Is Normal Now a Radical Idea? Senator Kennedy Says Americans Deserve to Be Governed by Normal People
From AGR - Louisiana Edition · 41:51
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You’re listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for October 30, 2026.We open with a campaign jingle mix-up that turns out to be from the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon race, not Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana. Then we get into the senator’s speech to the Shreveport and Bossier chambers of commerce, where he made the case for governing by normal people. We talk about higher oil prices and inflation, the costs of the war with Iran, his pledge to protect Barksdale Air Force Base, and why a household budget is a good guide for Washington.In the Top 3, East Baton Rouge Parish lands a share of the DOJ’s $300 million Model Cities crime-fighting initiative. Judges in St. Landry Parish sue over $77,000 in past-due bills. St. Tammany’s district attorney warns that a proposed 60 percent budget cut would gut his office, and we make the point that you can’t be tough on crime without writing the check.Next, a frustrated Saints fan’s letter to the team leads us to the difference between demanding perfection and expecting excellence, and why high expectations are a form of respect.In Digging Deep, we look at a Hayride piece on the Louisiana congressional race between Blake Miguez and Rick Edmonds that argues Edmonds is too old to be a freshman congressman. We ask whether wisdom has an expiration date, run the numbers on the ages of members of Congress, and talk about what qualities voters should actually look for.We then ask why President Trump has shifted to tele-rallies, whether it’s war planning or something more serious, and we cover the arrest of a 21-year-old in Daytona Beach over alleged threats against him. On Say What, we look at the video Rep. Ilhan Omar posted after the raid on her home, set to a Somali song, and at the Washington Free Beacon’s translation of the lyrics.Our game this hour is naming the most popular Halloween costumes of 2026, based on Mental Floss’s ranking. We finish with the story of Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger restoring voting rights to a long-dead dog named Biscuit and to deceased felons, and we ask who is going to explain it.Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776.
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