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Third hour of clay and Buck kicks off right now. Thank you so much for being here with with us. Clay's, you know, on vacation, so he's having a good time. He'll be back next week. We have much to discuss here, friends, and one thing I wanted to touch on, and I'll have to revisit this when Clay has joined us once again. But one thing that I wanted to point out is yours truly, perhaps known to some as the Buckster, or as I told my wife to her, laughing at me, the mailman of radio Because I always deliver that. That didn't go. I thought it sounded cooler before. I. It sounded cooler in my head, you know, but one area where I think I've been. I've been prescient is that there was never going to be a Michelle Obama for president ticket. This is something that people have talked about for years. As you know, it has come up. I have been asked at cocktail parties, at actual cocktail parties. I don't go to many, especially now that I have a baby, but I do go to a couple here and there. You know, what about Michelle Obama? You know, this was, this was something. And as you know, Clay, I won't, I won't get into his point of view on this too much because he's not here to, to explain it himself. But Clay thought maybe too. And I've just always thought, you know, she doesn't want to do it. And I think that the more people were exposed to the actual person of Michelle Obama, not the media at really the peak of its powers, in a lot of ways, media during the Obama era and toward the end of the Obama era was, we were really outgunned. It was the early days of social media, and people didn't even realize that the whole game was rigged. Places like Twitter and Facebook, we're saying to ourselves, oh, but you know, we can get a fair shake. I mean, I knew we couldn't, but if you weren't operating on those platforms as part of your job, you would. As a conservative, you had no idea that they were all rigged. And this has become a matter of public record now. This is not something there's. There's a debate about. Thanks to Elon buying Twitter, for example, we know this stuff was rigged, so only certain messaging would really be able to get out there. And, and there was a whole bunch of ways that they were able to just sway things.

Buck Sexton (4:28)

But the.

Ryan Seacrest (4:32)

