The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

DG/BG promote a fellow blogger's costume contest, and ask how on earth can the GOP hold so many disparate ideas and unprofessional candidates and think they're electable? Maybe it has something to do with the media and the electorate, ya think? In other news, Driftglass visits a David Brooks event where America's Conservative Intellectual (tm) tells lies from... the pulpit? More at ProfessionalLeft.blogspot.com.Support the show

This week we discuss the creepy sex hubris of James O’Keefe, the inside the beltway wankitude of Chuck Todd [vs. the social justice Christianity of Stephen Colbert], and the bully tactics of Jim DeMint. Also, why bloggers should not worry what Joe Biden thinks of them, and why we’ll vote Democratic even if we have to hold our noses to do it. Driftglass talks about his birthday and Blue Gal reads a prayer. More at professionalleft.blogspot.comSupport the show

Should a progressive Arkansan vote for Blanche Lincoln this November? Driftglass says yes, Blue Gal's not so sure. The real test question for whether the media is broken: "Is Newt Gingrich on your tee vee?" Plus we answer a naughty (?) question from a listener in the military. More info at professionalleft.blogspot.com. Support the show

Carefully avoiding "masturbation in Delaware jokes", Driftglass and Blue Gal instead traverse Christine O'Donnell's patriarchal theocracy, Newt Gingrich's nonsensical right-wing playbook, and Chris Matthew's troglodyte blind spot. Blue Gal declares that it's open season for Calista Gingrich jokes (bonus!), and an internet kitty interrupts the podcast with her two cents. More at professionalleft.blogspot.comSupport the show

Was this was the week Obama got his groove back? How can you have a good revolution without a strong middle class? (You can't.) Finally, Blue Gal confesses that she actually agrees with Glenn Beck on one thing. And the history of the women's suffrage movement proves some things never change. More at professionalleft.blogspot.com.Support the show

Da Mare ain't gonna run no more! Long-time Chicagoan Driftglass discusses with Down-State Illinoisan Blue Gal the possible reasons why Mayor Daley isn't running for re-election, who might take his place, and why this story has national and international implications. More at professionalleft.blogspot.comSupport the show

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