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Mark's 9am Monologue. · The Mark Simone Show

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  Speaker 1: You just heard the news. Now you'll find out what
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  Speaker 1: it all means.
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  Speaker 2: It's Mark Simone on 710WOR.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, well it's a beautiful day today. Wednesday, beautiful. Tomorrow, rain.
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  Speaker 1: Got a lot to get to today. A lot of
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  Speaker 1: Dolly Parton talk. A look back and a lot of memories.
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  Speaker 1: We'll get to that and we'll get to last night.
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  Speaker 1: Big victory for Republicans for what they call MAGA. Big victory.
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  Speaker 1: We'll get to Bruce Blakeman and Kathy Hochul. Hochul's got
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  Speaker 1: some problems, some big problems, and it's only getting worse
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  Speaker 1: for her. We'll get to all of that. We'll get
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  Speaker 1: to Hillary Clinton. I think she's running in 2028. She
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  Speaker 1: made some very surprising comments. Anyway, we'll get to all
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  Speaker 1: of that. Coming up, we'll get to the battle with
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  Speaker 1: Canada and a whole lot more. Dolly Parton in a second.
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  Speaker 1: Last night, Darlene Graham, sister of Lindsey Graham, won And
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  Speaker 1: one big, it was supposed to be really tight. It
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  Speaker 1: wasn't that tight. President Trump was down there campaigning for her.
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  Speaker 1: He put in almost a million dollars into her campaign.
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  Speaker 1: He's got a $ 400 million war chest he can use
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  Speaker 1: in the midterms. But one thing about these primary races,
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  Speaker 1: when President Trump goes down there or the RNC or
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  Speaker 1: the MAGA donut, when they go down there, And it's
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  Speaker 1: a good trial test run for whatever they want to
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  Speaker 1: do in the midterms. So you've got to be on
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  Speaker 1: your game for the midterm elections. And they're testing stuff out.
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  Speaker 1: They're road testing it in these primary races. And they
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  Speaker 1: sent an operation down there to work phone banks to,
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  Speaker 1: you know, what they call the ground game for Darlene Graham.
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  Speaker 1: And it worked. So then they go over it. They
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  Speaker 1: see exactly what worked, what didn't, what messages worked, what
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  Speaker 1: ads worked, what texts worked, you know, fine-tuning that ground game.
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  Speaker 1: So more and more of these races, and then they're
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  Speaker 1: ready to go for the midterms. Big victory last night.
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  Speaker 1: Darlene Graham's sister, Lindsey Graham, wins.
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  Speaker 3: Mr.
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  Speaker 4: President, Lindsey truly loved you and viewed you as one
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  Speaker 4: of his closest friends. I appreciate that bond and appreciate
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  Speaker 4: all that you've done for our country. Our victory would
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  Speaker 4: not have been possible without you.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so now she had that big gaffe in the debate.
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  Speaker 1: where she was asked about Taiwan, and she said, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know anything about foreign policy. I just don't know.
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  Speaker 1: It sounded terrible, but she handled it so well in
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  Speaker 1: the days afterwards, saying, I'm not a professional politician. I'm
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  Speaker 1: a real, honest person, and that registered with a lot
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  Speaker 1: of people. And she's running against Norman, who's a real
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  Speaker 1: professional career politician, and Ralph Norman, been there forever, and
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  Speaker 1: she kept using this I've done more in 20 days
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  Speaker 1: than he's done in 20 years. And that kind of
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  Speaker 1: stuff registers. People don't like professional politicians. So it was
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  Speaker 1: a great victory for her.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you, Lindsay, for your service to South Carolina and
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  Speaker 4: to this country. It's just not the same without you here.
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  Speaker 1: And of course, it was a lot of sentiment for
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  Speaker 1: Lindsey Graham. Now, this Norman, Ralph Norman, never trust a
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  Speaker 1: guy with two first names. That's an important rule in life.
