Owe Me the Money

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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On The Gist, taking issue with the sloppy headlines about the support (or lack thereof) for Brett Kavanaugh. In the interview, Stacey Abrams' run for governor in Georgia has been criticized because of her huge outstanding debt. That got Ozy.com reporter Nick Fouriezos wondering how much political candidates typically owe as they run for office. He dug into the finances of 396 political candidates to see how much they owed, and to whom. In the Spiel, a presidential penis prognostic. You're welcome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Did you know choosing the train over your car can cut your carbon footprint by up to two thirds?
0:06.0	So, one family outing at a time, one little adventurer at a time, one trip to the museum, one dinner in the city, one nap on the way home at a time.
0:18.0	One train journey at a time can help create a greener future.
0:23.0	So when will you take your next trip? Find out more at nationalrail.co.uk slash greener.
0:30.0	What you're about to listen to may include some party talk. Then again it may not. I hope it does though.
0:38.0	It's Tuesday, September 18, 2018 from Slated to the Gestive Mike Pasca.
0:44.0	With Christine Blossy Ford's invitation to testify before the Judiciary Committee on Monday,
0:50.0	I think what I should do is just wait for the testimony.
0:54.0	Part of this is to wait to form an opinion on the strengths of Kavanaugh's denial.
0:59.0	I get it, I get the basic allegations, I need to hear more evidence that would seem to be the best practice.
1:06.0	For me, for a news consumer like me, still I get sucked in.
1:10.0	Ancillary nonsense abounds.
1:13.0	So you probably heard that 65 women who knew Kavanaugh in high school said he was a fine, fine young man.
1:18.0	Then the allegations for his allegations came out. So Politico, like a journalist, they tried to contact all 65 women who a week ago had vouched for him.
1:28.0	They didn't hear back. They largely did not hear back. They put this fact out there that they didn't hear back.
1:35.0	That's fine, I guess. But then a lefty website, ShareBlue goes with this as a headline,
1:41.0	a day after Kavanaugh accuser comes forward, few women stand by him.
1:47.0	No, few women returned a reporter's emails or call or Facebook queries.
1:53.0	If that query call or email ever got to the woman in the first place, if I wrote a letter of support in somebody,
1:59.0	and then there was a gigantic accusation about the person, but I had zero way of ascertaining the truth of the accusation.
2:07.0	I would not want to come out and either stand by my endorsement or retract my endorsement.
2:13.0	I would do, I think, with any rational human being would do, which is wait to see how this all played out.
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