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Speaker 1: It's Kennell and Casey said, that's a problem. Yeah, well

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Speaker 1: that's this is always the problem with these people. I

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Speaker 1: you spent thirty years in the Indiana Senate. I did

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Speaker 1: many of them over the years. Did a protest ever

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Speaker 2: You know, I don't know if you remember the red

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Speaker 3: Angry red shirted teachers. Yes, yes, we had a lot

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Speaker 2: With them, Yes, and they packed the State House. Didn't

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Speaker 1: Know what about your colleagues, Well, I don't know, I

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Speaker 2: I mean, did they have a movement.

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Speaker 1: Because you were the number two guy in the Senate,

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Speaker 3: Oh oh, mister mearethy agre read shirted teachers.

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Speaker 3: We got to do it like idy of that.

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Speaker 2: Well, if there was a myster I was a senator

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Speaker 2: was RIFFRAM. Oh yeah, and because.

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Speaker 1: No, wait wait, wait, just I'm sure most people are

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Speaker 3: It passed, passed.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and just be cleary. I get text a lot

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Speaker 1: Just your mere existence in my present. This is let's

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Speaker 2: But in reality reality, I was saying, m.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's what it all went south for you.

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Speaker 1: But anyway pointed all this is uh, I find that

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Speaker 2: Well, yeah, and I'm constantly being corrected, and you know

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Speaker 6: I never heard that in any of the knew that either,

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Speaker 3: Now this is about a man being able to smoke peyote?

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Speaker 2: No, But you know, back to the Kings folks. Uh,

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Speaker 2: you know the reason, the reason why your protest went

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Speaker 2: If you're going to have a protest, you've got to

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Speaker 1: What are you screaming about? And what do you want

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Speaker 2: Well, it goes back to two thousand and seven when

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Speaker 2: part of that campaign, and and you just saw it

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Speaker 1: Well this is about Trump, right, But you're just affirming

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Speaker 2: Right.

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Speaker 1: That's why when people were like, why are you guys

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Speaker 2: Know we had twenty five thousand people walk through when

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Speaker 2: but when when they start taking conventions away from Indianapolis

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Speaker 2: and riffers the issue. You you, I don't want to say, kay,

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Speaker 2: to bill, regardless if it had any effect or not.

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Speaker 2: We took the steps that needed to take the issue out.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and you know, I know there's a there list

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Speaker 2: That's not like everybody's thinking about IU football.

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Speaker 3: And exactly right.

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Speaker 2: The mindset is, I don't know, to protest, you have

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Speaker 2: Talking on this on this radio station this morning. We

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Speaker 1: Hey, speaking of issues and what we do, Nikki Kelly,

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Speaker 3: Next.

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Speaker 1: We will talk about redistricting. We'll talk about this big

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Speaker 1: It's Kennley Casey Show ninety three WIBC.

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Speaker 3: Well as years old. There's a lot going on in

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Speaker 1: And to get to the bottom of as much of

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Speaker 3: the Indiana Capitol Chronicle. Nikki Kelly, Hello, good morning.

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Speaker 1: Okay, So let's start with this. This perplexes me beyond

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Speaker 1: Two polls came out this week, both saying the same thing.

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Speaker 1: Okay, so they've been at this for months now, do

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Speaker 5: My understanding is that the Senate probably, I mean the

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Speaker 1: So there, whether if it's four or five public polls

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Speaker 5: I mean, not anymore than just talking to people at

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Speaker 5: We can't find a time at least no one's given

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Speaker 5: We've certainly found redistrictions that happened late that they didn't

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Speaker 4: Yeah, that's the other thing.

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Speaker 1: You've been doing this for what twenty five years now

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Speaker 1: Braun obviously is admitted there just doing it because of politics.

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Speaker 5: it's fascinating. You know, it's going to be very hard

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Speaker 1: Because Indiana seems like it's already a pretty supportive state

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean the goal is just they're they're trying

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Speaker 1: Well that you just hit the nail on the head

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Speaker 1: Her thing has been, Hey, there's a whole bunch of

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Speaker 5: Yeah, And everyone's focusing on Liz Brown, and that's fair.

