The Great Republican vs. Republican Divide

The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

Driftglass and Blue Gal

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

4.8 • 920 Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2010

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Driftglass and Blue Gal discuss the Republican divide between Country Club Republicans and Tea Partiers. David Stockman disowned supply side economics, and Sharron Angle blurted out the barely-illicit affair between the Republican Party and FOX News. Blue Gal wonders if she's watching too much MSNBC, and Driftglass explores the difference between wonk-speak, FOX-speak, and actual communication. More at dgbgpodcast.blogspot.com.Support the show

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0:00.0	This is the podcast for August 6, 2010.
0:03.1	It's not safe for work.
0:04.5	It's the video and discuss a podcast.
0:22.4	Rock Me Sexy Podcast.
0:23.2	Yeah.
0:24.9	Take one.
0:26.3	Rock me sexy podcast.
0:33.1	You know, one thing that happened this week is that David Stockman and Alan Greenspan disowned supply-side economics.
0:34.1	I know.
0:35.5	All of a sudden.
0:36.9	Yeah. And it a sudden. Yeah.
0:39.4	And it's a little late.
0:41.4	Go ahead.
0:45.7	You say that like, you know, this week the sun rose in the West.
0:46.1	Yeah.
0:46.7	Yeah. You know, this week the entire conservative universe reversed itself.
0:50.2	The last holdouts of supply side economics basically said this is a failure.
0:55.8	Barack Obama is doing the right thing.
0:57.8	Yeah, which is shocking, I mean, from the standpoint, you know, this is when, as Chris Matthews said, you know, a gaff in Washington is when someone speaks the truth by accident.
1:15.0	And, of course, David Stockman's article was a thought-out tome, you know, in the New York Times. It wasn't Tom Cruise. No. And, you know, those people
1:22.5	opening their paper expecting to read something reasoned by David Brooks really did have their
1:27.4	foundations shook a
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