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Nude & Rude! Memphis Leaders Get Naked and Smack Around Poll Workers · ToddCast Podcast with Todd Starnes

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Speaker 1: From the principal Toyota Studios, it's Morning in Memphis with
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Speaker 1: Todd Starnes.
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Speaker 2: All right.
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Speaker 3: Hello, everybody. Good morning. Happy Friday to you, and welcome
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Speaker 3: to the show. Great to have all of you along
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Speaker 3: with us for the ride today. All right. We have
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Speaker 3: a lot going on in the show today, but can
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Speaker 3: we all agree this is just a weird, weird time
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Speaker 3: in politics, In the Mid-South. Folks, we're going to have
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Speaker 3: to talk about some issues today. And issues, and quite frankly,
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Speaker 3: things I never thought we would have to talk about
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Speaker 3: as a radio station. And again, I don't want to
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Speaker 3: offend the sensibilities of our great, great audience here in
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Speaker 3: the Mid-South. But we've got a lot of buck naked
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Speaker 3: politicians running around out there, and it's not pretty. And
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Speaker 3: we've got to talk about this. So we know all
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Speaker 3: about State Senator Brent Taylor. And the sexting scandal, at
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Speaker 3: least from what we understand, we've been told. Well, actually,
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Speaker 3: we haven't been told. We had Senator Taylor on the show,
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Speaker 3: and the senator would not answer the question about whether
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Speaker 3: there were any other issues in his texting life. So
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Speaker 3: we don't know. But we've been assured that this is it,
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Speaker 3: that there are no more skeletons in the closet. And
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Speaker 3: now comes word that Dr. Marie Fagans has been running
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Speaker 3: around butt naked in front of staffers. And she is
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Speaker 3: the focus of a bazillion dollar lawsuit. And we're going
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Speaker 3: to get to all of that in just a little while.
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Speaker 3: And then yesterday, while Dr. Fagans and Senator Taylor were,
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Speaker 3: you know, frolicking around in their birthday suits, we've got
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Speaker 3: Justin Pearson's mother who has been accused of smacking around
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Speaker 3: a poll worker at Mississippi Boulevard Church. And all of
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Speaker 3: this happening according to a police report that KWAM obtained
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Speaker 3: exclusively yesterday afternoon. We posted it on our page. And
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Speaker 3: I am just going to say this. We don't know
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Speaker 3: if charges have been filed, first of all. Also, we
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Speaker 3: can tell you that at least one TV station in
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Speaker 3: the market, Fox 13, was given the story of And
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Speaker 3: they turned it down. Fox 13 determined that Justin Pearson's
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Speaker 3: mother smacking around a poll worker did not rise to
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Speaker 3: the level of news coverage for them. So it's very
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Speaker 3: disappointing how far Fox 13 has fallen. But there you go.
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Speaker 3: Fox 13 said, no, this is not a big story
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Speaker 3: for us. Now, if it had been somebody else, like,
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Speaker 3: I don't know, John Gillespie's mother out there smacking somebody around, oh,
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Speaker 3: it'd be wall-to-wall news coverage. But when it comes to
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Speaker 3: Justin Pearson, he has protected status when it comes to
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Speaker 3: the Memphis media. They turn a blind eye to every
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Speaker 3: foul thing that comes out of that guy's mouth. No,
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Speaker 3: it's absolutely true. So anyway, we don't know if charges
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Speaker 3: are going to be filed on that, but we're going
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Speaker 3: to keep you updated on that story, and we'll keep
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Speaker 3: you updated on the others as well. I will also
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Speaker 3: say this, ladies and gentlemen, good congratulations. You guys did
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Speaker 3: an amazing job. We're still waiting for the final totals
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Speaker 3: on early voting. Early voting ended yesterday in Shelby County.
