Goldy declares it “Line Item Veto Day” in Washington, and the panel rips into the state’s electeds for treating progressives like a cheap date. Yeah, there were some progressive victories--the ones that didn’t
cost anything!
A domestic partnership bill was signed into law this week, giving registered same-sex and senior partnerships legal near-equality to marriage. The panel, including
Equal Rights Washington’s Josh Friedes, discusses the law, the referendum it spawned, and the future prospects for same-sex marriage in Washington state and elsewhere.
Journalist and Blogger Dave Neiwert discusses his most recent book
The Eliminationists: How Hate Talk Radicalized the American Right (2009,
Polipoint Press). The panel ponders today’s crop of racists, haters and right-wing extremists.
Goldy was joined by
SeattlePI.com columnist
Joel Connelly, author and managing editor of
Crooks and Liars Dave Neiwert, advocacy director of
Equal Rights Washington Josh Friedes, and Seattle
Drinking Liberally host and
donkeylicious contributor Nicholas Beaudrot.
The show is 59:09, and is
available here as an MP3.
[Recorded live at the Seattle chapter of
Drinking Liberally. Special thanks to
Confab creators
Gavin and
Richard for hosting the
Podcasting Liberally site.]
