The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

Reviewing Beckapolooza and Vanity Fair's paean to Palin, along with Obama's big wet kiss to... GW Bush? Warning both the GOP and Chris Matthews that where Palin is concerned, they must be careful what they wish for. More at http://professionalleft.blogspot.com.Support the show

During the early days of September, Driftglass at Driftglass.blogspot.com experimented with "aggregate blogging" as an exercise in parody and self-preservation. In this bonus podcast, he and Blue Gal discuss how hard (and apparently how easy) it is to blog in 2010. Support the show

What's the worst lie conservatives tell? A listener's email provides both worry and hope for the future. More at http://professionalleft.blogspot.comSupport the show

The Chicago perspective on the Blago verdict from DG; BG gives up trying to convert Pammy Atlas to the light side of the Force. Blue Gal loses it over the old man’s club of the US Senate. Plus, Eric Cantor’s very bad foreplay, and a feline wager gone wrong.Support the show

The DG/BG podcast is now "The Professional Left"! Gibbs, Kucinich, Gingrich and an effort by one emailer to "meet in the middle." DG and BG decide meeting halfway between Earth and Planet Teabag is a bad idea. Support the show

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

Facebook attained the 500 million user mark this week, and Sarah Palin once again Facebooked an attack against an imaginary foe, namely the now-defunct JournoList. Anti-social non-networker Driftglass and his slightly more social colleague Blue Gal discuss why politics is less like a war and more like high school, and what we can do to win against the mean prom queens (Sarah Palin, Tucker Carlson) and the cheating jocks (Andrew Breitbart). Support the show

Blue Gal and Driftglass overcome the tragedy of Breitbart's media reach and political power to discuss the travesty of Breitbart's actions. (And POTUS is not left unscathed.) We end with a couple questions about the Bush tax cuts and why other tax breaks are not quite so sacrosanct. More episodes and a link for contributing at professionalleft.blogspot.comSupport the show

In this extended podcast, birthday girl Blue Gal and Driftglass run down the following list of conservatives, GOP politicians, and a few pundits, and discuss whether they are Evil, Stupid, or Crazy: Sharron Angle, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Haley Barbour, Scott Brown, Jeb Bush, Eric Cantor, Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal, Ron Paul, Rand Paul, Rick Perry, Mike Pence, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Dick Armey, Jon Kyl, Joe Lieberman, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Blanche Lincoln, Chris Matthews, Chris Wallace, Bill Kristol, Charles Krauthammer, Fox and Friends, Tom Friedman, Michael Steele, Bill O'Reilly, Rudy Giuliani, Liz Cheney, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Glenn Beck, Michele Bachmann, Virginia Foxx, George Will and David Effing Brooks. The game gets really interesting when it's a trifecta! This podcast is not safe for work. [We need a small contribution from you to keep podcasting. More info and free past episodes at dgbgpodcast.blogspot.com.]Support the show

Driftglass gets a special link, Blue Gal appears on a kinky radio program, and they both discuss why progressives can't take themselves for granted during this election cycle. Past episodes and more at http://dgbgpodcast.blogspot.com. Support the show