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Allen Jackson NOW | Allen Jackson: Inflation Theater | Allen Jackson Now | December 11, 2025

Good evening and welcome to nashville.
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I'm alan jackson.
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Across the country's history, holding public office
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Has always been a combination of primarily serving the public
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But also having to play the political game.
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But now it seems that it's all politics and any public service.
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Well, it seems they'll just get to that later.
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Take the case of the democrats sudden focus on affordability,
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Where they're acting as if all was well during the biden years.
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Conveniently
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Ignoring the fact that what happened
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During biden's term, when covid ended, consumer
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Demand suddenly increased, inflation took off.
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Well, back then,
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They wanted to protect the left leaning white house,
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So there was no talk about affordability.
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But they did brand the bad news as a supply chain problem.
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Remember hearing those words over
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And over the broken supply chain?
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Well, the problem now is that those high prices that jumped up
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During the biden years, they never came back down.
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But rather than talking the truth,
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They've branded it affordability.
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And it's all president trump's fault.
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As i said at the top of the show, that's
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How the political game is played these days.
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Well, one more thing.
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You may wonder how affordability
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Suddenly became the media's top ten story this month.
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Well, of course
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They did it with the usual help of a compliant media.
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We have a truth teller on board tonight,
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Our inside washington editor and friend, bob cusack.
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Welcome back to the show, sir.
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Thanks, allen, for having me.
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You know, with no effective leader in their party,
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The democrats blame everything on president trump.
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But the facts are
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That these stubborn high prices
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Were not only a supply chain issue,
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But they were about labor shortages, energy cost,
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Government stimulus
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And a big demand rebound that kicked off inflation.
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Do they really think that we don't remember
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When affordability actually became an issue?
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Well, that's what democrats are hoping for.
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And certainly we don't know other than saying affordability,
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What is going to be their plan on health care.
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They want to extend the obamacare subsidies i get that.
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But overall, where does the democratic party stand
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And how will it solve
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The problem that it created, as you said?
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Certainly through a lot of government
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Spending, some of that was covid related,
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But a lot of it was just normal washington spending.
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And that leads to inflation.
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Well, to help illustrate this political theater
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Versus public service,
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I want to play a clip of the house minority leader
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When he was trying to get the inflation
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Monkey off his back,
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Just a few days after president trump took office.
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Listen to hakeem jeffries back in february.
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We were told that grocery
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Prices would go down on day one on january 20th.
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Costs aren't lower.
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In fact, costs are increasing.
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The price of eggs is skyrocketing. out of control.
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Inflation is on the way up.
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You know, if his theory was correct,
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That would have meant president trump had some sort of magic
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Wand to make chickens suddenly hatch more eggs.
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Well, bob, as you know, i grew up on a farm,
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And i've never seen that happen.
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What do you think he was talking about?
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Well, i think a lot of people are shaking their heads on that,
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Especially so soon after, trump, took office.
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And certainly, when you win, you get a lot,
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You get the spoils, but you get the problems, too.
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And trump is dealing with a lot of problems now.
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They've pointed to the
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To the biden administration for starting them.
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And i think that's good. that has worked.
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A lot of this year.
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But going into next year,
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I think they're going to have to have
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Some tangible results at the same time.
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I think the media should be pressing
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Democrats on their specific plans.
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How are you going to make things affordable?
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They really have an answer to that question.
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We know americans have a pretty short memory
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When it comes to politics, and we're always hoping
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That the next guy is going to make things better.
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But if they already forgotten
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The messy biden retreat from afghanistan
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Or the claims that the border was secure,
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Even though we now have learned that 18,000 known suspected
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Terrorists came into the united states
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During those biden years,
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Or their renewable energy could replace oil and natural gas.
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Yet even with that, they appear to be trying
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To come up with an effective strategy
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For midterms that rewrites history.
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I think they'll do that.
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Well, as you say, people aren't dumb.
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They remember.
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They remember the biden years.
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And i think democrats,
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Are going to have to and should have to answer,
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For those problems that were created,
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Without a doubt, going forward into the midterms
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As well as the 2028 presidential election.
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I think the biden years are going to be a drag
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On the democratic ticket and kind of a tough question
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For candidates who want to, be president number one.
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Did you know of biden's lacking mental acuity as time went on?
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And did you have a problem with all these policies?
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So, i think it's going to be
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Very difficult for democrats to run
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Unless they are a authentic and b have specific plans,
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Authentic politicians, we can keep praying.
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You know, even the president has spoken openly
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About how midterm elections
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Usually favor the party that's out of power.
