South Carolina Senate debate set as candidates and callers weigh in.

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Full Transcript (Hour 1, Segment 1) Charlie James: And welcome to the program on your Monday afternoon! I hope you guys had a fantastic weekend. I really, really do. I had a really nice weekend—very interesting. Had a lot to do with, let's see: dogs, snakes, and bunny rabbits this weekend. I'll tell you that story coming up in a little bit. But ladies and gentlemen, we are going to have a Senate debate! That's right, you heard me correctly. I announced this—this news broke just kind of, I believe, in the last hour of the show on Friday. Darling Graham announced that she was in, definitely going to be debating Dr. Annie Andrews. That debate is going to be coming up on October the 11th. And this is going to be interesting because there's a brand new poll out that shows that Darling Graham is only leading Dr. Annie Andrews by a little over two points. Two points. Now, if you look at where Darling Graham did—Senator Graham did really well here in South Carolina, all of the counties but 12. All but 12 counties. And those 12 counties voted against her pretty heavily. If I were her, if I were the campaign manager, then I would be saying, "Listen, we got to win those voters up. We got to win those voters in the Upstate. We got to get—we got to be—we got to get out and we got to talk to these people. We got to talk directly to them." Somebody wants to know, "Why is Cassie not in the debate?" All right, I'll tell you that in just a second, okay? Hold on! Hold on for me just a second. So, but I would be trying to win over the people that are now out there talking about write-in Ralph. The write-in Ralph campaign, that's—that's gaining momentum even though Ralph Norman has said, "Listen, I'm voting for the Republican candidate." I don't think he mentioned her by name, at least not on this show. "I'm voting for the Republican candidate; you should vote for the Republican candidate." But there's the big write-in Ralph campaign going on out there. Now, we'll get into why is Cassie not in the debate. Okay. And this gets weird. All right, are you ready? So, this debate is going to be October the 11th on Gray Television stations—Gray Media television stations. All right. Now, Gray Media is, I believe, there are—they are the biggest television company in South Carolina. Gray Media has stations in every single market here in South Carolina, all right? They are putting on this debate. Now, this—this wasn't a decision from the South Carolina GOP; it wasn't a decision by the South Carolina Democratic Party. From what I understand, this was purely a decision from Gray Media to only have the two front-running candidates in this debate: the Republican and the Democrat, Darling Graham and Dr. Annie Andrews. But it gets even weirder than that! And let me know what you think about this, cause I don't like it. Apparently, from what we're hearing, Gray Media has required these two candidates to sign a non-compete, meaning that another television company cannot have their own debate with Annie Andrews and Darling Graham. Now folks, let me tell you something: that should not be enforceable. These—these are public servants! That would be like say—that would be like having a—a—a—a non-compete for a Senator. That would be like having a non-compete for a—or a Congressman. I don't think you—I don't think you should be able to do that. Not a bit. So, the only—the only television station that these two can debate on are Gray Media stations. And folks, that's just—I'm sorry, that's just not right. I don't like it. I don't—I don't think it should be enforceable. But, there you go. Let's go—let's go to Tim in Woodruff and see what's on his mind. Tim, welcome. Tim: Hey, my friend. Hey, this is my public service announcement for the day. Charlie James: All right. Tim: So, I've been checking out social media, and just so all your viewers are aware, the majority of these websites on social media trying to get you to write in Ralph Norman, even though they ...

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