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slowly kiggle listening to the words I did like ACDC. Well,
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all you've been hearing lately are warnings that Trump is
weakening the incumbent senators in the midterm election. Oh, he's
getting his big wins in the primaries, but you're taking
away people with appeal to both parties and secure incumbents
in the process, and it's going to backfire. It's going
to backfire. It's got a backfire. But is it possible
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it's the Dems that are overconfident, just believing their own narrative.
Republican GOP consultant and analyst Chris Walker is joining us
as he does on Monday. I want to talk about
all things races because I wanted to bring up how
many are leaving, but in general, this whole narrative, Oh,
you've weakened yourself for the general You seeing that?
Speaker 4 (02:58):
Well, yes, no, And I think it's an interesting question,
and good morning, Michael.
Speaker 5 (03:04):
Frankly, it is interesting.
Speaker 4 (03:06):
To me to see the media jump so hard into
this notion that the Democrats are, you know, basically a
four dawn conclusion that they're going to win the House
in the Senate.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
When we've talked.
Speaker 6 (03:17):
About redistricting, we've talked about the Supreme Court.
Speaker 4 (03:19):
Ruling saying that, you know, uh, picking districts by race
is unconstitutional, things like that.
Speaker 5 (03:26):
So ultimately, I think bas is really closer than.
Speaker 6 (03:29):
Than what you what we.
Speaker 4 (03:31):
Have generally seen in kind of the mainstream media.
Speaker 5 (03:35):
There's been so much.
Speaker 6 (03:35):
Talk from Texas. And you and I talked about Texas
last week, but what.
Speaker 5 (03:39):
We've just seen from tall Rico over.
Speaker 4 (03:41):
The last you know, week, is is a incredibly weak candidate.
Speaker 5 (03:45):
Who will not win in Texas.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
You know, any any hand ringing of Republicans and the
notion that Paxton beat John Cornyn. Yes, but you know,
frankly to tell Rico will not be you senator from Texas.
He's absolutely not of Texas, of any kind of Texas
measure of a US center from there. So you know,
some of these grand platin.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
If we had Maine, if we had a Richie Cunningham
lookalike contest, I like his odds. By the way, he's
having a rough time right now because he was pressed
on defining what a woman is and he said an
individual with the uterus. So we'll see how that plays
with a far left even in Texas. But he's just
not right.
Speaker 4 (04:22):
He's a perfect example of of a liberal who just
repeats ever the far left, you know, language download is
into your blue computer and not even thinking about humanity
or the reality of politics. So Talery goes not going
in Texas. And you mentioned Graham Platner earlier in Maine,
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you know, Susan Collins is a she's she is Maine,
and she is someone who understands Maine and Grand Platiner
is an incredibly flawed and difficult candidate. And what we're
seeing here is someone who is not worthy of being a.
Speaker 5 (04:58):
US Senate, while Susan Collins.
Speaker 4 (05:00):
Has been you know, over represented for her state for
a long long time.
Speaker 6 (05:04):
So again, there's another.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
State that people are kind of counting in the blue
camp that I think is a little premature, Iowa, Alaska
or others.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
You know, Ohio.
Speaker 5 (05:14):
Sharon Brown will do an interesting.
Speaker 4 (05:16):
Will be an interesting Canada in Ohio, and that could
be a flip. But you know, Ohio has been reliably
read in the in the Trump era.
Speaker 5 (05:22):
So again we're we're seeing a lot of.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
Hand ringing and uh, you know, general viewpoints from from
professional media in Washington thinking that this race is over,
a lot of these races are over, when I just
I don't. I don't see it in the polls. I
don't see it in the in the in the attitude
of voters in the United States. Yes, gas prices are high,
but I also think there's an element of looking at
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the Democrats and saying this is not a party who's
in line with with with the majority of voters in
the United States, and I think that's something that really matters.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Still, two or three things come to mind. One, the media,
including their analysts that are bought and paid for and
always wearing a suit and sitting in a green room.
They make a living off of keeping people interested in
coming back and staying longer. So it's kind of like
two announcers that got a really crappy, one sided game,
We're gonna make the pregame show, you know, give you
something to watch for, and then deal with when it's
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out of hand. The other aspect I would bring up
is to me, anyway, no one was ever debating that
we thought the Republicans would hang on to the Senate.
The question is can they hang on to the House.
And then I wanted to bring this up to Chris
great article this weekend. I can't remember who was Daily Caller,
and this just kind of sneaks up on you. As
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of Saturday this week, fifty seven members of the House
and eleven senators have announced they will not even be
seeking re election. In addition to four House members and
two senators who have lost renomination there's can be a
lot of new faces. I don't know how many hours,
how many d's, there's gonna be a lot of new faces.
That much is going to be interesting. But there's the
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impact of that as well those choosing not to run.
That's right.
Speaker 4 (07:03):
But I think that's another piece of the of the
equation that's actually interesting from a standpoint.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
Of of what is where are the voters.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
The voters are looking for new, The voters are looking
for people who are not Washington establishment, you know, uh, longevity, right.
I mean, what we've seen is is an anti establishment,
anti incumbent mentality. Frankly, a lot of these members who
are retiring you want to face the voters or you know,
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are are seeing the writing on the wall for black
for a better term in terms of the political reality
of voters are wanting people that are new and coming
with fresh ideas.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
So, whether it's the.
Speaker 4 (07:44):
House of the Senate, new is in a way positive
and it's also I think.
Speaker 6 (07:49):
In an indicator of of of an energy that the Republicans.
Speaker 5 (07:53):
May have that I don't think that is being really negaged.
Positive covered in the in the press, for sure.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Chris Walker is a consultant and analyst for the GOP
joins us every Monday. Let me backtrack a little bit
on what I said to I can get two clear answers. One,
I don't think any of us ever thought we were
the Republicans were going to lose the Senate. I still
think there's a good chance they could lose the House.
Speaker 5 (08:14):
You still seeing that, I am, But I actually I
would not discount the Senate.
Speaker 4 (08:20):
You know, the Senate is I don't think Texas and
Maine or As deal, but we Sharon Brown is a
is a known quantity in a bio. That's an interesting race.
Michigan and craping race, you know, Iowa, Alaska are all interesting.
The Senate is in play. I don't think the Republicans
should be taking it for.
Speaker 5 (08:37):
Granted or sleeping on it.
Speaker 4 (08:39):
I think the House is probably fifty two forty eight
right now in terms of GOP versus Democrat, you know,
in terms of odds. I really do think Republicans are
going to overperform in a way because again, I just
I think when you look at what Democrats are offering,
which is nothing other than opposition to the president, it's
not enough. And we've seen that happen in other cycles.
