The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

This podcast was recorded before we discovered that (a) Carl Paladino rents buildings to gay-themed nightclubs [were there GOP fundraisers held there? Oh wait, that's BONDAGE themed nightclubs, sorry] and (b) Christine O'Donnell really IS a Palin clone, since she can't remember a single Supreme Court case. DG/BG discuss Paladino, Krystal Ball and her red-nosed reindeer, and why Blue...

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...

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...

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...

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.com Support 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.com Support 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 communicatio...

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)...

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.com Support 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...

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

The recently laid-off Driftglass and his blogger colleague Blue Gal discuss why conservatives must never discuss the working man's economy, what death row inmates have in common with WalMart employees, and the difference between the late Senator Robert Byrd's former Klan membership, and run-of-the-mill Tea Party racism. Visit our website, dgbgpodcast.blogspot.com, for past episodes, how...

What makes a good liberal, and why are conservatives, particularly tea party candidates, self-destructing? Driftglass and Blue Gal discuss how conservatives have lost the ability to speak in code. We come up with a surprising conclusion as to what is expected of us as liberals, too. See our website, http://dgbgpodcast.blogspot.com on how to email us show ideas, make a five dollar contribution to o...

Driftglass and Blue Gal discuss whether the latest explosion of GOP outrageous behavior, apologizing to BP, means we muckrakers might actually have a chance to reform a thing or two. And we give a couple of big name media types some advice on blogging and audio. Finally, we talk about the buzz surrounding that book that says the internet makes you stupid, which we had already read about in The Atl...

This podcast from January was never uploaded to Buzzspout. We discuss the issues of jobs, conservatism. blogging, and whether we'll give our podcast a name, which we didn't. Support the show

This week's podcast is in honor of blogger Steve Gilliard on the anniversary of his death. We hereby (sarcastically) acknowledge that everything bad since the dawn of time is "Obama's fault," including BP, the finale of LOST (spoiler), and that time the pancakes went horribly, horribly wrong. We end by asking if the crazy conservatives actually help Obama by labeling him "...

This week we discuss what happens when the President visits Chicago, whether calling Sarah Palin "stupid" is sexist, and what a real tragedy the Tea Party is for all of us. Blue Gal discusses her reading of the book "Outliers" as it relates to Rand Paul and Scott Brown, and we end with a revealing look of our own personal histories as bloggers. Support the show

Driftglass and Blue Gal talk about music; can a song be too old to be cool? In our main event, can Driftglass trust a Chicago Democratic politician who changed her position, and now says Cook County is too broke to allow for a tax cut? Faith and trust in politicians is often an anathma to good government. The Tea Party has more faith in Sarah Palin than in their own eyesight. But what if you can&a...

Driftglass and Blue Gal discuss Photoshop for iPhones, and possibly the worst concert summer series ever. Plus, why risk-taking is easy for those who can afford to go to Davos and impossible for the rest of us, and what we have to be grateful for in spite of the fact that WaPo never returns our calls. Support the show