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The Ron Verb Show - 3pm Hour Monday - 08/31/26 · Ron Verb

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  Speaker 1: Ron Verb on News Radio 570 WKBN. How about that forecast?
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  Speaker 2: That was yesterday's.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 2: But today is lovely, isn't it?
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  Speaker 4: A little hot, a little humid, but not complaining for
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  Speaker 4: this last day of August. It's 87 degrees. And the
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  Speaker 4: fair starts this week as well as we approach September tomorrow.
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  Speaker 4: September 1st, and then a fair starts later in this week,
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  Speaker 4: and it's going to be a warm one. Going to
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  Speaker 4: be some warm days for our fair here, but so
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  Speaker 4: be it. So be it. At the time of writing,
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  Speaker 4: Polly Markets puts Amy Acton's chance of victory at 54%.
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  Speaker 2: She's running for governor, state of Ohio. This is the
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  Speaker 2: Amy Acton, Dr.
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  Speaker 4: Amy Acton, that was in charge of the COVID situation
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  Speaker 4: that ultimately quit. I mean, she just quit. That Amy Acton.
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  Speaker 4: What was the reason? She just threw in a towel
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  Speaker 4: and left. Didn't feel safe or whatever. So they say
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  Speaker 4: she could be governor, 54% to 47% of her vivac.
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  Speaker 4: So some polls have it at 55% to 45%. Both
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  Speaker 4: markets had priced the contest as essentially even only days
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  Speaker 4: before August 24th when traders moved sharply toward Acton. This
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  Speaker 4: reverses the prospect of a genuine contest. This reversal raises
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  Speaker 4: the prospect, I should say, of a genuine contest for
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  Speaker 4: an open governor's office in the states. President Donald Trump
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  Speaker 4: carried by 11.2 percentage points in 2024. And if you're
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  Speaker 4: thinking about voting for Amy Acton, you should have your
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  Speaker 4: head examines. You should absolutely have your head examines. More governments,
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  Speaker 4: you know, this left-leaning progressive governments, more taxes, wrong direction.
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  Speaker 4: Wrong direction. And she's leading in the polls. Or not
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  Speaker 4: the polls, polymarkets, I should say. News Radio 570, Dodie
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  Speaker 4: Carey on 307 in the afternoon. You're on the air.
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  Speaker 3: Well, how you doing, Ron?
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  Speaker 2: I'm good.
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  Speaker 5: And you probably won't be after I finish talking to you.
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  Speaker 5: Because he's one of these ones you told me decades ago,
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  Speaker 5: don't fear your tongue, right? And ever since then, I've
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  Speaker 5: been beating you to death with that stick you gave me. Now,
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  Speaker 5: you need to get a pencil and a piece of
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  Speaker 5: paper and write these names down, okay?
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  Speaker 2: All right, I'm paying attention.
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  Speaker 5: Okay. Frank from Florida.
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  Speaker 6: Alec.
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  Speaker 2: Excuse me, Fort Lauderdale, Frank, yeah.
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  Speaker 5: Well, isn't Fort Lauderdale in Florida?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I just want to get his name right. It's
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  Speaker 2: Fort Lauderdale, Frank. Okay.
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  Speaker 6: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: Alec.
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  Speaker 6: Alec.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: Phil, the pharmacist?
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  Speaker 2: That's Rich, the pharmacist, not Phil.
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  Speaker 5: Okay. Okay, Rich, the pharmacist.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, it's almost like a suspicious thing. You're not
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  Speaker 4: getting Alzheimer's. I am getting a little worried about you now.
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  Speaker 5: No, it's just that it's breaking my heart having to
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  Speaker 5: call you and tell you what I'm going to tell you, okay?
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  Speaker 5: And your Wall Street guy, the guy that tells you
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  Speaker 5: about stocks and stuff, right?
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  Speaker 2: Which one? Oh, that guy. I know what you mean,
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  Speaker 2: the smart guy, yeah. Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: The unknown caller.
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  Speaker 6: All right.
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  Speaker 2: He's always got to go, that one, yeah.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 6: And Jeff, okay?
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  Speaker 5: Okay. Now, I always used to think that those guys
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  Speaker 5: were pretty smart.
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  Speaker 4: Now, which Jeff do you mean?
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  Speaker 2: There's many Jeffs. Which Jeff are you talking about?
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  Speaker 5: How many brothers named Jeff call you?
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  Speaker 4: I didn't know if you meant the brother Jeff. You
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  Speaker 4: have to be more specific, okay? Because you told me
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  Speaker 4: to write this down. I want to make sure I
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  Speaker 4: get it accurate.
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  Speaker 5: Okay, I will be. Now, go to another column and
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  Speaker 5: write these names down, okay? Ted the Conservative, Ron Verb,
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  Speaker 5: Bubba Canooch, JJ, and Rock Creek. Now, the reason why
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  Speaker 5: I separated those names from the other ones is because,
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  Speaker 5: you know, like Ted tried to cut his leg off,
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  Speaker 5: Verb tried to cut on his head, Bubba Canooch can't dance.
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  Speaker 2: No, no, no. Got some dog bone on.
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  Speaker 4: Bubba Ganoush was in a, you know, a few years
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  Speaker 4: back in that head-on car collision.
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  Speaker 2: So, okay, go ahead.
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  Speaker 5: No, he survived that, but I see that man dance,
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  Speaker 5: and I thought I was watching Steve Urkel, but I'm
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  Speaker 5: going to be nice.
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  Speaker 3: And J.J., J.J.
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  Speaker 5: Needs to go to the marijuana dispensary and start smoking
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  Speaker 5: that doggone taxi driver, because then he might come back
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  Speaker 5: the way he's supposed to be. And Rock Creek, I
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  Speaker 5: ain't got to say nothing else about Rock Creek. So
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  Speaker 5: these guys ain't got nothing to do with what I'm
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  Speaker 5: getting ready to tell you about the first list, okay?
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  Speaker 4: Yes.
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  Speaker 5: Now, I'm looking at the first list. I'm sitting there
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  Speaker 5: thinking that these guys, I've been listening to them over
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  Speaker 5: the years. I'm like, man, these guys are pretty smart.
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  Speaker 5: I may not agree with them, you know, but at
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  Speaker 5: least they thought about what they were saying. And they
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  Speaker 5: put a good point across. And some of the stuff
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  Speaker 5: I might even agree with, right? But now I can't
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  Speaker 5: say that about them anymore. And I'm going to tell
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  Speaker 5: you why.
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  Speaker 2: Why? I'm shocked.
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  Speaker 5: Well, see, now these guys are supposed to be smart.
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  Speaker 5: These guys are supposed to love this country, right? These
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  Speaker 5: guys are supposed to want to do what's best for everybody, right?
