#1238 Bailouts, Tea Parties, Torture, Fear, Health Care and Citizens United (A Look Back at 2009)


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Air Date: 1/4/2018 Today we take a look back at the year 2009 in our annual 10-years-past retrospective to see what we may learn. Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Episode Sponsors: Blinkist.com/Best | Madison-Reed.com+ Promo Code: Left Amazon USA| Amazon CA| Amazon UK| Clean Choice Energy Get AD FREE Shows & Bonus Content: Support our show on Patreon! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: One last jab at Bush - Wait Wait Don't Tell Me Ch. 2: January 22nd, 2009: Mike Pence praises G.W. Bush for his fealty to his wife - The Young Turks Ch. 3: Rick Warren and the inauguration - The Rachel Maddow Show Ch. 4: Day One: Fox News on new Obama administration - The Daily Show Ch. 5: Obama on DADT - Countdown Ch. 6: Mission Accomplished, the war on science is over - Slate Ch. 7: Van Jones speaking to Congress Ch. 8: Republicans are just not into you - The Rachel Maddow Show Ch. 9: Maron v Seder on the theft of the bankers - Break Room Live Ch. 10: Why the win-win is being ignored - This American Life Ch. 11: Limbaugh's racist take on Obama's economic plan - CounterSpin Ch. 12: Fox News supporting the Tea Parties - On the Media Ch. 13: Disambiguating the reports (Torture started at the top) - The Rachel Maddow Show Ch. 14: Possible prosecutions for the CIA opposed by Obama administration - The Rachel Maddow Show Ch. 15: Dahlia Lithwick We're All Torturers Now - Slate Ch. 16: Planet Cheney - The Rachel Maddow Show Ch. 17: Gingrich explains the fear of the GOP - The Young Turks Ch. 18: Obama's constitution speech speaking against the constitution - The Rachel Maddow Show Ch. 19: Birthers, deathers and Healthcare - On the Media Ch. 20: Birthers, Deathers and healthcare reform - The Rachel Maddow Show Ch. 21: Republican Bob Inglis - What Are You So Afraid Of? - The Young Turks Ch. 22: A detailed look at the death of the public option - The Rachel Maddow Show Ch. 23: Candidate Obama on healthcare negotiations - The Young Turks Ch. 24: The nonsense healthcare debate - Mother Jones Radio Ch. 25: The politics industry of Supreme Court Picks - On the Media Ch. 26: Supreme Court on the verge of humanizing corporations all the way - The Colbert Report Ch. 27: War presidents - The Rachel Maddow Show Ch. 28: Religious Jihad on George Tiller - Countdown Ch. 29: Frank Schaeffer on hateful religious talk against Obama - The Rachel Maddow Show Ch. 30: Gore Vidal on the current Republicans - Real Time with Bill Maher Ch. 31: Max Blumenthal on Republican Gomorrah - Ring of Fire Ch. 32: Chris Hedges predicts that our failure to confront the Empire of Illusion will lead to demagogues - Ring of Fire FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 33: Final comments on what happened to me and the show in 2009, plus what we used to call "Tweeting" Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Support the show via Patreon Listen on iTunes | Stitcher| Spotify| Alexa Devices| +more Check out the BotL iOS/AndroidApp in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at [email protected] Review the show on iTunesand Stitcher!