Ep 119 - How To Talk Politics When You Must

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

🗓️ 16 March 2012

⏱️ 51 minutes

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After a brief review of the upcoming Illinois GOP Primary, we answer three (3!) letters regarding talking politics with our neighbors without losing our tempers or our minds. More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com.Support the show

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0:00.0	This is the podcast for March 16th, 2012.
0:03.3	It's not safe for work.
0:05.0	Recorded live from just outside the Illinois GOP primary jihad.
0:10.1	It's the professional left with Drift Glass and Blue Gal.
0:22.9	It's a jihad.
0:24.9	We are having a primary next Tuesday.
0:26.0	We are, in Illinois.
0:27.7	And it actually matters, which is really weird.
0:28.4	That's really weird.
0:30.3	It never matters, but it does this time.
0:32.8	You can't, Democrats can't vote in the GOP primary. No, no.
0:33.5	So, I mean, this is going to be the downstaters who are the tea partiers.
0:39.2	Yep.
0:40.0	And the suburban Chicago.
0:43.0	Well.
0:43.6	Rockefeller Republicans.
0:45.3	Well, there are, yeah, but there are plenty of, understand the, and this is where it gets a little, I think it's interesting.
0:57.8	The general disgust with the Republican field, including Mitt Romney, I believe will manifest
1:06.1	itself most clearly in and around Chicago.
1:09.8	Because a rich person in DuPage County or even someone
1:15.1	who's retired and on a very good income from their retirement income and plays golf all
1:20.2	day along will go to the Tea Party meeting and will wear their tricorder hats
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