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Tom Zawistowski - WeThePeopleConvention.org · Brian Thomas

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Speaker 1: In thirty one here fifty five cars the talk station.
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Speaker 1: Very happy Tuesday to you. Appreciate the assists this morning.
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Speaker 1: Thank you to Christopher Smithman in the last hour helped
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Speaker 1: me out as my brain spins from chemo. Tom's Awastowski
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Speaker 1: we the People Convention. You find one line of wee
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Speaker 1: the People Convention dot org. Welcome back, Tom. I enjoy
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Speaker 1: our conversations and so happy to see you on the
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Speaker 1: rundown this morning, most notably since you brought with you
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Speaker 1: a list of endorsed candidates for the primary. We're fast
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Speaker 1: approaching the primary. Tom, could to have you back on
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Speaker 1: the show.
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Speaker 2: Oh, great to be with you, Brian, And yeah, this
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Speaker 2: is an interesting topic because of the Ohio Republican Party
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Speaker 2: Central Committee meeting on Friday that where they're going to
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Speaker 2: decide whether they're going to endorse some of these candidates
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Speaker 2: or not. That should be quite an interesting meeting on Friday,
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Speaker 2: for sure.
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Speaker 1: Well, much of the chagrin of Casey Putsch was on
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Speaker 1: the program, at least until he started cursing and melted
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Speaker 1: down last week. The Republican Party has already endorsed V. V. Ramaswami,
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Speaker 1: and I think he was insulted by that, and they
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Speaker 1: of course usually don't interject themselves early on in the
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Speaker 1: decision making process. I guess I'm curious your reaction of
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Speaker 1: how they went ahead in or why they may have
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Speaker 1: went ahead and did that. And you obviously on the
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Speaker 1: list here I see prominently upfront Vive Ramaswam. He's got
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Speaker 1: your endorsement.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, Brian, I actually played a very significant role in
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Speaker 2: the endorsement of the Vike last year, last summer, and
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Speaker 2: I did a video that I put out that basically
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Speaker 2: made the case for endorsing Vi Vike Ramaswami to stop
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Speaker 2: the Columbus cartel for rigging the election for Jim Tressel,
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Speaker 2: who I thought they were going to put up to
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Speaker 2: run against them, And people can see that video at
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Speaker 2: Ohio citizenspack dot org. But the people in the Central
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Speaker 2: Committee actually said that the video I put forward really
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Speaker 2: was what made the difference to convince them to endorse
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Speaker 2: the Vike and Brian, like you, I'm a tea party guy.
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Speaker 2: I'm the leader of the Tea Party in Ohio for
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Speaker 2: the last sixteen years. I hate endorsing in primaries. There
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Speaker 2: should be no endorsements. But the problem is it's it's
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Speaker 2: always been a rig game, and he got to play
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Speaker 2: the game to win. And we needed to have a
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Speaker 2: vek Ramaswami, you know, as our candidate, and so that's
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Speaker 2: why we acted to ask for his endorsement and fight
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Speaker 2: for his endorsement, and we got it. And I'm I'm
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Speaker 2: doing that again with people like Marcel Sturbage and people
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Speaker 2: like that this week.
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Speaker 1: Okay, and we'll get to Marcel Sturbage. I had him
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Speaker 1: on the program last week. I was thoroughly impressed by Marcel.
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Speaker 1: I mean man that is a man of conviction. He's
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Speaker 1: firm on the issues, he knows where he's coming from.
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Speaker 1: He's strong. But in terms of Viva Ramaswami, based upon
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Speaker 1: and only, and this is not scientific whatsoever, I see
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Speaker 1: a lot of what seems to be a mounting concern
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Speaker 1: over the fact that vivik Ramaswami happens to be a
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Speaker 1: Hindu and not Christian, and as if that somehow might
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Speaker 1: impact his politics or how he's going to run the
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Speaker 1: state of Ohio. Tom correct me if I'm wrong. Last
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Speaker 1: time I checked, we don't live in a theocracy, and
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Speaker 1: an individual's religion is should have real, no material impact
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Speaker 1: on how he or she governs. But maybe I'm wrong
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Speaker 1: on that. Do you think Vivik is having an uphill
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Speaker 1: challenge merely because he doesn't have to be Christian?
