(2012/02/04) Bad and badder (Elections)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 5 February 2012
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Edition #572
Bad and badder
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Act 1: Newt Ginrich's Performance and Mitt Romney's Tax - Colbert Report
Song 1: He's a pirate - Klaus Badelt
Act 2: God records a commercial for Bain Capital - David Feldman Air Date: 1-13-12
Song 2: Whenever God shines a light on me - Van Morrison
Act 3: Mitt's Flamingly Wealthy - Daily Show Air Date: 1-18-12
Song 3: It Gets Better - Broadway sings for the Trevor Project
Act 4: How jealous of Mitt Romney are you? - Rachel Maddow Air Date: 1-12-12
Song 4: So jealous - Tegan and Sara
Act 5: Romney Strikes a Nerve in Florida - The Progressive Air Date: 2-1-12
Song 5: My heart sinks - Hotrod Cadets
Act 6: The man from Bain - Le Show Air Date: 1-15-12
Act 7: O'Reilly comes to Romney's rhetorical rescue - Counterspin Air Date: 1-19-12
Song 7: Scene No. 10 Moderato from Swan Lake - London Philharmonic Orchestra
Act 8: Fox's Huckabee "Birther-Lite" Comments - Media Matters Air Date: 1-23-12
Act 9: War Within The Bubble - Real Time with Bill Maher - Air Date: 01-13-12
Song 9: A whiter shade - Procol Harum
Act 10: Gingrich's New Dog Whistle: Anti-Semitism - The Progressive Air Date: 1-23-12
Song 10: Crooked Teeth - Death Cab For Cutie
Act 11: Black to the Future - Newt Gingrich's Timing - Daily Show - Air Date 01-12-12
Song 11: The little light - The Montgomery Improvement Association
Act 12: Gingrich defends himself against Romney, adultery makes for a more viable candidate - Wait wait don't tell me - Air Date: 1-28-12
Song 12: Jelly Belly - Nai Bonet
Act 13: Newt's Reckless Rhetoric - The Progressive Air Date: 1-31-12
Song 13: Bulletproof - La Roux
Act 14: Newt Gingrich wants to colonized the moon! - The Bugle - Air Date: 1-27-12
Song 14: Fly me to the moon - Burning Spear
Act 15: Gingrich Closing In On Romney In Poll - The Young Turks - Air Date: 01-18-12
Voicemails:
The time is right to occupy the ballot - Brian from Forth Worth, TX
Thoughts on choosing one's sexuality - Jeff from Florida
Reaction to my comments on the It Gets Better campaign - Casey from Michigan
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Final comments on me being sick and keeping voicemails short
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Rush, Fox News Rip Gingrich Over Romney Bain Capital Attacks - The Young Turks - Air Date: 01-11-12
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show, for details visit |
| 0:06.7 | the membership tab at BestOfALeft.com. |
| 0:09.2 | Now welcome to the award winning BestOfALeft podcast with Cubs today from the Colbert |
| 0:12.8 | Report, David Feldman show, The Daily Show, The Rachel Maddo Show, The Progressive, La |
| 0:17.3 | Show, Counter-Spin, Media Matters, Real Time with Bill Mar, Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, |
| 0:21.7 | The Bugle and The Young Turks with a bonus video clip for our Apple iOS and Android |
| 0:26.0 | app users also from The Young Turks. |
| 0:30.0 | Mitt Romney is getting hit with tough questions about his tax return. |
| 0:35.0 | Governor, will you release your income tax records? |
| 0:38.0 | You know, I looked at what has been done in campaigns in the past with Senator McCain and |
| 0:42.6 | President George W. Bush and others, they've tended to release tax records in April or |
| 0:47.8 | tax season. |
| 0:48.8 | But you know, if that's been the tradition and I'm not opposed to doing that, time will |
| 0:54.0 | tell. |
| 0:55.0 | I have nothing in them that suggests there's any problem and I'm happy to do so. |
| 0:58.6 | I sort of feel like we're showing a lot of exposure at this point. |
| 1:03.7 | And if I become our nominee and what's happened in history is people have released them in |
| 1:08.5 | April of the coming year, and that's probably what I do. |
| 1:21.0 | So there you have it, folks. |
| 1:22.3 | He will probably, mostly, maybe release his tax returns in April, assuming he is finished |
| 1:29.2 | giving that answer by then. |
| 1:31.8 | Because folks, the next day, he still hadn't gotten to the verb. |
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