Ep 903: Rahm 2028? No Thanks

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

🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

This week, we’re diagnosing a political condition we’re all feeling — what we’re calling Political Cabin Fever. It’s not hopelessness, it’s exhaustion, and if you're part of the Democratic Base, we bet you know exactly what we mean. We remember before-time examples of MAGA from Archie Bunker to Bill Hicks to RoboCop, and we talk about how liberals like us have been sounding the alarm for decades while elite opinion-havers closed their eyes. Plus, we take a look at the Rahmbo revival tour (Why...

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0:00.0	You can listen to the professional left wherever you get your podcasts on Netroots Radio or at our website,
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0:11.8	or you can mail as a letter and or contribution at P.O. Box 913, Springfield, Illinois, 62791. This is the podcast for May 27, 2025.
0:23.0	It's not safe for work.
0:24.4	Recorded live from the Cornfield Resistance,
0:27.0	where, just as Dr. Zeyas always knew about man...
0:30.6	I have always known about man.
0:33.5	We have always known about MAGA.
0:36.4	It's the professional left with Drift Glass and Blue Gal.
0:46.6	Hello, Blue Gal. Hello, Drift Glass. But before we dive into our main topic, let's talk about an
0:52.2	affliction that's going on around Democratic circles that we're going to call political cabin fever. Some people know it as silly season.
0:59.7	Yes. We don't think we're doomed. And while we're definitely disgusted right now, we are not
1:06.2	discouraged. What we are is tired. Yes. You can't see me.
1:11.4	I have a feeling people out there are tired also.
1:13.8	You can't see me, but I'm nodding enthusiastically. Yes.
1:17.9	It's easy to mistake being tired for being discouraged or feeling hopeless.
1:22.8	But they're not the same thing.
1:24.6	And this is why we're calling it political cabin fever. In case you are
1:29.6	unfamiliar, there is a thing called regular cabin fever. It's the feeling of irritability or restlessness
1:36.2	experienced when a person or a group is stuck at an isolated location or in confined quarters
1:42.1	or snowed in, that sort of thing.
1:44.8	Yeah.
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