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Speaker 1: Welcome to the After Hours podcast, a behind the scenes

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Speaker 1: of the Clay and Buck Show. Original content brought to

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Speaker 1: you by the producers and anyone else on the team

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Speaker 1: that we can drag into the studio. This is producer Ali.

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Speaker 2: And producer Greg.

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Speaker 1: Just like an after hours party, you never know where

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Speaker 1: It's kind of like an easter egg. It's not going

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Speaker 1: a look into our world.

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Speaker 2: Just all kinds of things about the show that you

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Speaker 2: we think can be super interesting, and we wanted to

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Speaker 2: share with you that you aren't going to get in

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Speaker 2: the regular day to day Clay and Buck Show.

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Speaker 1: And because today is the four year anniversary of us

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Speaker 1: losing Rush, Greg and I, having been longtime Rush employees,

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Speaker 1: wanted to make debut episode of After Hours a nod

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Speaker 1: to him.

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Speaker 2: Yep.

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Speaker 1: We were talking about how Rush would have been so

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Speaker 1: thrilled in these this first.

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Speaker 2: Month of over the moon of Trump's.

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Speaker 1: Administration, and he was especially prescient. Back during twenty sixteen,

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Speaker 1: he had some he had some observations that were so

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Speaker 1: on point. And when you go back and look at

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Speaker 1: what he was saying about Trump and some of his frustrations,

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Speaker 1: Trump's frustrations with how government was run, it's.

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Speaker 2: Like, oh, absolutely, and I think that just pointing out

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Speaker 2: how nothing could come between Trump and and his followers too.

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Speaker 2: The only thing that could turn them away is Trump himself, right,

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Speaker 2: And if anything, that was really shown through the last

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Speaker 2: four years of the Biden presidency with all the stuff

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Speaker 2: that they came at Trump with left and right, and

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Speaker 2: you know, Trump supporters were solid with Trump.

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Speaker 1: What do you think Rush would be saying about Doge.

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Speaker 2: Oh, he'd be talking about how great it is. It's

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Speaker 2: the most brilliant thing. And in fact, I think he

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Speaker 2: would say that this is the kind of thing that

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Speaker 2: Republicans conservatives, because Rush made a point of pointing out

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Speaker 2: that Trump was no conservative. He was, but he was

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Speaker 2: giving conservatives what they've always wanted. And this is exactly

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Speaker 2: it's a prime example of it.

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Speaker 1: And Trump wasn't I'm sorry, and Rush wasn't necessarily pro

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Speaker 1: elon either. If you recall back in the day he

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Speaker 1: used to point out a lot of things about things

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Speaker 1: Elon was doing that he didn't agree with. So it

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Speaker 1: is sort of this full circle moment of what Clay

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Speaker 1: and Buck were saying about how Elon got red pilled

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Speaker 1: his past voting record. So I just think it would

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Speaker 1: be so amazing if he could see what was happening,

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Speaker 1: and I think he, well, I actually do think he's

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Speaker 1: up there smiling down on all of this, no question,

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Speaker 1: And we know a lot of you share those thoughts.

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Speaker 1: So Greg and I did some digging and we found

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Speaker 1: a clip that is so relevant to what's going on

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Speaker 1: today that we wanted to share it with you.

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Speaker 2: It was from January of twenty twenty, so the election

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Speaker 2: was another eight months, nine months off, ten months off,

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Speaker 2: I guess at that point. And so we were still

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Speaker 2: in the midst of the first Trump presidency and his

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Speaker 2: takes on what was going on. I mean, you really

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Speaker 2: brought it home before when you were talking about it.

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Speaker 1: Well, yeah, I was. When I was going through old transcripts.

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Speaker 1: I was just amazed by he kept talking about Trump

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Speaker 1: really understood that he wasn't a process guy. He's a

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Speaker 1: businessman and he just doesn't want to get hung up

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Speaker 1: in the process. He wants results. He's very results oriented

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Speaker 1: and a lot of his followers recognized that. So we

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Speaker 1: just want to share this clip because we think you'll

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Speaker 1: enjoy it as much as we did listening to it again.

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Speaker 1: So why don't we go ahead and roll it, Greg.

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Speaker 3: Let's do it.

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Speaker 4: President Trump's about to wrap up an impromptu press conference

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Speaker 4: much fun to watch this this guy, President Trump. He

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Speaker 4: like me, He can take any question on any subject.

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Speaker 3: And just nail it.

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Speaker 4: They can't screw him up, they can't confuse him, they

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Speaker 4: He once again, you know, there's a big big news

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Speaker 4: today is that the Democrats that we get the audio

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Speaker 5: Are livid, are outraged that Trump continues to blame Obama

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Speaker 5: for the Iran nuke deal, and he continues to say

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Speaker 3: He didn't do it. He keeps bringing Obama. Why does

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Speaker 4: And he brings this up again, and these hard hat

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Speaker 4: White House, they start laughing. They're having the grandest time

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Speaker 4: just now concluding it to coincide with the beginning of

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Speaker 4: this program the President's on schedule today. There was a

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Speaker 4: there was a period during this little presser where the

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Speaker 4: President was talking about Iran and how there's never going

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Speaker 4: He's told them they're not going to be a nuclear

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Speaker 4: weapon in America. It's never going to be a socialist country.

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Speaker 4: And he said, now, look, we got to keep in

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Speaker 4: hoping that some of the Democrats win in twenty twenty.

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Speaker 4: It could be waiting for a weaker president like Biden

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Speaker 4: or maybe Focahantas. He said Focahontas. And these guys standing

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Speaker 3: And of course the media in the room is seething.

