Ep 902: How Democrats Can Win Elections, Ahem

The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

Driftglass and Blue Gal

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

4.8 • 854 Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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We're serving up some hard-won advice about winning elections - and it's not pretty. While our Never Trump allies and high-paid consultants keep screaming the same tired strategies at Democratic politicians, we're here with a bolder approach inspired by David Bowie's wisdom about language and a certain scene from "Better Call Saul." We dive deep into what undecided and independent voters actually want (spoiler: it's not what you think), examine the post-election interviews that reveal the unc...

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0:00.0	You can listen to the professional left wherever you get your podcasts on NetRut's radio
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0:21.1	This is the podcast for the week of May 23rd, 2025.
0:25.0	It's not safe for work.
0:26.9	Recorded live from the Cornfield Resistance,
0:29.3	where we're just full of good advice this week.
0:31.5	It's the professional laugh with drift glass and blue gal.
0:34.0	Music and BlueGal.
0:42.9	Hey, BlueGal.
0:44.0	Hey, there, DriftGlass.
0:48.7	First of all, we want to thank listener Dan for stopping into town.
0:49.3	Yeah.
0:51.9	Dan is a podcast listener.
0:58.0	He's a world traveler, multilingual, amazing family, bon vivant, very nice guy.
1:08.5	And he decided to join us at our honest to God Springfield, Illinois diner, perhaps the dineriest of all the Springfield diners for lunch.
1:12.7	Charlie Parker's, which is housed in a former military quonset hut. You and Dan had egg sandwiches and I had a pancake. We did. The walls are covered
1:19.4	with records and old signs. And it's just a, it's what you think of when you think of a small
1:24.4	town diner. That's what it is. Yeah. Yeah. And also, so thank you,
1:30.7	Dan, for coming into Springfield and anyone else who's coming to Springfield, drop us a line,
1:35.3	let us know if it's possible for us to join you for coffee or for lunch or however else your
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