Scott Jennings, CNN conservative commentator joins Dan with his unique take on issues of the day, along with his upcoming new book 'A Revolution of Common Sense: How Donald Trump Stormed Washington and Fought for Western Civilization' due for release in December of this year.
https://www.amazon.com/Revolution-Common-Sense-Washington-Civilization/dp/0063472171
Also, Dan reprises President Reagan's moving address at Normandy on the 40th anniversary of D-Day (June 6, 1984).
https://www.amazon.com/Revolution-Common-Sense-Washington-Civilization/dp/0063472171
Also, Dan reprises President Reagan's moving address at Normandy on the 40th anniversary of D-Day (June 6, 1984).
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:20):
I was toning Ryan during the break. You know, all
the big time guests I've had on over all these decades,
I can't remember ever being more excited to talk to somebody,
and it's Scott Jennings from CNN. Scott, Welcome to The
Dan Caplas Show.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
Dan an honor to hear your voice, and thanks for
having me on tonight. I'm glad to be here.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Well, well, thank you. And one of the reasons I've
been looking forward to it is I'm blown away by
your work. I mean, I happen to be a trial
order by trade. I've been in air decades, but what
you do is so hard. You know, live TV up
against some really smart people. You know, wrong ideas, but
smart articulate people, and you're able to do it so effectively,
so much substance, but with a smile on your face,
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and every now and then, you know, you bury your
teeth and you need to. But I've just never seen
anybody better at it.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Well, I'm flattered to hear you say that. And it
is an interesting job. You know, it's an actual ten
o'clock show. We do is an actual debating show. I
think it's the only one like it on TV. Table
had become, you know, just five or six people setting
around Agreen with each other, which is super boring. Thenn
decides to have a debating show and they put me
in the middle of it, and it really has just
worked out great for the network and for me and
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for your listener's knowledge of what you said is true.
I'm reacting in the moment. There are no scripts, there's
nothing on the teleprompter. It's just me reacting to Abby's
framing of issues and what four or five other people
are going to say about it. And it makes for
a wild show. But I just think it's more entertaining
and informative to have a debate than just sit around
and you know, either amen or shake your head and
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have no dissenting opinion. I mean, popping these ideological bubbles,
I think is good for America.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Oh hell yeah, And it does so much good I
think for conservatives out here like me, and I'm a
former Democrat who became a conservative, just in terms of okay,
you know what is the best way to win these arguments,
because just winning it intellectually doesn't really get you anywhere
unless you can do it in such a way that
you might be able to change some minds. And that's
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where you're kind of happy warrior demeanor I think just
takes it to another level.
Speaker 4 (02:20):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
I sort of have come up with a few rules
for punditry, and one of them is always keep smiling
and never take it personally. Yeah, and yeah, I'm on
sometimes with people who get emotionally invested and they take
it very personally. But you can't. I mean, we're having
a debate. The nation is founded on debate. It's the
essence of our political culture. But it's not personal. We
can disagree and that's okay. But making a good argument
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and being persuasive means being approachable, and I think keeping
a good nature about it, keeping a smile on your
face and trying to be humorous at times and a
little self effacing makes you more approachable. When it comes
to people saying, well, who do I want to believe here?
I think it's credibility enhancing to do it that way.
But I certainly run into my share of liberal who
are very angry. I mean, they just have a lot
of hate in their heart and then it comes out
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on the debates.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Yeah, and credit to the network and to Abby for
what they do here, right, because you're obviously, I think,
very obviously winning, and yet they keep you on air.
So how do you figure that? I mean, I know
it's good for the ratings, but ideologically it's got to
hurt them to see you winning these arguments.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Well, look, we're a TV station and we make a product,
and I think they've decided correctly that the best product
we can make is to have an actual debate among
good faith people and give something that everyone in the
country can watch. You know, the way it used to
be done, half or more than half the country would
have no reason to watch it. Right now, there's something
for everybody in these debates, and so I think, just
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from a network perspective, appealing to as many people as
possible as correct. Our CEO Mark Thompson thought of this
concept last year. Credit to him and Abby, you know,
this wasn't her normal thing. Yeah, but she decided to
take it on and she's really embraced and I love
Abby and really am proud of her. And look, the
show is our highest rated show, it's our fastest growing show,
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and it's the show that creates the most viral moments.
So for brand awareness for CNN, it's obviously doing the job.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Hey man on that, Hey, what's the story with the book,
A Revolution of Common Sense?
Speaker 3 (04:18):
Well, I decided to write it after hearing the President
use that phrase in his inaugural address in January. I
pitched him on the idea in February. He signed off
on it, and from there I sort of thought I
would write about, you know, roughly the first one hundred
days and some of the issues that dominated the headlines.
And it's coming along. We're almost finished with the copy
edits and you can pre order it now on Amazon,
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A Revolution of Common Sense, and order it now. You'll
get it on November the eighteenth. I'm also going to
read the audio version. We'll get that done here in
the next few weeks. And I really think it would
make a great Christmas gift. And if you love Donald Trump,
I think you're going to see a great defense of
how he's operated, and if you don't like him, you
might learn a little bit about his leadership style, which
would get some information. So either way, a great thing
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to buy ahead of Christmas.
Speaker 4 (05:03):
You know.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
One of the reasons I'm really optimistic about the future
is I look at the GOP bench and I see
some big time talent. I expect to win a bunch
and probably keep the White House for a long time,
you know, and some of those quite obvious, you know, J. D. Marko, etc. DeSantis,
But I put you in that top five. I mean,
I think your true presidential material. All this talk about
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you becoming us senator from Kentucky, I mean, is that true?
Is that the next step?
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Well, I don't really have any announcements to make about
that tonight. I'm flattered by the I'm flattered. I mean,
although if I were going to run for Senate in Kentucky,
why wouldn't I call a radio station in Denver, you know,
to make the announcement just outside the box. But it
is it is flattering to hear people talk about that,
and I'm flattered to hear you say it. But I
you know, honestly, right now, I think I'm right where
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I'm supposed to be. I think God put me right
where I'm supposed to be, and where I'm supposed to
be is helping CNN restore this idea of national debates, conversation,
civil political discourse, and carrying the ball for a political
ideology that has been shut out of mainstream media for
too long. And now we're coming back. And the more
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people that hear it, the more people that like it.
We've got a broad coalition. I'm hearing about it from
people all over the country. And so something tells me,
at least at this moment, I'm right where I need
to be and I'll tackle the politics sometime in the future.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
Last question, So grateful for the time, Scott Jennings, our guests.
The book can be pre ordered now, A revolution of
common sense. President Trump something big that maybe the rest
of us don't know about him.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
Well, I'll tell you one thing I've learned about being
around him lately is he is extraordinarily funny. He is gracious,
he is hospitable, and I've been in a lot of
rooms with him and on Air Force one and in
the Oval office. This man is an extremely gracious host,
and he's a great listener. I think he gets caricatured
in the meat in a certain way. But behind the scenes,
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my observations of him is he's very nice, he's very funny,
and he's a great listener, and he's a good conversationalist.