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Speaker 3: And across Tennessee, and it's been a phenomenal, phenomenal early
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Speaker 3: voting season. And I'm very curious to hear from you
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Speaker 3: this morning, what exactly was it that compelled you to
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Speaker 3: go and vote? Was there one particular issue? And I
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Speaker 3: want to hear from Republicans and Democrats this morning, but
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Speaker 3: was there one particular issue? that compelled you to get
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Speaker 3: out and vote. And I will say this, and I
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Speaker 3: was talking to some folks over at the Shelby County
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Speaker 3: Elections Commission, they are anticipating a very large turnout on
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Speaker 3: Election Day as well. So there is something going on,
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Speaker 3: not just here in Tennessee, not just in Shelby County,
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Speaker 3: but really all across the nation. And I'm wondering if
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Speaker 3: we are watching a blue tsunami, are we watching a
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Speaker 3: red tsunami, or is it a little bit of both? Now,
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Speaker 3: I want you to write down our telephone number. Give
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Speaker 3: us a call, 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. So we're going to
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Speaker 3: be talking about all three of those stories a little
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Speaker 3: bit later on tonight. We can also tell you that,
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Speaker 3: according to sources that have been speaking to KWAM, that
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Speaker 3: the Pearson campaign was not involved in the leaking of
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Speaker 3: these text messages that Senator Brent Taylor wrote between himself
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Speaker 3: and a woman in and that the piercing campaign had
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Speaker 3: nothing to do with this, that it appears to be
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Speaker 3: a case of Republican on Republican violence. Now, it may
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Speaker 3: be that there were some primary opponents that may have
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Speaker 3: been involved in this in some capacity, or at least
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Speaker 3: supporters of those primary opponents who were involved in all
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Speaker 3: of this. And I think, quite frankly, if you're a
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Speaker 3: member of a political party and you've got your own
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Speaker 3: membership attacking a duly elected nominee, That's a problem, and
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Speaker 3: that's got to get figured out. That's got to get
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Speaker 3: sorted out. Also, Justin Pearson is out there alleging that
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Speaker 3: Brent Taylor sexually assaulted someone, and I think this is
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Speaker 3: a very important thing. I mean, this is an ugly thing, folks.
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Speaker 3: It's dirty. It's nasty. It's disgusting. But the reality is
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Speaker 3: there's also facts, and you've got to go by the facts,
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Speaker 3: and the senator is not accused of sexually assaulting anybody
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Speaker 3: at all. As a matter of fact, from all indications,
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Speaker 3: this was an entirely consensual relationship. It was an affair.
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Speaker 3: The campaign tells us it was not a few years ago.
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Speaker 3: It was about eight to ten years ago that all
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Speaker 3: of this happened. It doesn't change anything other than the timeline,
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Speaker 3: but it's important if you're going to do a story
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Speaker 3: like this to make sure that you have all the facts. Now,
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Speaker 3: my question is, did this impact any of your votes?
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Speaker 3: We have gotten messages on the KWAM page. Some people
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Speaker 3: are taking down their Brent Taylor signs. Look, a lot
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Speaker 3: of folks early voted. So your votes have already, you know,
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Speaker 3: your votes have been secured. You can't change those votes.
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Speaker 3: But if you did early vote, would you, I mean,
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Speaker 3: do you wish you could go back and change your
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Speaker 3: mind and change your vote? Seems to me that this
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Speaker 3: is one of those cases where I think a lot
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Speaker 3: of folks are going to have to hold their nose
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Speaker 3: and vote on Election Day. And that is, that's just
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Speaker 3: the reality of it, folks. So we'll be taking your
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Speaker 3: calls on that, 901-260-5926. It's also, Helen, it is also
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Speaker 3: Halloween week. I just it just sort of like came
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Speaker 3: up out of nowhere because I think there's been so
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Speaker 3: much focus on this horror show called the midterm elections
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Speaker 3: that we really haven't been paying attention to the haunted houses.
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Speaker 4: They're keeping a spooky season real in the political world, too, Todd.
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Speaker 3: So I am curious, Helen, is this your first Halloween
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Speaker 3: or second Halloween in the Mid-South?
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Speaker 4: I moved in on Halloween last year, so all I
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Speaker 4: did was unpack, which was kind of scary.
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Speaker 3: So we need to help Helen because you're getting married
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Speaker 3: very soon, and your maid of honor is in town,
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Speaker 3: and we need to make sure. We've got to figure
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Speaker 3: out some great places, some scary places to send.
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Speaker 2: You, Helen.
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Speaker 4: Yes, you definitely do.
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Speaker 3: A sign for the radio station. So anyway, if you
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Speaker 3: have a suggestion for Helen and her maid of honor
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Speaker 3: as they are here in Memphis spending Halloween in the
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Speaker 3: Mid-South for the very first time, give us a call.
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Speaker 3: Our telephone number, 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. This is Morning in Memphis.
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Speaker 3: I'm Todd Stearns.
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Speaker 5: All right.
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Speaker 3: You know, I feel like we need to give away
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Speaker 3: a copy of my brainy book, The Golden Age. And
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Speaker 3: I also want to thank the Reagan Presidential Center in
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Speaker 3: Simi Valley, California. I had a wonderful, wonderful one-hour conversation
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Speaker 3: about my new book. And it is really generating a firestorm,
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Speaker 3: a very happy firestorm across the nation. So we're excited
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Speaker 3: about that. So today... Today is National Something Day, and
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Speaker 3: it does have to do with a specific Halloween treat.
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Speaker 3: And we're going to be giving away a copy, a
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Speaker 3: signed copy of my new book. But here's what you
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Speaker 3: need to do. You've got to tell us what today is.
