6 'OFIVERS WAKE UP ITS WEDNESDAY (DAY AFTER THE PRIMARIES) 6/10/26

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SPEAKER_11 0:00

The Quintern is here. Oh no! Oh no! I think you're the only intern that got its own song. I'm happy with it.

SPEAKER_04 0:16

That's right, he's here. He's fresh off the tour. The pity party. Actually, I'm having a bit of a pity party this morning. Yeah, I got a feeling the pity.

SPEAKER_11 0:27

You and I knew going in, but it's still a little disappointing on I was kind of hoping everybody would be, you know.

SPEAKER_04 0:33

Let's ask the quinturne. Did you did you vote?

SPEAKER_10 0:35

I did. I did vote.

SPEAKER_04 0:36

Did you vote Rom ready?

SPEAKER_10 0:38

I did not vote Rom Reddy, but it was because I know I'm gonna get flamed by voted Democrat.

SPEAKER_04 0:44

Oh man. I know. Did you vote for that Jermaine Jackson guy?

SPEAKER_10 0:47

Um I or Johnson.

SPEAKER_04 0:49

What's his name? Wait, Jermaine Jackson is somebody else. What's his name? Wait, is he back on tour? Jermaine Johnson? Johnson. Is that his name? Johnson. He's the one who won. I know. Did you vote for a loser at least?

SPEAKER_10 1:01

I did. Thank God.

SPEAKER_04 1:04

Thank God. You voted for a Democrat loser. That's good. We voted for a Republican loser.

SPEAKER_10 1:08

I went for Mullins McLeod, which I Mullins McCloud.

SPEAKER_04 1:12

Why would you vote for that person?

SPEAKER_10 1:14

Well, I looked up all of their uh policies, all the things they had actual stances on. McLeod is the only one, all of them. All of the okay, all of them. Yeah, all of them.

SPEAKER_04 1:26

And there was I thought he'd identified as they, them or something.

SPEAKER_10 1:29

Yeah, because I was getting confused.

SPEAKER_04 1:31

Okay.

SPEAKER_10 1:32

He he had a comprehensive list of every single thing, and I was like, okay.

SPEAKER_04 1:36

What was the one thing that was most important to you, the Quinter?

SPEAKER_10 1:40

Well, talking with Rom Reddy, some something that um a lot of people haven't talked about as much, or the data center problem. I feel very strongly about that, seeing how it's starting to branch out. Yeah. That was just one of the sections he had, and he addressed it in different ways. Yes, he was against that.

SPEAKER_04 1:58

And I thought, well, he certainly has some people see that as anti-business. I mean I don't know if that's um anticipation. No, I wouldn't say it's anti-business. I think it's pro-citizen, but uh, you know my.

SPEAKER_10 2:12

No, that's what I would say too. I mean I don't think it's anti-business if the business has the potential of hurting people, hurting communities.

SPEAKER_11 2:22

What's funny is everything he lists is pretty much what everybody lists. They all say the same crap.

SPEAKER_10 2:27

Yeah, but he said more than any of the other people did on their own official websites. I mean, who was who was the one guy that wasn't uh the guy who won.

SPEAKER_04 2:35

He won big time.

SPEAKER_10 2:36

Billy Webster was nothing.

SPEAKER_04 2:38

Billy Webster was a really he was like kind of a lot of people were like pushing for him.

SPEAKER_10 2:43

No, I don't think so. I think he had a lot of nothing stances and he was just a business guy trying to get in politics. I didn't I didn't like what I saw. I don't think Jermaine Johnson was a bad pick, but I thought if I had to go into it, I wanted to look at the person who at least addressed the most instead of just Okay. But in the end, uh it wasn't great because Mullins McLeod, come to find out, is not not a Democrat? No, not that he's not a Democrat, just that he was not a stable individual. And he was caught on footage about a year back.

SPEAKER_04 3:16

Wait, is this before or after you voted for him?

SPEAKER_10 3:18

This was after.

SPEAKER_04 3:21

Quintern, what kind of research did you do?

SPEAKER_10 3:23

I know, I know, right? No, don't get me off. I'm kicking myself.

SPEAKER_11 3:26

I'm kicking myself. Can I give you just a little insight into something that's I think is valuable? Look up controversy each time. No, that you could no. This is something you can take with you. That is so funny.

SPEAKER_04 3:37

Most Democrats are insane. They all lie. All politicians lie.

SPEAKER_11 3:41

Most Democrats are insane. All politicians lie. Yes, all politicians lie, but the ones on the left are nuts.

SPEAKER_04 3:47

That's why I would be the worst politician on the planet. Yeah, because we wouldn't lie. I couldn't, I can't lie. I'm not in my You're gonna fix the roads? I don't know. I'm going to put in I-73. I'm going to get rid of income taxes. How? How are you going to do that? I'm going to fix the roads and the bridges.

SPEAKER_11 4:08

Whatever. They all say education. Big priority of mine. Yeah, in what way? Yeah. Oh, you're going to educate your bank account? That's pretty much how I feel going to be.

SPEAKER_04 4:18

That's how I feel.

SPEAKER_11 4:19

And that's both sides of the aisle.

SPEAKER_04 4:20

Yeah, both sides.

SPEAKER_11 4:21

They all say the same currently.

SPEAKER_04 4:22

I'm on term limits. Yeah.

SPEAKER_11 4:24

We're going to fix the education in this state.

SPEAKER_10 4:26

Where's it at? Where's that? Where's it at right now?

SPEAKER_04 4:29

Where's it? Yeah. I mean, look. Look at what's happened. All right.

SPEAKER_08 4:35

Here we are.

SPEAKER_04 4:36

Budget blinds text line. Did your candidate win? Oh, Melanie Wellins won. People are waiting for some results, Nick. Come on.

SPEAKER_05 4:44

Oh, sorry.

SPEAKER_04 4:44

Melanie Wellins won. Hold on. It's so hard for me to say her name. I'm like, Melanie Wellins. I can't say it. Melanie Wellins. Melanie Wellins.

SPEAKER_10 4:54

Melanie Wellins was a very good pick.

SPEAKER_02 4:59

You silly wabbit. Hold on. Hold on. Melanie.

SPEAKER_19 5:04

In-depth election coverage you can trust.

SPEAKER_02 5:07

It's election 2026 in South Carolina. The primaries with the Liz Callaway show and Nick Summers. Oh my gosh. I had to make it official.

SPEAKER_11 5:14

Thank you. So here we go. Republican South Carolina goober candidates.

SPEAKER_04 5:21

That's official term. It is.

SPEAKER_11 5:22

Pamela Ebbett and Alan Wilson are headed to a runoff. Oh my goodness. This was uh earlier this morning, according to the Associated.

SPEAKER_04 5:29

Are we headed to Pamela? I don't know. That's what that's what Kelsey is saying. He's got like a 99% chance of winning against Wilson. On the Democratic side. Good job, South Carolina.

SPEAKER_11 5:41

Jermaine Jackson, Johnson. Johnson, whatever. Got the nod over Billy Webster and Mullins McLeod. The runoff between Wilson and uh Everett, as I heard many say last night. I know why. Except for June 23rd. Elsewhere, the Senate race. Lindsey Graham uh beat up on Mark Lynch and R pick uh Hermann.

