Welcome to the award-winning Best of the Left Podcast, which you're about to hear

is actually an old episode. I originally posted on May 8, 2006. I'm taking one

day off for the Thanksgiving holiday, but I wanted to post something for you

guys that I think is really worth your time. When I made this show, I'd been doing

the podcast for about three months. I had no idea what I was doing. Sound

terrible, but all that notwithstanding made this great episode based on awesome

content that I think you could really take the time to listen to again.

The following is a selection of highlights, low lights and analysis brought to

by the entire spectrum of the insidious left-wing media. And now, welcome to the

Best of the Left Podcast. With clips today from Rachel Maddo, Slate magazine,

Al Franken, The Young Turks, Counter-Spin, the majority report, weight-weight

don't tell me, and on the media.

Every Monday, we are lucky enough to get an update from our friend David Bender on

some of the best weekend political chatter out of Washington. All the good

juicy stuff. We sometimes miss while we're enjoying our few days rest from the

busy work week. David Bender is host of Air America's politically direct, and he

joins us this morning courtesy of the Good Folks at People for the American

Way. David Bender, oh please tell me that you got to go to the White House

correspondence dinner this weekend. Did you go, Rachel? I had the stomach flu. Well,

then yes, I was there. I was there. I was looking forward to you being there. I'm so

sorry you weren't feeling well. David, you're lying. I am the president of that

organization, in fact. I did all of the entertainment myself. That was me. And if

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