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AFP - Get out and vote · Brian Thomas

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  Speaker 1: Please promise to be at Anderson Pub and Grill the
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  Speaker 1: day after the election. That's our next listener lunch. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: if the polls are correct and we have a blue wave,
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to be there by myself. I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to need some help. So I'm going to need friends
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  Speaker 1: around me to help me weather that challenge. But let's
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  Speaker 1: not let that happen. Let's get out and vote. Let's
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  Speaker 1: make that day a celebratory day so we can all
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  Speaker 1: have smiles on our faces. And welcome back, the man
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  Speaker 1: who's been trying to get that to happen. From Americans
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  Speaker 1: for Prosperity, Donovan O'Neill. It's good to have you back
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  Speaker 1: on the show, Donovan. Congratulations. Man, what a milestone. 850,000
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  Speaker 1: doors knocked? Yeah, we are.
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  Speaker 2: It's what we're doing. The knuckles are starting to hurt
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  Speaker 2: a little bit. You know, I'm actually losing a little
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  Speaker 2: bit of weight even, Brian, believe it or not. It's
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  Speaker 2: good for you. If you need an exercise plan, door
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  Speaker 2: knocking is the way to go. It's the new trend.
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  Speaker 1: How about that? I suppose it could get you out
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  Speaker 1: in the open air. Yeah. Plus, you've had some decent
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  Speaker 1: weather of late, so that's got to be a better,
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  Speaker 1: more fun experience. Are you still doing that? I mean,
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  Speaker 1: we'll just cut to the immediate chase. Are you still
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  Speaker 1: in need of support and effort with your door-knocking efforts
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  Speaker 1: from my listening audience?
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  Speaker 2: Always. And really, one of the big things right now,
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  Speaker 2: Brian Wright, is we're working against the clock. More and
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  Speaker 2: more people, I believe, are getting out to vote early.
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  Speaker 2: And so those are folks who are right. Those are
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  Speaker 2: pieces taken off the board that you know, voters, once
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  Speaker 2: they make their decision up, knocking their door and talking
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  Speaker 2: to them about it, it's not going to, you know,
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  Speaker 2: you're not really changing them for this election. And so
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  Speaker 2: getting folks in the fight, having them join us, that's the,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the best thing you can do over the
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  Speaker 2: next 13 days if you want to, you know, if
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  Speaker 2: you're concerned about the future of the country and want
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  Speaker 2: to make a difference.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I had a little bit of uplifting information I
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  Speaker 1: read this morning about the seniors are early voting and
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  Speaker 1: they're coming out in really large numbers. And Some think
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  Speaker 1: that maybe that's the answer to what we perceive to
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  Speaker 1: be the big problem, countering that youthful vote with young
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  Speaker 1: people thinking socialism is cool on the heels of Jack
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  Speaker 1: Atherton talking about that. Seniors, however, remember the Cold War.
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  Speaker 1: They remember the Soviet Union. They understand socialism because they
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  Speaker 1: learned about it in school. They know the evils of it.
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  Speaker 1: So not every one of my senior friends is one
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  Speaker 1: of those blue-haired leftist carryovers from the 1960s radicals. A
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  Speaker 1: lot of them are conservative-minded people who may salvage the elections.
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  Speaker 2: Well, that actually comes to mind a voter I spoke
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  Speaker 2: with yesterday, husband and wife in Mansfield, Ohio. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I can't remember age. Well, it shows on there.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they were definitely senior citizens.
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  Speaker 2: And, you know, they said, I don't know how anybody
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  Speaker 2: could vote for the Democrat Party that we have here today.
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  Speaker 2: And they were voting red all the way.
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  Speaker 1: They always do, quite frankly.
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  Speaker 2: But, you know, I think they they like you're pointing
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  Speaker 2: out there, Brian, understand that. and what's at risk here
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  Speaker 2: if we elect folks and empower a Democrat socialist majority
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  Speaker 2: in the Senate, let alone Congress.
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  Speaker 1: Fair enough. And statewide day of actions coming up. You
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  Speaker 1: want to tell my listeners all about that, Donovan O'Neill? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: so getting in the fight, you could do it this Saturday.
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  Speaker 1: We've got beautiful weather.
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  Speaker 2: The door-knocking gods are smiling upon us, Brian. There's no
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  Speaker 2: better time to get out there. This Saturday, though, we're
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  Speaker 2: going to be out there across the state knocking doors,
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  Speaker 2: working to break some records. and we can have folks
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  Speaker 2: help join us. Saturdays are a perfect day, right? Folks
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  Speaker 2: are out cutting the lawn, getting the Halloween fall decorations
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  Speaker 2: set up. It's a great time to have those conversations
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  Speaker 2: because it's not just about knocking doors. It's actually about
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  Speaker 2: talking to voters face-to-face on their front porches and their
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  Speaker 2: front lawns, and that's what our team's going to be
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  Speaker 2: doing across the state this weekend.