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It also seems true, in the case of trump,
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That he can get people out
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To vote with his larger than life personality,
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But that doesn't always rub off on other republicans.
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You know, it's certainly early, but how does next year
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Look to you
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In terms of the republicans holding the house and senate?
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Well, alan, if you look at the map
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In the senate, it's very republican friendly.
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And democrats chuck schumer has predicted
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They're going to win back the majority.
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I think the chances of that are slim and none,
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At least as of right now,
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They're gonna have to win every close race.
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The house, i think, could very well flip to democrats.
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Remember, trump lost the house in his first term in 2018.
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Conventional wisdom is that,
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As trump has alluded to, that the party
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In power of the white house does not do well.
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However, we've seen trump again, and again defy expectations.
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But one thing. and you you harped on it.
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Trump is not on the ballot.
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So this is going to be a big challenge.
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A lot of it will come down to redistricting fights
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And legal fights that are going on.
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The house is a toss up.
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I would give it, a slight edge
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To democrats now, but in the senate, expect
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A republican controlled senate, after the midterms.
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If the democrats flip the house, does that mean
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We're going to start another impeachment parade?
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That's a great question.
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And it's interesting.
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Democrats don't want to answer
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That question
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Because in all likelihood, they would try to impeach trump.
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And of course, it would go nowhere in the senate yet again.
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And i do think,
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Democrats are going to have to answer that question.
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Those who are running in seats that are competitive.
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Would you support impeaching trump?
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I think voters are tired of that type of politics.
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And they want they want affordability addressed.
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They want groceries going down. they don't want
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A third impeachment that's going to go nowhere.
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And to me, really kind of a waste of time.
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But without a doubt.
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The left wants trump
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Impeached again
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And they're going to be pushing for it
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If they gain control of the house.
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You know, bob, you've watched washington for a long time.
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We have some legitimate problems that need resolved.
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And it's going to take some leadership,
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Even cooperative leadership,
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If we're going to get a budget balance,
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We're going to pay down the debt.
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What would it take
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In washington, d.c., from your experience
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To come back to that kind of a place
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Where our political leaders
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Would actually cooperate for the good of the country?
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You know, i haven't seen it for a while.
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I have seen it and in fits and starts in washington,
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Where you had leaders who, yes,
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They were of,
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The opposite party,
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But they would get along with one another
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And they would tackle big problems.
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Right now i see a lot of finger pointing.
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The big issues that have to be dealt with,
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Most notably the debt, neither party is taking that on.
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And and unless we address it, it's really going to explode,
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And hurt our, our our children and our grandkids.
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Congress must address.
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And the president must address some of the tough problems,
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But a lot of the a lot of people in congress,
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They're they're all about social media now, and they're not
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They don't want to really tackle the tough problems.
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Well, it seems to me that lawlessness
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Is another major problem.
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At some point,
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We have to come back and decide
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We're going to live under the rule of law again.
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Is that a possibility?
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Yeah.
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I think well, i think that that trump with,
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Closing the border, he's done a i think that of all the things
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He's done,
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That's been the most impressive, especially compared to
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To former president biden,
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Who really did, you know, didn't have, control of the border.
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President obama was much tougher than biden.
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On the border.
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So i think trump has done that because that ties in to crime
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And drugs.
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And and people want to make sure that when they
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Go to the grocery store, they're going to be safe.
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And then when they get in the grocery store,
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They want things that, that are affordable,
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And not too expensive.
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Those are some big problems.
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And those are the
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I think some of the big problems facing, policymakers
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Right now.
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Well, bob, there's a lot more to discuss.
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Could you stay for another segment?
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Absolutely. we'll be right back.
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Absolutely. we'll be right back.
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We're back now with
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The veteran washington news editor, bob cusack.
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I want to start this segment
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By listening to a rare moment of political civility.
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Two governors, a democrat and a republican, sharing
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Their thoughts on how to combat political violence.
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Governor shapiro of pennsylvania had his house torched
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While his family were sleeping.
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And governor cox was in utah when charlie kirk
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Was assassinated.
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They were together on the stage for this event.
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The answers to so much of the darkness that we see in america
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Today is the light
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That ordinary americans bring each day, oftentimes
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Grounded in faith and in our shared humanity.
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We can't make politics our religion
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If we're going to make it another 250 years.
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We desperately need you tonight to lay down your swords
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And, and to treat each other with dignity and respect again.
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One of the things that charlie said,
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That i still believe is he says when we
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When we stop talking, that's when we start shooting.
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No, bob, the violence makes
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The news, but the civility usually doesn't make air.
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Why is that?
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And how much of it are we really missing?
