Time: 00:00 - 01:30
Topic: Election aftermath
Summary: After the typically inane chat with Carleen, Kirby starts to spin the Republican's defeat as a lesson to them to be more conservative, providing the latest example of the old communist theory that you can never blame the ideology - only the people implementing it. Several callers focus on a perceived lack of communication that has doomed their otherwise perfect plans, which is really funny since for six years we've had an administration that was 98% PR, 2% real action.
Classic Quote 1:
KIRBY: Wow! What was that train that hit us?
Classic Quote 2:
CARLEEN JOHNSON: I hope everyone has a big hanky this morning if they're waking up not knowing what happened. It wasn't good for us on this side of the issue.
Classic Quote 3:
ELLEN IN WEST SEATTLE: I'm just wondering about these folks that call in and have this smile on their face, thinking they won this landslide. And I just wonder what's going to happen when they bring out troops back too early and the terrorists hop up next door and they slit their wives, rape their wives and children, and slit their throats. I wonder if they'll have a smile then.
KIRBY: Thanks for you call.
Classic Quote 4:
CALLER: Let me tell you this one thing. My concern is [the Democrats winning] is going to embolden the Al Qaeda folks.
KIRBY: I agree with you.
CALLER: And so it could impact us that way.
KIRBY: It could. but what happens if there's a terrorist attack tomorrow? Who, and I hate to look at this coldly, but if there's a terrorist attack tomorrow, who politically gains for that? The people who've been telling us it's going to happen, or the people who say 'if we leave them alone, they'll leave us alone.'
Time: 01:30 - 01:45
Topic: Election aftermath, continued
Guest: Rich Lowry, National Review
Summary: Kirby chats about the election results with his guest, who turns out to be even more boring on the radio than he is in his magazine. zzzz....
Time: 01:45 - 02:15
Topic: Election comments
Summary: Kirby goes back to the phones for listener comments on the midterms.
Time: 02:15 - 02:30
Topic: Iraq
Guest: Scott Hiler, Fox News
Summary: Kirby catches up with a Fox News "Correspondent" about all the good news in Iraq.
Time: 02:30 - 04:00
Topic: Election comments
Summary: Kirby goes back to the phones for listener comments on the midterms.
Classic Quote 1:
KIRBY: There are some smiling faces in some caves today.