You know, when I work for President Bush, I watched
the media caricature him and Vice President Chaney just horribly.
I mean, they painted a picture that just wasn't true.
They do the same thing of Donald Trump. And so
behind the scenes, we've got a president who actually is
listening following our national zeitguys closer than anyone. And I'll
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tell you this, I don't know who was running the
country the last four years, but I'm sure as heck
he's running it.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
That's right. And hey, where's this Elon Musk thing come from?
And how does it end?
Speaker 3 (07:34):
I don't know how it ends. It makes me sad
because I love them both. I think their partnership last year,
it's no exaggeration to say that they both saved America
and put us on a path to saving Western civilization.
And so I do not want to see the partnership
to centegrate because I think these two guys working together
are effectively holding back the barbarians who are at the
gate all over this world. So it makes me sad,
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it makes me nervous for the future of the coalition,
but I'm really kind of hoping and praying that cooler
heads prevailed. So I don't know how it ends, but
I hope it is soon.
Speaker 5 (08:02):
Amen.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Well, hey, thanks for the time and looking forward to
the book and hopefully seeing you in the White House someday.
Speaker 5 (08:08):
Thank you, man, I love you.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
Bank you taking take care.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
Of that is Scott Jennings. Yeah, he's a unique talent,
unique talent.
Speaker 6 (08:18):
Did you glean what I did from what he told
you about running for Senate?
Speaker 2 (08:21):
No, it's done deal, I think so. Yeah, yeah, I
didn't know. I didn't think that necessarily before. Yeah, it's
a done deal.
Speaker 6 (08:29):
But he says he's in the place where he's supposed
to be.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
Which is true, right like you are. I mean, but no,
I mean it. I mean because uh, you've got this
great talent right now, you got this show two to
four and everybody can see it. So now all sorts
of good things are going to happen for you, Scott Jennings.
He's got this platform correct, and so you got so
many conservatives who, you know, hey, they can give a
good speech, or they can do this or do that,
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and that's great and I admire it, but very few
can engage in this hand to hand combat the way
he does. And so the world gets to see that
skill set, which I think then positions him in a
unique way for something like the White House. I mean,
he'll be senator from Kentucky. But then that people have
been able to see that talent, so like Trump, when
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they could see that talent in other ways, you know,
and then get to know him through the Apprentice. They're
getting to know Jennings through CNA.
Speaker 6 (09:22):
I've had this conversation with Kentucky native Leland Conway, our colleague,
and Kentucky's always been very confusing. They have a really
kind of interesting Democrat governor right now, Andy Basheer, who's
no great shakes. Then they have two libertarians that are
the biggest voices in Kentucky Republican politics, and Senator Ran
Paul and Congressman Tom Massey, who I like both of them,
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but they've both been obstinate with regard to the big
beautiful Bill, and I understand the reasons why. But then
you have Mitch McConnell, who's an establishment you know, old
school Republican doesn't represent the modern day Republican Party.
Speaker 7 (09:56):
Jennings would be that voice.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
Yes, no, he's totally different. A gift, you know what
I mean, He is a gift. And so yeah, I
see great, great, great things ahead there. And again i'd like,
I told him, I'm so excited for the future because
of the talent you see in the GOP and and yeah,
holding the White House isn't everything, but if you don't
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have it, then that much of the rest doesn't matter.
And so yeah, I think there's so much talent lined
up to keep the White House for a long time
by succeeding once they get there. And then of course
we got to win, got to win some of these
states and eventually have to win Colorado. Again, you're on
the Dane Capla Show.
Speaker 7 (10:36):
And now back to the Dan Kaplas Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (10:39):
The Kentucky oh many times.
Speaker 6 (10:41):
Yeah, you know, it's on that main thoroughfare. I seventy
five from Michigan down to Florida and been to Lexington
many times, been to Louisville.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
Never state, never been auto used car out of Kentucky.
Speaker 6 (10:54):
I went to the original Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant, Yes,
urban Kentucky. That is so cool, Kelly says, she's been
there too. Had to be really good, right, Well, that's
the thing. And I don't like the trash companies on
the air. But it's not what it used to be around.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
Like, yeah, it used to be great, that the original Arby's.
Then it was like real beef and it's fine now.
Speaker 6 (11:16):
But this original KFC that I went to, Dan, it
was just like I remember my childhood. It was crisp,
it was juicy, it was delicious, the eleven secret herbs
and spices.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
Yeah, hecky yeah. Like honestly, guys, I can remember, like
it was lunch today walking back from the McDonald's when
I was a little little kid and little kids could
walk a mile or two safely because my dad and
grandpa sent me over. It was like the third McDonald's
ever built. So it was back when they had the
original fries that would kill you in a week. But boy,
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they tasted good and you know it, so, I mean,
but isn't it weird how that works? I can still
remember what that tasted like and the chocolate shakes, real
ice cream and everything else. Oh man. And what I
really remember is getting to my grandpa's and there are
like two fries left. Did not go over well for you?
Speaker 8 (12:06):
That so Kentucky. I had one of my freshman year
when I was at Purdue. We went to the Kentucky Invite,
which was outside of the Big ten, but I swept it.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
Nice. I won one meter three meter? Wow and ten.
Do you have like any of those videos or anything?
Speaker 8 (12:27):
We should pull the videos that there could be some,
but I mean, but no, it was. It was just
one of those days where you know, like basketball players
will say, the hoop looked so big, the pool just
I mean, that whole complex. It just and and I
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just had the day of my life and nice. And
I got a nice purse out of it for my daddy.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
Nice anything in it from the from the donor, the
Purdue donors. No, not that next you.
Speaker 8 (13:05):
My parents put a bunch of gift cards and rolls
and quarters because that's what you had to use for laundry.
Speaker 2 (13:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (13:13):
Yeah, so I had that in the purse.
Speaker 4 (13:15):
That's cool.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
That is cool. Big time sports. So hey, we are
remembering D Day here and then we're getting into some
of the big questions that roll off it, such as
where are the giants today?
Speaker 5 (13:28):
And then?
Speaker 2 (13:29):
But I want to play some of this D Day
sound because it's so powerful. I hope you get a
chance to check the podcast. Scott Jennings joined us at
five oh six. Great conversation again. I think he's a
new ber talent, and do not be surprised at all
if you see him in the White House. But here's
Dwight Eisenhower, a Commander Supreme Commander Allied Forces, addressed to
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the troops as they launched on D.
Speaker 9 (13:53):
Day, Soldiers, sailors and airman of the Allied Expeditionary Force
about to embark upon the great crusade toward which we
have striven these many months.
Speaker 4 (14:05):
The eyes of the world are upon you.