Way that they built a cult around Michelle Obama was truly, it was an all in all, hands on deck effort by the apparatus. I mean, they were all in on this. And there was a time when if you criticized Michelle Obama, you were going to get. I remember. You know what? I'll. I'll even, I'll even cite it. My friend Will Kane, who's doing a phenomenal job, as I knew he would, always knew Will was just gonna be, you know, growing, growing, growing. You know, Will and I sat together at the real news table again. Glenn Beck's the Blaze for, I don't know, a few years. I was, I think I worked at the Blaze for like five or six years. And I think three or four of them, maybe Will and I were sitting day in and day out our table together. Super talented guy, really good guy. But I remember, I think it was on CNN because he also was a CNN contributor because CNN used to have people who were conservative on. And then they stopped during Trump and now maybe they're getting back to it. Used to. But I think Will called out on CNN's air. Guys, see if you can find this clip. Michelle Obama held up a Bring back our girls sign on. On social media. And this was in reference to the kidnapping. By kidnapping. But I know the group. They don't have to yell. The group in my year team. Don't worry. In fact, in my new book, which will be out in January, I get to talk about how yours truly kind of knew about Boko Haram before anybody else. This little teaser that. It was a little bit of. A little bit of conversation. I'm just saying some cool. Some. Some old school CIA stuff may be coming up. Cleared for release. Oh, I know a lot about Boko Haram. Buck's been. Buck Buck deployed to West Africa. Haven't talked about that on the show before. I don't want to get too deep into it now because you're gonna have to buy the book. Everybody which is cleared and is coming out and I'm sorry. No, I've been talking about it forever. It took like six months for the CIA to clear this thing. It is cleared, though. And I can talk about that. I actually have some West African expertise. So. Yes, it was Boko Haram, the group. They kidnapped our. Sorry. They kidnapped these girls from a school. It was a horrible thing. Boko Haram would have been the most lethal terrorist group in the world around this period by casualties, by deaths. They were walking suicide bombers into crowded churches in night and just, you know, they killed 15 people, 30 people, 50 people. I mean, this was regularly happening. Just horrendous stuff. Jihadists aligned with Al Qaeda, you know, same worldview as Hamas. The truth. But Boko Haram kidnapped these girls and Michelle Obama held up this. This Bring back our girl Science Administration. Right. I mean, it was. It was. I forget what year I want to say this was 2014. If I get that right off the top of my head, that's pretty good. I think it was 2014, maybe 2015. And yeah, check that one for me, team. But it was. The whole thing was like, you're posting this on social media. Your husband's the president. Like, have him. You know, we got drones like Go get them. Go save them. When you bring back our girls and Will pointed and cnn. It was Don Lemon. It was Don Lemon. I remember the whole thing. Cnn. Don Lemon freaked out over this. Freaked out over this. You know. You know, how dare you? Don Lemon's a moron, but, you know, freaked out over this. How dare you? And I just remember it's. It wasn't that Don Lemon knows nothing about. About West Africa, Boko Haram, Nigeria, anything, right? I mean, I actually don't think he. I don't mean this as exaggeration. I don't think that if you gave a map of Africa to him, he could find Nigeria on a map. I truly don't think that he could. But, yeah, now I get to tell you guys, because I wasn't able to before that. My actual first portfolio before I moved to Iraq in the CIA, was Africa stuff was in Africa, particularly West Africa. So, yay, get to talk about it finally. And there's more than that. It's not just, don't worry in the book, there's more than just like, so I learned about this place. Yeah. Spend some time over there. But back to Will. Don Lemon, Michelle Obama. This whole situation, the cult of Michelle Obama was so strong that everybody knew. If you said. If she stepped into the arena, if she got political on something and you said anything, they. It was. They all attacked, right? It was, oh, my gosh, how dare you? Oh, Michelle Obama. And it even went beyond that. It went beyond that to this bizarre. Here. Was I right on the year, guys? You know, the bring back our girls thing. Was it 2014? I was right. 2014, that's pretty good. You know, I'm getting old. And for me to pull 11 years ago off the top of my head, this is. This is pretty good recall. I'm just gonna say a little. Little pat on the back, maybe. I am the radio mailman. My wife is like, stop it. Like, you're just. You're just. You're not helping yourself. Fuck. Gary's listening right now. She's on the road. So there was this time when you couldn't criticize Michelle Obama. And you also had to say that she was, you know, the most brilliant first lady of all time, the most beautiful first lady of all time, the most incredible, and all we would ever hear about was how wonderful she was. And if you. If you had any, even if you were like, I don't want to hear about it, you know, I don't really. It reminded me at a much lesser level, they did this with Ruth Bader Ginsburg, too. They just created this whole cult, which, by the way, kind of blew up in their faces because Ruth Bader Ginsburg refused to retire. And so, as we know, another Supreme Court seat for Trump. But they created this cult where we were watching workout videos of Ruth Bader and adults were saying things like, wow, like, look at her throw that kettlebell around. She's like a. She's like a tiny, ancient woman who's got like a five pound weight max, maybe a two pound weight in her hands. I'm supposed, like, I'm glad that she's trying to be healthy, but I'm supposed to be impressed by. This is insane. This is real. You. You can find these videos. You think I'm exaggerating, but no, no, The Buckster always knows. And on the Michelle Obama thing, I've just always been a. A doubter of not just of her running for president, but of. I think that the more people would see of Michelle Obama without the media's creation of the greatest, most beautiful, most brilliant, most perfect first lady, or really person ever, even more perfect than Barack Obama, if that was even possible. But, you know, if you worked at CBS or you worked the New York Times, that was the party line. Michelle Obama, most amazing person to have ever lived. Here she is, where you get to actually learn about the real Michelle Obama. She's talking about women and giving birth to children and your womb. I want you to listen in to the former first lady here on a podcast, because now she has to do podcasts, too. This is cut three. Play it.

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So many men have no idea about what women go through, right? We haven't been researched. We haven't been considered. And it still affects the way a lot of male lawmakers, a lot of male politicians, a lot of male religious leaders think about the issue of choice as if it's just about the fetus, the baby. But women's reproductive health is about our life. It's about this whole complicated reproductive system that does the least of what it does is produce life. It's a very important thing that it does.