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  Speaker 5: But on the same token, now try to stay with me,
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  Speaker 5: every last one of them say they will not vote
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  Speaker 5: for a Democrat. Now, think about this. Think about this. Now,
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  Speaker 5: it doesn't matter if the inflation is up. They don't
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  Speaker 5: care if they vote for a Democrat. They don't care
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  Speaker 5: about the gas prices. They don't care if they vote
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  Speaker 5: for a Democrat. Travel wars.
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  Speaker 3: They don't care.
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  Speaker 5: They ain't voting for a Democrat.
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  Speaker 6: Freedom of speech.
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  Speaker 5: If you say something bad about the president, he's going
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  Speaker 5: to shut you down and not allow you on the plane.
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  Speaker 2: Right?
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  Speaker 6: They don't care.
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  Speaker 5: They ain't voting for a Democrat. And God forbid somebody
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  Speaker 5: would say they're going to give up. they're going to
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  Speaker 5: release the Epstein files, right? But see, the Republicans ain't
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  Speaker 5: got to do none of that stuff because you know what?
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  Speaker 5: They can do what they want to do. They can
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  Speaker 5: say what they want to say. They don't care because
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  Speaker 5: guess what? These guys I just mentioned are going to
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  Speaker 5: vote for him anyway. If that's not insanity, I haven't
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  Speaker 5: seen it. Talk to me, Ron.
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  Speaker 4: Well, it's because the philosophy of the Democrats is so extreme.
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  Speaker 2: I can answer your question.
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  Speaker 4: They don't think the Democrats offer a better alternative to
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  Speaker 4: a flawed Republican. So why do I say that? Because
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  Speaker 4: take a look at some of the Democrats that are
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  Speaker 4: out there. For example, Gavin Newsom, horrible governor, state of California,
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  Speaker 4: high taxes, projects that aren't done, all kinds of corruption
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  Speaker 4: going on. Big Democrat potential candidate for president. Take a
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  Speaker 4: look at AOC. Really can't answer any difficult questions. And really,
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  Speaker 4: a presidential candidate? Very, very, very bizarre. Take a look
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  Speaker 4: at the social agenda. Take a look at the fiscal agenda.
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  Speaker 4: Take a look at the border policy. So when you
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  Speaker 4: start taking a look at where they stand and what
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  Speaker 4: they believe in, And then you take a look at
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  Speaker 4: the Republicans, even with some of the things that I
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  Speaker 4: disagree with on Trump, I'm still better off with the
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  Speaker 4: Republican philosophy by far.
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  Speaker 2: I don't believe in open borders. I don't believe.
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  Speaker 4: In the social agenda. What are your pronouns? I don't
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  Speaker 4: believe in this transgenderism. I don't believe that you should
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  Speaker 4: hire based on a skin color or sexuality, but it
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  Speaker 4: should be on merit. I don't believe in the answer
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  Speaker 4: is more government spending and more handouts that creates inflation
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  Speaker 4: and does away with personal responsibility. I don't agree with
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  Speaker 4: Biden's policy on or not Biden, the Democrat policy on
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  Speaker 4: energy at all.
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  Speaker 2: So why?
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  Speaker 4: So I understand all of those guys completely. So even
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  Speaker 4: though we can.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I do.
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  Speaker 4: Because even though we can have disagreements. on some of
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  Speaker 4: the stuff that Trump has done. Trump has done a
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  Speaker 4: lot of things right as well. The border is closed.
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  Speaker 4: Many people have been taken out of the country. More
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  Speaker 4: need to be taken out of the country. The energy
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  Speaker 4: situation isn't in a good shape right now because of
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  Speaker 4: the war, but he's got it going in the right
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  Speaker 4: direction as far as drilling in our country is concerned.
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  Speaker 4: So I just think, well, you're asking me, why would
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  Speaker 4: they do that? Well, I think if you would vote
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  Speaker 4: For a Democrat, like if you'd vote for Amy Acton
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  Speaker 4: for governor, you should only have your head examined.
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  Speaker 5: Can I say something?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, absolutely.
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  Speaker 5: Okay, so like I said before, 10 minutes before you
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  Speaker 5: did the same diatribe, evidently, it doesn't matter about how
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  Speaker 5: high inflation is right now. Evidently, it doesn't matter, right,
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  Speaker 5: about the gas prices. Evidently, it doesn't matter about the
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  Speaker 5: foreign wars. It doesn't matter about freedom of speech. And
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  Speaker 5: it doesn't matter about the F-team spouse. And guess what?
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  Speaker 5: We're not allowing nobody to go into the bathroom.
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  Speaker 6: You guys are crazy, man.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.
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  Speaker 4: And you think it's crazy because the Democrats would do
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  Speaker 4: absolutely nothing about that and make everything worse. And incidentally,
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  Speaker 4: I didn't hear you bitching about any of that when
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  Speaker 4: the Democrats were in charge. Some of the highest inflation
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  Speaker 4: that we've happened. to take in was during the Democrats
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  Speaker 4: and the Biden administration. I didn't hear you calling about
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  Speaker 4: it at that particular time. I didn't hear you calling
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  Speaker 4: about the open border and the billions of dollars it
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  Speaker 4: was costing. to take care of all of these people
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  Speaker 4: over your fellow Americans. So I go back to say
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  Speaker 4: you should have your head examined if you think the
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  Speaker 4: Democrats are a better choice.
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  Speaker 2: They are not.
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  Speaker 4: Republicans aren't perfect, but I can sit here, as I
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  Speaker 4: said to you before, I'm not a cheerleader for Trump
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  Speaker 4: or for any politician. But the good has outweighed the bad.
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  Speaker 4: And the alternative doesn't offer anything. If there was a
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  Speaker 4: better alternative, that's a different story. But the alternative is
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  Speaker 4: just going back to the lunacy. I refuse to go
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  Speaker 4: back to the lunacy. You call it a diatribe, but
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  Speaker 4: that's what the Democrats stand for. You want to go
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  Speaker 4: right back to the transgenderism crap in schools? Drag queen shows?
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  Speaker 4: Can't define what a woman is? Men can have babies,
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  Speaker 4: tampons in a bathroom, open borders. Let's make everybody who
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  Speaker 4: came here illegally legal. Let's have more government programs, more taxes,
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  Speaker 4: more handouts, less personal responsibility.
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  Speaker 2: That's what you think is a good alternative? I don't
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  Speaker 2: think so.
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  Speaker 4: So, I'll stick with the Republican Party as a philosophy
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  Speaker 4: of the party. And including from child trafficking, it was
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  Speaker 4: just has been just horrible under the Biden administration, this
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  Speaker 4: open border policy and so many of these missing children,
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  Speaker 4: many of which have been found, but many more need
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  Speaker 4: to be found.
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  Speaker 2: You're on air.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, Ron, how you doing? I've got to disagree with
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  Speaker 3: the first caller.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, he cited you, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I left the Republican Party. I'm an independent now,
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  Speaker 3: and I would vote for a Democrat. So he's wrong
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  Speaker 3: on that. I would vote for a Democrat like Joe Manchin.