SPEAKER_04 6:01

Oh, it's it's a fix. It's a fix. It's rigged. It's rigged. That's amazing.

SPEAKER_11 6:04

26.8 to 28.9. Uh R pick Herman got uh 3.75. You know, I I mentioned on on Twitter, on X that I voted for Herman, and I got a big thank you from Herman himself. Aww. I thought that was nice. It was nice. So in the AG side of things, the South Carolina uh goober race is not the only one headed for a runoff, as the state attorney general race also needs one after the uh Republican primary last night. Goldfinch, uh Merle's Inlet native, will head into a June 23rd runoff with David Stumbo. The winner will face off against the Democrat Richard uh, I don't even know how to say his name. Hivrick. Hivrick. It's like an H and an R to start. Hivrick in November. Uh Goldfinch ended up with 40%. Stumbo got 35.7. Pasco just did not survive. You know, the Trump kiss is a real thing, but so is the the Trump curse. Because Trump had plenty of posts on this guy. Laura Loomer was exposing this guy months ago. That whole thing with him on video saying, I would never support a Democrat president, and then saying I voted for Joe Biden, it just didn't sit well with my. Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_04 7:13

She won 74.48%. Her last name is Boozer.

SPEAKER_11 7:20

Wonderful.

SPEAKER_04 7:21

That's that's a horrible name for politics. I know. Especially in the boozer on your controller, like like especially in Founders Day, which is today. Oh, okay. There you go.

SPEAKER_11 7:31

Uh as far as the agricultural secretary, we had uh run Cody Run at 38%, Danny Ford at 37%. So there's a runoff between those two.

SPEAKER_04 7:39

Ford Simpson. Yep.

SPEAKER_11 7:41

And our guy, Jeremy Cannon, uh sadly, only 13.72. I think it was name recognition. We had a lot of people yesterday on our budget blinds text line saying, Who are you picking for Egg? And I said, and they said, I can't find any info on the guy. I never heard of the guy. And we honestly didn't either until we were told from a listener.

SPEAKER_04 7:59

I don't know why these people don't seek out every single media entity out there.

SPEAKER_11 8:05

Well, if you or I were in charge of their campaign or at least media relations, that's the first thing I'd be looking up. Because we know the power of radio. At least at the very minimum, it provides name recognition, and then people can do their research. Oregon County School Board Chair, this was on everybody's ballot. We had uh Melanie Wellens, 59.82%, to Daryl Ricketts, 40.18%. Other people had different school things on their ballot. I did not. You did, Liz?

SPEAKER_04 8:35

Joe Wilson, he won.

SPEAKER_11 8:37

Oh yeah, and uh so did uh what's his face? Uh the fake district that we created.

SPEAKER_04 8:42

Someone running for the House of Representatives named Robert E. Lee. Seriously. Wonderful. He didn't even win for name recognition. He's the last vote getter.

SPEAKER_11 8:51

I wonder if it's like a drunk guy at the polls going, you think he's related?

SPEAKER_04 8:54

Robert E. Lee. I'm gonna vote for him.

SPEAKER_14 8:56

Isn't that the isn't that the dude on the Duke's the hazard? I didn't realize he was back.

SPEAKER_04 9:03

Uh yeah, well, he lost. Just saying.

SPEAKER_11 9:06

Uh both advisory questions were just scroll scrolling through.

SPEAKER_04 9:10

Clyburn!

SPEAKER_11 9:10

Yes, yeah, I was gonna say Clyburn in that fake district. Um votes, both advisory questions were yes votes. Question one got 90% yes, question two got 76.49% yes. Where they go from here, I don't know. Because they are non-binding. They're just like, hey, let's take the temperature of the people and see what they think. And then they disappear. Generally, not always, but generally. So there's that. We also had election day delays in Orie County. Did you hear about these? Turns out it's no big deal. It was anything, nothing nefarious. It's uh one just didn't show up to work. Are you sure? Yeah. Here is the exact story. Uh, we got voters in two Orie County precincts experienced delays in casting their ballots yesterday morning, according to an election official. Voters who showed up at 7 a.m. to vote First Baptist Church, uh 500 Fourth Avenue in Myrtle Beach at the Moon Shadow Lane precinct in Garden City were not immediately available to pa uh cast their ballots. Sandy Martin, the director of uh county voter registration and elections office, told News 13 the delay at First Baptist Church was a delay in opening the church. Basically, someone didn't have the keys to get in. So the election worker couldn't get in and set everything up. Somebody forgot to meet her there. The other one was the person who was in charge of setting everything up didn't show up for work. So they immediately found a replacement, got folks in. Only 40 people were affected, and they did get to vote. Like I said, I don't think anything nefarious, it's just miscommunication, I think, on the keys thing. And the other one, I don't know why that person didn't show up. Why do you volunteer to do something and then don't show up?

SPEAKER_04 10:42

Hmm. Why don't you ask everybody that ever worked here that question? Because we had that a couple of times.

SPEAKER_11 10:48

Yeah, we did. Uh those, let's see, was uh there was a couple other reports, people just went to the wrong place. That happens all the time. Uh that was according to Sandy Martin. Um, and that's it. So really only only a few people delayed. Everybody got to vote, so it's not a big deal. That's it. As far as the uh election thing.

SPEAKER_04 11:10

I was just looking um on I'm just scrolling through the election results and I saw that um in District 14 Lawrence County, there was a Luke Rankin that ran. Really? Are they any relation to Luke Rankin that we know? Uh but he lost. Oh, he did. Um, yeah.

SPEAKER_11 11:30

So I don't know if recognition wasn't a thing there.

SPEAKER_04 11:34

No, definitely not. Um, but it says that he was the incumbent. And he lost. Oh. Yeah. Yeah. Um, but it doesn't seem like they're related because um it must be another Luke Rankin. How many are there? Uh not no relation. So that's not the Rankin Jr. Um that we had heard about, who's by the way, a very good singer. I heard him sing the Star Spangled Manor. Who's that? Luke? Yeah, Luke Rankin Jr. Luke Rankin or The Junior. The Junior. Oh, he's a singer. Cool. Well, I heard him sing the Star Spangled Manor.

SPEAKER_11 12:10

Uh Mark says the Lincoln the Rankin name actually hurt that candidate.

SPEAKER_04 12:14

I know, a picking, but it was an incom he was an incumbent.

SPEAKER_11 12:17

Right.

SPEAKER_04 12:17

Um, any other districts did you guys have to vote for?

SPEAKER_11 12:21

Didn't focus on anything else.

SPEAKER_04 12:23

Did you have any districts?

SPEAKER_11 12:24

I had nothing other than what I also mentioned. Yeah, we had nothing else other than uh governor, A. G. I'm scrolling to see if I see any and I know various other people had like school stuff. The only school one I had was Ricketts and Wellens, and Wellens won, as I mentioned.

SPEAKER_10 12:39

I got nothing else. I got no districts or anything like that on my okay.

SPEAKER_04 12:43

All right. Um, let me see. Oh, Barbara Arthur ran again and she lost. Dang it. I really like her. She's just a very committed to her passionate.

SPEAKER_11 12:54

Passionate, yes, everything.

