Ep 98: Occupy the Boardroom? What about Occupy the Newsroom?

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

🗓️ 21 October 2011

⏱️ 45 minutes

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The GOP Vegas Debate, Occupy the Boardroom, defending unions from old urban legends, and why angry lapsed Catholics make the best angels on earth. More at Professional Left.blogspot.comSupport the show

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0:00.0	This is the podcast for October 21st, 2011.
0:03.4	It's not safe for work.
0:04.8	Recorded live from just outside, the Republican Party Up with People Pavilion.
0:09.2	It's the professional left with drift glass and blue gal.
0:20.0	So we're kind of sad today because we're recording this the morning after the big GOP debate, and it was so exciting and full of festive noises and bright little sparkles.
0:29.8	It was so negative.
0:31.7	There was nothing about it that supported humanity at all.
0:36.0	No.
0:36.3	Just pure nihilism.
0:37.7	You know that scene in Batman?
0:40.6	The dark night?
0:43.1	Yeah, we have room and organization for only one of you.
0:46.0	And he breaks a pool of Q and half and says, you know, whichever one of you emerges alive gets the job.
0:52.6	This is the part they cut away from.
0:54.5	Because this was just an awful lot of really angry people, desperate to not let anyone else win the debate, ripping at each other.
1:05.2	And just trashing.
1:07.6	Last week I said it was, they were throwing tea bagger gang signs at each other at the base.
1:13.6	This was a full-on gang fight to see who could win over the teabggers.
1:19.4	Well, and with concern for the future of the party either.
1:24.4	Yeah.
1:24.6	If, you know, where is Rince Prebison all of this?
1:26.8	I asked that on Crooks and Liars yesterday.
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