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The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

It's the Economy, Stupid (Special "Driftglass Got Laid Off Again" Edition)

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

🗓️ 2 July 2010

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The recently laid-off Driftglass and his blogger colleague Blue Gal discuss why conservatives must never discuss the working man's economy, what death row inmates have in common with WalMart employees, and the difference between the late Senator Robert Byrd's former Klan membership, and run-of-the-mill Tea Party racism. Visit our website, dgbgpodcast.blogspot.com, for past episodes, how to write us and how to contribute to the show. Support the show

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0:00.0

This is the podcast for July 2nd, 2010.

0:03.0

It's not safe for work.

0:04.4

It's the Drift Glass and Blue Gow podcast.

0:19.7

Essentially we are.

0:20.7

We are conspiring against our government, but only in the most benevolent way possible. Essentially we are.

0:24.0

We are conspiring against our government, but only in the most benevolent way possible.

0:30.4

So tonight's topic, today's topic, whenever you're listening to this, the topic is, it's the economy's stupid, right? Yep, that's our...

0:31.6

And I was listening to a lecture on audible.com by Thomas Franks, who is the author of several books, one of which

0:39.6

is what's the matter with Kansas. And the lecture was about the economy and how important it is

0:45.4

for the conservative movement to ignore the economics of working people.

1:02.3

The aggrieved poor people who seem to vote for them out of family values and... Jesus.

1:03.1

Jesus, also just this constant state of aggrievement.

1:07.6

Is that a word?

1:09.3

It is now.

1:11.1

Being aggrieved against the liberal elite.

1:15.8

It's victim.

1:16.4

It's the liberal elite, the media, the liberal media, the liberal elite, the left coast, the, you know, the left wing New Yorkers who treat us like flyover country.

1:29.8

It's all about comparing their stigmata about how horribly, horribly they've been abused and treated by the elite, by the invisible elite that they can never quite pin down what they actually do or how they actually screw them.

1:43.0

But they know that they look down their nose at them.

1:45.0

Yeah, they look down their nose at us, the Middle America, the Red States.

1:50.0

One quick aside, if you've ever seen the documentary Boogie Man, it's really good.

1:54.4

It's on Lee Atwater.

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