Thom Hartmann: Thom Hartmann & Michael Medved- Debating the Role of Government in America

Source:Thom Hartmann- left-wing talk radio host Thom Hartmann, debating right-wing radio host Michael Medved in 2009,

Source:FreeState MD

“The Great Debate was a political debate between progressive radio talk show host Thom Hartmann against conservative radio talk show host Michael Medved on a verity of topics.”  

From Thom Hartmann

This debate reminds me of the debate that Socialist Party presidential candidate Norman Thomas, had against Conservative Republican Senate Barry Goldwater in 1961 or 62.

Norman Thomas was perhaps the leader of the democratic socialist or social democratic movement in America. And Barry Goldwater was Mr. Conservative, perhaps at least the leader of the Conservative Republicans not just in Congress, but perhaps in the entire Republican Party back in the 1960s and the conservative-libertarian movement in America at the time, even though real Conservatives back then weren’t called Conservative-Libertarians.

What you have in this debate is Thom Hartman representing the Bernie Sanders Democratic Socialists (even if Thom doesn’t call himself a Democratic Socialist) versus Michael Medved representing the lets say economic Libertarians and perhaps Conservative Libertarians as a whole.

So this debate is really about bigger government and perhaps even unlimited government, at least as it relates to economic policy, from Thom Hartmann, versus limited government, as least as it relates to economic policy, in Michael Medved.