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  Speaker 1: Ralph Norman, again, Never trust a guy with two first names. Now,
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  Speaker 1: he didn't know what hit him, and he's got to
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  Speaker 1: figure out how to very quickly get on that Trump bandwagon.
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  Speaker 1: And he can have a pretty good relationship with Trump,
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  Speaker 1: but he's got to get back in there. But, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the president got involved. He has that right.
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  Speaker 5: That's his prerogative. As I told, I never, well, y'all,
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  Speaker 5: his policies are good. I never understood why he got
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  Speaker 5: in this race to beat Trump. You know, but it
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  Speaker 5: is what.
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  Speaker 1: It is, and I'll accept it. I don't know the guy,
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  Speaker 1: but he sounds a little wormy to me. Well, you
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  Speaker 1: know that, President. Sounds like that Southern Sheriff kind of
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  Speaker 1: guy you don't trust.
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  Speaker 5: We did this for service, and I hate it for
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  Speaker 5: the state.
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  Speaker 4: But the public, South Carolina, made the decision.
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  Speaker 2: We had $ 8 million spent against us.
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  Speaker 5: We couldn't come up with that much money.
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  Speaker 1: Well. Now, see, the other problem Norman had, he was
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  Speaker 1: being backed by Nikki Haley, who everybody hates. Nobody can
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  Speaker 1: stand Nikki Haley. Big enemy of President Trump. So the
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  Speaker 1: Nikki Haley backing didn't help. The sincere, genuine, warm sort
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  Speaker 1: of darling grandma was great. So it was a great
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  Speaker 1: victory last night for President Trump. So Dolly Parton, I
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  Speaker 1: guess we got the word about 2 o'clock, 2.15. It
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  Speaker 1: was just shocking. She had power. said she had some
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  Speaker 1: medical troubles we didn't realize it was cancer and that
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  Speaker 1: it was very serious but nobody thought she'd pass away
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  Speaker 1: that fast and even her own family said that they
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  Speaker 1: were just weren't expecting this they're caught off guard you
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  Speaker 1: know when i uh this is kind of gruesome but
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  Speaker 1: when i know somebody's gonna die i start looking because
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  Speaker 1: i have a million interviews with everybody i start looking
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  Speaker 1: for the interview with them and if somebody uh it's
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  Speaker 1: their 100th birthday you know i start going let me
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  Speaker 1: get this interview ready just in case because you got
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  Speaker 1: to dig through thousands of recordings and find it. So
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  Speaker 1: it never, in a million years, would have occurred to me,
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  Speaker 1: let's go find the Dolly Parton interviews. It never, I
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  Speaker 1: just never thought she would pass away. But she had her,
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  Speaker 1: I think it was her nephew. This guy was great.
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  Speaker 1: And she apparently had prepared for this. She told the
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  Speaker 1: family exactly what she wanted said, what kind of funeral
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  Speaker 1: she wanted. And the nephew, he was just great. Hey, everyone.
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  Speaker 2: My name is Brian Seaver, son of Cassie Parton, And
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  Speaker 2: I'm representing the Parton and Owens family today, announcing the
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  Speaker 2: passing of my Aunt Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean. Sister, sis,
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  Speaker 2: aunt granny to one generation and Gigi to the next.
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  Speaker 2: This video announcement is something Dolly asked of me years ago,
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  Speaker 2: before I fully absorbed it as a future reality. As
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  Speaker 2: her head of security for more than two decades, a
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  Speaker 2: role my father Larry held before me, I have imagined
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  Speaker 2: the heaviness of this moment, but haven't truly felt it
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  Speaker 2: until now.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, this guy just sounded so wonderful, like her, just warm,
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  Speaker 1: absolutely genuine, sincere. You know, one thing about Dolly Parton,
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  Speaker 1: it was a great success story, but it was a
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  Speaker 1: real American story. Growing up in a one-room cabin and
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  Speaker 1: becoming the biggest star possible, but the nephew was great.
