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Must Engage on All Issues · Check with Chip

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Check with Chip, brought to you by Operation
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  Speaker 1: Blue Dot Red, turning the Blue Dot Red one podcast
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  Speaker 1: at a time. There's a bonus for you. From Friday,
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  Speaker 1: Kfad added the audio from the ten a m. Show
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  Speaker 1: I guest hosted for Gene Stothard. If you didn't hear it,
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  Speaker 1: Scott Vorhees worked the controls as producer, and in the
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  Speaker 1: middle of the show Gary Sadelemeyer wandered into the studio
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  Speaker 1: and joined us for a segment. It was fun. One
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  Speaker 1: of the topics was whether it helps or hurts brinker Harding,
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  Speaker 1: the Republican nominee for the Nebraska's second district House seat,
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  Speaker 1: to have President Trump get involved in the race. What
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  Speaker 1: do you think? I post these podcasts on Facebook where
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  Speaker 1: you can comment. Scott and I both landed on yes,
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  Speaker 1: bring Trump here and make him part of the campaign. However,
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  Speaker 1: I still run into Republicans who think Trump is a
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  Speaker 1: liability rather than an asset. They say Don Bacon had
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  Speaker 1: the right idea in this purple swing district with the
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  Speaker 1: Blue dot buzz, a Republican cannot be robustly conservative. Tea
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  Speaker 1: party maga set or right is the sweet spot far
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  Speaker 1: enough to the right to maintain the Republican voting base,
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  Speaker 1: but close enough to the center to appeal to independence
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  Speaker 1: and moderate Democrats. Vote with Trump most of the time,
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  Speaker 1: but mix in criticism of Trump where opportunities present themselves
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  Speaker 1: to connect with independence and moderate Democrats. The purpose of
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  Speaker 1: Operation Blue Dot Red is to change the political environment
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  Speaker 1: in District TiO so that robust conservative Red is the default,
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  Speaker 1: setting the center of gravity in the electorate. That's why
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  Speaker 1: my books go beyond immediate issues into deeper foundational principles
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  Speaker 1: that used to be commonly accepted but have come under
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  Speaker 1: siege in recent decades. We on the right like to
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  Speaker 1: invoke the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, but those
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  Speaker 1: documents make sense only in the context of Western civilization
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  Speaker 1: based on natural law and four thousand years of Judaeo
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  Speaker 1: Christian teaching. The right and the left so often are
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  Speaker 1: talking past each other, especially where young people are concerned,
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  Speaker 1: because there is no generally accepted foundation of common principles.
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  Speaker 1: I realize Republican conventional wisdom has been don't get into
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  Speaker 1: those radioactive topics. Emphasize fiscal issues such as taxes and inflation,
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  Speaker 1: while keeping it light and bland enough on social issues
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  Speaker 1: to attract independent and moderate Democratic voters just try to
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  Speaker 1: survive another election cycle. That's a loser strategy. It might
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  Speaker 1: work for another cycle or two, but eventually we on
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  Speaker 1: the right will fall into a permanent minority as we
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  Speaker 1: die off in successive generation embrace socialism in the Rainbow
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  Speaker 1: Flag and the rest of the leftist agenda because we
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  Speaker 1: chose not to engage on the fundamental issues that shape
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  Speaker 1: each generation of voters. Some Republicans say, I don't care.
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  Speaker 1: I'll be gone when it goes to hell. I have children,
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  Speaker 1: I want better for them, and I feel an obligation
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  Speaker 1: to those who came before me and hand it on
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  Speaker 1: to me the greatest society known to humanity. The core
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  Speaker 1: principle of my Jesuit education is that I am supposed
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  Speaker 1: to use whatever ability an opportunity God gives me to
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  Speaker 1: leave the world a better place than I found it.
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  Speaker 1: If you feel the same way, you may find my
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  Speaker 1: books helpful as you explain to relatives and friends why
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  Speaker 1: Legacy America is worth fighting for. If you are puzzled
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  Speaker 1: and have no idea what I'm talking about, No problem,
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  Speaker 1: fix it, noowchip dot com. That's where you go to
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  Speaker 1: get my books. Fix it now chip dot com. That's
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  Speaker 1: check with Chip. I'm Chip Maxwell. Thank you for listening.