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Speaker 3: It is a national day, and it's connected to Halloween.
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Speaker 3: And this particular candy that we're celebrating today was actually
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Speaker 3: created back in the 1880s and it was originally known
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Speaker 3: as Chicken Feed. So if you know what the name
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Speaker 3: of the candy is we're celebrating, you're going to win
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Speaker 3: a signed copy of my brand-new book, $ 30 value, by
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Speaker 3: the way. You're going to get a beautiful book, and
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Speaker 3: you're going to be able to get a copy of it,
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Speaker 3: but you have to give us a call, 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926.
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Speaker 3: You know, Helen.
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Speaker 3: I think really before we go any further, my heart
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Speaker 3: has been heavy over the past days. And I think
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Speaker 3: at times like this, you know, I think Memphis is
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Speaker 3: a pretty religious community.
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Speaker 4: I think so.
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Speaker 3: And I think maybe we should just take a moment
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Speaker 3: and we've got we're going to get to the phones here.
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Speaker 3: We've got Koi that wants to weigh in on all
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Speaker 3: the political chaos out there. But I think we should
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Speaker 3: maybe I don't know. Is it inappropriate to pray on
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Speaker 3: air for the city?
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Speaker 4: I think I think I think it's appropriate.
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Speaker 3: I hear organ music. Is that my cue?
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Speaker 6: Yes.
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Speaker 3: All right, well, let's just, if you're driving, don't close
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Speaker 3: your eyes. We already have enough accidents today on I-240.
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Speaker 3: Dear Lord and sweet baby Jesus, we beseech you in
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Speaker 3: our hour of need. Our hearts are heavy. Our insides
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Speaker 3: are curdled at the news of the sexting scandal involving
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Speaker 3: State Senator Brent Taylor. sharing photos of his nether regions, allegedly,
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Speaker 3: with a woman, not his wife. We come to you
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Speaker 3: on bended knee from all denominations, AT & T, Verizon, T-Mobile,
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Speaker 3: and yes, even Patriot Mobile. Promo code STARNS. And we
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Speaker 3: ask for a miracle, Lord, a mighty miracle.
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Speaker 2: Please, please, please don't let anybody leak the photos from
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Speaker 2: Senator Taylor's phone.
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Speaker 3: We can't take it. We've been through so much as
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Speaker 3: a city. We just can't take it. Please spare us
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Speaker 3: the visions of any ding-dongs or willies or tally-whackers. Some
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Speaker 3: things are just left better to the imagination. And Lord,
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Speaker 3: we don't need to be casting our eyes upon Marie
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Speaker 3: Fagan's badonkadonk or her bare naked boobies, Lord. We pray
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Speaker 3: that whoever the next superintendent of our great school system
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Speaker 3: might be, where the children can't read or write, we
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Speaker 3: pray that the next superintendent might keep their cleavage fully covered.
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Speaker 2: Amen.
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Speaker 3: We pray in the name of Medea. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
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Speaker 2: Amen.
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Speaker 4: Amen, Father Todd.
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Speaker 3: I just, I feel, I feel moved.
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Speaker 2: I as well.
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Speaker 4: That was very powerful.
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Speaker 3: That could have been the Taco Bell from last night.
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Speaker 3: But I feel, I don't know, I feel better now.
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Speaker 3: Let's go to the phones. Coy in Memphis wants to
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Speaker 3: weigh in on the political chaos out there. Coy, am
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Speaker 3: I wrong here? I don't think we just have to
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Speaker 3: pray that the photos are never, ever leaked.
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Speaker 6: Great day, y'all. God is not the author of confusion.
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Speaker 6: The devil is a great deceiver. The father lies. And
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Speaker 6: right before the devil's favorite date, that's tomorrow. Hey, I
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Speaker 6: still would put Brent over Justin any day. I said
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Speaker 6: that a few days ago when he was on your
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Speaker 6: little trip. I said that when he was on vacation
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Speaker 6: doing your thing. I said that I put Brent Taylor
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Speaker 6: over Justin any day.
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Speaker 3: You know, it's– Coy, I just– going back to Justin
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Speaker 3: Pearson for just a moment, and the guy is all performative.
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Speaker 3: I mean, this is all like a joke to him.
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Speaker 3: And when you actually look at has he actually done
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Speaker 3: anything for his constituents? And that to me is that's
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Speaker 3: going to be the most important thing that a congressman
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Speaker 3: does is making sure that they take care of the
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Speaker 3: constituents back home. I don't think he's I don't think
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Speaker 3: if he's elected, he's going to do that.
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Speaker 6: No, sir, he's not. He's showing, God's showing you what
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Speaker 6: people tell on themselves. Also, before I forget, 2 Chronicles 7, 14,
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Speaker 6: that's what the city of Memphis needs. 2 Chronicles 7,
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Speaker 6: 14 and John 14, 15. He's not, Justin, at first
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Speaker 6: when I first saw Justin, I thought he was all right.