Speaker 9 (14:08):
The hopes and prayers of liberty loving people everywhere march
with you, in company with our brave allies and brothers
in arms on other fronts. You will bring about the
destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi
tyranny over the oppessed peoples of Europe, and security for
ourselves in a free world.
Speaker 4 (14:28):
Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is.
Speaker 9 (14:32):
Well trained, well equipped, and battle hardened.
Speaker 4 (14:35):
He will fight savagely. But this is the year nineteen
forty four.
Speaker 9 (14:40):
Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of nineteen forty
forty one. The United Nations have inflicted upon the Germans
great defeats in open battle.
Speaker 4 (14:50):
Man demand.
Speaker 9 (14:52):
Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the
air and their capacity to wage war on the ground
home front. Have given us an overwhelming superiority in.
Speaker 4 (15:03):
Weapons and munitions of war.
Speaker 9 (15:06):
And place at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men.
Speaker 4 (15:10):
The tide has turned.
Speaker 9 (15:12):
The freemen of the world are marching together to victory.
I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty,
and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than
full victory. Good luck, and let us all be seats
the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.
Speaker 4 (15:32):
Wow.
Speaker 5 (15:33):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
And then you take that with FDR's D Day prayer,
his address to the nation.
Speaker 10 (15:44):
Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
And let me do this because I really want to
do this justice. It's so historic and so powerful, and
I realized as I hit it that there won't be
enough time to finish it before the break. So let
me do that when we come back at five. But
some of the questions that go with this is where
are the giants today? And you know, I have a
text and there are a number along these lines of
you know that Trump could never be that, this, this,
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that that, And I think people misunderstand. I mean, there's
an eloquence right to FDR and to ike that that. Yeah,
that that's that type of eloquence the nation needed then
and and was extremely effective President Trump. You know, he
can obviously, he can be a great, very funny speaker,
et cetera. I have no doubt if God forbid, we
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faced a crisis moment like that, you know, his his
tone would would fit the moment. But the power with
President Trump is he's a force of nature. The power
is in his actions, The power is in his strength
and his resolve. And so there's no question in my
mind that in many ways he has been and and
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would be if that moment arose, a giant, you know,
one of these giant figures. And when I talk about
that as well, obviously I agree with Trump on virtually
every policy, but I can look at somebody from the
other side, I can look at a Democrat and say,
I disagree with them on everything, but they're a giant
in terms of presence and talent and intellect. And you
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don't see that anymore with Democrats, and that that's weird
to me.
Speaker 5 (17:19):
I remember back.
Speaker 2 (17:20):
When I was a Democrat and there were some you know,
like a Tim Worth or Gary Hart before the goofiness
of monkey business, et cetera. You know, they al Roy Romer,
where you had these Democrats Dick Lam, you know, as
much as I disagree with him on so many things,
but but just giants in terms of presence and intellect
and ability to defend their positions, et cetera. And you
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know they would come on Aeron, they would have the
great debate because they were big. They were often wrong,
but they were big, and we just don't have that
with the Democrats anymore. You know, you have these much
much smaller figures who are kind of afraid of their
own shadow. They won't debate that. They won't you come
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on a show with somebody who disagrees with them. And
it's so sad for this state, because whether the person
agrees with you or not, your political party or not,
let's just get the giants back and have the great
debate and let the people decide, because these smaller figures
just bad for everybody. You're on the Dan Kaplas Show.
Speaker 7 (18:29):
And now back to the Dan Taplas Show podcast.
Speaker 11 (18:32):
And on a lonely windsweat point on the northern shore
of France, the air is soft, but forty years ago
at this moment, the air was dense with smoke and
the cries of men, and the air was filled with
the crack of rifle fire and the.
Speaker 5 (18:48):
Roar of cannon.
Speaker 11 (18:50):
At dawn on the morning of the sixth of June
nineteen forty four, two hundred and twenty five rangers jumped
off the British landing craft and ran to the bottom
of these Their mission was one of the most difficult
and daring of the invasion, to climb these sheer and
desolate cliffs and take out the enemy guns. The Allies
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had been told that some of the mightiest of these
guns were here and they would be trained on the
beaches to stop the Allied advance. The rangers looked up
and saw the enemy soldiers the edge of the cliffs
shooting down at them with machine guns and throwing grenades,
and the American rangers began to climb. They shot rope
ladders over the face of these cliffs and began to
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pull themselves up. When one ranger fell, another would take
his place. When one rope was cut, a ranger would
grab another and begin his climb again. They climbed, shot back,
and held their footing. Soon, one by one the rangers
pulled themselves over the top, and in seizing the firm
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land at the top of these cliffs, they began to
seize back the.
Speaker 5 (19:55):
Continent of Europe.
Speaker 11 (19:57):
Two hundred and twenty five came here after two days
of fighting, only ninety could still bear arms. Behind me
as a memorial that symbolizes the ranger daggers that were
thrust into the top of these cliffs.
Speaker 5 (20:12):
And before me are the men who put them there.
These are the boys of Puendejo.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
Wow.
Speaker 11 (20:26):
These are the men who took the cliffs. These are
the champions who helped free a continent, And these are
the heroes who helped end a war.
Speaker 5 (20:37):
Gentlemen, I look at you, and I think of.
Speaker 11 (20:39):
The words of Stephen Spender's poem. You were men who,
in your quote lives, fought for life and left the
vivid airs.
Speaker 5 (20:50):
Signed with your honor.
Speaker 2 (20:52):
Wow, think about it obviously the anniversary today, but goes
back to the question about you know, where are the
giants today? I mean in terms of elected leaders, right,
and we'll play again. I want to play FDR's address
to the Nation on D Date, which was really a
prayer and just so powerful and so perfect, and whether
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it's Democrat or Republican and our biggest moments where everything's
at stake, right, it's part of that whole reliance on
divine providence. I think God has given us these these great,
great leaders. But yeah, and FDR. He certainly rose to
the occasion. So we'll get to that. I want to
play General Eisenhower's addressed to the troops as well. Three
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or three someone three A two five five the number
text d A N five seven seven three nine Ryan,
Where is that FDR? With with no music? I just
want it the same way that people heard it on
D Day. Here's one, here's one, Yeah, here's one without
any music. The music's nice, but you've got to hear
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the way the people heard.
Speaker 10 (22:03):
Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States, my
fellow Americans, last night, when I spoke with you about
the fall of Rome. I knew at that moment that
troops of the United States and our allies were crossing
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the channel in another and greater operation. It has come
to pass with success thus far. And so in this
poignant hour I ask you to join with me in prayer,
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Almighty God, our sons.
Speaker 4 (22:48):
Pride of our nation.
Speaker 10 (22:50):
This day of set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle
to preserve our republic, our religion, and our civilization, and
to set free a suffering humanity. Plead them straight and true,
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Give strength to their arms, stoutness to their hearts, steadfastness
in their faith.
Speaker 4 (23:20):
They will need thy blessings.
