(2013/04/11) Part 1: The empathy deficit (Conservatives)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 11 April 2013
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Edition #706
Part 1: The empathy deficit
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Republicans struggle with becoming less intolerant - Throwing Shade - Air Date: 4-1-13
Ch. 3: Song 1: Let's live for today - The Grass Roots
Ch. 4: Act 2: CPAC Anti-Gay Responses to Rob Portman Flip-Flop - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 03-18-13
Ch. 5: Song 2: Strange bath - Jon Brion
Ch. 6: Act 3: Once again, a failure to empathize - Dan Savage - Air Date: 3-19-13
Ch. 7: Song 3: Catalog & Classify - Mark Robinson
Ch. 8: Act 4: Empathy vs a lack of empathy on gay marriage - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date 3-22-13
Ch. 9: Song 4: Believe - Cher
Ch. 10: Act 5: The Backwards Logic of the Man Who Can 'Take Down' Obama - The Young Turks - Air Date: 04-06-13
Ch. 11: Song 5: Apology - Scooter Brown Band
Ch. 12: Act 6: GOP Makeover - David Feldman Show - Air Date: 3-22-13
Ch. 13: Song 6: Sometime around midnight - The Airborne Toxic Event
Ch. 14: Act 7: Republicans Unable to Empathize on Issues Until It Happens to Them - Majority Report - Air Date: 03-15-13
Ch. 15: Song 7: This is the day - The The
Ch. 16: Act 8: GOP Task Force On What Went Wrong - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date: 3-22-13
Ch. 17: Song 8: Sell out - Reel Big Fish
Ch. 18: Act 9: Remarks Stymie GOP Mission - CounterSpin - Air Date: 4-5-13
Ch. 19: Song 9: Sloom - Of monsters and men
Ch. 20: Act 10: You're Comments Are Offensive - David Feldman Show - Air Date: 4-5-13
Ch. 21: Song 10: Time in a bottle - Jim Croce
Ch. 22: Act 11: Slavery Defender at CPAC Gets Pat on the Back - The Young Turks - Air Date: 03-21-13
Voicemails:
Ch. 23: Call to action: Money running the K St. 5K - Represent.us - Rachel from Washington, DC
Ch. 24: Intolerance out of love - Ty from Yuma, AZ
Ch. 25: Looking for RadioLab - Anonymous
Ch. 26: On gay marriage, polls and compelling arguments - Nathan from Vancouver, WA
Ch. 27: The "merits" of the counter-feminist position - Chris from Boston, Mass
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Ch. 28: Final comments on the inherent misogyny of counter-feminism
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| 0:06.3 | Visit the Membership tab at Best of the Left.com. |
| 0:08.8 | Now look into the award-winning Best of the Left podcast will come today from Throwing |
| 0:12.4 | Shade, The David Pakman Show, Dan Savage, The Jimmy Door Show, The Young Turks, The David |
| 0:16.6 | Feldman Show, The Majority Report, and Counter-Spin. |
| 0:19.8 | And a note to all health conscious listeners this show does recommend monthly self-examinations |
| 0:24.9 | to screen for any empathy deficiencies. |
| 0:30.0 | Last week, everyone freaked out because this guy, Senator Rob Portman, who's the Senator |
| 0:34.3 | from Ohio, Republican, also, what's so notable about him is he was Romney's basically |
| 0:40.8 | like number two pick for VP after a Pulp-Rot. |
| 0:43.4 | Poo-p. |
| 0:44.4 | Yeah, that's right. |
| 0:45.4 | VP, so stupid. |
| 0:49.1 | So Rob Portman, front lines of the Republican Party, big conservative dude, could have |
| 0:55.9 | potentially been poop of the country. |
| 0:58.8 | Great. |
| 0:59.8 | Number two. |
| 1:00.8 | Number two, VP. |
| 1:01.8 | That's right. |
| 1:02.8 | Last week he announced that he decided to support St. sec marriage because his son is gay. |
| 1:07.8 | Great. |
| 1:08.8 | Has his son always been gay or did he just come out of the closet? |
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