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Speaker 6: Then when that little pipeline situation happened and then the
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Speaker 6: data center popped up, I was like, oh my goodness,
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Speaker 6: he playing checkers on the chessboard. And ever since then,
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Speaker 6: it's been chaos. God is not out there confused. I
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Speaker 6: think I talked to you last time about what he
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Speaker 6: called Jesus gay. Come on. Come on.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, said a gay black woman, and then he prayed
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Speaker 3: to Mother God. And he's actually done that multiple times.
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Speaker 3: When he prays, he prays not in the name of
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Speaker 3: Almighty God, but he prays in the name of Mother God.
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Speaker 6: I will say this. You remember what happened to that
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Speaker 6: priest when that cross fell on him? Justin better be
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Speaker 6: careful because God is not to be mocked. You can't
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Speaker 6: make mockery of God. You got to be very careful.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: No, Coy, I think you're absolutely right about that. And look,
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Speaker 3: setting aside what Senator Taylor admitted to doing, he has
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Speaker 3: done an amazing job as a lawmaker for delivering justice.
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Speaker 3: for the good people of Memphis. And he has been
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Speaker 3: really focused on making Memphis safe again and making sure
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Speaker 3: that we get the economy back up in the right direction.
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Speaker 3: So between the two, you know, it was a pretty
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Speaker 3: easy choice for me to make. And honestly, if I
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Speaker 3: had not already voted, he would still be getting my vote.
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Speaker 6: Yes, sir. You're right about that. Just like when I
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Speaker 6: told people a couple of years ago, y'all didn't pick
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Speaker 6: Harrington over Paul Young. See, they don't know what they're doing.
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Speaker 3: No, you're right about that, Coy. And take a look
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Speaker 3: at downtown. They're trying to tell us now that downtown
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Speaker 3: is thriving. I mean, one of the largest law firms
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Speaker 3: in downtown just announced they're moving to East Memphis, for
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Speaker 3: crying out loud.
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Speaker 6: Yeah, people, what they're saying, don't, what is it about there?
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Speaker 6: I don't want to say that, but Don't.
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Speaker 5: Tell me one thing.
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Speaker 6: Don't tell me one thing.
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Speaker 3: Don't pee all my shoes and tell me it's right.
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Speaker 3: We've already been put on everybody's church prayer list after
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Speaker 3: that last segment there, Coy. I've got to run, Coy,
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Speaker 3: but thank you for calling in, and thank you so
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Speaker 3: much for listening to KOM. Greatly appreciate that. When it
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Speaker 3: comes to Justin Peterson and his mother, May I just say,
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Speaker 3: the apple did not fall far from that tree. Unbelievable.
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Speaker 3: So we're going to be taking your calls on that.
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Speaker 3: Does Brent Taylor still get your vote? 901-260-5926. And how
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Speaker 3: do you feel about Election Day? You know, another big race,
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Speaker 3: Charlie Hatcher and Chaz Mulder. And depending on how things
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Speaker 3: are going here, we could have an all-Republican delegation, or
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Speaker 3: we could actually have two Democrats vote. elected to Congress.
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Speaker 3: So it really depends on getting out the vote. And again,
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Speaker 3: as Coy said, take a look at the candidates. Have
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Speaker 3: they delivered on constituent services? That, to me, is the
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Speaker 3: biggest question. And if they have, then maybe that person
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Speaker 3: needs to get your vote. Our telephone number, 901-260-5926. We're
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Speaker 3: going to be taking your calls. Also, trivia question on
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Speaker 3: the National Candy Something Day. This is a very popular
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Speaker 3: Halloween treat originally called Chicken Feed back in the 1880s.
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Speaker 3: It is made with confectionary sugar and buttercream. And those
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Speaker 3: are your only other clues. Give us a call if
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Speaker 3: you know the answer.
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Speaker 4: 901-260-5926.
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Speaker 3: Also, as we're going to break, I want to remind you,
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Speaker 3: ladies and gentlemen, to be sure and download our free
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Speaker 3: We'll be right back.
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Speaker 2: All right.
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Speaker 3: Welcome back to everybody. Great to have you with us.
