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Day After The Election 11-4-2026 · Chuck Douglas

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  Speaker 1: And we have a rainy night. But the sun will
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  Speaker 1: come out. The world will go on. Here in the
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  Speaker 1: state of Ohio, we have a new governor. A governor-elect.
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  Speaker 1: And it's not about Democrat versus Republican. I just, what
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  Speaker 1: a terrible candidate. You cannot file! And there will be
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  Speaker 1: plenty more of those, by the way. You see, now
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  Speaker 1: that she's been elected, she won't be able to hide
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  Speaker 1: from the cameras and the recordings. She won't be able
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  Speaker 1: to say no video or audio allowed at my events.
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  Speaker 1: As a public official, an elected public official, she will
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  Speaker 1: have to go on the record. There will be plenty
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  Speaker 1: more soundbites for you. I mean, as far as this
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  Speaker 1: job goes right here, that's going to be endless. You'll
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  Speaker 1: be in heaven. And quite frankly, strictly for the state
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  Speaker 1: of Ohio, as I said in the 3 o'clock hour
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  Speaker 1: this afternoon, we have had essentially a left-leaning governor for
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  Speaker 1: the last eight years. Perhaps there was an R by
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  Speaker 1: his name, but how much time have we spent shaking
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  Speaker 1: our heads? We still do hold a majority in the
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  Speaker 1: state of Ohio House and Senate. And things balance out.
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  Speaker 1: They will balance out. So while it is not necessarily
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  Speaker 1: the outcome that so many of us hope for, wish for,
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  Speaker 1: even expected, this is the way the circle goes. And
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  Speaker 1: the circle will go back around to a point where
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  Speaker 1: You have a Republican governor and a Republican supermajority. It
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  Speaker 1: will happen again. And then we'll have a Democrat governor
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  Speaker 1: and perhaps even a Democrat supermajority. You never know. That
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  Speaker 1: is the nature of politics. And for those of you
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  Speaker 1: that are down and out and gloomy, I get it.
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  Speaker 1: I get it. Trust me. I went home last night
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  Speaker 1: and I just– I can't even describe the feeling adequately.
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  Speaker 1: I was interviewed a couple of times. As soon as
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  Speaker 1: I walked in the door at the Republican watch party
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  Speaker 1: last night, Sky News grabbed me. Are you familiar with
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  Speaker 1: Sky News? Is that on the other side of the world,
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  Speaker 1: Sky News? Well, they're kind of like a CNN. They're
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  Speaker 1: around the world. Okay, yeah. I had a British reporter.
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  Speaker 1: His name was Dominic. And he and his producer, I
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  Speaker 1: don't know why they chose me. I walked in the
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  Speaker 1: door and they just came over and said, would you,
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  Speaker 1: would you mind talking with us? I'm like, sure. I'll
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  Speaker 1: talk with you. And, uh, you know, as, as I
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  Speaker 1: expressed with the people that I interviewed with last night,
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  Speaker 1: it's not mad. I'm not mad. I'm, I'm sad. I'm sad.
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  Speaker 1: Largely because I know so many people who are so competent,
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  Speaker 1: who truly did have plans and, and, uh, And they
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  Speaker 1: had a vision about what could be done, how to
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  Speaker 1: get it done, aren't going to get a chance to
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  Speaker 1: do it, at least not this time around. And that
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  Speaker 1: does make me sad, knowing that they won't get that opportunity.
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  Speaker 1: I was particularly connected to a few of the candidates
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  Speaker 1: out there in the Ohio Senate last You know, I
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  Speaker 1: had Bill DeMora on the air. He's the incumbent Democrat
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  Speaker 1: in Senate District 25, which is mine. And I'm not
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  Speaker 1: going to sit here and tell you, oh, he's bad.
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  Speaker 1: He's terrible. He's a lousy because he's not. He's not.
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  Speaker 1: He has some reputation issues as far as maybe a
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  Speaker 1: little hot headed sometime. But legislatively. He has not been crazy.
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  Speaker 1: We disagree on some things, including identification to vote, which
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  Speaker 1: we somehow, Ohio managed to pass that and get it
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  Speaker 1: into the state constitution, and yet the state people lost.
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  Speaker 1: I don't get that either. You would think if all
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  Speaker 1: the Republicans around the state lost the way they did,
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  Speaker 1: that that issue would have not passed, and yet it did.