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Speaker 4: Privately, quietly outraged that Trump continues to disrespect the people

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Speaker 3: Why does he call her folk a.

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Speaker 4: Haunted they keep asking themselves, folks, it was just it

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Speaker 4: was great, and that there is. It's a joy to

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Speaker 4: belief that they are circling Trump and that they're getting

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Speaker 4: for the White House Briefing today, the White House meeting.

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Speaker 4: When you see these guys start laughing at the way

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Speaker 3: And you know that this irritates the media even more.

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Speaker 4: And irritating the media is a big deal, because that's

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Speaker 4: the same thing as irritating the Democrat Party. You know,

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Speaker 4: it's within the confines of the process that we are

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Speaker 4: treated to such terms as bipartisanship and fairness and cooperation

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Speaker 4: and working with the other side, and all that's fine

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Speaker 4: and dany for Trump. If you get to a result,

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Speaker 4: if you get to a solution, if you accomplish something,

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Speaker 3: Does not include results.

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Speaker 4: And do not out me on this, and it is

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Speaker 4: a it is a major stumbling point. Too much progress.

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Speaker 4: Can I let me explain it this way. Washington has

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Speaker 4: and they're not alone. I mean many many bureaucracies, local government, corporations,

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Speaker 3: They love to get accolades while not doing much.

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Speaker 4: Make it look like they're all working hard, make it

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Speaker 3: Not much.

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Speaker 4: Because Washington has for the longest time gotten away with

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Speaker 3: Results it really hard, really hard.

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Speaker 4: It requires bipartisanship, it requires a lot of sex revice,

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Speaker 4: it requires a lot of hard work. And the American

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Speaker 4: people have gotten used to the snail's pace of whatever

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Speaker 4: objectives government or Washington has. Trump is not of that world,

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Speaker 4: by the way, the press event today at the White

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Speaker 4: House that I just characterized for you is on the

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Speaker 4: deregulation that would allow construction projects to happen faster. It

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Speaker 4: was exactly about that which I was making the.

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Speaker 3: Point Trump is a results oriented guy.

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Speaker 4: This was an event, was a press event on the

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Speaker 4: deregulations the administration wants to do that would allow construction

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Speaker 3: There was not one question on that, by the way,

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Speaker 4: Surprise, but nevertheless, I wanted to pass it.

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Speaker 3: Up that the drive by media did not ask one

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Speaker 4: And of course the people there that were assembled standing

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Speaker 4: of this. A plan to get rid of all kinds

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Speaker 4: of rent tape that raises the costs and lowers the

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Speaker 4: speed and the pace at which projects get done, which

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Speaker 4: would also reduce the opportunities for payoffs and graft and

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Speaker 3: And this is a classic event. This is a classic thing.

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Speaker 4: I think one of the reasons Trump decided to bring

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Speaker 4: because this is another example of it instance of the

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Speaker 4: Trump Agenda, which is actually aimed at making things better

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Speaker 4: in the country. Trump has long said that he wants

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Speaker 4: to ramp up and really improve rebuild America's infrastructures. One

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Speaker 4: of fact, it would be so expensive. He originally proposed

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Speaker 4: how many of you've had a remodeling project or any

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Speaker 3: And it's gotten to the point now if.

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Speaker 4: You're building a house, you're adding a room or whatever,

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Speaker 3: And this is the kind of thing that.

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Speaker 4: On a grand scale building highways, remodeling airports, highway systems,

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Speaker 4: of course getting it done right.

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Speaker 3: So this is right in the wheelhouse.

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Speaker 4: So the Democrats are running around talking about spending all

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Speaker 4: here's Donald Trump, results oriented, wanting to be able to

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Speaker 4: then you've got a dull, boring campaign. But when you've

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Speaker 3: And that's what they know.

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Speaker 1: Greg, he totally nailed it, He really did. And I

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Speaker 2: Definitely, definitely, it feels very.

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Speaker 1: Fresh and Greg, I just want to talk about Rush now.

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Speaker 1: produces everyone. Rush influenced every heart he touched, every mind

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Speaker 1: he changed or opened had a chain reaction, and his

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Speaker 1: to speak. He changed the trajectory of lives in big

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Speaker 1: I personally always marveled about him, aside from his prescient

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Speaker 2: remember that day, just before Obama was inaugurated, when he

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Speaker 3: I hope he fails.

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Speaker 2: Nobody on the staff could believe he said it. I

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Speaker 2: Rush was just that kind of guy. He was kind

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Speaker 2: I'm eager to see where we go from here.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, and his relevance it's timeless.

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Speaker 2: It is well, this has been fascinating Intrudeau to After Hours.

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Speaker 1: Yes, and on future episodes of After Hours. Like we said,

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Speaker 1: it's kind of like an after hours party. You never

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Speaker 1: going to be there or what kind of shenanigans Greg

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Speaker 2: Send them to us because we're the ones who get them.

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Speaker 2: They don't go to Klaimbuck first, Ali and I see

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and if you have any also behind the scenes

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Speaker 2: We've got some ideas for coming up in the future

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Speaker 1: And you know, we've got tips. We've got tips.

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Speaker 2: Thanks ally, this has been fun.

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Speaker 1: Yes, yeah, And for all of you out there who

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Speaker 1: are missing Rush today, we hope listening to his voice again,

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Speaker 1: hearing how relevant he still is and always will be,

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Speaker 1: brought some comfort to you on this four year anniversary.

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Speaker 2: Until next time,