Larry Glover Live 7-13-26

It's hour number two of our Monday show. It's actually my Friday show, too, by the way. We'll have a little bit of a happy hour, I guess. Maybe at the end of this one. We've never had back to back days with happy hour. Yeah, I'm off the rest of the week, so I'm on vacation. No, I've not been suspended. No, I'm off the rest of the week. I was going to take the full week all, but I have to pick somewhere up at the airport. I'll just... I'll come in and do the show and pick up my sister-in-law at the airport. So that's what we're going to do. So I'll be off the rest of the week. So I'll be, it'll be Wilfred tomorrow and Trey Watson on Wednesday and Thursday, Wilfred, back with us coming up on Friday. 253.5.9, these two guard motors text line 25359-5-9. We'll get to with your calls, questions and comments here on our program. Larry, let's see here. Regarding John Mellencamp, one of the alumni of Lafayette is Mike Wanchick. Yeah, he's still with him. In fact, he performed Saturday night with him. He was a year ahead of me. He hooked up with John Mellencamp in college or right after college and stayed with him all these years. I heard his father worked out of the federal prison when they had a lot of drugging musicians out there and he learned from them. Seriously? Wow. They said he had his musical interest from high school friends because he was a jock and being associated with hippies was not something one that wanted to do back then. If one was a jock, I never knew or met him. So this is what I've heard from friends who were in the class of 1970 at Lafayette and did know him. On an unrelated note, his sister was really good looking.

That's funny. No, it's not funny that she was good luck. It's funny that our listener would just throw that in there as a sidebar. 253-5-9. The Stuttgart Motors, Text Line 253-5959. One of her listeners asked the question. Larry, do you think the cases like Mitch McConnell and Graham will become the norm in the U.S. Senate for the coming years? I asked him for a clarification. He said, you know, I mean, just hospitalizations, senators dying in office, et cetera. I think it's the answer is yes. I think it will, actually. Our federal government and our leadership position is in a process of getting a little bit younger. But up until about four years ago, every leader in our federal government was, you know, octogenarians or something close. Trump was the youngster, and you had Nancy Pelosi, and you had Mitch McConnell, and you had, who was, I guess Kevin Carthy was relatively young. But when Nancy Pelosi was the Speaker of the House, you had, again, Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell, and then, of course, Trump, who was in his, you know, mid-70s, and President Trump, And being in 2020, in 2021, was, you know, in his 80s. And, of course, President Trump now in his 80s. To answer the listener's question, I think very well it could be true. I do think that our federal government is going to get much, much younger in the next four years. It's already begun. are on the House side, Hakeem Jeffries and Mike Johnson are both in their 50s. John Thune, I think, is in a 60s, but he's a relatively young guy. You know, Chuck Schumer's in his 80s. I don't think if the Democrats get the Senate back that he'll be the majority leader, I think it'll be somebody else. That will be my assessment. So the answer is, I think it is. I think I saw something like 50 senators are 65 or older. Think about that. Half of the Senate is of an age that if they were in the private sector would be eating cake on Friday night after a Friday afternoon after their last day at work. You know what I'm saying? I mean, I think most people in the real world at 65 is either about to retire or close to it or having just retired. And half of the Senate is older than 65 right now. I think 85 members of the House are over 65. I actually thought that number would be higher, to be honest with you. I do think, though, the House are represented as much younger. They just said it. I think you're more scrolling with Haley. I am Haley Karene. I scroll with the homies here in the live chat because there's a lot to scroll through on X, on Instagram, on TikTok. Cutting through the clutter, one hot take at a time. Love seeing you all in the chat before the show. I tried to jump in just a few minutes before to say hello. I love the chat interaction. Thank you for helping. But I do it to get all of the videos and all of the content that you won't find anywhere else. Scrolling with Haley. Just search that up and I will be there.