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Speaker 3: I'm Todd Stearns here on the Mighty 990. By the way,
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Speaker 3: the Justice Department announcing they will be sending federal election
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Speaker 3: monitors to Shelby County on Election Day. Shelby, one of
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Speaker 3: three Tennessee jurisdictions that were selected for federal monitoring. The
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Speaker 3: Shelby County Elections Administrator, Linda Phillips, says they have received
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Speaker 3: notification that those monitors will be in the area. She
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Speaker 3: did not explain why. So no word on why Shelby
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Speaker 3: County was elected. You know, our our elections are pretty
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Speaker 3: secure here in Tennessee, and they do a very good
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Speaker 3: job of that. Meanwhile, the civil rights leaders. are raising
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Speaker 3: concerns about the possibility of election interference. Want to go
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Speaker 3: to the phone lines here, 901-260-5926. Dean in East Memphis
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Speaker 3: wants to weigh in on Justin Pearson's mommy. Dean, good
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Speaker 3: to have you with us today.
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Speaker 5: Good morning, Todd.
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Speaker 7: That was a great and probably just a little blasphemous
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Speaker 7: prayer earlier.
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Speaker 3: But hilarious. Dean, I can tell you, I don't want
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Speaker 3: to see those photos.
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Speaker 5: Well, I don't think anybody does, really.
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Speaker 7: And the memes that are coming out, you know, you've
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Speaker 7: got to laugh at them because they're hilarious.
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Speaker 5: But anyway....
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Speaker 7: Yeah, it sounds like the only election interference going on
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Speaker 7: in Shelby County is Justin Pearson's mom shoving and pushing
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Speaker 7: and doing whatever. And so the fruit doesn't fall far
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Speaker 7: from the tree. And my question is, in the alleged altercation,
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Speaker 7: I'm learning to use alleged, in the alleged altercation, did
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Speaker 7: she use the MF word against the poll worker?
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Speaker 3: Oh, that's a good question. And we're talking about Kimberly
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Speaker 3: Pearson and all of this happening at the Mississippi Boulevard
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Speaker 3: Church polling station. And she literally slapped the poll worker
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Speaker 3: and was causing a huge disturbance. It's our understanding, Dean, rather,
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Speaker 3: that she's been banned from that polling place. So she
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Speaker 3: is not allowed to go back on the premises. So
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Speaker 3: whatever it was, was pretty darn ugly.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, sounds like it. Thanks, Todd. Have a good day.
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Speaker 3: Dean, thank you for calling in, and we appreciate you
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Speaker 3: listening to KWAM 901-260-5926. Our telephone number, that's 901-260-5926. By
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Speaker 3: the way, this segment of the program, we're giving away
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Speaker 3: another copy of My brand-new book, The Golden Age, and
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Speaker 3: if you would like a copy, all you have to
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Speaker 3: be is caller number 3 to 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926, and
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Speaker 3: you will win a signed copy of my brand-new book.
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Speaker 3: In the meantime, we had a wonderful conversation with a
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Speaker 3: guy by the name of Aaron Burns. There's a brand-new
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Speaker 3: movie coming out in the Mid-South called Jimmy, and it's
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Speaker 3: about the life and times of Jimmy Stewart. K.J. Apa
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Speaker 3: is starring as Jimmy Stewart. I was privileged to get
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Speaker 3: an advanced screening of the film, and it is absolutely fantastic.
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Speaker 3: You're going to love it. Here's a little bit of
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Speaker 3: the conversation we had with the director and producer of
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Speaker 3: the movie, Aaron Burns. Let's take a listen. So this
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Speaker 3: has got to be exciting. I mean, we're just really
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Speaker 3: a few days away from the movie opening in theaters nationwide.
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Speaker 3: And I'm wondering what people, because I think a lot
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Speaker 3: of folks truly, they know Jimmy Stewart, but you guys
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Speaker 3: really do a deep dive into his life. Was there
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Speaker 3: one thing in particular that really stands out in Jimmy
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Speaker 3: Stewart's life?
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Speaker 1: Yeah, so if you've ever seen the movie It's a
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Speaker 1: Wonderful Life, then you remember the actor Jimmy Stewart from it.
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Speaker 1: But what I had no idea is that Jimmy's real
22:48
Speaker 1: life is much more interesting than any story he ever told.
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Speaker 1: And he won an Oscar as a young man in
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Speaker 1: Hollywood in 1941 and then immediately chose to leave that
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Speaker 1: behind and enlist in the U.S. Army Air Corps. And
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Speaker 1: he spent the next three years flying combat missions above Germany,
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Speaker 1: It was a wonderful patriot and wonderful husband, wonderful father
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Speaker 1: that came back home from his wartime service, broken by PTSD,
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Speaker 1: and then made the movie It's a Wonderful Life, which
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Speaker 1: was the beginning of healing from all of that. So
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Speaker 1: that's a story that this unfolds, and I had no
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Speaker 1: idea and have been very inspired by. by his courage
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Speaker 1: and his service and his faithfulness.
