Populism! The Good Kind.
Ralph welcomes back old friend and America\u2019s Number One Populist, Jim Hightower to hash out a whole range of topics including what happened with Beto O\u2019Rourke in the recent governor\u2019s race in Texas, the battle between corporate Dems vs. progressive Dems and much, much more. Plus, Ralph warns again about falling for the relentless corporate pitch for Medicare (Dis)Advantage and gives us an update on the ongoing Boeing Max 8 litigation.
Jim Hightower is a syndicated columnist, national radio commentator, and America\u2019s Number One populist.\xa0 He has written many books including Swim Against the Current: Even a Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow. Mr. Hightower is a board member of Public Citizen. He is also a founding member of Our Revolution, an organization inspired by the issues brought up in the Bernie Sanders campaign. Along with that, he writes a monthly newsletter called the Hightower Lowdown.
Shakespeare said \u201cFirst, kill all the lawyers,\u201d but I think first, kill all the consultants.
Jim Hightower
[To see what\u2019s gone wrong], you\u2019ve got to go back\u2026 to when the Democratic Party didn\u2019t just abandon Texas, they abandoned grassroots politics. They went with the money.
Jim Hightower
If you don\u2019t show up, you\u2019re not gonna win. And we\u2019re not going to win just by going to cities and the inner suburbs. Yes, we have to be strongly active there. Yes, we have to be totally committed to women\u2019s right to control their own bodies. All of that is a given. But you\u2019ve got to have something in addition to that.
Jim Hightower
Republican attorneys general, Republican congressional leaders when they\u2019re in charge, they use power. And they use it to change the structure of the system\u2026 And we tend to fumble around with it and say we\u2019ve got to be cautious, we don\u2019t want to offend anybody, and we need to pursue the law carefully. That\u2019s why we have to have grassroots movements that build power at a local level.
Jim Hightower
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