Speaker 10 (23:22):
Their road will be long and hard, for the enemy
is strong.
Speaker 4 (23:28):
He may hurl back our forces.
Speaker 10 (23:32):
Success may not come with rushing speed, but we shall
return again and again.
Speaker 4 (23:41):
And we know that by.
Speaker 10 (23:42):
Thy grace and by the righteousness of our cause, our
sons will triumph.
Speaker 4 (23:51):
They will be sought, tried by night and by.
Speaker 10 (23:54):
Day, without rest, until the victory is won. The darkness
will be rent by noise and flame. Men's souls will
be shaken with the violences of war. For these men
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are lately drawn from the ways of peace. They fight
not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end
the conquest. They fight to liberate. They fight to let
justice arise, and tolerance and good will among all thy people.
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They yearn but for the end of battle, for their
return to the haven of home some will never return.
Embrace these father and receive them thy servants into Thy kingdom.
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And for us at home, fathers, mothers, children, wives, sisters,
and brothers of brave men overseas, whose thoughts and prayers
ever with them, Help us, Almighty God, to rededicate ourselves
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in renewed faith in THEE in this hour of great sacrifice.
Many people have urged that I call the nation into
a single day of special prayer. But because the road
is long and the desire is great, I ask that
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our people devote themselves in a continue.
Speaker 4 (26:00):
Wants of prayer.
Speaker 10 (26:02):
As we rise to each new day, and again when
each day is spent. Let words of prayer be on
our lips, invoking Thy health to our efforts. Give us
strength to strengthen our daily tasks, to read double the
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contributions we make in the physical and the material support
of our armed forces. And let our hearts be stout
to wait out the long travel, to bear sorrows that
may come to impart our courage, unto our suns, wheresoever
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they may be. And Oh Lord, give us faith, Give
us faith in Thee, faith in our sons, faith in
each other, faith in our united crusade. Let not the
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keenness of our spirit ever be dulled. Let not the
impacts of temporary events, of temporal matters, of but fleeting moment.
Let not these deter us in our unconquerable purpose. With
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thy blessing, we shall prevail over the unholy forces of
our enemy. Help us to conquer the apostles of greed
and racial arrogances. Lead us to the saving of our country,
and with our sister nations, into a world that will
(28:02):
spell a shaw peace, a peace invulnerable to the schemings
of unworthy men, and the peace that will let all
men live in freedom, reeping the just rewards of their
honest toil.
Speaker 5 (28:25):
Life.
Speaker 10 (28:26):
Will be done. Almighty God, Wow.
Speaker 2 (28:31):
Ft man, FDR. Just perfect, right, just perfect on d Day.
And then stop and think about it. And this isn't
meant to be partisan, just honest. You would not hear
a Democrat president say that today. Now there are so
many Democrats who are true patriots and love God, and
they've had family members die for their country and they
(28:51):
would too. But the party has been hijacked by this
secular left that is openly hostile to faith. And so
you've got one major party now that simply would never
do that, never call on God, rely on God as
for prayer to God, and think about the significance of that.
I mean, I think one way it's very significant is
(29:13):
that that party's not going to succeed long term because
this nation could not look at its history, it could
not succeed long term without God, starting with the founders
who said it, we're betting at all on reliance on God,
reliance on divine providence. So powerful, powerful messages and lessons
from D Day in so many different ways. Right when
(29:34):
we come back, some more of that sound that I
think is so important, at least for me. I just
it's so great to be able to hear this, and
I hope you enjoy it as well. Want to come
back and have Ike's address to the troops on D
Day and some other really just meaningful sound like that.
You're on the Dan Kaplas Show.
Speaker 7 (29:54):
And now back to the Dan Kaplas Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
Wow if you just joined us.
Speaker 11 (29:59):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (30:00):
Some really good folks on today. You may want to
pick off the podcast. Kathy Walker, the iconic news director
at eight fifty KOA her last day today after thirty
five years. She's been here a few years longer than
I have, but just been a rock of integrity. She
joined us at four six. Aaron Lee at I think
it was four thirty five, Aaron Lee doing a great
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job leading some ballot measures in the state, including keeping
men out of women's sports, boys out of girls sports.
And then Scott Jennings from CNN at five six and
playing an awful lot of sound from d D. Let
me get back to some of that so I can
squeeze it in before the end of the show. Here
is Supreme Commander of Allied Forces, Dwight Eisenhower's addressed to
(30:46):
the troops on D Day.
Speaker 9 (30:47):
Soldiers, sailors, and airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force, You
are about to embark upon the great crusade toward which
we have striven these many months. The eyes of the
world you, the hopes and prayers of liberty loving people everywhere,
march with you, in company with our brave allies and
(31:08):
brothers in arms on other fronts. You will bring about
the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of
Nazi tyranny over the oppessed peoples of Europe, and security
for ourselves in a free world. Your task will not
be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped,
and battle hardened. He will fight savagely. But this is
(31:31):
the year nineteen forty four. Much has happened since the
Nazi triumphs of nineteen forty forty one. The United Nations
have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats in open battle.
Speaker 4 (31:43):
Man demand.
Speaker 9 (31:45):
Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the
air and their capacity to wage war on the ground.
Speaker 4 (31:52):
Our home fronts.
Speaker 9 (31:53):
Have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions
of war, and placed that our disposal great reserves of
trained fighting men.
Speaker 4 (32:03):
The tide has turned. The freemen of.
Speaker 9 (32:06):
The world are marching together to victory. I have full
confidence in your courage, devotion to duty, and skill in battle.
We will accept nothing less than full victory. Good luck,
and let us all beseats the blessing of Almighty God
upon this great and noble undertaking.
Speaker 2 (32:25):
Wow, and we played Ftrs addressed to the nation a
few minutes ago and lots today because it was just
so perfect. And then can you imagine being alive when
President Truman announced the unconditional surrender of Japan.
Speaker 12 (32:40):
I have received this afternoon a message from the Japanese government.
They interplyed to the message forward to that government by
the Secretary of State on August eleventh. I deem this
reply a full acceptance of the Popsdam decoration for specifies
the unconditioned no surrender of Japan. In the reply, there
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is no qualification. Arrangements are not being made for the
formal signing of the surrender terms at the earliest possible moment.
Speaker 5 (33:14):
Wow. Wow, So.
Speaker 2 (33:19):
Yeah, they're enough words, right for the gratitude. I just think,
and you wonder if kids are learning it in school,
et cetera. You know, the magnitude of the heroism, the sacrifice,
et cetera. But amazing, and Ryan, we don't have time
to do it now. But what do you think the
world looks like if American? Obviously many brave men and
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women from all over the world, but without America, the
world's plunged into darkness and remains there today to keep
you imagine what that would maybe for many centuries, I mean.
Speaker 7 (33:50):
Don't I wouldn't be alive.
