LANCASTER REPORT: DINING ALONG THE SUSQUEHANNA. JIM JIM MCTAGUE, FORMER WASHINGTON EDITOR, BARRONS. @MCTAGUEJ. AUTHOR OF THE "MARTIN AND TWYLA BOUNDARY SERIES." #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
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🗓️ 16 November 2024
⏱️ 9 minutes
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1941 Lancaster PA
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| 0:00.0 | This is CBSI on the world. I'm John Batchel, checking Lancaster County, the best county in the best state, the Keystone State. |
| 0:13.2 | Lancaster County voted heavily for the Republican Party, as it always does. I welcome Jim McTagg, |
| 0:19.3 | former Washington editor of Barron's magazine, now a novelist in Lancaster County, |
| 0:24.1 | who enjoyed taunting me on election night, saying the Democratic team was up 10,000 votes. |
| 0:31.8 | Of course, Mr. McTagg knew those 10,000 votes came from Lancaster City. |
| 0:36.7 | So I looked surrounded by red is a blue city. |
| 0:41.4 | So I look first to Lancaster City. |
| 0:43.8 | Jim, a very good evening to you. |
| 0:45.1 | Are they hanging crape in Lancaster City? |
| 0:47.5 | Is there any sign of despair? |
| 0:49.3 | Good evening. |
| 0:50.5 | Hi, John. |
| 0:51.0 | There's no sign of life. |
| 0:52.3 | I think the people are hunkered down in their living rooms silently weeping or signing up. There's a new social media site called Blue Sky for wokesters who want to socialize with like-minded people. |
| 1:11.4 | So maybe they're sharing their despondency at this new website. |
| 1:18.2 | But I don't see any Harris signs around the city. |
| 1:21.4 | They've either blown away with the leaves or the people were too embarrassed to leave them out |
| 1:26.8 | and hid them in the trash can. |
| 1:29.6 | Now, there was a lot of talk before the election that the Amish were going to vote over some |
| 1:34.0 | issue to do with milk or eggs or something. Did that happen? Did you see Amish voting? |
| 1:39.9 | It did happen. Actually, the Republicans were aggressive in recruiting. |
| 1:47.1 | The Amish generally don't vote because they don't want to be part of government, but they |
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