SPEAKER_04 12:55

She lost, she was running in district sixty five House of Representatives. Where's that? She moved away from here? No, she's never lived here. Oh. Yeah. My mistake. She's like, she was in our district, but she was far away.

SPEAKER_11 13:08

Okay.

SPEAKER_04 13:09

Um, she's in district seven, I think it was. Actually, she won't be if we get redistricted. Um, so let's see.

SPEAKER_11 13:17

Nancy Nace up Nancy Nace. Did you hear what I said?

SPEAKER_04 13:20

Nancy Nace. Yeah, Nancy. That's like Mellowie Wemlins. I know Wellins. Mellumie Wellins.

SPEAKER_11 13:26

I didn't I was up to it. Nancy Nace. Uh she actually pulled out earlier in the day and basically.

SPEAKER_04 13:31

Oh, did you see that whole thing?

SPEAKER_11 13:33

She threw her support. What which one?

SPEAKER_04 13:35

Nancy Mace pulled out of the race?

SPEAKER_11 13:37

Yeah. Earlier the day. She knew that it was a no-win situation.

SPEAKER_04 13:40

And who did she endorse?

SPEAKER_11 13:41

I can't remember. Was it Wilson? I want to say win. No, no, no. I saw it. I saw it. I let me find it.

SPEAKER_04 13:46

No way. Hold on. She threw in the towel?

SPEAKER_11 13:49

Hold on. It was reported that she was a bit.

SPEAKER_04 13:53

Why would she wait till the last second?

SPEAKER_11 13:55

Mm-hmm. Hold on. Let's see what happens when people are like twives.

SPEAKER_04 14:04

Oh, here it is. 89% yes and 78% yes for the two advisory questions, like you said, Nikki. 465,000 people voted.

SPEAKER_11 14:17

The campaign member from uh lieutenant governor uh was arrested. We saw that as we were getting off the air for assaulting a Nancy May supporter. We have no idea what was in the city. I have some clips of all that.

SPEAKER_04 14:31

Well, he was with a bullhorn outside, and the guy grabbed the bullhorn and you know, whatever. It's like what can I tell you? I do have some clips that we can play um later.

SPEAKER_11 14:44

This guy, this I have complete coverage on A. G and Goober race. So if you want to hear from both candidates and what they said, and we can cover that in a little bit.

SPEAKER_04 14:55

Okay. Did you hear the latest of this? Do you ever listen to that um uh there's a there's a podcast out there where this guy talks about how remember remember those pilots that were rescued like on the side of the mountain? Blah blah blah. Remember that whole thing? The pilots that were shot down. Oh yeah. And they all survived, and the one guy that had they had to go in and get them, and it was like a miracle and enemy fire and the C-130 that landed in the sand and they had to blow it up because they couldn't get it up to Did you did you hear that?

SPEAKER_10 15:33

No, I have not heard this. Where was this? Really?

SPEAKER_04 15:35

In Iran. Um but anyway, guess what? There's a conspiracy out about that. Oh, wonderful. Let me guess, Trump lied. Well, what they're saying is there's that the story, the narrative, after the fact, is a cover-up for they were actually engaged in a mission to go get the uranium. I believe that maybe, potentially. And it went south. Sure, maybe. And they made this whole enemy uh under enemy fire thing, they made all that up. But I don't know if that's that's I don't know if that's true. But I would love to send this clip to uh Lieutenant Colonel Chris O'Vort and see what he has to say. Could you imagine? And how does this guy know?

SPEAKER_11 16:30

It could be one of those speculation things and then they report on it. Yeah, yeah. People know stuff. Uh yeah, she conceding her bid for South Carolina governor late.

SPEAKER_04 16:39

Uh oh, she conceded.

SPEAKER_11 16:41

That was after right, right, right, right. And that's why I want to make sure I got to it, and she threw her support behind Alan Wilson.

SPEAKER_04 16:46

Yeah.

SPEAKER_11 16:47

So there you go. I had to make sure I got that right before we went to break.

SPEAKER_04 16:51

Yeah. So if Alan Wilson doesn't throw in the towel now, is he is he a never Trumper?

SPEAKER_11 16:59

Just for the by the fact that he's running and going against Trump's wishes, that makes him a never Trumper. Right?

SPEAKER_04 17:06

Yeah, I guess so.

SPEAKER_11 17:06

Because you're not listening to the king.

SPEAKER_04 17:09

Yeah. And how can you call Rom Reddy a liberal when he donated a million dollars to Trump's campaign?

SPEAKER_11 17:14

Rav it And his hero is Ron DeSantis.

SPEAKER_04 17:17

I mean, are you kidding me right now? And by the way, um that real America's voice, what? That's that's a pathetic news source. That guy was given all sorts of fake information. Um I I'd like to play some clips later. All right, we gotta go.

SPEAKER_14 17:35

The Liz Callaway Show with Nick Summers. Stand by. We'll be back in a few.

SPEAKER_04 17:39

I'm gonna go put my ROM ready shirt in the cabinet. You have one? No.

SPEAKER_11 17:44

Uh-huh. I don't have one either.

SPEAKER_04 17:46

I was ready for change, but South Carolina wasn't. They keep voting these.

SPEAKER_11 17:51

Well, no voting for carpet bankers, man. Oh, right. That's what I got told yesterday on the text line. How dare you? How dare you take the airwaves and tell us to vote somebody who's not even from here. Okay. Okay.

SPEAKER_04 18:03

So you vote for Lindsey Graham and let me know how that's working out for you. We're late. All right. David Short and Pithy. We are in trouble in this state. Yes. That's the message today. Yeah, I agree with you. Yeah. I'm very, very sad for us because we went through hell. We saw people lose their lives during COVID. We saw lockdowns. We saw government overreach. We saw executive order after executive order without a legislative check. We saw health czars ruling our lives, and they wanted to point a different one last year. That one didn't get approved. And now they made another one this year. That's Fauci-esque. Are you kidding me right now? You people voted that person in.

SPEAKER_11 18:57

We were promised by one of the candidates, our current lieutenant governor, she will not be a part of her new administration should she get in. She did say that. Unequivocally. She said it. That person will not be a part of my administration. Okay. So we have that.

SPEAKER_04 19:11

But we're still gonna have a health czar. Because they gotta point someone in this new model. Um, you know.

SPEAKER_11 19:21

I just don't feel that we're anywhere near cleaning up the cesspool that is Columbia, which is just DC Jr.

SPEAKER_04 19:28

So here's what we have to look forward to until November. Massive, massive amount of dirt, garbage, mudslinging. You should have seen the things that were coming out of Pamela Evitt back in Ohio. You should have seen the things coming out of Wilson's, you know, his camp back and forth. It's gonna be ugly. It's like the battle between Mothra and Godzilla in the swamp. That's what it's gonna be, and it's gonna be not fun. I am I feel so sorry for us. I really do. And you know what? You guys did it to yourselves, so have at it. I mean, I I voted for a change. I voted rebel, I voted to make a difference, and you guys all voted the same, same crap, different day.

SPEAKER_11 20:21

Not everybody, in all fairness. We have plenty of people who joined.

SPEAKER_04 20:24

I'm talking to the people who voted for that. Right, right, right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm not talking about the people who voted for change. Yeah, they voted Lindsay, they voted establishment.

