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An Irishman Abroad

Garbage Flies In The Final Election Countdown - Irishman In America

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

Society & Culture, News, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture:personal Journals, Personal Journals, Politics

4.8834 Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

It’s squeaky bum time for America. Marion McKeone looks back on the past week of hateful rallies, botched messages and urgent pleas. What have been the biggest turning points in this incendiary election? And what does it take to move the needle in the final few days. Jarlath has had his feet on US soil this week as he tours his standup show through several states. What is he hearing on the ground and does it match up with what Marion has seen on the campaign trail? Hear the full conversation and all the up-coming Irishman In America election podcast by visiting www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad - it takes a few clicks to sign up and there’s no obligation, cancel any time you like.

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0:00.0

My mother believed and my father believed that if I wanted to be President of the United States, I could be, I could be vice president.

0:06.9

Former Vice President Joe Biden has been elected president of the United States.

0:13.1

It is my greatest honor and privilege to have been your president.

0:17.1

We will be back in some form.

0:19.3

We are still deeply divided.

0:24.6

Public health experts warned this was coming unless more was done, and here we are now. Are you proud of what happened here today?

0:26.6

Absolutely.

0:27.6

Never before in American history, has there been an uprising like this?

0:31.6

Of the 75 million Americans who voted for Donald Trump, I don't know how many today are feeling,

0:38.2

dear God, what was I thinking? But I would wager a lot more our thinking, let's carry on this

0:43.5

fight. Character matters. It matters. Tell them the truth matters. The 21st century is going to be

0:50.4

the American century, because we lead not only by the example of our power but by the power

0:58.6

of our example. That is the history of the journey of America. The most bizarre and unpredictable

1:06.4

presidential race in history is drawing to a close. Thank God, says you. Billions of dollars

1:12.8

have been plowed into both of these campaigns in case you didn't already know. The rhetoric has

1:18.6

spiraled into the obscene. I think that's the best word for it. And both sides are preparing

1:24.1

their legal challenges to the outcome. Who will get to drive America's political garbage truck for the next four years?

1:32.6

Predictions are pointless.

1:34.4

It's too close to call.

1:36.2

Now that I myself am in America at last, I finally get it, Marion.

1:41.4

I get the overwhelm that you've spoken about on this podcast over and over

1:46.5

the last five years. People are on the edge here, aren't they? They're really on the edge.

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