(08:59):
We thought in twenty twenty two that opposition to Biden
would be enough to you know, kind of make a
red wave. It didn't happen. You know, you have to
have an alternative governing vision. You can't just be opposed
to the incumbent and think that that's going to be
enough to get it across the finish lines. I think
that's part of the reason why I'm skeptical of this
notion of a ford On conclusion of both the House
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and the Senate, because I think Republicans, you know, while
leading and making difficult decisions, actually have ideas and a plan,
whereas the Democrats are just offering obstruction, and frankly, you know,
either if they have ideas, they're incredibly old ones and frankly,
historically terrible ones like socialism.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Well they're talking about it. They're not on the same
page with the American people on the issues and the
policies in the worldview, and then they don't. So they
have message issues, and then they also have messenger issues.
You brought up something very very key. I didn't even
ask you the question, do you think that this is
an anti incumbent referendum election for me? Because now I
(10:02):
am convinced, and the numbers we just shared all prove it.
So that is not even a question anymore. Anybody that's
an incumbent is gonna have They're gonna swimming against the current.
You also, you know, brought up you got to have ideas.
Did you notice Romney Manuel positioning himself We're not a
party of gender or not a party of race. We
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need to be a party of ideas. I still see
that bait and switch coming. But why aren't there more
people smart enough to take the same lane that Romney
Manuel is.
Speaker 4 (10:37):
Because rom is one of the smartest Democrats in politics,
and so see things that I think some of these
other career politicians do not.
Speaker 5 (10:47):
Well, if Democrats listen to Ram I.
Speaker 4 (10:49):
Mean, let's not forget he was the architect of a
lot of Obama success.
Speaker 5 (10:54):
In his first term.
Speaker 4 (10:55):
You know success I put in air quotes because ultimately,
obviously I discribed everything Obomba did.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
I hated Obamacare, but he got it to happen. They
couldn't get it to happen with Hillary and Bill, right,
and you know.
Speaker 5 (11:09):
Rom was a big you know, uh leader in terms
of of the Clinton time.
Speaker 6 (11:16):
And so you know, again taking the politics aside of it.
Speaker 5 (11:19):
I disagree with.
Speaker 4 (11:19):
Everything rom stands for it for a lot of cases, but.
Speaker 5 (11:21):
He's an incredibly smart operator and knows.
Speaker 4 (11:23):
How to think through issues that aren't so radically ideological,
which is where the Democrats have found.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
Themselves for the most part.
Speaker 4 (11:30):
Again, we look at somebody like James Lorico who just
you know, repeats the latest crazy, you know, woke leftism
idea because what he reads on Twitter is not in
itself a core constituency that that matters to win an election.
Rob Emmanuel sees it differently, and I think that that's
why do I think he's got a chances of presidential
came in Well one, I hope not.
Speaker 5 (11:53):
But two no, because I just don't think he's speaking to.
Speaker 4 (11:56):
Where the core passion of the Democrat party is. But
rom Ron's ideas and a message right now is something
Democrats should listen to if they really want to win
in twenty eight.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
Well, the big story over the week and only have
like a minute left, but I'm going to give them
in a nutshell. He was faced with that, you know,
the big defining question, the identity debate. And so when
it comes to a party that stands for diversity as
its core, you know, and then you ask the ultimate question,
(12:27):
can you elect a straight white male? Well, really the
question could be even further define for Romney Manuel, you're
talking about a straight versus gay Pete, white versus person
of color like AOC male jew. I mean, he's the
quad fecta in this case. And he says it shouldn't
be about that, it should be about ideas. Do you
(12:49):
have ideas on how to make the American dream alive
and well accessible and affordable to another generation? So he's
he is a centrist in that sense, and he's a
tough sell in the primary. But the DNC doesn't care
about primary voters. They'll be all behind AOC and everyone
will be unimpressed with Gavin and mayor Pete, and then
(13:12):
they'll do the bait and switch to Ram so they
don't have to get by the primary they get to
the general. Now, I don't think they'll be much enthusiasm
in the general for him if you get somebody like
Marco Rubio or JD Bants against him. But I can
see this playing out because I've seen what the Democrats
have done, ignoring their primary voters and doing a bait
and switch three presidential cycles in a row. Of course
(13:32):
they'll do it a fourth time. That's why he doesn't disappear,
I think, But time will tell. That's an nostro deltnal
bottom line.
Speaker 6 (13:38):
I mean democrats. Democrats are super delicate in.
Speaker 5 (13:41):
The republicancy not so that is a really good point
in terms of their picking process.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
Well, there's not much time now. Now it's June. We're
starting to if this is the Kentucky Derby. They're coming
around the far turn. They're getting into that far turn.
Ready for the home stretch overall, Senate and House the
over You don't take the Sendate for granted, but you
ought to be able to hang on to it. House
is going to be difficult to maintain.
Speaker 4 (14:07):
Yeah, I think it's a fifty two forty eight proposition.
But that is not an unwinnable situation. I think Republicans
can seize the opportunity and eag it out and get
another win.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
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There's the billboards, there's the commercials. He says, life is luck.
We'll talk to him about his new memoir and book
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I am Michael del Joorno, Honored to serve you and
honored to have John Morgan with us. From Morgan and Morgan.
His new memoir is out. It's called Life Is Luck.
I don't know if it could be all luck to
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become that successful, but life is luck. Lessons from a
paper boy. Say hello to our paper boy, John Morgan,
Good morning.
Speaker 8 (18:23):
Good morning. How are you.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
I want you to know you're among family and friends
here so much so that I would love to talk
to you about your feelings about turkey. That's how well
we know you.
Speaker 8 (18:33):
Well. You know I'd rather have tofu than turkey.
Speaker 1 (18:39):
You did. Were you shocked at how viral that went?
Speaker 8 (18:42):
Oh, turkey tastes like you know what I was telling
your guy. I was at the Derby this year. Seven
different people walked up to me. I didn't know them,
and they just looked well to me and said, guess
what turkey tastes like? Blank well, and I was at
the derby.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
Yeah no, but I mean it was not just that
it was funny, it was true and like a good attorney,
I mean, you made a very compelling case. And let
me tell you the reason why I gravitated towards him
was one year I looked at my wife and I said,
why do we do this? None of us like it?
Speaker 8 (19:17):
And we hadtant.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
Well, I don't want to redo the whole bit, but
so we did filets, asparagus, baked potatoes, our greatest Thanksgiving ever.
I don't know who said we have to have turkey John.
Speaker 8 (19:34):
It's the worst food possible other than buzzard.
Speaker 1 (19:38):
John Morgan is joining us with Morgan and Morgan. Doesn't
matter what city I'm in, I can't catch up with
you guys, you know, I mean you're everywhere, your billboards,
your commercials, and thousands and thousands of attorneys. I guess
my first question is how many Morgans are there? Number one?