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  Speaker 2: Dolly has lived in the light and is in the
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  Speaker 2: arms of Jesus, surely met by Carl, her parents, and
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  Speaker 2: countless others who have watched her and longed for her
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  Speaker 2: to meet them in the heavens. She has always been
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  Speaker 2: on your television, your record player, your CD, and on
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  Speaker 2: your phone playlist, becoming an extended part of your family
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  Speaker 2: whether you liked it or not. Our family and the
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  Speaker 2: team she has entrusted with her legacy will work diligently
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  Speaker 2: to ensure her spirit will live with us forever. Dolly
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  Speaker 2: called me and said she wants to rest in a
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  Speaker 2: beautiful bed of plush cotton because after a life wearing
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  Speaker 2: heavy rhinestones, she finally deserves to be comfortable and have
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  Speaker 2: some rest.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's... That's something. She would dress normally when no
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  Speaker 1: one was going to see her. But it was television.
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  Speaker 1: It was an appearance. It was out in public. She
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  Speaker 1: wore all that rhinestone. It was just constant rhinestone. And
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  Speaker 1: she had these things that were, I don't even know
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  Speaker 1: how you put them on. I mean, they were the
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  Speaker 1: most complicated with this going this way and that way
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  Speaker 1: and rhinestones and this and that. You know, I was
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  Speaker 1: at Fox. There's a nice sound technician that puts the
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  Speaker 1: microphone on you. Before you go on the air, she
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  Speaker 1: comes and sticks her hand in your jacket and puts
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  Speaker 1: the backpack on your belt. And she sticks her hand
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  Speaker 1: in your coat. And I said, do you ever have
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  Speaker 1: Dolly Parton? She goes, oh, yeah. She was a guest
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  Speaker 1: here many times. How did you put the microphone on
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  Speaker 1: her with what she was wearing? And she said, I
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  Speaker 1: just looked at all the rhinestone and this. And I
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  Speaker 1: didn't know where the hell to put the microphone. And
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  Speaker 1: her staff guy obviously knew this is a constant problem
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  Speaker 1: and said, here, just give it to me. I know
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  Speaker 1: how to put it on.
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  Speaker 4: So.
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  Speaker 1: She just had this whole image of the rhinestone, the stuff,
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  Speaker 1: the hair, all of this. Listen to this quote from her.
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  Speaker 5: I want people to know there's some brains beneath the
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  Speaker 5: wig and a heart beneath the boobs. And I think
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  Speaker 5: people are beginning to see that.
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  Speaker 1: So the boobs were, when she first got famous, she
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  Speaker 1: said the boobs were a constant source of jokes. Lots
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  Speaker 1: and lots of jokes. There were Dolly Parton jokes everywhere
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  Speaker 1: about that. And then the big moment was one night
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  Speaker 1: she's on with Johnny Carson. This is when she first
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  Speaker 1: became a star. And it was a memorable moment for
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  Speaker 1: Johnny Carson. This would play on the Best Of show
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  Speaker 1: every year.
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  Speaker 4: Have you always been rather zoptic?
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  Speaker 5: What would they call that when.
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  Speaker 3: You grew up in Tennessee?
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  Speaker 5: I can't say.
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  Speaker 2: Healthy?
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  Speaker 3: Healthy, I guess.
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  Speaker 5: Boozy me. What did you ask me just before that? Oh, well, yeah.
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  Speaker 5: I've always been pretty well-blessed. People are always asking if
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  Speaker 5: they're real.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, I would never. I would never, you see. No,
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  Speaker 1: you don't have to ask. I would not.
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  Speaker 5: I'll tell you what. I have certain guidelines.
