Ron Sexton's death really hit me hard. We worked together on the Bob & Tom tours for years and shared a lot of green rooms. I really feel for his wife and family.
I've done a lot of things over the course of my life, but this one will be a first.
I'm going to be a dad in about 6 months.
Excited. Cautiously optimistic.
When I was running for Mayor in my first term, a newspaper reporter stuck a mic in my face and asked, "It's been reported that you've used drugs in the past - is that true?"
I replied, "I did everything but gargle the bong water."
I won 2 terms by a wide margin.
#420day
My two terms as Mayor ended yesterday. The is the first time in eight years that I have woken up and not thought,
"I hope I get to declare martial law today!"
On March 15th, I reamed our Governor Dewine for shutting down all the restaurants and bars in Ohio. I thought he was wildly overreacting. - I'm reversing my opinion.
He did the right thing and I was wrong.
I can't help it. I have to share a pic of my 11 month old son. He is the cutest. When I look at him, for a moment I completely forget the Nation is going to **.
The crazy part here is that the Trump haters are so blinded by his behavior, that they forget this is Iran we're talking about. IRAN. Long our enemy, and perpetrators of some bad bad shit.
#IranAttacks
The pandemic has confirmed 1 thing for me - that the late night talk hosts are completely unfunny. When they are online and stripped of their Pavlovian laughter supplied by studio audiences that they no longer have, you find the the Emperor has no clothes.
No one is more admired nowdays than a good tradesman: electricians, carpenters, masons, etc.
Good ones are in short supply and if any of you Millennials are looking for a way to go, you should consider these time honored professions!
Why is Mayor Pete chiming in on anything this Administration does? I've read your book, Mayor Pete & I can promise that I got more accomplished in my little city than you ever have. If this man didn't have "gay" on his resume, he'd have never been in this race. Seriously.
You might wish to listen to me Monday a.m. on the Syndicated Bob & Tom Show. It's on what's called a "radio". Turn the knob up and down the "dial" - it should have numbers along it - until you hear a smug, judgemental voice. Stop - that will be the show and Toms' voice.
As I wind down my time in office as Mayor, here are some highlights.
Three years ago, in the midst of our opioid/heroin issues in Hillsboro, I had these signs made and placed on the 4 entrances to town. Controversial, maybe. But I think they were a deterrent.
I welcome the day that I can say "I'm a proud conservative" and not see my followers numbers get throttled down by twitter employees. I have definitely paid a price on here for my views and look forward to Musk buying twitter.
I notice that the grocery stores are spreading items farther apart to make it look like they have more inventory than they actually have.
Kind of like a Kroger comb over.
I'm not one to get excited about baby apparel, but I just got this in the mail. My friends at the Iowa Cattleman's group made little hat for our baby due next month. And the little calf hat even has an ear tag!
Thank you Julie Zuber!
Tucker Carlson spoke what millions of us thought all along and I applaud him for standing up to it. The American public is being bullied, scammed, and corrupted. Calling us names doesn't change those facts.
#IStandWithTuckerCarlson
Why do I keep seeing "We're all in this together!"
No we aren't. The ones that are all in this together are irrational people controlled by fear and the latest dire headline. Don't lump me in with you, please.
Just want to take a second and thank all the ongoing and new followers I have. You are a really diverse crowd. Some identify as moms, as dads, some as political types, comedy fans, literary types, business people, and a few psychos. I appreciate your being here.
My faith in the American entrepreneur was somewhat restored today when I drove through my town of Hillsboro and saw two 9 year olds with a lemonade stand. Unfettered capitalism - no HR, no lifestyle flags announcing their alliances, no OSHA compliance, just a cash only stand.
Happy Birthday, Joe Biden!
This Darling of the Democrats was born 78 years ago today. As America's oldest President, his
#1
gift request is for a new set of strings to control his arms, legs, and head.
I was headlining many of these B&T tour shows, but afterwards in the merch selling area, Donny Baker fans didn't care about buying my stuff-they just wanted me to sign tee shirts they bought from him. That guy could move some serious merch!
@bobandtom
I have a friend who, only half kiddingly, called me a white supremacist. Let me be clear, I am not a white supremacist - I am a Work Ethic Supremacist.
I think that anyone, regardless of race, etc., who has a strong work ethic is superior to those who don't.
I was single for a long time and though I don't profess to know all facets of womankind, I do know something about Psycho chicks. This Ocasio-Cortez woman is one of them. You can always spot crazy in the eyes. That manic quality that often passes for passion and exuberance.
The student walkouts are misleading. Schoolkids would march to demand that they be allowed to take the trash out and eat all of their vegetables if they though it would get them out of school for the day.
#NationalStudentWalkout
I was at a dinner/fundraiser for our local Republican Party last night and Ohio Governor DeWine attende. He's a nice guy but whenever I look at him
I see Rick Moranis in Ghostbusters.
As many of you know, I'm going to be a 1st time father in July.
My wife asked me if there was anyone I wanted to invite to the baby shower.
"I'm 65. Most of my women friends are 55 and above."
I never figured on a baby shower that has to consider handicap accessibility.
The more I see and the more I look into this pandemic, my gut hunch is that we are being scammed. In a huge way that will have consequences that we won't even see down the road.
Other than that, I have no opinion on this topic.
Trump: “Choose between greatness or gridlock, results or resistance, vision or vengeance, incredible progress or pointless destruction.”
I don't see how anyone could fault these words. Let's get this Country, movin'! Uh huh. Das' right, I said it!
