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The Press Box

Keith Olbermann on Political Commentary and Mitt Romney. Plus, Failed October Surprises.

The Press Box

The Ringer

Sports

4.43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker break down the top Failed October Surprises, ranging from Hunter Biden’s emails to a Benghazi conspiracy theory. Then, Listener Mail, when they address the most pressing questions regarding the restaurant Ruby Tuesday. Then Keith Olbermann joins to discuss his political commentary on YouTube and how he got denounced by Senator Mitt Romney. Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week and David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

David and his first rally after being stricken with the coronavirus, Donald Trump told

0:09.7

the audience this, I feel so powerful.

0:13.3

I'll walk into that audience, I'll walk in there, I'll kiss everyone in that audience,

0:17.4

I'll kiss the guys and the beautiful women, everybody.

0:20.8

I'll just give you a big fat kiss.

0:24.4

What I want to know is if you happen to be at that Trump rally audience, how would you

0:29.8

avoid a Donald Trump kiss?

0:32.2

It sounds like a dare, right?

0:35.2

He's threatening you.

0:38.6

It's almost like when you were like a teenager or a, this happened to me, my freshman of

0:44.6

college and every argument in the dorm ended with just the same jackass trying to make

0:50.7

a $5,000 bet on the subject knowing that no one could ever match that amount of money.

0:59.6

I mean, listen, he's just saying it because no one in the world is going to call him

1:03.6

on it.

1:04.6

No one's going to accept that kiss.

1:05.9

I don't think, I mean, he does seem to be hailing hardy, or at least hailing hardy

1:11.5

years than he was not too long ago, but I wouldn't be too concerned about Trump catching

1:18.3

me in a foot race.

1:19.3

I think I would just use the alligator technique, right?

1:23.3

If I just run in zigzags, then he would be perplexed.

1:27.1

We know that Trump is a creature of an earlier period of American culture.

1:31.9

And I couldn't help but think that Trump was inspired by Richard Dawson, the old host of

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