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  Speaker 3: Joe Manchin also left the Democratic Party in May of 2024.
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  Speaker 3: He's an independent. And he has recently launched the Independent
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  Speaker 3: Leadership Council.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, but here's the rub. He's not around anymore. So
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  Speaker 4: you can say, well, you can say, I've left. Are
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  Speaker 4: you in Ohio?
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  Speaker 2: Yes. Okay.
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  Speaker 4: So you have to, for governor, you're either going to
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  Speaker 4: vote for Amy Acton, a far less, more tax and
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  Speaker 4: spends Democrat, or Vivek. I mean, those are your two
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  Speaker 4: realistic choices. And it's difficult. I mean, I could never
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  Speaker 4: vote for Amy Acton. I could not vote for more
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  Speaker 4: taxes and more government, more handouts and all this stuff. So,
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  Speaker 4: I mean, you might leave one of these parties, but
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  Speaker 4: in most cases, it's one of those two parties that
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  Speaker 4: you're going to be voting for. And most of my life,
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  Speaker 4: I voted for the lesser of two evils. Well, in
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  Speaker 4: this case, The Republican Party isn't perfect, but it's far
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  Speaker 4: better than what the Democrats are standing for. I look
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  Speaker 4: at a lot of what the Democrats are touting, and
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  Speaker 4: I think it's just crazy. The socialism, the Medicare for all,
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  Speaker 4: we can't afford it. It's just insanity.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, correct. And the other thing I wanted to bring
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  Speaker 3: up was Manchin is still very active in politics, along
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  Speaker 3: with his daughter. And they were exploring a run at
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  Speaker 3: the third party. But he said it's not feasible at
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  Speaker 3: this time because you can't get on the ballot in
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  Speaker 3: all 50 states the way the Democrats and Republicans have
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  Speaker 3: everything structured. There's no room for a third party. But
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  Speaker 3: he's still very active.
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 4: But the choice doesn't exist. I'm not trying to rain
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  Speaker 4: on your parade. I'm just saying there's reality. I'm bringing
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  Speaker 4: you back to reality, my smart caller.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, and the other Democrats, there have been some great
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  Speaker 3: Democrats over the time, and the first caller probably doesn't
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  Speaker 3: remember George Wallace from Alabama, four-times governor, very popular, almost
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  Speaker 3: became president of the United States if he wasn't shot
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  Speaker 3: and taken out of the race. And then we have
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  Speaker 3: guys like Lester Maddox and the other famous Democrats that...
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  Speaker 3: that had the mantle of the Democratic Party, and they
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  Speaker 3: brought us things like Democrats for the Party of Slavery,
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  Speaker 3: the Jim Crow, the KKK. So, you know, there's a
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  Speaker 3: lot to be said for Democrats, and I think the
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  Speaker 3: first caller should do some research on that. And the
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  Speaker 3: other reason, Dr. Amy, I could never vote for, but
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  Speaker 3: even though she did a fantastic job with the lockdowns
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  Speaker 3: and the vaccines, in handling Ohio, I still couldn't vote for.
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  Speaker 3: But that leads me into the next reason I called
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  Speaker 3: was the public service. We've got flu season coming up,
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  Speaker 3: and a lot of our local doctors and hospitals are
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  Speaker 3: going to be pushing the vaccines. And the current flu vaccine,
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  Speaker 3: I don't know if you know what it has... it's
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  Speaker 3: mercury in it. It has 50,000 parts per billion of mercury.
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  Speaker 3: And if you look at the CDC regulations, anything that
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  Speaker 3: has that level of mercury is considered in a liquid
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  Speaker 3: a hazardous waste. But the flu shot they're pushing now
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  Speaker 3: has 250 times the amount of mercury in it. And
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  Speaker 3: they still want you to jab it into your arms.
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  Speaker 3: I've been doing a lot of research with Kennedy and
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  Speaker 3: his vaccine. They're doing a number on him with the
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  Speaker 3: measles vaccine that's blown out of proportion.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think.
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  Speaker 4: Sometimes, do we have a measles problem? Stand by for me,
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  Speaker 4: if you will. Back with the smart caller in a minute.
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  Speaker 4: News Radio 570, WKBN and Ron Ferb, welcome.
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  Speaker 2: Power isn't a luxury. It's essential. WKBN.
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  Speaker 4: You know, when you're talking about all this, smart caller,
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  Speaker 4: just as a side note, here's what I admire about you.
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  Speaker 4: It doesn't matter who's your governor, who's your president, or
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  Speaker 4: the politics involved in a lot of this stuff. You
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  Speaker 4: have been over the years, and I've known you and
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  Speaker 4: talked to you for a lot of years, as you
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  Speaker 4: well know, you have been laser-focused over the years about...
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  Speaker 4: learning to invest and how to invest. And you've done well.
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  Speaker 4: It doesn't matter who the governor was, who the president was.
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  Speaker 4: It doesn't matter. And it probably won't in the future.
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  Speaker 4: Because of brains and initiative, you will survive no matter
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  Speaker 4: what that case is and could quit tomorrow and live
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  Speaker 4: a very comfortable life. And that is, to me, the
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  Speaker 4: American dream that you've achieved in your lifetime. And you've
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  Speaker 4: achieved it not just for yourself, but you've achieved it
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  Speaker 4: for many of your family members as well. So as
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  Speaker 4: much as we complain about the country, and there is
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  Speaker 4: a lot to complain about because I think there's a
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  Speaker 4: lot of corruption. I mean, and I'm not in love
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  Speaker 4: with the Republican Party, but it's a far better choice
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  Speaker 4: than the Democrat Party, just far better. And that's where
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  Speaker 4: I agree with Ted, the conservative. I mean, it's just
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  Speaker 4: I can't go along with the philosophy that a lot
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  Speaker 4: of them seem to have because of the crazy social agenda,
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  Speaker 4: of the crazy border agenda, watering down my citizenship. And
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  Speaker 4: I just can't go along with that at all. And
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  Speaker 4: so in most cases, when I look at my ballots,
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  Speaker 4: if not in all cases, I have to vote for
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  Speaker 4: the Republican Party. And I get frustrated, as you do,
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  Speaker 4: because I think so many of these people are in
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  Speaker 4: it for themselves. Many of these people that are running,
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  Speaker 4: sometimes on a local level, this is the best job
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  Speaker 4: they've ever had.
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  Speaker 2: You follow me? I mean, they haven't really.
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  Speaker 4: done that well in the private sector. So what is
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  Speaker 4: their career? Their career is being a politician. It's all
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  Speaker 4: they know what to do. It defines them. Oh, this
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  Speaker 4: is what makes me important. This is how I make
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  Speaker 4: a good buck and have these benefits and maybe a
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  Speaker 4: good retirement plan. And now my sole focus is to
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  Speaker 4: get elected and reelected again. And for some of them,
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  Speaker 4: it's the most money they've ever made in their life.
