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Ken Rudin's Political Junkie

Episode #406: Farewell To The Trailblazers

Ken Rudin's Political Junkie

Ken Rudin

News, Politics

4.7635 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2023

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Jonathan Alter, author of a great biography about Jimmy Carter, talks about the significant role played during his life by Rosalynn Carter, his life partner and first lady, who died last month at 93.

We replayed a 2019 interview with Evan Thomas, the author of a biography of Sandra Day O’Connor, the nation’s first female Supreme Court justice, who died on December 1st.

And we heard about a fascinating podcast from WOSU’s Renee Fox, who in her series talks about the biggest political scandal in Ohio history, the fall and imprisonment of former state House Speaker Larry Householder.

PLUS:  George Santos gets the boot, Doug Burgum shakes up the presidential race, Joe Manchin is ready for more trouble, and Patrick McHenry quits Congress with a surprising give me retirement or give me death message.

Music in this episode: 

Out and In by the Moody Blues

This Guy’s In Love With You by Herb Alpert

Shallow by Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga

Mr. Bad Example by Warren Zevon

 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Haley goes better with Coke. President Santos gets the boot, and we say goodbye to two groundbreaking women on the political junkie.

0:09.8

You like Ike, I like like, everybody likes I for president.

0:13.9

Add light to you and think to me. I don't care how you quoted.

0:18.0

Come on and vote for Kennedy, vote for Kennedy, and we'll come on top.

0:24.6

Vote for Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot-Loss, because they're the ones to lead the USA.

0:36.1

Thanks for joining us, and welcome to episode 406 of the political junkie.

0:41.6

I'm Ken Rudin.

0:43.4

A lot of movement this week, a lot of departures.

0:46.9

The passing of former First Lady Rosalind Carter and former Supreme Court Justice Sandra

0:51.7

Day O'Connor, two amazing, groundbreaking women,

0:55.4

will be discussed in detail later in the program. But for other stuff, where to begin?

1:01.9

How about with the fakesst of fake news? George Santos has been a punchline almost since the day

1:07.4

he was first elected in 2022. The New York Republican has lied about nearly

1:12.3

everything that's come out of his mouth, be it his education, his employment, his life,

1:18.1

his family, his religion, what he had for breakfast. It was great material for late-night comics,

1:25.0

but a disgrace for those who, for some reason, continue to hold Congress

1:28.9

in high regard. During Kevin McCarthy's brief tenure as Speaker, he was often asked why Republicans

1:36.0

don't kick him out. You know why I'm standing by him? Because his constituents voted for.

1:41.4

I do not have the power simply because if I disagree with somebody

1:45.5

or what they have said, that I remove them from elected office. Now I will hold him to the

1:51.0

same standard I hold anyone else elected to Congress. If for some way when we go through ethics

1:56.0

that he has broken the law, then we will remove him. But but it's not my role I believe in the

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