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Well, certainly the media focuses on conflict
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A lot, and both of them are right.
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Political violence is on the upswing.
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Politics used to be more fun to cover, and more
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People got passionate about it, which is great.
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But there's there's a limit, to passion.
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And some people
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Have obviously mental illness and and we've seen tragedy,
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Like we have, with, with the assassination of charlie kirk.
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But i do think you know those.
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And i know this personally, members
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Of congress on both sides of the aisle do get along.
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Not all of them.
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And it doesn't make the headlines,
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But sometimes
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They work on a big issues or small issues together.
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And there are actually friends.
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But that that has been minimized over the years especially.
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It used to be where,
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Where congress would,
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Would work during the week, and then they would
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Their families would hang out, over the weekend.
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Now they're leaving on a thursday.
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They're going back home.
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A lot of these, politicians don't even know each other.
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And when you don't know each other,
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It's easy to attack one another.
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But there are,
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There are some alliances that don't get the headlines,
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And we need more of them.
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Well, here's another unreported fact.
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The recent gallup survey shows that 71% of the country
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Identifies as either moderate or conservative,
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While the democratic party moves even more to the left
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With people like the new york mayor elect
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Or their old love, bernie sanders or aoc.
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And now
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We've got the new loudest voice in the room, jasmine crockett.
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Both parties have trouble keeping people in their tent.
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But are the democrats making their problems even worse?
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With this emphasis on extremes?
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It's a real problem
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For the democratic party, because
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How are they going to win in 2028?
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Well, they they're not going to be
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Able to win
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If they nominate someone who's, who's, an aoc type.
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It's going to be
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Very difficult for, for an, extreme liberal to win.
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You've got to attract those moderate and independent voices.
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And what's going to happen during the primary,
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Of 2028, which will basically start in 20 early 2027.
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Well, the left is going to want one of their own,
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To win the nomination.
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And they're louder than a lot of the moderate.
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So, that's something to watch.
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Joe biden was
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Elected as a moderate, but but the party moved him way left
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And and that hurt the party and continues to hurt the party.
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According to the poll that you just cited.
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I have a question about the war on drugs
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That i would think with 100,000 overdose drug deaths each year,
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The american people would be behind
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The attacks on the drug runners.
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But rather than talking about how to solve the drug problem,
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A lot of democrats remain
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Focused on the attacks on the drug filled boats.
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Do you think the public sees through the politics
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Of what the democrats are trying to do on this issue?
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This is a very
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Tricky line, alan, for democrats to walk.
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They've got a tip toe it.
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I know they have legal concerns here,
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But for for average everyday americans
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Who are living paycheck to paycheck,
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That's not going to affect their daily lives.
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And they certainly.
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And if you and so many of us know people whose lives
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Have been either lost or severely damaged by drugs,
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A lot of people think, listen, if if those guys in
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The boat were bad guys.
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Well, then if it takes one strike
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To strike, the three strike, what's the difference?
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And democrats have to have to be cognizant of that.
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Remember the 2024 election, despite what kamala harris says?
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It was a rout.
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Trump won the popular vote and he won all seven battlegrounds.
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There's a reason for that.
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And the democrats really haven't done
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An analysis, an autopsy, like republicans
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Have done in the past when they lost.
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And that could hurt them going into 2026.
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But more importantly, going into 2028,
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Because trump has changed the map,
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Pennsylvania republicans couldn't win.
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Now, now, trump and other republicans,
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They could be the favorite in 2028.
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In states like that,
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Trump created the dodge committee,
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And his cabinet is cutting cost across every agency.
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Now interest
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Rates are coming down, but the national
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Debt is still $38 trillion.
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It seems that both parties are unable to make
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Big enough cuts in spending or in the size of government,
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Without risking their reelection.
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Are we just going to have to somehow grow our way out of this
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Debt spiral, or is there some other way
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That you've seen work during your time in washington,
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You know, with this amount of debt?
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And it used to be that we that the deficit,
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Which is the one year account, was under $1 trillion.
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Now it went over a trillion.
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And now each year we're digging deeper and deeper.
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Alan, we growth is great.
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But it's not going to solve the problem.
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The entitlement programs and defense spending,
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They have to be addressed. social security, medicare.
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And if you do nothing, alan,
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Those those programs are going to go bankrupt.
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So this is where congress has to wake up.
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And the debt, i think is the biggest issue
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That doesn't get enough attention.
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It's got to be handled.
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We can't keep spending, and expect no repercussions.
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This is one
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That's not going to happen any time soon,
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But it's going to happen within the next decade.
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Or it's really going to be a big problem for this country.