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  Speaker 4: They've never really succeeded in the private sector. And I
• 19:23
  Speaker 4: think that is really what's sad. I don't care if
• 19:25
  Speaker 4: you're a Democrat or Republican. When it all becomes about
• 19:29
  Speaker 4: you as opposed to being a public servant. As I said,
• 19:34
  Speaker 4: I look at Ralph Meacham and I think Ralph Meacham
• 19:36
  Speaker 4: is a public servant. I think he's running an excellent operation.
• 19:41
  Speaker 4: I just cite him in that sense. I look at
• 19:43
  Speaker 4: Dave Thomas as a state rep and I think that
• 19:46
  Speaker 4: man is genuinely a public servant.
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: He's intelligent and he's a public servant. You get my drift?
• 19:53
  Speaker 3: Yes, there are a few good Democrats, and the one
• 19:58
  Speaker 3: that comes to mind that I like is Dennis Kucinich,
• 20:02
  Speaker 3: the ex-mayor of Cleveland. Did a fantastic job with Cleveland.
• 20:07
  Speaker 3: He was a moderate. I mean, a really.
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: Right.
• 20:10
  Speaker 3: That's a guy I could vote for.
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: Right. But he's not around.
• 20:15
  Speaker 3: Actually, he's still around.
• 20:16
  Speaker 6: No, no, no, no.
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: I mean, he's not around running is what I mean. Oh, no, no, no.
• 20:20
  Speaker 3: But he's still active as a matter of fact.
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: I understand.
• 20:23
  Speaker 4: But he's not on the ballot. You don't have the
• 20:25
  Speaker 4: chance to vote for him. I mean, you have a
• 20:28
  Speaker 4: chance to vote. For Amy Acton, the reality is she
• 20:32
  Speaker 4: quit when she was the state's doctor. I don't know
• 20:36
  Speaker 4: if she didn't like the criticism or what's involved in that.
• 20:40
  Speaker 4: I understand your frustration. I genuinely understand your frustration. When
• 20:45
  Speaker 4: you speak, I listen because I know you're an intelligent man, but–
• 20:52
  Speaker 4: I would sit here as a betting man and say,
• 20:55
  Speaker 4: when you get that ballot, I bet you vote for
• 20:57
  Speaker 4: Vivek and you don't vote for Amy Acton.
• 21:00
  Speaker 3: Oh, yeah, I can tell you that right now. There's
• 21:02
  Speaker 3: no way I could vote for Amy. But I was
• 21:05
  Speaker 3: watching Face the Nation this weekend. They had Ron Emanuel on,
• 21:09
  Speaker 3: you know, the ex-mayor of Chicago.
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 21:11
  Speaker 3: And he was in the Obama administration. The guy sounded,
• 21:17
  Speaker 3: if you would hear, I think he's going to be
• 21:20
  Speaker 3: the candidate.
• 21:24
  Speaker 4: He could be, but sometimes they position himself like that
• 21:27
  Speaker 4: so that they could run.
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: But I don't think the party's going in that direction.
• 21:31
  Speaker 4: I mean, I think the party is going so far
• 21:33
  Speaker 4: left with these wackos that Life isn't easy. I'm not
• 21:38
  Speaker 4: owed a bunch of stuff from life. I've said it
• 21:41
  Speaker 4: numerous times. I mean, health care isn't a right. Health
• 21:44
  Speaker 4: care is a responsibility as you grow up. That's your responsibility.
• 21:49
  Speaker 4: I mean, I don't know where all these people think
• 21:51
  Speaker 4: everything is a right and should be given to them.
• 21:54
  Speaker 4: What's given to you is opportunities in this country, and
• 21:57
  Speaker 4: you should take advantage of them. And I think you
• 21:59
  Speaker 4: and I as older Americans can maybe see that better than– Well,
• 22:06
  Speaker 4: a lot of people need a kick in the ass
• 22:08
  Speaker 4: is all I can say. My friend, it's always an
• 22:10
  Speaker 4: honor talking to you. I have to pause.
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: Thank you.
• 22:14
  Speaker 4: On NewsRadio 570 WKBN, callers in line, stand by. Back
• 22:17
  Speaker 4: with more in a minute. NewsRadio 570 WKBN. Columbus Mayor
• 22:24
  Speaker 4: Andrew Guenther announcing changes in protocol when it comes to
• 22:27
  Speaker 4: flock cameras in his city.
• 22:29
  Speaker 7: The mayor says the Columbus Division of Police will only
• 22:32
  Speaker 7: keep data gathered by the cameras for only seven days,
• 22:35
  Speaker 7: not 30 days, which had been the practice. And unless
• 22:38
  Speaker 7: specific permission is granted, only supervisors will have access to
• 22:42
  Speaker 7: the system. A 73-year-old motorcycle rider died over the weekend
• 22:46
  Speaker 7: when he was struck by a vehicle in Tuscarora County.
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: Happened on State Route 212. The victim ID'd as James Goodmote.
• 22:54
  Speaker 7: A traveling Vietnam wall replica in a memorial to service
• 22:57
  Speaker 7: members and 9-11 victims and heroes will be on display
• 23:00
  Speaker 7: in Paulding County next month. A special ceremony is set
• 23:04
  Speaker 7: for noon September 10th at the Paulding County Fairgrounds, where
• 23:07
  Speaker 7: the tributes will remain through the 13th.
• 23:10
  Speaker 2: I'm Brian Engel.
• 23:11
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• 23:15
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• 23:18
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• 23:22
  Speaker 1: Now, Ron Verb. On NewsRadio 570, WKBN. Hi, back to it.
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: Welcome to a Monday afternoon, last day of August. Fair
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: starts this week. And so what are we sitting with?
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: 88 degrees.
• 23:37
  Speaker 4: Pleasant for this time of the year, right? Maybe a
• 23:39
  Speaker 4: little hot, a little humid, but we'll appreciate this. Three
• 23:42
  Speaker 4: months from now, we'll say, what were we bellyaching about
• 23:45
  Speaker 4: at this time? Hope to find you in good spirits today.
• 23:49
  Speaker 2: You're on the air.
• 23:49
  Speaker 4: Hello.
• 23:50
  Speaker 8: Good afternoon, Ronaldo. I'm not a financial expert, but I'm
• 23:54
  Speaker 8: going to give you and your listeners some tip today.
• 23:56
  Speaker 8: Buy gasoline today. Don't wait for tomorrow. Crude's over $ 91,
• 24:01
  Speaker 8: almost $ 92 a barrel. So that means gas stations will
• 24:06
  Speaker 8: raise their prices today or tomorrow in anticipation of that
• 24:10
  Speaker 8: higher price when they get their deliveries. So that's my
• 24:13
  Speaker 8: financial advice.
• 24:14
  Speaker 4: Why did it go up?
• 24:16
  Speaker 2: Let's see.