Biden is being pressed to appoint people of color to head various agencies. That's nice except that the American public deserves to have the most qualified people running things - regardless of color.
As a writer, I'm f**ng sickened by Facebook, Youtube, Google and the others for quashing people's right to free speech. No matter how distasteful you think someone's views are, you have no right to go all jack-booted thug on them and silence their voice.
As the Mayor of a small Ohio city and a diehard Ohioan, I encourage anyone concerned with a climate crisis to move here. We have no coastal flooding, no scorching droughts, and an abundant supply of water.
#Gohio
The January 6th incident was described as a "military-style attack", an "attempted coup", and an attempted overthrow of the government, and yet in a nation filled with weapons there was not one gun used or brandished by the rioters. Yet, somehow that's never pointed out.
The President of this country just targeted the leader of the opposition party, and his likely opponent in the next election. This used to be something I read about in banana republics and corrupt South American regimes.
My baby son is only a month old but every I hear time I run up to the Mayors office or go in my office to work on my book, I hear "Cats in the Cradle" in my head.
I hate you Harry Chapin.
I want to show other celebrities who voted for
@realDonaldTrump
it’s ok to come forward. Better yet let’s show the world how many Americans stand with him. Bullies shouldn’t be allowed for almost a year and a half to bully us without cause. If you voted for him just Like or RT
Twitter turned everyone into a politician. You have sound bites, well-rehearsed outrages, & you campaign for an office that exists only in your mind. You'd be far more effective getting off of here and spending time with your child or someone else who needs you.
With all the people fleeing twitter and FB, somewhere the CEO of AOL is calling the tech guy at home, saying, "Holy Shit! Start the servers back up - we might have another shot at this!"
The heating oil guy is pumping hundreds of gallons of flammable heating oil into my basement fuel tank with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth and I have 20 bags of fertilizer stacked in the garage. My home is essentially a bomb with a foundation. And a deck.
@PatMcAfeeShow
@bobandtom
Ron and I toured constantly on the B&T tours. This has really shaken me up and my heart aches for his wife and kids. I will always miss that laugh he had.
I am only doing two public shows in 2019. They will be on two consecutive nights in the Midwest. It will be the shortest Tour I've ever done.
It's called the "I'll say whatever the f**k I want" Tour. I'll announce the two towns soon.
My wife cannot fathom why I don't want to go to the baby shower that her friends are throwing for our upcoming baby. A man rarely wants to hang out in the living room with a lot of women - unless you're Hugh Hefner & the women are slinking around in their underwear.
Since I just left office, I'll let you in on a little secret. As elected officials, we are always expected to set an example.
But sometimes we don't want to set an example. Sometimes we just want to be drunk in the gutter like you people.
OK OK, I’ll stop all these reposting the show Kamala Harris in a poor light. I just wanna do my part to make sure that American knows what a worthless imbecile she is. I will try to refrain from reposting anymore. I swear.
Only an idiot would be outside on his farm in a howling wind trying to feed a bunch of barn cats when it's -35 degrees out. And do you think even one of them thanked me?
I'm in-studio with
@bobandtom
and
@bobkevoian
Thusday a.m. Live in Cincinnati for Opening Day - Cincy Reds! --Bob will not be able to fit his RV in the Jack casino parking garage and Tom will not be able to squeeze his oversized sense of righteousness in either.
Today, we, as a nation, celebrate our independence from the British in 1776.
I, as the son of a British mother, celebrate my hard-fought independence from her in 1976.
"You'll get unconditional love from me when you've earned it." - my mom.
from, "The Battles of Hastings"
Someone dug up a pic when I was a model for a chain of hair salons in 1978. Boogie Nights had nothing on me.
I pray that my unborn child won't reject me over this. FYI: I'm the one on the left.
@bobandtom
@Kristileenews
@chickmcgee1
@ThatJoshArnold
Will Smith arguably changed the dynamic for how audience members can respond to material they don't care for. Thus, I'm altering my onstage wardrobe and will now wear a shoulder holster.
Of my 37,000 followers, my first 20k were following me for my non-stop humor. Just want to say thanks for sticking with me as I've veered all over the place in the last 3 years!
And to the other 17K, thanks for joining the veering!
The people all calling Brittney Griner "a hero" and wrongfully detained are all clueless. She's nothing like the definition of a hero and she got busted for drugs in a foreign country. Apparently she never watched Midnight Express.
My issue with the lockdowns & the masks have always been about our humanity. Mandated mask wearing quite simply eliminates the Smile. It eliminates laughter. And it makes people anonymous. And the repercussions of that are far worse than the virus. In my op.
Let me take a moment to say Thank You to all the followers I have on here. You are a wildly varied bunch and I appreciate your attention or support or maybe just your forgetfulness in un-following me.
Nancy Pelosi thinks Botox is a vaccine. Her corpse will never decompose. it will just desiccate into a ghastly, shrunken skeleton with a wig and dental implants.
--waitresses money and gives it to the slacker.
Good waitress gets discouraged & quits,
Service & efficiency goes down,
Restaurant eventually closes because customer service plummets.
That is Redistribution of Wealth at it's most understandable, & Socialism at an everyday level.
Nothing in America elicits more rage or frustration from me than trying to open the plastic lining in a box of cereal.
I refuse to believe that my muscles have atrophied to the point that I can't open a 13 oz. box of Count Chocula.
It's an isometric exercise in futility.
Once again I find that I pick up more followers when I don't tweet anything, be it humorous, political, or observational. My new book, when released, will now be titled, "All quiet on the Midwestern front", and be filled with 300 blank pages.