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Speaker 5: She's the chairwoman and she made the decision. But let's

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Speaker 1: Nicki Kelly from the Indiana Capitol Chronicle is our guest.

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Speaker 1: Couple of minutes left with her. Now, you guys had

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Speaker 5: You know, a couple hundred million, which to real people

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Speaker 1: One of the best in the business finder over at

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Speaker 1: Indiana Capitol Chronicle dot Com, Nikki Kelly.

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Speaker 5: Thank you all right, you guys have a good day.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, thank you. It's Kennell Casey Show ninety three WIBC.

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Speaker 1: So there is massive money flying into the Secretary of

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Speaker 3: Yes, yes, I yah, welcome to the family.

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Speaker 2: You know, if he had anything about money, maybe Kevin

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Speaker 3: Yes, so this is very very interesting.

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Speaker 1: Of course, Diego Morales the current Secretary of State, he's

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well it's going to be a high profile race

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Speaker 1: But it now comes out our old Pala Indie reporter

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Speaker 2: Is getting the old band together well.

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Speaker 1: That's you know, he had what a million dollars or

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Speaker 2: I think it is a lot more than that, was it?

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Speaker 2: think it's going to be more than that. You know,

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Speaker 2: the Democrats back then and when Evan was running for

441
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Speaker 2: Secretary of State was we're just looking for a beachhead

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Speaker 2: to start fundraising for him to run for governor. It's

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Speaker 2: the same thing here. They're trying to figure out how

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Speaker 2: to break the Republican clinch on Indiana, and bo Bay

445
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Speaker 2: is their tool.

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Speaker 1: Well, so that's what's fascinating about this to me, because

447
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Speaker 1: you know, whether you're deeply interested in Indiana politics maybe

448
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Speaker 1: the way we are or not you need to be

449
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Speaker 1: interested in this race because there's like so many things

450
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Speaker 1: that will happen as a result of this race and

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Speaker 1: the outcome of this race.

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Speaker 3: And first and foremost, it's sort.

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Speaker 1: Of like Custer's last stand for the Democrats. If this

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Speaker 1: guy with that name and all this money that he's

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Speaker 1: going to raise, if he can't win, the Democrats might

456
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Speaker 1: as well just pack it up as a party and

457
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Speaker 1: just say we're done here.

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Speaker 2: Well, and also I noticed that a friend of of Evan,

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Speaker 2: Evan buys, I guess we call him senator by former

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Speaker 2: senator by.

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Speaker 3: Wait, wait, what's what's higher? Are you? Are you governor

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Speaker 3: or senator? What's the higher? First?

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Speaker 2: I think I think I think it's senator By. If you,

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Speaker 2: if you will, Teddy Roosevelt like being called colonel instead

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Speaker 2: of president, we will.

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Speaker 3: Call him colonel By.

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Speaker 2: But if if the forum says senator By, so senator

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Speaker 2: is a head of governor, yes, I would think so,

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Speaker 2: because because that was that was the last office that he.

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Speaker 1: Okay, so say, and you know me, I never want

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Speaker 1: to have bad decora, of course, so we'll call him

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Speaker 1: senator by.

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Speaker 3: Well anyway, yes, go ahead.

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Speaker 2: But but one of his friends is now employing young

475
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Speaker 2: bo Bye as a in his law firm, and so

476
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Speaker 2: all the group is being reformed and being brought back

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Speaker 2: together again. And this will be if he raised this

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Speaker 2: amount of money in just a short amount of time.

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Speaker 2: He's got plenty left in the tank. His dad's going

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Speaker 2: to give him a lot of his campaign money. If

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Speaker 2: not all, Joe Hogsitt, who's like an uncle Debo Mayor

482
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Speaker 2: of Indianapolis, will be raising money for him, giving him money.

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Speaker 2: There won't be a problem with money in this race.

