Ray talks about all of the tings happening in the news. He touches on Comey, Manafort, Trump, Stormy Daniels and other things happening in the Washington Swamp. Ray struggles through the story of Molly Tibbetts. He pleads with everyone that is listening, bounce out all of the elected folks who oppose ILLEGAL immigrants. He states several instances of how illegals have caused tragedy, not to mention the other crimes that have been committed by elected officials and they get re-elected. America needs to take a stand!!!
08-21-18 Political Roundtable
Part 1: David Jones, Making Maine Great Again PAC, joins Ray for the first segment. Ray reads a news story about the Gov. LePage and State Sen. Tom Savello squabble. Ray takes a call about elected people being accountable to their constituents. Ray asks him, how do you hold someone to a higher standard than he would hold himself.
Part 2: Jack Cianchette and Candidate for Senate and Assistant House Minority Leader Ellie Espling join in the party. Ray and Ellie talk about the previous discussion. She says that elected people are just that “people” and that they do make mistakes. The discussion turns to politicians and the youth that are engaged. Ellie stresses that she wants to know the people she serves so that she can serve them better.
Part 3: Maine Senate Majority Leader Garrett Mason joins the panel. The boys discuss wedding rings because Garrett just got married. They have a quick discussion about reconvening the Maine Legislature and what would a quorum look like.
Part 4: GOP Leader Demi Kouzounas joins in the fun. They are talking about the clean election money and how that was handled. They talk about DHS and the problems are not something new. The Clean Election issue has become a separation of power issue at this point.
Part 5: They talk about campaign strategies.
Part 6: Garrett continues his thoughts on what he thinks voters are looking for in a candidate. They need to understand what is at stake in their vote. Go to www.stopthescam.com to find out more information. They talk about Medicaid expansion and where does all of the money going to come from? What is considered to be “wealthy”? They talk about what socialism is and how that is where we are headed.
Part 7: Ray and the panel rap up their discussions….Ellie announces her Meet & Greet event at Gritty’s in Auburn tonight from 5-7pm, for more information find Ellie on Facebook. They each have a quick “last word” on the show.
08-21-18 Go Gentle Into Thy Good Night!
Part 1: Ray starts off talking about the Governor’s comments. Ray takes a call from Fox News Radio’s Jon Decker. Jon is a great big fan of Ray’s. They get into Mueller probe and Pres. Trump’s comments. He reminds us that we are also waiting on the Manafort trial. Ray asks Jon as an attorney, his thoughts on the trial. Jon said that there was a precedent for a pardon.
Part 2: David Jones joins Ray this morning and they talk about Tucker Carlson. Ray reads a story about Jakiw Palij, who immigrated to the United States in 1949 and became a citizen in 1957 after concealing his Nazi background. He is a former Nazi SS labor camp guard and was deported from his home in Queens, N.Y., to Germany.
Part 3: Ray and David talk about some of the epidemics we face as a society. The opioid problem is not just a one pronged fix. He also quotes some stats on suicide. This is also another facet that society is facing.
08-20-18 Maine…the way life should be!!!
Part 1: Ray continues his thoughts on the position of Governor. The State budget and how important this election will be if we want to continue on the path of lower taxes. He takes a call and they discuss the budget.
Part 2: Ray talks about the opioid problem facing our country and more importantly our state.
Part 3: Ray lays out some of the things that could help Maine grow. One of the things is the cellphone coverage. Broadband is something else that will help Maine inviting to outside companies. Shipping goods in and out of the state. Rail service is not dead, but it not used to the full potential. What do we need to do to make Maine Great? When do we hear this conversation in Augusta?
Part 4: Ray continues on what will it take to make Maine great. He takes a really quick call who confirms Ray’s statement on the cellphone and internet coverage.