• 24:17
  Speaker 4: Stocks fall after U.S. strikes Iran. Wall Street heads for
• 24:20
  Speaker 4: a winning month. Let me see. So you're right. The
• 24:23
  Speaker 4: Dow's down 337. S & P' s down 31. NASDAQ's down 86.
• 24:26
  Speaker 6: And....
• 24:32
  Speaker 2: I'm just looking for that. And you know what?
• 24:35
  Speaker 4: That's the futures market, what they talk. Some of these
• 24:38
  Speaker 4: oil guys say when you hear these prices, they say
• 24:41
  Speaker 4: try buying.
• 24:41
  Speaker 2: It for that.
• 24:44
  Speaker 4: There's a huge problem. You're a smart guy. There's a
• 24:48
  Speaker 4: huge problem as far as shortages are concerned when it
• 24:51
  Speaker 4: comes to diesel fuel and jet fuel and.
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: Oil.
• 24:57
  Speaker 4: They're concerned about where this is heading, right? Yes.
• 25:01
  Speaker 8: Right, and as we spoke before, with this oil coming
• 25:05
  Speaker 8: out of the Strategic Reserve, that's artificially keeping the price low,
• 25:08
  Speaker 8: maybe $ 0. 10, $ 0. 15, $ 0. 20 a gallon. If that wasn't being
• 25:12
  Speaker 8: taken out hundreds of millions or how many millions a day,
• 25:15
  Speaker 8: you could add another $ 0. 15 to $ 0. 20 on top of
• 25:18
  Speaker 8: the gasoline. So that's artificially keeping, because you can't do
• 25:21
  Speaker 8: that forever. But I'm going to address one other number
• 25:24
  Speaker 8: on Social Security. Now, as somebody that's on Social Security,
• 25:28
  Speaker 8: I'm watching for the middle of October, and That's when
• 25:31
  Speaker 8: the cost of living for 2027 will come out. Right
• 25:34
  Speaker 8: now that's projected at 3.5%. And the price of gasoline
• 25:36
  Speaker 8: has gone up about 3.4, 3.5 this month alone. So
• 25:39
  Speaker 8: my dear Social Security fellow recipients, the average payment in
• 25:42
  Speaker 8: June of 2026 is $ 2, 084.
• 25:42
  Speaker 3: $ 2, 084.
• 25:42
  Speaker 8: Of course, that's average. Some people make more. Some people
• 25:47
  Speaker 8: make less. depending on your age and how much you
• 26:02
  Speaker 8: put in. And I don't think a whole lot of
• 26:04
  Speaker 8: people draw the maximum of Social Security, because if you
• 26:08
  Speaker 8: were to draw the maximum, you would have to be
• 26:11
  Speaker 8: putting a maximum in for 25 or 30 years or whatever.
• 26:14
  Speaker 6: What is the maximum?
• 26:15
  Speaker 4: I don't know too many people that are over the
• 26:17
  Speaker 4: $ 184, 000 or $.
• 26:17
  Speaker 2: 185, 000 range.
• 26:23
  Speaker 8: For the past 20, 30 years, whatever, to put the
• 26:25
  Speaker 8: maximum in.
• 26:26
  Speaker 2: What would the maximum monthly be on Social Security?
• 26:30
  Speaker 8: Well, you could look that up. I'm going to look
• 26:33
  Speaker 8: it up. I think you can get up maybe $ 5, 000, $ 6, 000,
• 26:35
  Speaker 8: I think. But, again, you'd have to put the maximum
• 26:39
  Speaker 8: in for almost your entire work life. I don't think
• 26:43
  Speaker 8: a whole lot of people do, at least the ones
• 26:45
  Speaker 8: that I know. But if you get that 3.5% on
• 26:49
  Speaker 8: the average Social Security, that's going to be $ 70, 000. $ 3. 50
• 26:53
  Speaker 8: for every $ 100, $ 35 for $ 1, 000. So you'll get a
• 26:58
  Speaker 8: maximum raise of $ 70 a month if you're an average
• 27:02
  Speaker 8: Social Security. Now, Part B will go up this year.
• 27:05
  Speaker 8: That hasn't been determined yet. So when Part B, which
• 27:09
  Speaker 8: comes out of your check automatically, say that's another $ 50.
• 27:12
  Speaker 2: Well, wait a second. Pause for one second.
• 27:16
  Speaker 8: $ 70 is now bound to $ 55 a month. And, of course,
• 27:20
  Speaker 8: there are taxes taken out of Social Security. So what
• 27:23
  Speaker 8: I'm trying to say is don't think you're going to
• 27:27
  Speaker 8: live comfortably and fat on the hog on Social Security.
• 27:32
  Speaker 8: It hasn't kept up with inflation, and it's not going to.
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: Well, let me bounce a couple things off of you.
• 27:38
  Speaker 2: I just look.
• 27:39
  Speaker 4: The maximum monthly Social Security retirement benefit.
• 27:42
  Speaker 6: Is $ 5.
• 27:42
  Speaker 2: 181 per month. That's if you retire at age 70.
• 27:44
  Speaker 2: Full retirement age, $.
• 27:45
  Speaker 5: 4, 152.
• 27:45
  Speaker 6: Wow.
• 27:52
  Speaker 8: Yeah, if you put the maximum mean.
• 27:54
  Speaker 4: So the bottom line is this. I mean, you bring
• 27:57
  Speaker 4: up a lot of good points. Let me just go
• 28:00
  Speaker 4: back and talk a little bit about it. Social Security
• 28:04
  Speaker 4: is a great program. I mean, if you take a
• 28:06
  Speaker 4: look at how the elderly were treated before we had
• 28:08
  Speaker 4: Social Security or Medicare. There's a reason why those programs
• 28:12
  Speaker 4: came around, and they've changed the lifestyle for our elderly
• 28:17
  Speaker 4: and will continue to do so. So Social Security's got
• 28:21
  Speaker 4: some financial trouble. As I've said a million times, we
• 28:24
  Speaker 4: as taxpayers should not be giving billions of dollars to
• 28:27
  Speaker 4: any country. We should put some of that money into
• 28:31
  Speaker 4: Social Security to make it sound for our senior citizens
• 28:34
  Speaker 4: in their retirement years. so that they don't have to
• 28:37
  Speaker 4: worry what happens to Social Security in seven or eight years.
• 28:42
  Speaker 4: So that would be number one. Medicare as well has
• 28:46
  Speaker 4: some financial problems, and money should be put into that.
• 28:49
  Speaker 4: I mean, you bring up a lot of great points.
• 28:54
  Speaker 4: So as you're talking, I'm thinking of a couple of
• 28:56
  Speaker 4: things that I would say to each of you. Here's
• 29:02
  Speaker 4: my unsolicited advice, just my opinion, all right, that I
• 29:06
  Speaker 4: give to all of you out there listening. I was
• 29:09
  Speaker 4: just reading this morning that 54% of the people on
• 29:12
  Speaker 4: Medicare are on Medicare Advantage plans. From my perspective, from me,
• 29:17
  Speaker 4: Ron Verb, I personally do not recommend Medicare Advantage plans.