Follow and listen on your favorite platform. We're likely to have much younger, younger people in the House of Representatives. Larry, Chuck Grassley's 92 out farming, third in line, LOL. You're right about that. You know, here's the thing. People say, well, we need to have age limits on how long you can serve. You know, you shouldn't be able to serve beyond a date. I'll say this about that idea. If you are 84, you're much more likely to not be able to serve than if you're 74, 64, 64, or 54. I don't think the fact that you're 84 means that you're not capable of serving. But I think if you're 84, you're more likely. not capable of being able to serve than if you were 74 or 64 or 54. Does that make sense? I mean, the fact that Chuck Grassley is 92, but the fact that he's 92 doesn't mean that he's not capable of serving, but just because he's 92, it's just that he's more likely to not be the sharpest at the age of 92. Chuck Grassley is actually fairly sharp at 92. My ideological mentor is Tom Sol. He's 95. He's a brilliant guy. I would trust that he is cognitively sufficient to serve. But most 95-year-olds can't. And most 92-year-olds, the age of Chuck Restley, can't. Let's be honest, most 84-year-olds can't. Just because you're 84-year-olds doesn't mean you can't. It just means, on average, you're less likely to be able to. 253-9-9. Larry, they're probably upset that they can't hold office in heaven. That's pretty funny. Could be. Could be. Somebody told a joke about... Regarding Mitch McConnell, I mean, and the fact that he's still alive, we can, I feel comfortable telling the joke now. But it was something along the lines of getting to the pearly Bill Gates and discussing with St. Peter about whether he deserves to get in heaven or not and was talking about would he be able to use the filibuster? Kind of funny. Kind of funny. Let's see here. Larry, intelligent, highly driven people that work their way to the top of their field or run a very successful business, tend to work into their 70s and 80s because they love what they do. Not surprising that successful politicians do the same. I think our listener is exactly right. I mean, when you work for yourself, and let's face it, politicians in kind of a backhanded way work for yourself, you know. You don't really have a, I know, I know you have a boss in that the people, you know, the voters can vote you out, but you don't have a boss in a traditional way. So most people who own their own business are the top of the field and don't really answer to anybody are typically likely to work later in life. I think that's probably true.

According to Google, the median age of the House of Representatives is a tick over 57 years of age. I mean, that's pretty encouraging, don't you think? I think that's pretty encouraging. I think it's like I'm 59, for instance. I mean, you guys may disagree. I think I'm more than sharp enough to do the job. Maybe you disagree. I don't know. But I think most people are 57. You know, and in the meeting ages, just kind of like right there in the middle, that sweet spot. I think most people, 57, are more than capable. Larry, who said they were going to heaven? Well, I guess none of us have a guarantee, right? I guess none of it. Larry, it's not that they love it. They just don't know what else to do with themselves. I mean, that's an interesting comment. Do they love what they do or they just don't know what else they would do? I'll use myself as an example. My job is not a typical job. Not that it's like a politician necessarily, but it's not a typical kind of job. I think that's fair to say. It's also the kind of, and I've joked with my wife about this. My wife's like, you know, I want to retire soon. She said, let's retire soon. I was like, well, I don't know if I want to retire. You know, I don't know if I do or not. And my whole point is, is the job I have isn't a job where I have to go out and work with my hands and work with my back. I'm fortunate in that regard that I'm able to do something that's comfortable as long as I can think clearly and speak clearly. He would not be able to do his job until he's 75. Did I turn my mic off? I didn't realize I'd done that. 253-5-9-9. These two guard motors are text line 253-5-9-9-5. Don't we'll get to do your calls. Larry, did you just snort when you left? I did, actually. I don't do that very often, but occasionally I do.

So I guess my point is, is maybe I will work later into my life. Every time I think, well, am I close to retiring? Do I want to retire? Do I feel like I'm close to retiring? And then I'll take a week off. And by Thursday or Friday, I'm ready to get back to work. I know I'll experience the same thing later this week. Because I don't think I would enjoy getting up in the morning and not having a game plan, so to speak. We talked about the passing of Lindsey Graham. President Trump has made a little bit of an unexpected suggestion about the vacancy of Lindsey Graham. He suggested that Graham's younger sister, Darlene, should be appointed. the senator by South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster. And he would, and she would rather fill the open seat for the remainder of the term. I mean, listen, I think that's a nice, a nice suggestion. I don't know if you guys are familiar with Graham and his sister's connection. Lindsey Graham and Darlene Graham's parents died relatively young. And Lindsay legally adopted his sister and raised her. They have a unique bond for sure. And while I think it might be sweet to think, given their relationship, it would be a nice gesture to let his sister finish out his term. I just don't, I don't think that position's one that can just be a ceremonial position. I mean, the state has, and I get that it wouldn't, it wouldn't be for very long, I suppose. Maybe, you know, I think a special election is August 11th, maybe. But I just, I feel like that while it's a nice gesture, but I don't know that really it, I think you need someone to serve. And maybe she's capable of it. I don't know. I mean, I don't know. But I just don't want to want to see, you know, senatorial replacements become ceremony, all those kinds of things. 253-59-5-9. The Stugart Motors text line 253-5-9. This is one of the more, I think, this story is just, it bothers me a little bit. It has nothing to do with our state. But I just shake my head and say, what are we doing here? A 42-year-old illegal immigrant convicted of repeatedly raping a child was awarded a pardon by Governor Tim Walz's Board of Pardons after the state's clemency commission recommended it be granted to him due to immigration concerns. Here's a guy that was convicted for raping a 10-year-old girl. More than once. And the Trump administration was in the process of deporting him, and Tim Walz's Board of Pardons pardoned him to keep him from being deported. They were concerned about his immigration status. One commissioner, Zach Lindstrom, who voted in favor of granting the pardon wrote in his recommendation, very tough case.

