(2012/05/04) An examination of motivations (GOP)
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🗓️ 4 May 2012
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Summary
Edition #602
An examination of motivations
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Both sides silence their moderates - Counterspin - Air Date: 3-8-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: Walking Back - The Cranberries
Ch. 4: Act 2: Allen West 80 House Democrats are Communists - David Pakman - Air Date 4-13-12
Ch. 5: Song 2: Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons
Ch. 6: Act 3: Talking to real Americans in the south - Bill Maher - Air Date: 03-9-12
Ch. 7: Song 3: Something, Somewhere, Sometime - Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore
Ch. 8: Act 4: Abolish the GOP - Just A Question - Counter Spin - Air Date: 3-29-12
Ch. 9: Song 4: Drift away - Dobie Gray
Ch. 10: Act 5: Biden 'This isn't your father's Republican Party' - Young Turks - Air Date: 4-2-12
Ch. 11: Song 5: Starry-Eyed Surprise - Paul Oakenfold
Ch. 12: Act 6: GOP, A Wholly Owned Subsidiary Of Oil - David Feldman Show - Air Date: 4-10-12
Ch. 13: Song 6: I started something I couldn't finish - The Smiths
Ch. 14: Act 7: Secret Service Investigating Ted Nugent's Anti-Obama Rant - David Pakman - Air Date: 4-18-12
Ch. 15: Song 7: Australia - The Shins
Ch. 16: Act 8: Whatever Happened to the Tea Party Revolution? - Rachel Maddow - Air Date: 4-16-12
Ch. 17: Song 8: Citronella - Augean Stables
Ch. 18: Act 9: At War With Common Sense - Real Time Bill Maher - Air Date: 4-20-12
Ch. 19: Song 9: Plastic or Paper - The Bobs
Ch. 20: Act 10: GOP Desperate Barack Obama Ate Dog Meat - David Pakman - Air Date: 4-18-12
Ch. 21: Song 10: Sick as a dog - Brad Sucks
Ch. 22: Act 11: Is This The TRUE Republican Motivation - Lee Camp - Air Date: 3-8-12
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Ch. 24: The generational divide hits home - Joseph from Aledo, TX
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| 0:09.0 | Now welcome to the award-winning Best of Left Podcasts with Cups Today from CounterSpin, |
| 0:13.1 | the David Pakman Show, Real Time with Bill Mar, The Young Turks, The David Feldman |
| 0:16.6 | Show, The Rachel Maddo Show, and Comedian League Camp. |
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| 0:30.1 | Mainstream pundits love to love, so-called moderate Republicans. |
| 0:34.6 | They seem to think it means they approve of moderation, but it plays out more as an approval |
| 0:39.5 | of, well, Republicans. |
| 0:41.8 | Frank Bruney's March 4th column in The New York Times contains the admission, quote, |
| 0:46.8 | back in 1999, when I covered Congress, I had a kind of crush on Olympia snow. |
| 0:53.2 | Many of us in the Senate press gallery did, close quote. |
| 0:57.0 | As Bruney tells it, it had something to do with the way snow dared to disagree with |
| 1:01.6 | her party, which is something pundits always say they want to see more of. |
| 1:06.3 | But snow's record on this count has been a bit exaggerated. |
| 1:10.1 | As John Chate pointed out on New York Magazine's website, in reality, she often ended up |
| 1:14.9 | arguing for minor tweaks to Republican policies. |
| 1:18.8 | But Bruney's real point is that both sides are guilty of silencing their moderates. |
| 1:24.7 | Quote, rare is the Democrat of plausible national ambition, who tangles in a tough meaningful |
| 1:30.6 | way with labor unions or environmentalists, groups that President Obama has been loathed |
| 1:36.4 | across. |
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