BACK TO YOU.
NEIL: MARY ANN RAFFERTY, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.
TO JOE PISCOPO A GUY HIMSELF WHO
WANTED TO WRITE IN AS A
GUBERNATORIAL, THE COMEDIAN SHOW
HOST FORMER SNL ALUM, VERY
POPULAR SPEAKER ON TOUR, JOSEPH,
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> NEIL GREAT TO SEE YOU TOO,
MY FRIEND.
NEIL: YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT
GOVERNORS, WHOSE TERMS ARE UP
AND HOW THEY ARE RUNNING FOR
RE-ELECTION.
WE FORGET IN NEW JERSEY, YOU
KNOW, HIS ELECTION IS THE NEXT
YEAR EVENT.
POLLS ARE LOOKING FAIRLY GOOD
FOR HIM.
IT’S NOT LIKE A GAVIN NEWSOM
SITUATION BUT IT COULD BE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF WHERE PHIL
MURPHY IS GOING?
>> YOU KNOW, IT’S VERY VERY
INTERESTING.
A SHOUT OUT TO LARRY ELDER BY
THE WAY WE’RE ALL EXCITED ABOUT
LARRY AND WISH HIM THE BEST.
IN NEW JERSEY THE ONLY WAY HE
COULD WON IS NOT UNLIKE
CALIFORNIA.
YOU CAN’T DO A RECALL BUT COMING
OUT OF THE BOX, AS AN
INDEPENDENT, AND LOOK,
I’VE KNOWN, WE’VE KNOWN EACH
OTHER LONG ENOUGH TO TELL YOU, I
ALWAYS JUST WANT TO RUN JUST TO
SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, AS AN
INDEPENDENT.
PHIL MURPHY, HIS NUMBERS ARE
GOOD.
HE’S REALLY A NICE GUY, BUT THE
STATE IS SO, IT’S LIKE A
SOCIALIST STATE NOW.
THE TAXES ARE SO HIGH.
I’M PAYING TAXES ON THE GARDEN
STATE PARKWAY, YOU KNOW, THAT’S
ANOTHER THING.
YOU THINK THAT GOVERNOR MURPHY
WOULD HAVE NAMED THE REST STOP
AFTER ME.
I GOT NOTHING.
NEIL: [LAUGHTER]
AND I NEVER UNDERSTAND, I KNOW
IT’S AN OVERWHELMINGLY BLUE
STATE AND IN THE SITUATION THE
TRANSFER OF POWER SOON IN
NEW YORK, IT’S OVERWHELMING THE
BLUE STATE SO THE LT.
GOVERNOR COMES RIGHT OUT THE BOX
A PROHIBITED FAVORITE, BECAUSE
IT’S BLUER THAN BLUE.
HOW DOES THAT CHANGE?
HOW DO YOU PULL LIKE A RONALD
REGAN WHAT HE DID AND GET
ELECTED, BACK TO BACK TIMES
IN CALIFORNIA’S GOVERNOR, AND
THEN LANDSLIDE VICTORIES AS
PRESIDENT, TWO TERMS IN A ROW
, BUT THAT’S HARD TO DO.
>> THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN
CALIFORNIA AND NEW JERSEY ARE
PRETTY EVIDENT.
THERE’S 1.3 MILLION CONSERVATIVE
S IN CALIFORNIA THAT
JUST DON’T VOTE, THEY RIDGE
REGISTER BUT THEY WON’T VOTE.
SAME EXACT NUMBER IN NEW JERSEY,
THERE’S 1.3 ELIGIBLE TO VOTE.
THEY DON’T SHOW UP AND YOU COULD
ROCK THAT MAN, IF YOU COULD GO
IN AND I’M TELLING YOU THE ONLY
WAY TO DO IT COME OUT OF THE BOX
AND WE WISH THE REPUBLICAN JACK
CHITARELLI ALL THE BEST BUT
YOU GOT TO COME OUT OF THE BOX
AND SHAKE IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
BUSINESSES WERE SHUTDOWN.
THIS WHOLE VIRUS, LOOK I DON’T
KNOW THAT ANYBODY COULD HANDLE
THE BETTER BUT IT WAS SO
MISMANAGED NEIL IN NEW JERSEY. BUSINESSES ARE SHUTDOWN.
