(2012/08/21) Get a load of this guy (Paul Ryan)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 21 August 2012
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Edition #635
Get a load of this guy
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: The VEEP Pick - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date 8-17-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: Turning tables - Adele
Ch. 4: Act 2: Paul Ryan And Ayn Rand - The Young Turks - Air Date: 08-14-12
Ch. 5: Song 2: Somebody to love - Jefferson Airplane
Ch. 6: Act 3: The Ayn Rand Kid - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date 8-17-12
Ch. 7: Song 3: Against all odds - The Postal Service
Ch. 8: Act 4: Paul Ryan Unqualified to Be President By Mitt Romney's OWN STANDARDS - David Pakman - Air Date 8-13-12
Ch. 9: Song 4: Drive - R.E.M.
Ch. 10: Act 5: The Dangerous Not Dull Choice- Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date 8-17-12
Ch. 11: Song 5: Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
Ch. 12: Act 6: The Reactionary Aggressiveness of Paul Ryan - The Progressive - Air Date: 8-14-12
Ch. 13: Song 6: We like to party - The Venga Boys
Ch. 14: Act 7: USA Elections Like The Olympics - Bugle - Air Date 8-17-12
Ch. 15: Song 7: Tiny Wings theme
Ch. 16: Act 8: Ryan Pick Kills Downballot GOP Races - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 8-14-12
Ch. 17: Song 8: Broken chair - Chris and Thomas
Ch. 18: Act 9: Blue Collar Millionaire - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date 8-17-12
Ch. 19: Song 9: Torn blue foam couch - Grand Archives
Ch. 20: Act 10: Akin's Neanderthal Comment, and Ryan's Neanderthal Position - The Progressive - Air Date: 8-20-12
Ch. 21: Song 10: I go to extremes - Billy Joel
Ch. 22: Act 11: Campaigning Off The Cliff - Bugle - Air Date 8-17-12
Ch. 23: Song 11: Spend - Jeff Caudill
Ch. 24: Act 12: Paul Ryan - What You Need To Know - The Young Turks - Air Date: 08-14-12
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Ch. 25: Final comments on religion, women, morality and a metro train
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show, for details visit |
| 0:06.3 | the membership tab at BestOfALeft.com. |
| 0:08.8 | Now, welcome to the award-winning BestOfALeft podcast with Cups today from the Jimmy Dora |
| 0:12.7 | show, The Young Turks, The David Pakman Show, The Progressive, The Bugle, and The Rachel |
| 0:17.1 | Maddo Show. |
| 0:18.1 | And a note for our more sensitive listeners, the topic of this episode may cause headaches, |
| 0:21.9 | nausea, loss of appetite, and loss of health insurance. |
| 0:30.0 | Okay, so now let's move on to the new leader vice presidential pick this week, happened |
| 0:34.1 | for Mitt Romney, and you know, Romney desperately needed the change of subject. |
| 0:38.6 | So he picked Paul Ryan successfully, changing the conversation from his tax returns and |
| 0:43.2 | being capital to destroying the social safety net. |
| 0:46.7 | This is all part of Mitt Romney's strategy to lose Florida. |
| 0:49.9 | He's a master. |
| 0:52.6 | But who is Paul Ryan? |
| 0:53.6 | He's a deficit hawk who said he got interested in government politics after reading |
| 0:58.0 | an iron rant. |
| 0:59.0 | Really? |
| 1:00.0 | Because Paul Ryan voted for two unfunded wars, TARP, and tax cuts for the rich. |
| 1:05.2 | Turns out when Atlas was actually asked to reduce the deficit, he shrugged. |
| 1:12.6 | You know, Paul Ryan is also endorsed by the log cabin Republicans. |
| 1:15.3 | Did you guys know that? |
| 1:16.3 | No. |
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