2008 Election – as nasty as we wanna be

That’s right – the Hustle is here, Audio ChronCast style, blowin’ up the spot like Bill Ayers! Above is the first episode of HUST FM, a political discussion between yours truly, Wells Dunbar, and Hustle co-creator, Mike B. We’re hustling on the highway, behind the mighty wheel of Mike’s ’97 Ford Expedition, on the way to edit the latest edition of Hail to the Hustle. (Hey, if you wanna help HUST FM go green, we’ll take a hybrid.) The debate is on our mind, along with the racist, xenophobic, and anti-intellectual agit-prop increasingly gurgling up from the right. Below, links to several of the topics we discuss:

Why did McCain pull his debate punches?

How to refute the Right’s guilt-by-association smears

Gidget address the Reichstag

“[Sarah Palin] represents a fatal cancer to the Republican party”

And one we didn’t get to discuss: “Winning” in Iraq is a regular talking point of McCain/Palin rallies, but Gen. Petraeus “said he did not know that he would ever use the word ‘victory'”

The listen’s about 20 minutes – thanks for hustling with us!

This article appears in October 3 • 2008.

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