Welcome to the Eric Erickson Show podcast, Hour One.

Hello and welcome. It is Eric Erickson here across the nation. Delighted to have you with me.

The phone number, if you want to be on the program, 8777-9-7-3-7-4-25. And we'll go loose on the

phone call today because I know I've been gone and a lot of you have questions and there's a lot of

news about the election. And I've got to start there. And I need to do one, it is a small act of

self-promotion, but I promise you it is worth it.

If you text Eric, E-R-I-C-K to 33-777, you're going to get a series of links back. I'm going to text you right back.

I use an automated system. I promise I'm not here talking and texting all of you at the same time.

But the very first

link says subscribe to my email. You don't even have to subscribe. I want you to click through and see

the very top story. The top story right now is called the show notes. The switch is flipped.

And it's for paid subscribers, but we put the bulk of the content in front of the paywall so all of you can read it.

And I want you to read it, mark it inwardly digest it, share it with your friends.

And I want to spend some time here talking about it because it is truly important.

Text the word Eric, E-R-I-C-K to 33-77-click the first link.

Just read.

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I have been involved in politics since the mid-90s when I was in college.

I started the college Republicans at Mercia University, my alma mater in Macon,

Georgia. I started the Georgia Association of College Republicans.

I was its first president.

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