Speaker 2 (33:51):
Yeah, how that turned out remarkable? But yeah, so many,
so grateful to so few. We own so much. Bran,
thank you for everything, Kelly. Have a tremendous weekend. U
please do enjoy it all. Join us Monday on the
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Speaker 2 (00:20):
I was toning Ryan during the break. You know, all
the big time guests I've had on over all these decades,
I can't remember ever being more excited to talk to somebody,
and it's Scott Jennings from CNN. Scott, Welcome to The
Dan Caplas Show.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
Dan an honor to hear your voice, and thanks for
having me on tonight. I'm glad to be here.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Well, well, thank you. And one of the reasons I've
been looking forward to it is I'm blown away by
your work. I mean, I happen to be a trial
order by trade. I've been in air decades, but what
you do is so hard. You know, live TV up
against some really smart people. You know, wrong ideas, but
smart articulate people, and you're able to do it so effectively,
so much substance, but with a smile on your face,
(01:00):
and every now and then, you know, you bury your
teeth and you need to. But I've just never seen
anybody better at it.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Well, I'm flattered to hear you say that. And it
is an interesting job. You know, it's an actual ten
o'clock show. We do is an actual debating show. I
think it's the only one like it on TV. Table
had become, you know, just five or six people setting
around Agreen with each other, which is super boring. Thenn
decides to have a debating show and they put me
in the middle of it, and it really has just
worked out great for the network and for me and
(01:28):
for your listener's knowledge of what you said is true.
I'm reacting in the moment. There are no scripts, there's
nothing on the teleprompter. It's just me reacting to Abby's
framing of issues and what four or five other people
are going to say about it. And it makes for
a wild show. But I just think it's more entertaining
and informative to have a debate than just sit around
and you know, either amen or shake your head and
(01:49):
have no dissenting opinion. I mean, popping these ideological bubbles,
I think is good for America.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Oh hell yeah, And it does so much good I
think for conservatives out here like me, and I'm a
former Democrat who became a conservative, just in terms of okay,
you know what is the best way to win these arguments,
because just winning it intellectually doesn't really get you anywhere
unless you can do it in such a way that
you might be able to change some minds. And that's
(02:14):
where you're kind of happy warrior demeanor I think just
takes it to another level.
Speaker 4 (02:20):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
I sort of have come up with a few rules
for punditry, and one of them is always keep smiling
and never take it personally. Yeah, and yeah, I'm on
sometimes with people who get emotionally invested and they take
it very personally. But you can't. I mean, we're having
a debate. The nation is founded on debate. It's the
essence of our political culture. But it's not personal. We
can disagree and that's okay. But making a good argument
(02:43):
and being persuasive means being approachable, and I think keeping
a good nature about it, keeping a smile on your
face and trying to be humorous at times and a
little self effacing makes you more approachable. When it comes
to people saying, well, who do I want to believe here?
I think it's credibility enhancing to do it that way.
But I certainly run into my share of liberal who
are very angry. I mean, they just have a lot
of hate in their heart and then it comes out
(03:04):
on the debates.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Yeah, and credit to the network and to Abby for
what they do here, right, because you're obviously, I think,
very obviously winning, and yet they keep you on air.
So how do you figure that? I mean, I know
it's good for the ratings, but ideologically it's got to
hurt them to see you winning these arguments.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Well, look, we're a TV station and we make a product,
and I think they've decided correctly that the best product
we can make is to have an actual debate among
good faith people and give something that everyone in the
country can watch. You know, the way it used to
be done, half or more than half the country would
have no reason to watch it. Right now, there's something
for everybody in these debates, and so I think, just
(03:45):
from a network perspective, appealing to as many people as
possible as correct. Our CEO Mark Thompson thought of this
concept last year. Credit to him and Abby, you know,
this wasn't her normal thing. Yeah, but she decided to
take it on and she's really embraced and I love
Abby and really am proud of her. And look, the
show is our highest rated show, it's our fastest growing show,
(04:07):
and it's the show that creates the most viral moments.
So for brand awareness for CNN, it's obviously doing the job.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Hey man on that, Hey, what's the story with the book,
A Revolution of Common Sense?
Speaker 3 (04:18):
Well, I decided to write it after hearing the President
use that phrase in his inaugural address in January. I
pitched him on the idea in February. He signed off
on it, and from there I sort of thought I
would write about, you know, roughly the first one hundred
days and some of the issues that dominated the headlines.
And it's coming along. We're almost finished with the copy
edits and you can pre order it now on Amazon,
(04:39):
A Revolution of Common Sense, and order it now. You'll
get it on November the eighteenth. I'm also going to
read the audio version. We'll get that done here in
the next few weeks. And I really think it would
make a great Christmas gift. And if you love Donald Trump,
I think you're going to see a great defense of
how he's operated, and if you don't like him, you
might learn a little bit about his leadership style, which
would get some information. So either way, a great thing
(05:02):
to buy ahead of Christmas.
Speaker 4 (05:03):
You know.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
One of the reasons I'm really optimistic about the future
is I look at the GOP bench and I see
some big time talent. I expect to win a bunch
and probably keep the White House for a long time,
you know, and some of those quite obvious, you know, J. D. Marko, etc. DeSantis,
But I put you in that top five. I mean,
I think your true presidential material. All this talk about
(05:27):
you becoming us senator from Kentucky, I mean, is that true?
Is that the next step?
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Well, I don't really have any announcements to make about
that tonight. I'm flattered by the I'm flattered. I mean,
although if I were going to run for Senate in Kentucky,
why wouldn't I call a radio station in Denver, you know,
to make the announcement just outside the box. But it
is it is flattering to hear people talk about that,
and I'm flattered to hear you say it. But I
you know, honestly, right now, I think I'm right where
(05:55):
I'm supposed to be. I think God put me right
where I'm supposed to be, and where I'm supposed to
be is helping CNN restore this idea of national debates, conversation,
civil political discourse, and carrying the ball for a political
ideology that has been shut out of mainstream media for
too long. And now we're coming back. And the more
(06:17):
people that hear it, the more people that like it.
We've got a broad coalition. I'm hearing about it from
people all over the country. And so something tells me,
at least at this moment, I'm right where I need
to be and I'll tackle the politics sometime in the future.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
Last question, So grateful for the time, Scott Jennings, our guests.
The book can be pre ordered now, A revolution of
common sense. President Trump something big that maybe the rest
of us don't know about him.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
Well, I'll tell you one thing I've learned about being
around him lately is he is extraordinarily funny. He is gracious,
he is hospitable, and I've been in a lot of
rooms with him and on Air Force one and in
the Oval office. This man is an extremely gracious host,
and he's a great listener. I think he gets caricatured
in the meat in a certain way. But behind the scenes,
(07:02):
my observations of him is he's very nice, he's very funny,
and he's a great listener, and he's a good conversationalist.
You know, when I work for President Bush, I watched
the media caricature him and Vice President Chaney just horribly.