SPEAKER_11 20:34

Out of everything, Lindsay is the least of my concerns because at least we get a few good things and he sides with Trump. But yes, I agree. I would have really loved change there, but he's the least of my concern. I'm really concerned about local. Local, the corruption stuff. You know, I feel good about the Melanie Wellins, you know, doing my research, and she is a true student advocate and and not concerned with administrative nonsense, which is what is the problem with I think with education, not just here, but all over the nation. It's just administrators got too much power, too much control, and we've forgotten the whole point of uh sending our kids to school, which is to teach them things, important things that they will need later in life.

SPEAKER_04 21:13

I miss the days of having chairman um Joe DeFeo where he would come on after every board meeting and tell us what happened. He was a great individual, um, and I really respected him because I asked him a lot of hard questions and um he was trying to build those schools and trying to do the right thing. And uh it's it's it's horrible what happened. Uh he passed away suddenly. Um and uh he was just he was just awesome. Um and so we don't have that kind of um connection with the Ori County School Board anymore. Why? Because transparency is their enemy and they don't want to be held accountable for the things they say. It's just easier to hide.

SPEAKER_11 22:00

They loved COVID, but then all of a sudden they hated it because, well, wait a minute.

SPEAKER_04 22:03

Cameras were on.

SPEAKER_11 22:04

Cameras are on.

SPEAKER_04 22:05

Yeah. Zoom. Zoom in, baby. Yeah. Alright. We're late.

SPEAKER_11 22:12

That was me on guitar. I'm starting to write something for me and you.

SPEAKER_04 22:23

Write a song? You mean a song? Not a song per se. Oh, you mean like a like a bumper music?

SPEAKER_11 22:30

Yeah, where it's just gonna be our theme. And that theme will be present and so we can use it. Yeah, because we're gonna be switching how we do our podcast. Maybe we can get Luke to play keyboards on it. I could probably have a part there for him. I could send him what I got. He could lay down something. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 22:49

We can make maybe make some like real music.

SPEAKER_11 22:51

Yeah, that's what I mean. Like the session. None of this will be AI. I refuse. If I'm gonna write something, I'm gonna write it myself, produce it myself. And then it doesn't have to be any voc any vocals, so I don't have that problem. I'm not a great singer.

SPEAKER_04 23:06

But we we know of a good singer.

SPEAKER_11 23:09

Yeah, we know a couple, but I but there's no vocals for this.

SPEAKER_04 23:11

It's just thematic. Well, you need something something.

SPEAKER_11 23:15

Well, it's shouts, but yeah, like shouts, yeah. But it won't necessarily have to be.

SPEAKER_04 23:20

But maybe we can get someone like I don't know, I don't know, Winter.

SPEAKER_10 23:23

Me? Well, I was about to say, I know two really great singers that you could try and get. We're just on tour in Charleston.

SPEAKER_04 23:31

So tell us how it went.

SPEAKER_10 23:33

It was great.

SPEAKER_04 23:35

So tell us where you went.

SPEAKER_10 23:37

Right. We were at the uh North Charleston Stadium. Uh we were in the fourth row. Oh my gosh. I did not realize we were gonna get away.

SPEAKER_04 23:47

Did you get spat upon? Like I actually. Almost. Yeah.

SPEAKER_10 23:50

Oh my gosh. There was a a couple of moments. There was a moment where there was genuinely uh spit and sweat.

SPEAKER_04 23:59

That knows what that means.

SPEAKER_10 24:00

A giant spit take, giant cup of water spraying over the audience.

unknown 24:04

Oh god, that's gross.

SPEAKER_10 24:06

No, twice actually, because puddles did it and weird owl did it.

SPEAKER_04 24:09

Oh gosh. So so puddles the pity party's pity party.

SPEAKER_10 24:13

Puddles pity party. It is his pity party.

SPEAKER_04 24:15

And how was it? Is he that tall?

SPEAKER_10 24:18

It was crazy. Yes. We got there, and as everything was winding up, I mean puddles very casually walked out. And as the opening actor. As a French clown? Yes, as a French clown. Seven feet. Um I think he's six'e, but he does wear pretty tall, like Oh, like Kiss?

SPEAKER_04 24:36

Platform shoes?

SPEAKER_10 24:37

Not platform shoes, but oh my, his shoes were amazing. They were like, they were converse shoes. Genero lips. No, no, no. I think they had a little bit of a heel to them, but because they were converse mixed with giant clown shoes. So he was wearing these enormous sneakers with the kind of clown rounding at the front. And he had a big box of props on stage.

SPEAKER_04 25:01

And it was So he it was he like comedic at the same time?

SPEAKER_10 25:05

He was, he was. He did a lot of audience interaction. Uh he brought people on stage. Does he talk? No. His entire bit of clown is he does not speak unless he is singing. He's only gonna sing.

SPEAKER_03 25:21

Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_10 25:22

Yeah, uh he brought a few people up on stage. Guess who was lucky enough to get brought up on stage? Not you. Not me, no.

SPEAKER_05 25:30

Oh.

SPEAKER_10 25:31

But poor sucker. I managed to get a picture with him, actually. After the fact, yeah.

SPEAKER_17 25:36

Um broken tree. Where Shigelow and Shigelette can take a kiss without reverse. So he has a good voice.

SPEAKER_10 25:47

So they both get their fucking stuff.

SPEAKER_04 25:52

Like almost like Phantom of the Opera. Yes. Kind of sounded.

SPEAKER_11 25:57

Very Broadway-ish, theater-ish. Yes.

SPEAKER_04 25:59

Yes, he has a very you need an act.

SPEAKER_11 26:02

I need an act?

SPEAKER_04 26:03

Yeah.

SPEAKER_10 26:03

Okay.

SPEAKER_04 26:04

I think you could do this.

SPEAKER_10 26:05

I don't think I can get some clown makeup.

SPEAKER_04 26:06

No, no, you need something different. You could do something different with this whole thing. You need an act.

SPEAKER_10 26:13

I need an act. I should have pitched something to him last night.

SPEAKER_04 26:15

So the Puddles Pity Party, is he like doing parodies of songs or is he just writing original music?

SPEAKER_10 26:22

He m uh I think at the show last night pretty much only did uh parodies or covers of other songs. And like mashups. Yeah, yeah, not parodies rather. He does covers and he does mashups.

SPEAKER_04 26:32

So mashup means you use uh lyrics of one song and put it to the music of another song.

SPEAKER_11 26:37

That was that's his version of a mashup. Like the Gilligan song and the Stairway to Hell's.

SPEAKER_10 26:42

He did Stairway to Gilligan's Island, your new favorite mashup at the show.

SPEAKER_04 26:46

That's awesome.

SPEAKER_10 26:47

And oh my gosh, that got such a pop out of the crowd. But he also has original songs because I bought on record one of his albums from the show last night.

SPEAKER_04 26:57

Wow.

SPEAKER_10 26:57

So I'm gonna be listening to that whenever I get home.

SPEAKER_04 27:00

Amazing.

SPEAKER_11 27:01

For those of you that don't know because you missed it the other day. I want to stick this in your head. Just a few lines.

SPEAKER_04 27:09

So now do they use the original soundtrack of the song?

SPEAKER_10 27:12

No, it would all of the people he has on his uh, I think this is a composer. You sure no, I think it's someone playing the guitar as a cover.