BUSINESSES ARE SHUTDOWN.
OUR GYMS, THE FITS THAT WE HAVE
IN BETHLEHEM OUT IN PENNSYLVANIA
, GOVERNOR WOLF
KILLED US THERE, GOVERNOR MURPHY
KILLED US THERE IT COST
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO KEEP THE
GYM AT BAY, TO FOLLOW ALL
THE RULES, YOU KNOW?
LOOK, THEY GOT TO LEAVE US ALONE
AND NO ONE, NO ONE MENTIONS
PROPERTY TAX.
WE HAVE THE HIGHEST PROPERTY TAX
IN THE NATION, AND THEY DON’T,
YOU KNOW, NEIL, LISTEN, THE MEGA
MANSION THAT YOU HAVE, NEIL
CAVUTO I CAN’T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT
YOU PAY.
NEIL: INCREDIBLE.
BUT YOU KNOW, YOU MUST BE VERY
SELFISH THEN, JOE, BECAUSE YOU
KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE LOVE YOU.
THEY REALLY DO.
YOU’RE VERY POPULAR, WELL-KNOWN
WHAT THEY CALL A BOLD FACE NAME
BUT I THINK YOU’RE MAKING SO
MUCH MONEY WITH ALL YOUR VENTURE
S AND ACTIVITIES.
YOU COULDN’T CARE LESS ABOUT
YOUR FELLOW NEW JERSEYYOU JUST
WANT TO KEEP RAKING IT IN SO AM
I RIGHT ABOUT THAT?
>> WE HAVE A RUNNING JOKE ON
THE RADIO SHOW.
I AM BEYOND THE PEOPLE.
I AM BEYOND THE PEOPLE, NEIL
CAVUTO.
NEIL: [LAUGHTER]
YOU KNOW, WE JOKE ABOUT IT AND
YOU’RE VERY MODEST ABOUT IT, BUT
YOU KNOW, YOU’RE VERY POPULAR
GUY, AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE
I WOULD SAY HEY, JOE, WOULD YOU
CONSIDER THIS?
AND YOU ALWAYS SORT OF POO POO
IT OR DISMISS IT,
BUT YOU’VE GOT TO MAYBE THINK
DIFFERENTLY NOW, RIGHT?
I MEAN, IF EVERYONE WHO BE
CONSIDERED AND ASKED TO RUN
FOR OFFICE DID, THEY ULTIMATELY
DECIDE NOT TO, BECAUSE IT’S A
PAIN IN THE BUTT, THEIR WHOLE
LIFE IS AN OPEN BOOK, IT DOESN’T
SEEM WORTH THE SCRUTINY AND I
THINK GOOD NAMES JUST NEVER GIVE
IT A SHOT.
>> WELL YOU DON’T, AND ALSO, I
DON’T KNOW THAT I COULD EVEN
AFFORD IT.
YOU’VE GOT TO GO IN AND RAISE SO
MUCH MONEY, AND THEN, WHAT ABOUT
THE BUSINESS?
YOU HAVE A BUSINESS TO RUN, SO
YOU GOT TO LEAVE EVERYTHING, AND
DON’T FORGET IN NEW JERSEY I
HAVE A LOT OF KIDS ONE AT EVERY
EXIT.
NEIL: [LAUGHTER]
>> YOU HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF
THAT.
NEIL: YOU LOOK AT THE BRIGHT
SIDE AS LONG AS YOU KEEP TAKING
THE RELIEF FACTOR YOU’LL BE FINE
, YOU’LL BE FINE BUT LET ME
ASK YOU, KIDDING, KIDDING LITTLE
TINY JOKE HERE, LET ME GET YOUR
SENSE.
YOU KNOW, IT’S INTERESTING I
THINK CHRIS CHRISTIE HAD
MENTIONED THIS A WHILE AGO, AS
ANOMALY AS IT SEEMS THAT A
REPUBLICAN GET ELECTED IN NEW
JERSEY, ITS HAPPENED A NUMBER OF
TIMES IN FACT IN RECENT HISTORY,
IT’S THE REPUBLICAN THAT GETS
RE-ELECTED NOT THE DEMOCRAT SO
HISTORY IS ACTUALLY RUNNING
AGAINST PHIL MURPHY, ISN’T IT?
>> THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT BUT
WHETHER PEOPLE LIKE CHRIS
CHRISTIE OR NOT, AND YOU KNOW
THIS , NEIL, HE’S A POLITICAL
ANIMAL, VERY SMART.
HE WENT IN AND HE CRUSHED IT.
HE WENT IN AS DEMOCRATIC IN NEW
JERSEY AND HE WON ALL THESE
DEMOCRATIC STRONGHOLDS BUT YOU
GOT TO BECAUSE HE CAME SO OUT OF
THE BOX.
THE ONLY WAY YOU’LL BE ABLE TO
ROCK IT, FELON MURPHY IS A NICE
GUY, I LIKE HIM PERSONALLY, I
DON’T SENSE THE BLOOD AND I
DON’T HAVE THAT KILLER INSTINCT,
YOU KNOW, BUT THE ONE PROBLEM IS
, IN THE GREAT STATE OF NEW
JERSEY, NO ONE CARES ABOUT THE
PEOPLE.
THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT THE EVERY
DAY PEOPLE AND WE JOKE,
YOU KNOW, BUT I’LL TELL YOU WHAT
I AM OF THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE
PEOPLE AND I’M ONE OF
THE PEOPLE.
I AIN’T NO MEGA STAR, YOU KNOW?
I HAVE CHILDREN, I’M A SINGLE
HARD WORKING FATHER, I HAVE A
HOUSE, WE PAY A LOT OF TAXES, I
GO SHOPPING FOR CRYING OUTLOUD.
I SEE THE INFLATION.
I GO TO SHOP RITE, NEIL CAVUTO.
DO YOU, NEIL, IF I MAY --
NEIL: DO NOT.
YOU DO NOT.
YOU’RE TALKING TO ME NOW FROM
THE OFFICE OF THE BRUCE WAYNE
MANSION.
YOU GO TO SHOP RITE SHUTS UP,
REALLY!
>> I WAS AT ACE HARDWARE
YESTERDAY.
NEIL: ALL RIGHT >> I GO IN AND
WALK AROUND I’M A REGULAR GUY,
YOU KNOW?
AND I CAN SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE HURTING BUSINESS WISE SO
HOPEFULLY WE’LL BE ABLE TO COME
BACK AND ONE OF THESE DAYS DO I
GO IN?
NEIL TO YOUR POINT, WE’RE HAVING
FUN, NOW I’M DOING THE WEEKEND
SHOW, THE FRANK SINATRA SHOW.
NEIL: YOU’RE EVERYWHERE.
>> WELL, I’M HAVING FUN WITH IT
NEIL: YOU’RE A HARD WORKER BUT
PEOPLE DON’T KNOW THIS ABOUT YOU
AND WE KID EACH OTHER A LOT I
HOPE IT DOESN’T GET TOO SERIOUS
BUT YOU GIVE BACK A LOT.
YOU NEVER FORGET YOUR ROOTS.
SO PRACTICE WHAT MY DAD USED TO
SAY, STAY HUMBLE BECAUSE IN YOUR
FACE IT’LL COME IN HANDY.
YOU’RE THE BEST, YOUNG MAN, KEEP
AT IT.
NOW I KNOW YOU HAVE TO GET TO
ALFRED AND THE BAT CAVE, BUT
ENJOY YOUR MANSION, THAT’S QUITE
THE OFFICE THERE.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU STEPPED OUT OF
ETHAN ALLEN THERE, BUT WHATEVER.
>> [LAUGHTER]
THANKS, NEIL.
NEIL: YOU ARE THE MAN.
JOE PISCOPO.
I DON’T KNOW IF YOU EVER LISTEN
ED TO THIS RADIO SHOW.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT MAKES IT SO
GREAT?
HE’S DECENT TO BOTH SIDES AND HE
HEARS OUT BOTH SIDES AND HE
DOESN’T GET IN THE EXTREME BIT
WHERE THEY JUST SAY NASTY THINGS
, LIKE SOME OF YOU DO TO
ME, WITH NASTY COMMENTS AND IT
MAKES ME FEEL VULNERABLE.