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  Speaker 1: So what do you make of Obama coming to Cleveland
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  Speaker 1: to campaign for Sherrod Brown? I know Trump's been going
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  Speaker 1: literally everywhere. Four corners of the United States, he's showing
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  Speaker 1: up in places that honestly are a little concerning because
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  Speaker 1: let's face it, if we look back in history, Trump
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  Speaker 1: didn't really ever need to make a stop in Ohio
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  Speaker 1: to campaign because he knew he had a pretty solid
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  Speaker 1: state here in terms of being read, but lots of
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  Speaker 1: local activity with Donald Trump and Vice President Vance. It
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  Speaker 1: looks like Barack Obama's getting into the fun here as
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  Speaker 1: well by showing up for Sherrod Brown. Your expectations of
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  Speaker 1: the crowd there, Donovan, but also what do you make
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  Speaker 1: of Obama feeling the need to come here to the
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  Speaker 1: state of Ohio?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I mean, quite frankly, it's a state he won twice, right,
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  Speaker 2: for president before Trump turned it red. And so I
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  Speaker 2: think their hope is that he can do what Trump
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  Speaker 2: is doing for the Republican base and fire up that
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  Speaker 2: inner city, you know, Cleveland base that has turned out
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  Speaker 2: for him before. But look, again, they're going to be
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  Speaker 2: rallying in their center, you know, talking, you know, preaching
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  Speaker 2: to the choir there. And our goal is to get
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  Speaker 2: out and actually go talk to those persuadable voters and
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  Speaker 2: move them. But don't miss the opportunity here. Having a
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  Speaker 2: surrogate like Barack Obama come to the state of Ohio
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  Speaker 2: is a big thing. And they will fire folks up.
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  Speaker 2: They will raise some awareness among their base. And our
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  Speaker 2: work right now is go move those persuadables. and fire
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  Speaker 2: up our own base to make sure, you know, what,
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  Speaker 2: 13 days left to go, we don't leave any vote
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  Speaker 2: on the field.
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  Speaker 1: No doubt about it. Donovan, affordability keeps coming up, and
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  Speaker 1: that seems to be the number one, you know, the
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  Speaker 1: catch word that everybody's using, affordability, affordability. Obviously, inflation has
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  Speaker 1: had a buildup effect over the years, far worse under Biden, who,
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  Speaker 1: of course, is responsible for a large amount of, a
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  Speaker 1: large reason for the increase in the cost of literally everything,
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  Speaker 1: but you can blame Trump for at least the oil
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  Speaker 1: and gas problems we have here, but What are the
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  Speaker 1: Democrats offering by way of policy to deal with affordability?
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  Speaker 1: I think this is kind of out of everybody's hands here.
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  Speaker 1: I'm just sort of trying to get people to pay
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  Speaker 1: attention to what is achievable by our elected officials. But
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  Speaker 1: insofar as that goes, are they offering anything, Donovan? Well,
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  Speaker 1: I think they're touching on the same issues.
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  Speaker 2: And you can look at the Democrat socialist agenda for
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  Speaker 2: what that is, right? Talking about housing, talking about grocery
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  Speaker 2: and gas bills. talking about healthcare costs. But the problem here,
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  Speaker 2: and we've talked about it many times before, right, is,
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  Speaker 2: you know, those are the problems Americans are facing, but
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  Speaker 2: the solution isn't more government. In fact, government and the
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  Speaker 2: socialism light we've been experiencing with for the last several
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  Speaker 2: decades is, I believe, why we're in the situation we're in, right?
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  Speaker 2: Rising costs due to inflationary spending. Government printing more money
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  Speaker 2: is what's causing this. Healthcare, ever since, you know, Barack Obama,
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  Speaker 2: talk about Barack Obama and Sherrod Brown. past the Unaffordable
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  Speaker 2: Care Act, we've become captive to the health insurance industry, right?
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  Speaker 2: And it's allowed them to jack up premiums because the
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  Speaker 2: government's going to subsidize it, creates this whole circle of
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  Speaker 2: just problems. But the health care costs go up because
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  Speaker 2: of the Unaffordable Care Act. And when it comes to
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  Speaker 2: things like housing affordability, it's very much the government control,
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  Speaker 2: the top-down approach that we've had since the 70s, in
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  Speaker 2: the various iterations of government programs to try to solve
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  Speaker 2: this problem. If we got government out of the way,
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  Speaker 2: cut the red tape and regulations and just had an
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  Speaker 2: abundance approach to housing, we solve that. So the solutions
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  Speaker 2: they're offering will just exacerbate the very problems their policies created.
