The fascist right is ascendant, is it time for 'FDR Democrats' to fight for what is truly mainstream in America? A focused big picture discussion on the struggle between one party that wants to govern well and the other party that really just wants money and power for their buddies- and how do we communicate that difference to the public?
The Hartmann Report
Thom Hartmann
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2019
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Thom on communicating the Progressive message, and returning the Democratic Party proudly to FDR's agenda for economic and political rights. Mark Pocan, Progressive leader in the House, discusses the strategy and goals. ~~~ Thom reads from 'The Fight for the Four Freedoms: What Made FDR and the Greatest Generation Truly Great' and 'Reagan Kidnapped the Jetsons'- a chapter from one of Thom's books. Plus a consult with Thom's brilliant listeners on the subject of the Democratic party and how it communicates.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Tom Hartman program. |
| 0:15.0 | Greetings my friends, Patriots, lovers of democracy, truth and justice, |
| 0:22.0 | believers, and peace, freedom in the American way. |
| 0:24.6 | Tom Harbin here with you. |
| 0:26.1 | How do you call what Elizabeth Warren, or Bernie Sanders, with several of the other progressive |
| 0:31.1 | candidates for president president and certainly the |
| 0:33.1 | Democratic Progressive Caucus and it's not actually even the Democratic |
| 0:38.0 | Progressive Caucus it's the Congressional Progressive Caucus Republicans are |
| 0:41.0 | welcome to join it but there's no progressive Republicans left anymore. |
| 0:44.2 | There actually used to be progressive Republicans. |
| 0:47.8 | Why do we call the positions that are being held by Democrats fringe or radical or socialist. |
| 0:54.0 | You get these multi-millionaires |
| 0:56.4 | on the big television networks, |
| 0:57.8 | and particularly in the cable networks. |
| 0:59.5 | Talking about the far left and the radical left |
| 1:02.2 | and all this kind of thing. |
| 1:03.4 | Far left, really? |
| 1:04.6 | To the best of my knowledge, we are the FDR left. |
| 1:08.2 | We are the LBJ left. |
| 1:09.8 | Now, the problem was saying LBJ left, unfortunately, is that Lynn and Johnson also had this |
| 1:15.1 | war in Vietnam going. |
| 1:17.2 | And, you know, it, I mean, I was one of those people out in the streets, chanting, hey, hey, |
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