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3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary

Martini Awards Part 2: Sorry to See You Go, Rising Star, Fading Into Oblivion

3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary

Radio America

Government, News, News Commentary

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Join Jim and Greg as they offer the second installment of their prestigious year-end awards. Today they remark on the political figures they're most sorry to see pass away in 2019. They also share their choices for rising political stars and the political figures who appear to be fading into oblivion - rarely to be heard from again.

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0:00.0

T'was the night before Christmas when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

0:06.1

The quiet at home was blissful and calm, the quiet in Gaza was a deathly alarm.

0:11.7

It followed a bang and a home raised to the ground. Through the

0:15.3

rubble he dug until she was found. For hours she fought she tried to be brave, but

0:21.4

without the right care she couldn't be saved. Now she lies quietly, her

0:26.1

mom by her side, her dad holds her hands as they bid her goodbye. For children in Gaza every minute is a battle of survival.

0:35.8

Please donate at unicef. i.e and help save a child's life. Thank you.

0:40.8

Welcome to the Three Martini lunch.

0:45.0

Grab a stole next to Greg Carumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.

0:50.0

Three Martini's coming up.

0:53.0

Merry Christmas Eve.

0:57.0

Take a stool.

0:58.0

We're here for the second installment of our End of the Year Three Martini Lunch Awards.

1:02.0

The Crystal Martini's are being handed out three awards in each of our final six episodes of 2019.

1:08.8

If you weren't with us on Monday, we went through the most overrated,rated, and honest political figures of 2019.

1:16.0

And now it's time for three more categories.

1:18.1

And as Jim explained yesterday, we know the categories, we don't know the choices that each other has made in these categories, so we generally try to have a couple in mind just in case the other one comes up with that choice first.

1:30.4

But our categories today, our political figure we're sorry to see go, as well as rising

1:35.9

political star and political figure fading into oblivion.

1:40.1

So Jim, Merry Christmas Eve, let's start off on the somber side.

1:44.4

Who's the political figure you're most sorry to see you go?

1:47.1

Well, as I mentioned yesterday, Greg,

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