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Speaker 2: There definitely are you know, people out there who are
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Speaker 2: expressing that opinion, and many of them are friends of mine.
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Speaker 2: Many of them are people I've worked with for years
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Speaker 2: who are on the religious right. And I said to them, hey, guys,
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Speaker 2: every time you see someone getting attacked because they're a
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Speaker 2: Christian who's running for office, you you know, you runs
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Speaker 2: into defense and say they shouldn't be, you know, judged
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Speaker 2: by their Christian values. And now you're turning around and
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Speaker 2: trying to tell me that Vivek Ramaswami should be judged
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Speaker 2: on his Christian values. I said, don't you know it's
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Speaker 2: a little hypocritical. Let's look at the man he's not
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Speaker 2: going to become governor and the man that we teach
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Speaker 2: Hindu in every pre K school in the in the
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Speaker 2: state of Ohio. So those are the kind of things
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Speaker 2: that you and I have to talk about and get
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Speaker 2: people to just relax and you know, focus on the
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Speaker 2: issue shoes and the person and not use those kind
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Speaker 2: of things to just really distort your view of what
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Speaker 2: you're voting on. You you're voting on what's best for
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Speaker 2: Ohio and really you're voting on what's best for you personally.
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Speaker 2: And when you listen to with vivek Ramaswami has to say, Man,
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Speaker 2: there's a lot of stuff he's saying. It's best for
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Speaker 2: you personally.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and anybody speaking his platform, if you just ignored
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Speaker 1: the person uttering the words, you be screaming cheers of
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Speaker 1: excitement for that person that happens to be you know,
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Speaker 1: a statement's made in a campaign pledge from someone who
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Speaker 1: happens to be into. But then again, I'll go back
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Speaker 1: to the fact that he can't make me worship any
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Speaker 1: particular religion, nor can he you know, enact in or
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Speaker 1: enshrine in law any given religion. So I think what
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Speaker 1: he stands, where he stands on all the issues is
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Speaker 1: rock solid, at least in so far as conservative politics.
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Speaker 2: It's what you and I have won it for Roy.
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Speaker 2: How about a years now.
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Speaker 1: And limited government? Right, Tom z Awastowski, we the people, Yeah,
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Speaker 1: we don't.
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Speaker 2: Want that because he's a Hindu and George Jarrow's paid
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Speaker 2: for his internship.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I got to ask you. Apparently everyone who speaks
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Speaker 1: on behalf of Vivek is getting paid? Are you getting
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Speaker 1: a check from vv Ramaswami, Tom, because I'm not. I
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Speaker 1: didn't realize that that was an option was out there
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Speaker 1: and available for people.
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Speaker 2: I have not gotten the time from vi Veke Ramaswami,
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Speaker 2: but I'm working my butt off for him, and I
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Speaker 2: think there's some good things we're gonna be able to
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Speaker 2: do together. So yeah, I thought my enborsement of him
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Speaker 2: was pretty clear. And if people go to Ohio citizenspack
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Speaker 2: dot org, they can read it, and I think it'll
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Speaker 2: make a lot of sense to them out I'm trying
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Speaker 2: to say, this is the once in a lifetime chance,
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Speaker 2: The only chance we ever had to overcome the Columbus
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Speaker 2: cartel was to have someone like Trump who could self fund,
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Speaker 2: because then they can't own him. That's the vik Ramaswami
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Speaker 2: a man.
