‘Left, Right & Center’: The (Elusive) Middle-Class Agenda

		<a href='http://ads.truthdig.com/banners/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a9cd87eb&cb=700251589' target='_blank'><img src='http://ads.truthdig.com/banners/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=1&cb=700251589&n=a9cd87eb' border='0' alt='' /></a>	May 25, 2012 Log in / Register
			Text Size

Trending: ndaa robert scheer barack obama chris hedges gay marriage

Do the Bain Hustle

I Can't Hear Myself Think

What We Learned About Wall Street and Big Business From Facebook's IPO

A Rare Admission That Money Trumps Everything Else

Armed Drones: Coming to an Airspace Near You

Why Bain Questions Matter
By Eugene Robinson

A Rare Admission That Money Trumps Everything Else
By David Sirota

OSHA Struggles When Tower Climbers Die
By Ryan Knutson, PBS Frontline, and Liz Day, ProPublica

Do the Bain Hustle
By Robert Scheer

As Deadline Nears, Dueling Student Loan Bills Stall in Senate

Armed Drones: Coming to an Airspace Near You

What We Learned About Wall Street and Big Business From Facebook’s IPO

Schumer ‘Appalled’ by Conservative Reaction to Tax-Dodger Bill

Poll: Same-Sex Marriage Likely to Be Upheld in Maryland

No Deal Yet in Iran Nuclear Talks

Student Debt as a Human Rights Issue

Senate Aims to Advance Government Surveillance Rules

Romney Backs Off 4 Percent Unemployment Claim

North Carolina Pastor Advocates Putting Gays and Lesbians in Electrified Pen

I Can’t Hear Myself Think
By Dexter Palmer

Portraits of His People: A Tribute to Willie Middlebrook
By Paul Von Blum

Better Than We Found It
By Darrell Park

The Good-Natured Dictator
By Richard Schickel

The Questions Education Reformers Aren’t Asking

Dig led by Mike Rose

Financial Meltdown 101

A Dig compiled by the editors of Truthdig

‘Left, Right & Center’: The (Elusive) Middle-Class Agenda

kcrw.com

Republicans, start your engines. With the Iowa causues in the rear-view mirror and New Hampshire and South Carolina up next, the GOP primary field has pretty much narrowed to Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul. What might the great minds of “Left, Right & Center” think of these presidential wannabes? Tune in and find out as regulars Robert Scheer and Matt Miller are joined by guest panelists Matthew Continetti and Chrystia Freeland for the first broadcast of this election year.

KCRW:

Advertisement

TAGS: gop left right & center matt miller middle class mitt romney republican rick santorum robert scheer ron paul

Related Entries

Email to a friend

Get truth delivered to
your inbox every week.

Previous item: Taibbi and Olbermann Talk Money and Politics

Next item: Do We Need to Worry About the NDAA?

New and Improved Comments

We are launching a major overhaul of our comments section.

In addition to more robust spam filtering and moderation, new features include the ability to rate other comments, sort how they are displayed and respond directly via e-mail or in a thread.

Unfortunately, commenters will lose their existing Truthdig identities. It's a pain, we know, but on the plus side you will now be able to log in with a plethora of options, including Google, Twitter, Facebook and Disqus accounts.

Before launching this system we spent months in discussion with our top commenters. We listened to the feedback and we hope you like what we've come up with.

Please direct any problems or concerns to us via our contact page.

By IanGun, January 10 at 7:21 am Link to this comment

Rest in Peace Tony Blankley, I while most of his arguments were undeniably
conservative (and often wrong-headed in my view) he was one of the most
intellectually honest conservatives in the public sphere. Tony was one of the
reasons I, a progressive, listened to LRC. No sound-bite spewing FOX news
talking head, Blankley will be difficult speaker to replace, and I’m sure a great loss
as a member of the LRC family.

Heartfelt Condolences Bob, Matt and Arianna

Report this

By Night-Gaunt, January 9 at 2:29 pm Link to this comment

“Nothing could be more baseless, deceptive, irrelevant,trivial and meaningless, in respect of humanity’s future or to the lives of the people living in the United States than
“The American Middle Class”

The least you could have done was to identify the Conservative elitist who said such drivel, sofianitz. Without a middle class we are back to Lord of the Manor, soldiers an serfs at the bottom working at subsistence level. And we are going that way now. The Middle Class is nearly extinct here. And the Lords of their Manors have been very active since 1980 to exterminate it and succeeding.

I guess you,sofianitz, are all for our oligarchs. The ones in the 1% who want the good old days (sic) of Robber Barons. Down with the likes of you, sofianitz.

Report this

By padraig, January 9 at 11:52 am Link to this comment
(Unregistered commenter)

My condolences to Mr Sheer and the LRC crew:
A great joy for me and others I know has been the modulated and informed debate, highlighted so often by the scholarly, respectful, and informed repartee between Mr Sheer and Mr Blankley. Very often, my liberal heart felt incredible pangs of guilt because Mr Blankley made so much sense and forced me to reconsider things. At other times his discourse sent me into orbit where I already found Mr Sheer awaiting me.

Mr Blankley forced us to think and to consider that those on the Right were not three-eyed monsters, but generous and caring humans, just as we like to see ourselves. I feel a void that will not be filled as I hope that someone else comes along to debate and challenge us with the same level of grace as did Mr Blankley. Peace to his friends and family.

Report this

By frankdouglas, January 8 at 8:42 pm Link to this comment

RIP Tony Blankley. I listen to LRC every Friday
afternoon on my drive from work backhome, and I always
enjoy the spirit of camaraderie among the speakers on
the show.

Report this

By Storm, January 8 at 7:23 pm Link to this comment
(Unregistered commenter)

I love the site, Mr. Scheer.

Rest In Peace, Mr. Blankley. Your intelligence and good nature will be sorely missed.

Report this

By Alex D P, January 8 at 6:45 pm Link to this comment
(Unregistered commenter)

I think like many on the left I will miss Tony Blankly.
His intelligence, challenging comments, and humor will
be truly hard to replace.

It’s a sad day.

Alex

Report this

By George Charouhas, January 8 at 6:29 pm Link to this comment
(Unregistered commenter)

Rest in peace, Tony Blankley. You were one of the most reasonable and well-spoken defenders of the Republican Agenda, with impeccable manners. You will be missed.

Report this

By Dan N, January 8 at 11:31 am Link to this comment
(Unregistered commenter)

Mr. Scheer:

I was so very sorry to read of Tony Blankley’s recent passing. I will greatly miss his
participation on “Left, Right and Center”. He was one of the few Republican
commentators I could actually enjoy hearing debate. With his quick wit and
gentlespiritedness, he helped make “Left, Right and Center” a true pleasure to
listen to for many, many years.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/8/former-times-editorial-
page-editor-tony-blankley-d

Report this

By EmileZ, January 8 at 2:31 am Link to this comment

Dear Mr. Scheer,

I think your liberal elitist offspring should be a little more appreciative.

“Loving U Thru It All” by Ween

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJDL4rlH37k

Report this

By sofianitz, January 7 at 8:45 am Link to this comment

Nothing could be more baseless, deceptive, irrelevant,trivial and meaningless, in respect of humanity’s future or to the lives of the people living in the United States than
“The American Middle Class”
Let us try to attack and destroy this concept whenever we find it, and bring this Goebbels-like propaganda icon to an end forever.

Down With - The American Middle Class

Report this