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On the October 14, 2002 show I played a clip of Paul Wellstone promising not to seek a third term.

I played it approximately 350 times in order to reach my goal of playing it 1,000 times prior to the election. (We are within 60 plays at this point.)

Many listeners could not endure the Wellstone repetition and fled.
But some endured.
To them these lines are dedicated, courtesy of listener Clay:
He which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart; his passport shall be made...
We would not listen to Wellstone drivel in that man's company
That fears his fellowship to listen to drivel with us.
This day is called the Thousand of Wellstone...
And ... in it we shall be remembered--
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he today that listens to Wellstone with me
Shall be my brother...
And voters in Minnesota, now abed,
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here;
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That listened with us upon Wellstone Day.
This, of course is a parody of the Bard, from Henry the Fifth:

Act IV, Scene 3

Scene 3
{Enter the Dukes of Gloucester, [Clarence] , and Exeter, the Earls of Salisbury and [Warwick] , and Sir Thomas Erpingham, with all [the] host}
GLOUCESTER:
1A. Where is the King?
[CLARENCE] :
2. The King himself is rode to view their battle.
[WARWICK] :
3. Of fighting men they have full threescore thousand.
EXETER:
4. There's five to one. Besides, they all are fresh.
SALISBURY:
5. God's arm strike with us! 'Tis a fearful odds.
6. God b' wi' you, princes all. I'll to my charge.
7. If we no more meet till we meet in heaven,
8. Then joyfully, my noble Lord of Clarence,
9. My dear Lord Gloucester, and my good Lord Exeter,
10. And{(to Warwick)}my kind kinsman, warriors all, adieu.
[CLARENCE] :
11. Farewell, good Salisbury, and good luck go with thee.
EXETER:
12. Farewell, kind lord. Fight valiantly today
13. And yet I do thee wrong to mind thee of it,
14. For thou art framed of the firm truth of valour.{Exit Salisbury}
[CLARENCE] :
15. He is as full of valour as of kindness,
16B. Princely in both.{Enter King Harry, behind}
[WARWICK] :
16B. O that we now had here
17. But one ten thousand of those men in England
18B. That do no work today.
KING:
18B. What's he that wishes so?
19. My cousin Warwick? No, my fair cousin.
20. If we are marked to die, we are enough
21. To do our country loss; and if to live,
22. The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
23. God's will, I pray thee wish not one man more.
24. By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,
25. Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;
26. It ernes me not if men my garments wear;
27. Such outward things dwell not in my desires.
28. But if it be a sin to covet honour
29. I am the most offending soul alive.
30. No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England.
31. God's peace, I would not lose so great an honour
32. As one man more methinks would share from me
33. For the best hope I have. O do not wish one more.
34. Rather proclaim it presently through my host
-- snip --
35. That he which hath no stomach to this fight,
36. Let him depart. His passport shall be made
37. And crowns for convoy put into his purse.
38. We would not die in that man's company
39. That fears his fellowship to die with us.
40. This day is called the Feast of Crispian.
41. He that outlives this day and comes safe home
42. Will stand a-tiptoe when this day is named
43. And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
44. He that shall see this day and live t' old age
45. Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours
46. And say, "Tomorrow is Saint Crispian."
47. Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars
48. And say, "These wounds I had on Crispin's day."
49. Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot,
50. But he'll remember, with advantages,
51. What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,
52. Familiar in his mouth as household words
53. Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter,
54. Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester
55. Be in their flowing cups freshly remembered.
56. This story shall the good man teach his son,
57. And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by
58. From this day to the ending of the world
59. But we in it shall be rememberèd,
60. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.
61. For he today that sheds his blood with me
62. Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
63. This day shall gentle his condition.
64. And gentlemen in England now abed
65. Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
66. And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
67. That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.{