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  Speaker 2: We have to go a different path. That's one of
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  Speaker 2: individual liberty, freedom, free enterprise, free markets. That's how we
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  Speaker 2: solve this problem. not just for the next few years
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  Speaker 2: for a few people, but for generations to come.
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  Speaker 1: No question about it. Tell you what, Donovan, I'll hold
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  Speaker 1: you over. You can give my listeners the top five
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  Speaker 1: checklists they need to keep in mind. Well, we only
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  Speaker 1: have 13 days before Election Day. It seems like we've
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  Speaker 1: been the day before Election Day now for a couple
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  Speaker 1: of years, Donovan. But look, it's right there in front
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  Speaker 1: of us, 13 days away. So pause, we'll bring Donovan
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  Speaker 1: O'Neill back. 955-KRCV Talk Station. Americans for Prosperity, Donovan O'Neill.
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  Speaker 1: An amazing accomplishment. 850,000 doors knocked, 13 days left to
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  Speaker 1: knock more doors. We can help out and get involved.
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  Speaker 1: It's one of the action items we've got on our
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  Speaker 1: top five checklist here that you've prepared, Donovan Neal. Give
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  Speaker 1: a couple hours a day knocking doors or a couple
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  Speaker 1: of hours by themselves knocking doors, making calls, volunteering, and
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  Speaker 1: showing up at Saturday's AFP Action Day of Action, which
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  Speaker 1: we'll find out. Which website today, Donovan? I know you
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  Speaker 1: have a variety of different ones you've recommended to my
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  Speaker 1: audience over the years, but what's today's focus?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I would say go to afpaction.com. There's a sign-up
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  Speaker 2: form there. Put your information in, and a member of
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  Speaker 2: our team will reach right out to you and get
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  Speaker 2: you plugged in with opportunities to make a difference.
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  Speaker 1: There you go. And we're working in reverse order. Know
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  Speaker 1: your ballot. Here is a huge thing for my friends
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  Speaker 1: in Hamilton County here in Cincinnati, generally speaking, but it
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  Speaker 1: applies to everybody. Judges. Now, I think everybody knows probably
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  Speaker 1: which gubernatorial candidate they want to vote on before they
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  Speaker 1: walk into the polling place or otherwise cast their ballot.
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  Speaker 1: But judicial races tend to be a swirling mystery for
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  Speaker 1: a lot of people. Candidates do not run on a
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  Speaker 1: party affiliation. They're not allowed to talk about how they
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  Speaker 1: would rule on any given case because you can't give
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  Speaker 1: advisory opinions. And most people don't have any interaction with
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  Speaker 1: the court system. What they know about it is what
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  Speaker 1: they read in the papers, which is rarely reported on.
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  Speaker 1: But I can tell you right here in Hamilton County,
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  Speaker 1: The judges don't have a very tough on crime approach.
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  Speaker 1: They let people out. It's a revolving door, especially at
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  Speaker 1: the juvenile court, Donovan. And you'll see I'm using this
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  Speaker 1: time to try to educate people. Judge Bloom is terrible
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  Speaker 1: when it comes to treating juveniles with the appropriate measure
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  Speaker 1: of attention they need. In other words, holding them accountable
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  Speaker 1: for their misdeeds, even after they've been in front of
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  Speaker 1: her countless number of times. It's okay. Slap on the wrist,
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  Speaker 1: cup of juice and a cookie on your way. So
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  Speaker 1: we need to get better people on the bench. So
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  Speaker 1: one of the things I want my listening audience to
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  Speaker 1: do is please, dear God, Know your judicial candidates and races,
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  Speaker 1: and if I may be so bold, find the Republican
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  Speaker 1: Party pink slip. That's the judges that will be equal
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  Speaker 1: treatment of all under the justice system and will hold
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  Speaker 1: criminals accountable for their actions. You can't count on the
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  Speaker 1: left to do that. Thank you, Donovan, for indulging me.
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  Speaker 2: No, you're totally right, and that, I think, is one
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  Speaker 2: of the most important things to do. You know who
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  Speaker 2: your member of Congress is, president, governor, senate. But you've
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  Speaker 2: got all these down ballot races, spot on with judges.
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  Speaker 2: I'd also point out issues. We talk about property taxes
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  Speaker 2: a lot. There's oftentimes a number of local issues that,
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  Speaker 2: you know, if you don't do your research before you
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  Speaker 2: go in that ballot box, it can be a little
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  Speaker 2: challenging to make sure you know exactly what you're voting
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  Speaker 2: for and do they actually need that money. Yeah. Take
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  Speaker 2: the time, get your ballot, know your ballot, and you'll
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  Speaker 2: be a much more informed voter, and that's what it's
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  Speaker 2: all about.