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  Speaker 1: In the city of Columbus, You failed me. I'm sorry,
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  Speaker 1: but I guess I take it personally because I thought
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  Speaker 1: my hometown was more together than that. Issues 8 and
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  Speaker 1: 9 both passed, which means Issue 9 becomes the law
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  Speaker 1: of the land and Issue 8 dies and withers on
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  Speaker 1: the vine. So while you do get representation at Columbus
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  Speaker 1: City Council... That is that is area oriented. You also
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  Speaker 1: get three more at large seats. That are going to be,
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  Speaker 1: you know, wherever. They live in one end of town,
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  Speaker 1: they're going to be voting on issues concerning your end
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  Speaker 1: of town. And. I don't think that's a good idea.
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  Speaker 1: I don't like it. I like the idea of each
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  Speaker 1: area having its representative and you go down there and
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  Speaker 1: you hammer things out. But the city came up with
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  Speaker 1: that legislation, came up with that ballot initiative in answer
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  Speaker 1: to the citizens. Issue eight. As a way of once
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  Speaker 1: again making people feel like they were getting what they
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  Speaker 1: wanted while not actually giving them what they wanted, but
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  Speaker 1: giving them what you want them to have. And the
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  Speaker 1: voters of Columbus fell for it. That makes me sad.
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  Speaker 1: But no, I'm not mad because it is what it is.
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  Speaker 1: More importantly, we are what we are. And what comes
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  Speaker 1: of tomorrow and the day after and the day after
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  Speaker 1: that is completely up to us. Government can do whatever
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  Speaker 1: government wants to do. But you know what? I'm still Chuck.
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  Speaker 1: You got to get that in your head. Whatever hurdles
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  Speaker 1: they throw in front of you, whatever obstacles may occur
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  Speaker 1: because of legislation. You're still you. You still do your thing.
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  Speaker 1: Don't let anything stand in your way. You are an
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  Speaker 1: American in America. Make use of that fact. Be positive,
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  Speaker 1: my friends, and love this rainy night with me. 821-986-821-WTVN.
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  Speaker 1: Let's get right into the LegacyRetirementGroup.com phone lines. Dirk, you're
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  Speaker 1: on 610-WTVN.
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  Speaker 2: My old friend, I have two things just to throw
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  Speaker 2: out there. Relieved, first feeling that Regardless of who had
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  Speaker 2: the wipeout, at least there was a wipeout, so we
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  Speaker 2: don't have crap going down the street. Frightened. The thing
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  Speaker 2: that frightens me is they now have the power to
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  Speaker 2: do exactly what they said. They have enough power to
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  Speaker 2: impeach them. In fact, remember, they impeached them again in
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  Speaker 2: just like three weeks after January 6th.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, in the first 30 days, as soon as they're
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  Speaker 1: sworn in. I told that to Mark earlier. In the
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  Speaker 1: first 30 days, we will have impeachment and proceedings back
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  Speaker 1: on the floor in D.C. You watch.
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  Speaker 2: And then the scary thing is it will now be
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  Speaker 2: convicted in the Senate, and they have enough to do that.
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  Speaker 2: So they actually have the power to do that. And
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  Speaker 2: then they could also get rid of the filibuster rule,
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  Speaker 2: and then it's just look out, Charlie. That's what concerns
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  Speaker 2: me most, and I'll leave it at that.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of it's going to depend, though, Dirk, on
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  Speaker 1: whether they can stay together. And honestly, I think that
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  Speaker 1: the youngsters, the left-wing fringe socialists out there, I really–
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  Speaker 1: I really think they may overplay their hand at this point.
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  Speaker 1: And the old guard, up to and including some of the,
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  Speaker 1: you know, more radical old guards, even the Cory Booker types,
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  Speaker 1: Schumer most definitely, they're going to defend their territory.
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  Speaker 2: Look what the Republicans' Freedom Caucus is. These 12 radicals,
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  Speaker 2: they're going to be controlling the Democratic Party because they
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  Speaker 2: have that voting bloc.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, there's going to be a lot of infighting. And I...
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  Speaker 1: It's weird to vote for a Democrat, but, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I'd vote for the old-school Democrats before I'd vote for
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  Speaker 1: the young crazies. That's who, if I'm going to say
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  Speaker 1: any prayers for one side or the other, that's how
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  Speaker 1: it's going to be.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely. How are you doing? I've been watching you on
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  Speaker 1: Facebook and watching what you're doing. You doing all right
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  Speaker 1: through that?
