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Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, wherever you are.

And welcome to the politics guys with your hosts, Dave Carson and Good morning. Good afternoon. Good evening, wherever you are.

And welcome to the politics guys with your host, Jay Carson and Michael Baranowski.

Welcome to the politics guys. I'm Michael Baranowski, a political scientist at Northern Kentucky University.

My co-host this week, as always, is Cleveland Area Attorney and sometime Republican strategist Jay Carson. If you've been following the presidential

election in the mainstream media, and even in most of the non-mainstream media, it's easy to conclude

that almost no sane and intelligent person could possibly support Donald Trump.

Sure, there are plenty of conservatives who make a lesser of two evils case for Trump,

but what you almost never hear is a positive case for him.

Well, today I'm joined by my good friend Joe, an intelligent, well-read, and politically astute guy who I've known for decades.

He's a Trump supporter who actually can make a positive case for Trump, and I asked him to come on the show today so we can do just that.

Now, before we get started, I want to stress that I haven't invited Joe on the show to attack him or Donald Trump.

From the very beginning, the politics guys have been based on open, honest, and

respectful discussion of politics.

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