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President Barack And Mitt Romney Square Off Tonight...
In a pivotal third and final debate in Florida. The focus of the debate will be on foreign policy. On the table are the recent attacks in Benghazi, nuclear capabilities of Iran, the withdrawal of US troops in Afghanistan, and the implications of the Arab Spring. For the most part – there isn’t too much difference between the two candidates when it comes to foreign policy in the Middle East – aside from the fact that Mitt Romney has the same advisers George W. Bush had that dragged our nation into this decade of war to begin with.
Also on the table tonight is foreign trade and the rise of China. Romney has been touting himself as the candidate who will be toughest in China – but what he doesn't want you to know about is what’s happening in Freeport, Illinois – where Bain Capital is in the process of deconstructing a profitable American manufacturing plant owned by Sensata Technologies – and shipping the equipment and all 170 American jobs overseas to China. This would be a slam-dunk line of attack for President Obama in tonight’s debate. Unfortunately, he also is drinking the free trade Kool-Aid and negotiating the Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement, which is reported to be NAFTA on steroids, and will also result in an exodus of American jobs to low-wage nations.
Both parties have failed us when it comes to war and foreign trade. Where’s Ross Perot when we need him?
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... What you "need to know" about tonight's debate (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Need to Know: What you "need to know" about tonight's debate- Eli Clifton, American Independent Network  - Dr. Ivan Eland the Independent Institute / Author "Recarving Rushmore: Ranking the Presidents on Peace, Prosperity, and Liberty" - Ari Ratner, Truman National Security Project
Screwed: Criminal Charges filed in GOP voter ID Scandal- Brad Friedman, Founder/Publisher-The Brad Blog
Why the U.N. is sending election observers to the U.S.- Hilary Shelton, NAACP Washington Bureau
The Best of the Rest of the News...
Icelanders approve world's 1st "crowdsourced" constitution- Smari McCarthy, International Modern Media Institute
Move to Amend...on menu for election night- David Cobb, Move To Amend / Democracy Unlimited
Daily Take: Did Darrell Issa just commit treason?
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Friday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: If it's Friday, it's "Brunch With Bernie"... the honorable Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) joins Thom with all the news from our nation's capitol and as always he'll be spending the hour taking your calls and answering your questions too... Follow Bernie:    campaign site.
Hour Two: It's Anything Goes on Townhall Friday
Speech: " A Rendezvous With Destiny", Franklin D. Roosevelt, 27 June 1936 speech to the Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Article: " President Obama’s Romnesia Speech – Transcript and Video". " And if you come down with a case of Romnesia, and you can’t seem to remember the policies that are still on your website, or the promises you’ve made over the six years you’ve been running for President, here's the good news: Obamacare covers preexisting conditions. We can fix you up! We've got a cure! We can make you well, Virginia!"
Hour Three: It's Anything Goes on Townhall Friday
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Monday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Hour One: debate preview- General Wesley Clark, Retired 4 star general / ran for President in 2004 / Rhodes Scholar
Did Darryl Issa just commit treason?
Hour Two: Criminal charges filed in GOP Voter ID scandal- Brad Friedman, Founder/Publisher-The Brad Blog
Hour Three: What do you want to hear in tonight's debate?
And, the best of the rest of the news and your calls right here on...
The Thom Hartmann Program...your media support group for "we the people"...
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Tuesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
I'll be doing the show live from the studios of WCPT in Chicago prior to the 3rd party candidates debate sponsored by the Free and Equal Foundation...and we'll be taking your calls about the final presidential debate...
Plus, the best of the rest of the news along with your calls right here on...
The Thom Hartmann Program, Occupying The Media 3 hours a day 5 days a week" for "we the people"...Democracy is NOT a spectator sport...it begins with you...
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Thom's Poll
Should Romney be asked about Sensata at tonight's debate?
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Watch & Listen to Thom
Have Voting Machines Already Made their Choice for Prez?
Big Picture Rumble - Why should CEOs have more free speech than workers?
Conversations w/Great Minds - Sasha Reuther - Bring Back Labor Union Classes! Part 1
Conversations with Great Minds - Sasha Reuther - Here's Who Started the Middle Class P2
Big Picture Rumble - What Happened to Card Check?
Or watch the Full "Big Picture" Show...
Full Show 10/19/12: Privatizing the Vote
In tonight's "Conversations with Great Minds" Thom talks with Sasha Reuther, the Director and Producer of "Brothers on the Line," a documentary on the critical role three men played during the beginning of the auto industry's labor movement. Tonight's "Big Picture Rumble" panel discusses Romney's encouraging of NFIB employers to have their employees vote for him, Romney's campaign staffer's recent ties to Wall Street and what New Jersey's doing to end Citizens United. In tonight's "Daily Take" Thom looks at how the privatizing of the vote through electronic voting machines may put Romney in the White House.
Thom Hartmann on the News - October 19, 2012
Brunch with Bernie - October 19, 2012
Senator Sherrod Brown - Debates, China, Jobs and Dark Money
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