Ryan Seacrest (12:26)

Okay, okay, you heard the quote, and that was the end of the clip. I want you to hear the quote. She's a woman, and she's saying the least important thing that the female reproductive system does is produce life. The least important thing. I mean, I'm trying to think of what I can say on the radio here that is so. It's a heinous thing to say. It's a stupid thing to say, but it's also A an illuminating thing for Michelle Obama to say, just like so much of what we have been subjected to, whether it was the Fauci worship and the CDC and the NIH and Niad or Joe Biden sharp as attack or Trump is Hitler or whatever. Another mirage. Another mirage that I think has, as they all should, evaporated. Evaporated as the light of truth is allowed in and people can see for themselves. Michelle Obama is not bright and is not a very good person, at least when it comes to public policy. That is one of the ugliest things I've heard a person say on any podcast in a long time. Just like an expert on women. Oh, I'm a man, so I can't know about these things. The most amazing thing in my life has only been around now for forgetting when he was born, like six weeks. And my wife and I just beam with pride every day and I know what the libs will say. Oh, Michelle Obama loves her children. And you know, she was talking about this in the context of women's rights. Yeah. But she's on a podcast and she's sharing this point of view. And what people hear is what she said, what young women who are impressionable, who have been part of the Michelle Obama cult or they've been indoctrinated into it, when what they hear is the least important thing your womb will do is give life. I mean, you want to talk about perverse, evil, misery inducing. It is one of the worst things I've heard a person say in public life in a, you know, in a very long time. And it is. But I'm. I'm not surprised because Michelle, like I said, Michelle Obama, like so many. And Clay has full credit to Clay, he has let what he, you know, thinks about Michelle Obama be well known on this program. But I really think that this mythology that was built around her, she should do more podcasts. Let's hear more. In fact, I have another, another clip for you that we will play so you can see the more you hear Michelle Obama actually talking about things, and I know this doesn't surprise you, but it's fun because we were right and we knew. Right, you were right, I was right. We've known this all along. They created this whole mythology. The more you hear from Michelle Obama, the not only you won't be impressed because she's not impressive, the less you will like her, which is, you know, it's quite, it's quite a thing to say, but it is true. It's like the more you hear from Joe Biden. The more you knew that he wasn't all there, the more you hear from Michelle Obama, the more you'll be like, wow, this person is not running for president. And it's kind of remarkable. This person was held up in the way that she was by the media as long as she was all right. The day our son came in this world, I was just talking about it. Life changed in so many ways for Carrie and me, and all for the better. One of those changes, though, is thinking about our son's future and establishing a family trust. That type of legal document spells out exactly how we believe things should go. Whether it's a trust or a will. You want to have these kinds of legal documents in place. I can't emphasize how important that is. Your will provides a clear path and direction for those members of your family working through a difficult time. The last thing you want for them is that they have to worry about how things and things are and that they should have been arranged sooner. Writing a will has been made infinitely easier by a website specializing in this called Trust and willcom. They make it simple, affordable, and the result gives you peace of mind now and your surviving family members clarity when they will need it in the future. Everybody should have this done. I'm just going to say I've had it done. Everybody, every adult should have. You know, who's got a family? Got children? Everyone, actually, everybody. Because, you know, you got to leave it to leave it to your brother or leave it to, you know, whoever you want to leave things to. But this is important to do, and the time is now and it's easier than ever before. And you'll see it's not nearly as expensive as you think. If you go with Trust and Will Calm, that website again is Trust and Will Calm. They are experts in creating personalized trust and wills that protect your legacy. Don't procrastinate. Get this done. Go to trust and will.com today.

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In the fall of 1986, Ronald Reagan found himself at the center of a massive scandal that looked like it might bring down his presidency.

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Did you make a mistake in sending arms to Tehran, sir?

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No.

Leon Nayfak (20:23)

It became known as the Iran Contra affair.

Buck Sexton (20:26)

And I'm not taking any more questions. In just a second, I'm going to ask.

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I'm Leon Nayfak, co creator of Slow Burn. In my podcast Fiasco Iran Contra, you'll hear all the unbelievable details of a scandal that captivated the nation nearly 40 years ago, but which few of us still remember today.

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Please do.

