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Welcome to the Eric Erickson Show podcast, hour one.

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Now, I want to begin outside of politics.

So confession is good for the soul.

I have to confess, I'm kind of tired of just the raw meat daily political spectacle.

Yes, there is news today.

Americans for Prosperity, one of the advertisers on this program, has endorsed Nikki Haley for president. The DeSantis people very

furious, understandably so. We're headed towards 2016 all over again. I'm already exhausted by it.

I am. And I think most of you are too. And I'm trying to find other stuff to talk about.

Life is too short to be completely consumed by politics. But you can't escape it. We will get to it.

But I want to begin somewhere else first. A fine whipping horse for this program. Because it needs to be talked about. It is a big deal.

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