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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-23-10 04:09 PM
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57. The "triangulation" strategy has always been to rebrand "centrist" Rs as Ds
and their policies as D policies

Since the Rs seem to become ever more extreme, blind application of the strategy could simply rebrand a number of Reaganites like Webb as Ds

Still, "triangulation" might make sense in some cases: Webb, for example, is from Virginia, which often votes R, and not so long ago it looked like Ollie North might be a Senator from Virginia. So Webb might actually be about the best we can do from Virginia

Of course, affirmative action programs do not discriminate against "whites": Webb's WASP elites have fallen by the wayside and a plethora of government-enforced diversity policies have marginalized many white workers ... Unfortunately, present-day diversity programs .. now favor anyone who does not happen to be white is the usual Reaganite bullshit
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