#1299 The Democratic Divide, Disagreeing AND Being Disagreeable
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
4.5 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2019
⏱️ 83 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Air Date: 8/23/2019
Today we take a look at the lengths the Democratic leadership will go in an attempt to silence the emerging progressive movement within their ranks and how all of this is self-defeating if one actually cares about general Democratic principles rather than just maintaining power for power's sake.
Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991
EPISODE SPONSORS: Babbel.com | Clean Choice Energy
SHOP AMAZON: Amazon USA | Amazon CA | Amazon UK
MEMBERSHIP ON PATREON (Get AD FREE Shows & Bonus Content)
VOTE IN THE WEEKLY SHOW TOPICS POLL!
SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: Pelosi Waging War On AOC's Squad - No Filter - Air Date 7-16-19
Nancy Pelosi's outburst proves her disdain for the newly elected women of color in Congress.
Silencing dissent is a sign of fascism, and so much of the media and political worlds are complicit.
The Squad is pushing against the establishment. Blue Dog Dems don't like it and are tearing them down just like Trump is.
Ch. 4: Pelosi Attacks Only Making The Squad More Powerful - The Majority Report - Air Date 7-18-19
Pelosi isn't up on the new generations and doesn't care about what working-class people want.
Silencing dissent is a sign of fascism, and so much of the media and political worlds are complicit.
Israel sparked outrage Thursday when it banned two freshman Democratic congresswomen of color — Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota — from entering the country.
Ch. 7: Buttar Primarying Pelosi - Ring of Fire - Air Date 8-10-19
Shahid Buttar, candidate for U.S. Congress (CA12), joins Sam Seder, to talk about why he is running to unseat Nancy Pelosi.
Silencing dissent is a sign of fascism, and so much of the media and political worlds are complicit.
VOICEMAILS
Ch. 9: A personal and economic argument in favor of universal health care - V from Central New York
Ch. 10: Just gained a new listener - Linda from New Jersey
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 11: Final comments on the political theories of a 10-year old and this weekend’s topic poll options
MUSIC(Blue Dot Sessions):
- Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr
- Streamer - Arc and Crecent
- Begrudge - Darby
- The Rampart - Castle Danger
- Turning to You - Landsman Duets
- Take a Tiny Train - Ray Catcher
- PolyCoat - The Cabinetmaker
- Wingspan - Bayou Birds
- Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent
- Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
Thanks for listening!
Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com
Support the show via Patreon
Listen on iTunes | Stitcher| Spotify| Alexa Devices| +more
Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores!
Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft
Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft
Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this episode of the award winning best of left podcast in which we shall learn |
| 0:07.8 | about the ideological split in the Democratic Party, the inevitability of this fight playing |
| 0:14.0 | out and the self-defeating nature of trying to squash dissent rather than allowing for |
| 0:19.8 | constructive debate. |
| 0:21.5 | But before we get started, I have a couple of thoughts that I would like for you to take |
| 0:25.0 | with you into this topic. |
| 0:27.5 | Now I was doing research for today's show. |
| 0:29.9 | I was reminded of a story. |
| 0:32.0 | I don't know how well known this story is or even where I first heard it, but it has to |
| 0:38.3 | do with the military. |
| 0:40.0 | And I think that it's a surprisingly good analogy for a lot of what we're going to hear about |
| 0:47.5 | politics, electability, the Democratic Party, the 2020 election and so forth. |
| 0:54.8 | So going back to the age of sort of the dawn of the age of jet planes in the Air Force, |
| 1:03.2 | moving away from the propellers and whatnot, moving into jets, airplanes were becoming |
| 1:07.5 | more complicated. |
| 1:08.5 | We were asking more of pilots to be able to maneuver these planes. |
| 1:14.3 | And during this era, there was a sadly high crash rate amongst pilots. |
| 1:23.7 | Many died, not all of course, but the Air Force was struggling to figure out what the |
| 1:30.0 | problem was. |
| 1:32.4 | And they tested the planes, did everything they could to see if the planes were malfunctioning. |
| 1:36.5 | And it really didn't seem like they were. |
| 1:38.2 | The planes were functioning the way they were supposed to. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Jay Tomlinson, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Jay Tomlinson and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.