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

(2009/06/17) The sometimes blinding stupidity of the GOP (MP3)

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

Jay Tomlinson

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.53.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2009

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Edition #271 The sometimes blinding stupidity of the GOP Act 1: GOP talking about secession again - The Young Turks Act 2: Meghan McCain on the GOP - Colbert Report Act 3: The "Democrat Socialist Party" - Countdown Act 4: Going back to the poisoned well Part 1 - Ring of Fire Act 5: GOP using fear again (of course) - Rachel Maddow Act 6: Going back to the poisoned well Part 2 - Ring of Fire Act 7: Stupidity in the GOP - Bill Maher Act 8: Gingrich explains the fear in the GOP - The Young Turks Act 9: GOP purging it's ranks - Countdown Music: How I feel around you - Violaine Go ahead - Rilo Kiley Solf serve - Soul Coughing Father and daughter - Paul Simon Sacris Solemnis - Libera From blown speakers - The New Pornographers American Music - Violent Femmes My little runaway - Del Shannon Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the best of the left podcast with clips today from the young Turks, the Colbert

0:13.1

Report, Countdown, Ring of Fire, The Rachel Maddow Show, and Bill Marr.

0:29.9

Here's another story. I remember how we were talking about secession and Texas was thinking about

0:34.5

it and then a gubernatorial candidate in Georgia talked about possibly succeeding from the union.

0:40.8

Well, as a picked up steam, they have uncovered at Brian Boydler, I think, did at talking points

0:48.8

memo that Georgia has already passed a resolution. 43-1 saying, yes, the US government better

0:59.8

watch itself. If it passes certain laws that we don't think are right, you know, that would

1:06.6

say that the right remedy would be quote-unquote nullification, nullification of the Constitution,

1:13.6

and they say it doesn't only apply to Georgia, but it would apply to the United States of America.

1:18.4

So if they pass a law that Georgia feels is not right, they think that it would nullify the entire

1:24.1

union. And then in order to put the union back together, that all the states would have to have

1:29.2

a three quarters vote to get back into the union. I love how they pass in Georgia like, as if

1:35.6

Obama or any other president, Republican or Democratic, but oh, yeah, good point, we better not

1:40.0

pass any nullification laws. And by the way, so what are these laws that might nullify the entire

1:45.4

union? Well, they have an example for you, so don't worry. Quote, further infringements on the right

1:52.3

to keep in bare arms, including prohibitions of type or quantity of arms or ammunition,

1:58.9

and both the union disappears. So if you try to limit arms in any way, in quantity or the

2:04.5

kind of arms. So if you said, for example, you know what, RPGs are not a lot in America. You can't

2:09.7

buy a rocket propelled grenade, right? No, you just nullify the union. I hope you're happy now.

2:16.4

Okay, now when I need three quarters vote for all this, they see it back. I love how broad they are.

2:21.7

So that passed 43 to one in the Georgia State Senate. And you know, I thought maybe it was a joke

2:28.0

because they went on April 1st, but it turns out they're not alone. It turns out South Dakota

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