Let's Keep
A Progressive Podcast
In The Top Ten !!!

MAY BULLETIN
BEGINNING OF MONTH VOTES
NEEDED RIGHT NOW TO JUMP
AHEAD OF RIGHT-WINGERS!

---Voting is working again---
Already voted and want to know other ways to help spread the Blast The Right message? Click here
Play the latest podcast (click here)!
Be notified of new podcasts by
entering your email address:
   

Thursday, March 06, 2008

118 - Blasting, Ever So Gently, Wayward Progressives: Why Nader Supporters Should Rethink Their Position

Ralph Nader recently announced he's running yet again this year for President. I originally thought a segment on that would be a QuickBlast, maybe 2 or 3 minutes.

But the more I thought about it, the more things I realized I had to say.

And the more important I realized the subject was.

What you're about to hear has a wider applicability than just Ralph Nader, and a more durable shelf-life than just this year's election.

It applies to everyone thinking of third party voting in '08, and beyond; to everyone who denigrates electoral politics, this year and thereafter; to everyone who is contemptuous of strategic voting when worldwide life and death issues are at stake, now and in the future.

Discussing the Nader candidacy also provides you and me the opportunity to review what 8 years of right-wing rule has actually meant, not just in theory, but to flesh and blood humans. And hence to establish the stratosphere-high stakes in the '08 elections.

If a runaway train is heading towards you, all you want first thing, is it to be stopped. You don't care if the person stopping it is a great person, you don't care whether they'll reverse the train, if they understand how to prevent runaway trains, or if they'll improve our national rail system.

First and foremost, right now, you just want the damn train stopped in its tracks.

You and I are facing a runaway train, the right-wing project to transform this country into a system of economic feudalism and soft fascism. Another 8 years of right-wing control of the reins of government, and we may well be past the point of no return.

So the mantra today is, stop the runaway train! Cast a vote that will serve to eject the right-wing from control of our government.

Stopping the runaway train is job #1 now, without which we may well be unable to do any other job.

Voting for Nader doesn't accomplish that, and could produce the exact opposite result.

Persuading Nader voters to vote Democratic may well be one of the most direct, effective ways to Blast The Right in the next 8 months...

In the podcast, I'll give you cold hard polling numbers from 2000 that prove Nader cost Gore the election.

You'll hear why supporting Nader is completely illogical.

I'll sketch for you some of the real policy differences between right-wingers and Democrats, not least of which is what will happen to the Supreme Court.

And, I'll let you know in no uncertain terms what gets me the most furious at Nader supporters who say they don’t care if their actions wind up electing a right-winger:

It's their cavalier attitude towards the suffering of others.

I'll detail for you some of the additional human misery, suffering, pain and death that will be inflicted on the innocent in a continuation of right-wing rule, compared to even an admittedly-flawed Democratic administration.

A bonus: I've included in this feed, the "Ralf Na'dir" strip by my friend, syndicated cartoonist Matt Bors.

(PS: Right-wingers, if you want to write in to me, fine, but at least do me the courtesy of listening to the podcast first. Please don't respond just on the basis of the brief preview above. Thanks!!)

Programming note: Until April, there will most likely not be live shows on alternate weeks.


Jack Clark 2:27 PM [+]   23 comments
Post #7392399578177058015


"Ralf Na'dir" Cartoon For Podcast #118

I thought you would really get a kick out of this cartoon by my friend, syndicated cartoonist Matt Bors. Sort of podcast #118 in-a-nutshell.

Here's the link to his website:
http://www.mattbors.com/newstrip.html

Highly recommended!!