Number two? There's got to be a Morgan that said no,
I don't want to be a lawyer, and they're like,
(19:58):
you know, a landscaper something, or is it just you're born, Well,
you have no choice.
Speaker 8 (20:04):
I met my wife in law school. Our three all
three of our sons are lawyers. We have a daughter
who said, not me.
Speaker 4 (20:14):
Did she good?
Speaker 1 (20:15):
Okay?
Speaker 8 (20:16):
So she's a fashionista and that's what she does.
Speaker 1 (20:23):
I love. I think it was Tony Robbins who first
said this. I'd love to role model. It's a great
shortcut in life because success leaves clues, and so I,
you know, I don't want to talk to failures about
how to be successful. I want to talk to successful
people about how they became successful. And then you come
out with this memoir and what do you say? Life
is luck? Lessons from a paper boy? Life is best
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understood looking back. You look back at the paper boy,
you know what you are now and your feelings on
Turkey and the undisputed success. It's got to be more
than luck. But why do you start with luck?
Speaker 8 (20:57):
I'll start with luck because the way the reason I
wrote it, I was on the cover of Forbes magazine
as one of the world's billionaires. And when you look
at that, you're like, is that really me? Is that?
Who is that me? And then you start looking back
from the very beginning. And when I went back to
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the very beginning, I went to my paper out in Lexington, Kentucky.
And for anybody listening that was a paper boy or
paper girl. Oprah was a paper girl. You all know.
We're in a sort of a fraternity together. We did
something hard early. We had a genetic seed to get
(21:39):
up out of our warm bed before school and deliver
papers every single day. And I kept thinking, and I
started looking who were paper boys. Walt Disney was a
paper boy. You know, there's so many I meet people
at parties that go, hey, were you a paper boy?
That go yeah, because there's this genetic sea that we won,
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the genetic lottery, that we were built for work and entrepreneurism.
And then I took that and went all the way
through my life. I have my law firms across America,
but I have a chain of attractions and hotels and
shopping centers. And I looked at all those different turns,
and what I realized is this, there were a thousand
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left turns, a thousand right turns, and I ended up here,
and one different turn would have made everything different. But
I also know that I worked my ass off.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
Well, it's funny you bring up the paper boy, because
the paper boy I didn't do it. By the way
I had a lawn service, but it was very similar.
Speaker 5 (22:47):
You have to go, you have too exactly.
Speaker 1 (22:50):
You have to get clients, you have to do collections,
you have to do billing, and you have to work hard.
I think what it sends, and I used to say
this two people all the time. Rarely in radio anyway,
especially as a program director, could anybody outthink me. But
even if they could, they were never going to outwork me.
And the two together make you unbeatable. But I guess
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what fascinates me because I have you, and I have
you on behalf of the listeners too. You kind of
make your own luck too, or I wouldn't say it's
about love. I look back at my life and everything
I see is God's hand. I thank him for all
the things that I wanted to do that he didn't
allow to happen, the things I tried to run from
that he wouldn't let me run from. So for me,
you know, life is all about God's will versus mind
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and me fighting it.
Speaker 5 (23:35):
It's interesting you say that.
Speaker 8 (23:37):
And I haven't really hit on this, but when I
look back at my life, there were some very close
calls where it all could have really gone bad for
me really bad, and then I remember that prayer they
have you heard the footprints in the sand where the
God looks back and he says, you know, I looked
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at my life and there was your footprints were always
with me, but the most difficult times, there was only
one set of footprints mine. And then God says, there
one set of footprints that's when I picked you up
and carried you. And I thought about that by writing
my book, I thought about some of my most difficult
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times where I really felt desperate and alone. But looking back,
it was almost miraculous.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
Isn't it? Isn't it true from even a successful standpoint,
or even if those didn't have the measure of success
that you've had, that sometimes when we're at our weakest point,
when we are the most lost, or have the most
closest to coming to giving up or hit rock bottom,
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that's really the moment we're on the verge of a miracle.
Speaker 8 (24:54):
Yes, yes, because our ego gets stripped away, it humble.
You know, arrogance. People get very successful and they think
it's all them and not luck or God or nature
or whatever. And what that arrogance is usually what causes
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bad luck. And in my book, I talk about ways
to avoid bad luck. They have rules in casinos you
don't hit on sixteen. Those same rules are in life,
different rules for business, but they also have rules to
enhance luck. You get dealt two aces, you split two aces.
Speaker 1 (25:37):
I think we were separated at birth and I did
not become successful. When I heard you wrote a book,
my first thought was, if this guy can do to
Turkey what he did in three minutes and fifty seconds,
I can't imagine what he does with a lifetime. And
you're giving us a glimpse. The book is called Life
Is Luck. Lessons from a paper Boy. John Morgan of
Morgan and Morgan. You know, I think so often. I
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have three kids, and I can see what they're struggling with.
I know what I struggled with at their age. This
window of life where I have to choose what I'm
going to be and then feel locked into it kind
of a thing. And then I'm sitting here at sixty one,
going I lived life. I know what I thought I
was going to be. I know what God made me.
I know what I'm capable of. I know what God's
capable of, which is everything. Stop thinking about what you're
(26:22):
going to be just worry about who you're going to be?
How much of your life? Lesson points to that, like
there had to be forces. Like you bring up your wife.
I bet there were a lot of those key moments
you were about ready to make an investment, didn't feel
right with her soul. Maybe one time you didn't listen
to her and learn next time you did listen to her.
I mean, what are those kinds of intangibles and how
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does the book help present them to everybody in a
useful way? We lost John. I think I think we've
lost John Morgan, and I'll have to wait and see
if you'll call back. Can we get another Morgan? There's
thousands of them. I think I think he's back. John is.
(27:13):
John is working. John's working on a new TikTok video
on why he hates cell phones. Welcome back, John, No,
we were just talking about all the intangibles that come
up in the book, focusing on who you're going to be,
not what you're going to do, Uh, the lives you're
impacting and making a difference for which is really your
calling versus dollars? I mean, my guess is, if you
(27:35):
want to be a billionaire like John Morgan, don't make
your goal be a billionaire.
Speaker 8 (27:41):
No, because because here's the thing. If work is work,
you're screwed. The people who are successful didn't start out
to say, hey, I want to be a billionaire. They
started out with a passion. They enjoyed it. And if
you don't enjoy your work, then work is work. And
(28:05):
the people who are the most successful, the luckiest, are
the people who don't go to work but go to
play work. And that's the secret. Doing what you want
to do, not what you have to do.