It's not tough case at all. The fact that he thinks this is a tough call makes me want to throw up. Very tough case, but the kids not having a father is not in the best interest of society. Are you out of your mind? These kids are better off not having their pedophilia rapist dad around, by the way. This guy raped a 10-year-old girl. Do you think that they're better off him being free? Or you think they're better off with him not being in their lives? The answer is his kids are better off with dad, the rapist, not being in their life. Another commissioner voted in favor of the pardon wrote the applicant stated the need for clemency related to immigration issues. What are we doing here where we're pardoning people who did some of the most heinous and despicable crimes because you don't want them to get deported? Why would Tim Walz's board of pardons be more concerned? about a child rapist being deported, what's the greater concern here? Every single person, all four of these people, first of all, that voted, I think Tim Walz himself should have shut this down. Tim Walz himself should be disgraced out of office for being a part of this. How do you look people in the eye and say, yeah, it's more important to me to oppose Donald Trump than to protect society by the release of a rapist of a 10-year-old girl? What are we doing here? I think this is utterly and completely disgusting. And bravo to Marco Rubio for revoking his legal status and deporting him anyway.

And the officials in Minnesota, including Governor Tim Walz, should be ashamed of themselves for putting their ideology about immigration ahead of the safety of the citizens of that state and the safety of children in Minnesota. This guy was in a convicted rapist of a 10-year-old girl, and they were more concerned about opposing Trump's immigration. policies than the protection of kids. What a disgusting human being. And the people that went along with this pardon because of immigration concerns, they're disgusting human beings. I have no respect for them. They should be out of their jobs the second they signed the pardon. 253-59-9. The Stuttgart Motors text line 253-59-9. I mean, I just don't, what are you doing here? What are you doing here? What immigration concern is so grave that it would justify releasing a child rapist into the general public? They're more concerned about Trump. Yes, because society benefits. from a child rapist being released into the general public versus being deported from the country? Who thinks that benefit? Who thinks do we deport this rapist or do we pardon them and release him back into society? Between those two options, which one do you think society benefits the most from? It's just absolutely disgraceful. I can't believe, even people who can't stand Donald Trump, even people who believe that the way he's approached immigration is a massive overreaction, I can't believe even those people would look at this case and say, what are we doing here? Who'd be okay with this? I can't imagine any right-thinking American thinks that this is an acceptable action.

I mean, I feel like it would be one of the biggest shocks of my life if they could get 10 Democratic senators to come across the aisle and vote for this. But it will never happen. It will never happen. I wrote, is Jack going somewhere and Mike wrote back? Well, I don't know. Perhaps Jack might be disappeared. Oh, no, no. Jack's, I will say, Jack, you know, I can look back at my life, my professional life, and I can point to a handful of people that had a direct role in where I am today. I would say, I would say, Obviously, people like Tom Leach, Day Baker, and DeGabriel, I mean, they would go out of the way to get me opportunities before I was ever really on the air. I would say Ralph Hacker, Allen Stein. Ralph believed in me more than the sitting program director at the top. The program director didn't want to put me on the air.

