H2: SC Comptroller candidate speaks; Lindsay Clancy trial discussed; callers debate healthcare and women.

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Here is the three-part summary and full transcript for Hour 2 of The Charlie James Show from Monday, September 14, 2026: 1. 100-Character Summary SC Comptroller candidate speaks; Lindsay Clancy trial discussed; callers debate healthcare and women. 2. One-Paragraph Summary In Hour 2, Charlie James opens by interviewing Mike Burkhold, candidate for South Carolina Comptroller General, who details his plans to modernize the state's accounting systems and address past billion-dollar reporting errors. The conversation shifts to national headlines as Charlie critiques a recent media interview featuring a juror from the Lindsay Clancy trial, questioning the jury's focus on social outcomes and "altruistic filicide" over legal guilt or innocence. Callers weigh in on political issues, including concerns over "Medicare for All" proposals compared to foreign healthcare systems and the political dynamics surrounding candidate Annie Andrews. Finally, Charlie discusses a panel segment analyzing the shift among young women away from "girl boss" career expectations toward traditional family roles. 3. Full Transcript (Hour 2) Segment 1 (Pledge of Allegiance and "America the Beautiful" playing) Donald Trump (audio clip): America is back! Charlie James: Yes, sir! And we are back. You know, we first really started hearing a lot about the Comptroller General during the—a couple of years ago, I guess, when the $1.4 billion either was or wasn't, was existed or didn't, and people wondered, "What does the Comptroller General do?" Well, Mike Burkhold is running for Comptroller General. He's the man behind the mustache. Mike, welcome to the program. Hope you're doing well, sir. Mike Burkhold: (Laughter) Thank you, Charlie. I appreciate that. Charlie James: So, why did you decide to run for Comptroller General? Mike Burkhold: Well, really following the logic you just gave. I—I had missed this entire debacle, and I had written a—you know, I had wire-in a pretty good-sized tax payment to the state and sat down and was reading the news, and just ran across the story. All—it was all in retrospect, so I kind of saw this process where we found money, lost money, found money, people resigned. And I just got to wondering like, how in the world does this even happen? And, you know, it's 3.5 billion plus another 1.8, and it just was—it was stunning to me. I—I built a business that processes large volumes of transactions, and, um, you know, but from a—from a business owner standpoint, you know, you got to think, "Well, I don't know how big the state budget is, but it seems like an extra 3.8 would have just stuck out, right?" Or 3.5 billion, would just—like you would—you thought, "Well, where did that come from?" Which means that nobody was really paying attention to me. Nobody had their like—nobody was really focused on the books. And then later on it came out that it's—it was a, largely a computer mapping error, which, um, I guess is even more—more disappointing because that's something that is predictable and fixable. And, um, I decided, "Look, this is something I—I know how to fix. I can fix this." And I—people don't understand the budget. As I tried to learn about the budget, it's almost indecipherable. Charlie James: Yeah. Mike Burkhold: Um, I'm a fairly good communicator, and I thought, "You know what? I'm going to go up there, take over the books, and let people know what the status of our state really is." Charlie James: I mean, what you just said—I mean, we—we've had an issue because, remember, Eckstrom put like 55 mil—wasn't it 55 million on the books that he put it down twice? Uh, and that—that hurt our rating and—and all of that. I mean, how closely are the books being watched in Columbia? Mike Burkhold: You know, um, not closely enough. And I—I think just like—I think we've got a sys—a very big systems issue, just to be straightforward about it. I'm—I'm going to try to focus on systems, not on people, right, in my—in my campaign and wh ...

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