Thanks for that! I said the DLC/Third Way was dead in name only, but not in fact (Reply #60)

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Thu Mar 31, 2016, 01:12 PM

WhaTHellsgoingonhere (5,252 posts)

60. Thanks for that! I said the DLC/Third Way was dead in name only, but not in fact

Didn't know they actually renamed themselves lol

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84 replies	Author	Time	Post
Has the typical Clinton supporter ever heard of the DLC or Third Way? [View all]	WhaTHellsgoingonhere	Mar 2016	OP
Sure, we're just not obsessed with them.	DanTex	Mar 2016	#1
Typical supporters have never heard of DU.	WhaTHellsgoingonhere	Mar 2016	#4
I beg to differ	notadmblnd	Mar 2016	#6
Yep. Not obsessed with much other than being in the fan club right?	revbones	Mar 2016	#20
The Clinton Foundation was obsessed enough to buy all the records and archives of the DLC	think	Mar 2016	#32
They are now "New Democrats"	mariawr	Mar 2016	#43
HA!	WhaTHellsgoingonhere	Mar 2016	#46
Pretty sure that's the point. You need to be ... they are screwing our country.	ThePhilosopher04	Mar 2016	#51
I admire your tenacity. You get into all of these threads where Hillary or her	Jackie Wilson Said	Mar 2016	#76
Thanks. One thing...	DanTex	Mar 2016	#84
Good point - even on this board there are people who don't know how Third Way...	polichick	Mar 2016	#2
Third way/Clinton Machine crushed the party	TrueDemVA	Mar 2016	#31
Its not to late for Bernie to start talking about Third Way!	RiverLover	Mar 2016	#3
^^CHECK OUT THE LINKS^^	polichick	Mar 2016	#5
Many probably don't or don't care	SHRED	Mar 2016	#7
Neither has the typical Bernie supporter	firebrand80	Mar 2016	#8
If those who don't know did know....They'd be even more in support of Bernie	Armstead	Mar 2016	#59
Heard of it??? LOL, probably dues paying members.	NorthCarolina	Mar 2016	#9
yep. Pro-choice Republicans.	HooptieWagon	Mar 2016	#17
Hillary supporters, like myself, make our own independent decisions.	Trust Buster	Mar 2016	#10
So then please tell us your opinion on Thrid Way.	revbones	Mar 2016	#22
Until I came on this site, I'd never heard of them. Still don't care about them.	Trust Buster	Mar 2016	#23
So Hillary followers should just stick to being uneducated voters then?	revbones	Mar 2016	#24
If you are trying to tell me that special interests influence our government, you're too late.	Trust Buster	Mar 2016	#26
Because nothing says integrity like saying it's only ok when your side does it? nt	revbones	Mar 2016	#37
If you wish to lose the Supreme Court this fall and live with Citizens United for a generation,	Trust Buster	Mar 2016	#38
So it's ok when your side does it?	revbones	Mar 2016	#40
While Citizens United is the rule of the road, damn straight. We lose and CU will be with us a	Trust Buster	Mar 2016	#45
Irony, though hath met thy match: "more constructive attacking the Koch network".	ieoeja	Mar 2016	#70
Errr, except that the Third Way is part of the Koch network	LondonReign2	Mar 2016	#82
So now Democratic voters are uneducated? What education did you recieve	Jackie Wilson Said	Mar 2016	#77
You might want to re-read for context.	revbones	Mar 2016	#79
I'll bet you've heard of the Koch bros though.	frylock	Mar 2016	#30
why...the Koch Bros. would NEVER have anything to do with any Democrats, would they?	islandmkl	Mar 2016	#49
I can't believe you just posted this in this thread. I gave you the benefit of the doubt. I retract	WhaTHellsgoingonhere	Mar 2016	#56
Stop it. Everyone has a bias and should examine how their bias impacts their decisions	WhaTHellsgoingonhere	Mar 2016	#54