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Speaker 1: That is an excellent, excellent point. We'll continue with Tom Zawastoski,
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Speaker 1: who's next on the list, oh Marcel Sturbitch, as well
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Speaker 1: as Christina Rugner and others. More endorsements from We the
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Speaker 1: People Convention after these brief words. Starting with station seven
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Speaker 1: forty one, if you have KARCD talk station, We the
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Speaker 1: People Convention dot Org. Sohere we find Tom Zawastowski, and
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Speaker 1: we got a list of endorsements coming from Tom and
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Speaker 1: the crew Michael or Marcel Sturvich, who was on my
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Speaker 1: program last week. And I was thoroughly impressed by him,
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Speaker 1: not just his outstanding military record of twenty years, but
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Speaker 1: very very confident. He's got a good record. He's a
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Speaker 1: man of integrity. He certainly does not pull punches when
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Speaker 1: it comes to where he is on the positions. So
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Speaker 1: again impressed by him. But I know that you the
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Speaker 1: People Convention folks, his opponent, Robert Sprague, you endorsed him
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Speaker 1: in the past. Why not this time? Tom Zawastowski. What's
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Speaker 1: the difference?
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Speaker 2: Well, you know, first of all, I heard your interview
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Speaker 2: with Marcel, and I encourage your listeners to go back
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Speaker 2: to the archives and listen. That was one of the tightest,
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Speaker 2: you know, presentations by a candidate I may have ever
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Speaker 2: heard on the radio. That was an awesome job. And
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Speaker 2: uh and and and that's you know what people should
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Speaker 2: look at. The Central Committee should listen to that. So
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Speaker 2: here's the difference. Roberts Regg's a great guy. He's he's
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Speaker 2: he's a very you know he's not. He's he's a politician,
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Speaker 2: but he's he's also you know, a likable guy. He's efficient,
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Speaker 2: you know, he does his job, but he's not an
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Speaker 2: expert in election integrity. Marcel Sturbrige is. And I say
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Speaker 2: the opening line of my endorsement is Marcell Sturbritch was
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Speaker 2: the most it may be the most qualified person to
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Speaker 2: run for statewide political office that we've ever met. And
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Speaker 2: I think that's true if you think back yourself, Bright
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Speaker 2: to all the people you and I talked to and
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Speaker 2: endorsed and stuff. They're good people. They're competent, but they're
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Speaker 2: not experts at what they do. I mean, some of
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Speaker 2: the people are treasures maybe where Verre Calton's some of
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Speaker 2: the attorney generals were lawyers. But this guy is an
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Speaker 2: expert at at election law and that's why they should
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Speaker 2: pick him. And I tried to make the case for
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Speaker 2: the Central Committee to endorse him this Friday, but that's
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Speaker 2: probably unlikely because he's an outsider, just like the Vegas
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Speaker 2: and they're going to have our time with that. And
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Speaker 2: you showed that in your interview with them. You know
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Speaker 2: that being an outsider is a threat.
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Speaker 1: Well, I guess it is. But hey, they overcame that
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Speaker 1: challenge when it came to endorsing Vivi Ramaswamy. I think
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Speaker 1: it can be done again. So I don't even think
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Speaker 1: against Robert Sprague necessarily. But as you pointed out, it
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Speaker 1: is tough to match Marcel Sturwiche's game when it comes
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Speaker 1: to talking issues and his knowledge on important subject matter
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Speaker 1: over which he'd have a lot of control in that position,
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Speaker 1: pivoting over we the People Convention endorsement Christina Rogner for
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Speaker 1: Ohio State Treasurer. Let my listeners know about Christina.
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Speaker 2: Well, Christina is. She's actually from the Akron area. She
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Speaker 2: was in the House, she's a senator currently. She's a
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Speaker 2: real player in the Ohio right to life movement. She's
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Speaker 2: been a very strong advocate for you know, right to
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Speaker 2: life issues. She's very well known statewide in religious circles.
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Speaker 2: But I point out in my endorsement that she actually
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Speaker 2: is really qualified because she has an MBA degree in
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Speaker 2: finance and she worked for the global management company Mackenzien Company,
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Speaker 2: and so she actually would be a good treasure because
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Speaker 2: she knows you know, accounting and stuff. Wow, what a concept.
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Speaker 2: But most of all, she is just a person of
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Speaker 2: unbelievable integrity. I mean, Christina Rougner is as rock solid
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Speaker 2: as anyone you talk about a non politician. She will,
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Speaker 2: she does not blow with the wind. She does not,
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Speaker 2: you know, compromise her values to get your vote. She
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Speaker 2: is who she is. What's astonishing to me, and I
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Speaker 2: think that you, Brian, is that Bernie Marino and JD.
