Thom Hartmann live thread 8/27/12: Thom is now back in studio (not thru phone line)

[alp227]

Thom was out most of August due to an abdominal surgery mishap. He hosted on Wed and Thu calling in from home. He is back behind the mic today!

Please thank Mike Papantonio (Ring of Fire), Karl Frisch (Media Matters), and Dr. Mike Newcomb (KPHX) for guest hosting this month.

Jim Javinsky does the daily "On the News" segment today:

TODAY'S AGENDA:

Thom is back and taking your calls!

Hour One: Will job apps next ask about your party affiliation? / Plus, the REAL party platform -John Nichols, The Nation Magazine live from the RNC in Tampa, FL / Also, isn't it time to roll back the Bush tax cuts...maybe Reagan too? Tony Sayegh, Republican Strategist

Hour Two: What if Jesus had been a Republican? / Plus, don't we need to go back to Buy American? Jay Timmons, National Association of Manufacturers

Hour Three: The New New Deal -Michael Grunwald / Plus, Democratic process hangs in the balance in Milwaukee, WI -David Cobb, Move to Amend

Call in live!

1-866-987-THOM
1-866-745-CONS (the Republican/Freeper/libertarian line)
[phone] (outside the USA)
Mon-Fri 3pm to 6pm Eastern

Thom is live on stations in: Asheville, Bellingham, Chicago, Cleveland, Coos Bay, Denver, Destin, Detroit, Eureka, Minneapolis, New York City, Palm Springs, Portland, Raleigh, Scranton, Seattle, Washington DC (where the show is produced), and Wausau! Nationwide via satellite radio on Sirius XM Left, cable radio via CRN Digital Talk 2, and the Free Speech TV network!

LIVE VIDEO, COMMERCIAL FREE: Livestream.com/thomhartmann or freespeech.org

NONCOMMERCIAL AUDIO: wfte.org or mainfm.org

MOBILE: KPOJ on the iHeartRadio app (commercial) or WFTE on the TuneIn app (noncommercial)

go to tunein.com to find other stations.

The noncommercial show plays the "On the News" segment at the top and bottom of each hour and has bonus calls at :15 and :45 breaks, as well as a preview of today's "Big Picture with Thom Hartmann" TV show on RT :15 after the first hour.

[louis-t]

1. I never got the full story. Was he sick?

Injured, what?

[alp227]

2. See link

http://thomhartmann.com/articles/2012/08/thom-will-return-soon

[louis-t]

3. Thanks

[magic59]

4. That must be that world class health care system repubs are always talking about.