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🗓️ 7 October 2022
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Reports on two key races this year, the Senate contest in Georgia (where GOP candidate Herschel Walker finds himself in a growing list of controversies) and the gubernatorial race in Texas (where incumbent Republican Greg Abbott and Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke held their only debate this week. Plus, a conversation with retiring AP congressional reporter Alan Fram after nearly four decades on the job.
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0:00.0 | Ron DeSantis calls for boots on the ground. |
0:03.2 | Herschel Walker hears from an old friend, |
0:05.8 | and it's the status quo debate in Texas, |
0:08.9 | all on the political junkie. |
0:11.1 | You like Ike, I like like, everybody likes like for president. |
0:15.2 | Add light to you and lead to me. |
0:17.5 | I don't care how you quoted. |
0:19.2 | Come on and vote for Kennedy, vote for Kennedy, and we'll come out on top. |
0:26.4 | Vote for Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Loss, because they're the ones to lead the USA. |
0:36.6 | Thanks for joining us, and welcome to episode 392 of the political junkie. |
0:42.6 | I'm Ken Rudin. |
0:44.3 | I became a certified, or certifiable, political junkie during the midterm elections of 1966. |
0:51.6 | In the 56 years since, I can't tell you how many times I've said or written that this |
0:58.2 | election, whatever year it was, is going to be the most significant of our lifetime. I never |
1:04.4 | thought it was hyperbole. They were indeed crucial elections. But my goodness, look at what's at stake in 2022. |
1:13.1 | Two completely different visions and priorities. |
1:17.0 | Republicans are talking about crime and inflation and the border. |
1:21.3 | Democrats are talking about abortion and guns and free elections. |
1:25.5 | The GOP says it's a referendum on Biden. No, say the Dems, it's a |
1:30.0 | referendum on Trump. The two parties are miles apart on nearly everything, and we haven't even |
1:36.3 | talked about election deniers and the sanctity of the vote. With a month to go before the election, |
1:43.5 | no one can say with any authority who's going to come out on top. |
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