(2011/12/17) The establishment vs the rabble at the gate (Elections)
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🗓️ 18 December 2011
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Edition #558
The establishment vs the rabble at the gate
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Act 1: The Country Really Needs Newt Gingrich! - Wait wait Don't Tell Me Air Date: 12-10-11
Song 1: Cheating - Jettingham
Act 2: Ron Paul Crushes Gingrich In New Ad - Young Turks
Song 2: A long December - The Counting Crows
Act 3: NY Times: Gingrich "smartest man in the room" - Counterspin Air Date: 12-1-11
Song 3: The idiots are taking over - NOFX
Act 4: A political Buddy for the people - Jim Hightower Air Date: 10-14-11
Song 4: We could be friends - Freelance Whales
Act 5: Can three progressive Power Panelists kill Cenk's crush on Ron Paul? - Young Turks
Song 5: I'm into something good - The Bird and the Bee
Act 6: Political Ads vs Debate Analysis of Candidates - On the Media Air Date: 12-9-11
Song 6: If we make it through December - Merle Haggard
Act 7: The "big stick" of people power - Jim Hightower Air Date: 12-6-11
Song 7: Sticks and stone - Jónsi
Act 8: GOP debates Foreign Policy - Counterspin - Air Date: 12-08-11
Song 8: No questions asked - Fleetwood Mac
Act 9: Private RNC call on Obama attack plan leaked - Young Turks Air Date: 12-7-11
Song 9: You're not going anywhere - Brad Sucks
Act 10: Jim Hightower on Ending Corporate Personhood Election Influence - David Pakman Air Date: 10-27-11
Song 10: Move this - Technotronic
Act 11: 'NYT' article should have read, 'Republicans say voter fraud is a huge issue, but it turns out they're lying' - Young Turks
Song 11: Gerudo Valley - Nintendo
Act 12: A Great Week in the Campaign Against Corporate Personhood - The Progressive Air Date: 12-9-11
Song 12: Vagabond - Beirut
Act 13: It takes people power to make clear that corporations are NOT people - Jim Hightower Air Date: 12-8-11
Song 13: Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote
Act 14: Sen. Bernie Sanders calls Citizens United 'a blow to democracy' - Countdown Air Date: 12-9-11
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show for details |
| 0:06.1 | visit the membership tab at bestofleft.com now welcome to the award-winning best |
| 0:10.4 | of the left podcast with clips today from wait wait don't tell me the young |
| 0:13.5 | Turks, Calder Spin, Jim Hightower on the media, the David Pakman show, Count |
| 0:17.8 | down with Higoberman and the Progressive with a bonus video clip for Apple IOS |
| 0:21.9 | and Android app users from the young Turks. |
| 0:29.5 | Here is your first quote it's clear the country's talking to itself and it's clear |
| 0:35.7 | that across the country people are saying you know I think we need Newt |
| 0:41.5 | Gengrich. That was somebody offering a daring bit of political analysis who |
| 0:47.6 | believes that the country really needs Newt Gengrich. I think there's only one |
| 0:52.7 | person and that would be Newt Gengrich. It would be. I think you should get two |
| 1:01.9 | points because you're right there's one person who thinks that and it is Newt |
| 1:05.5 | Gengrich. Instead of Mitt Romney a guy who really really really wants to be |
| 1:10.7 | president the GOP at last is turning to a guy who thinks he's too good to be |
| 1:15.0 | president. Gengrich once described himself as quote an advocate of civilization |
| 1:21.8 | definer of civilization teacher of the rules of civilization and leader |
| 1:27.3 | possibly of the civilizing forces. He's not a politician he's Gandhi with a |
| 1:34.3 | weak problem. I was about to say he's done he that's Charlton Heston's whole |
| 1:40.7 | career right there. Well you know what's what's bad is that now it's down to two |
| 1:46.5 | people right pretty much so you have to say Mitt or Newt because you can't say |
| 1:50.4 | Newt or Mitt. That would be redundant. I think it's happening. I think the |
| 1:57.5 | base has already done that. It sounds like a catch spam or lease program. |
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