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Zorra

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40. Awesome post ~

Fri Dec 14, 2012, 12:49 AM

Dec 2012

Don't know if you saw this posted awhile back from woomewithscience, but it's a great complement to your OP, which I am bookmarking.

Reject Third Way propaganda, *especially* now.

The Third Way/corporate-faction-of-our-party bids for passivity and low expectations re: "The Grand Bargain" have begun.

We were spared them for a few days during celebration over the elections, but the corporate mantra is starting to crop up all over the boards now, from the same familiar corners. Don't buy it.

You will hear the usual prepping for acceptance of a new "Grand Bargain" to impose trillions in austerity on Americans:

"We don't hold the House." 'Obama can't get anything unless he compromises." "You're just a purist." "Tax increases don't have popular support." "We have to address the deficit."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021791044

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Stuff happens when you follow the false centrism of Third Way. [View all] madfloridian Dec 2012 OP

Brava, Madfla! hedda_foil Dec 2012 #1

Hedda-foil, it's been years! Good to see you. madfloridian Dec 2012 #2

Bless you, my friend! hedda_foil Dec 2012 #3

I didn't post here the first year. madfloridian Dec 2012 #4

Great post. jsr Dec 2012 #5

It's clear that winning by large majorities is not in the interest of either party. The squeaker HiPointDem Dec 2012 #6

Nail on head, that's so true. madfloridian Dec 2012 #10

Kick GiaGiovanni Dec 2012 #7

of course,,,knr Douglas Carpenter Dec 2012 #8

Wow SoapBox Dec 2012 #9

Well done, indeed. K&R Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #11

K&R hay rick Dec 2012 #12

Thanks for posting. nm rhett o rick Dec 2012 #13

K&R woo me with science Dec 2012 #14

Dean delivered big in 2008 and then was punished for it. hootinholler Dec 2012 #15

True. madfloridian Dec 2012 #16

DUrec! bvar22 Dec 2012 #17

bvar22, I ran across a journal post of yours from 2008 about field peas. madfloridian Dec 2012 #26

Everytime I read that quote, it explains why we have corporations being treated like people, and midnight Dec 2012 #37

HUGE K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2012 #18

Hey WillyT madfloridian Dec 2012 #22

This isn't "centrism" duffyduff Dec 2012 #19

I called it "false" centrism, because it isn't. madfloridian Dec 2012 #20

I've been told on DU by a staunch Obama supporter that cui bono Dec 2012 #28

Don't feel bad. madfloridian Dec 2012 #35

Fuck the DINOs. The Democratic Party only wins when they act like real Democrats. backscatter712 Dec 2012 #21

'bipartisanship' is mostly just talk; lip service for the electorate. bigtree Dec 2012 #23

Hey, bigtree. madfloridian Dec 2012 #25

Exactly. In reality, if both sides fought hard for their positions it would still be bipartisan as cui bono Dec 2012 #29

Same shit - different assholes. progressoid Dec 2012 #24

So the bipartisan emphasis probably originated from Third Way, and we've had enough We People Dec 2012 #27

Glass-Steagall repealed in 1999, I think. Or 98. We were in crisis within 10 years. madfloridian Dec 2012 #30

Frankly, I see this type of crap as a blatant attempt to divide the left. Skidmore Dec 2012 #31

"rail against those who may not see eye to eye with every position you take on issues. " madfloridian Dec 2012 #34

k&r Starry Messenger Dec 2012 #32

I think they were elected because they lied about what they believe in lunatica Dec 2012 #33

Howard Dean so right about this: midnight Dec 2012 #36

Orchestrated to marginalize people on the left...the Third Way is essentially saying drop dead Jefferson23 Dec 2012 #38

Concise and to the point statement. madfloridian Dec 2012 #39

Good to see you madfloridian...great posts, as usual from you. Jefferson23 Dec 2012 #44

Awesome post ~ Zorra Dec 2012 #40

No I missed that one. madfloridian Dec 2012 #41

Good post. It's time for liberals to get loud liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 #42

I agree...they are doing a horrible job of education. Such shambles now. madfloridian Dec 2012 #43