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We're talking about the reality of Michelle Obama, who she really is. Because I think that the the media was even more united on convincing you that Michelle Obama was the Most amazing person in America. And I don't mean that. I mean number one, best, most important, most wonderful, most beautiful. You know, they everything like best style and the most amazing person. It was just too much. Was crazy. Like, nobody's as amazing. It's impossible to be as amazing as they pretended. Michelle Obama was here. Listener Brandon has a talk back for us. He's a podcast listener. He's got a talk back aa play it. If the least important thing a woman's womb can do is create life, then what is more important than that? What else does it do? Yeah, what? That's a excellent question. I mean, he's just putting into words what I think we're all thinking, which is it's the reproductive. She didn't say the least important thing a woman's body can do. And that would be moronic too, right? The least important thing that your reproductive system does as a woman is reproduce. The least important. I mean, this is the least important thing that my nose does. Being able to smell like this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. This is insane. This, by the way, her podcast numbers hat tip Carrie, who was listening and sent this to me because she said there was a story on this. See, everyone's sending me information all the time. Her podcast numbers falling off a cliff. No big surprise there. Since she started, it was at like 300,000. And now a few episodes in, her numbers are dropping to like 150,000 on YouTube. So this is public. Her audience is dropped in three episodes. Her audience has dropped down in half. Yeah, because she doesn't have anything interesting to say and she's not somebody you want to listen to talking about really much of anything. I read her Princeton thesis. It was semi literate at Princeton University. I read it. Wow. Yeah, it was not easy. Our military veterans are about to receive a gift from our friends at PureTalk in the form of a brand new American flag. The Pure Talk team believes every service member who has faithfully served this country deserves to proudly fly flying American flag and one that's made in America. You can participate too. Just switch your cell phone service to PureTalk this month and a portion of your monthly rate will go toward providing these high quality flags to veterans. With plans from just $25 a month for unlimited talk, texts and plenty of data, you can enjoy America's most dependable 5G network while cutting your cell phone bill in half. The average family saves over a thousand dollars a year. Just dial pound250, say the keywords clay and buck, and PureTalk's US customer service team will get you switched hassle free in as little as 10 minutes. Again, dial £250, say Clay and Bach to support veterans and switch to America's wireless company, PureTalk. Dial £250. It's my wireless company. It's on my phone right now. Dial pound 250, say Clay and Buck, switch to PureTalk and support veterans. We got some first ladies to call out here. Not lovely Melania, beautiful international model, speaks five, perhaps six languages. Beautiful, beautiful Milani. No, no, not Melania. She's great. We have some other first ladies to talk about, namely Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, who just came up as a topic of conversation at the White House press briefing, which we will get to this momentarily. But on Michelle Obama's podcast, on Michelle Obama's podcast, the clips of this, they're cringe inducing. She is somebody who, you can tell I've seen this before. I will tell you, I've come across this with, with billionaires, including some on the right, not naming any names, who are so used to people just telling them that everything they say is brilliant, that they, they actually believe it because they've just been conditioned and they haven't had anybody who's like, you know, you just sort of talk about yourself a lot and say a lot of dumb things and don't really contribute very much to the conversation like that. That hasn't happened for them in 40 years. Right. That's just been a big, long, you know, you're amazing. You're amazing. Oh, my gosh. So I, I do think for some people, it, it probably even for a good person and a smart person, it's hard to stay normal when the public adoration machine is so focused on you. But it's impossible for a generally unimpressive and narcissistic person to handle that well. That right. So even if you're a good person, I would say it's difficult. I think it's impossible if you're somebody that's already got some real deficiencies. And with that, Michelle Obama, let's talk about this. She said here that it is hard to be married to somebody, to, to be married to somebody who has more fame and respect than you Play cut to.

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There was a line of people waiting to shake hands with our respective husbands. You know, people like reaching over our heads and spilling water on us, trying to get to these two, you know, illustrious men, you know, and she didn't. She, she had the same look on her face as I. Here we go. You know, and I looked over at this beautiful woman. We had. Did we even have a conversation? Not until later in the afternoon.

Ryan Seacrest (27:00)

So you hadn't met?

iHeart Podcast Announcer (27:01)

We hadn't met. This was, you know, kind of what I just saw, the look on her face, which. Which expressed the sentiments that I felt, which was off.

