(2012/09/26) Shooting the foot that's in his mouth (Elections)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 26 September 2012
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Summary
Edition #647
Shooting the foot that's in his mouth
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Inelegant statement about the 47 Percent - Wait wait don't tell me - Air Date: 9-22-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: Für Elise - Ludwig van Beethoven
Ch. 4: Act 2: Right Wing Media Continues to Defend, Praise Romney's "47 Percent" Comment - Media Matters Minute - Air Date: 09-19-12
Ch. 6: Act 3: Fact-Checked: Romney's 47 Percent Non-Taxpayers Mostly from Red States - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 09-18-12
Ch. 7: Song 3: Strawberry Fields Forever - Ben Harper
Ch. 8: Act 4: Wolf-Pac state leadership volunteers - BotL Activism - Air Date: 9-26-12
Ch. 9: Song 4: Turn it over - Bluegrazer
Ch. 10: Act 5: Republicans Begin to Turn on Romney - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 9-19-12
Ch. 11: Song 5: Free fallin' - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Ch. 12: Act 6: Ann Romney to GOP: STFU!! - Majority Report - Air Date: 09-21-12
Ch. 13: Song 6: Gimme Sympathy - Metric
Ch. 14: Act 7: Devastating: Mitt Romney Flip Flop Videos - The Young Turks - Air Date: 09-21-12
Ch. 15: Song 7: Greased Lightning - Grease
Ch. 16: Act 8: Romney's Down-Ballot Toxicity - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 9-19-12
Ch. 17: Song 8: Don't cry - Guns N' Roses
Ch. 18: Act 9: Romney's Chilling Prescriptions on 60 Minutes - The Progressive - Air Date: 9-24-12
Ch. 19: Song 9: Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam
Ch. 20: Act 10: Mitt Romney Leaked Tape Reveals "I Inherited NOTHING!" - Majority Report - Air Date: 09-21-12
Ch. 21: Song 10: Inherit the wind - Elvis Presley
Ch. 22: Act 11: Romney and Obama's Big Ideas - Billionaires vs. the Middle Class - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 09-24-12
Ch. 23: Song 11: Run, Freedom Run - Urinetown
Ch. 24: Act 12: 13 Can President Obama Change Washington? - The Young Turks - Air Date: 09-22-12
Activism links:
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Voicemails:
Ch. 25: Clap Obama on the back with one hand and hand him a to-do list with the other - Anonymous
Ch. 26: It is right to criticize Obama for not being progressive enough - Chuck in Salt Lake City
Ch. 27: Calling back and mostly agreeing - Anonymous
Ch. 28: Duty to disregard those who use violence to control others - Roy from McClain TX
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Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Ch. 29: Final comments on critiquing Obama and ignoring those who control through violence
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show. |
| 0:05.8 | For details, visit the membership tab at BestOfTheLeft.com. |
| 0:08.8 | Now, welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with Cubsiday from Weight Weight |
| 0:12.3 | Don't Tell Me. |
| 0:13.3 | The Media Matters Minute, The David Pakman Show, a BestOfTheLeft activism update, The |
| 0:17.0 | Rachel Maddo Show, The Majority Report, The Young Turks, The Progressive and Tom Hartman. |
| 0:21.6 | And a note for our more sensitive listeners is not properly inoculated, some listeners |
| 0:25.1 | may begin to show signs of sympathy for Mitt Romney. |
| 0:29.1 | Well, it wasn't elegantly stated that we put it that way. |
| 0:35.1 | That was somebody admitting he didn't put it elegantly when he said it at a private |
| 0:40.2 | fundraiser that 47% of Americans were bitter moochers, who wasn't. |
| 0:46.8 | That would have been Mitt Romney. |
| 0:47.8 | Yes indeed, Mitt Romney, very well done. |
| 0:51.8 | It's hard to put your foot in your mouth elegantly, really. |
| 0:57.1 | It really is hard to do that. |
| 0:58.6 | So the Romney campaign has been in damage control mode, ever since the video of his remarks |
| 1:03.5 | that a fundraiser came to light this week, as you heard, Romney admitted that he could |
| 1:07.2 | have disparaged 47% of Americans more elegantly. |
| 1:13.3 | How exactly would you do that? |
| 1:16.2 | With a British accent? |
| 1:18.4 | I say terrible pity about the riffraff. |
| 1:20.9 | Hey, what want? |
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