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Speaker 2: And for a secretary of State's race, which most people

485
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Speaker 2: don't know what the Secretary of State actually does, this

486
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Speaker 2: will be a ten to fifteen million dollars race, but it.

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Speaker 1: Really does put on the other So then this there's

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Speaker 1: a second prong of this, which is this is showing

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Speaker 1: you how important this office actually is.

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Speaker 3: That people are willing.

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Speaker 1: They're not doing it for comptroller, they're not even doing

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Speaker 1: it for state treasurer. You're seeing this money flood in

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Speaker 1: because of all the things that this office actually controls,

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Speaker 1: from elections right to business licensure. And there's a lot

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Speaker 1: on the line on who's going to end up running

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Speaker 1: this office.

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Speaker 2: It is a very important office. But Also, I'm sure

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Speaker 2: somebody's pulled looking at least the controller, looking at Dan Elliott,

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Speaker 2: the State treasure and they see Diego which may have

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Speaker 2: poor we don't know, but poor poll numbers.

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Speaker 1: Well, there's two polls that have come out and he

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Speaker 1: most people had no idea who the guy was, but

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Speaker 1: those who did, he was way underwater those twos.

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Speaker 2: So you go towards where the weakness is. Also with

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Speaker 2: the importance of the office as well as the fact

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Speaker 2: that a boat can run in twenty six if he

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Speaker 2: should win, which I don't think he will, but should

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Speaker 2: he win, he's already got the fundraising machine ready, all

509
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Speaker 2: ready to go in twenty eight and that's really what

510
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Speaker 2: his dad did successfully.

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Speaker 1: And then the third part of this at like as

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Speaker 1: a political nerd, this just really excites me. But we

513
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Speaker 1: always talk about obviously fifty thousand ish people a day,

514
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Speaker 1: we're talking to a wide variety of people, and why

515
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Speaker 1: they need to care about it even if you're not

516
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Speaker 1: super into politics. But the third thing is that one

517
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Speaker 1: would assume with all of this money that Bobai is

518
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Speaker 1: going to raise or is raising, he will shine a

519
00:26:20,119 --> 00:26:23,359
Speaker 1: light on who Diego Morales is and will attempt to

520
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Speaker 1: if he does this right, indict as many Republicans in

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Speaker 1: the process who have either facilitated or at the very

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Speaker 1: least totally turned a blind eye to all the crap

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Speaker 1: that Diego Morales has pulled in the very short time

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Speaker 1: he's been in that office. And it's an opportunity really

525
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Speaker 1: to potentially do some damage to the Republican Party through

526
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Speaker 1: this guy's campaign that may may have may not, but

527
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Speaker 1: it may have a lasting impact.

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Speaker 2: But the other on the other side of it is

529
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Speaker 2: that the Republican Party will batten the hatches down. They

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Speaker 2: will support with Diego, with money and with with boots

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Speaker 2: on the ground. It will it will fortify the Republicans effort.

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Speaker 2: It's a lot like what happened in Carmel and in

533
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Speaker 2: the mayor race. The Republican Party came together because that

534
00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:16,760
Speaker 2: city is becoming purple and Mario maslami uh did a

535
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Speaker 2: really good job of bringing everybody home and getting getting

536
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Speaker 2: out and talking to it, doing the what a party

537
00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:26,080
Speaker 2: should do. And this is an opportunity for the party

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Speaker 2: to coalesce around Diego. Yeah, and you know, and you

539
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,240
Speaker 2: know the thing is Diego wins. He might want to

540
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Speaker 2: be governor in twenty.

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Speaker 4: Eight as well.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but Sue Ingham's just a bad mayor. She not

543
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Speaker 1: a dirt ball like Diego. I mean, it's gonna be

544
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Speaker 1: a lot harder if he's the nominee to coal us

545
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Speaker 1: around that given all. I don't I think Sue Ingham was,

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Speaker 1: you know, saddled with any scandals the way that that

547
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Speaker 1: Diego is. I mean, this is the great thing about this.

