(2012/09/02) See how deceitfully they run (GOP)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 2 September 2012
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Edition #639
See how deceitfully they run
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Double-Amputee Duckworth Not A 'True' Military Hero - Rep. Joe Walsh - Young Turks - Air Date 7-7-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: Girl in the war - Chris Priest
Ch. 4: Act 2: Super Klassy GOPers Gay Dog Whistle Each Other - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 8-7-12
Ch. 5: Song 2: These quiet times - Shady Bard
Ch. 6: Act 3: Obama Compared To Hitler, Stalin, & Mao By GOP Candidate - Young Turks - Air Date 8-6-12
Ch. 7: Song 3: Courage - Authority Zero
Ch. 8: Act 4: Louie Gohmert Still Saying “Ahhhhh” - Howdyland.com
Ch. 9: Song 4: Spanish flea - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Ch. 10: Act 5: Tea Party Most Anti-Gay Political Group - David Pakman - Air Date 8-22-12
Ch. 11: Song 5: Free to decide - The Cranberries
Ch. 12: Act 6: Allen West Punches Woman In The Face In New Ad - The Young Turks - Air Date: 08-11-12
Ch. 13: Song 6: Sapphire bullets of pure love - They might be giants
Ch. 14: Act 7: Magical Thinking of the GOP - Real Time With Bill Maher - Air Date 8-24-12
Ch. 15: Song 7: Dance music - The Mountain Goats
Ch. 16: Act 8: We built, and misrepresented, it - This Week in Blackness Radio - Air Date: 8-29-12
Ch. 17: Song 8: The lucky one - Alison Krauss & Union Station
Ch. 18: Act 9: I have privilege because I'm white, get it? - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date: 8-31-12
Ch. 19: Song 9: The district sleeps alone tonight - The Postal Service
Ch. 20: Act 10: The devil in the details, Ralph Reed and the GOP - Moyers and Company - Air Date: 8-31-12
Voicemails:
Ch. 21: Conservatives winning on abortion would be detrimental to their fundraising efforts - Ruth from Michigan
Ch. 22: Romney's comment is the perfect explanation of white privilege - Michael From California
Ch. 23: A different perspective on religion - John from Texas
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Ch. 24: Final Comments on extended Moyers clip and when bad is good
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show, for details visit |
| 0:05.7 | the membership tab at bestofleft.com. |
| 0:07.9 | Now, welcome to the award-winning Best of Left Podcasts we'll come today from the |
| 0:11.1 | Young Turks, the Rachel Maddo Show, Howdyland.com, the David Pakman Show, Real Time with Bill |
| 0:15.3 | Marr, This Week in Blackness, The Jimmy Dores Show, and Moyers & Company. |
| 0:18.9 | And a note for our more sensitive listeners, some of the GOP dirty tricks in this episode |
| 0:22.5 | have been rated SCD for stomach churningly deceitful and should not be heard by children, |
| 0:27.4 | the elderly or anyone else. |
| 0:30.0 | Representative Joe Walsh, we talked about him earlier in the show, we talk about him off. |
| 0:34.6 | He is a Tea Party clown extraordinaire, he's a freshman, he's violated just about every, |
| 0:42.5 | you know, pledge that he's made, he's Mr. Fiscal Disciplistics, except for the fact that |
| 0:46.7 | it turns out he owes hundreds of thousands of dollars in child support for his own family. |
| 0:53.1 | He's also part of the people who are doing the hypocrisy of using what they call Obamacare |
| 0:58.2 | to cover his own kids. |
| 0:59.6 | He says, I don't know, they're doing it through their mom. |
| 1:02.8 | And nonetheless, pretends that he wants to repeal all the provisions, except for the |
| 1:06.4 | ones that help him, of course. |
| 1:08.4 | And the list goes on and on. |
| 1:09.8 | Now he's running his Tammy Duckworth, who is a veteran. |
| 1:13.1 | Now she's not just a veteran, she lost both of her legs in Iraq. |
| 1:16.8 | But that's not all, she's served for more than 20 years, she has a rank of Lieutenant |
| 1:20.0 | Colonel, she's received multiple awards including Purple Heart, Air Metal, Army Commentation |
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