Speaker 1 (28:20):
Everybody's passionate about something, and your passion will get your focus,
and your focus will lead to actions, and your actions
will set in motion and direction and it'll arrive at
a destination. Now, if your passion is you know, smoking
and drinking and this and that, well I see cancer
or cirrhosis in your future. So care what you're passionate about?
Speaker 8 (28:41):
A vape store on Broadway.
Speaker 1 (28:44):
How did somebody so successful like you'd be so hip
and fun to hang out with? I don't know, John,
but we must meet someday. Why should everybody listening for me?
I was sold on the Turkey rant, so I got
to hear your life story. The success is indisputable. But
what is the average person listening to your morning show
going to get When they just spend a time looking
(29:05):
back at your.
Speaker 8 (29:05):
Life, They're going to find a roadmap to success. The
way you get lucky is you are constantly looking for opportunities.
When you find luck, you have to double down on
luck to get return on luck. When you have bad
(29:25):
luck or failure, you have to make failure your friend
and use that lesson for greater luck. And along the way,
I have found that the people who give, expecting nothing
in return are the ones who get the most, and
the ones who take, take, take, never get anything.
Speaker 1 (29:48):
Always been a fan. I haven't got the book yet.
It's on the way thanks to Amazon. And when it
gets here, I'm going to love you even more. If
we're ever in a chance and get a chance to meet,
I'd be honor John Morgan. Morgan and Morgan is a
law firm.
Speaker 8 (30:02):
What's that have me over for Thanksgiving this year?
Speaker 1 (30:06):
I'm going to have you over for some Italian sauce,
to meat ball, some sausage. I'll make a couple of
ras or covedels. Uh. The book is called Life Is Luck.
Lessons from a paper Boy here's my bottom bottom line, Celluh.
Success leaves clues and they're all in this book.
Speaker 8 (30:23):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (30:23):
And by the way, if you make the goal to
be successful, good luck, you're never going to arrive. But
if you make the goal to live a life of
purpose and passion, you might be shocked at just how
successful you can make.
Speaker 9 (30:33):
This is.
Speaker 1 (30:35):
Oh, remember that book. This would be a great thing
to give you.
Speaker 8 (30:38):
I brought that I brought that guy to the Orlando Arena.
Digit we've sold it out.
Speaker 1 (30:44):
Yeah. I think this would be a great book to
give your kids that are getting ready to graduate high
school or are still in college and really struggling with
that anxiety. It's just a great look at life, which
is always best understood looking back, though, I think you
have a lot in front of you, John Morgan, life
is luck essence from a paper boy. Thanks so much
for your time. Was an honor to meet you, sir,
so much. God bless you. I never look at turkey
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Speaker 1 (33:51):
Well. Paul McCartney is calling the Beatles the greatest band
of all time, and after three hours of talkbacks, we
can't find our case to DISAGREEJU don't make it bad, certainly.
Speaker 9 (34:07):
A recent TikTok livestream and Q and A with fans,
Macca reflected on the band's popularity and longevity, saying I
think the Beatles were the greatest band ever.
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He admitted when the band started, they thought they'd be
around for five years max.
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Then it became twenty and thirty and now it's right
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It's great. It is a lovely feeling.
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McCartney's comments come after routinely giving the Everly Brothers credit
for being a defining musical influence.
Speaker 1 (34:30):
I Mark mayfhew, I should do this dramatically like Fox
News New Jersey's and Chaos. A curfew is in effect
after violent protests in Newark, New Jersey over the weekend.
National correspondent Roy O'Neil is here with a look at
why the demonstrations were being old and how things got
out of hand. Good morning, Rory, and good morning.
Speaker 11 (34:51):
So we've seen a couple hundred people this weekend protest
outside this facility and just said in Newark, New Jersey
that opened up last year, it's got a beds inside
Delamie Hall, about three hundred of them are occupied. People inside,
some are staging hunger strikes. Others are saying there's food
that does not meet their religious needs. Others says there's
(35:12):
a lack of medical care. Some Democratic members of Congress
did go in to take a look for themselves and
came running out to get to the microphones, of course,
but otherwise we've now seen the state police deployed to
help secure the area.
Speaker 1 (35:26):
It had been ice agents.
Speaker 11 (35:28):
New Jersey governor was slow to deploy the police there,
but now state police are there. The Newark mayor has
declared a curfew, and we've seen about two hundred hundred
and fifty people I think.
Speaker 1 (35:38):
As the largest this has become. All right, and then
we've been keeping an eye on all things the President,
not the least of which is our two hundred and
fiftieth celebration. And it looks like, well things get any
more out of hand with the big story Friday being
Martina McBride, it looks like we may end up with
just another Trump rally. That's it, Happy Birthday.
Speaker 8 (35:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (35:58):
Well, you know there are sort of two competing events.
Speaker 11 (36:00):
You've got America to fifty and Freedom two fifty and
Freedom two fifties being organized by the Trump administration. And
that's where some of the performers this is their accusation
that they say, oh, all right, I thought I was
doing the other one. This Freedom two fifty is too
political for me. So that's why that's the excuse they've
been giving for dropping out. Essentially, yeah, we'll see what
(36:21):
else they may be able to put together. To celebrate
on the National Mall. Of course, you know, also going
to the ceremonies on Main Street, USA, not necessarily at
the mall.
Speaker 1 (36:32):
Yeah, Somewhere along the line, you got to ask yourself,
how do you have a birthday party when everybody can't
stand each other in the family, because we can't seem
to be a just Americans celebrating two hundred and fifty
years and focused on the document that started it all.
I had the mild hopes that maybe you could heal
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I understand everybody's a different taste, but I don't know
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what you would set a criteria at that would give
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all you've been hearing lately are warnings that Trump is
weakening the incumbent senators in the midterm election. Oh, he's
getting his big wins in the primaries, but you're taking
away people with appeal to both parties and secure incumbents
in the process, and it's going to backfire. It's going
to backfire. It's got a backfire. But is it possible
(02:36):
it's the Dems that are overconfident, just believing their own narrative.
Republican GOP consultant and analyst Chris Walker is joining us
as he does on Monday. I want to talk about
all things races because I wanted to bring up how
many are leaving, but in general, this whole narrative, Oh,
you've weakened yourself for the general You seeing that?
Speaker 4 (02:58):
Well, yes, no, And I think it's an interesting question,
and good morning, Michael.
Speaker 5 (03:04):
Frankly, it is interesting.
Speaker 4 (03:06):
To me to see the media jump so hard into
this notion that the Democrats are, you know, basically a
four dawn conclusion that they're going to win the House
in the Senate.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
When we've talked.
Speaker 6 (03:17):
About redistricting, we've talked about the Supreme Court.
Speaker 4 (03:19):
Ruling saying that, you know, uh, picking districts by race
is unconstitutional, things like that.
