(2012/09/20) The candidates race (Race and the election)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 20 September 2012
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Summary
Edition #645
The candidates race
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Romney Trolls Liberals to Please Conservative Base - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 8-24-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: White Privilege - Macklemore
Ch. 4: Act 2: Biggest Birther Event of Year Canceled - No Ticket Sales - David Pakman - Air Date: 09-13-12
Ch. 5: Song 2: Kick Drum Heart - The Avett Brothers
Ch. 6: Act 3: Mitt Romney is a Unicorn! - BotL Activism Update
Ch. 7: Song 3: Space unicorn - Parry Gripp
Ch. 8: Act 4: Fox News Blames Black People (For Everything) - The Young Turks - Air Date: 08-25-12
Ch. 9: Song 4: New shoes - Paolo Nutini
Ch. 10: Act 5: Romney Desperately Needs & Targets White Vote - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 8-27-12
Ch. 11: Song 5: Against the wind - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Ch. 12: Act 6: It Was The Worst Of Times - CounterSpin - Air Date 9-7-12
Ch. 13: Song 6: Paris - Dido
Ch. 14: Act 7: Rush Limbaugh: Barack Obama Isn't Authentically Black - David Pakman - Air Date: 09-11-12
Ch. 15: Song 7: Golden Brown - The Stranglers
Ch. 16: Act 8: Racist, Asshat Clown Could Cost Romney Virginia - The Young Turks - Air Date: 09-08-12
Ch. 17: Song 8: Something good - Utah Saints
Ch. 18: Act 9: Romney dismisses 47% of the country - This Week in Blackness - Air Date: 9-18-12
Ch. 19: Song 9: Common sense - Flunk
Ch. 20: Act 10: Romney Revealed in All His Disdainfulness - The Progressive - Air Date: 9-18-12
Ch. 21: Song 10: Above and below - The Bravery
Ch. 22: Act 11: Mitt Romney Desperate PANIC Press Conference - David Pakman - Air Date: 09-19-12
Ch. 23: Act 12: Mitt Romney Cracks Hispanic Latino Joke to Donors - David Pakman - Air Date: 09-19-12
Ch. 24: Song 12: Mexico - James Taylor
Ch. 25: Act 13: I Know Who Will Win The Presidential Election (Seriously) - Lee Camp - Air Date: 09-12-12
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Ch. 26: Any kind of religious fervor is scary - Colin from Cleveland, OH
Ch. 27: Refusing to adopt a heightened sense of fear or vulnerability - Anonymous
Ch. 28: Praise for Taylor Mali clip from Education episode - Colin from Cleveland, OH
Ch. 29: Thoughtful dissection of provoking others through satire and criticism - Anonymous
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Ch. 30: Final comments asking for more comments on provoking fundamentalists and inspiring videos to be played on the show
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show, for details visit |
| 0:06.5 | the membership tab at BestOfTheLeft.com Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft |
| 0:10.6 | podcast with Cubsidate from the Rachel Maddo show, The David Pakman show, A BestOfTheLeft |
| 0:14.7 | Activism Update, The Young Turks, Counter-Spin, This Week in Blackness, The Progressive and |
| 0:19.6 | Comedian Lee Camp. |
| 0:20.6 | On a note for our pet-owning listeners, this episode contains dog whistle politics, so |
| 0:25.5 | you'll be sure to keep your canines safely out of range before listening. |
| 0:30.2 | There was a time with Donald Trump when he was going to be running for president himself, |
| 0:34.0 | remember? |
| 0:35.0 | He pulled great. |
| 0:36.0 | Last spring, just behind Mitt Romney, even with Mike Huckabee, Donald Trump's platform |
| 0:40.0 | when he was running for president or seemed to be consisted of a single gigantic plank. |
| 0:45.0 | I would like to have him show his birth certificate. |
| 0:50.9 | Why doesn't he show his birth certificate either? |
| 0:53.5 | He wasn't born in the country or he doesn't have a birth certificate. |
| 0:57.0 | People have birth certificates. |
| 0:58.4 | He doesn't have a birth certificate. |
| 0:59.8 | He doesn't have a birth certificate or he hasn't provided. |
| 1:02.2 | He's given his certificate of life birth. |
| 1:04.1 | He wasn't born here. |
| 1:05.1 | He can't prove it. |
| 1:06.1 | He won't give us the longer-than-long-form birth certificate. |
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