So Ralph, who owned his station, by the way, in which I'll say this says a lot about Ralph, but he didn't lean on his employees to do what he wanted. I mean, he could have easily told the program director put him on the air, and he didn't do it. He trusted people to do their job. But the program director didn't feel like I was ready. So, Ralph, found another opportunity for me to get experienced so that I would be ready. And I was always appreciative of that. Allentine believed to me and gave me a chance to do play-by-play before I really had ever, I'd done a little bit of baseball play-by-play, but that was it. I'll never forget, though, one morning I was doing morning sports for Jack. I was filling in for Tom Leach. And... I think I had ability, but I put so much pressure myself to be really good that I was getting in my own way. And one morning I was filling it for Tom Leach, and I was an absolute disaster. It was embarrassing. I was embarrassed. I think Jack was embarrassed. I know he was embarrassed. He didn't tell me that because he wanted to crush me, but I knew he was embarrassed. And after a particularly poor sports segment, Jack told me, he said, after the show, let's talk. And I thought, uh-oh, this isn't going to go well. So after a show was over, we went back to his office and he said, Larry, you're not going to make it. You're not going to make it until you realize this isn't brain surgery and no one's going to die if you screw up. It was a watershed moment for me. It was the kind of moment. I like in a moment in many ways, too, and I've used this example on a number of different ways, but it's like, it was like that moment in the Wizard of Oz when Dorothy opens up the door of her drab, little black and white home in Kansas and steps into the technicolor world of the Ellabrick Road. Her life just became three-dimensional. And when Jack told me that, he said, listen, no one's going to die if you screw up. No one's going to remember. No one's going to care. Believe me, no one's spending their day talking about you, how bad you screwed up. And it was a watershed moment for me. I realized at that moment that he was right. The next day wasn't great. A thousand percent better, though. A thousand percent better. Because that was the moment. In fact, I would argue in many ways that was the signature moment of my professional career because if I had not gotten past that moment, I would not have made it. Jack was right for saying that. I would not have made it. And I didn't really begin to improve. I didn't really begin to develop. until I was able to block out all of the noise and just lighten up and do the job and not sweat it so much. Larry, you say that Cruiser hasn't been there longer. No, I actually, I've been with this company longer than Cruiser has. Now, Cruiser's been a radio longer than me, but I've been working for WVLK longer than Cruiser.

Cruiser came, I think, in what, maybe 2000, 1999? I actually came in 95. So I've been here longer than Cruiser is. Now, Cruiser obviously was on the air. I wasn't on the air yet. And if I was, it was just in spot here, spot there. But I've actually been employed by WVLK longer than Cruiser has. Larry, there's a song by YouTube called Get Out of Your Own Way when I feel like I'm stuck in a rut. I always Googled that song and play it. I know the song well. I won't try to sing it because then Jack will have to come there and say, Larry, as a singer, you're not going to make it. And that he would just leave. He wouldn't, he wouldn't try to clarify or make a point. Sean, right there, did you hear about Bam, out of bio and Tyler Hero getting into a fight, cat on cat crime? I did hear about that. There's a story, too, where Bam was talking about, you know, have you ever had to have a team and have your back? Who would you want? He said, probably Tyler Hero. Because he's one of my guys I've known the longest. And then, and then, like, fast forward to now, and Bam and Tyler getting into it. I don't know the, I know the story, I don't know the story well enough to know exactly what led to it or who initiated it or who, who threw the first punch or maybe who threw the first slap. I have no, what kind of, if it was a catfight or not, you know, no pun intended. But, but yeah, I mean, I was aware. Welcome back to our program here on Lericklever Live here on 97.3 FMWVLK. We'll get to your calls, questions, and comments. Jeff Drummond coming up at about 15 minutes from now. Larry, Hey, Fast Talker, Cruiser will always outrank you, but good luck in your Florida retirement. I'm not sure how to take that. I'm not sure. Are you saying I don't measure up or, let's see here. Hey, Larry, do you own saws at all? I think we need to start taking care of these flock cameras. I haven't heard back from you. Do you want to go this weekend and cut down some flock cameras? Probably not.

We probably don't want to do any flot cameras down. I think that's probably true. 253-5-9. These two guard motors, text line 253-5-9. We'll get to your calls, questions and comments here on our program. If you'd like to weigh in, feel free to do so. Jeff Drummond coming up in just a little bit, and we'll talk with him about a little Kentucky basketball. And if you like to weigh in, feel free to do so. And let's see here. Yeah, we talk a lot about politicians' net worth. Do you want what Lindsey Graham, he would say, he served for more than three decades. Do you know what his net worth was? His net worth was $1.4 million. He made, I think he gets about a little under $180,000 a year.

You know, he did it for roughly 30 years. That's actually not particularly wealthy. I mean, he, I mean, he had to, and it's not bad money, I guess, but, but at the, at the end of the day, at the end of the day, it's, it's not insanely wealthy either. You know what I'm saying? It's not insanely wealthy. I mean, for all the people talk about people going from being worth, you know, like 500,000 to being worth 32 million. And in a short period of time, Lindsey Graham was there for 30 years. The United States Soccer Federation presents the U.S. Soccer Podcast. I'm your host, Megan Klingerberg. One thing I promised you is an all-access pass that you wouldn't get on any other show. And we found out that whoever comes on scores a goal. Burhope, Freeman, trustee. U.S. soccer podcast magic is real people. We still got plenty of coverage all throughout this World Cup. Okay, let's get into it. The U.S. soccer podcast. Presented by Henko. Follow and listen on your favorite. And his net worth was less than $2 million, despite making six figures for decades. That's not bad.

