(2012/11/20) Schadenfreude Part 3: Forward (Elections)
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🗓️ 21 November 2012
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Edition #664
Schadenfreude Part 3: Forward
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Moving forward from the election - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date: 11-16-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: Losers - The Cardigans
Ch. 4: Act 2: States Want to Secede? Givers and Takers - The Young Turks - Air Date: 11-14-12
Ch. 5: Song 2: Civil War - Guns N' Roses
Ch. 6: Act 3: The Divided States of America - The Bugle - Air Date: 11-16-12
Ch. 7: Song 3: Keep on moving forward - Emma's Revolution
Ch. 8: Act 4: President Obama Winning Could Bring Liberal Supreme Court - The David Pakman Show - Air Date: 11-09-12
Ch. 9: Song 4: Hang on Stevens - Al Franken
Ch. 10: Act 5: A More Liberal Senate & Why Doing the Right Thing is Smart Politics - Majority Report - Air Date: 11-08-12
Ch. 11: Song 5: Violets - Theo Bard
Ch. 12: Act 6: The Single Bigest Night For Gay Victories - Throwing Shade - Air Date 11-13-12
Ch. 13: Song 6: In your eyes - Peter Gabriel
Ch. 14: Act 7: Noteable progress for the gay agenda - Dan Savage - Air Date: 11-13-12
Ch. 15: Song 7: Thank you too! - My Morning Jacket
Ch. 16: Act 8: Latino Votes Matter, Politicians Flock to Immigration Reform - Young Turks - Air Date 11-13-12
Ch. 17: Song 8: Mexico - James Taylor
Ch. 18: Act 9: The Climate implications of election 2012 - Green News Report - Air Date: 11-13-12
Ch. 19: Song 9: Djanfa - Amadou & Mariam
Ch. 20: Act 10: The lessons of election 2012 - CounterSpin - Air Date: 11-15-12
Ch. 21: Song 10: Lessons learned - Matt and Kim
Ch. 22: Act 11: All the Big Issues Dems Can Now Tackle - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 11-12-12
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show, for details visit |
| 0:05.6 | the membership tab at bestlevelleft.com, and welcome to the award-winning Best of Left |
| 0:10.0 | Podcasts with Hoops Today from the Jimmy Dores Show, the Young Turks, the Bugle, the David |
| 0:13.9 | Pacman Show, the Majority Report, Throwing Shade, Dan Savage, the Green News Report, |
| 0:17.9 | Counter-Spin and the Rachel Maddo Show, and a note that this will be the last episode |
| 0:21.6 | basking in the shot in Florida of the conservative loss. |
| 0:24.6 | After this we go back to reminding you about all the things that are messed up in the world, |
| 0:28.2 | so enjoy. |
| 0:30.1 | This week, while Republicans were still trying to explain why they lost the election, Mitt |
| 0:34.8 | Romney told a group of donors that it was because President Obama promised black, young |
| 0:38.9 | and Hispanic voters, free healthcare and perpetuity, college loans, and amnesty for illegal immigrants. |
| 0:45.5 | Not once, while explaining his defeat, did Romney even mention incompetence delusion |
| 0:49.2 | or his personality? |
| 0:52.4 | As President Kennedy once said of Richard Nixon, he went out the way he came in, no class. |
| 0:58.2 | So often accused of inconsistency during the campaign, Romney instinctively circled |
| 1:01.9 | back to his now-classic 47% argument that worthless free-loaders found Obama's bribes |
| 1:07.2 | irresistible. |
| 1:09.1 | Of course that is now up to about 51% with 330 to elect the votes. |
| 1:16.0 | Romney insisted that unlike Obama, who made shameless appeals to specific interest groups, |
| 1:20.7 | Romney had wanted to deal with big issues, like getting rid of Planned Parenthood, Medicare, |
| 1:24.4 | and the minimum wage. |
| 1:26.1 | Paul Ryan, who also didn't pick this week to become honest, seemed to think the defeat |
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