Episodes
![The Bump That Never Was : The Friday Show](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/1960362/CLR_Podcast_logo_300x300.jpg)
21 hours ago
The Bump That Never Was : The Friday Show
21 hours ago
21 hours ago
CLR Show 1951. Air Date July 26, 2024. Between the Republican National Convention and voter concern over Donald's attempted assassination it would be reasonable to expect Donald and republicans generally to have experienced a significant bump in their numbers. This is typically the case for American political parties. But just the opposite has happened. What was a 4-point lead over Biden nationally, before and after the RNC convention has evaporated into a dead heat or a one-point trailing of Harris just 2 days into her campaign. What should have been a net 10-point bump can be validly construed as a 15-point lost opportunity deficit. Harris has the wind to her back, a positive message for the country and is rapidly re-coalescing the traditional democratic winning constituency pool. Net, net: This election could produce a 1972 McGovern-like disaster for Donald and his minions. (But we'll play the games just the same!) With Friday Co-Host, David Bach.
!['What A Difference A Day Makes...'](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog1960362/CLR_moons_4_300x300.jpg)
4 days ago
'What A Difference A Day Makes...'
4 days ago
4 days ago
CLR Show 1950. Air Date July 23, 2024. In the space of 24-hours the newly minted Kamala Harris presidential campaign has raised more than $100 million dollars, shattering all presidential fund raising records and witness to a conscious choice of hope over hopelessness on the part of democrats nationwide. Donald and his boy Robiin are now reduced to railing against hope, not a physically declining Joe Biden. It will be lies and grievances against truth and hope. And this is, literally, just day one.
!['Darkest Before The Dawn' : The Friday Show](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog1960362/CLR_moons_4_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jul 19, 2024
'Darkest Before The Dawn' : The Friday Show
Friday Jul 19, 2024
Friday Jul 19, 2024
CLR Show 1949. Air Date July 19, 2024. Too many democrats are making hopeless sounds, all but conceding the election to the soulless forces of Trump sycophancy. But it has been proven, time and time again over the millennia, that, especially in moments of profound importance when the need for change is all the more intense, it is always darkest just before the dawn. For those who are currently fearing that darkness, take hope. And prepare for the political speech of a lifetime by Joe Biden at the Democratic National Convention to democratic cheers and tears of joy and hopefulness like we've never seen or heard them before. With Friday Co-Host, David Bach.
![Infuriated!](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog1960362/CLR_moons_4_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
Infuriated!
Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
CLR Show 1948. Air Date July 16, 2024. Of late, democrats have been experiencing and all too often eloquently inferring their hopelessness over the apparent normalization of Donald Trump and all things Trumpian to the point where it all sounds like a dry run for a concession speech. That is infuriating. Not once has the attempted assassination of Donald been decried for what it was and is: the latest use of a weapon of mass destruction that should never have been allowed on the streets in the first place, and that is supported by Donald. He is not a hero; he is the latest target of failed republican policies and their callous disregard for the safety of all Americans. The only difference between Donald and the countless others that have been killed by automatic rifles is that he survived the attempt. The bandage he will wear on his ear as a sign of triumph must be converted into a badge of dishonor and willful disdain on the part of a convicted felon. Why is no one else telling it this way? Wake up, democrats!
![Critical Decisions : The Friday Show](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog1960362/CLR_moons_4_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jul 12, 2024
Critical Decisions : The Friday Show
Friday Jul 12, 2024
Friday Jul 12, 2024
CLR Show 1947. Air Date July 12, 2024. Give the conundrum facing democrats and Joe Biden as we struggle to define the top of the ticket, it might be useful to paraphrase the St. Francis prayer, to wit: 'Lord give me the strength to change the things I can change, the patience to accept the things I can't, and the wisdom to recognize the difference between the two.' Implicit in this prayer––if it ever existed as such––is the presence and choice of hope over hopelessness. Challenges like the one democrats face in choosing the top of the ticket and defeating Donald Trump cannot be approached with a sense of foreboding and doom. They must be faced with a positive 'can do' attitude. And it's damn high time democrats understood that. With Friday Co-Host, David Bach.