548
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Speaker 1: Diego can cannot reveal who paid for India. I bet

549
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Speaker 1: the buyers are going to figure out who paid for

550
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Speaker 1: that drive.

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Speaker 2: My point is is I live in wes Carmel now

552
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Speaker 2: and uh Todd Young, who's a very good candidate tied

553
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Speaker 2: in my precinct with the Democrat, and and U and

554
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Speaker 2: Diego barely want it as a as a county or

555
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Speaker 2: as a as a city. My point is is they

556
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Speaker 2: had to coalesce everybody behind Sue when she ran for

557
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Speaker 2: election as a first time mayor. And that is what

558
00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:20,560
Speaker 2: the state's going to have to do as a Republican party.

559
00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:24,919
Speaker 2: Come together and and support Diego financially and boots on

560
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Speaker 2: the ground, and that's how he beat bo Bai.

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Speaker 1: Bobai will be with us tomorrow. That's a big interview

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Speaker 1: for him. Yeah, he's got to win people here.

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Speaker 2: Yes, yes, he does. If he doesn't win Central Indiana,

564
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Speaker 2: or if he doesn't win Marion County, big big, big big,

565
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Speaker 2: because we know, we know how blue it is. Uh,

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Speaker 2: he will not compete with Diego statewide.

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Speaker 1: But he's got to convince a lot of not just independence,

568
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Speaker 1: but he's got to convince Republicans to vote for him too.

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Speaker 1: He can't win it without convincing some people to go.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. And when his dad broke in and was governor, Uh,

571
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Speaker 2: the Democrat Party was something that most of the people in

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Speaker 2: that party were proud of and that had issues and

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Speaker 2: that that really represented, you know, a moderate standpoint. And

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Speaker 2: and what you see in the Democrat Party is they

575
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Speaker 2: have no issues. They're very leftists, and and they just

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Speaker 2: don't run good statewide campaigns. And that's why they don't

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Speaker 2: have any members that are in office right now of

578
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Speaker 2: their party.

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Speaker 1: All Right, So he'll be with us tomorrow. A little

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Speaker 1: promo for that. We'll take a break. Hammer's gonna join

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Speaker 1: us next. Kenny Casey Show ninety three WIBC. All right,

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Speaker 1: I know you got big plans for this segment, but

583
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Speaker 1: before we get into it, I heard a promo Cats

584
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Speaker 1: is doing something at kill Roy's in Broad Ripple. How

585
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Speaker 1: did Cats get chosen to do something at kill Roy's and.

586
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Speaker 3: Broad Ripple rather than Big Tony Kats. Yeah, that's right,

587
00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:49,840
Speaker 3: it's Kelly Casey's show.

588
00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:53,760
Speaker 1: I'm Rob Merritt's and for Casey, Jason Hammer, Hello, that

589
00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:57,000
Speaker 1: should have been you, because like, you still go to

590
00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:59,080
Speaker 1: these types of places, even though you're way too old

591
00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:02,840
Speaker 1: to be there. You still try to say hello fellow

592
00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:05,600
Speaker 1: kids and walk into set establishments. I've drank way too

593
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Speaker 1: much at these places. I've dated people who have worked

594
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Speaker 1: at these places. I've checked all the.

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Speaker 6: Boxes and being the host that should go to these places.

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Speaker 2: Just think twenty years from now, Olivia is gonna be

597
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Speaker 2: in these places.

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Speaker 6: Is not going to be anything places Jim Merritt, She's

599
00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:20,840
Speaker 6: gonna be locked her room.

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Speaker 2: This sounds familiar.

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Speaker 6: You know what I thought was really entertaining was a

602
00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:29,760
Speaker 6: couple of segments ago. You guys just giving each other crap.

603
00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:32,800
Speaker 6: You know, Rob's giving you crap on your voting record.

604
00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:35,960
Speaker 6: You're giving it right back because of how unlikable and

605
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:36,880
Speaker 6: fugly he is.

606
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Speaker 4: It's perfect.