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Speaker 3: You know, it goes back to a time in Hollywood
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Speaker 3: when there was a great sense of patriotism, God and country,
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Speaker 3: and it was not unusual to see movie stars putting
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Speaker 3: down their starring roles in a movie to go and
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Speaker 3: join the war effort.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's fascinating. A number of other guys did. Frank Capra,
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Speaker 1: the director of It's a Wonderful Life, he enlisted... as well.
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Speaker 1: He served in the media division, and he made a
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Speaker 1: series called Why We Fight, which documented the war crimes
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Speaker 1: of the Germans and inspired Americans to enlist. But Jimmy
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Speaker 1: actually refused to make the promotional films that they wanted
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Speaker 1: him to do. He said, I don't want to be
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Speaker 1: a pretend soldier. I've been an actor. I don't want
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Speaker 1: to be a pretend soldier. I want to go serve
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Speaker 1: for real. And so he was actually on the front
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Speaker 1: lines leading thousands of troops and thousands of planes in
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Speaker 1: combat over the skies of Germany, which just fascinating and
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Speaker 1: very inspiring and heroic what he did.
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Speaker 3: You know, I thought I knew a lot about Jimmy Stewart,
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Speaker 3: but I had no idea that he was an actual
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Speaker 3: Air Force general. I mean, he was in there for
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Speaker 3: the long haul.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, so when he came home, he re-enlisted in the
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Speaker 1: Air Force Reserves and served for another 20-some years. He retired...
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Speaker 1: As a general and flew his last combat mission over Vietnam.
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Speaker 1: So just an amazing example, I think, for our country today.
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Speaker 1: He looked at the brokenness of the world around him.
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Speaker 1: The 40s is a time much like ours where there's
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Speaker 1: a lot of stress, a lot of anxiety, a lot
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Speaker 1: of wars, all of these things. And rather than complaining
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Speaker 1: and finger pointing and fear mongering, he said, put me in.
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Speaker 1: I want to serve and I want to make a difference.
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Speaker 3: The movie is called Jimmy. It's about the life of
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Speaker 3: the great actor Jimmy Stewart and really great American patriot
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Speaker 3: Jimmy Stewart. K.J. Apa stars as Jimmy Stewart. Those of
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Speaker 3: you who watch the Riverdale TV series will know that name.
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Speaker 3: I have to I have to imagine, Aaron, it's going
25:34
Speaker 3: to be exciting to introduce Jimmy Stewart to a much
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Speaker 3: younger audience of Americans.
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Speaker 1: Yes, and I love– I was talking to Kelly, Jimmy's daughter,
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Speaker 1: is an executive producer on the film, has been on
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Speaker 1: the whole journey with us, helping us find the right
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Speaker 1: actor to play Jimmy, helping write the– giving notes and
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Speaker 1: feedback on the screenplay coming to set with us. And
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Speaker 1: in an early conversation with Kelly, she asked us, you know,
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Speaker 1: does anybody remember who my dad is anymore?
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Speaker 3: And I said, well, yes, of course.
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Speaker 1: Millions and millions of Americans know and love your dad.
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Speaker 1: And of course, millions more love It's a Wonderful Life.
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Speaker 1: But for the new generation of the young people who
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Speaker 1: are growing up now, I've got five kids, and I
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Speaker 1: am so excited that this new generation gets to engage
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Speaker 1: with Jimmy. And I think as we see a new
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Speaker 1: generation of people growing up to love and serve and
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Speaker 1: live like Jimmy did, I think all Americans, no matter
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Speaker 1: what flavor or color or political background, anything, America will
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Speaker 1: be a better country if more of us live the
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Speaker 1: way that Jimmy did.
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Speaker 3: Aaron Burns joining us on our Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line today.
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Speaker 3: The movie coming out on November the 6th. Aaron, what
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Speaker 3: was it like for you personally working on this project?
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Speaker 1: Well, Jimmy's one of my heroes. And I'll say I'm
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Speaker 1: not a veteran. I didn't have the privilege of doing that.
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Speaker 1: But exploring what he did and what he went through
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Speaker 1: made me much more grateful for the veterans who served
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Speaker 1: our country. And there was one day of filming that
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Speaker 1: was particularly meaningful.
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Speaker 2: The U.S.
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Speaker 1: Army Air Force's band, the U.S. Air Force band, I
27:17
Speaker 1: should say, came over to set and put our 1940s
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Speaker 1: uniforms on and played I'll Be Home for Christmas for us.
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Speaker 1: And we were filming a Christmas party like they would
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Speaker 1: have had on base in the 1940s. And being there
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Speaker 1: with those active duty soldiers and hearing that song, I'll
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Speaker 1: be home for Christmas if only in my dreams, just
27:36
Speaker 1: reflecting on the sacrifice and the beauty of what these
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Speaker 1: men and women have done and are doing for us
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Speaker 1: was deeply moving for me. And I hope any veterans
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Speaker 1: who watch this movie feel seen and feel a thank you.
