2023 Martini Awards Part 2: Sorry to See You Go, Rising Star, Fading Into Oblivion
3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary
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🗓️ 22 December 2023
⏱️ 21 minutes
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They begin with those who left us over the past year. Jim chooses two friends involved in the political world who left suddenly and far too young. Greg mentions three figures, including a prominent conservative from across the Atlantic and a respected journalist in Washington.
Then it's on to a much happier subject as they consider the rising political stars for 2023. They both choose Republicans on Capitol Hill - one of whom is frequently in the spotlight and other who is often working behind the scenes.
Finally, they agree on the political name most likely heading into oblivion after 2023. But Greg tosses out one other name near the top of his list who emerged from relative anonymity onto the national stage and now seems headed back to obscurity.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Three Martini lunch. Grab a stole next to Greg Carumbus of Radio America and Jim |
| 0:08.1 | Garrity of National Review. Three Martini's coming up. |
| 0:11.8 | Hey, really glad you're with us for the Friday edition of the Three Martini lunch. |
| 0:17.0 | If you weren't with us yesterday, let me tell you what we're doing. |
| 0:20.0 | We're not doing our usual good bad and crazy martinis yesterday |
| 0:23.2 | began our annual six-part year-end special on the three martini lunch |
| 0:29.2 | awards we hand out awards three each day and it'll run through a week from today, Friday, December |
| 0:35.8 | 29th. There will be no podcast on Christmas Day or New Year's Day. We will resume our normal |
| 0:41.2 | good, bad, and crazy martinis on January 2nd. |
| 0:44.0 | Yesterday we talked about our individual choices for most overrated, |
| 0:48.4 | underrated and honest political figures in 2023. |
| 0:51.7 | I don't know if I mentioned this yesterday, |
| 0:53.6 | but each year, Jim and I do not compare. |
| 0:57.2 | We have no idea what choices the other one has made, |
| 1:00.0 | and that is true today as well in our categories of a figure we're most sorry to see |
| 1:06.2 | go figure who passed away in 2023 also our rising political star and our political figure fading into oblivion. |
| 1:15.0 | So, Jim, let's start on the somber side. |
| 1:18.0 | Certainly some significant passings late in the year, |
| 1:20.0 | but there's a full year to peruse here. |
| 1:23.0 | Who topped your list of folks sorry to see you go? |
| 1:26.0 | Well, Greg, probably not surprised you or listeners to know this is my least favorite category. |
| 1:31.0 | And this year, as I looked back, look, there are a lot of big names, but there were two who were in the world of conservative politics and journalism and Republican politics and things like that, |
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