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Governor Huckabee's Weekly Monologue for 11-9-24

Our long national nightmare is over! And that describes my feelings about the election season. But it’s also how I feel about 4 years of an administration that opened up our borders like it was the doors of Walmart on Black Friday, called us garbage, Nazis, racists, sexists, transphobes, fascists, a threat to Democracy, uneducated. It’s the relief of seeing a landslide election both in the electoral college and the popular vote across all racial, gender, socio-economic, and geographical lines to elect a man that has been harassed, impeached twice, charged with ludicrous criminal and civil acts of lawfare by a justice system determined to stop him, and pursued by agents of the government to try and bankrupt him. And a man who was left largely unprotected by the government and twice survived assassination attempts. He had his home raided at dawn by soldiers of the current administration who weaponized federal agencies not only against Donald Trump, but people who supported him or his policies. He overcame the never ending lies the media repeated about him including thoroughly repudiated claims that he said nice things about white supremacists or bad things about those who serve us in the military. Neither was true, but those lies were repeated by the media and his political opponents right up until the votes were counted.

My faith in the American people has been greatly restored. People who were black knew he wasn’t a racist and voted for him. People who were Hispanic knew he wasn’t really xenophobic and voted for him. Women knew he wasn’t misogynist and voted for him. Working class men and women knew that unlike his opponent, he truly understood them and they voted for him. Younger people saw that despite expectations that they would automatically vote for the Democrat, they knew their future was dismal if the policies of the current administration were left in place and they voted for him.

But the election was always about far more than Donald Trump. It has been about what kind of country we will leave for our children and grandchildren. Will free speech survive? Will we again punish violent criminals instead of the victims of rape, theft, and murder? People were disgusted with the mismanagement of an economy that doubled the cost of eating out, made groceries and gasoline almost unaffordable, and doubled the cost of a home making the American dream of home ownership out of reach for younger Americans.

But what happened this week represents a dramatic political re-alignment unlike anything in my lifetime and maybe in US history. The old versions of both the Democrat and Republican parties have been shattered and I say “good riddance.” The Democrats moved so far to an indefensible and irrational radical left that people still holding on to a modicum of common sense said, “ENOUGH!” Putting boys in girls’ sports and even locker rooms and leaving veterans to sleep on the streets and park benches while housing illegal immigrants with luxury hotels became a bridge too far. Conspiring with social media giants like Facebook and Google to suppress ideas that challenged the government has caused people to say “NO MORE,” and putting 75 year old grandmothers in prison for praying and singing during a protest at an abortion factory while looking the other way as rioters burned and looted Minneapolis, Portland, Seattle and dozens of other cities and set fire to police cars. Americans are generally patient, and even forgiving, but they aren’t stupid. They were struggling to pay electric bills but were being told the economy was great. They were told that crime was going down, but they knew by their own neighborhoods their streets weren’t safe anymore. And they were told we would stand with Israel, but ultimately put more pressure on Israel as it sought to defend itself than with Hamas and Hezbelloh and their radical funders in Iran. We all knew that didn’t make sense.

Sure, some old-line Republicans left the party. Good. They pushed favors for the elites and looked down their noses at people who worked all day lifting heavy things and standing on concrete floors. When I ran for President in 2008, I was harshly criticized for talking about the working class and the struggles of Americans in farming or factories. The official GOP line was that the economy was fine. It wasn’t, and the collapse in the fall of 2008 proved I was right. In 2015, as I prepared to run again, I wrote a book titled “God, Guns, Grits, and Gravy” that I think still best explains Donald Trump’s popularity and victory in 2016 and again this year. Read it for yourself and I think you’ll agree. I didn’t have the funds or the fame to get that message past the establishment media and the ruling class elites in the spheres of power in Washington, New York, Hollywood, and Silicon Valley, but Donald Trump did. He carried the message like no one else could have. And he showed a grit and resilience and tenacity to fight back when most all of us would have given up.

This week was not Donald Trump’s victory. It was the victory for every mom who goes to a school board meeting. For every guy driving a pickup truck who works on your furnace or your Ford. For every legal immigrant who waited years to become a citizen and who proudly loves being an American. For every pastor who doesn’t want the government telling him what he can or can’t preach. It wasn’t HIS victory—it was YOURS!

