BONUS PODCAST: The Daley Show

The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

Driftglass and Blue Gal

News Commentary, Progressive, Liberal, Midterms, Resistance, Indivisible, Government, Democrat, Presidential, Debate, News, Election, Campaign, Politics

4.8 • 920 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2010

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Da Mare ain't gonna run no more! Long-time Chicagoan Driftglass discusses with Down-State Illinoisan Blue Gal the possible reasons why Mayor Daley isn't running for re-election, who might take his place, and why this story has national and international implications. More at professionalleft.blogspot.comSupport the show

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0:00.0	This is a special local news podcast recorded September 8th, 2010, covering Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's announcement that he will not seek re-election next year.
0:09.4	We hope you enjoy it.
0:10.5	Our regular podcast on national politics will be posted on Friday.
0:14.2	The Professional Left podcast is generally not safe for work.
0:17.6	Recorded live from inside the panic room on the fifth floor of city hall in Chicago.
0:22.1	It's the professional left with Drift Class in Blue Gale.
0:36.9	Is the city in a panic?
0:38.7	I'm not in the city, so I don't know.
0:41.3	You can't hear our tormented screams all the way down in the cornfield of Illinois.
0:45.3	No, I'm sorry.
0:46.4	We permanently buffer ourselves against that.
0:49.0	That's why we're in the cornfield.
0:50.7	Well, there's a great wailing and gnashing of teeth because the mayor,
0:55.4	de mare, his honor, has, has announced that he ain't running no more.
0:59.6	He ain't going to do a stinking job no more.
1:01.9	And the old war horse political reporters who I was listening to this morning on local
1:07.7	hippie talk radio were calling it a 10 on a scale of 10 of political
1:11.6	earthquakes in Chicago.
1:13.3	I would tend to agree with that.
1:14.5	They said a lot of stuff I thought was not true.
1:17.1	But one of the things that I would agree with, this is very big.
1:20.3	This is very, very big news.
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