Speaker 5 (03:26):
So ultimately, I think bas is really closer than.
Speaker 6 (03:29):
Than what you what we.
Speaker 4 (03:31):
Have generally seen in kind of the mainstream media.
Speaker 5 (03:35):
There's been so much.
Speaker 6 (03:35):
Talk from Texas. And you and I talked about Texas
last week, but what.
Speaker 5 (03:39):
We've just seen from tall Rico over.
Speaker 4 (03:41):
The last you know, week, is is a incredibly weak candidate.
Speaker 5 (03:45):
Who will not win in Texas.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
You know, any any hand ringing of Republicans and the
notion that Paxton beat John Cornyn. Yes, but you know,
frankly to tell Rico will not be you senator from Texas.
He's absolutely not of Texas, of any kind of Texas
measure of a US center from there. So you know,
some of these grand platin.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
If we had Maine, if we had a Richie Cunningham
lookalike contest, I like his odds. By the way, he's
having a rough time right now because he was pressed
on defining what a woman is and he said an
individual with the uterus. So we'll see how that plays
with a far left even in Texas. But he's just
not right.
Speaker 4 (04:22):
He's a perfect example of of a liberal who just
repeats ever the far left, you know, language download is
into your blue computer and not even thinking about humanity
or the reality of politics. So Talery goes not going
in Texas. And you mentioned Graham Platner earlier in Maine,
(04:43):
you know, Susan Collins is a she's she is Maine,
and she is someone who understands Maine and Grand Platiner
is an incredibly flawed and difficult candidate. And what we're
seeing here is someone who is not worthy of being a.
Speaker 5 (04:58):
US Senate, while Susan Collins.
Speaker 4 (05:00):
Has been you know, over represented for her state for
a long long time.
Speaker 6 (05:04):
So again, there's another.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
State that people are kind of counting in the blue
camp that I think is a little premature, Iowa, Alaska
or others.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
You know, Ohio.
Speaker 5 (05:14):
Sharon Brown will do an interesting.
Speaker 4 (05:16):
Will be an interesting Canada in Ohio, and that could
be a flip. But you know, Ohio has been reliably
read in the in the Trump era.
Speaker 5 (05:22):
So again we're we're seeing a lot of.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
Hand ringing and uh, you know, general viewpoints from from
professional media in Washington thinking that this race is over,
a lot of these races are over, when I just
I don't. I don't see it in the polls. I
don't see it in the in the in the attitude
of voters in the United States. Yes, gas prices are high,
but I also think there's an element of looking at
(05:46):
the Democrats and saying this is not a party who's
in line with with with the majority of voters in
the United States, and I think that's something that really matters.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Still, two or three things come to mind. One, the media,
including their analysts that are bought and paid for and
always wearing a suit and sitting in a green room.
They make a living off of keeping people interested in
coming back and staying longer. So it's kind of like
two announcers that got a really crappy, one sided game,
We're gonna make the pregame show, you know, give you
something to watch for, and then deal with when it's
(06:16):
out of hand. The other aspect I would bring up
is to me, anyway, no one was ever debating that
we thought the Republicans would hang on to the Senate.
The question is can they hang on to the House.
And then I wanted to bring this up to Chris
great article this weekend. I can't remember who was Daily Caller,
and this just kind of sneaks up on you. As
(06:38):
of Saturday this week, fifty seven members of the House
and eleven senators have announced they will not even be
seeking re election. In addition to four House members and
two senators who have lost renomination there's can be a
lot of new faces. I don't know how many hours,
how many d's, there's gonna be a lot of new faces.
That much is going to be interesting. But there's the
(06:59):
impact of that as well those choosing not to run.
That's right.
Speaker 4 (07:03):
But I think that's another piece of the of the
equation that's actually interesting from a standpoint.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
Of of what is where are the voters.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
The voters are looking for new, The voters are looking
for people who are not Washington establishment, you know, uh, longevity, right.
I mean, what we've seen is is an anti establishment,
anti incumbent mentality. Frankly, a lot of these members who
are retiring you want to face the voters or you know,
(07:33):
are are seeing the writing on the wall for black
for a better term in terms of the political reality
of voters are wanting people that are new and coming
with fresh ideas.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
So, whether it's the.
Speaker 4 (07:44):
House of the Senate, new is in a way positive
and it's also I think.
Speaker 6 (07:49):
In an indicator of of of an energy that the Republicans.
Speaker 5 (07:53):
May have that I don't think that is being really negaged.
Positive covered in the in the press, for sure.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Chris Walker is a consultant and analyst for the GOP
joins us every Monday. Let me backtrack a little bit
on what I said to I can get two clear answers. One,
I don't think any of us ever thought we were
the Republicans were going to lose the Senate. I still
think there's a good chance they could lose the House.
Speaker 5 (08:14):
You still seeing that, I am, But I actually I
would not discount the Senate.
Speaker 4 (08:20):
You know, the Senate is I don't think Texas and
Maine or As deal, but we Sharon Brown is a
is a known quantity in a bio. That's an interesting race.
Michigan and craping race, you know, Iowa, Alaska are all interesting.
The Senate is in play. I don't think the Republicans
should be taking it for.
Speaker 5 (08:37):
Granted or sleeping on it.
Speaker 4 (08:39):
I think the House is probably fifty two forty eight
right now in terms of GOP versus Democrat, you know,
in terms of odds. I really do think Republicans are
going to overperform in a way because again, I just
I think when you look at what Democrats are offering,
which is nothing other than opposition to the president, it's
not enough. And we've seen that happen in other cycles.
(08:59):
We thought in twenty twenty two that opposition to Biden
would be enough to you know, kind of make a
red wave. It didn't happen. You know, you have to
have an alternative governing vision. You can't just be opposed
to the incumbent and think that that's going to be
enough to get it across the finish lines. I think
that's part of the reason why I'm skeptical of this
notion of a ford On conclusion of both the House
(09:20):
and the Senate, because I think Republicans, you know, while
leading and making difficult decisions, actually have ideas and a plan,
whereas the Democrats are just offering obstruction, and frankly, you know,
either if they have ideas, they're incredibly old ones and frankly,
historically terrible ones like socialism.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Well they're talking about it. They're not on the same
page with the American people on the issues and the
policies in the worldview, and then they don't. So they
have message issues, and then they also have messenger issues.
You brought up something very very key. I didn't even
ask you the question, do you think that this is
an anti incumbent referendum election for me? Because now I
(10:02):
am convinced, and the numbers we just shared all prove it.
So that is not even a question anymore. Anybody that's
an incumbent is gonna have They're gonna swimming against the current.
You also, you know, brought up you got to have ideas.