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Well, thank you for joining us tonight, bob.
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You always bring clarity to that fog of washington dc.
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We appreciate your time.
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And that's a lot of fog.
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Thanks, alan.
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Appreciate it. merry christmas in a moment.
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But reason for our hope.
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But reason for our hope.
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With so many outlets for news
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We're doing something very different here.
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Our goal is different.
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If you're going to spend 30 minutes with us,
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We want you to hear information
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With depth and understanding and all of it anchored in truth.
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So much of legacy media is using their platform
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To manipulate information to push an agenda.
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Well, instead of celebrating that our border is more secure
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And that the administration is attempting
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To make our cities safer
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By removing violent criminals who are here illegally,
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The legacy media applauds mayors and governors
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Who are stopping the duly elected president
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From carrying out the will of the voter.
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It's disorienting
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If you listen to the legacy media, you would think inflation
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Started when president trump was inaugurated in january.
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So being anchored in truth is vital in this season
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Because we are walking through
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A season of change and unprecedented discontinuity.
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Let's take a big picture of you.
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For thousands of years, you could take a skill, a trade,
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A means of earning a livelihood, and a grandfather
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Could pass those skills down to his grandson
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And expect everything to go well in their life.
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We live in a very different world today.
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My grandfather's first job
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Required him to have a team of horses,
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And he had to bring the team.
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You know, i doubt very many people today
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Watching this program
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Would even know how to harness a team of horses.
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Well, here's another example of change.
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I have access to more information
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On my telephone right now
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Than i had in most of the libraries i visited.
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When i attended the universities.
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You know, that rate of change brings tremendous discontinuity.
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It leaves us not understanding
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How to navigate where true north is,
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How to maintain our boundaries.
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It seems to me that we as a society are just a bit dizzy.
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We're we're dizzy with the boundaries
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And moral perspectives in our lives
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With right and wrong, good and evil.
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Who do we trust for information?
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We're seeing things that aren't familiar
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And we're trying to sort it out.
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So how do you stay anchored?
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Well, the best way i know to maintain your equilibrium
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Is to stay grounded in the bible.
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I know that sounds like an oversimplification,
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But it really isn't.
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It's worth an investment of your time
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On a daily basis to read the bible.
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Then from that, we just determined
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To honor christ in every area of our life.
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If you'll do that,
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Walk in the light that you know there is hope for our future.
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I'll be right back
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With your emails.
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With your emails.
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Thank you for taking the time to send us your emails.
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They are always a highlight of the program.
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Elizabeth from georgia ask.
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My question is, how important do you think it is
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For a christian in christ to visit jerusalem,
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Seeing that one day abba father will create a new jerusalem?
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Elizabeth, i probably have a little bit of a bias on that.
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I studied in jerusalem at hebrew university.
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I've been in and out of the city many times.
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It changes your faith.
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It changes your bible when you read it.
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It's not a requirement.
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It's an opportunity.
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One of the good things about technology today is
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You can become pretty familiar with jerusalem
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And the
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The opportunities in that city just by using the technology
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We have. we don't even have to have jet lag.
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I don't think it's a requirement for christianity,
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But it certainly brings your bible to life in a new way.
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Steve from south carolina
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Said, for those pastors and people who adhere
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To a diluted version of christianity
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Allowing culture to shape their message
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Rather than letting our bible and beliefs shaped culture,
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What do you think will happen to them?
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I know that they've accepted jesus as their lord,
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But i also see that they don't follow all of god's word,
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But rather promote lifestyles that completely contradict
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The bible's direction.
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Well, those pastors be held accountable.
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Will their congregations still walk through the narrow gate?
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Well, steve, next time you indonesia, your question.
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I think the answer to that is not simple.
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The bible tells us that those of us
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That have responsibilities to lead with our faith
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Will be held accountable for how we lead the way.
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Ezekiel uses the imagery of the the watchmen on the walls
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That if we sound an alarm, if we see coming,
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Then we won't be held accountable.
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But we're silent.
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In the face of that,
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We'll be held accountable for the problems.
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I'm deeply concerned for shepherds of the flocks
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Who don't tell the truth.
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I think it's a very dangerous precedent.
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It terrifies me, to be honest.
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I don't think there's any such thing as a lukewarm christian.
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Jesus said, if you're lukewarm,
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He wants to spew you out of his mouth.
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I think all of us should give attention to walking
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In obedience, full obedience to the truth that we know,
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If we will each one do that.
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The larger problem will take care of itself.
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Well, i'm alan jackson.
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Thank you for spending a few minutes with us,
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And i pray you have a wonderful evening.
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