SPEAKER_11 27:24

And they have that sound as if this right here, this video, this is the original.

SPEAKER_07 27:29

How do you know? How can you hear a tale? Tale of a fateful trip. This is so tiny ship. He's so talented that it works.

SPEAKER_10 27:46

Very good.

SPEAKER_03 27:47

Yeah. Does he do any songs from Queen?

SPEAKER_10 27:50

Yes.

SPEAKER_03 27:51

Oh my gosh! I could see him doing that.

SPEAKER_10 27:53

He did under pressure at the show. Oh. And uh his he brought uh someone up from the audience for that song.

SPEAKER_04 28:00

How about Billy Joel? Does he do something from Billy Joel? Because I can see him doing um Downy Stelle. Oh my god, Ice Ice Baby.

SPEAKER_11 28:09

Wait till it's a mashup. Or is it something else?

SPEAKER_06 28:11

Listen. Pressure. Oh, there it is. Pressing down on me, pressing down on you. No man has fall.

SPEAKER_17 28:20

Under pressure that burns a building down, splits a family in two, puts people on the streets. Eat it all up. Eat it all up. Eat it all up.

SPEAKER_04 28:36

Alright, so what ended up happening with uh Weird Owl?

SPEAKER_10 28:41

He started outside of the stadium, and uh they had played a video, a custom opening, where I think it was edited footage of some 50s monster movie. I think it was Beast from 20,000 Leagues or something, but He does this song. Did he do this? He did this is how he ended the show.

SPEAKER_17 29:05

As I walk through the valley where I harvest my grain, I take a look at my wife and realize she's very plain. But that's just perfect for an Amish like me. You know I shun fancy things like electricity. At 4 30 in the morning, I'm milking cows. Jebediah feeds the chickens and Jebs.

SPEAKER_11 29:24

Alright, so what else did he do? His big hits, I imagine. He did all of his big hits. Did he go all the way back to I Love Rocky Road? Yes.

SPEAKER_10 29:32

He did I Love Rocky Road.

SPEAKER_04 29:33

I wonder if the Amish play that at their weddings, like we play New York, New York at the end of our weddings when I was in New York.

SPEAKER_10 29:40

I I don't think they have the phones to play it at their weddings. So I'd have to assume they don't. Yeah, I'd have to assume they play on pots and pans. And if the Amish are offended by that statement, I'd love to know if they're listening. Because then we'd know they're liars.

SPEAKER_04 29:56

Yeah, they're not listening.

SPEAKER_11 29:58

I saw the the funniest. The f it's the 605 hour, so I can say this. This is an adult joke.

SPEAKER_04 30:05

Okay.

SPEAKER_11 30:06

Just so everyone knows. But it's not grotesque. It's just an adult joke. Okay? Someone is seriously wondering are the Amish allowed to motor boat their wife's boobies or do they rowboat them?

SPEAKER_10 30:21

Good.

SPEAKER_11 30:22

Just good.

SPEAKER_04 30:23

That's a good joke.

SPEAKER_11 30:24

Just gotta do it for that.

SPEAKER_04 30:26

The coin chart is ringing my bell.

SPEAKER_11 30:28

Hands off the bell, Frankenstein. I'm sorry.

SPEAKER_04 30:31

By the way, by the way, do they sing any disco? Did he sing any disco? No, he didn't sing. Because like it would be iconic if he did not only ring my bell, but if he did, I will survive. The Gloria Gaynor song. Because that is a puddled pity party opposite. And if you do, I will survive with some other like song, like from like what's that guy's name? Sam? The guy who's always crying like a dying cat. He dresses like a devil on stage all the time. You know, about the you know, someone having an affair. What's that guy's name? Sam something. He's always crying on on stage.

SPEAKER_10 31:18

Yeah, that guy.

SPEAKER_04 31:20

He's always crying, he's so pathetic, he's so depressed all the time. And he sings these depressing songs, and he's always like half crying, right? Dressing like the devil, right?

SPEAKER_10 31:29

I don't remember him dressing like the devil.

SPEAKER_04 31:31

Oh yeah. But anyway. Um those words to I will survive. That would be amazing. That would be the the iconic mashup. Because her song is so empowering and his is so depressing.

SPEAKER_11 31:46

I was that would be a really good mashup. That would be very interesting, but he doesn't necessarily do a disco song. Oh, okay. But I can find. But I did find this.

SPEAKER_04 32:00

Oh, okay. That's a little uh new wave.

SPEAKER_10 32:04

Okay.

SPEAKER_04 32:05

Did he play this?

SPEAKER_10 32:06

No.

SPEAKER_09 32:07

My mama told me when I was hatched. And someday you can't. Somehow it works.

SPEAKER_07 32:21

It does.

SPEAKER_09 32:22

Now I'm gonna come and drill up on the two minutes.

SPEAKER_08 32:26

The friend follows everywhere I go.

SPEAKER_07 32:37

I'm shooting this because the hate is a grotesque display. Will they invite me, baby? I perform this way.

SPEAKER_11 32:46

I performed this way. Oh my god.

SPEAKER_10 32:49

I wish he had done that.

SPEAKER_11 32:50

Did he do that?

SPEAKER_10 32:51

No, he entered to a parody of the happy song. But he remember that one. But it was tacky. Yeah. And it was making fun of all of us for coming to see the show, and it was great. Oh. But he had a million costume changes because he did.

SPEAKER_04 33:06

Is this Weird Al?

SPEAKER_10 33:08

Yeah, Weird Al had a bunch. And he did now.

SPEAKER_04 33:10

He changes the words.

SPEAKER_10 33:12

Yes. Here's tacky.

SPEAKER_04 33:13

Must be crazy wearing stripes of crap.

SPEAKER_06 33:19

I in the room, every meal of bad.

SPEAKER_05 33:24

Yep, yep.

SPEAKER_11 33:29

Only making fun of the culture.

SPEAKER_09 33:34

Yep. Lovely big or what is for you.

SPEAKER_04 34:02

Oh, we needed a palette cleanse.

SPEAKER_10 34:04

For every costume change, though, he had a uh a bunch of clips that would come up on the screen. He had some from his movie in 2022. Um yeah, UHF. No, that was the 80s one. He had one that was a fake biopic of his life. That's just him being like, yeah, I went to war and I met all of these great celebrities. And I love to see that. It was crazy to see just how realizing at the show how ingrained he is in pop culture, because he had a clip from every big show you can think of. Like he was like Simpsons and everything. It was just crazy. All of his MTVs.

SPEAKER_04 34:37

It's just so cool that it's someone that we grew up with, and now you're enjoying it so much. I know. I mean, there are not many musical acts that are able to live through across generations like that.

SPEAKER_10 34:53

My dad listened to him in his Dr. Demento radio days when he was a kid. So like it's just crazy.

SPEAKER_04 34:58

How old's your dad?

SPEAKER_10 34:59

Um, he's in his mid-50s, so that's just a good one. Yeah, so it's our age. Yeah. I remember Dr.

SPEAKER_11 35:04

Demento on my local station Sunday nights at 9 o'clock. I would listen to it. I hated half of it, but some of it was really good. That's so funny. I wonder if that guy's still alive. Dr. Demento. I remember that. Was he Demented? Well, he'd have to be.

unknown 35:24

He'd have to be.