I mean, they painted a picture that just wasn't true.
They do the same thing of Donald Trump. And so
behind the scenes, we've got a president who actually is
listening following our national zeitguys closer than anyone. And I'll
(07:25):
tell you this, I don't know who was running the
country the last four years, but I'm sure as heck
he's running it.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
That's right. And hey, where's this Elon Musk thing come from?
And how does it end?
Speaker 3 (07:34):
I don't know how it ends. It makes me sad
because I love them both. I think their partnership last year,
it's no exaggeration to say that they both saved America
and put us on a path to saving Western civilization.
And so I do not want to see the partnership
to centegrate because I think these two guys working together
are effectively holding back the barbarians who are at the
gate all over this world. So it makes me sad,
(07:55):
it makes me nervous for the future of the coalition,
but I'm really kind of hoping and praying that cooler
heads prevailed. So I don't know how it ends, but
I hope it is soon.
Speaker 5 (08:02):
Amen.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Well, hey, thanks for the time and looking forward to
the book and hopefully seeing you in the White House someday.
Speaker 5 (08:08):
Thank you, man, I love you.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
Bank you taking take care.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
Of that is Scott Jennings. Yeah, he's a unique talent,
unique talent.
Speaker 6 (08:18):
Did you glean what I did from what he told
you about running for Senate?
Speaker 2 (08:21):
No, it's done deal, I think so. Yeah, yeah, I
didn't know. I didn't think that necessarily before. Yeah, it's
a done deal.
Speaker 6 (08:29):
But he says he's in the place where he's supposed
to be.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
Which is true, right like you are. I mean, but no,
I mean it. I mean because uh, you've got this
great talent right now, you got this show two to
four and everybody can see it. So now all sorts
of good things are going to happen for you, Scott Jennings.
He's got this platform correct, and so you got so
many conservatives who, you know, hey, they can give a
good speech, or they can do this or do that,
(08:54):
and that's great and I admire it, but very few
can engage in this hand to hand combat the way
he does. And so the world gets to see that
skill set, which I think then positions him in a
unique way for something like the White House. I mean,
he'll be senator from Kentucky. But then that people have
been able to see that talent, so like Trump, when
(09:16):
they could see that talent in other ways, you know,
and then get to know him through the Apprentice. They're
getting to know Jennings through CNA.
Speaker 6 (09:22):
I've had this conversation with Kentucky native Leland Conway, our colleague,
and Kentucky's always been very confusing. They have a really
kind of interesting Democrat governor right now, Andy Basheer, who's
no great shakes. Then they have two libertarians that are
the biggest voices in Kentucky Republican politics, and Senator Ran
Paul and Congressman Tom Massey, who I like both of them,
(09:43):
but they've both been obstinate with regard to the big
beautiful Bill, and I understand the reasons why. But then
you have Mitch McConnell, who's an establishment you know, old
school Republican doesn't represent the modern day Republican Party.
Speaker 7 (09:56):
Jennings would be that voice.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
Yes, no, he's totally different. A gift, you know what
I mean, He is a gift. And so yeah, I
see great, great, great things ahead there. And again i'd like,
I told him, I'm so excited for the future because
of the talent you see in the GOP and and yeah,
holding the White House isn't everything, but if you don't
(10:18):
have it, then that much of the rest doesn't matter.
And so yeah, I think there's so much talent lined
up to keep the White House for a long time
by succeeding once they get there. And then of course
we got to win, got to win some of these
states and eventually have to win Colorado. Again, you're on
the Dane Capla Show.
Speaker 7 (10:36):
And now back to the Dan Kaplas Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (10:39):
The Kentucky oh many times.
Speaker 6 (10:41):
Yeah, you know, it's on that main thoroughfare. I seventy
five from Michigan down to Florida and been to Lexington
many times, been to Louisville.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
Never state, never been auto used car out of Kentucky.
Speaker 6 (10:54):
I went to the original Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant, Yes,
urban Kentucky. That is so cool, Kelly says, she's been
there too. Had to be really good, right, Well, that's
the thing. And I don't like the trash companies on
the air. But it's not what it used to be around.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
Like, yeah, it used to be great, that the original Arby's.
Then it was like real beef and it's fine now.
Speaker 6 (11:16):
But this original KFC that I went to, Dan, it
was just like I remember my childhood. It was crisp,
it was juicy, it was delicious, the eleven secret herbs
and spices.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
Yeah, hecky yeah. Like honestly, guys, I can remember, like
it was lunch today walking back from the McDonald's when
I was a little little kid and little kids could
walk a mile or two safely because my dad and
grandpa sent me over. It was like the third McDonald's
ever built. So it was back when they had the
original fries that would kill you in a week. But boy,
(11:48):
they tasted good and you know it, so, I mean,
but isn't it weird how that works? I can still
remember what that tasted like and the chocolate shakes, real
ice cream and everything else. Oh man. And what I
really remember is getting to my grandpa's and there are
like two fries left. Did not go over well for you?
Speaker 8 (12:06):
That so Kentucky. I had one of my freshman year
when I was at Purdue. We went to the Kentucky Invite,
which was outside of the Big ten, but I swept it.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
Nice. I won one meter three meter? Wow and ten.
Do you have like any of those videos or anything?
Speaker 8 (12:27):
We should pull the videos that there could be some,
but I mean, but no, it was. It was just
one of those days where you know, like basketball players
will say, the hoop looked so big, the pool just
I mean, that whole complex. It just and and I
(12:47):
just had the day of my life and nice. And
I got a nice purse out of it for my daddy.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
Nice anything in it from the from the donor, the
Purdue donors. No, not that next you.
Speaker 8 (13:05):
My parents put a bunch of gift cards and rolls
and quarters because that's what you had to use for laundry.
Speaker 2 (13:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (13:13):
Yeah, so I had that in the purse.
Speaker 4 (13:15):
That's cool.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
That is cool. Big time sports. So hey, we are
remembering D Day here and then we're getting into some
of the big questions that roll off it, such as
where are the giants today?
Speaker 5 (13:28):
And then?
Speaker 2 (13:29):
But I want to play some of this D Day
sound because it's so powerful. I hope you get a
chance to check the podcast. Scott Jennings joined us at
five oh six. Great conversation again. I think he's a
new ber talent, and do not be surprised at all
if you see him in the White House. But here's
Dwight Eisenhower, a Commander Supreme Commander Allied Forces, addressed to
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the troops as they launched on D.
Speaker 9 (13:53):
Day, Soldiers, sailors and airman of the Allied Expeditionary Force
about to embark upon the great crusade toward which we
have striven these many months.
Speaker 4 (14:05):
The eyes of the world are upon you.
Speaker 9 (14:08):
The hopes and prayers of liberty loving people everywhere march
with you, in company with our brave allies and brothers
in arms on other fronts. You will bring about the
destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi
tyranny over the oppessed peoples of Europe, and security for
ourselves in a free world.