![Out of Hope, Not Fear](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog1960362/CLR_moons_4_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Jul 09, 2024
Out of Hope, Not Fear
Tuesday Jul 09, 2024
Tuesday Jul 09, 2024
CLR Show 1946. Air Date July 9, 2024. Joe Biden's poor debate performance, while doing little to change candidate standings has turned into a rallying point for doom and gloom on the part of the liberal media. This sort of reaction is the worst disservice the media can provide its viewers and listeners. There is nothing to prevent us from defeating Trump and his message of hatred and destruction except our comparable feelings of hopelessness and despair. We are the force of light and goodness. Donald and Co. are the essence of darkness and evil. Quite literally. It doesn't matter who tops the ticket. What matters is each of us committing to doing everything we possibly can to insure the election of democrats up and down every ballot in the country, beginning with the presidency.
![It's All In Motion: The Friday Show](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog1960362/CLR_moons_4_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jul 05, 2024
It's All In Motion: The Friday Show
Friday Jul 05, 2024
Friday Jul 05, 2024
CLR show 1945. Air Date July 5, 2024. The Democratic Party is about to do something the current Trumpian Party could never even envision: making a mid-course correction for the sake of the party and American democracy by selecting new candidates for president and vice president from a pool that suggests we have a wealth of riches at our disposal. If rumors are correct, Donald may be on the verge of choosing Michael Flynn to run as his vice-presidential pick. That would mean a twice impeached, convicted felon, sex offender and tax cheat would be choosing a criminal that he personally pardoned to run with him for the highest elected positions in the world. No amount of 'Swift Boating' could possibly hide the ugliness of it all from the large majority of Americans. With Friday Co-Host, David Bach.
![America Is Officially Broken](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog1960362/CLR_moons_4_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
America Is Officially Broken
Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
CLR show 1944. Air Date July 2, 2024. With its horrific decision granting virtual kingship to sitting presidents, the US Supreme Court has officially removed itself as a functional branch of the American government and declared the rule of law and the Constitution null and void for all practical purposes. We are left with one final option: to win and retain the presidency this November together with both houses of Congress and to begin the slow, painful process of reclaiming the meaning and function of American democracy. To allow Donald into the White House is to end the American experiment and all it signifies and makes possible for America and the world. Joe Biden must be reelected. We have no other viable choices.
![Repeat––'Don't Panic ': The Friday Show](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog1960362/CLR_moons_4_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jun 28, 2024
Repeat––'Don't Panic ': The Friday Show
Friday Jun 28, 2024
Friday Jun 28, 2024
CLR Show 1943. Air Date June 27, 2024. Joe Biden's performance in the presidential debate was far below expectations. He seemed old, at times forgetful and spoke is a raspy voice that, only later, was revealed to be the effects of a cold. It was a massive disappointment for democrats and, being democrats, many are still panicking. It will also drive Donald to new levels of calumny and bombast and result in his further discounting of Joe as a viable opponent. But he will do this at his own peril. The panic will subside. Democrats will double down. Joe will have far better appearances. Donald will be sentenced. And the presidential race will still be one of truth versus the basest of lies. We are fighting to preserve American democracy; Donald is out to destroy it. With Friday Co-Host, David Bach.
![An Asymmetrical Encounter](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog1960362/CLR_moons_4_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
An Asymmetrical Encounter
Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
CLR Show 1942. Air Date June 25, 2024. This Thursday's presidential candidate debate promises to be one of the more egregious mismatches in debating history. Jo Biden has been sequestered for a week working on statements of policy and Donald's weaknesses. Both would need to be cogently stated in a format that will permit no 'talking-over' one's opponent. Donald, on the other hand, is doing no specific debate preparation whatsoever and is merely doing a series of rambling campaign speeches that leave even his most ardent supporters scratching their heads. Prediction: Donald will not show for the debate, or depart early when his efforts to shout over Biden prove futile.