those aren't the eshelman risk. >> host: a caller waiting to talk to you including william of personal line for democrats. good morning. >> caller: good morning, john. i think they politicians to keep their hands out of the national debt. it's just a shame the way that it could be a great country but no, politicians do everything in the world to try to keep it -- john i'm 60 years old and i've always voted democrat except the one time i voted for a republican in my lifetime. all we have is crooks and that's obvious. and we are supposed to have a government? it's just a shame and i feel so posorry for my grandkids. >> host: william before you go who's the one republican you voted for in your lifetime? >> caller: nothing will ever become of it. john, thank you. i'm 86 years old thank you much john. goodbye. >> host: christopher russo too much politics around the federal debt. >> guest: i really want to know what republican he voted for it. i really sympathize with him. but i hope the issue we are facing here is important enough that in the way he described it could be nonpartisan. i'm no

but i called up confront art, which is the curator of the exhibit, and andrew cohen and lindsay eshelmanheir supplies and tools, went up to the site. and all of the sudden all these people came out and wanted to help and it became this spontaneous show of unity and community. and you know, they all just were there for several hours working to achieve a common goal. and they did a beautiful job. and the sculpture is now back in its pristine original condition. and i thought that was quite fitting, frankly. >> let's talk a little more about this because you have said -- that's sort of what happened, what you want. you said that you want these sculptures to lead to civil discourse. what are you hoping that these busts inspire in people who see them? >> we're all going to have our own individual reaction. right? art is a tool for introspection. it's sort of a self-check tool. when we look at a work of art, we look within ourselves and find meaning. it's a deeply unique and personal experience. but art, especially with this type of exhibit, also offers an environment for as you said civil dis