{"id":9942,"date":"2012-02-01T13:46:47","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T18:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/?p=9942"},"modified":"2012-02-01T13:48:03","modified_gmt":"2012-02-01T18:48:03","slug":"defranco-not-retreating-if-you-dont-listen-you-will-not-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2012\/02\/01\/defranco-not-retreating-if-you-dont-listen-you-will-not-know\/","title":{"rendered":"DeFranco Not Retreating &#8211; If You Don&#8217;t Listen, You Will Not Know &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you don&#8217;t listen to this interview with Marisa DeFranco, you won&#8217;t know what you are missing for a candidate for U.S. Senate.  Yes, you think you are perfectly happy with Elizabeth Warren.  What if there were a better candidate, but you refused to listen?  How would you feel if you found out later that you got second best?<\/p>\n<p>In the interview below, you have to go through a couple of minutes of talk before Marisa DeFranco comes on.  Please don&#8217;t let this deter you.<\/p>\n<p>The interview will actually start faster if you click on this <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/lefties\/2012\/01\/23\/defranco-not-retreating\/scrub\/0\">fast start link<\/a><\/strong> than if you click the play button in the fancy graphic below.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"text-align:center\">\n<object classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase='http:\/\/download.adobe.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0' width='210' height='105' name=\"3257\" id=\"3257\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/btrplayer.swf?file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogtalkradio.com%2Flefties%2F2012%2F01%2F23%2Fdefranco-not-retreating%2Fplaylist.xml&#038;autostart=false&#038;bufferlength=5&#038;volume=80&#038;corner=rounded&#038;callback=http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/flashplayercallback.aspx\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/btrplayer.swf\" flashvars=\"file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogtalkradio.com%2Flefties%2F2012%2F01%2F23%2Fdefranco-not-retreating%2fplaylist.xml&#038;autostart=false&#038;shuffle=false&#038;callback=http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/FlashPlayerCallback.aspx&#038;width=210&#038;height=105&#038;volume=80&#038;corner=rounded\" width=\"210\" height=\"105\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" quality=\"high\" wmode=\"transparent\" menu=\"false\" name=\"3257\" id=\"3257\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p> Listen to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\">internet radio<\/a> <br \/>with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/lefties\">massmarrier<\/a> on Blog Talk Radio\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Candidate for U.S. Senate from Massachusetts, Marisa DeFranco, is still fighting. 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