Did you notice Romney Manuel positioning himself We're not a
party of gender or not a party of race. We
(10:23):
need to be a party of ideas. I still see
that bait and switch coming. But why aren't there more
people smart enough to take the same lane that Romney
Manuel is.
Speaker 4 (10:37):
Because rom is one of the smartest Democrats in politics,
and so see things that I think some of these
other career politicians do not.
Speaker 5 (10:47):
Well, if Democrats listen to Ram I.
Speaker 4 (10:49):
Mean, let's not forget he was the architect of a
lot of Obama success.
Speaker 5 (10:54):
In his first term.
Speaker 4 (10:55):
You know success I put in air quotes because ultimately,
obviously I discribed everything Obomba did.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
I hated Obamacare, but he got it to happen. They
couldn't get it to happen with Hillary and Bill, right,
and you know.
Speaker 5 (11:09):
Rom was a big you know, uh leader in terms
of of the Clinton time.
Speaker 6 (11:16):
And so you know, again taking the politics aside of it.
Speaker 5 (11:19):
I disagree with.
Speaker 4 (11:19):
Everything rom stands for it for a lot of cases, but.
Speaker 5 (11:21):
He's an incredibly smart operator and knows.
Speaker 4 (11:23):
How to think through issues that aren't so radically ideological,
which is where the Democrats have found.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
Themselves for the most part.
Speaker 4 (11:30):
Again, we look at somebody like James Lorico who just
you know, repeats the latest crazy, you know, woke leftism
idea because what he reads on Twitter is not in
itself a core constituency that that matters to win an election.
Rob Emmanuel sees it differently, and I think that that's
why do I think he's got a chances of presidential
came in Well one, I hope not.
Speaker 5 (11:53):
But two no, because I just don't think he's speaking to.
Speaker 4 (11:56):
Where the core passion of the Democrat party is. But
rom Ron's ideas and a message right now is something
Democrats should listen to if they really want to win
in twenty eight.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
Well, the big story over the week and only have
like a minute left, but I'm going to give them
in a nutshell. He was faced with that, you know,
the big defining question, the identity debate. And so when
it comes to a party that stands for diversity as
its core, you know, and then you ask the ultimate question,
(12:27):
can you elect a straight white male? Well, really the
question could be even further define for Romney Manuel, you're
talking about a straight versus gay Pete, white versus person
of color like AOC male jew. I mean, he's the
quad fecta in this case. And he says it shouldn't
be about that, it should be about ideas. Do you
(12:49):
have ideas on how to make the American dream alive
and well accessible and affordable to another generation? So he's
he is a centrist in that sense, and he's a
tough sell in the primary. But the DNC doesn't care
about primary voters. They'll be all behind AOC and everyone
will be unimpressed with Gavin and mayor Pete, and then
(13:12):
they'll do the bait and switch to Ram so they
don't have to get by the primary they get to
the general. Now, I don't think they'll be much enthusiasm
in the general for him if you get somebody like
Marco Rubio or JD Bants against him. But I can
see this playing out because I've seen what the Democrats
have done, ignoring their primary voters and doing a bait
and switch three presidential cycles in a row. Of course
(13:32):
they'll do it a fourth time. That's why he doesn't disappear,
I think, But time will tell. That's an nostro deltnal
bottom line.
Speaker 6 (13:38):
I mean democrats. Democrats are super delicate in.
Speaker 5 (13:41):
The republicancy not so that is a really good point
in terms of their picking process.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
Well, there's not much time now. Now it's June. We're
starting to if this is the Kentucky Derby. They're coming
around the far turn. They're getting into that far turn.
Ready for the home stretch overall, Senate and House the
over You don't take the Sendate for granted, but you
ought to be able to hang on to it. House
is going to be difficult to maintain.
Speaker 4 (14:07):
Yeah, I think it's a fifty two forty eight proposition.
But that is not an unwinnable situation. I think Republicans
can seize the opportunity and eag it out and get
another win.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
All things Republican with Chris Walker. Appreciate it. It wouldn't
be Monday without you. I will add this. You could
see how a mayor's race and a governor's race in
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coming up next half hour visit with John Morgan from
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There's the billboards, there's the commercials. He says, life is luck.
We'll talk to him about his new memoir and book
when Your Morning Show continues.
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I am Michael del Joorno, Honored to serve you and
honored to have John Morgan with us. From Morgan and Morgan.
His new memoir is out. It's called Life Is Luck.
I don't know if it could be all luck to
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become that successful, but life is luck. Lessons from a
paper boy. Say hello to our paper boy, John Morgan,
Good morning.
Speaker 8 (18:23):
Good morning. How are you.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
I want you to know you're among family and friends
here so much so that I would love to talk
to you about your feelings about turkey. That's how well
we know you.
Speaker 8 (18:33):
Well. You know I'd rather have tofu than turkey.
Speaker 1 (18:39):
You did. Were you shocked at how viral that went?
Speaker 8 (18:42):
Oh, turkey tastes like you know what I was telling
your guy. I was at the Derby this year. Seven
different people walked up to me. I didn't know them,
and they just looked well to me and said, guess
what turkey tastes like? Blank well, and I was at
the derby.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
Yeah no, but I mean it was not just that
it was funny, it was true and like a good attorney,
I mean, you made a very compelling case. And let
me tell you the reason why I gravitated towards him
was one year I looked at my wife and I said,
why do we do this? None of us like it?
Speaker 8 (19:17):
And we hadtant.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
Well, I don't want to redo the whole bit, but
so we did filets, asparagus, baked potatoes, our greatest Thanksgiving ever.
I don't know who said we have to have turkey John.
Speaker 8 (19:34):
It's the worst food possible other than buzzard.
Speaker 1 (19:38):
John Morgan is joining us with Morgan and Morgan. Doesn't
matter what city I'm in, I can't catch up with
you guys, you know, I mean you're everywhere, your billboards,
your commercials, and thousands and thousands of attorneys. I guess
my first question is how many Morgans are there? Number one?
Number two? There's got to be a Morgan that said no,
I don't want to be a lawyer, and they're like,
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you know, a landscaper something, or is it just you're born, Well,
you have no choice.
Speaker 8 (20:04):
I met my wife in law school. Our three all
three of our sons are lawyers. We have a daughter
who said, not me.
Speaker 4 (20:14):
Did she good?
Speaker 1 (20:15):
Okay?
Speaker 8 (20:16):
So she's a fashionista and that's what she does.
Speaker 1 (20:23):
I love. I think it was Tony Robbins who first
said this. I'd love to role model. It's a great
shortcut in life because success leaves clues, and so I,
you know, I don't want to talk to failures about
how to be successful. I want to talk to successful
people about how they became successful. And then you come
out with this memoir and what do you say? Life
is luck? Lessons from a paper boy? Life is best
(20:45):
understood looking back. You look back at the paper boy,
you know what you are now and your feelings on
Turkey and the undisputed success. It's got to be more
than luck. But why do you start with luck?