• 29:22
  Speaker 4: I'm personally dead set and opposed to them. I believe
• 29:26
  Speaker 4: when you get to be 65, you should get on
• 29:28
  Speaker 4: standard Medicare plans. Medicare Advantage is private sector insurance. It
• 29:33
  Speaker 4: is just funded by Medicare. And with Medicare Advantage, you
• 29:37
  Speaker 4: have HMOs and PPOs, and you have to get pre-approval.
• 29:40
  Speaker 4: and you can be denied the pre-approval, and you can
• 29:45
  Speaker 4: also have systems that opt out of the Medicare Advantage.
• 29:49
  Speaker 4: Some main hospitals can say, we're no longer going to
• 29:54
  Speaker 4: accept that. So I think Medicare Advantage should be called
• 29:58
  Speaker 4: Medicare Disadvantage. I personally would never, if you're getting close
• 30:02
  Speaker 4: to retirement, ever, in my opinion, go on a Medicare
• 30:05
  Speaker 4: Advantage plan. I don't care if they sell you, oh,
• 30:09
  Speaker 4: you can get dental coverage or you can get this
• 30:11
  Speaker 4: or that. It's not– in my opinion, it's not worth the–
• 30:19
  Speaker 4: disadvantages that come. If you go on standard Medicare, you
• 30:23
  Speaker 4: don't have to get, there are no HMOs. You can
• 30:26
  Speaker 4: go anywhere you want that accepts Medicare. You don't have
• 30:28
  Speaker 4: to get pre-approvals to see a specialist. You do not
• 30:31
  Speaker 4: need pre-approvals to see a specialist with standard Medicare. There
• 30:36
  Speaker 4: are no networks with standard Medicare. If you're here or
• 30:42
  Speaker 4: in Florida or traveling, you're not affected by any of
• 30:46
  Speaker 4: that stuff.
• 30:47
  Speaker 2: It's accepted anywhere.
• 30:49
  Speaker 4: So standard Medicare, when I see the majority of people
• 30:53
  Speaker 4: are on these Medicare Advantage plans, and once you get
• 30:57
  Speaker 4: on a Medicare Advantage plan, it's damn near difficult, if
• 31:02
  Speaker 4: not impossible, to get back on standard Medicare. Many of
• 31:05
  Speaker 4: these people sell you Medicare Advantage plans because they think
• 31:08
  Speaker 4: it's in their best interest, not in your best interest.
• 31:12
  Speaker 2: Once again, in my opinion, you're better off on standard Medicare.
• 31:16
  Speaker 4: And I would also say that obviously you've got to
• 31:20
  Speaker 4: get a supplemental plan. With Medicare, Plan G covers all
• 31:24
  Speaker 4: your deductibles. So you pay $ 202 a month out of
• 31:29
  Speaker 4: your Social Security check for your Medicare Part B. $ 202
• 31:31
  Speaker 4: comes out of your check. So if you get a
• 31:37
  Speaker 4: Plan G, it depends on some of your health situations.
• 31:41
  Speaker 4: But let's say that could be anywhere from $ 140 to
• 31:45
  Speaker 4: $ 200 a month. These are the charges I'm mentioning are
• 31:49
  Speaker 4: a month. So every month you pay that. But guess what?
• 31:53
  Speaker 4: Once you pay on standard Medicare a $ 275 deductible for
• 31:59
  Speaker 4: the year, there are no more deductibles that you will pay.
• 32:02
  Speaker 4: Everything is covered. You still pay your monthly cost of
• 32:06
  Speaker 4: 202 and whatever your plan G cost. Everything is covered
• 32:10
  Speaker 4: from that point on. There's no nothing that you have
• 32:13
  Speaker 4: to worry about as you get older. And as you
• 32:15
  Speaker 4: get older, one thing is for certain.
• 32:17
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 32:17
  Speaker 4: At some point you will get sick because you're getting
• 32:20
  Speaker 4: closer to the end of life. And I, and you
• 32:22
  Speaker 4: will thank me a million times that you went with
• 32:25
  Speaker 4: standard Medicare and you will thank me because of the
• 32:28
  Speaker 4: difference you will find in, in skilled nursing care and
• 32:34
  Speaker 4: some of the requirements involved. That is my personal opinion.
• 32:38
  Speaker 4: So that's the one piece.
• 32:39
  Speaker 8: Medicare Advantage plans are privately run.
• 32:42
  Speaker 2: That's correct.
• 32:43
  Speaker 8: Medicare gives them a certain amount monthly for the people
• 32:46
  Speaker 8: that sign up. And Medicare is hoping that it costs less,
• 32:53
  Speaker 8: and so does that private company. So if you approach that,
• 32:57
  Speaker 8: whatever that monthly amount is that Medicare has paid that
• 33:00
  Speaker 8: private company, That private company has $ 2, 000 for me for
• 33:05
  Speaker 8: a month. Well, if it gets close to that $ 2, 000,
• 33:08
  Speaker 8: and even maybe not, since it's a privately run company, boy,
• 33:14
  Speaker 8: that denied stamp comes out quite often.
• 33:16
  Speaker 6: Right.
• 33:18
  Speaker 4: Most private sector insurance plans are what Medicare Advantage is like,
• 33:22
  Speaker 4: and they suck. I'm saying standard Medicare is just a better–
• 33:26
  Speaker 4: there are no networks.
• 33:27
  Speaker 2: There are no HMOs, PPOs. You don't need preapproval.
• 33:32
  Speaker 4: And if you– the 202 is the same that you
• 33:36
  Speaker 4: would pay on Medicare Advantage or standard Medicare.
• 33:38
  Speaker 2: And if you get a Plan G for.
• 33:40
  Speaker 4: Whatever that costs, you will be far better off without
• 33:44
  Speaker 4: having to worry about the expenses, which can be astronomical
• 33:48
  Speaker 4: as life goes on. Now, you would be on a
• 33:51
  Speaker 4: hook for dental in your eyeglasses, but that's a small
• 33:53
  Speaker 4: price to pay unless you want to get insurance to
• 33:56
  Speaker 4: cover that for the huge difference that you make on–
• 34:02
  Speaker 4: On Medicare. Well, I'm on a roll in general, and
• 34:07
  Speaker 4: it depends on your employment. It depends on your health.
• 34:10
  Speaker 4: There are many variables that are out there. But there's
• 34:14
  Speaker 4: a guy saying in a Rockport show, Truth Investing on
• 34:17
  Speaker 4: Monday nights, and I agree with them, that you don't
• 34:22
  Speaker 4: retire based on an age. You really, really should, more
• 34:28
  Speaker 4: than likely. I don't think you should plan on taking
• 34:32
  Speaker 4: your Social Security. And there's variables, obviously, your health and
• 34:36
  Speaker 4: the status of your employment. But you should try to
• 34:39
  Speaker 4: put it off at least until you hit Medicare age
• 34:41
  Speaker 4: of 65 so that you can have coverage. You should
• 34:45
  Speaker 4: probably not take Social Security until you hit 65. And
• 34:51
  Speaker 4: if your full retirement age is 67... You can actually
• 34:54
  Speaker 4: take Medicare when you turn 66, or you can take
• 34:58
  Speaker 4: Social Security when you are 66, and you can make
• 35:02
  Speaker 4: like $ 66, 000 without any penalties for that final year.