Ryan Seacrest (27:13)

What, Talking about your husband. And she's. She's competitive with. With her husband, Barack, because he gets more attention. More attention than she does. This is not somebody who anyone should listen to or aspire to the advice that she gives. And it's not a surprise because she has been completely, completely sort of immunized from reality and immunized from the truth of the things that she says and what she's accomplished and everything else, because it is not a good thing for anyone to have so many voices out there saying that they are the embodiment of perfection in every respect, especially when it's clearly untrue, not a good thing. And, you know, I think you look at even the Bidens, for example, I think the Bidens are people who started to believe the nonsense that the media had to spew about them. I think that's part of the problem overall, is that for. And really, I'm not talking about Joe, because, you know, what is he really. What did he really know? How cognizant was he in the whole thing? I'm talking more about Jill here. I think she had to just internalize what. For her own purposes, we are the last line of defense from Hitler, Donald Trump becoming president again. And so whatever we have to do, whatever I have to do with Joe, however, I have to just sort of push him out there and like a little marionette, you know, pull the strings and, you know, have. Have Joe Biden, you know, I'm fine. You know, whatever she had to do was fine or was justified. Right? We know that. It's really about her wanting to be in the spotlight. It's really about her being in power. Let's be honest. She wasn't a normal first lady in the sense that she wasn't just, you know, it wasn't just Lady Macbeth. She was putting on a Macbeth costume, basically being like, I am Macbeth. I mean, she was making decisions for Biden, no doubt, that he wasn't even really aware of, and everybody knew that. So think about her motivation here, too. Imagine that you get to be, in some ways, the shadow president, which I think Jill Biden maybe more than anybody else was, because she was the. You know, she was like the Yoko Ono of the situation, like the keeper of the Biden legacy. So, yeah, and here we have Caroline Levitt who today in the White House press briefing called out, called out exactly what I'm talking about here about Jill Biden's dishonesty around her husband, betrayal of the country's trust, a first lady who deserves, I believe Jill Biden is a first lady who deserves the ignominious end to the Biden legacy that she brought about and the embarrassment and the humiliation of this. You know, these are things that, this is a corrective that had to happen. This is a good thing overall for the country to, to hold this as something that we, you know, the whole country is embarrassed. I mean, I didn't vote for the guy. Neither did most of you. Maybe a few of you did. But this is something that is a stain on the country's history. And this is truly embarrassing, truly embarrassing for us. Here is Caroline Levitt talking about Jill Biden. It's cut 27.

Caroline Levitt (30:58)

Frankly, the former first lady should certainly speak up about what she saw in regards to her husband and when she saw it and what she knew. Because I think anybody looking again at the videos and photo evidence of Joe Biden with your own eyes and a little bit of common sense can see this was a clear cover up. And Joe, Jill Biden was certainly complicit in that cover up. There are docu, there's documentation, video evidence of her clearly shielding her husband away from the cameras. They were just on the View last week. She was saying everything is fine. She's still lying to the American people. She still thinks the American public are so stupid that they're going to believe her lies. And frankly, it's insulting and she, she needs to answer for it.

Ryan Seacrest (31:39)