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Speaker 2: Vance has have endorsed this Jay Edwards guy who the
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Speaker 2: Ohio Republican Party sanctioned what two years ago because he's
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Speaker 2: part of the Blue twenty two, who took Democrat Union
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Speaker 2: money to steal the House speakership from us. And here's JD.
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Speaker 2: Vance and Bernie Marino endorsing him against Christina Rogner. What
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Speaker 2: the hell? Okay, So, you know, I asked people to
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Speaker 2: look closely because Christina Roger is so much better than
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Speaker 2: Jay Edwards. And I just don't know because I'm friends
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Speaker 2: with Bernie Marino. You know, Bernie and I are pretty close.
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Speaker 2: I don't get it. But look at the list of
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Speaker 2: endorsements from Christina. I mean, it's Rob McCauley, the Center President,
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Speaker 2: it's Matt Husband, the House Speaker, it's you know, a
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Speaker 2: whole list of I think Frank L. Rose and others
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Speaker 2: have endorsed her, So I hope she's going to get
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Speaker 2: the endorsement and she's going to win that treasures.
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Speaker 1: Well, you just announced those endorsements for her from other
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Speaker 1: very noted notables in the Republican Party. Obviously maybe a
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Speaker 1: foil to Bernie Marina's endorsement. I'm not sure that came
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Speaker 1: from perhaps many many people just don't even remember who
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Speaker 1: the Blue twenty two are a short attention span theater
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Speaker 1: these days, Tom, that is certainly a possibility, and name
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Speaker 1: recognition me sort of trump the whole idea that while
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Speaker 1: the guy was a Blue twenty two, who knows, get
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Speaker 1: your popcorn out, wait for it. They're going to be
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Speaker 1: voting on it Friday, seven forty six. We'll continue. You
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Speaker 1: got a few more including John Houston made the list,
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Speaker 1: Eric Marin and Carrie Carrie Coleman more.
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Speaker 2: Talk Station.
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Speaker 1: Seven fifty here if you about krocde Talks Station Brian
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Speaker 1: Thomas with WEE The People Convention dot org is Tom's
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Speaker 1: Awastowski going through the Ohio citizens Pack endorsements, which you
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Speaker 1: can find online at Ohio citizenspack dot org. Moving over,
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Speaker 1: they got you got the endorsement or you gave the
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Speaker 1: endorsement to John Houston for US Senator. That really doesn't
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Speaker 1: come as much of a surprise to me.
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Speaker 2: Well, yeah, what choice do we have. But I do,
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Speaker 2: you know, make some pretty strong statements that I think
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Speaker 2: you agree in my endorsement where I'm saying, listen, we've
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Speaker 2: had lots of problems with John Houston from the grassroots standpoint,
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Speaker 2: particularly during COVID, But as I said previously, we're voting
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Speaker 2: for what's in our best interest, and what's in our
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Speaker 2: best interests is for us to keep that Senate seat
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Speaker 2: at all costs. So regardless of what your problems are
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Speaker 2: with John Houston, you know, we sure as heck don't
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Speaker 2: want shared brown right back in the Senate. And so
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Speaker 2: it's real simple, folks. You got to vote for your
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Speaker 2: own best interests. We got to protect President Trump and
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Speaker 2: our MAGA agenda. That's why we endorse John Houston.
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Speaker 1: Don't throw out the good for the sake of the perfect, right.
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Speaker 2: Tom, that's right usially.
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Speaker 1: Especially when the good throwing out the good will result. Yes,
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Speaker 1: that's anyway. Derek Maren's got the endorsement as well from
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Speaker 1: WTPC US House in the ninth district.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, and this is a this is an interesting thing.
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Speaker 2: Lots of you know, dynamic of political insider stuff going
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Speaker 2: on there. The ninth district is the Marcy Kaptor district.
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Speaker 2: She's what, you know, been there for forty some years.
