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Today, Satuday Nov. 12 from 1 PM to 3 PM eastern time.

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by Egberto Willies

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What a week it was, America!  Our show today will focus on Tuesday’s election results, in particular two intriguing decisions made by voters.  First, we talk about the recall and defeat of Arizona’s most polarizing, and arguably most corrupt State Senator Russell Pearce.   We’ll talk to Bart Turner and Chad Snow, both moderate Republicans from Phoenix, AZ who can tell us about the trans-partisan movement that led to Pearce’s replacement with a moderate Republican education innovator, Jerry Lewis.  We love trans-partisan movements at the Coffee Party, and during the show we’ll discuss how the Coffee Party was indirectly involved in this historic, first-ever recall of an Arizona state legislator.

In the second hour well talk to Lauren Michelle Kinsey, a progressive Democrat from Columbus, OH.  Lauren is active in the Occupy Columbus movement, and she can tell us about the now-famous triumph for the people of Ohio — the repealing of the anti-union law championed by Ohio’s unpopular governor John Kasich, and the restoring the right to collective bargaining for Ohio’s public employees.

We’ll also talk about the larger picture.  What do these results mean for America?  Do you live in one of the more than 30 states that held elections on Tuesday?  If so, please call in.

We’d love to hear more about the same-day voter registration victory reaffirmed in Maine.  We’d love to hear more about the surprise defeat of the personhood-at-conception amendment in Mississippi, or the surprise victory of Democratic governor Steve Beshear in Kentucky.  What do we make of the shellacking delivered by American voters this past Tuesday?

Eric Byler will join us to offer his take on the narrative of Republican overreach.  Could it be that voters are beginning to reject extreme political tactics and extreme policies that are far outside the mainstream of the America, even if they are often touted on TV?  How could this be?  Byler believes that the America that exists outside of our TV sets is the real America, and social media technology is the reason why we’re finally starting to acknowledge it.

Is the 99% finally starting wake up, do their homework, and make decisions based on facts and evidence rather than the noise engineered by the 1% and their media empires?

We have a wonderful panel that will be discussing all these issues. Please all in and be part of the dialog.

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Your Host:

Egberto Willies is a member of the Coffee Party Transition Team and a future member of the Coffee Party Board of Directors.  He is a Self-employed software Developer/Engineer & Political Activist who lives in Houston, TX and is the author of the book, As I See It: Class Warfare The Only Resort To Right Wing Doom and founder of the Coffee Party 2.0 program Americans for Racial Equality & Economic Justice.

 

Your Panel:

Evan Carroll – A Software Developer and Political Activist in Kingwood, TX. Evan is sleeping out at Occupy Houston so I will take the show to him.

HE IS OCCUPYING HOUSTON

Andy Meyer – A young man disillusioned with the political climate and direction of the country. Andy is one of the facilitators of Occupy Houston.

HE IS OCCUPYING HOUSTON
Eric Byler – Co-Founder of Coffee Party USA will call in and discuss his experience of the Virginia state election and his take on Tuesday’s results across the country.

Bart Turner is the President of the Board of Directors of Arizona’s Clean Elections Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and preservation of public campaign financing, independent redistricting, and initiative and referendum rights, not only in Arizona but across the country.

Bart served as the Executive Director of metropolitan Phoenix’s Valley Citizens League for nine years and is a Past President of its Board of Directors.

Bart has served on the Boards of Directors of Public Affairs Professionals of Arizona, Arizona Common Cause, and the Fair Districts Fair Elections campaign committee, as well as on the boards of a variety of other political and civic organizations.

Bart has served as the Designated Lobbyist for both the Citizens League and League of Women Voters of Arizona and as such has been instrumental in protecting laws requiring ethics training for elected officials, reforming the State’s procurement procedures, and restricting gifts from lobbyists to elected officials.  Bart also co-authored Arizona’s successful independent redistricting initiative, which moved Arizona’s redistricting authority away from the legislature and over to an independent, politically balanced redistricting commission.

Lauren Michelle Kinsey is a progressive Democrat and citizen journalist. She lives in Columbus, Ohio with her fiancé, and partner of six years, Shannon Zee Cross. Lauren blogs and vlogs about politics, with a focus on Ohio. She was at the first protests against SB 5 when Senator Shannon Jones introduced the bill. She documented and participated in the process from birth to death of this particular attempt at union busting. Her attention is currently focused on understanding Occupy Columbus, blocking the Republican assault on voting, watching the next attempt at union busting unfold, and the ramifications of the new Ohio constitutional amendment on healthcare.
Chad T. Snow is an attorney in Phoenix, AZ and one of organizers of the trans-partisan movement to recall Sen. Russell Pearce.

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