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No to “Double Down on Trickled Down.”
Day two of the DNC was one giant punch in the gut to Republicans. The night featured Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke painting a picture of what America would look like for women if Republicans win in November. She described a Republican Party that will restrict access to contraceptives for women – force women to undergo intrusive probing before an abortion procedure – and redefine rape. As Fluke said – the choice comes down to, “a country that honors our foremothers by moving us forward, or one that forces our generation to re-fight the battles they already won.”
After Fluke, Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren took the stage to give a spirited defense of the middle class in America. She exposed how “rigged the game” is against working people in America – and she blasted the idea of corporate personhood, saying, “Corporations are not people. People have hearts. They have kids. They get jobs. They get sick. They thrive. They dance. They live. They love. And they die. And that matters.” That might mark one of the first times in political convention history that the issue of corporate personhood was given the spotlight.
Then, closing off the night – former President Bill Clinton took the stage to defend the Obama presidency – and tear down the myth of trickle-down economics. Clinton explained how over the last several decades, Republican presidents have added the majority of debt, while Democratic presidents have added the majority of jobs. And then he went after the Republican lies – saying that it takes a lot of “brass” for Paul Ryan to attack President Obama’s Medicare savings – while including those very same savings in his own budget.
Ultimately, Bill Clinton’s message could be summed up by this one warning he gave to the nation, which is, we can’t “double down on trickled down.” Never mind the fact that some policies signed into law by Bill Clinton got us into this mess, the former President gave one of the best defenses of the Obama Presidency yet – and explained how dangerous today’s Republican Party is to the nation.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... Papantonio on Elizabeth Warren/Citizens United (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Need to Know: Papantonio on Elizabeth Warren/Citizens United- Mike Papantonio, Attorney, Host, Ring of Fire Radio 
Joe Walsh..."an embarrassment"- U.S. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL, 9th Congressional District) 
Ellen Ratner live from the DNC- Ellen Ratner, Talk Radio News Bureau Chief
The Best of the Rest of the News...
Tom Hayden comes out in support of Obama/Dems...- Tom Hayden, Activist / Author / former CA State Senator
Eurozone crisis goes critical...- Professor Max Fraad Wolff, Economist/Instructor, New School University
Geeky Science: birds hold funerals
Daily Take: Can the RNC & DNC just leave God alone?
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Wednesday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: Last night's DNC speeches
latest...back to prison- Governor Don Siegelman, Former Governor of Alabama
Live from DNC Radio Row- Governor Dan Malloy, Governor of Connecticut (D)
Hour Two: full representation for DC- Senator Paul Strauss, Attorney & Shadow Senator-Seat 2 (D-District of Columbia) / Superdelegate (2008).
Are we better off today?- Congressman Alan Grayson, Former U.S. Congressman (D-FL, 8th District) running to regain his seat
Obamacare, Medicare...Romney-Ryan lies- Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Former Governor of Kansas
Romney-Ryan bad for working people- Liz Schuler, Secretary Treasurer, AFL CIO
Quote: "A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!' " - William F. Buckley.
Hour Three: interview with Michelle Obama- Joe Madison, Host-The Joe Madison Show
What to expect from the President's speech tomorrow night- David Bender, Progressive strategist / Broadcaster
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Thursday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Hour One: student loans & rising tuition- U.S. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL, 9th Congressional District)
Education, President's student loan plan...- Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education-Obama Administration
Jobs bill, farm bill...convention overview- Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
Hour Two: Romney-Ryan BAD for working families- Lee Saunders, President-AFSCME
Living wage for working people- Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH, 10th district)
General overview of convention, last night's speeches, President tonight- Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY, 8th District)
Hour Three: Live at the DNC- Congressman Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.)
Catholic morality and the political parties- Sister Simone Campbell, Nuns on the Bus
Citizens United / Ohio Secretary of State refuses to restore early voting pending appeal- Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Live from DNC- Tim Murray, Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor
And, the best of the rest of the news and your calls right here on...
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Friday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
It's Friday and that means it's "Brunch With Bernie"...America's Senator...Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) will be here talking about all the important issues of the week and he'll be taking your calls too...
Plus, it's Anything Goes on Townhall Friday...your chance to tell me what you want to talk about...
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Thom's Poll
Are Democrats making a good enough case to re-elect Obama?
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Lone Liberal Rumble: Is the U.S. a we society or a me society? Part 1
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Donna Edwards on Citizen's United & Michelle
America's future is the middle class
Tea Party & The John Birch Society...One & the Same?
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Thom gets perspective from the DNC with Senator Harkin, Rep. Edwards and James Hoffa. Tonight's "Lone Liberal Rumble" panel discusses the DNC and RNC platforms, the Kennedy/Romney debate from '94 and the auto industry's best sales month since 2007. In tonight's "Daily Take" Thom looks at what the world's richest woman thinks is a fair daily wage for Australian miners.
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Romney/Ryan - Bad for Working People
Kathleen Sebelius - Obamacare, Medicare, Romney-Ryan lies
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Hey Romney - Keep your mitts off Medicare!
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