Congressional General Accounting Office to help him recover 3000. He said Koya was given as reimbursement for using the hotel as an office. And he filed a claim against the United States for 5,000 for allowing her to cash the checks. Who is it? Someone's advising him. Yeah, there was an attorney that was advised. There's a guy who's like, hey, Andy's, okay.

Yeah, let's go. Koya initiated a congressional investigation into the campaign, but she needed Andy to testify. Oh, boy. And she borrowed money to have Andy and Terry flown in. Apparently, when they get in the room together the first time, it's like, Terry said it was like two strangers standing there. But a coya staffer helped Andy write an affidavit explaining the coya came home letter. A committee to investigate campaign expenditures was begun to find the letter, if the letters were part of a campaign of fraud and conspiracy.

And there's three letters, two published in the one sent to her. And he revealed that he met with DFL leaders, quote, they wanted me to write Koya a letter first for her to come home. And then they wanted me to write a letter, which they wrote it. And I was supposed to give it to the ninth district chairman at the meeting. The second letter, he was dictated to and told what to write. And he did it because he was told

Koyo was having an affair with Bill and the DFL paid him. The committee ruled the DFL. Well, G. Dave, I don't know what a conspiracy is, but. TAR. TAR. The committee ruled the DFL exploited her in her loss but as

disgusting as it was it must be left to the quote good taste of the electorate for correction so no action was taken so that's it so she's out Quaid takes a job on a TV show production in New York it was called Mike the cat and was being done by Clairvoyant Jean Dixon. Sorry, sorry, Dave, Dave, Dave, David, David, David, David, David, David, David, David, Dave, you just, you cannot give us a recalibration, to give us a palette cleanser. Ah!

So that's it, Andy's delusional drunk conspiracy for just one over, so she went and wrote on Mike the Cat and by Clairvoyant Jean-Tix. By Clairvoyant, what the fuck is Mike the cat with a Clairvoyant? I know, no, it never made it to air. No one knows what it was. What? What, I mean, I'm shocked it didn't make it, obviously.

It seemed like a pretty Clair premise. What was the pitch? So, Clairoll come out and she will do readings and she will tell people and she will communicate with people who have maybe passed, she'll predict futures. Great, what do you call it? It's called Mike the Cat. Bet you didn't see that coming.

No. Clare did. No, it'll make sense once the show's on the air. So, she was unemployed for a couple years, and then she ran for office again in 1960, but she could not rehab her image, and she lost. So her political career is done. She divorces Andy in 1962.

Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!

Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Wow. There is just so much man hate in here. He was denied alimony. His health just got worse. A doctor. Yeah! Oh man. A bunch of tigers attacked him. Yeah! He was disemboweled through the testes. Yeah!

A doctor told him to stop drinking, but instead, he would just bring a cord of milk with him to the bar. That's an interesting cheer line to be. I feel like we ran out. I feel like you still thought maybe Dave was throwing out daggers. So we brought milk with him to the bar. Yeah! Whoa! Oh, wait. What is it? What is he dead? It hurt. Ah, is that... What?

He died in 1969 at 61 years old. Of a broken heart. What? of a broken heart. Ha ha ha ha ha ha. What? Let's all go pee on his grave. OK. All right. It's headed to Oakley.

We'll pee on his grave tomorrow. That's fine, yeah. Koya went to work for the Voice of America and has a congressional liaison for the Pentagon. Yay. Uh, she sold Congress and the public on meeting a strong defense. Oh, boy.

Yeah. After she moved back to Minnesota to help take care of her grandkids, Terry was a teacher. In 1977, she ran for Congress again, but lost by a lot. She died in 1996. She was 84 years old. Right after she died, a man came forward to say the mastermind,

the mastermind behind the letters was Koi's friend, spot Ryerson. Not all dogs go to heaven. Wow. Spotting confessed to this guy, he said they knew Koi was unbeatable and would stay in Congress as long as she wanted, but she did barris than DFLers. And Spot had an idea to use Andy and they met and they all decided to do it. But they were surprised at an exploded nationwide. And as the election got close, Spot that he felt sick about what he'd done

and just withdrew to his home. Oh, good, yeah, honestly. Oh, were you sad? Yeah. Oh, were you sad you ruined the woman's life, oh, good boy. During that time, when he was home, Koeh wrote him, quote, thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your help.

If I attempt to thank you for all the things you do for me, it would take at least a week to dictate the letter. You're a real friend. Spot and I shall never cease to be grateful. Man, that is... That is fucking brutal. That really is so fucking crazy. Men don't like women succeeding. So this, the source for this was Koya Kuhama, Congresswoman's journey by Gretchen Ernest Bieto. Thank you, St. Paul. We appreciate it. Thank you so much.