SPEAKER_11 35:25

His real name is Barry Hansen. And he is still alive. He's 85 years old.

SPEAKER_04 35:30

Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_11 35:31

He's retired though.

SPEAKER_10 35:32

Weird I was 66 and he was crazy moving on stage. He had some great emphasis.

SPEAKER_04 35:37

Yeah, performing, performing keeps you young. That's why Nick and I have to get back into performing. Yes. Because you age when you you lose that performance. That sedentary lifestyle will still kill you. Because when we're performing, and you know this too, Quintern. When I'm always in my best shape when I have to perform on a regular basis because it takes so much energy to be on stage, especially if you have a crappy audience with their faces and their phones. It's so annoying. I digress. Um but don't get me started. It's like, but um you have to lay out there a thousand percent of your energy. And if you get back ten percent, you're lucky. A smattering of applause, you're lucky. Oh my god. Um, because people are just aren't paying attention.

SPEAKER_11 36:27

And then when you get an opportunity to play for a really active crowd that is so into you, it's amazing. That laughs you can't replace it. It's like and that's why so many nitrous oxide rock stars, when they get off the stage, they miss that and they supplant it with something else.

SPEAKER_04 36:43

Well, I didn't. No, I'm saying I sit here and talk to you as my replacement. All right! Guess what? It is 727 on the Liz Calloway Show with Nick Summers, and we have the Quintern here. So, how's it feel to be plugged into politics like this?

SPEAKER_10 37:07

Just as stressful as it was to be plugged out of politics.

SPEAKER_04 37:10

Oh, really? Yeah. No change?

SPEAKER_10 37:12

Yeah, just different, I think. You know what? It's honestly a little comforting because I think, again, uh having not been as tuned into the right-wing side of things, there's so much anxiety around infighting in a lot of left-leaning groups. Because you're there's a lot of things where it's like, you're not good enough.

SPEAKER_04 37:33

You you know, you're not lefty enough. Yeah.

SPEAKER_10 37:35

Or uh you're you're too far. You gotta be just right. Yeah. And I was like, gosh. I mean, um the other side of us have it so together. And it's like, wow. Okay, everyone is the same. Every everyone. Yeah, everyone's the same.

SPEAKER_04 37:50

Yeah, yeah. No, we don't, we certainly do not have it together. Um, and so we have a we have a kind of a roundup of what happened here.

SPEAKER_18 38:00

Meanwhile, on the Republican ticket for South Carolina's gubernatorial Republican nomination, two candidates headed to a runoff.

SPEAKER_12 38:08

Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evitt and South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson will face off after neither of them received more than 50% of the vote. You can see Evit and Wilson with more than 100,000 votes each.

SPEAKER_18 38:22

We start in Greenville County, where Evit addressed supporters earlier tonight. Our Hannah Burbank is in the upstate with reaction there.

SPEAKER_22 38:30

The high-profile race to secure the Republican nomination to be South Carolina's next governor will continue as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evit and Attorney General Alan Wilson are headed to a runoff at the end of June. Tuesday night ended without a clear winner in South Carolina's Republican primary nominee for governor. Voters will return to the polls at the end of this month as Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evit and Attorney General Alan Wilson are headed to a runoff. Evit was welcomed with cheers and chants from her supporters in Greenville tonight. She says South Carolinians sent a message that they want a business leader, an entrepreneur. She also says the next two weeks they are going to highlight the contrast between herself and Wilson.

SPEAKER_20 39:12

But if you want a business leader, a CEO, and someone who has spent their career outside of politics, I'm asking for your vote.

SPEAKER_22 39:21

Evan says she spoke with President Trump tonight who says they are going to win this runoff. And again, the runoff election is set for June 23rd. Reporting in Greenville, I'm Hannah Burbank, WIS News 10.

SPEAKER_12 39:33

Well, the other half of that runoff, WIS reporter Nick Neville covering the Wilson campaign, and shares the message that he had for supporters tonight.

SPEAKER_23 39:42

Great excitement here from a group of hundreds of supporters of Attorney General Alan Wilson as he advances to that runoff in two weeks. He says it's going to be a long two weeks and he needs his supporters with him every step of the way, as they have been along this primary journey. Wilson reiterating some of his campaign promises that he aims to make the state more affordable and government more accountable to the people. He also touted his credentials as a 30-year combat veteran and someone who has prosecuted criminals and fought for the state's constitutional rights as the 15-year attorney general. It's been a long road for the general, as he was the youngest attorney general in the country when he was first elected at 37 years old. He thanked his opponents in this race and their supporters, including two of the candidates who have since endorsed him, Senator Josh Kimbrell and Congresswoman Nancy Minis. Speaking directly to supporters of those candidates, he said he hopes to be their second choice as the election enters this run phase.

SPEAKER_16 41:05

I'm willing to be your second choice tomorrow morning.

SPEAKER_23 41:08

Wilson also saying something that he said along the way on the campaign trail that this is a job interview. It's not something that you get coronated for. Potentially a reference to that endorsement of his opponent in this runoff, Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evit. For now, reporting in Columbia, Nick Neville WIS. There you go.

SPEAKER_04 41:29

So um thanks to the Quinter, I looked up the um major controversy controversies that we're gonna hear unfold in the next two weeks between Alan Wilson and the Evit battle of the Titans. Yeah. The um establishment. But they they say they're outside of politics. What's she talking about? What has she been doing for the last 10 years? She's been in politics.

SPEAKER_10 41:53

Yeah, I'm outside of politics and got endorsed by the president. Yeah.

SPEAKER_11 41:57

But I'm not a career politician. What does that mean? Going by time, she spent more of her time out of politics than in. So that that allows her to say what she says.

SPEAKER_04 42:07

But last 10 years, she's been a politician as a I will only say this.

SPEAKER_11 42:11

Now, some people say, oh, you guys are just butthurt because you're people lost. No, that's not it at all.

SPEAKER_04 42:15

No, we don't think we knew they wouldn't move.

SPEAKER_11 42:16

Yes, we knew that. We knew that that's why we called it the rebel vote. We're just going against the grain to send our little message, and it felt good. Because I personally am not speaking for you. That's right. We all have a choice, and I'm not slamming people who made a different choice. Oh, I am. Well, no, I I'm saying that they're they're not informed, but anyway, I will never forget the COVID policies under this current South Carolina administration, and then their attempt to rewrite history. Exactly. That sticks in my head, so I'm a hard no.

SPEAKER_04 42:46

Exactly.

SPEAKER_11 42:46

Nothing else.

SPEAKER_04 42:47

Nothing else.

SPEAKER_11 42:48

There are other things that's like, okay, well, how are you gonna do that? And you know what?

SPEAKER_04 42:51

No one can fault us for that because we have been consistent since day one.

SPEAKER_11 42:57

We called it out since day one.

SPEAKER_04 42:58

Since day one.

SPEAKER_11 42:59

This COVID stuff is not what you people are thinking it is. We said it. Now we started to bring on experts that were like, yeah, you guys are right. This Hoatesy and all these people.

unknown 43:08

Yeah.

SPEAKER_11 43:09

And McCullough out of the gate, giving testimony early on.

SPEAKER_04 43:13

Still, still. His message has never changed. That's right. Even our president took hydroxychloroquine.