• 35:09
  Speaker 8: Well, you know, Social Security, I'm always against raising the
• 35:13
  Speaker 8: age limit. Because a cement worker or a roofer, maybe
• 35:17
  Speaker 8: their body is shot by the age of 62, as
• 35:20
  Speaker 8: in maybe an accountant or a radio show host who
• 35:23
  Speaker 8: has it so easy.
• 35:24
  Speaker 2: Well, now, wait a minute here. Listen here, Bucko.
• 35:27
  Speaker 4: I'll tell you this, and I make it– I'm not–
• 35:31
  Speaker 4: at my age now, I'm not the man I was
• 35:33
  Speaker 4: a few years ago. As time goes on, as you
• 35:37
  Speaker 4: well know, changes do happen. And I agree with you. Absolutely.
• 35:43
  Speaker 8: But listen, my friends, on Social Security, it's a supplement.
• 35:47
  Speaker 8: And if you haven't got yourself a little bit in
• 35:50
  Speaker 8: better financial shape or have other things coming in, it's
• 35:55
  Speaker 8: going to be a tough road to hoe. Social Security
• 35:57
  Speaker 8: alone will not provide you with a cushy lifestyle. And
• 36:01
  Speaker 8: more and more Americans, due to pensions going away and
• 36:03
  Speaker 8: different things, it's the primary income or the sole income
• 36:07
  Speaker 8: for a large percentage of senior citizens.
• 36:10
  Speaker 2: Yes, it is, and I agree with that. I appreciate it.
• 36:14
  Speaker 8: All right, Ron, thanks.
• 36:14
  Speaker 2: Thank you.
• 36:15
  Speaker 4: I would also say to– I do a program with
• 36:19
  Speaker 4: guys from Yoast Insurance. They're out of Columbiana, and all
• 36:23
  Speaker 4: they do is Medicare, whether they look at your situation,
• 36:28
  Speaker 4: whether it's standard Medicare or Medicare Advantage, and basically do
• 36:31
  Speaker 4: an analysis for you. And I tell you, they're pretty
• 36:34
  Speaker 4: sharp guys. Most people don't follow enough on– know enough
• 36:40
  Speaker 4: about Medicare to really make a sound decision on it.
• 36:44
  Speaker 4: And this decision you make can be one that can
• 36:48
  Speaker 4: come back to haunt you. I mean, you know, so
• 36:51
  Speaker 4: sometimes it's good to get some professional advice, Yost Insurance,
• 36:55
  Speaker 4: those guys will give it to you. But like I say,
• 36:59
  Speaker 4: you know, To me, Medicare Advantage should be called Medicare Disadvantage.
• 37:04
  Speaker 4: There's just too many things that can come back to
• 37:07
  Speaker 4: bite you in the ass as.
• 37:09
  Speaker 2: You get older. Let's see.
• 37:11
  Speaker 4: Medicare Advantage works until it doesn't. You travel and get
• 37:15
  Speaker 4: sick and out of network. Okay, this guy says you're screwed.
• 37:19
  Speaker 4: Let me go through this here.
• 37:20
  Speaker 2: Let's see. I want to get this. Wait a second here.
• 37:24
  Speaker 4: Medicare Advantage works until it doesn't. You travel and get
• 37:26
  Speaker 4: sick and out of network, you're screwed. You get an
• 37:28
  Speaker 4: expensive illness. Everything is prior authorization and denied. They are
• 37:33
  Speaker 4: in business to make money. The government is not. And
• 37:35
  Speaker 4: that is 100% true. And my wife will say that,
• 37:39
  Speaker 4: you know, my wife is a cancer nurse. And she's,
• 37:47
  Speaker 4: I think she would say that you should always be
• 37:49
  Speaker 4: on regular Medicare.
• 37:51
  Speaker 2: You're on the air.
• 37:52
  Speaker 5: Noddles.
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  Speaker 2: Theodore, the conservative.
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  Speaker 6: I had to call in.
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  Speaker 4: Well, I'm glad you did. You know, that's what I'm
• 38:02
  Speaker 4: all about here. If you want, I could start playing records,
• 38:05
  Speaker 4: you know, the greatest hits from the 70s, 80s, and 90s.
• 38:09
  Speaker 6: Yeah, you know, it's funny because I heard a commercial today.
• 38:11
  Speaker 6: Last week, people were complaining about the commercials on YouTube.
• 38:16
  Speaker 6: Then I heard a commercial for iHeart on my podcast,
• 38:18
  Speaker 6: and they talked about how it's free because the advertisers
• 38:22
  Speaker 6: paid a fee.
• 38:23
  Speaker 2: That's right.
• 38:24
  Speaker 4: You know, when you talk about that, folks, I'm going
• 38:29
  Speaker 4: to tell you, contrary to radio listening is huge. And
• 38:34
  Speaker 4: I mean, it is absolutely I mean, radio listening is
• 38:37
  Speaker 4: just it's just huge. Why is it huge? Well, it's
• 38:41
  Speaker 4: it's free. It's in your car. It's easy access. And
• 38:44
  Speaker 4: it's and yeah, there are commercials that pretty well. pay
• 38:48
  Speaker 4: for everything, and it's becoming more and more difficult for
• 38:52
  Speaker 4: these big companies. These big companies, of which I work
• 38:55
  Speaker 4: for one, they have their own separate agenda, if you will,
• 39:01
  Speaker 4: and how they see the future. Our division here does very,
• 39:07
  Speaker 4: very good, but iHeart as a whole certainly has its issues,
• 39:11
  Speaker 4: to say the least. Technology is changing everything.
• 39:16
  Speaker 6: I think you're a big I think you're a big
• 39:18
  Speaker 6: reason for the success of iHeart and the series. I'm
• 39:22
  Speaker 6: afraid to see what's going to happen one day when
• 39:24
  Speaker 6: you decide to hang up the microphone.
• 39:26
  Speaker 2: Well, everything– hey, I've been blessed for.
• 39:30
  Speaker 6: All good things come to an end, right?
• 39:32
  Speaker 4: Well, you know, they do at some point.
• 39:38
  Speaker 2: They absolutely do.
• 39:39
  Speaker 4: It's odd that you mention that because I was thinking about–
• 39:43
  Speaker 4: It'll be sad when Bill Cunningham retires, which Bill Cunningham
• 39:46
  Speaker 4: was supposed to retire when Trump got elected. He was
• 39:50
  Speaker 4: going to retire, and then he said, well, I might
• 39:51
  Speaker 4: as well stick around for the Trump years and see
• 39:56
  Speaker 4: how that goes.