All true, just true. It not even opinion. That is just all accurate. Jill Biden clearly knew more about Joe's cognitive degeneration and lack of capacity than anybody than anybody then Joe himself. Because, you know, if you don't, if you're not really there, well, what kind of shots are you calling? You don't know what's going on. So, you know, Jill was aware that he was walking around without his pants on and you know, like probably, you know, mismatched clothing and speaking to like a toucan in the room that wasn't really there. Like she was aware of that. She was aware of that and decided that, well, we can't tell anybody, you know, we can't. Maybe some of the White House advisors who were in on the scam were a part of this, but what she did was reprehensible. It was reprehensible and here's how you know that it was also, I believe, and particularly on the Jill Biden side, I give credit to my friend Clay who has said all along that Jill Biden is one of the chief villains in this. I've agreed with that assessment. But he, he really, Jill Biden rubs Dr. Biden rubs Clay the wrong way for sure. Me too. But I could tell he particularly, he's thinks the whole thing is, is she is farcical, which is, which is accurate. But Dr. Jill Biden, if she was just a, a over striving and a, you know, conniving political player and first lady, she should have seen the obvious move here, which I actually thought they would do is after the successful, unfortunately successful for the Democrats midterm, Joe comes out and says, you know, guys, I'm fine, fit as a fiddle for now, but you know, I am aging and so I'm not going to stand for reelection. I'm going to, I want the Democrat Party to have a robust primary and you know, and pick who they want to be. And you know, whether he wanted to endorse Kamala or not, which he, by the way, he wouldn't have done. But anyway might have been a little awkward. Awkward for Kamala. But you know, that's the move, that's the move that they should have. Obviously Joe could have. The, the option was on the table and now some of you are like, I don't want to hear about this. But it's true. The option was on the table for Joe Biden to walk off stage, a, a hero, the great, the great conquistador of Trumpism. Again, I'm talking about, don't, you know, I'm talking about from the Biden perspective. Right. The Biden presidential library. Like this is what it would have been. He beat Trump in 2020. I know they cheated whatever. He was president for four years. You know, we have, we're not going to be Democrats. Like we have to live in the reality that that guy somehow was president for four years. Ok, so he, he is, he's the president. He gets to say I defeated Trump. I'm one and one against Trump. Unlike Hillary, you know, one, one up, one win. And now I get to be the. Why wouldn't he do that? I mean, think about that for a second. And why wouldn't Jill want him to do that? Because she and he are grifters. They are soulless and they needed to be in the absolute core of power because they were addicted to it. Because without it they have. No. Well, what's. Joe's gonna feel like he's been such a. Like a great dad. I mean, you know, not to be mean, but look at Hunter. No, actually be mean a little bit. What exactly is he gonna, you know, what was in the future for him? No, he wanted to be in the game. He wanted to be in the game, and she wanted to be in the game. And that meant they had all of the motive for the shenanigans, the lies, and the fundamental betrayal of the country's trust that we all saw in real time with this whole Biden reelection 2024 debacle, and that now even the Democrats all admit. You notice, no one is really. You know, they tried for a little bit, like, I couldn't tell really, really. Or they tried the. Maybe he declined really quickly at the end. We're going to go with that. You know, it's actually, I kind of like when they try that because it just makes. It makes my job more fun. You know, it makes it sit here. Oh, yeah. Oh, you couldn't tell. Clay and I could tell every day for going on four years now. And we're constantly making, you know, it was like, the Biden is not their variety hour on this show sometimes. But, you know, oh, Jake Tapper, I'm a journalist. I can't figure this out. It never occurred to me. Please, please, you know, we're right, folks. That's the good thing. It's good to be right. It's good to live in a realm of reality. It's admirable to be devoted to truth. Doesn't mean we're perfect, but it does mean that we are a lot more perfect than they are. That is for sure. The other side, they. They went to crazy town, and they have not returned. They have not returned. They are still, you know, they're like three tequila bottles deep and they've lost their driver's license. And I don't know how they're going to make it, you know, make it back across the border. They are in crazy town. We don't know what they're doing. And they deserve it. The good news is they deserve it. So. So there's that. You should at least get some, you know, get some satisfaction there. It was just two weeks ago that President Trump signed an executive order slashing the cost of prescription drugs and going after the price gouging that you're getting with Obamacare. It'll be a moment before the positive effects of this particular executive order go into effect. But in the meantime, you can look for better health insurance options like Ease for Everyone compared to Obamacare, Ease for Everyone comes with a monthly cost as low as $262. You get access to over 400 prescription drugs for free. They're not just at a lower cost, but no cost. $0. And unlike the broken promise of Obamacare, you actually get to keep your doctor. Plus you get free unlimited virtual primary care. 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Why should you listen to Armstrong and Getty on demand? We're not boring. A lot of news is boring and tedious and depressing and makes you ang you don't want to live your life like that. Hey, I'm Jack Armstrong.

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He's Joe Getty.

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We're Armstrong and Getty. We try to bring you the truth and help you figure out this crazy modern world.

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Something about a comedic tone.

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In the fall of 1986, Ronald Reagan found himself at the center of a massive scandal that looked like it might bring down his presidency.

Jack Armstrong (41:05)

Did you make a mistake in sending arms to Tehran, sir?

Ryan Seacrest (41:08)

No.

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It became known as the Iran Contra affair.

Buck Sexton (41:13)

And I'm not taking any more questions. In just a second, I'm going to ask.

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I'm Leon Nayfak, co creator of Slow Burn. In my podcast, Iran Contra, you'll hear all the unbelievable details of a scandal that captivated the nation nearly 40 years ago, but which few of us still remember today.

Buck Sexton (41:36)

The things that happened were so bizarre and insane, I can't begin to tell you.

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Please do.