Who said..."Third Way is a Wall Street funded think tank that is purported to be Democratic"	WhaTHellsgoingonhere	Mar 2016	#11
Lately it looks like Rachel is hoping for a job in HRC's Third Way administration.	polichick	Mar 2016	#12
No question. Not in doubt for months. I think Hayes is, as well	WhaTHellsgoingonhere	Mar 2016	#16
To me too.	polichick	Mar 2016	#19
TW helps with the salary boosts...with the added insulation of not being an actual Repub...	islandmkl	Mar 2016	#61
Third way is a canard	Dem2	Mar 2016	#13
LOL	polichick	Mar 2016	#14
IKR?!	frylock	Mar 2016	#34
Passive aggressive?	Dem2	Mar 2016	#81
All day long.	frylock	Mar 2016	#83
Admittedly you are not politically informed	notadmblnd	Mar 2016	#47
Are you serious?	Dem2	Mar 2016	#52
You're the one claiming ignorance	notadmblnd	Mar 2016	#53
Did I now?	Dem2	Mar 2016	#55
You said it is a canard used as a cudgel	notadmblnd	Mar 2016	#57
The numbers are so small as to be insignificant	Dem2	Mar 2016	#64
You took us down this road. I simply asked what you base your vote on	notadmblnd	Mar 2016	#65
I base it on what flavor of ice cream they like, of course!	Dem2	Mar 2016	#66
No, that's just for the low info voters	notadmblnd	Mar 2016	#69
No, the Third Wayers, and you may be one, are a destructive force for average Americans.	Broward	Mar 2016	#74
OK	Dem2	Mar 2016	#75
Lookie here, an honest answer! Proving again that telling 3rd-Way Republicrats that	Kip Humphrey	Mar 2016	#78
OK?	Dem2	Mar 2016	#80
Well, the DLC has been defunct for quite some time, so	MineralMan	Mar 2016	#15
In name only, MM, not in fact	WhaTHellsgoingonhere	Mar 2016	#39
Oh, they know all right. But Denial is just a river to them.	hobbit709	Mar 2016	#18
No. DUers know. But the "man on the street." Complete ignoramous. That's hurting Bernie.	WhaTHellsgoingonhere	Mar 2016	#41
In my own experience, most people in general are not familiar	Senator Tankerbell	Mar 2016	#21
It would with MSNBC, and Rachel Maddow in particular. She had strong opinions against it in 2013.	WhaTHellsgoingonhere	Mar 2016	#44
My experience is that most people, regardless of whom they support, never heard of them.	merrily	Mar 2016	#25
"e they find out about the DLC/Third Way takeover of the Democratic Party, they are both shocked and	WhaTHellsgoingonhere	Mar 2016	#58
Some have been real quick to exclaim "The DLC is dead!" - as if we can't follow that	djean111	Mar 2016	#27
Thanks for that! I said the DLC/Third Way was dead in name only, but not in fact	WhaTHellsgoingonhere	Mar 2016	#60
maybe not; Ehrenreich was thought to be a right wing journalist, so....	amborin	Mar 2016	#28
The current Clinton supporters at DU ignore that neo-liberalism	PufPuf23	Mar 2016	#29
Very much so. Which to me is the same as being republican.	RiverLover	Mar 2016	#36
Nope. But in their defense I think they are not paying attention to the	Land of Enchantment	Mar 2016	#33
DLC closed shop years ago.	RandySF	Mar 2016	#35
merely replaced by the Third Way...	islandmkl	Mar 2016	#50
It was a takeover and rightward shove of the party. Kicked.	mariawr	Mar 2016	#42
I never had until a few years ago.	hrmjustin	Mar 2016	#48
I have not met a Clinton supporter IRL.	Go Vols	Mar 2016	#62
I'm not only familiar with Third Way, I've actually taken the time to meet with them...	brooklynite	Mar 2016	#63
If only they were that innocuous...	Armstead	Mar 2016	#67
Lol wow, that was a treat	WhaTHellsgoingonhere	Mar 2016	#71
Who cares about labels.	fun n serious	Mar 2016	#68
You Failed the thread. I can't help you.	WhaTHellsgoingonhere	Mar 2016	#72
If you're for this, then by all means, join them	Armstead	Mar 2016	#73

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