{"id":11891,"date":"2016-10-19T17:01:25","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T00:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11891"},"modified":"2016-10-19T17:01:31","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T00:01:31","slug":"everything-is-peachy-dory-before-the-final-presidential-debate-bradcast-10192016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11891","title":{"rendered":"Everything is &#8216;Peachy Dory&#8217; Before the Final Presidential Debate: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 10\/19\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_GwinnetCountyGA_EarlyVoting_101816.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">On today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a>, we await the (mercifully) final Presidential Debate of 2016 to get under way in Las Vegas, as Donald Trump&#8217;s poll numbers continue to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/politics\/\">plummet<\/a> &#8212; even in some <a href=\"http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/polltracker\/clinton-ahead-in-arizona-poll\">surprising<\/a> states &#8212; but the GOP nominee continues to say all is well (&#8220;peachy dory&#8221;, in fact)&#8230;except that the election is being &#8220;rigged&#8221;. [<i>Audio link posted below.<\/i>]<\/p>\n<p><i>Among the many other related (and unrelated) stories covered on today&#8217;s show&#8230;<\/i><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&bull; Some good news today for voters in <a href=\"http:\/\/electionlawblog.org\/?p=87751\">Kansas<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charlesminshew\/status\/788564021423247360\">Florida<\/a> and maybe in <a href=\"http:\/\/politics.blog.ajc.com\/2016\/10\/18\/aclu-sues-georgia-to-re-open-voter-registration-in-storm-hit-counties\/\">Georgia<\/a> (where there has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2016\/oct\/19\/early-voting-lines-georgia\">huge turnout<\/a> for Early Voting);<\/p>\n<p>&bull; Some disturbing and, so far, mysterious <a href=\"http:\/\/nbc4i.com\/2016\/10\/18\/indiana-state-police-investigating-possible-voter-fraud\/\">news<\/a> about potential voter registration fraud in Indiana. (This is a good reminder to <i>check your registration to make sure it&#8217;s accurate!<\/i>);<\/p>\n<p>&bull; Some listener response to the former New Hampshire GOP official who told me on <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11885\"><i>The BradCast<\/i> earlier this week<\/a> that he doesn&#8217;t believe &#8220;the party has been pushing&#8221; phony voter fraud myths. &#8220;Please don&#8217;t blame the party for institutionalizing this nonsense,&#8221; he said. (Elizabeth Warren <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/elizabeth-warren-trump-didnt-invent-the-rigged-election-myth-republicans-did\/2016\/10\/18\/921ac368-953b-11e6-9b7c-57290af48a49_story.html?utm_term=.be580d88129b\">doesn&#8217;t agree<\/a> with him either.);<\/p>\n<p>&bull; The amazing <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2016\/10\/17\/state-ohio-investigate-satirical-tweet-fooled-drudge-limbaugh\/\">story<\/a> of how a new &#8220;voter fraud&#8221; myth became &#8220;fact&#8221; this week amongst gullible Republicans, with the aid of rightwing;<\/p>\n<p>&bull; Another example of how theoretically <i>non<\/i>-rightwing corporate news outlets help <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jayrosen_nyu\/status\/788214906470490113\">spread<\/a> the same mythical &#8220;voter fraud&#8221; bullshit;<\/p>\n<p>&bull; Desi Doyen joins us for the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/GreenNews.BradBlog.com\"><i>Green News Report<\/i><\/a> on a major new international global warming agreement and some harsh words for environmentalists from Hillary Clinton, as revealed by a new Wikileaks document;<\/p>\n<p>&bull; And a bit of amusing listener mail. #FreeDesi!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\".\/Images\/Speaker_Icon_24.png\" style=\"width: 24px; float: none; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;\"> <b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_EverythingIsPeachyDory_FraudMyths_101916.mp3\">CLICK TO LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD SHOW!&#8230;<\/a><\/i><\/b><br \/>\n[audio:http:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/BradCast_EverythingIsPeachyDory_FraudMyths_101916.mp3]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><b>* * *<\/b><\/center><i>While we post <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><\/i>The BradCast<i><\/a> here every day, and you can hear it across all of our great affiliate stations and websites, to automagically get new episodes as soon as they&#8217;re available sent right to your computer or personal device, subscribe for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/id803467610\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/stitcher.com\/s\/player.php?fid=25838&#038;src=psl\">Stitcher<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-BradCast-with-Brad-Friedman-p477565\/\">TuneIn<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/podcastgen\/bradcast\/feed.xml\">our native RSS feed<\/a>!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-START--><\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f5f0e0; border:2px solid #6b5a2e; border-radius:6px; padding:10px 14px; text-align:center; font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"display:block; margin:0 0 8px 0; color:#3a2e0e; font-size:0.95em; line-height:1.5;\"><strong>The BRAD BLOG<\/strong>, <em>The BradCast<\/em> and <em>Green News Report<\/em> are all 100% independent and 100% listener and reader supported!<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Donate\" style=\"display:inline-block; background:#6b5a2e; color:#ffffff; padding:6px 18px; border-radius:4px; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none; font-family:Georgia,serif; font-size:0.9em;\">Please CLICK HERE to help support our work today!<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-END--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On today&#8217;s BradCast, we await the (mercifully) final Presidential Debate of 2016 to get under way in Las Vegas, as Donald Trump&#8217;s poll numbers continue to plummet &#8212; even in some surprising states &#8212; but the GOP nominee continues to say all is well (&#8220;peachy dory&#8221;, in fact)&#8230;except that the election is being &#8220;rigged&#8221;. 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