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Danica McKellar
Actress/"A Cinderella Christmas Ball"

Iconic actress and producer Danica McKellar was first introduced to us as Winnie Cooper on the television classic “The Wonder Years,” kicking off a career that has spanned close to four decades and shows no signs of slowing down. She most recently co-wrote, executive produced and starred in romantic comedy “Royal Christmas Ball’ on Great American Family network, set to air in November 2024. This is Danica’s fifth movie with the network where she is signed to a multi-picture deal.  Danica graduated Summa cum Laude from UCLA with a degree in Mathematics and contributed original research proving a new math theorem, since dubbed “The Chayes[1]McKellar-Winn Theorem,” published in Britain's Journal of Physics. She testified before Congress about the importance of women in math and science and was named “Person of the Week” by ABC World News for her entertaining books tackling math education. Now a New York Times bestselling author, Danica’s series of eleven groundbreaking books teach kids and teens how to master mathematical concepts in the context of fun stories. The Times Machine, which teaches common core methods to third and fourth[1]graders using fun cartoons and comic strips, was named “Amazon Book of the Year.” Danica’s 11th book, “Double Puppy Trouble,” was selected as Amazon's "Editor's Pick: Best books ages 3-5." To date, Danica’s books have sold over 2 million copies worldwide. They can be found at McKellarMath.com

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Linda Gail Lewis
Rockabilly Hall of Fame Artist

Like her brother Jerry Lee, Rockabilly Hall of Fame member Linda Gail Lewis soaked up the sounds of hillbilly music and rhythm and blues in the rural areas of Louisiana. When Jerry Lee began to score hits with “Whole Lot of Shakin’ Going On” and “Great Balls of Fire”, he single handedly lifted the family from dire poverty to a life of relative ease. Linda Gail’s chief inspiration was Jerry Lee, but later, as the era of rock ‘n’ roll came into play, she also tuned into the sounds of Brenda Lee, Patsy Cline, and Lavern Baker. Linda Gail Lewis’s official recording debut came when she performed as Jerry Lee’s duet partner for Sun Records in 1963. Recording with her brother, she scored a top ten country hit with a version of Carl and Pearl Butler’s “Don’t Let Me Cross Over.” A rousing duet remake of Chuck Berry’s “Roll Over Beethoven,” a staple of her act, followed it onto the charts. The Lewis duo’s 1969 Smash LP “Together”, featured their rowdy duet style on a variety of country standards and rockers. This led to Lewis’s debut solo album for the label, “The Two Sides of Linda Gail Lewis". During this time, Lewis toured almost non-stop as part of her brother’s show.  Lewis’s biggest career boost came via legendary Irish rocker Van Morrison. Lewis met Morrison at a Jerry Lee Lewis convention in England. After a sound-check jam session, Morrison proposed the collaboration, which resulted in the 2000 Pointblank/Virgin duet album You Win Again The album reached the pop charts and sold strongly at the duo’s live shows. It became Lewis’s best-selling disc.  Over the next 15 years, Delta Music Hall of fame member Linda Gail Lewis, toured the world constantly. She has played some of the biggest and most prestigious rock and roll festivals.  During 2014 Lewis met Rockabilly guitarist Danny B Harvey (Rockats, Nancy Sinatra) who introduced her to Lanark Records. So, during four extremely creative days at Lanark Studios in Lancaster PA, Linda Gail Lewis, Danny B. Harvey, and her daughter Annie Marie Lewis, cut 12 new rocking tunes which was released worldwide on an album called “Hard Rocking Woman” in 2015 by Lanark Records. August 2018 a new duo album will be released by Chicago based Bloodshot Records. The duo album is with Grammy nominated highly critically acclaimed Americana / Folk singer and amazing guitar player Robbie Fulks. It was recorded and produced by Robbie Fulks who wrote most of the songs. In the past few years Linda Gail has had a career retrospective album, “Early Sides 1963 -1973, and a live Linda Gail Lewis, Annie Marie Lewis & Danny B. Harvey CD & DVD, “Family Jewels” released by Cleopatra Records, and she is currently getting ready to go into Sun Studios and record a new album with Danny b, Annie Marie, and the members of the Stray Cats for a 2023 release. 

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