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To hear the whole story. Listen to Iran Contra on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Ryan Seacrest (41:56)

Can't believe the show is already coming to a conclusion. Parting is such sweet sorrow. But the good news is I'll be back with you guys tomorrow. Tomorrow. And I am back and healthy today, so. Yay. You know when you've been sick for a while and you come back. I'm not going to talk about being sick. Oh, don't talk about it. I'm eating my lunch. I'm not talking about the specifics. I'm just saying when you've been sick, really sick, like you can't do anything for a few days and then you get your health back. Oh, my gosh. It is a beautiful thing, a beautiful day. And that's where I am. Let's get into some video VIP emails and some calls and all that good stuff. VIP email from Dan. He writes, buck, how must Michelle Obama's daughters feel to be the least important thing that she could do as a woman? I mean, Dan, I think you're pointing out what is so clear from that statement, which is how, how could a parent. I'm sure she was going to. They're probably going to do cleanup on aisle five on this one. You know, they're going to say, oh, well, she wasn't really, you know, she didn't mean it, or she was, you know, a podcast or something. First of all, they would never extend that courtesy to someone like yours truly or anybody else on the right. You know, whatever we say the worst, the Democrats, it's always the worst possible interpretation of it. And that is supposed to exemplify everything about you as a human being for your entire life. So the opposite of grace is what they extend you. They try to, you know, they offer you the right to kneel so they can then take your head. Yeah, that's not good. But for her to say something like that, as a parent, and I'm a new parent, and I just. I can't imagine that sentiment ever coming out of. Honestly, any parents. It just seems crazy to me. But, you know, she said it. Herb in Nashville wants to chat. What's up, Herb?

Buck Sexton (43:52)

Yeah, hi, Buck. You know, I've been calling this number for 35 years. My first time I ever got through.

Ryan Seacrest (43:59)

Ah, but there we go.

Buck Sexton (44:01)

I wanted to say something. I want to say something about Michelle. Listen, when it comes to Jill, yes, you're right. Conniving, selfish, dishonest. I think most people can see that. What infuriates me is people are not so good. I'll pick it up on who Michelle Obama is, and she's told us, if you listen carefully, she's told us she hates men, she hates white people, she hates her country. Let's take, for example, when her husband was nominated as the Democrat nominee for the presidency. And she said, for the first time in my adult life, I'm proud of my country. That's a tremendous insult to the United States. Doesn't take into consideration freeing Europe From World War II, all the humanitarian efforts, a Marshall Plan. Nothing to be proud of. That's the one that really ticks me off.

Ryan Seacrest (44:57)

Herb, I totally agree. It was a statement. That was a real window into her thinking. And, yeah, well done, sir. Thank you for calling. I'm glad you finally got through after 35 years. I feel kind of honored, actually. It's like I get to be Herb's first time here on the air as very, very fun. Do you guys. I don't have. We don't have. Call back tomorrow. The rest of the callers call back tomorrow. It'll be Friday. I'll take a lot of calls. Our talk back was kind of having a problem today on on the Fritz, so we'll hopefully have that back in action tomorrow. And yeah, we've got Dean Cain, formerly Superman. Some people are saying maybe the best super Superman of all. Superman, very super. We will have him with us, and we've got. It's gonna be a fun Friday show. I'm looking forward to it. So please come and join also Clay and Buck Podcast network. I'm gonna have Peachy Keenan as a guest, so that'll be fun. Go listen to that subscribe to the Podcast Network Made in America means something to us. When you invest 700 billion annually in American companies and the 13 million workers and families they support, you're investing in the success of Main Street. That's money powering growth in manufacturing, tech, energy and innovation. And it starts with private equity backing American ambition. Learn how private equity keeps American business businesses growing@investmentcouncil.org paid for by the American Investment Council.

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Why should you listen to Armstrong and Getty on demand? We're not boring. A lot of news is boring and tedious and depressing and makes you angry. You don't want to live your life like that. Hey, I'm Jack Armstrong.

Ryan Seacrest (46:43)

He's Joe Getty.

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We're Armstrong and Getty. We try to bring you the truth and help you figure out this crazy modern world.

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How about something about a comedic tone?

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We have a winner.

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Leon Nayfak (47:01)

In the fall of 1986, Ronald Reagan found himself at the center of a massive scandal that looked like it might bring down his presidency. It became known as the Iran Contra Affair.

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The things that happened were so bizarre and insane, I can't begin to tell you.

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Please do.

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To hear the whole story. Listen to Fiasco Iran Contra on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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