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Newspapers. Alternative. Thom Hartmann: How Liberals Can Speak Without Boring Everyone to Tears | MediaCulture. December 5, 2007 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. "SCHIP" according to Thom Hartmann, "sounds like something you want to avoid stepping in as you're walking through a cow pasture. " Referring to a program to provide healthcare coverage to children nationwide with the hollow acronym SCHIP is just one of many failures of imagination on the part of the Democratic Party. Chart the difference between "SCHIP" and "The Clear Skies Act" and you'll get some sense of the dissonance that has progressives throughout the country scratching their heads in bewilderment.

You may know Hartmann as the host of a progressive radio program on Air America. Will the book spur a revolution among Democratic leadership? Hartmann sat down with AlterNet to explain the tools that enable us, as well as our Democratic leadership if they care to listen, to speak without boring anyone to tears. Onnesha Roychoudhuri: What was the impetus for the book? TH: Yeah. BBC NEWS. BBC News Home Top Stories Trump to drop Iran deal, Macron says France's leader admits he may have failed to persuade his US counterpart to stick to the 2015 accord.

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