(2012/07/06) The struggle to run and vote for president (Elections)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 6 July 2012
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Summary
Edition #621
The struggle to run and vote for president
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: I Pledge Allegiance to Mitt Romney - GOP Loyalty Oaths - Rachel Maddow - Air Date: 6-27-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: Was wollen wir trinken - Oktoberklub
Ch. 4: Act 2: 7 Issues Mitt Romney Has No Position On - David Pakman - Air Date: 6-28-12
Ch. 5: Song 2: Guilty - Yann Tiersen
Ch. 6: Act 3: VictoryFund.org - BotL Activism Update - Air Date: 7-6-12
Ch. 7: Song 3: Victory - Trampled by Turtles
Ch. 8: Act 4: Analyzing the Romney campaign (with jokes) - David Feldman Show - Air Date: 7-2-12
Ch. 9: Song 4: Can't get away - Rodriguez
Ch. 10: Act 5: GOP 2012 Voter Suppression Begins in Florida - Majority Report - Air Date: 5-31-12
Ch. 11: Song 5: Coastal cities - The Secret Handshake
Ch. 12: Act 6: Florida Counties Defy State Government's Continuing Voter Purge Requests - Rachel Maddow - Air Date: 6-6-12
Ch. 13: Song 6: Basique - Little People
Ch. 14: Act 7: Fox News: Some People Say... - Media Matters - Air Date: 6-4-12
Ch. 15: Song 7: Basique - Little People
Ch. 16: Act 8: Justice Dept. and Florida Gov. Trade Lawsuits over Voter Purge - Rachel Maddow - Air Date: 6-11-12
Ch. 17: Song 8: You know better - MercyMe
Ch. 18: Act 9: Do Progressive Positions Help Obama? - Young Turks - Air Date: 6-20-12
Ch. 19: Song 9: The Funeral - Band of Horses
Ch. 20: Act 10: Democrats: Obama Has Dicked Us Around For Four Years, Now It's Our Turn - The Onion
Ch. 19: Song 10: He got game - Public Enemy & Voices Of Shabach Community Choir Of Long Island
Ch. 20: Act 11: Does Obama Really Believe This? - Young Turks - Air Date: 6-27-12
Activism links:
VictoryFund.org
Contact Lauren or submit activism opportunities:
Lauren [at] BestoftheLeft [dot] com
Voicemails:
Thoughts on privilege modifiers - Alyson from Erie, CO
Why make fun of conservatives for being gay? - Jim from St. Augustine
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Final Comments on privilege, religion, bigotry, and jokes about homosexuality and Chris Christie
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to show. |
| 0:05.6 | For details, visit the membership tab at BestOfTheLeft.com. |
| 0:08.8 | Now, welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with Kup today from the Rachel Maddo |
| 0:12.6 | show, The David Pakman Show, A BestOfTheLeft Activism Update, The David Feldman Show, The |
| 0:17.6 | Majority Report, Media Matters, The Young Turks, and The Onion News Network. |
| 0:21.8 | And a note for our more sensitive listeners, this episode may cause you to wish to give up |
| 0:25.2 | entirely on the American electoral system. |
| 0:30.0 | In November, most of the smart money says President Obama should win the great state of New |
| 0:34.1 | Mexico with relative ease, polls show the president leading Mitt Romney in New Mexico by double digits. |
| 0:40.4 | But eight years ago, in 2004 when George W. Bush was running for re-election, New Mexico |
| 0:44.9 | was a battleground. |
| 0:46.4 | And as part of the Republican effort in 2004 to win that swing state, then Vice President |
| 0:52.2 | Dick Cheney scheduled a big speech in Albuquerque just a few months before Election Day. |
| 0:56.6 | The point, of course, was to encourage New Mexico voters to come out and hear their |
| 1:00.3 | Vice President's message. |
| 1:01.6 | But if you wanted to be able to hear Dick Cheney that day, you had to jump through one |
| 1:05.9 | really strange hoop. |
| 1:07.7 | In order to get a ticket to attend that Dick Cheney event in 2004, you first had to sign |
| 1:12.5 | a loyalty oath. |
| 1:14.7 | An oath of loyalty, not to the United States of America, but to George W. Bush. |
| 1:20.2 | The oath read, I, full name, do hereby endorse George W. Bush for re-election of the United |
| 1:27.5 | States. |
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