SPEAKER_11 43:19

Yeah, he did. Anyway, anyway. So I'm I'm happy you guys voted the way you voted. You got you got out and voted. You got what you voted for.

SPEAKER_04 43:28

That's right. Which is continuation of whatever the crap is going on right now. I don't I don't even know what to call it.

SPEAKER_11 43:37

I have a hard time believing that Traxler. There's no You got more of that. South Carolina did not send a message to Pamela Evett. And uh again, nice lady, I'm not slamming her personally. I'm talking about the campaign and her bid to be the governor. Uh twenty-three percent of the vote, or twenty four, whatever it was, is not a message. I'm sorry. Twenty-eight is still not a message. Seventy percent still said no.

SPEAKER_04 43:58

Yeah.

SPEAKER_11 43:59

So

SPEAKER_04 44:00

When all this is And they're spinning it as they've spoken clearly, they want a continuation of our wonderful conservative leadership. Really? So 70% said no.

SPEAKER_11 44:10

Where the other 70% are gonna go? Are they gonna just go, okay, I'll go with Pam.

SPEAKER_04 44:15

Well, 30 of that will go to Wilson. Yeah. And then hopefully Nancy Mace's people will go to Wilson. And we have to see if Rom Reddy and Ralph Norman will speak up.

SPEAKER_11 44:26

I know Adam Morgan said something about all the campaigns yesterday. But anyway. So I I just I don't think she makes up any ground. But I'm not a political pundit. That's just my opinion.

SPEAKER_04 44:36

Cal She says she has a 99% chance of winning. Yep. And 70% of voters who voted in that election voted against her. So how do you square that? Can you square that?

SPEAKER_11 44:52

I cannot.

SPEAKER_04 44:53

I think 70% was looking for something different other than McDisaster 2.0.

SPEAKER_11 45:00

Here is here it is. I mean, we're gonna be late, but who cares? Uh here's some facts about the governor's control this time. Yes, it is. Pamela Evit is a genuine and kind person. I agree with that. Okay. This is from Adam Morgan.

SPEAKER_04 45:12

Everybody keeps saying that.

SPEAKER_11 45:13

She shows up over the just let me finish what Adam Morgan is saying. Then you can comment. She shows up. Over the years, I've seen her in person at events and in the State House more than any other statewide elected official by far. Alan Wilson is sharp. He's a great speaker and debater. Both he and his father are some of the best retail politicians in South Carolina. He's very likable.

SPEAKER_04 45:33

His father went, by the way.

SPEAKER_11 45:34

Yeah, and does in fact work with everyone at times, even those freedom caucus guys. That's funny because that's what he was. Uh Nancy Mace is a force. I served with her in the State House and saw her firsthand. She is fearless. She's also a workhorse who is incredibly talented, and we have fought the radical left together in the past. I'm sure she'll she will in the future. Rom Reddy invested a ton of his money and time into something he strongly believes in. He delved deeply into the issues and ran a fascinating campaign that most will take elements from in the future. Ralph Norman, the guy he was running with. A consummate gentleman, honest frank, bold, and a true statesman. He fundamentally changed the institutions in which he served, State House and Congress. I doubt I could ever find a more honorable running mate. I think that way, and this was before the polls closed. He said that. He was thanking all of them and highlighting all of the positives.

SPEAKER_04 46:25

Nancy Mace is done because she's not going to be a Congresswoman anymore, and um they got a new person. I forgot the name already.

SPEAKER_11 46:32

At the end, yes, I've been a vocal critic, but I respect these people and anyone willing to throw their hat in the ring. And come November, we all better be unified for the good of our beloved state. What does that mean? Just meaning that no matter where. Meaning that we need to unify whoever the Republican candidate is. Come November, we better go that direction as opposed to somebody on the loony list.

SPEAKER_04 46:58

I won't go that crazy. No, I wouldn't either. I won't throw my body over there.

SPEAKER_11 47:07

I don't see that she gets there with only 28% of the vote last night. That's 70%? No, people.

SPEAKER_04 47:13

We'll find out in two weeks.

SPEAKER_11 47:14

We will.

SPEAKER_04 47:15

It's gonna get ugly, people, for the next two weeks. Oh, we're gonna find out. It's already ugly.

SPEAKER_11 47:20

Yeah, we're gonna find things out about these people we never knew of. I have a hard time. Half of it will be made up.

SPEAKER_04 47:24

Let's do it. All right.

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SPEAKER_16 55:01

Your election news station.

SPEAKER_11 55:15

Yeah. Can you picture Liz Callaway standing on stage with a rock band singing this song? Singing her heart out? No, but you know now that you mention it. She did many times with me. Wow.

SPEAKER_03 55:30

Yeah, I'm a rock chick.

SPEAKER_11 55:32

She was. First thing she said to me after climbing off the stage, I can't believe how loud it is up here.

SPEAKER_04 55:41

This is pretty much my anthem. Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_11 55:44

It's a fun song to play with you. We had fun.

SPEAKER_04 55:46

Yeah. That was good times, good times. I'm waiting for my guitars to get ready over at um Sound Systems.

SPEAKER_11 55:54

Oh yeah, jump in the game. Chris working on it. He's a good guy. He does my guitars.

SPEAKER_04 55:59

I brought a banjo.

SPEAKER_11 56:00

Uh-huh. Four-string banjo. So odd.

SPEAKER_04 56:03

Yeah. And he said there is a a community of bluegrass banjo enthusiasts that breathes through there every now and then. Yeah, so I wish it's an oldie.

SPEAKER_11 56:15

I know.

SPEAKER_04 56:16

It's a peerless P-E-E-R-L-E-S-S.

SPEAKER_11 56:20

I wish I could buy your Heritage, which is made by the same made in the same plant that the old Gibsons were made. Because when Gibson moved from Michigan, they moved to Tennessee. Uh-huh. Uh Nashville area. And and Heritage was making guitars in that same plant with some of the same luthiers that were making Gibson. So they're very close in style and sound, but just uh, you know, smaller amounts were made, better quality control. A lot of people like the Heritage. I just I don't I don't need another guitar, but it's a beautiful guitar. Great shape. I had it in my hands. Remember I tuned it out? Yes. It's great.

SPEAKER_04 56:54

Yeah. And then I have that Takimi. Takami? Take me. Takamini. Takami. Takamini. Meanie. It's a meanie. Takamini. Yeah. Great Japanese acoustic guitars. Uh with uh electric guitar.

SPEAKER_11 57:08

I thought it was a Martin you had. No. No? Okay.

SPEAKER_04 57:11

No, Takamini. Um and it's beautiful. Do you play guitar Quintar? No, I do not. Oh, I know. I want to play so bad. And it has the nylon strings. So that makes a difference. Great classical guitar. Yes.

SPEAKER_11 57:23

Classical approach to playing.

SPEAKER_04 57:25

Do you ever see that guy that plays and and and has that pickup on his um guitar where he uses it almost like a percussion instrument? Do you ever see that guy? Yes. Wow.

SPEAKER_11 57:37

There's a couple that do that really well. It's just really incredible.

SPEAKER_04 57:42

He's phenomenal. And he's got these really long nails because he plays all different things and then he plays up on the neck.