607
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Speaker 6: So I wanted to continue this because I think this

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Speaker 6: is what the people want. Oh, so here's what we're

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Speaker 6: gonna do here. In just a moment, I'm gonna put

610
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Speaker 6: thirty seconds of the clock. It's a clock with a

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Speaker 6: buzzer at the end. That's exactly thirty seconds. Mister Merritt,

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Speaker 6: do you believe you could roast Rob Kendall for thirty

613
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Speaker 6: seconds NonStop?

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Speaker 2: He is a limited material.

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Speaker 1: Yes, no way, he's too nice. There's no way he

616
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Speaker 1: can do it. He's too nice. I don't believe he

617
00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:01,600
Speaker 1: can do it.

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Speaker 4: Let's find out, all right, here we go, when we

619
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Speaker 4: start the clock. Begin, Okay, Kevin, hit it.

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Speaker 2: Rob. You have no friends, You've got Rob, You've got

621
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Speaker 2: fake hair, Yes, go go Rob? You you you really

622
00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:25,440
Speaker 2: have no life other than what you're a terrible dad.

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Speaker 6: Horrible dad, hand mac and cheese.

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Speaker 2: Your mother dresses you funny. Yes, yes, right, that wasn't bad.

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Speaker 3: That was good.

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Speaker 1: That was much meaner than I thought you had in you. Yes,

627
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Speaker 1: I've never seen him get angry. I like Ned Flanders.

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00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:48,280
Speaker 1: I've never seen him get angry.

629
00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:48,680
Speaker 3: Ever.

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Speaker 2: You know the customer. You know, when we had my

631
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Speaker 2: I've got a son and two daughters, and we had

632
00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:58,560
Speaker 2: either girlfriends or boyfriends come through the house, and we

633
00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:02,239
Speaker 2: had Dad's word list and it's words that you just

634
00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:05,080
Speaker 2: don't say in our household. Yeah, and if somebody wanted

635
00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:08,120
Speaker 2: a copy of the word list to make sure they

636
00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:11,040
Speaker 2: didn't say it. If you think it and you think

637
00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:12,520
Speaker 2: it's on the list, don't say it.

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00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:16,080
Speaker 3: Yeah. It was like, shucks. You want to give that

639
00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:17,240
Speaker 3: a shot? I bet you could do.

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00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:19,600
Speaker 6: Okay, Well, I was going to give you dealer's choice, okay,

641
00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:21,040
Speaker 6: because I was going to let you do it.

642
00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:22,560
Speaker 3: But you can pick your opponent.

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Speaker 6: It can either be ripping on Merit for thirty seconds

644
00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:26,960
Speaker 6: or ripping on me for thirty seconds.

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00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:28,120
Speaker 3: Oh I'm going to take Merit.

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Speaker 2: Oh okay, you got a lot Hammer's fat. You know.

647
00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:36,120
Speaker 3: I just gave you the green light to rip on Rob.

648
00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:39,400
Speaker 4: All right, so you're going to do Jim Merritt.

649
00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:40,320
Speaker 3: Just remember I love you, Jim.

650
00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:42,560
Speaker 2: Oh all right. I should have put that in front

651
00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:43,280
Speaker 2: of mine too.

652
00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:47,880
Speaker 1: Kevin hit it, Jim. Your campaign for mayor was a disaster.

653
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Speaker 1: I've never seen a weaker operation.

654
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Speaker 2: You're a weaker candidate.

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Speaker 3: You were awful as a senator.

656
00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:03,880
Speaker 6: All the tax increases, have so many people and riffra What.

657
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Speaker 3: The hell are you guys? Thinking with that.

658
00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:08,320
Speaker 4: Let's go, Jim.

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Speaker 1: I can't believe you ever thought you would be governor

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Speaker 1: someday and Jim on behalf of Hoosiers everywhere.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for absolutely nothing I thought you're gonna say, I suck.

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Speaker 6: Like I could listen to a full show of this

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Speaker 6: back and you guys like the two old muppets.

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Speaker 2: That's right now. It's better than being in the in

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Speaker 2: the balcony with those two old men. All right.