27:51
Speaker 1: And we actually had a pretty fun program. There's a
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Speaker 1: group called VetTix, VetTix.org. That we've received millions of dollars
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Speaker 1: in donations to vet ticks that any active duty or
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Speaker 1: veterans or first responders can go and get a free
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Speaker 1: ticket to see the movie. So I've personally grown in
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Speaker 1: my patriotism, my gratitude, my love for our country through
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Speaker 1: telling Jimmy's stories. And we hope that that'll inspire our
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Speaker 1: generation as well.
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Speaker 3: All right, might need an umbrella this weekend for trick-or-treating
28:23
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28:26
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28:30
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28:39
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28:45
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28:49
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28:52
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28:56
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29:00
Speaker 3: Japan Festival. That's on Sunday. The event runs from 9.30
29:04
Speaker 3: in the morning until 4 o'clock in the afternoon. There's
29:07
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29:10
Speaker 3: traditional Japanese entertainment, and lots of other stuff. If you
29:13
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29:15
Speaker 3: get out there. It's absolutely a beautiful and a really
29:18
Speaker 3: fun time. Our telephone number, 901-260-5926. Let's go right to
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Speaker 3: the phones and say hello to our good friend Kevin
29:26
Speaker 3: Snyder from Fayette County. Kevin, it is indeed a chaotic
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Speaker 3: week in politics.
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Speaker 5: That would be an understatement.
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Speaker 8: The good news is the Republicans aren't are turning out,
29:40
Speaker 8: but we need to do better. Our work isn't done yet.
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Speaker 8: Fayette County, I know we set, I believe, a county record.
29:47
Speaker 8: I think as of last night, I couldn't even get.
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Speaker 5: In to vote. The line was so long. We had 31.3% turnout.
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Speaker 5: through early voting. That is unreal, and we need to.
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Speaker 8: Get the suburbs to do the same, because these Democrats
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Speaker 8: are not normal Democrats. These are lunatics running this year.
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Speaker 3: Kevin, I think we need to understand what's at stake,
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Speaker 3: and we talked about this yesterday on the national show.
30:13
Speaker 3: We're going to talk about it again on the national show,
30:16
Speaker 3: just what these Democrats intend to do. Not only are
30:19
Speaker 3: they planning to impeach pretty much all of the Trump administration,
30:23
Speaker 3: but They're going to go after President Trump. And there
30:27
Speaker 3: are some elected leaders on Capitol Hill that actually want
30:30
Speaker 3: to go after Trump supporters. We just we've got to
30:34
Speaker 3: send a message. That kind of behavior is just unacceptable
30:37
Speaker 3: in a republic.
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Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean, you've got they want to basically open
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Speaker 8: the borders back up. They want to defund the police.
30:46
Speaker 8: They want boys and girls sports.
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Speaker 5: And as a parent, that's alarming.
30:51
Speaker 8: I mean, the list is. is just insane of what
30:55
Speaker 8: they want to do. And Republicans, I don't think they
30:58
Speaker 8: have taken enough or paid enough attention.
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Speaker 5: To it of if you really don't get out and vote.
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Speaker 8: This could happen because the Democrats are turning out and
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Speaker 8: we've got to, we need all hands on deck here.
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Speaker 5: I mean, this is that serious.
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Speaker 3: Kevin, I'm curious what you're hearing from folks here in
31:17
Speaker 3: Fayette County. I know we're watching massive turnout here, long,
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Speaker 3: long lines. We heard reports of up to an hour
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Speaker 3: waiting in line to vote last night. What are you
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Speaker 3: hearing in Fayette County?
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Speaker 8: Fayette County's turning out. We're doing our part. I'm on
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Speaker 8: the road heading up to Jackson, Tennessee today to work
31:38
Speaker 8: on getting voter turnout for Tuesday. And, you know, Jackson
31:41
Speaker 8: has become a good turnout spot.
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Speaker 5: But at the end of the day, we've got.
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Speaker 8: To match what the Democrats are doing. And, Shelby, they're
31:51
Speaker 8: having record turnout. Davidson's having record turnout. And we've got
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Speaker 8: to turn out everywhere. That means Germantown, Collierville, Lakeland, Bartlett.
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Speaker 8: We've got to match this or we're going to lose.
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Speaker 8: I mean, everybody needs to get on the phone, call
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Speaker 8: your friends.
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Speaker 5: If you've already voted, take them to the polls.