Speaker 8 (20:57):
I'll start with luck because the way the reason I
wrote it, I was on the cover of Forbes magazine
as one of the world's billionaires. And when you look
at that, you're like, is that really me? Is that?
Who is that me? And then you start looking back
from the very beginning. And when I went back to
(21:18):
the very beginning, I went to my paper out in Lexington, Kentucky.
And for anybody listening that was a paper boy or
paper girl. Oprah was a paper girl. You all know.
We're in a sort of a fraternity together. We did
something hard early. We had a genetic seed to get
(21:39):
up out of our warm bed before school and deliver
papers every single day. And I kept thinking, and I
started looking who were paper boys. Walt Disney was a
paper boy. You know, there's so many I meet people
at parties that go, hey, were you a paper boy?
That go yeah, because there's this genetic sea that we won,
(22:04):
the genetic lottery, that we were built for work and entrepreneurism.
And then I took that and went all the way
through my life. I have my law firms across America,
but I have a chain of attractions and hotels and
shopping centers. And I looked at all those different turns,
and what I realized is this, there were a thousand
(22:26):
left turns, a thousand right turns, and I ended up here,
and one different turn would have made everything different. But
I also know that I worked my ass off.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
Well, it's funny you bring up the paper boy, because
the paper boy I didn't do it. By the way
I had a lawn service, but it was very similar.
Speaker 5 (22:47):
You have to go, you have too exactly.
Speaker 1 (22:50):
You have to get clients, you have to do collections,
you have to do billing, and you have to work hard.
I think what it sends, and I used to say
this two people all the time. Rarely in radio anyway,
especially as a program director, could anybody outthink me. But
even if they could, they were never going to outwork me.
And the two together make you unbeatable. But I guess
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what fascinates me because I have you, and I have
you on behalf of the listeners too. You kind of
make your own luck too, or I wouldn't say it's
about love. I look back at my life and everything
I see is God's hand. I thank him for all
the things that I wanted to do that he didn't
allow to happen, the things I tried to run from
that he wouldn't let me run from. So for me,
you know, life is all about God's will versus mind
(23:33):
and me fighting it.
Speaker 5 (23:35):
It's interesting you say that.
Speaker 8 (23:37):
And I haven't really hit on this, but when I
look back at my life, there were some very close
calls where it all could have really gone bad for
me really bad, and then I remember that prayer they
have you heard the footprints in the sand where the
God looks back and he says, you know, I looked
(23:58):
at my life and there was your footprints were always
with me, but the most difficult times, there was only
one set of footprints mine. And then God says, there
one set of footprints that's when I picked you up
and carried you. And I thought about that by writing
my book, I thought about some of my most difficult
(24:20):
times where I really felt desperate and alone. But looking back,
it was almost miraculous.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
Isn't it? Isn't it true from even a successful standpoint,
or even if those didn't have the measure of success
that you've had, that sometimes when we're at our weakest point,
when we are the most lost, or have the most
closest to coming to giving up or hit rock bottom,
(24:51):
that's really the moment we're on the verge of a miracle.
Speaker 8 (24:54):
Yes, yes, because our ego gets stripped away, it humble.
You know, arrogance. People get very successful and they think
it's all them and not luck or God or nature
or whatever. And what that arrogance is usually what causes
(25:15):
bad luck. And in my book, I talk about ways
to avoid bad luck. They have rules in casinos you
don't hit on sixteen. Those same rules are in life,
different rules for business, but they also have rules to
enhance luck. You get dealt two aces, you split two aces.
Speaker 1 (25:37):
I think we were separated at birth and I did
not become successful. When I heard you wrote a book,
my first thought was, if this guy can do to
Turkey what he did in three minutes and fifty seconds,
I can't imagine what he does with a lifetime. And
you're giving us a glimpse. The book is called Life
Is Luck. Lessons from a paper Boy. John Morgan of
Morgan and Morgan. You know, I think so often. I
(25:58):
have three kids, and I can see what they're struggling with.
I know what I struggled with at their age. This
window of life where I have to choose what I'm
going to be and then feel locked into it kind
of a thing. And then I'm sitting here at sixty one,
going I lived life. I know what I thought I
was going to be. I know what God made me.
I know what I'm capable of. I know what God's
capable of, which is everything. Stop thinking about what you're
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going to be just worry about who you're going to be?
How much of your life? Lesson points to that, like
there had to be forces. Like you bring up your wife.
I bet there were a lot of those key moments
you were about ready to make an investment, didn't feel
right with her soul. Maybe one time you didn't listen
to her and learn next time you did listen to her.
I mean, what are those kinds of intangibles and how
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does the book help present them to everybody in a
useful way? We lost John. I think I think we've
lost John Morgan, and I'll have to wait and see
if you'll call back. Can we get another Morgan? There's
thousands of them. I think I think he's back. John is.
(27:13):
John is working. John's working on a new TikTok video
on why he hates cell phones. Welcome back, John, No,
we were just talking about all the intangibles that come
up in the book, focusing on who you're going to be,
not what you're going to do, Uh, the lives you're
impacting and making a difference for which is really your
calling versus dollars? I mean, my guess is, if you
(27:35):
want to be a billionaire like John Morgan, don't make
your goal be a billionaire.
Speaker 8 (27:41):
No, because because here's the thing. If work is work,
you're screwed. The people who are successful didn't start out
to say, hey, I want to be a billionaire. They
started out with a passion. They enjoyed it. And if
you don't enjoy your work, then work is work. And
(28:05):
the people who are the most successful, the luckiest, are
the people who don't go to work but go to
play work. And that's the secret. Doing what you want
to do, not what you have to do.
Speaker 1 (28:20):
Everybody's passionate about something, and your passion will get your focus,
and your focus will lead to actions, and your actions
will set in motion and direction and it'll arrive at
a destination. Now, if your passion is you know, smoking
and drinking and this and that, well I see cancer
or cirrhosis in your future. So care what you're passionate about?
Speaker 8 (28:41):
A vape store on Broadway.
Speaker 1 (28:44):
How did somebody so successful like you'd be so hip
and fun to hang out with? I don't know, John,
but we must meet someday. Why should everybody listening for me?
I was sold on the Turkey rant, so I got
to hear your life story. The success is indisputable. But
what is the average person listening to your morning show
going to get When they just spend a time looking
(29:05):
back at your.
Speaker 8 (29:05):
Life, They're going to find a roadmap to success. The
way you get lucky is you are constantly looking for opportunities.
