Full Show 8/16/12: Assange Granted Asylum

Guest host Sam Sacks fills in for Thom Hartmann and discusses Ecuador's granting of asylum to Julian Assange, the GOP's attack against the 17th amendment and DEVO's new song about Romney's dog Seamus. In tonight's "Daily Take" Thom discusses why Republican lies might work come November.

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[Akira Zendo]

:-) Ecuador!

[SedonaHealthCoach]

Yeah. but when Democrats get elected they act like Republicans!

[9999999995914]

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[9999999995914]

WELL YOU SEE BY NOW , MISS SADONA, THE US GOVERENMENT ,SINCE JFK, IS CONTROLLED BY THE DWIDLE DEE AND THE DWIDLE DUM, READ THE NEW BOOK ,BY JESSIE VENTURA, CALLED , THE DEMOCRIPS AND REPRBLOODS, DE-EVOVLUTION IS REAL !!!!!! I VOTED FOR RON PAUL , THE THREE STOOGES OR ANYBODY THEN THE REPROCRATS !!!!!!!! AND GRAET DEVO FANS PLEASE LOG INTO DEVO NEXT FUTURE LEGENDS AND VOTE YES, THANK YOU , BECAUSE DEVO DERSERVE IT AND EARNED IT !!!!! AND I DO HOPE DEVO MAKEE MORE NEW CDS, WITH NEWMUSIC ON WB!!!1

[KarenRei]

Which side are rapists on - "them" or "us"? I want to join whichever side they're not on.

[OxbowisaMstie]

9:33 For the Assange bit

[OxbowisaMstie]

Also, i knew there was a reason i liked Devo.

[OxbowisaMstie]

Assange is 100% dead on regarding Corporate America. It is sickening to have to work for a corporation. Check your freedom at the door.

[jd007200 .]

I can only imagine the extremist, hate-filled, vitriol spewed by the corporate/teabagger right at the Texas Dems economic platform.

[DominusFortissimus]

where the F*** is thom fartmann?

[LiberaLib]

27:00 I've always liked "Mudchute." it's a suburb of London.