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The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

Ep 598: New York Subway Republicans

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

4.8920 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

They want to get where they're going without eye contact with anyone who could hold them accountable. More at http://ProLeftPod.com! Support the show (https://www.paypal.me/proleftpodcast) Write us at proleftpodcast@gmail.com. REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS - http://review.proleftpod.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW - http://support.proleftpod.com BUY PROLEFTPOD MERCH - http://merch.proleftpod.com CONTACT US: MAILING ADDRESS - Make checks payable to: The Professional Left Podcast PO Box 9133 Springfield...

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0:00.0

You can listen to the professional left wherever you get your podcast on Netroots Radio or at our website, pro-leftpod.com, where you can also contribute to this podcast.

0:09.4

There's a PayPal button at our website, or you can mail us a letter and or contribution at P.O. Box 913, Springfield, Illinois, 62791.

0:18.1

This is the podcast for May 14th, 2021. It's not safe for work.

0:23.2

Recorded live from the Cornfield Resistance, where both of our local Republican Congresspeople,

0:28.2

Rodney Davis and Darren LaHood, were so busy learning to tie their shoes, they just

0:32.9

plum forgot to vote on the Liz Cheney thing. Upsi! It's the professional left with Drift Class of Blue Gal.

0:47.6

They're trying real, real hard to avoid controversy.

0:51.8

It's like they're riding the political New York subway. They don't want to have

0:57.2

eye contact with anyone who might ask them anything. And yet they sent an email to their constituents

1:03.7

who were on their email list, including me. And Rodney Davis bragged about being the most

1:09.9

bipartisan congressperson.

1:12.3

I'm multi-partisan. I want to partisan everybody. I want to get all up in your face with my bipartisanship.

1:19.2

And, you know, except for the fact that I vote for the Republican Party 99.3% of the time.

1:24.7

And I am a complete and abject coward.

1:29.1

However, that makes him a pretty typical Springfield Republican.

1:32.0

Yeah.

1:32.3

I'm actually a douchebag.

1:34.6

I side with the worst people on earth, but I'm too big of a coward to actually be

1:39.3

upfront about my beliefs.

1:40.6

So I snivel around and straddle a fence and change the subject.

1:43.4

Oh, that's pretty much Springfield.

1:45.2

Yeah.

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