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Speaker 1: So you were on the fan earlier today. I heard

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Speaker 1: you competing against us. Thanks for doing that.

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Speaker 6: By the way, well somebody's got to bring some revenue

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Speaker 6: into this joint.

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Speaker 3: WHOA.

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Speaker 1: So you go on the fan, our sister station, the Fan,

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Speaker 1: the sports talk station every every Thursday, right.

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Speaker 4: Yes, and promoting the Degenerates next Door podcast and we

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Speaker 4: talk a little Thursday night football.

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Speaker 6: Now tonight we've got a couple old dudes in the spotlight,

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Speaker 6: Aaron Rodger, Yeah, and Joe Flacco. And I made the

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Speaker 6: comperia on the fan this morning that tonight for Joe Flacco.

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Speaker 6: I'm calling this the old guy at the bachelor party game.

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Speaker 6: Now here's what I mean by this.

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Speaker 4: Follow me here.

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Speaker 6: When you're at a bachelor party like you think it's

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Speaker 6: you and your buddies and maybe your frat bros friends

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Speaker 6: from high school.

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Speaker 4: You guys are going to be the ones.

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Speaker 6: Getting crazy, But the real reality is anybody that's been

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Speaker 6: to a bachelor party knows.

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Speaker 4: It's the dads. It's the uncles.

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Speaker 6: They're the ones getting loose cause it's their night out.

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Speaker 6: They don't go out as much as you guys do,

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Speaker 6: so they're buying the drinks. Sure, they're buying the shots,

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Speaker 6: They're doing the dances like this is their night out.

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Speaker 6: So they're the ones you want to hang out with,

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Speaker 6: which brings me to Joe Flacco tonight. Joey Flax probably

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Speaker 6: didn't think he'd be.

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Speaker 4: In this position, right, He was going to be a

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Speaker 4: backup or maybe out of the league.

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Speaker 6: But here he is tonight, starting at home on national television.

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Speaker 6: This is the old guy at the bachelor party. He's

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Speaker 6: not going to have many more opportunities. This is his

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Speaker 6: night out, so he's going to try to put on

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Speaker 6: a show and keep an eye on some points.

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Speaker 1: Tonight, Marrett throwing around the yard, Merrit, You ever got

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Speaker 1: super liquored up in public before?

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Speaker 2: Never? Never what I thought it was. In truth, I

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Speaker 2: thought you're gonna say, is Dad's weekend and I you.

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Speaker 4: The same same philosophy.

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Speaker 1: Yes, I can see that now. I would ask this

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Speaker 1: to Nigel, but we all know the answer. It's last

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Speaker 1: week you post forty. You ever gotten drank more than

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Speaker 1: you than you?

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Speaker 5: Oh?

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Speaker 4: Last week.

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Speaker 6: I had a designated driver for the Coaches Tavern show

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Speaker 6: and let's just say that the coupon.

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Speaker 2: Lady was not real happy with me.

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Speaker 3: Oh what, you're embarrassing your family. I don't ever want

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Speaker 3: to see you.

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Speaker 4: Get that drunk again.

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Speaker 6: Like I got these speech where the teeth are clinched,

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Speaker 6: but you can still hear words.

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Speaker 3: Coming out what is wrong with you?

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Speaker 1: And the impressive thing is she said that to you

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Speaker 1: your twenties, in your thirties, and now your forties.

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Speaker 3: It's over.

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Speaker 6: And I'm just trying to be consistent. That's what this

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Speaker 6: marriage is based off of consistency. What are you doing

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Speaker 6: this afternoon? What's going on?

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Speaker 4: We've got the biggest stories in Indie.

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Speaker 6: The dude Jim is going to be my co host

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Speaker 6: this afternoon and you're going to come by and go

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Speaker 6: off the rails, all right, James Briggs from The Indies Star,

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Speaker 6: I go to join us next, he's got a great

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Speaker 6: column about how much hawk set sucks when it comes

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Speaker 6: to Thomas, Carl Cook sucks.

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Speaker 3: Let's Go Baby ninety three WBC