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The Michael Vary Show is on the air.

I'll try to answer the day after an election. a few questions as to what I think happened yesterday.

Now, some of what I will say will not come off right, and I understand that, but I believe these things to be true.

And I believe that truth is more important than there is what happened and there is what would be nice if it happened.

There is what was done and what we hope people would do.

They are not the same thing.

Many people live in Hope World.

I'll give you an example.

I talk to a lot of candidates during the political campaign season.

I never mentioned it on the air because it doesn't need to be mentioned on the air.

And I don't want them to worry that I'm going to mention it on the air.

And I am often asked by candidates what I think about debates.

And I will tell you my position on debates, and I am fully aware that there will be a number of screeching women who will go to social media, which is perfectly fine, and declare I am the devil for it.

It's okay, because I am in their minds insulting their very existence.

But it goes like this.

And I will tell every candidate going forward that this is exactly how I feel about it,

having been a candidate and been around campaigns for a very long time.

In every election, there will be a number of quote unquote debates.

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