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Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

(2007/01/09) Hen Now Guarding the Hen House (MP3)

Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

Jay Tomlinson

Politics, News Commentary, News

4.53.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2007

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Act 1: Even the die-hards have died - The Young Turks Act 2: The incoming congress - Countdown Act 3: More changing times - Ring of Fire Act 4: New congress actually has to work - The Young Turks Act 5: The new congress and the war - Countdown Act 6: Defining "Liberal" Part 1 - Thom Hartmann Act 7: Line item veto - Countdown Act 8: Defining "Liberal" Part 2 - Thom Hartmann Act 9: First female speaker of the house - The Young Turks www.TheYoungTurks.com www.Countdown.MSNBC.com www.RingOfFireRadio.com www.ThomHartmann.com Music: Nirvana - Where did you sleep last night? Sam Cooke - A change is gonna come The Smiths - What difference does it make? Samite - Having a good time Serina Paris - Look at us now, baby Fastball - You're an ocean Apocalyptica - Fade to black The Mountain Goats - Color in your cheeks Thanks for listening! Visit me at www.BestOfTheLeftPodcast.com Contact me directly at HippieSympathizer@gmail.com Leave me comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the community supported best of the left podcast with clips today from the

0:13.1

Young Turks count down Ring of Fire and Tom Hartman I'm hanging out with this

0:31.5

family friend and he's very concerned. He's the same guy who earlier I explained

0:37.1

on the show thought his dream ticket and this is what I was

0:41.9

song to him not last summer but the summer before so a year and a quarter ago

0:46.8

was Dick Cheney and George Allen okay so you get a sense of how conservative he is

0:52.3

okay thanks Dick Cheney would make a great president George Allen would have

0:55.6

made a great vice president of course as you all know George Allen no longer in

0:59.8

politics that never gets old okay and Dick Cheney soon to be retired now so I'm

1:08.5

talking to him when I say come on I got to ask I mean I got to ask George Bush

1:14.6

he says all right I give up over employed over employed yeah over employed like

1:22.4

above his head yeah okay and I was like thank you finally fine but now but that's

1:28.5

an enormous indication because of that guy buckles and says that's it George

1:33.1

Versace which is basically not basically almost exactly what he's saying I mean

1:37.4

you talk to him more he's like he just did I don't know what he's doing he's

1:40.2

above his head done he's bad president okay when you've lost that guy you've

1:45.4

lost everybody and there's no coming back that I mean the jury is in and America

1:53.1

will forever think George Bush was an awful president okay that's great but

1:57.8

he'll still vote Republican in no way of course he will not only that he

2:01.1

bet me a hundred bucks that the Republicans wouldn't would win on all right my

2:05.5

father's come to the same conclusion about George Bush and it's it's a little

2:09.2

disheartening sort of because it takes a wind out of you and you really have

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