131 - Hannity May Lie, But The Actual Economic Data Tells The True Story

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4.7 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2008

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Today, you'll hear how to debunk some of the latest right-wing flim-flam about the economy really being in good shape.Sure it is, except for the fact that unemployment, the number of medically uninsured, median wages, poverty -- all are worse than when Bush came into officeAmong those you'll have the dubious pleasure of listening to are Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Paul Weyrich and Barbara Bush.

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0:00.0	Music
0:19.5	Greetings!
0:20.5	You're listening to Podcast No. 131 of Blast the Right.
0:24.3	I'm your host Jack Clark, great to have you on board.
0:27.5	Today, you'll hear how to debunk some of the latest right-wing flimflam about the economy
0:33.3	really being in good shape.
0:35.6	Among those you'll have the dubious pleasure of listening to are Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh,
0:41.4	Paul Weirich, and Barbara Bush.
0:44.1	To counter all that toxicity, I'll also play you some classic FDR, castigating those
0:50.2	whom he calls economic royalists.
0:53.4	I wonder who they might be.
0:55.9	So let's get right into it.
0:58.1	Sources you'll hear include The New York Times, The Nation Magazine, Maclatchy Newspapers,
1:03.5	Harper's Magazine, MSNBC, and the websites of Barack Obama, John McCain, and the Federal
1:10.3	Reserve of St. Louis.
1:12.6	A topic like this one is necessarily going to involve a lot of numbers, most are in the
1:17.7	first half of the podcast.
1:20.0	Trying to memorize them isn't an option.
1:22.5	Just let them wash over you so you can get the general feel.
1:26.2	One or two will stick in your mind to use in your water-cooler debates.
1:31.0	If you're more systematic about these things, you can check out the transcript to write
1:35.4	some of the numbers down.
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