Speaker 4 (14:28):
Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is.
Speaker 9 (14:32):
Well trained, well equipped, and battle hardened.
Speaker 4 (14:35):
He will fight savagely. But this is the year nineteen
forty four.
Speaker 9 (14:40):
Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of nineteen forty
forty one. The United Nations have inflicted upon the Germans
great defeats in open battle.
Speaker 4 (14:50):
Man demand.
Speaker 9 (14:52):
Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the
air and their capacity to wage war on the ground
home front. Have given us an overwhelming superiority in.
Speaker 4 (15:03):
Weapons and munitions of war.
Speaker 9 (15:06):
And place at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men.
Speaker 4 (15:10):
The tide has turned.
Speaker 9 (15:12):
The freemen of the world are marching together to victory.
I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty,
and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than
full victory. Good luck, and let us all be seats
the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.
Speaker 4 (15:32):
Wow.
Speaker 5 (15:33):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
And then you take that with FDR's D Day prayer,
his address to the nation.
Speaker 10 (15:44):
Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
And let me do this because I really want to
do this justice. It's so historic and so powerful, and
I realized as I hit it that there won't be
enough time to finish it before the break. So let
me do that when we come back at five. But
some of the questions that go with this is where
are the giants today? And you know, I have a
text and there are a number along these lines of
you know that Trump could never be that, this, this,
(16:12):
that that, And I think people misunderstand. I mean, there's
an eloquence right to FDR and to ike that that. Yeah,
that that's that type of eloquence the nation needed then
and and was extremely effective President Trump. You know, he
can obviously, he can be a great, very funny speaker,
et cetera. I have no doubt if God forbid, we
(16:33):
faced a crisis moment like that, you know, his his
tone would would fit the moment. But the power with
President Trump is he's a force of nature. The power
is in his actions, The power is in his strength
and his resolve. And so there's no question in my
mind that in many ways he has been and and
(16:54):
would be if that moment arose, a giant, you know,
one of these giant figures. And when I talk about
that as well, obviously I agree with Trump on virtually
every policy, but I can look at somebody from the
other side, I can look at a Democrat and say,
I disagree with them on everything, but they're a giant
in terms of presence and talent and intellect. And you
(17:16):
don't see that anymore with Democrats, and that that's weird
to me.
Speaker 5 (17:19):
I remember back.
Speaker 2 (17:20):
When I was a Democrat and there were some you know,
like a Tim Worth or Gary Hart before the goofiness
of monkey business, et cetera. You know, they al Roy Romer,
where you had these Democrats Dick Lam, you know, as
much as I disagree with him on so many things,
but but just giants in terms of presence and intellect
and ability to defend their positions, et cetera. And you
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know they would come on Aeron, they would have the
great debate because they were big. They were often wrong,
but they were big, and we just don't have that
with the Democrats anymore. You know, you have these much
much smaller figures who are kind of afraid of their
own shadow. They won't debate that. They won't you come
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on a show with somebody who disagrees with them. And
it's so sad for this state, because whether the person
agrees with you or not, your political party or not,
let's just get the giants back and have the great
debate and let the people decide, because these smaller figures
just bad for everybody. You're on the Dan Kaplas Show.
Speaker 7 (18:29):
And now back to the Dan Taplas Show podcast.
Speaker 11 (18:32):
And on a lonely windsweat point on the northern shore
of France, the air is soft, but forty years ago
at this moment, the air was dense with smoke and
the cries of men, and the air was filled with
the crack of rifle fire and the.
Speaker 5 (18:48):
Roar of cannon.
Speaker 11 (18:50):
At dawn on the morning of the sixth of June
nineteen forty four, two hundred and twenty five rangers jumped
off the British landing craft and ran to the bottom
of these Their mission was one of the most difficult
and daring of the invasion, to climb these sheer and
desolate cliffs and take out the enemy guns. The Allies
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had been told that some of the mightiest of these
guns were here and they would be trained on the
beaches to stop the Allied advance. The rangers looked up
and saw the enemy soldiers the edge of the cliffs
shooting down at them with machine guns and throwing grenades,
and the American rangers began to climb. They shot rope
ladders over the face of these cliffs and began to
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pull themselves up. When one ranger fell, another would take
his place. When one rope was cut, a ranger would
grab another and begin his climb again. They climbed, shot back,
and held their footing. Soon, one by one the rangers
pulled themselves over the top, and in seizing the firm
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land at the top of these cliffs, they began to
seize back the.
Speaker 5 (19:55):
Continent of Europe.
Speaker 11 (19:57):
Two hundred and twenty five came here after two days
of fighting, only ninety could still bear arms. Behind me
as a memorial that symbolizes the ranger daggers that were
thrust into the top of these cliffs.
Speaker 5 (20:12):
And before me are the men who put them there.
These are the boys of Puendejo.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
Wow.
Speaker 11 (20:26):
These are the men who took the cliffs. These are
the champions who helped free a continent, And these are
the heroes who helped end a war.
Speaker 5 (20:37):
Gentlemen, I look at you, and I think of.
Speaker 11 (20:39):
The words of Stephen Spender's poem. You were men who,
in your quote lives, fought for life and left the
vivid airs.
Speaker 5 (20:50):
Signed with your honor.
Speaker 2 (20:52):
Wow, think about it obviously the anniversary today, but goes
back to the question about you know, where are the
giants today? I mean in terms of elected leaders, right,
and we'll play again. I want to play FDR's address
to the Nation on D Date, which was really a
prayer and just so powerful and so perfect, and whether
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it's Democrat or Republican and our biggest moments where everything's
at stake, right, it's part of that whole reliance on
divine providence. I think God has given us these these great,
great leaders. But yeah, and FDR. He certainly rose to
the occasion. So we'll get to that. I want to
play General Eisenhower's addressed to the troops as well. Three
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or three someone three A two five five the number
text d A N five seven seven three nine Ryan,
Where is that FDR? With with no music? I just
want it the same way that people heard it on
D Day. Here's one, here's one, Yeah, here's one without
any music. The music's nice, but you've got to hear
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the way the people heard.
Speaker 10 (22:03):
Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States, my
fellow Americans, last night, when I spoke with you about
the fall of Rome. I knew at that moment that
troops of the United States and our allies were crossing
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the channel in another and greater operation. It has come
to pass with success thus far. And so in this
poignant hour I ask you to join with me in prayer,
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Almighty God, our sons.
Speaker 4 (22:48):
Pride of our nation.
Speaker 10 (22:50):
This day of set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle
to preserve our republic, our religion, and our civilization, and
to set free a suffering humanity. Plead them straight and true,
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Give strength to their arms, stoutness to their hearts, steadfastness
in their faith.
Speaker 4 (23:20):
They will need thy blessings.
Speaker 10 (23:22):
Their road will be long and hard, for the enemy
is strong.
Speaker 4 (23:28):
He may hurl back our forces.