253-5-9. The Stuttgart Motors text line 253-5-9-9. We'll get to your calls. Questions and comments here on a program. If you'd like to weigh you in, feel free to do so. We've got Jeff Drummond coming up here in just a little bit. And we'll talk with Jeff about a number of different things on the Kentucky basketball front. Lindsey Graham had the lowest wealth in Congress despite a lifetime at the center of power. So it writes Larry dying at 71 with $1.5 million net worth is all the confirmation you need that this guy had no business making decisions for the rest of us. Oh, goodness. Here's the thing. We haven't talked about this a little bit. I mentioned it briefly early in the program, and we'll circle back to this. Governor Andy Beshear, senior advisor, Rocky Adkins, has left the Andy Beshear administration. A announcement came today that Friday was his last day. Last Friday was his last day. This year thanked Atkins for helping guide Kentucky through a pandemic, multiple natural disasters while also playing a major role in landing historic economic investment with new jobs across the state. The governor called Atkins an invaluable part of Team Kentucky and wished him and his family well. The Rocky has been an invaluable part of Team Kentucky and our success. I'm so grateful to him for his leadership and his friendship. Every day, Rocky shows up ready to serve the people of our Commonwealth, and I know his commitment to the public service will continue to drive him in his next chapter. I wish him, Lee, and their family all the best. Ratkin said it was an honor working with the governor through an unprecedented challenges, and he's proud of what the team accomplished, saying his career has been dedicated to public service. Atkins was appointed senior advisor in 2019, and the administration says he helped secure more than 1,300 private sector projects, totaling over 50 billion and announced investments, more than 70,000 jobs. Stepping to the role now is Ray Perry, the most recently deputy secretary of the governor's executive cabinet.

No worries to whether he'll run for higher office or not, whether his political career is done. You do wonder what he's going to do next. You do wonder. 253-59-5-9. The Stuttgart Motor is a text line, 253-5-9. We'll get to your calls, questions and comments here on our program. If you'd like to weigh you in, feel free to do so. Again, Jeff Drummond coming up at the top of our number three. This is from Joe Larry. Larry, it sounds like Lindsey Graham wasn't trying to cheat the system, actual honest politician who wasn't trying to enrich himself. Let's see. Larry, check me on this, but I believe most of Mitch McConnell's net worth or fortune is due to him being married to Elaine Chow, whose family is incredibly wealthy in China. That's correct. I can't believe that people are expressing happiness over Lindsey Graham's death. I guess after Charlie Kirk, it should not surprise me. Larry, did I see that the Reds drafted our QB? Yeah, he actually got picked in the 18th round. I don't be interesting. I haven't heard anything on that front. It'll be interesting to see whether he is going to sign or come to Lexington. You know, an 18th round pick is not going to get a ton of cash. He's not going to get a ton of cash. So, I mean, I won't be surprised if he passes on professional baseball for the moment and then comes to Lexington and plays football. Wouldn't surprise me. This is from Scott Laird. Did you see the recent study from Europe that estimated over 250,000 rapes over the best 25 years or so due to the influx of immigration and roving rape gangs? Yeah, I think it was over in England, was it not? I think it was, I am aware of the story, yeah. I don't know a lot about the story, though, but I am aware of it. Authorities and politicians were in fear of being labeled racist and anti-immigrant, not being inclusive, etc. All were the highest prider over the safety and security of their own citizens. Randy writes, Larry, Rashida Tlaib is worth over $30 million. I mean, some of these people, I don't know how wealthy they actually are. I think a lot of them probably are wealthy, and then a lot of them maybe become wealthy. I think the vast majority of Mitch McConnell's wealth is a result of his wife's family's wealth. I think that is true. But there are people that were wealthy when they came into office. And there are people that have become wealthy since getting into office. But if you're not wealthy and you'll have any family money, and you're making $180,000-ish a year. I mean, $180,000 is a lot of money, but if you're the only income in your family, you know, that's not an insanely high amount of money. Jim Rome takes on sports. I will always have a complicated relationship with this game. But people evolve. So do sports. Do not make me regret this. Do not make me devolve. Back to that guy that so many clones wish that I still was. And do not embarrass the entire country. Now, I can go back. I can get there fast. Lose tonight. And you got a real problem. Do not blow it. The Jim Rome Show podcast. You've been warned. Follow and listen on your favorite platform.