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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Let's talk Third Way. Some links about its founding and the founders. [View all]Bernblu
(441 posts)169. If you like the third way you'll just love Hillary's presidency.
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Let's talk Third Way. Some links about its founding and the founders. [View all]
madfloridian
Oct 2015
OP
Go for it, why wait? The rest of us will have more air and water after you leave.
dreamnightwind
Oct 2015
#49
There's a difference between saying what Sanders himself says he is, i.e., "socialist".....
George II
Oct 2015
#174
Some people's understanding, such as the author of that thread, of socialism ...
Fantastic Anarchist
Oct 2015
#175
I guess FDR and a middle class with the highest standard of living the world has ever known...
raindaddy
Oct 2015
#187
The game Monopoly proves Capitalism is an abysmal failure for all but one lone winner.
Live and Learn
Oct 2015
#188
I still support Sanders and oppose Hillary more than I did before this OP was posted.
Autumn
Oct 2015
#41
The only conclusion is that you support the leadership of corporations and their puppets and
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#130
As I stated previously, anyone that doesn't support Sanders is voting for selfish reasons.
Live and Learn
Oct 2015
#189
They hearings yesterday were not about the primaries. Did you complain about those OPs?
Autumn
Oct 2015
#42
The only parsing being done is by anybody who would say Obama was a member of the DLC.
MohRokTah
Oct 2015
#91
Oh the extremist in this thread has made themselves known, all right.
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#137
I can spot left wing extremism miles away and fortunately it has no effect outside internet forums.
MohRokTah
Oct 2015
#147
I'm convinced that you are really great at satire or really awful at trolling.
Fantastic Anarchist
Oct 2015
#178
Shame on those radical leftist extremists for bring us the 8-hour workday, labor laws, ...
Fantastic Anarchist
Oct 2015
#177
There are a lot of political myths that are accepted as gospel by the majority of people here
YoungDemCA
Oct 2015
#194
Nothing in your link about him being in the DLC. He was NEVER a member of the DLC.
MohRokTah
Oct 2015
#88
New Democrats rose from the DLC. Don't accuse me of falsehoods and innuendo.
madfloridian
Oct 2015
#123
The ideologies of both Clintons parallel very closely with that of the old DLC and new Third Way.
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#192
Like he did yesterday when he voted against a Dianne Feinstein amendment and...
George II
Oct 2015
#55
You mean when he stood with 12 Democrats to protect our privacy rights?
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#57
All I know is that he voted with a Republican Presidential candidate and voted against....
George II
Oct 2015
#71
So you're hinting that he did NOT vote with someone who could be his opponent next November.....
George II
Oct 2015
#77
How many republican candidates in 2007 and 2015 voted for, or endorsed, the Iraq war?
arcane1
Oct 2015
#80
He voted to protect our privacy rights, and so did Elizabeth Warren.
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#76
When Sanders entered the Democratic Presidential race one the rationales both he and his followers..
George II
Oct 2015
#116
Really? Do you have a link to where we said he "always votes with the Democratic caucus"?
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#117
I don't know why Warren voted against the amendment, all I know is that a Democratic...
George II
Oct 2015
#119
You would rather have him vote against our interests just to oppose Rand Paul?
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#120
Apparently he opposed about three quarters of the Democrats in the Senate, too.
George II
Oct 2015
#121
Because of privacy rights - good! You didn't answer my question, why do you support the bill?
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#122
And 50 Republicans voted for it. Which means he voted against 98% of the Republicans voting.
RichVRichV
Oct 2015
#171
No it isn't, you missed my point - Sanders and his followers like to throw out the concept....
George II
Oct 2015
#211
Not a just a "republican yada yada", but a republican who may be running against Hillary Clinton....
George II
Oct 2015
#210
Who's obsessed with Paul? I just find it very disappointing that a person who is running....
George II
Oct 2015
#216
You're disappointed that Senators Sanders and Warren are concerned with privacy rights?
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#218
If you fault Bernie because he "stood" with a Republican you have to fault Hillary for doing it too.
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#220
So you are saying Bill and Hillary became DLCers to gain something for themselves?
Autumn
Oct 2015
#46
I didn't say anything like that. Sanders isn't a "politician", he's an opportunist.
George II
Oct 2015
#50
They've been using that talking point for months, it's part of the 'Bernie is a racist' meme.
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#106
Funny isn't it. My favorite all time poster was the one complaining about rec circles
Autumn
Oct 2015
#110
Thanks mad. No matter which candidate one supports, your OPs are always 1st rate
riderinthestorm
Oct 2015
#5
Good post. Their attacks on the social safety nets is to me a dangerous thing.
madfloridian
Oct 2015
#8
Yep. That's when the Democratic party started abandoning what was traditionally
liberal_at_heart
Oct 2015
#9
The New Democrats were very apparent with a new 1998 law to privatize most of the U.S.
DhhD
Oct 2015
#95
Is there any lasting, positive testimony of Thirdwayer's contributions to society?
Baitball Blogger
Oct 2015
#16
They have had plenty of time to prove their way works and have failed.
liberal_at_heart
Oct 2015
#17
I think the choice to speak in "years" rather than "terms" is very telling
HereSince1628
Oct 2015
#36
What I've learned on DU is that some people would rather support gadfly, losing candidates
YoungDemCA
Oct 2015
#196
Excellent, thoughtful OP on the FACTS of this reprehensible Think Tank the represents the interests
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#30
Yeah, but she did once march down there and she told them, cut it out, guys!
TwilightGardener
Oct 2015
#33
I had already decided - no vote from me for any DLC, DINO, New Democrat Coalition, any politician
djean111
Oct 2015
#43
The group's willingness to sacrifice Social Security and other social safety nets...
madfloridian
Oct 2015
#47
Thanks. I just wish that the supporters of the conservative democratic candidate would
Doctor_J
Oct 2015
#64
K & R, explains a lot & makes perfect sense, it's all part of the oligarchy stranglehold
mother earth
Oct 2015
#65
Neolibs of the world unite! You have nothing to lose but your principles!
Tierra_y_Libertad
Oct 2015
#89
Others in 2005 were against Hillary Clinton being in the Senate. Blair's emails were known then.
DhhD
Oct 2015
#184
HRC Is A Pawn Of the Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks That Pay For Her Campaign
cantbeserious
Oct 2015
#127
I see this discussion as about The DLC and/or The Third Way's influence on the Democratic
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#191
After NAFTA 13 million new jobs were created, industrial grew 3x fasrer then the 2 previous decades
BlueStateLib
Oct 2015
#226
Now they say goal should be to have businesses hire all around the world.
madfloridian
Oct 2015
#229