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Speaker 1: during the campaign of two thousand four, cited often by me,

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Speaker 1: have you here with us Rush some very long awaited

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Speaker 1: mega diddos. Thanks so much for having me up you bet, Jim. Now,

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Speaker 1: There's an interest in this, and the more that the

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Speaker 1: Certainly they didn't have their problem with pictures of Abu

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Speaker 1: we know you're not bad guys. You just you know,

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Speaker 1: is the overwhelming mentality of so many Americans. True, Jim,

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Speaker 1: you're gonna have a lot of trouble selling your next book. November,

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Speaker 1: So well, best of luck with it, and thanks for

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Speaker 1: I appreciate that. Thank you so much. Jim, you've got

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Speaker 1: Jim Garritty. The book is Voting to Kill and it's

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Speaker 1: a good read. It's a good book. Happy to recommend

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