When you find luck, you have to double down on
luck to get return on luck. When you have bad
(29:25):
luck or failure, you have to make failure your friend
and use that lesson for greater luck. And along the way,
I have found that the people who give, expecting nothing
in return are the ones who get the most, and
the ones who take, take, take, never get anything.
Speaker 1 (29:48):
Always been a fan. I haven't got the book yet.
It's on the way thanks to Amazon. And when it
gets here, I'm going to love you even more. If
we're ever in a chance and get a chance to meet,
I'd be honor John Morgan. Morgan and Morgan is a
law firm.
Speaker 8 (30:02):
What's that have me over for Thanksgiving this year?
Speaker 1 (30:06):
I'm going to have you over for some Italian sauce,
to meat ball, some sausage. I'll make a couple of
ras or covedels. Uh. The book is called Life Is Luck.
Lessons from a paper Boy here's my bottom bottom line, Celluh.
Success leaves clues and they're all in this book.
Speaker 8 (30:23):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (30:23):
And by the way, if you make the goal to
be successful, good luck, you're never going to arrive. But
if you make the goal to live a life of
purpose and passion, you might be shocked at just how
successful you can make.
Speaker 9 (30:33):
This is.
Speaker 1 (30:35):
Oh, remember that book. This would be a great thing
to give you.
Speaker 8 (30:38):
I brought that I brought that guy to the Orlando Arena.
Digit we've sold it out.
Speaker 1 (30:44):
Yeah. I think this would be a great book to
give your kids that are getting ready to graduate high
school or are still in college and really struggling with
that anxiety. It's just a great look at life, which
is always best understood looking back, though, I think you
have a lot in front of you, John Morgan, life
is luck essence from a paper boy. Thanks so much
for your time. Was an honor to meet you, sir,
so much. God bless you. I never look at turkey
(31:05):
the same. Thanks to you. I'd like to sue turkeys everywhere.
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Today, It's Your Morning Show with Michael del Chno.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
The NHL Stanley Cup Finals and NBA Finals are set thunder,
Aren't there? Abs? Aren't there? In the NHL Stanley Cup
Finals Game one Tomorrow night, seven o'clock Golden Knights in
Carolina to take on the Hurricanes. NBA Finals Game one
Wednesday night at seven thirty the New York Knickerbockers in
San Antonio to take on the Spurs. Aaran says it
(32:46):
will not agree to any deal with the US unless
it fully protects the rights of the Iranian people. Mark
Mayfield has our top story.
Speaker 9 (32:53):
Hey Ron stop negotiator made the statement in a newly
released video in response to the US stance on negotiations.
The New York Times report that President Trump had sent
a new framework to Iran that had tougher terms. Iran
has been demanding the release of twelve billion dollars in
frozen assets and for Lebanon to be included in any deal.
Trump has been unwilling to meet the demand, saying if
(33:14):
we don't get what we want, we're going to end
in a different way.
Speaker 1 (33:18):
I'm Mark Neefield. Welcome to June the first, twenty twenty six.
It's officially hurricane season.
Speaker 10 (33:22):
Forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration so this
year's Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be below normal.
Is predicting eight to fourteen named storms, with three to
six becoming hurricanes and after three reaching major strength category
three or higher. The agency says that developing El Nino
could limit storm activity. Forecasters stress the outlook does not
(33:43):
predict landfalls and warns it only takes one storm to
make for a dangerous hurricane season. The season runs through
November thirtieth. I'm Tammy Trihio.
Speaker 1 (33:51):
Well. Paul McCartney is calling the Beatles the greatest band
of all time, and after three hours of talkbacks, we
can't find our case to DISAGREEJU don't make it bad, certainly.
Speaker 9 (34:07):
A recent TikTok livestream and Q and A with fans,
Macca reflected on the band's popularity and longevity, saying I
think the Beatles were the greatest band ever.
Speaker 1 (34:15):
He admitted when the band started, they thought they'd be
around for five years max.
Speaker 9 (34:19):
Then it became twenty and thirty and now it's right
up there.
Speaker 1 (34:22):
It's great. It is a lovely feeling.
Speaker 9 (34:24):
McCartney's comments come after routinely giving the Everly Brothers credit
for being a defining musical influence.
Speaker 1 (34:30):
I Mark mayfhew, I should do this dramatically like Fox
News New Jersey's and Chaos. A curfew is in effect
after violent protests in Newark, New Jersey over the weekend.
National correspondent Roy O'Neil is here with a look at
why the demonstrations were being old and how things got
out of hand. Good morning, Rory, and good morning.
Speaker 11 (34:51):
So we've seen a couple hundred people this weekend protest
outside this facility and just said in Newark, New Jersey
that opened up last year, it's got a beds inside
Delamie Hall, about three hundred of them are occupied. People inside,
some are staging hunger strikes. Others are saying there's food
that does not meet their religious needs. Others says there's
(35:12):
a lack of medical care. Some Democratic members of Congress
did go in to take a look for themselves and
came running out to get to the microphones, of course,
but otherwise we've now seen the state police deployed to
help secure the area.
Speaker 1 (35:26):
It had been ice agents.
Speaker 11 (35:28):
New Jersey governor was slow to deploy the police there,
but now state police are there. The Newark mayor has
declared a curfew, and we've seen about two hundred hundred
and fifty people I think.
Speaker 1 (35:38):
As the largest this has become. All right, and then
we've been keeping an eye on all things the President,
not the least of which is our two hundred and
fiftieth celebration. And it looks like, well things get any
more out of hand with the big story Friday being
Martina McBride, it looks like we may end up with
just another Trump rally. That's it, Happy Birthday.
Speaker 8 (35:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (35:58):
Well, you know there are sort of two competing events.
Speaker 11 (36:00):
You've got America to fifty and Freedom two fifty and
Freedom two fifties being organized by the Trump administration. And
that's where some of the performers this is their accusation
that they say, oh, all right, I thought I was
doing the other one. This Freedom two fifty is too
political for me. So that's why that's the excuse they've
been giving for dropping out. Essentially, yeah, we'll see what
(36:21):
else they may be able to put together. To celebrate
on the National Mall. Of course, you know, also going
to the ceremonies on Main Street, USA, not necessarily at
the mall.
Speaker 1 (36:32):
Yeah, Somewhere along the line, you got to ask yourself,
how do you have a birthday party when everybody can't
stand each other in the family, because we can't seem
to be a just Americans celebrating two hundred and fifty
years and focused on the document that started it all.
I had the mild hopes that maybe you could heal
it all all right, right, great reporting is always He'll
(36:53):
be back again tomorrow along with John Decker and Lieutenant
Colonel James Carafano. One chance to live this Monday, June
the first, twenty two, twenty six. It will never ever
happen again. Wow, Make a difference in someone's life and
make sure you cherish your or your own and make
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