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  Speaker 1: But I would give about a year's pay to peek
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  Speaker 1: under there. Big memorable moment. In her career now the
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  Speaker 1: music of course, you know And the amazing thing is
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  Speaker 1: you talk to really young people even kids They all
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  Speaker 1: know her music the movie nine to five still running
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  Speaker 1: all over the place. It was a great great film
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  Speaker 1: the song and In the early days of cable and
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  Speaker 1: all the movie channels. This was the movie they ran
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  Speaker 1: all the time So a younger generation saw it and
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  Speaker 1: people still watch it's an incredible movie because it's so
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  Speaker 1: outdated in a wonderful way it's about sexual harassment they
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  Speaker 1: got the it was lily tomlin and jane fonda and
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  Speaker 1: dolly parton and they're working for was it dabney coleman
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  Speaker 1: who's a great guy in real life but in the
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  Speaker 1: movie the nastiest most awful boss and he was sexually
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  Speaker 1: harassing them left and right. And it was a great script.
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  Speaker 1: In fact, the greatest line, one of Dolly Parton's greatest
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  Speaker 1: movie line, and one of the greatest lines ever in
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  Speaker 1: a movie, was her finally standing up and to the boss,
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  Speaker 1: confronting him about all the sexual harassment. Listen to this
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  Speaker 1: great line.
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  Speaker 5: Look, I got a gun out there in my purse
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  Speaker 5: and up to now I've been forgiven and forgetting because
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  Speaker 5: of the way I was brought up. But I'll tell
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  Speaker 5: you one thing. If you ever say another word about
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  Speaker 5: me or make another indecent proposal, I'm going to get
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  Speaker 5: that gun of mine and I'm going to change you
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  Speaker 5: from a rooster to a hand with one shot.
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  Speaker 1: But, uh, she was an amazing, amazing person. And, uh,
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  Speaker 1: Did a lot of interviews and talked a lot. She
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  Speaker 1: was a very smart woman. She was a great businesswoman,
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  Speaker 1: very generous, great philanthropist.
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  Speaker 5: For me, the Dolly Parton star is accomplishing every possible
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  Speaker 5: thing that I can. I want to mean something. I
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  Speaker 5: don't want to just be some joke. I don't want
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  Speaker 5: to be the all-American joke, you know, just with the
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  Speaker 5: boobs and the hair and the tight belts or whatever.
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  Speaker 5: I want to be a meaningful, artistic person.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: You can't find anybody anywhere, anybody, any co-star, anybody that
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  Speaker 1: ever worked with her, anybody that'll ever say a bad
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  Speaker 1: word about her. There's no bad anything. She's one of
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  Speaker 1: the handful of people, celebrities, that are exactly the same
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  Speaker 1: off the air as on the air.
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  Speaker 5: You know, I've worked hard, and I had a lot
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  Speaker 5: of dreams. I've worked not only for myself but for
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  Speaker 5: other people. And it's like now I want to enjoy,
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  Speaker 5: really enjoy the more simple things rather than just going
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  Speaker 5: full blast.
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  Speaker 4: Man.
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  Speaker 1: And so many great songs. And Kenny Rogers, the duets,
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  Speaker 1: all that stuff. All the movies with Sylvester Stallone, of course,
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  Speaker 1: all the great co-stars. Anyway, we'll get back to Dolly Parton.
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  Speaker 1: We'll talk about her throughout the program. An amazing, amazing
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  Speaker 1: American story. And, hey, Bruce Blakeman press conference today, 2 o'clock.
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  Speaker 1: Now watch this, because Kathy Hochul has got some problems.
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  Speaker 1: And they're only going to mount. Her crazy– she's trying
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  Speaker 1: to walk this tightrope between being a left-wing, a Mamdani
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  Speaker 1: sort of extremist and a moderate Democrat. She's not either–
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  Speaker 1: nobody knows what she is. It's just a professional politician pretending.
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  Speaker 1: And she's not that skilled a politician to walk this tightrope.
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  Speaker 1: She's trying to hang on to the Mamdani crowd. Hopefully
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  Speaker 1: you got to win a lot of New York. You
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  Speaker 1: got to win 35% of New York to win the state.