Jack Clark 2:26 PM [+]   0 comments
Post #1331353699245336786


Archives

08/15/05     08/22/05     08/27/05     09/01/05     09/05/05     09/08/05     09/15/05     09/22/05     09/29/05     10/06/05     10/13/05     10/20/05     10/27/05     11/03/05     11/10/05     11/17/05     11/24/05     12/01/05     12/08/05     12/15/05     12/22/05     12/29/05     01/05/06     01/12/06     01/19/06     01/26/06     02/02/06     02/09/06     02/16/06     02/23/06     03/02/06     03/09/06     03/16/06     03/23/06     03/30/06     04/06/06     04/13/06     04/20/06     04/27/06     05/04/06     05/11/06     05/18/06     05/25/06     06/01/06     06/08/06     06/15/06     06/22/06     06/29/06     07/06/06     07/13/06     07/21/06     07/27/06     08/03/06     08/10/06     08/17/06     08/24/06     08/31/06     09/07/06     09/14/06     09/21/06     09/28/06     10/05/06     10/12/06     10/19/06     10/26/06     11/02/06     11/09/06     11/16/06     11/23/06     11/30/06     12/07/06     12/14/06     12/21/06     12/28/06     01/04/07     01/11/07     01/18/07     01/26/07     02/01/07     02/08/07     02/15/07     02/22/07     03/01/07     03/08/07     03/15/07     03/22/07     03/29/07     04/05/07     04/12/07     04/19/07     04/26/07     05/03/07     05/10/07     05/17/07     05/24/07     05/31/07     06/07/07     06/14/07     06/21/07     06/28/07     07/12/07     07/26/07     08/09/07     08/23/07     09/06/07     09/13/07     09/20/07     09/27/07     10/04/07     10/11/07     10/18/07     10/25/07     11/01/07     11/08/07     11/15/07     11/29/07     12/13/07     12/27/07     01/10/08     01/24/08     02/07/08     02/21/08     03/06/08     03/20/08     04/03/08     04/17/08     05/01/08    

Speak to Jack and other listeners! (a separate show from numbered shows to the left)

Live shows will resume in the summer. Meanwhile, listen to Jack debate Jenn from www.screwliberals.com  Debate

* Not Familiar with podcasts?
* Subscribe in iTunes
   (if you already have iTunes installed)
* Subscribe in Yahoo
   (if you already have Yahoo Music Engine installed)
* Podcast Feed

Great podcast - a must listen to
Jack Clark documents the right's wars on the poor, civil liberties, the right of workers to organize at work and obtain a decent working wage and work conditions, and against other countries who refuse to accept American domination. Jack provides all the sources so that you can see for yourself how the right is out to enrich itself at the expense of everyone else. Great job, Jack!
Submitted By: magyarbill
 
awesome show
Clark always backs up his statements against the right wing with fact and data, which gives him all the more credibility. As conglomerate media controlled by politics clouds the mainstream news media, Jack Clark, along with NPR and Democracy Now! have become my primary news source. Awesome podcast!
Submitted By: jgates118
 
In-Depth, Meaty, Hardcore Knowledge
This podcast is not just entertainment, humor, chimp-bashing, or gee-whiz recap of the weeks events. Instead, it hits hard and in-depth on the world economic situation and how right-wing policies impact the poor and less advantaged all over the world. He examines Americas support of the World Bank, IMF,multinational corporations, etc., and connects the dots. This is a podcast for grown-ups. He gives good reasons why the right wing is NOT living up to its precious Bible, without putting down the Bible. As a Jesus-loving Christian and moderate Democrat, I respect this podcast for its subject matter. The grown-up manner of the speaker is just icing on the cake. He IS funny, but hes not trying to be, he just has a deadpan delivery but doesnt have to make jokes to make it interesting. The facts make it interesting and devastating.
Submitted By: ebrenn1
 
A Breath of Fresh Air
Jack Clarks Blast the Right podcast is truly a breath of fresh air when it comes to political commentary. Jack is not like some commentators who simply climb on their soap box and state their own opinions as fact. Instead, Jack welcomes competent challenges to his way of thinking, and with logical analysis and sound research, debunks the lies, distortions, and self-deceptions of the right wing. I strongly recommend Blast the Right for people who seek the truth and care more about the long term health and well-being of the whole citizenry than the short term personal gain advocated by modern conservatives. Listen as Jack carefully shows how the high-sounding "God and country" rhetoric of the right wing is really just a smokescreen for policies that ultimately lead only to the increased misery, suffering, and death of the less fortunate for the particular benefit of the wealthy and the well-connected. And, if you find yourself in agreement, return to Podcast Alley to place your vote! Thanks!
Submitted By: automatic

BLAST THE RIGHT COMPILATION CD'S
NOW AVAILABLE!

MORE INFO &
HOW TO ORDER/
DOWNLOAD

Jack Clark interviewed by
“Check It Out” podcast
Comment Line
Skype: jackfromblasttheright
From any phone: 310-933-5891
Music Resources Page
Data Resources Page
Progressive Podcast Directory

|   Home   |   Email   |   Send this page to a friend   |