(2012/01/31) The President said some things (State of the Union)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 1 February 2012
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Edition #571
The President said some things
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Act 1: Black Checking Mitt Romney's SOTU prebuttal lies - Blacking it up Air Date: 1-24-12
Song 1: Sweet little lies - Michael Franti And Spearhead
Act 2: State Of The Union 2012 Analysis - Young Turks 1-24-12
Song 2: Mad world - Vitamin String Quartet
Act 3: Right Wing Response to President's SOTU Address: "CLASS WARFARE!" - Media Matters Air Date: 1-25-12
Act 4: Obama endorses the Buffet rule in SOTU - BBC News Quiz Air Date: 1-27-12
Song 4: The Wind - Cat Stevens
Act 5: He probably wont do the good or the bad laid out in SOTU - Majority Report Air Date: 1-25-12
Song 5: Keepsake - State Radio
Act 6: The Downsides of Obama's State of the Union - The Progressive Air Date: 1-25-12
Song 6: Dreams - The Corrs
Act 7: President is talking news from the SOTU - The Bugle Air Date: 1-27-12
Song 7: These quiet times - Shady Bard
Act 8: Supreme Court Justices at the SOTU - On the Media Air Date: 1-26-12
Song 8: This magic moment - Drifters
Act 9: Something for everyone on energy in the SOTU - Green News Report Air Date: 1-26-12
Song 9: The Gambler - Kenny Rogers
Act 10: Obama's bad joke - Wait wait don't tell me Air Date: 1-28-12
Song 10: I want it all - Queen
Act 11: Don't trust but verify, just verify - Matthew Filipowicz Show Air Date: 1-26-12
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show. |
| 0:05.8 | For details, visit the membership tab at BestOfTheLeft.com and welcome to the award-winning Best |
| 0:10.4 | Of The Left Podcast with Cups Today from Blackened Up, The Young Turks, Media Matters, |
| 0:14.7 | The BBC News Quiz, The Majority Report, The Progressive, The Bugle, On The Media, |
| 0:19.2 | The Green News Report, Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, and The Matthew Phillipovitch Show. |
| 0:30.2 | This morning, Mitt Romney decided to get froggy and tried to do a pre-state of the Union |
| 0:36.2 | state. |
| 0:37.2 | What? |
| 0:38.2 | Who is Mitt Romney to be having a... |
| 0:40.2 | How does he know what the state of the Union is? |
| 0:44.2 | Apparently, he was prepared for it. |
| 0:45.7 | This morning, he did a rebuttal to the state of the Union that hadn't happened yet. |
| 0:48.9 | Yes? |
| 0:49.9 | Yes. |
| 0:50.9 | And the best part about it was that even in his rebuttal, he was actively lying to the point |
| 0:56.9 | where I was like, I was sitting really good just going, really is this one? |
| 0:59.9 | Is he? |
| 1:00.9 | You can't rebut the president and lie as you're rebutting the thing that the president hasn't |
| 1:04.9 | said yet. |
| 1:05.9 | Like, does no one else notice that? |
| 1:07.9 | Maybe he had a spy that got a copy of the speech. |
| 1:10.9 | I would argue that's maximum politician. |
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