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  Speaker 1: So she's trying to do that, but you're going to
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  Speaker 1: lose upstate. So the problem is ICE, which is just
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  Speaker 1: a rock solid, good, normal law enforcement agency. It's a
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  Speaker 1: task force that's arresting people who have committed crimes. In
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  Speaker 1: this case, the crime would be illegal alien. And specifically
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  Speaker 1: now they're going after criminals, illegals who are committing crimes.
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  Speaker 1: So you couldn't have a better cause, a better thing.
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  Speaker 1: But she's trying to score points with the crazy left wing.
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  Speaker 1: So she and their crazy legislature, they've got a law
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  Speaker 1: now that locals are not allowed to cooperate with ICE.
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  Speaker 1: Can you imagine that? Imagine passing a law, you're not
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  Speaker 1: allowed to cooperate with the FBI. Not allowed to cooperate
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  Speaker 1: with ICE. So, of course, this is crazy. It's insane.
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  Speaker 1: It's irrational. It's illogical. Now, a number of counties are
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  Speaker 1: getting together and they're suing ICE. Because they want to
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  Speaker 1: cooperate with ICE. They want illegal criminals, robbers, rapists, gang members, murderers.
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  Speaker 1: They want them picked up and taken out of their territory,
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  Speaker 1: out of their county. Nobody's better at this than Bruce Blakeman.
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  Speaker 1: Blakeman has been so good about this. He set up
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  Speaker 1: a whole task force to help ICE, give them whatever
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  Speaker 1: they need. Listen to this.
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  Speaker 6: We have the most comprehensive agreement with ICE in the
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  Speaker 6: United States. I've dedicated 50 jail cells to ICE. And
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  Speaker 6: I've dedicated 10 detectives from our Nassau County Police Department
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  Speaker 6: to ICE. And we're doing it because we want to
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  Speaker 6: make our community safer. And we've done that. We have
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  Speaker 6: the safest county in America, according to U.S. News &
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  Speaker 6: World Report.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and he's right. It's a logical thing to do.
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  Speaker 1: I'd say there's a couple of gang members, dangerous criminals, illegals.
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  Speaker 1: ICE is going to come in and arrest them and
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  Speaker 1: take them away. If you let the local police help out,
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  Speaker 1: lend them jail cells, lend them some local cops, they
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  Speaker 1: can send five guys in to do it. If you
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  Speaker 1: refuse to cooperate with ICE, they got to send 50
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  Speaker 1: guys in to do it. They need a whole big
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  Speaker 1: infrastructure to help these guys make the arrest. And there's
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  Speaker 1: nothing Kathy Oakley can do legally to stop them from
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  Speaker 1: doing that. It's federal law. Federal law always supersedes local law.
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  Speaker 1: So she's crazy. This is going to blow up in
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  Speaker 1: her face. She's sticking to her guns on this.
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  Speaker 3: Local police will assist ICE only if a real crime
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  Speaker 3: has been committed. But on civil immigration matters, ICE is
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  Speaker 3: on their own. Let me be clear. Any police department
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  Speaker 3: or sheriff's office that disobeys this law, that maintains any
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  Speaker 3: agreement with ICE, will face legal action.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, this is going to blow up in her face.
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  Speaker 1: They're going to use this against just this line.
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  Speaker 3: Local police will assist ICE only if a real crime
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  Speaker 3: has been committed.
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  Speaker 1: You're going to see that in a lot of commercials.
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  Speaker 1: This left-wing kook doesn't believe breaking into the country, coming
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  Speaker 1: here illegally, doesn't believe that's actually a crime. She thinks
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  Speaker 1: that's not illegal. So you're going to see that used
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  Speaker 1: against her a lot. Hey, we'll get back to this.
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  Speaker 1: We'll get back to Dolly Parton. We'll get to the
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  Speaker 1: Trump battle with Canada that really heated up yesterday. And
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  Speaker 1: a lot more just ahead. Mark Simone here 9 to noon.
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  Speaker 1: It's three hours every day. 9 to noon here on 710WOR.