SPEAKER_11 57:48

And with the advent of technology, like loopers, where they can set the beat on their guitar with the with the and then they into the looper and then they play along with it's really play the bass line, they play the it's great.

SPEAKER_04 57:59

It's just and people say that's AI. No. No, he was doing it.

SPEAKER_11 58:03

I don't mind loopers because you have to still play it.

SPEAKER_04 58:05

No, but I mean like the his whole thing. Oh, no, no, no. That's the problem with AI, you just don't know.

SPEAKER_11 58:12

Well, now nobody trusts anything. No.

SPEAKER_04 58:15

Speaking of not trusting anything, we have two candidates going to a runoff uh for governor. Um, and that would be Alan Wilson and um Pam Ebbett. So the controversies, thanks to the Quintern, we searched controversies. Alan Wilson, uh Nancy Mace was saying that Alan Wilson wasn't strict enough with child sex crime predators. Uh she said that he was um plea plea, his prosecution was pleaing out a lot of these cases, dismissing a lot of them, and allowing backlogs on these cases. Uh turns out uh he says that she's misrepresenting his prosecutor's work. So I don't know what's true there. Also, there was a $75 million legal fee controversy. Wilson faced scrutiny over a contract that resulted in $75 million in fees being paid to private law firms after South Carolina won a major settlement settlement related to that. Remember that Mox Oxide facility? Yes. Critics questioned whether the fee arrangement was appropriate while supporters argued it was legal and it helped secure a larger recovery for the state.

SPEAKER_11 59:31

Just because it's legal doesn't mean it's good or ethical, because uh they still do insider trading in Congress.

SPEAKER_04 59:36

Well, the other thing is when you have a team prosecutors that are in the attorney general's office, you may have a case that comes up that is not in the wheelhouse of any of those prosecutors. Right. They'll farm it out. They have to farm it out, and sometimes they farm it out to guess who? Buddies. Lawyers that are in the legislature. And both legislators. So it's like uh one hand washes the other, and they both wash the same face.

SPEAKER_11 1:00:01

It may be legal, but it just doesn't look or feel right in legal.

SPEAKER_04 1:00:05

Uh questions about high-profile prosecutions like the Murdoch trial, the Scott Spivey case.

SPEAKER_11 1:00:11

Yeah, a lot of people on the text line said that sticks in their cross still.

SPEAKER_04 1:00:15

Which one? For Wilson.

SPEAKER_11 1:00:16

Both of them. For Wilson.

SPEAKER_04 1:00:17

Well, the whole thing with the Murdoch trial was that wasn't his fault. That was the clerk.

SPEAKER_11 1:00:21

True.

SPEAKER_04 1:00:22

Um, and so I don't know what's gonna happen with it.

SPEAKER_11 1:00:26

He's still gonna sit in jail for the rest of his life. Just remember that. It's not like he's gonna be.

SPEAKER_04 1:00:30

I have no objection with him retrying it, though, because those people deserve to have closure, yeah, for sure. Absolutely. Ethics and campaign finance complaints. That's always going on. Political style and national conservative causes. Wilson has been one of the most active Republican attorney generals in the country, joining lawsuits against federal policies, opposing DEI mandates, challenging Biden administration actions, and taking strong positions on immigration and cultural issues. Supporters view this as conservative leadership. Others consider it having national political ambitions. I don't agree with that. I think he's just doing the right thing. Um okay, controversy the controversies around Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evitt with that big thing with the South Carolina State University, and she said she wanted to defund any organization that silence conservative voices because they invited her to speak at the commencement speech, and then they disinvited her when all the protesters showed up and said we don't want her kind speaking at her commencement. So she said that she wanted to retaliate against any type of entity that stops conservative speech. They say that um she says she's anti-DEI, but her company helped businesses comply with mandates for DEI in order for them to get any s sort of special credentials or anything like that.

SPEAKER_11 1:02:14

The thing about that is it and I know people love to just just rest their sail on that and ride the boat into you know whatever. She was providing a service that the government was mandating that businesses you know do. You have to be compliant. So she provided a service that kept them in compliance with the federal government.

SPEAKER_04 1:02:34

Or for getting grants, yeah, federal money.

SPEAKER_11 1:02:36

You know, she's playing the game by the rules that are set. Rules that she didn't set. Right. So eh. I'm an eh on that. That's not that's not why I wouldn't didn't vote for her.

SPEAKER_04 1:02:49

Campaign f finance filings drew attention after reports that registered lobbyists uh appeared among contributor contributors uh to her campaign. Critics raised a question about influence, while supporters noted such donations are common and legal under South Carolina law. Dark money, that's what it's about. Um and some grassroots conservatives have criticized Evitt as the candidate most likely associated with the McMaster establishment. Um opponents uh argue that it's continuity, not major change. Um supporters view her ties to Governor McMaster as a strength because of the economic and population growth have been strong during McMaster and Evitt. State vehicle incident in 2019, Evit state driver improperly activated emergency lights while dri driving through an intersection and was sighted after a collision involving her state vehicle. She was not confirmed accused of any wrongdoing. How is that her fault? And also, by the way, this whole incident with the volunteer grabbing the megaphone of a Nancy May supporter, that volunteer was arrested. Um, I don't know what's I mean, I don't know if it's a direct reflection on her. But none of the controversy is what did she do to push back on the COVID tyrannical restrictions that were placed on us? What did she do? That's not even mentioned here.

SPEAKER_11 1:04:26

No, and the fact that they tried to rewrite history.

SPEAKER_04 1:04:28

Not only elsewhere, well, that's true. She did. Well, right here.

SPEAKER_11 1:04:34

Right. I I know to me. Yes, on this show.

SPEAKER_04 1:04:36

And told me we were never shut down.

SPEAKER_11 1:04:38

I know. But McMaster also echoed those same things in various media, whatever, you know, following.

SPEAKER_04 1:04:44

She supported the drug czar. She said that, you know, it's not a drug czar. Don't call it that. So I mean health czar. Health czar, yeah. More of the same. More of the same. Aren't we lucky?

SPEAKER_11 1:04:59

I don't see any of that dirt really being an issue for either of them. No. That's not really dirt. No. That's just politics. Yeah. Garbage. Garbage. Moving on.

SPEAKER_04 1:05:14

You have to pick between.

SPEAKER_11 1:05:16

Right. And I have a long memory. So I'm a hard no-on somebody.

SPEAKER_04 1:05:21

Because of that. Yeah. But are you going like what are you gonna do? What are you gonna do? We're gonna have to get more information. Yeah, we are. I wonder if they're both gonna participate in the debate that's already set up. I would A hope so, and B, I hope both of them join us on the show.

SPEAKER_11 1:05:40

Sorry. It's okay. It's clear. Some people call it a game reflex.

SPEAKER_14 1:05:47

I do not. The Liz Callaway show with next summer. Stand by. We'll be back in a few.

SPEAKER_04 1:05:54

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SPEAKER_11 1:06:03

Nobody likes queens. Queens, baby. Queens. It's dairy month, by the way. Did you know that?

SPEAKER_04 1:06:11

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SPEAKER_14 1:07:16

The only local conservative morning show on the Grand Strand, the Liz Callaway Show with Nick Summers, six to ten weekday mornings on ninety four point five and one oh six point seven.