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Speaker 2: We should have won that seat two years ago we
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Speaker 2: lost by like three percent. Derek Maren was the candidate,
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Speaker 2: and so they read district. And this is the fact
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Speaker 2: you in the first and I want to hear your
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Speaker 2: comments about the guys in the first because you notice
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Speaker 2: I didn't endorse anybody yet. But when they redistrict did
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Speaker 2: they were supposed to redistrict the ninth, the thirteenth, which
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Speaker 2: is Akron area in Canton, and then the first, so
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Speaker 2: that we could win all three of those seats. Well
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Speaker 2: they didn't do that. I didn't do that. They really
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Speaker 2: redistricted the ninth up in Toledo to make it like
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Speaker 2: a plus and Republican district. And Rob McCauley was supposed
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Speaker 2: to run it before he took the lieutenant governor's position,
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Speaker 2: you know, with a veke to run for with the veke.
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Speaker 2: So then I'm like, okay, Derek Maron is leading in
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Speaker 2: the polls. He ran last time. He lost the close race.
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Speaker 2: It's a better district. Derek Marin's a guy. Oh no, no, no,
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Speaker 2: Shazam Bob. You know paducik Okay, who is a political
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Speaker 2: opera of the state who it's all about, you know,
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Speaker 2: making the money. He just brings this twenty eight year
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Speaker 2: old girl who's never run for political office ever before
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Speaker 2: and announces that she's going to be on the ballot
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Speaker 2: in the ninth district. And two days after that announcement
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Speaker 2: comes out and we don't know this person from Adam.
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Speaker 2: She's on Laura Trump's TV show on Saturday on Fox,
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Speaker 2: and I'm like, what the heck is going on? And
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Speaker 2: I'm thinking, is Trump gonna endorse this this total political
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Speaker 2: unknown and take Derek wearing out? I hope that's not
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Speaker 2: going to happen. Trump hasn't endorsed that person yet. But
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Speaker 2: Derek Maren is leading Captor in the polls, he's leading
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Speaker 2: the primary field in the polls, and we think he's
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Speaker 2: the best candidate to beat Marcy Captor, so we've endorsed him.
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Speaker 2: But always political intrigue, because it's all about the money, Brian,
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Speaker 2: It's not about you know, what's best for our country
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Speaker 2: or our state.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, isn't that the truth? Follow the money and you'll
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Speaker 1: find the answer usually in most cases. And finally, you've
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Speaker 1: endorse Carrie Coleman for the US House thirteenth District. Give
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Speaker 1: us an insight about mister Coleman.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's a one of your brethren. He's a he's
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Speaker 2: a radio guy at w NR n IR in Porge County,
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Speaker 2: but he's also he's a weather meteorologist. He's been on
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Speaker 2: the Weather Channel and he's been on some of the
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Speaker 2: Cleveland TV stations for quite a long career. And like
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Speaker 2: I said, we were supposed to redistrict the thirteenth so
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Speaker 2: that we could win it, and they didn't. They actually
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Speaker 2: gave the Sykes woman whose father has to be Vernon Sykes,
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Speaker 2: who happens to be the big power in the Democratic Party. Yeah.
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Speaker 2: As part of the deal the redistrict the Captor ninth district,
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Speaker 2: they gave the Democrats more seats in the thirteenth instead
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Speaker 2: of less. So we had a great candidate, Kevin Lachlan,
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Speaker 2: who ran last time, and he just dropped out. He said,
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Speaker 2: if you're going to do that to me, I'm not
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Speaker 2: going to do it. So Carrie Coleman, a local radio guy,
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Speaker 2: has stepped up and said he's going to run. It's
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Speaker 2: a dark horse situation, but he's a good guy. He's
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Speaker 2: a good candidate. He's going to work hard, and what's
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Speaker 2: going to determine that is really what Trump and Congress does.
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Speaker 2: If they do the things that they are expected to
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Speaker 2: do for the economy, we might be able to steal
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Speaker 2: that seat.
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Speaker 1: Amen, brother, I'm with you all day longer that Tom Zawastowski.
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Speaker 1: We the People Convention dot org or again for the
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Speaker 1: endorsements Ohio Citizenspack dot or