Author: scoopstanton

By Peter “Scoop” Stanton

Earlier this year Sam Bushman interviewed Karoline Leavitt on “Liberty Roundtable.” Leavitt will become the next Press Secretary for President-elect Donald Trump! This was a group effort by many people at Liberty News Radio. First Sam Bushman had to get a hold of the Trump campaign to set up the interview. Leavitt was at CPAC as well as Sccop Stanton so I would be involved. Sam contacted James Edwards to give marching orders to yours truly. James Edwards literally called me which is as rare as Haley’s Comet. James told me what the game plan was. Karoline was going to use my portable studio to talk to Sam. I was only going to standby in case the computer went bad, Wi-Fi went down or something. I was given very specific instructions not to say anything, not to do anything, just stand by and let Sam interview Karoline, and to look presentable and not to @#$% it up! I then got a call from Sam who said almost the exact same thing minus the curse! These gentlemen know me well. The next morning it’s showtime! I have to look presentable. And like everything else I drag poor Danila into this. But I really needed her advice. We’re talking to Donald Trump’s people. So, I took a picture of my clothes and asked her what I should wear. She picked out the clothes including the Rolling Stones tie!

At the Gaylord I set up way, way off radio row. I was a squatter but this time I looked legitimate!!! I get a phone call from the Trump people they were looking for me. I told them I was way off radio row, down by the restroom. The nice lady said that she didn’t see Liberty News Radio or 75 Radio on the list for radio row.  I made up some bullshit on what the story was. And were about to kickoff. Here’s where Mike Rakebrandt comes in. Mike had two friends at CPAC. Brenda Alvarez and Diane Lewis. The two nicest people at CPAC. They wanted to see Liberty News Radio in action! As always I put them to work. Whenever something needs to be done, and other are people around, I become the foreman for that project. I made Diane the impromptu photographer with my phone. I asked Brenda to fetch me a chair as Karoline asked for one! Sam and Karoline are killing. I was amazed what this little lady was saying. Unlike most politico’s at CPAC, she wasn’t mincing words. I was amazed. Since there was nothing for me to so, I just stood there with a headset and microphone looking stupid! The interview lasted one segment that went quick! Sam rapped it up and we were done just like that! I took my phone from Brenda and posted the picture on Facebook. Liberty News Radio was triumphant! Then Walter adds to the comment section of this accomplishment. “WTF.”

This was a huge accomplishment for us as a ragtag bunch of misfit radio personalities sprinkled all over the US with a shoestring budget landed an interview with an A List Republican personality who walked by a who host of other personalities to talk to us! Again, this network has done so much with so little. In 20 years, we were on CNN, went to CPAC, the RNC, interviewed people such as Donald Trump Jr, Gary Byrne, Karoline Leavitt, Anthony Cumia, Cal Thomas, been mentioned by Howard Stern, made headlines, have spinoff shows, been in the middle of Charlottesville, attended a presidential inauguration, got the jump on the war on cops, have a radio show where the hosts never met face to face, have a candidate running for governor guest host a show and have the world’s first radio spokesmodel! We know people in the industry know about us, but they don’t want to know us yet use our talking points! And were just getting warmed up!