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Kirby Wilbur Summary for 11/1/06



Time: 00:00 - 01:00
Topic: Kerry joke
Summary: Kirby continues a gleeful discussion about John Kerry's flubbed joke, going on and on about a picture of troops with a badly misspelled sign. While Kirby admits that it was a flubbed joke, he refuses to disabuse callers of their opinion that it was an intentional insult of the troops.  zzzzz.....
Classic Quote 1:
KIRBY: Oh, and one thing. For all of those Democrats out there who keep say 'John Kerry's not on the ballot. He's not the issue. Can't we talk about something else?'. I'd like to point out that George Bush is not on the ballot either, and yet we keep talking about George Bush in this election. Yeah.'


Time: 01:00 - 02:00
Topic: Kerry joke, ad nauseam
Summary: Kirby broadens the Kerry faux controversy into a tirade against the Seattle PI for their editorial calling Kerry's remark "right either way", and encourages listeners to cancel their subscriptions and freep their online poll on the subject. zzzzz.....

Time: 02:00 - 02:30
Topic: Election
Summary: Kirby sucks up to Bush advisor Dan Bartlett and gets his opinion on the upcoming election on how historical trends and a hostile media could influence Republican congressional losses. The fun starts when a caller gets all emotional about how good Kirby did when he filled in for Hannity recently, and how proud he is that Kirby is "one of the good guys" from this area. Who knew conservative callers were such girly men?

Time: 02:30 - 03:00
Topic: Kerry joke, ad nauseam
Summary: It's all Kerry all the time as Kirby brings on supposed liberal Ken Schramm to pile on. zzzzz.....
Classic Quote 1:
CALLER: For Kerry to mention like he did is a real disgrace. It showed his true colors about how he feels about the military.
KIRBY: I think so too. I'm willing to give him credit that it was a botched joke. I don't think it was something to joke about number one, but number two he botched the apology.


Time: 03:00 - 03:15
Topic: Cindy Sheehan
Guest: Catherine Moy
Summary: Kirby makes a shocking switch from bashing Kerry to promote a book bashing Cindy Sheehan. zzzzzz...
Classic Quote 1:
If I could just say right out of the chute, that these two women were very smart, they knew a lot more about the world, the real world, than Senator Kerry, and he should be ashamed of himself, I think.
KIRBY: I agree with you. I think so to. And I'm not so sure that it was really a botched joke, but we'll let the American public judge that one.


Time: 03:15 - 03:30
Topic: The super-fantastic economy
Guest: Al Hubbard
Summary: Kirby talks to a Bush economic advisor about why the public isn't seeing how rosy the economy is, and how bad it will get if the Democrats take over in congress. Note that Mr. Hubbard has no formal education in economics and is only in his position due to being a Bush buddy from school, thus explaining his complete reliance on political talking points and complete absence of real economic insight. zzzzzz......

Time: 03:30 - 04:00
Topic: A non-terrorist Muslim
Guest: Dr. Aslam Abdullah, Director of the Islamic Society of Nevada
Summary: Kirby thinks it's important for listeners to understand that not all Muslims are terrorists, and queries his anti-terrorism guest on why more Muslims aren't as pro-American as he is. zzzz.....

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