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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:51 AM Original message |
Third Way applauds Obama for laying hands on the “third rail” of American politics. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:55 AM Original message |
They like him, they really like him!! Perhaps Mr. Obama will see the grand fulfillment of... |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
56. Colbert & Franken 2012 |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #56 |
81. Franken: "Obama punts on first down" |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
1. You got it. Well said... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
45. It's sad. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
2. In other words: "We're sure glad *HE* is gonna take the fall for this and not us!" (NT) |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
3. The Third Way is the highway to Palookaville for the Democratic Party. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Super illustration, Tierra_y_Libertad, says it all. |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
4. The Audacity Will Be Amply Rewarded |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
5. that payroll tax holiday was the clue; but there were so many others... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
6. The spin forces have been loosed upon us. |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
7. I hope the President gets enough Republican votes in the election |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Maybe he wins either way. If he's reelected he can continue to push a... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
43. "It is too painful to watch people who call themselves Democrats do it" |
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roxiejules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. and surreal... |
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Newest Reality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
8. In the end, |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. There was a scene in Children of Men about such a product, Quietus |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Where's Toto when we need him?! |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
37. Bitter sarcasm: the suicide parlors will be too expensive for most to afford. |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
9. the "third way" is a bogus, BS, corporate shill, centrist "think tank" |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
11. I'm not simply angry, I'm outraged! |
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iwishiwas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Obama does it to gain the Independent voter. Simple as that. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. He's not courting voters, but money |
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iwishiwas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
39. Of course he is courting voters!!--in this case it is the Independents. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. He'll do whatever his corporate masters tell him and they'll flood him with |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 09:21 PM Response to Reply #39 |
59. well, there are independent voters |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Cuts to SS and Medicare are unpopular even to mythical "Independent Voters." This will earn him one |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Unpopular, and they were very angy about unemployment |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. This seals The Deal with Wall Street and the Multinationals - Obama's true, blue base. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:03 AM Response to Reply #13 |
76. Polls show the indies are against SS cuts. nt |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
12. Why is Obama even bringing this up, shouldn't he let the Repugs bring it up |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Some say he wants to be seen as the adult in the room... |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. You make it sound like he is one of us. |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. And I used to think "Worst President Ever" meant Bush. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
18. My Idea For Entitlement Reform |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
20. THIS is what has destroyed the Democratic Party. |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. If Obama gets his way on these cuts to these |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
21. K&R |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
23. If this is true, he should not be the Democratic candidate for |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
25. That does it. In the primary, I am requesting a write in - for Howard Dean. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
28. Third Way, and Obama if he goes ahead and acts, deserve sharp shocks from that third rail. |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
29. Proof, if any more were needed that Third Way |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
30. Third Way, like their DLC progenetors, are Republican infiltrators. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
33. And let us look at their Leadership's Honorary Co-Chairs. Familiar Faces? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Very familiar. |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 06:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
54. The usual nest of vipers. |
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Erose999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
35. They can all PISS on the "3rd rail of American Politics" as far as I'm concerned. |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
36. Why doesn't the "New Way" cult of Democrats rename the party to "Corporate Democratic Party"? |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
38. When has the "Third-Way" ever called for reforms to curtail |
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21st Century FDR (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
40. Fuck the DLC |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
42. The "Third Way" should be called the "TURD WAY"!!! |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
44. "Bravery" would be cutting defense, ending the drug war, & legalizing & taxing marijuana. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
46. The "third way" sucks |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 06:16 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. More -- |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 06:31 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. + 1,000,000 nt |
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Plucketeer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
47. Obama says: |
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BlueIdaho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
50. Are they funded by the Koch Bros too? nt. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Here's a part of their funding....looking up more. |
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21st Century FDR (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 09:16 PM Response to Reply #51 |
58. And there it is... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 09:39 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Aha, thank you. I did not make the connection. |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
53. knr - everyone should read what they are saying and then see what the WH says ... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #53 |
62. That thread is blowing my mind. |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:11 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. New name. Old game. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:43 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. You are right. |
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999998th word (555 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:36 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Same old bullshit -just rebranded |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:49 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. +100 New name, old game and a lot of recent desperate revisionism about it. |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #62 |
70. Guess it is easier to just believe the DLC is gone ... |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:45 AM Response to Reply #53 |
79. New name, same shit sandwich |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #79 |
83. Only if we let them .... |
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tcaudilllg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #83 |
84. And did these tactics bring results? No, |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
55. Fuck the Third Way and the Bull they rode in on. |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Yep the Turd Way is what's doing the Bull Schlitz the party is doing now! |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:51 AM Response to Reply #55 |
74. + + + + |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
60. And all the spineless dems can say "it was him, he did it". |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
63. They are really detestable. They were out of touch as "New Democrats" in the 90's |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
64. "3rd way" = enemies. nt |
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blkmusclmachine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
66. Doing the master's bidding. |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
67. Third Way and Third Way supporters |
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Youth Uprising (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
72. Anybody notice Jill Pike from TYT in the contact info? |
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MouseFitzgerald (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:52 AM Response to Reply #72 |
75. I heard that a while back |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
73. So, that's the origin for the purist label that's getting used so frequently |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 03:39 AM Response to Original message |
77. "Third Way" seems to be dominated by investment folk: they may want to portray themselves |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 03:43 AM Response to Original message |
78. Recommend |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
80. kick and recommend |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
82. Third Way is DLC. |
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roxiejules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
85. Dean Baker's response to Third Way |
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Youth Uprising (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 03:57 AM Response to Original message |
86. Kick. |
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