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Speaker 8: I mean, we've got to turn out Tuesday, and we've
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Speaker 8: got to turn out like we never, ever have before,
32:13
Speaker 8: because literally the future of our state is at stake,
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Speaker 8: and the future of America is at stake if we
32:20
Speaker 8: let this socialist, for lack of a good term, crap
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Speaker 8: come in.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, look, I think you're onto something there, Kevin, and
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Speaker 3: that really has to be the message. I know there's
32:32
Speaker 3: just a lot of confusion right now as far as, okay,
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Speaker 3: Is this a blue tsunami, red tsunami? What's going on?
32:41
Speaker 3: I know House Speaker Mike Johnson, who's going to be
32:43
Speaker 3: coming on our show, I believe on Monday, says that
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Speaker 3: he predicts we're going to win big. But there are
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Speaker 3: a lot of lawmakers who say otherwise. And I think
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Speaker 3: the most important thing, Kevin, is you get to make
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Speaker 3: that decision by going and voting on Election Day. And
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Speaker 3: if you can do that, I think the Republicans are
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Speaker 3: going to have a good day.
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Speaker 5: I would agree.
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Speaker 8: At this time of the year, especially with all the
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Speaker 8: distractions going on, most of the media, as you know,
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Speaker 8: likes to inflate things, but I wouldn't even worry about that.
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Speaker 8: Just tune it out, focus, get to vote. If you've
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Speaker 8: already voted, call your neighbors, call your.
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Speaker 5: Friends, drive them up there.
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Speaker 8: That's what the Democrats are doing, and we need to
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Speaker 8: do a better job of that. We need to have
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Speaker 8: a massive, massive red turnout and vote the whole ticket.
33:31
Speaker 8: Don't split this ticket between you know, for the independents and,
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Speaker 8: you know, guys like Hatley.
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Speaker 5: I mean, this is just absurd.
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Speaker 8: He mathematically cannot win. And if we don't turn out
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Speaker 8: and vote red and vote the whole ticket, that guy
33:45
Speaker 8: could very easily, very easily siphon enough votes away from
33:51
Speaker 8: Marsha to elect Jerry Green. I mean, I would like
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Speaker 8: to believe that the people who believe in Hatley, whatever
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Speaker 8: he believes in, don't want Jerry Green elected. So they
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Speaker 8: need to stop. I mean, stay on point. Vote red,
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Speaker 8: vote the whole ticket, and turn out.
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Speaker 3: All right, Kevin, a good word. Safe travels to Jackson,
34:13
Speaker 3: my friend, and thank you for supporting KWAM. We really
34:17
Speaker 3: appreciate that. Again, our number, 901-260-5926.
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Speaker 2: That's 901-260-5926.
34:20
Speaker 3: Got to give a shout-out to Danielle Sturgeon, 17 years old,
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Speaker 3: and she works at Chick-fil-A. She's only been on the
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Speaker 3: job for two months now. And she has been credited
34:39
Speaker 3: with saving the life of a toddler who apparently had
34:43
Speaker 3: choked on a chicken nugget. You got to be careful
34:46
Speaker 3: of those nuggets. You got to chew them up.
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Speaker 2: You got to.
34:49
Speaker 3: Anyway, this all happened at the Chick-fil-A in Jonesboro. And
34:54
Speaker 3: Sturgeon saw there was a man holding a little girl
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Speaker 3: upside down trying to get the chicken nugget dislodged. So
35:01
Speaker 3: she ran over to the table. realized the one-year-old was
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Speaker 3: choking and began patting her on the back and praying.
35:08
Speaker 3: The little girl was already turning blue. And Danielle said
35:14
Speaker 3: that she just prayed that Jesus would tell her what
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Speaker 3: to do. And At that point, someone said, do the
35:21
Speaker 3: Heimlich maneuver. And she remembered watching a video about the
35:26
Speaker 3: Heimlich maneuver a few years ago. She grabbed the kid
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Speaker 3: and ended up saving the child's life. So what a
35:32
Speaker 3: wonderful story. And we're just so happy. I know the
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Speaker 3: child's mother posted a picture of Danielle online with the
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Speaker 3: little baby. And I have to imagine Chick-fil-A is going
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Speaker 3: to honor her as well. Oh, she got a certificate
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Speaker 3: and flowers. That's really nice. So well done, Danielle. And always,
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Speaker 3: you never hear any bad stories coming out of Chick-fil-A.
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Speaker 3: So good job there to Danielle Sturgeon, 17 years old,
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Speaker 3: an employee at Chick-fil-A. By the way, before we let
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Speaker 3: you go, they have officially released Parade Magazine, releasing the
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Speaker 3: top Halloween candy of 2026. And we have a new champion.
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Speaker 3: It's officially the Snickers bar. So there you go. Shop
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Speaker 3: and eat accordingly. Folks, have a great weekend. Go Tigers.
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Speaker 3: And folks, we'll see you back here at 11 o'clock
36:25
Speaker 3: right here on the Mighty 990.