• 39:56
  Speaker 2: But I think he's a sheer asset.
• 39:59
  Speaker 4: Like I said, I'm sorry, Clay and Buck are just–
• 40:03
  Speaker 4: they can't even shine Rush Limbaugh's shoes. I miss Rush Limbaugh,
• 40:07
  Speaker 4: and I'd be curious what he has to say about
• 40:09
  Speaker 4: a lot of the stuff that's going on. I would really–
• 40:12
  Speaker 4: Be curious what Rush has to say.
• 40:14
  Speaker 2: He's one of the pain.
• 40:16
  Speaker 6: I listen to radio. Just to confirm what you said
• 40:19
  Speaker 6: about how huge radio is, I listen to radio or
• 40:24
  Speaker 6: podcasts of radio shows all day. I don't watch TV.
• 40:29
  Speaker 6: I used to watch TV a little bit, but now
• 40:31
  Speaker 6: you can get that same information in different ways. I've
• 40:33
  Speaker 6: got headphones on from the time I wake up to
• 40:36
  Speaker 6: the time I go to bed, to be.
• 40:37
  Speaker 4: Honest with Right, and even if– I mean, Armstrong and
• 40:42
  Speaker 4: Getty is a pretty good show if you listen to it.
• 40:45
  Speaker 2: I mean, it's pretty good. Those guys are really– Those.
• 40:48
  Speaker 6: Guys aren't bad. I miss the local stuff. You know,
• 40:51
  Speaker 6: we don't have very much of it other than you
• 40:53
  Speaker 6: and there's some local sports guys around. But I do
• 40:56
  Speaker 6: miss the local stuff because we could talk national stuff.
• 40:59
  Speaker 6: We could also– but more importantly, local things that affect us.
• 41:03
  Speaker 2: Right.
• 41:04
  Speaker 6: But, you know, it is what it is, but I
• 41:06
  Speaker 6: don't think people realize how big radio is. But I
• 41:08
  Speaker 6: had to call when I heard Emmanuel.
• 41:12
  Speaker 2: And you know what?
• 41:14
  Speaker 6: We've got to change his name. Because every time I
• 41:19
  Speaker 6: hear him, I think of Dave Chappelle. We've got to
• 41:21
  Speaker 6: call him Dave or Chappelle or maybe Mini-Me, maybe. I
• 41:24
  Speaker 6: don't know. But, man, oh, man, he could be a
• 41:27
  Speaker 6: stand-in for Dave Chappelle.
• 41:30
  Speaker 4: Stand by, Ted. Stand by. Back with Ted the Conservative
• 41:34
  Speaker 4: in a minute.
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  Speaker 2: Well, hi again.
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  Speaker 1: This is 70 WKBN.
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  Speaker 2: All righty. Back to it. News Radio 570 WKBN. All right, Ted. Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 6: I've been saying since the days that you voted for
• 41:55
  Speaker 6: President Obama, go back to Obama Romney, I think it was, right?
• 42:00
  Speaker 6: I've been saying to you since, what was that? I
• 42:03
  Speaker 6: don't know how long ago was that, 16 years ago,
• 42:05
  Speaker 6: 18 years ago? I've been telling you for 18 years
• 42:08
  Speaker 6: you can never vote for a Democrat. And so I'm
• 42:11
  Speaker 6: not sure how Dave Chappelle got me confused with that one.
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  Speaker 4: Well, I think his philosophy, though he has a whole
• 42:18
  Speaker 4: different philosophy. I think his philosophy is you can't vote
• 42:22
  Speaker 4: for a Republican, but I don't understand that mindset.
• 42:27
  Speaker 2: I just don't get it.
• 42:29
  Speaker 6: You hit him. Every bullet point he prepared over the weekend,
• 42:33
  Speaker 6: you erased. He talked about inflate wall. Let's be clear.
• 42:39
  Speaker 6: What we're saying isn't an endorsement of Trump's performance, but
• 42:44
  Speaker 6: the Trump economy is better. Inflation is better. The border
• 42:47
  Speaker 6: is closed. We know more about Epstein now than we
• 42:50
  Speaker 6: ever knew. We can go on and on and on.
• 42:54
  Speaker 6: You can't even compare Democrats. to Trump. As bad as
• 42:58
  Speaker 6: Trump is, he's still better than any Democrat.
• 43:01
  Speaker 4: Listen, Biden didn't have a cabinet meeting for over a year.
• 43:05
  Speaker 4: Trump has cabinet meetings all the time and puts them
• 43:08
  Speaker 4: on television. Not as much lately because of the war,
• 43:11
  Speaker 4: I'm sure, and a lot of that they can't broadcast.
• 43:14
  Speaker 4: But Biden wasn't even running a country, and the people
• 43:18
  Speaker 4: that were around him were lying to you that he's
• 43:21
  Speaker 4: sharp as a tack and we're doing it. One of
• 43:23
  Speaker 4: the biggest lies and cover-ups that has ever happened was
• 43:26
  Speaker 4: a guy that wasn't running a country because he couldn't.
• 43:28
  Speaker 4: His schedule was totally empty. Well, who was running a country?
• 43:31
  Speaker 4: Who was making these decisions?
• 43:33
  Speaker 6: I think it was President Obama.
• 43:36
  Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't know.
• 43:37
  Speaker 4: I don't speculate on it. Some people say... Some people say.
• 43:40
  Speaker 2: Those people were in the background.
• 43:41
  Speaker 4: Yeah, but I mean, the guy that was elected wasn't
• 43:45
  Speaker 4: running the country. And that's a giant cover-up by the
• 43:48
  Speaker 4: party that he supports. And the stuff that he did,
• 43:51
  Speaker 4: the open border, and then the lie to you telling
• 43:54
  Speaker 4: you the border was secure, it.
• 43:57
  Speaker 2: Was a lie. Harris was a liar.
• 43:59
  Speaker 6: Biden's a liar. But he said there are strategic oil reserves.
• 44:01
  Speaker 6: I mean... Right. He ran his policy. People say, ah,
• 44:06
  Speaker 6: presidents don't matter. And I'm like, you must not be
• 44:09
  Speaker 6: very smart to say something like that. Policy drives our engine.
• 44:14
  Speaker 6: And his policy against fossil fuels are the reasons we
• 44:19
  Speaker 6: had $ 5. 50 a gallon of gasoline. If you remember... The
• 44:24
  Speaker 6: only way they can get it down, because once the
• 44:26
  Speaker 6: policies were in place, they had to plug the markets.
• 44:28
  Speaker 6: So what did they do? They opened this ticket on
• 44:30
  Speaker 6: the strategic reserves.
• 44:31
  Speaker 2: Now we're at war, and.
• 44:33
  Speaker 6: That's what a strategic reserve is for.
• 44:35
  Speaker 2: Stand by. Back in a minute, more calls ahead.