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  Speaker 1: Well, in deciding on when and where you're going to vote,
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  Speaker 1: we suggest having a voting plan, which I would argue
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  Speaker 1: should include, and going back to the comment I made
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  Speaker 1: earlier about seniors based upon that article, that they are
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  Speaker 1: coming out in large volumes. Maybe take mom or dad
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  Speaker 1: with you to the polling place. Perhaps if they live
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  Speaker 1: in a senior facility, you can encourage some of the
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  Speaker 1: fellow seniors to join you in the trip. Donovan? Oh, absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know, part of it is one of the
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  Speaker 2: things we say at the door, and there's a little
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  Speaker 2: bit of psychology to this, is how are you planning
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  Speaker 2: to vote?
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  Speaker 1: And I see the wheels turn in people's head. They're like, well,
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  Speaker 1: you know what? I haven't actually thought about that. Like, well, great.
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  Speaker 2: You can get an absentee ballot, but make sure you
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  Speaker 2: return that soon. You can go down to your board
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  Speaker 2: of elections and vote just like you would if you
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  Speaker 2: were to go to your local polling location. But you
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  Speaker 2: can also go to your local polling location, whatever it is,
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  Speaker 2: put it on the calendar, put it on the fridge,
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  Speaker 2: have a plan and spot on about bringing folks. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: the left does this so dang well.
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  Speaker 1: Yes. Right.
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  Speaker 2: We always hear about the souls to the polls on
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  Speaker 2: Sundays where they, you know, get the bus and they
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  Speaker 2: encourage everybody to go vote like it or not. You know,
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  Speaker 2: getting your friends and neighbors to go vote is what
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  Speaker 2: that's what this political work has been about for for ages.
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  Speaker 2: Turn people out.
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  Speaker 1: Offer. to bring your neighbors, bring your friends. Ideally, they're
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  Speaker 1: more conservative, the ones you're bringing.
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  Speaker 2: But, hey, look, while you're driving them there, give them
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  Speaker 2: the pitch on why they need to vote.
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  Speaker 1: There you are. John Husted. There you are. Have the conversation,
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  Speaker 1: which is one of the things under help someone else prepare.
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  Speaker 1: That is not you suggesting you should sit down with
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  Speaker 1: them in the ballot in front of them and fill
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  Speaker 1: it out for them. But maybe you don't want to
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  Speaker 1: knock doors. You're timid. You're reluctant to do that. You
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  Speaker 1: can't knock doors. Have a conversation with friends or relatives
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  Speaker 1: or loved ones. counter the narrative. No, Vivek Ramaswamy did
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  Speaker 1: not pull a pharmaceutical that worked from the market, depriving
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  Speaker 1: people of something he promised. That's a lie. So, you know,
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  Speaker 1: you can enlighten them on different topics like that.
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  Speaker 2: Well, yeah, and nobody's a better trusted messenger, right? I
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  Speaker 2: go to stranger stores, a hundred stranger stores every day
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  Speaker 2: at this point right now, right, Brian? And I have
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  Speaker 2: those conversations, but I'll tell you what, the conversations you
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  Speaker 2: have with a friend, a family member, while they can
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  Speaker 2: be a little uncomfortable, they have an impact. It has
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  Speaker 2: a bigger lift. It's that relational stuff. Going back to
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  Speaker 2: talking about Obama in the last segment, they did that
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  Speaker 2: really well too in that 2008 primary and general election.
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  Speaker 2: They built a ground game that was built around neighborhoods, communities,
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  Speaker 2: people with shared interests and identities. And when you have
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  Speaker 2: folks evangelizing for your candidate from that shared community, You
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  Speaker 2: get a bigger lift, more so than any TV ad,
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  Speaker 2: piece of mail, digital ad, or campaign communication.
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  Speaker 1: Will ever do. Donovan Neal, Americans for Prosperity. Appreciate what
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  Speaker 1: you do, your encouragement, and I guess the final message,
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  Speaker 1: follow through. Cast the ballot. Get out the vote. Do it.
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  Speaker 1: Just do it. AFPaction.com. They make it so easy to
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  Speaker 1: help out and participate, even a little bit. Every little
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  Speaker 1: bit counts. Jonathan and Neil will do this again next week.
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  Speaker 1: 13 days left. Tick-tock, tick-tock. The same message, plus more
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  Speaker 1: next week. Have a great week, and thanks again for
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  Speaker 1: all the work from you and the team. Thanks as always, Brian.
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  Speaker 1: It's 647 right now. 55KRCD Talks.