(2012/02/22) Sweater Vest Man Rises (Elections)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 23 February 2012
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Edition #578
Sweater Vest Man Rises
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Act 1: Sweater Vest Man - Frank Chow
Act 2: Gays Vilify Rick Santorum, Wife Karen Dated Abortion Doctor - The Young Turks Air Date: 01-17-12
Song 2: Honey - Moby
Act 3: Santorum's Hypocrisy on Prenatal Testing - The Progressive Air Date: 2-20-12
Song 3: Moment Of Tranquillity - Apoptygma Berzerk
Act 4: Tim Wise Interview - How Race Factors into Electoral Politics - Majority Report - Air Date: 1-30-12
Song 4: Sydney (I'll come running) - Brett Dennen
Act 5: Rick Santorum Don't Worry About Cost of Medications You Need - David Pakman -Air Date: 02-06-12
Song 5: Twisted logic - Coldplay
Act 6: Megadeath singer sort-of endorses Rick Santorum - Wait Wait Don't Tell Me Air Date: 2-18-12
Song 6: Peace of mind - Finniston
Act 7: Obama disrupts the concept of citizenship in the white supremacist mind - Blacking it up Air Date: 2-7-12
Song 7: Back in time - Huey Lewis & The News
Act 8: Take a ride in Rick's head - Jim Hightower Air Date: 2-13-12
Song 8: Every Sperm is Sacred - Monty Python
Act 9: Santorum Scandal Cover For John Ensign - Young Turks
Song 9: It goes on and on - Avett Brothers
Act 10: Romney's non concern for the poor - Jimmy Dore - Air Date 2-3-12
Song 10: Always mean it - Emilyn Brodsky
Act 11: Looking Good for Obama - The Progressive Air Date: 2-13-12
Song 11: If you wanna - The Vaccines
Act 12: Rick Santorum Wins THREE Primaries in 1 Day - David Pakman -Air Date: 02-09-12
Voicemails:
Running with righteous indignation - Patrick from Dallas
When can the US government be considered illegitimate? Vote Green - Chris from Middletown, NY
Police accountability activists win a campaign against violent cop - Col. Moses from Portland, OR
Praise for Blacking It Up talking about revisionist history - Colin from Cleveland, OH
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Final comments on training for my ClimateRide
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
GOP Introduces New "Mystery Candidate" With Paper Bag Over Head - The Onion
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show. |
| 0:05.4 | For details, visit the membership tab at BestOfTheLeft.com. |
| 0:08.2 | Now, welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with Kupstay. |
| 0:12.4 | From Frank Chao, the young Turks, the progressive, the majority report, the David Pakman show, |
| 0:17.1 | wait, wait, don't tell me, blacking it up, Jim Hightower, and the Jimmy Dorshow, with |
| 0:21.1 | a bonus video clip for our Apple iOS and Android app users from The Onion. |
| 0:31.0 | Kids, this song is about a new superhero. |
| 0:34.0 | Now, he's not Spider-Man or Iron Man. |
| 0:38.0 | But he is kind of like Captain America. |
| 0:54.0 | He comes from a faraway place. |
| 0:59.0 | He's known to some as pets of Amy. |
| 1:04.0 | He fights for what's morally right. |
| 1:07.0 | We thought of his might. |
| 1:09.0 | You'll see his momentum from light years away. |
| 1:14.0 | He's not afraid of Muslims. |
| 1:16.0 | He takes a stand. |
| 1:18.0 | For those Muslims. |
| 1:20.0 | He's afraid of that minobomb, a man. |
| 1:23.0 | He's gonna save us tonight. |
| 1:27.0 | He's gonna stop higher taxes all the right. |
| 1:30.0 | He's known to some as Frick. |
| 1:32.0 | But we known throughout the land as Sweat of Esman. |
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