Girl, you're such a good listener these days.

You said somebody told you that about me, and that is like the best compliment,

because it's important as a podcast to be a good listener.

It's not natural to gays to be a good listener. You know, to have monologues

pass one another. And in this world, you know, I got tweets coming at me and text and I got to

be present for the podcast. So I love that compliment. Whoever it was, tell them,

appreciate you. It was Kathleen from our Patreon. She said, that Tim Miller, he's gotten so good at listening. And I said, you know what, Kathleen, he's so good at listening. He should come on right back to Vibe Check. And here she is, the Queen. Tim Miller is back on Vibe Check. Here, not just to listen, but to talk, because we have lots to talk about today. It's great. Thank you, Kathleen. And I'm happy to be back.

Oh, it's so good to have you back. Well, everyone, I'm Zach Stafford, and you are listening to Vibe Check, and your ears do not deceive you.

Saeed Jones is gone today, but do not fear the wonderful Tim Miller is here.

Tim, today we have quite an episode. It was funny.

You and I were texting about you coming on before a lot

of news broke over the weekend. And so we have to pivot the show a bit, but I still want to talk to you

about the things I was texting about last week. So for listeners, to catch them up on where we're at

as two gays coming together, to have a key key about a lot of things today. This is what the show's on.

Today we're talking about the sudden death of Senator Lindsay Graham and also the not-so-sutton death of Mitch McConnell. He's alive, I guess? Tim, is he? Alive here? We have a photo? I don't know. But, you know, figuratively are literally dead or not, politics seem to be in a gray zone on both sides of the aisle, even with Graham Platner, whose political career is now dead too.

We're going to talk about all of that and more.

And then after all those political conversations, I want to talk to Tim Miller about the closet and Republicans.

Because Lindsey Graham, you know, a lot of rumors, a lot of speculation for many,

many, many years. Confirmed Bachelor. When you said confirmed, I was like, confirmed? Confirmed what?

I got so excited. I said, I thought, do you have tea for me? Bachelor. Bachelor's doing a lot of

heavy lifting there. But Tim, you have worked in the Republican Party or you used to a long, for a long time.

You've been in it. You know a lot about these folk. You're also one of my favorite gay people.

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