(2012/11/17) Schadenfreude Part 2: The Blame (Elections)
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🗓️ 18 November 2012
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Edition #663
Schadenfreude Part 2: The Blame
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Conservatives: We've Lost The Country! - The Young Turks - Air Date: 11-09-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: When they say they want their America back, WTF do they mean? - Jill Sobule
Ch. 4: Act 2: Bill O'Reilly Whines "White Establishment is Now the Minority!" - Majority Report - Air Date: 11-08-12
Ch. 5: Song 2: Turning tables - Adele
Ch. 6: Act 3: Why Obama Won According To The Right - Jimmy Dore - Air Date 11-9-12
Ch. 7: Song 3: Le Moulin - Yann Tiersen
Ch. 8: Act 4: When All Else Fails, Blame The Voters - Media Matters Minute - Air Date: 11-08-12
Ch. 9: Song 4: Le Moulin - Yann Tiersen
Ch. 10: Act 5: Whose Fault Was Romney Loss? Conservative Finger-Pointing - The Young Turks - Air Date: 11-09-12
Ch. 11: Song 5: Stolen - Dashboard Confessional
Ch. 12: Act 6: No Mandate, Split Electorates, Misleading Equally, and Numerous Other Media Rationalizations - CounterSpin - Air Date: 11-9-12
Ch. 13: Song 6: Call it even - Scott Simons
Ch. 14: Act 7: Looking At The Election From The Right - Predictors And Prognosticators - Jimmy Dore - Air Date 11-9-12
Ch. 15: Song 7: What went wrong - Blink-182
Ch. 16: Act 8: Fox News Now Blaming Media for Mitt Romney Losing - The David Pakman Show - Air Date: 11-10-12
Ch. 17: Song 8: When it all goes wrong again - Everclear
Ch. 18: Act 9: Mitt Romney Blames Loss on Obama's "Gifts" to Minorities & Young Voters - Majority Report - Air Date: 11-15-12
Ch. 19: Song 9: Gives you hell - Glee Cast
Ch. 20: Act 10: Time for the Right to Leave the Bubble - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 11-7-12
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Ch. 21: Study cited in show has been debunked - Zach from Chicago
Ch. 22: No upside to GMO food - Ryan from Vermont
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Ch. 23: Final comments on the morality of feeding the hungry
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show for details vis-a-the-membership |
| 0:06.8 | tab at Bestof-the-left.com and welcome to the award-winning Best of Left Podcasts with |
| 0:11.3 | Cubsiday from the Young Turks, the Majority Report, the Jimmy Dorsho, the Media Matters |
| 0:15.3 | Minute, Counter-Spin, the David Pakman Show, and the Rachel Maddo Show. |
| 0:19.1 | And because we are discussing how badly the Republicans messed up their election chances, |
| 0:23.3 | this episode will contain some profanity. |
| 0:30.0 | The Republicans lost so bad in this election that even their most stalwart guys are saying, |
| 0:37.1 | hey, you know what, there's some chance we're fucked. |
| 0:42.6 | This is great. |
| 0:43.6 | So first let's start with Bill O'Reilly. |
| 0:44.9 | Because it's a changing country, the demographics are changing, it's not a traditional America |
| 0:49.5 | anymore. |
| 0:50.5 | Twenty years ago, President Obama would be roundly defeated by an establishment candidate |
| 0:55.5 | like Mitt Romney. |
| 0:57.0 | And the white establishment is now the minority. |
| 1:01.8 | Okay, we, we what a one twenty years ago, I don't know what these guys are doing now, |
| 1:07.6 | they've got all these African Americans and Latinos running around. |
| 1:10.3 | Did the classic O'Reilly snort in the middle, which I love? |
| 1:14.0 | We'll do a live. |
| 1:15.0 | Okay, apparently you won't. |
| 1:17.0 | So he says, look, the numbers are against us. |
| 1:20.0 | I'm hurt, dog. |
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