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1.12 Hillary Clinton…Who is she again?

May 29, 2016 by Phil Leave a Comment

Hillary Clinton is a known–and oftentimes, hated–quantity in politics. What else can we say about her that hasn’t already said, except, perhaps, that a vote for a third-party candidate isn’t necessarily a vote for her.

No, wait, someone already said that, too.

If you have any questions or comments, leave them on the episode page, send us a message on Twitter, or send us an e-mail.

Mentioned in the Episode
Hillary Clinton’s Official Site – Issues
Hillary Clinton At Church (3-6-16)
No, a Vote for a Third Party (or Abstaining from Voting) Is not the Same as a Vote for Hillary

http://ignorancepodcast.com/episodes/1.12-hillary.mp3

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Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Branches of Government, Democrats, federal government, Hillary Clinton, presidential election, Republicans, USA

1.11 This Episode is Yuge!

May 13, 2016 by Phil Leave a Comment

What can we say? “We’re sorry”? This is our longest—and angriest—episode every, but let’s see you try to explain what’s wrong with Donald Trump in under 30 minutes.

Without shouting.

If you have any questions or comments, leave them on the episode page, send us a message on Twitter, or send us an e-mail.

Mentioned in the Episode
Donald Trump’s Official Site – Positions
Full Speech at Liberty Univeristy
Trump’s Claim that Cruz’s Father Knew Lee Harvey Oswald – Four Pinocchios (Out of Four) – Not Mentioned, but Interesting
US News & World Report – “The Stunning Ignorance of Trump’s Health Care Plan”
TIME – “Fact-Checking Donald Trump on Free Trade (And Bernie Sanders Too)”
The Washington Post – “Recidivism Watch: Trump’s eight repeated falsehoods in 16 hours” (Mentions immigration)
Donald Trump’s PolitiFact File – 19% Pants on Fire – 42% False – 15% Mostly False – Over 75%!
PolitiFact’s “Life of the Year” 2015 – Donald Trump
Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: January 2010
Center for Immigration Studies – “No Coyote Needed”
CNN – “Trump believes in God, but hasn’t sought forgiveness”
2015 Family Leadership Summit – Forum in which Trump says that he doesn’t as God for forgiveness – 7:40 mark – rambling answer – 8:51 “I’m not sure I have.”

John Oliver

Here are two clips from Oliver’s Last Week Tonight that cover Donald Trump. Oliver has some seriously biting comments about Trump, but he also makes some seriously obscene comments and does swear, though most of the harsher words have been bleeped.
“Donald Trump”
“Border Wall”

http://ignorancepodcast.com/episodes/1.11-this-episode-is-yuge.mp3

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Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Branches of Government, Christianity, Donald Trump, Evangelicalism, morality, presidential election, presidential primaries, Republicans, USA

1.9 Colorad-No!

April 22, 2016 by Phil Leave a Comment

The “Leader of the Free World,” the Commander in Chief, the “Most Important Man (so far) on Earth”: is that all there is to being President?

And what happened in Colorado that’s got everyone, especially Donald Trump, so angry? It’s time to take a deeper look at the “democratic” process by which we choose candidates for the presidential election.

If you have any questions or comments, leave them on the episode page, send us a message on Twitter, or send us an e-mail.

Mentioned in the Episode
The Gist w/ Mike Pesca – Episode #473 – Good discussion of delegates vs. states / Language warning
Common Sense w/ Dan Carlin – Episode #304 “Speed Dating for Delegates” – Great explanation of Colorado’s shenanigans
Denver Post – “Colorado Republicans cancel presidential vote at 2016 caucus” (Posted: August 25, 2015/Updated April 11, 2016)
ISideWith.com – A decent survey of your political leanings, comparing your leanings with with those of presidential candidates and political parties
The Hill – “GOP official: The party chooses the nominee, not the voters” (Posted: March 16, 2016)
Real Clear Politics – “Former CO GOP Chair: Message We’re Sending Is ‘Your Vote Doesn’t Matter And Your Voice Doesn’t Count'” (Posted: April 11, 2016)

http://ignorancepodcast.com/episodes/1.9-colorad-no.mp3

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Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Branches of Government, checks and balances, Democrats, federal government, political parties, presidential election, Republicans, separation of powers, US Constitution, USA

1.4 Primarily Caucuses

February 19, 2016 by Phil Leave a Comment

Primary this and caucus that—what’s it all mean! Have no fear, Kevon and Phil are here to give you a basic understanding of what’s going on in the mad rush to the White House. They’ll discuss the different between a primary and a caucus, and we’ll pull back the political curtain and reveal a little bit of the disingenuous nature of modern politics.

If you have any questions or comments, leave them on the episode page, send us a message on Twitter, or send us an e-mail.

Mentioned in the Episode
The New York Times – 2016 Primary Results and Calendar

http://ignorancepodcast.com/episodes/1.4-primarily-caucuses.mp3

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Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Democrats, political parties, President, presidential election, presidential primaries, Republicans

1.3 It’s a Party Party!

February 5, 2016 by Phil Leave a Comment

It’s a party party, and you’ll cry if you want to! This week, Kevon and Phil take a long time to discuss the history and purpose of political parties. We’re sorry that this is a long one. Future episodes will prove to you that we respect your time.

If you have any questions or comments, leave them on the episode page, send us a message on Twitter, or send us an e-mail.

Mentioned in the Episode
Washington’s Farewell Address – Full Text

Here’s the quote that Phil was referring to (emphasis added):
All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle, and of fatal tendency. They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force; to put, in the place of the delegated will of the nation the will of a party, often a small but artful and enterprising minority of the community; and, according to the alternate triumphs of different parties, to make the public administration the mirror of the ill-concerted and incongruous projects of faction, rather than the organ of consistent and wholesome plans digested by common counsels and modified by mutual interests.

However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.

http://ignorancepodcast.com/episodes/1.3-party.mp3

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Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: conservatives, Democrats, federal government, liberals, political history, political parties, Republicans, US history, Whigs

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