Ryan Wrecker fills in, discussing midterms, gas prices, and politics.

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Full Transcript Ryan Wrecker: And welcome back. Thanks for spending this morning with us here live on WORD. We do have the Common Sense Retirement Planning text line open at 800-905-0989. Last hour of the show here as I uh fill in for Tara. You can find me online @RyanWrecker. A couple of people texting in. "Good morning Ryan, always good to hear your voice. Thank you for hosting today." You're welcome. Another person said, "Gavin Newsom needs to stay out of South Carolina. Okay, Marco 2028." Thank you for that. One person sending in Colossians chapter 3, verse 23. Thank you for that. Uh... "An Illinois mother hanged her 2-year-old son after following the Clancy trial." That's... that's not a one-off. There's been more instances where that Clancy trial has inspired other parents. It's quite sickening. I I can't even think about it. I mean I... it's hard sometimes to even think about that, it really is. Poor innocent children. Uh, one person said, "Ryan, Lindsay Clancy was never diagnosed with postpartum depression by a physician. Her lawyer applied that term to her. What a sleazy lawyer." All right, a couple of good text messages coming in. If you want to message us here, Common Sense Retirement Planning text line: 800-905-0989. Couple of uh clips I wanted to play, 'cause I know I I pulled some audio for the show, and I haven't really played a lot of audio today, so we might as well do that. Where should we start? Uh, okay. I caught some clips from MSNBC. I know you're booing your radio right now, but I wanted to play this clip from Geoff Bennett. They asked what they think's going to be the determining factor for this midterm election. Let's lis- listen to their analysis. We can agree or disagree. Let's listen. Geoff Bennett (MSNBC): It does seem like they're focusing the Americans on the Strait of Hormuz. They're like, that needs to be the goal. We need to get the Strait open. And it's true, a little more oil is getting—fuel is getting through there than previously, but still nowhere near where it needs to be to actually have any meaningful impact on energy prices. In fact, as Willie just read, they're going the other direction. MSNBC Analyst: They're going the other direction, and they're going the other direction at the wrong time. I mean, you can see the President and the Vice President trying to shift a little bit into campaign mode, heading into the midterm elections. We understand the President's going to do a lot more travel, the Vice President is out auditioning a little bit in that briefing room yesterday. But as you say, John, they don't have a strong answer on Iran. And Caitlyn asked him about a timeline. I mean, the President sort of laid out a timeline at the very beginning of the conflict and said four to six weeks. And now we're more than half a year in. So... Ryan Wrecker: All right, so I'll pause it there. I think that is fair. For MSNBC, that's about as good as it gets when it comes to analysis in terms of fairness. I think there are a lot of people that are looking at this and saying, you told us this Iran thing would be wrapped up by now. It's not. We're getting close to a midterm election. Some experts saying it could go another six months. Um, we're still paying 4 bucks a gallon, at least I am where I'm here. If you're listening, what's the average that you're seeing at gas stations around you? I'm just curious. It's right around $4 a gallon where I'm at. Uh, Common Sense Retirement Planning text line is 800-905-0989. Go ahead and tell me what your averages are. I'm just curious where you're at. Just put your city and what you're seeing. So, this is a big problem. The cost of living is something that was baked into the cake thanks to Joe Biden and some of the major inflation that we saw under him. Donald Trump has kind of reined it back in, but still, we're paying the piper of the Joe Biden administration, and Donald Trump is getting the blame for it. It's not totally—it's not totally fair ...

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