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  Speaker 2: It's one thing after another. Listening to you, though, on
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  Speaker 2: iHeart in West Virginia, which is always a pleasure a
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  Speaker 2: lot of people forget to do, but the heart valve
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  Speaker 2: replacement went good in January. the bacterial infection all month
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  Speaker 2: of August in the James. That, though, went great and
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  Speaker 2: got done with that and then just found out I
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  Speaker 2: maybe have a blood disease, so we're doing research on that.
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  Speaker 2: Knock on wood, hopefully it doesn't require leukemia treatment. Other
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  Speaker 2: than that, Chuck, it's going really good.
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  Speaker 1: What did you eat for breakfast when you were a kid?
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  Speaker 1: Like big bowls of lead paint chips or something? What
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  Speaker 1: is up with you?
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  Speaker 2: We'll get good news and then bad news and then
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  Speaker 2: good news and bad news. But I'm headed to Melbourne Beach,
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  Speaker 2: my place down there, so at least it'll be sunny
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  Speaker 2: and warm.
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  Speaker 1: All right. Well, go enjoy the sunshine and keep me
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  Speaker 1: up to date.
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  Speaker 2: I will, thanks, my friend.
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  Speaker 1: You too. Take care of yourself. 821-9886-821-WTV. And, of course,
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  Speaker 1: Dirk Thompson, hunt for the truth there. He's up. Yeah, man.
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  Speaker 1: If you follow him on his social media, you know
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  Speaker 1: he just, every time you turn around, it's something else.
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  Speaker 1: And they say they've got this licked, they've got this cured,
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  Speaker 1: they've got this taken care of. And two weeks later, oh,
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  Speaker 1: here's another issue. And, uh, somehow, some way he keeps
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  Speaker 1: laughing through it all. He's a weird guy. That heart thing.
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  Speaker 1: I was just impressed. First of all, that he had one.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't even, I didn't know. I've known him for
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  Speaker 1: a long time. Why are you laughing at that? I mean,
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  Speaker 1: if they went into repair a heart valve and went, there's,
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  Speaker 1: there's nothing here to work with. I wouldn't have been
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  Speaker 1: surprised because I know him, but they did get it repaired.
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  Speaker 1: And now he's on to, to whatever the next battle is. Um, Anyway,
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  Speaker 1: I'm feeling better now because we had a chance to
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  Speaker 1: talk this out. And as I say, I'm sad for
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  Speaker 1: some of the individuals. I was mentioning DeMora before and
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  Speaker 1: the fact that he won in 25. The guy who
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  Speaker 1: was running against him, Don Roberts, holds a pretty special
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  Speaker 1: place in my heart. And I... I heard for him
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  Speaker 1: last night. I really did. Um, he enjoyed the campaigning. That's,
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  Speaker 1: that's what he said. He said, you know what? I
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  Speaker 1: got to meet a lot of people, shake a lot
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  Speaker 1: of hands, talk to a lot of folks here. What's
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  Speaker 1: on the minds of people. I enjoyed the campaign. It
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  Speaker 1: was a good experience. He took it very, very well.
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  Speaker 1: At least while I was looking, I imagine he was
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  Speaker 1: pretty somber by the time he got home last night too,
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  Speaker 1: but he's a good guy. And, uh, Hopefully he chooses
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  Speaker 1: to run for something else, possibly judge. Lord knows we
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  Speaker 1: can put. Did you go vote and look at all
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  Speaker 1: the judges? There was nobody writing for judge. That's insane.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely nuts. We had one judicial candidate for a probate court.
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  Speaker 1: And all the common pleas, judge, no, no challenge at all.
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  Speaker 1: And I've told Don many times he is a practicing attorney,
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  Speaker 1: and he sees things through a unique set of eyes,
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  Speaker 1: a benevolent set of eyes, especially when it comes to
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  Speaker 1: people that get cast aside so very easily. It's amazing
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  Speaker 1: how the good people who make a mistake seem to
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  Speaker 1: carry that mistake the rest of their life, and the
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  Speaker 1: people who keep doing stuff over and over again get
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  Speaker 1: forgiven and community control. I don't get it. But he
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  Speaker 1: sees those obstacles because he's an attorney and has watched
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  Speaker 1: these people and represented these people. He knows that there's
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  Speaker 1: some stuff about our system that just absolutely doesn't make sense.
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  Speaker 1: And he was looking forward to becoming elected so he
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  Speaker 1: could address those at a legislative level. And since that
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  Speaker 1: didn't happen, I hope he chooses to run for judge.
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  Speaker 1: I'd love to see him, especially on the domestic court bench,
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  Speaker 1: but common pleas would make me happy, too. We just
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  Speaker 1: need more good people in robes.