Speaker 10 (23:32):
Success may not come with rushing speed, but we shall
return again and again.
Speaker 4 (23:41):
And we know that by.
Speaker 10 (23:42):
Thy grace and by the righteousness of our cause, our
sons will triumph.
Speaker 4 (23:51):
They will be sought, tried by night and by.
Speaker 10 (23:54):
Day, without rest, until the victory is won. The darkness
will be rent by noise and flame. Men's souls will
be shaken with the violences of war. For these men
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are lately drawn from the ways of peace. They fight
not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end
the conquest. They fight to liberate. They fight to let
justice arise, and tolerance and good will among all thy people.
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They yearn but for the end of battle, for their
return to the haven of home some will never return.
Embrace these father and receive them thy servants into Thy kingdom.
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And for us at home, fathers, mothers, children, wives, sisters,
and brothers of brave men overseas, whose thoughts and prayers
ever with them, Help us, Almighty God, to rededicate ourselves
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in renewed faith in THEE in this hour of great sacrifice.
Many people have urged that I call the nation into
a single day of special prayer. But because the road
is long and the desire is great, I ask that
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our people devote themselves in a continue.
Speaker 4 (26:00):
Wants of prayer.
Speaker 10 (26:02):
As we rise to each new day, and again when
each day is spent. Let words of prayer be on
our lips, invoking Thy health to our efforts. Give us
strength to strengthen our daily tasks, to read double the
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contributions we make in the physical and the material support
of our armed forces. And let our hearts be stout
to wait out the long travel, to bear sorrows that
may come to impart our courage, unto our suns, wheresoever
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they may be. And Oh Lord, give us faith, Give
us faith in Thee, faith in our sons, faith in
each other, faith in our united crusade. Let not the
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keenness of our spirit ever be dulled. Let not the
impacts of temporary events, of temporal matters, of but fleeting moment.
Let not these deter us in our unconquerable purpose. With
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thy blessing, we shall prevail over the unholy forces of
our enemy. Help us to conquer the apostles of greed
and racial arrogances. Lead us to the saving of our country,
and with our sister nations, into a world that will
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spell a shaw peace, a peace invulnerable to the schemings
of unworthy men, and the peace that will let all
men live in freedom, reeping the just rewards of their
honest toil.
Speaker 5 (28:25):
Life.
Speaker 10 (28:26):
Will be done. Almighty God, Wow.
Speaker 2 (28:31):
Ft man, FDR. Just perfect, right, just perfect on d Day.
And then stop and think about it. And this isn't
meant to be partisan, just honest. You would not hear
a Democrat president say that today. Now there are so
many Democrats who are true patriots and love God, and
they've had family members die for their country and they
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would too. But the party has been hijacked by this
secular left that is openly hostile to faith. And so
you've got one major party now that simply would never
do that, never call on God, rely on God as
for prayer to God, and think about the significance of that.
I mean, I think one way it's very significant is
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that that party's not going to succeed long term because
this nation could not look at its history, it could
not succeed long term without God, starting with the founders
who said it, we're betting at all on reliance on God,
reliance on divine providence. So powerful, powerful messages and lessons
from D Day in so many different ways. Right when
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we come back, some more of that sound that I
think is so important, at least for me. I just
it's so great to be able to hear this, and
I hope you enjoy it as well. Want to come
back and have Ike's address to the troops on D
Day and some other really just meaningful sound like that.
You're on the Dan Kaplas Show.
Speaker 7 (29:54):
And now back to the Dan Kaplas Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
Wow if you just joined us.
Speaker 11 (29:59):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (30:00):
Some really good folks on today. You may want to
pick off the podcast. Kathy Walker, the iconic news director
at eight fifty KOA her last day today after thirty
five years. She's been here a few years longer than
I have, but just been a rock of integrity. She
joined us at four six. Aaron Lee at I think
it was four thirty five, Aaron Lee doing a great
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job leading some ballot measures in the state, including keeping
men out of women's sports, boys out of girls sports.
And then Scott Jennings from CNN at five six and
playing an awful lot of sound from d D. Let
me get back to some of that so I can
squeeze it in before the end of the show. Here
is Supreme Commander of Allied Forces, Dwight Eisenhower's addressed to
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the troops on D Day.
Speaker 9 (30:47):
Soldiers, sailors, and airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force, You
are about to embark upon the great crusade toward which
we have striven these many months. The eyes of the
world you, the hopes and prayers of liberty loving people everywhere,
march with you, in company with our brave allies and
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brothers in arms on other fronts. You will bring about
the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of
Nazi tyranny over the oppessed peoples of Europe, and security
for ourselves in a free world. Your task will not
be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped,
and battle hardened. He will fight savagely. But this is
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the year nineteen forty four. Much has happened since the
Nazi triumphs of nineteen forty forty one. The United Nations
have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats in open battle.
Speaker 4 (31:43):
Man demand.
Speaker 9 (31:45):
Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the
air and their capacity to wage war on the ground.
Speaker 4 (31:52):
Our home fronts.
Speaker 9 (31:53):
Have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions
of war, and placed that our disposal great reserves of
trained fighting men.
Speaker 4 (32:03):
The tide has turned. The freemen of.
Speaker 9 (32:06):
The world are marching together to victory. I have full
confidence in your courage, devotion to duty, and skill in battle.
We will accept nothing less than full victory. Good luck,
and let us all beseats the blessing of Almighty God
upon this great and noble undertaking.
Speaker 2 (32:25):
Wow, and we played Ftrs addressed to the nation a
few minutes ago and lots today because it was just
so perfect. And then can you imagine being alive when
President Truman announced the unconditional surrender of Japan.
Speaker 12 (32:40):
I have received this afternoon a message from the Japanese government.
They interplyed to the message forward to that government by
the Secretary of State on August eleventh. I deem this
reply a full acceptance of the Popsdam decoration for specifies
the unconditioned no surrender of Japan. In the reply, there
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is no qualification. Arrangements are not being made for the
formal signing of the surrender terms at the earliest possible moment.
Speaker 5 (33:14):
Wow. Wow, So.
Speaker 2 (33:19):
Yeah, they're enough words, right for the gratitude. I just think,
and you wonder if kids are learning it in school,
et cetera. You know, the magnitude of the heroism, the sacrifice,
et cetera. But amazing, and Ryan, we don't have time
to do it now. But what do you think the
world looks like if American? Obviously many brave men and
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women from all over the world, but without America, the
world's plunged into darkness and remains there today to keep
you imagine what that would maybe for many centuries, I mean.
Speaker 7 (33:50):
Don't I wouldn't be alive.
Speaker 2 (33:51):
Yeah, how that turned out remarkable? But yeah, so many,
so grateful to so few. We own so much. Bran,
thank you for everything, Kelly. Have a tremendous weekend. U
please do enjoy it all. Join us Monday on the
Dankaplast Show.
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