Did CNN try to set the Democratic candidates against each other with their debate format? Thom's take on where we're at- plus an enlightening debate with conservative Grover Norquist.
The Hartmann Report
Thom Hartmann
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🗓️ 1 August 2019
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Thom's take on the outcome of CNN's attempts to set the candidates against each other in the latest Democratic debate. - Thom broadens the lens and looks at the basis of the Democratic Party's perspective as he debates conservative Grover Norquist. - Trump & Kushner's rat-infested Baltimore apartments. - Thom checks in with the astute political observer, former Republican Congressman Bob Ney, for his take on the debates. - Taking the pulse of the Progressive response to the Democratic debates.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Tom Hartman program. |
| 0:15.0 | Tom Hartman here with you. |
| 0:17.0 | I'm back. |
| 0:19.0 | We survived the crime. |
| 0:21.0 | We didn't just survive there. |
| 0:22.0 | We had a wonderful time on the cruise. This vacation was just absolutely wonderful. |
| 0:25.7 | Louise and I had a marvelous time. I've been to Alaska before but I've never played tourists |
| 0:30.3 | there. Literally whale like you, 30 yards from our boat, |
| 0:35.0 | orca's sea lions, sea otters, bears, eagles, an amazing train trip |
| 0:41.4 | through this, I don't even know how to describe this massive |
| 0:45.1 | valley the glaciers but I think the coolest thing was the community of people it was |
| 0:50.3 | so cool hanging out with and making you know new friends with people who are of like mind and you know we made some wonderful |
| 0:57.7 | friendships that we helped to stay in touch with it was really really a hoot |
| 1:01.2 | So anyhow Tuesday night one of the people in our group had a had |
| 1:06.2 | you know gotten a larger room a larger suite than the rest of us and invited us all |
| 1:11.8 | over to their suite, this couple. |
| 1:14.7 | And so we all watched the first debate together and then last night of course Louise and I were |
| 1:19.2 | on an airplane. |
| 1:20.2 | We got in about you know one o'clock this morning is so we listened to I listened |
| 1:25.6 | to the debate last night mostly on my serious xm app on my phone using the |
| 1:30.2 | Wi-Fi on the plane and And so, you know, I might have missed some nuance. I mean, we've seen |
| 1:36.4 | the TV reports this morning, but, you know, I think I pretty much got it. It seems to me like just some |
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