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ZRB

(465 posts)
83. So much this
Mon Mar 3, 2025, 09:30 PM
Mar 2025

The language policing needs to stop. It makes people on our side seem out of touch and humorless.

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No, I will not be shifting my values to please these maga stupid people Walleye Mar 2025 #1
You know who put on this 'think tank' pow-wow? Volaris Mar 2025 #25
Being wishy-washy is not the answer at this time in history Walleye Mar 2025 #28
Agreed. Volaris Mar 2025 #29
Hear! Hear! yellow dahlia Mar 2025 #84
Not going to happen................... Lovie777 Mar 2025 #2
Sounds contrived C_U_L8R Mar 2025 #3
VERY contrived, like PRETZELS! elleng Mar 2025 #77
Corrected headline Terry_M Mar 2025 #4
Right! I was going to say - "a large group of consultants"?? Iris Mar 2025 #79
Will they BigMin28 Mar 2025 #5
Sounds like The Onion joke Beringia Mar 2025 #6
Or Borowitz no_hypocrisy Mar 2025 #7
Just look at the top 3 things voters chose trump over Harris on. Callie1979 Mar 2025 #8
Kamala Harris won the election, gab13by13 Mar 2025 #52
Again with this. There is NO proof the election was stolen. Callie1979 Mar 2025 #72
Spot on ZRB Mar 2025 #75
Yup! Once you analyze based on the fact that Harris won, you are looking through a lens, yellow dahlia Mar 2025 #85
"small-dollar donors whose preferences may not align with the broader electorate" muriel_volestrangler Mar 2025 #9
Is this from the Onion? BoRaGard Mar 2025 #10
Well fuck all that nonsense! EarthFirst Mar 2025 #11
Third Way is NOT the Democratic Party and doesn't speak for them -- "Dems" aren't "unveiling" anything. betsuni Mar 2025 #12
Ugh. I should know better by now than to read things like this before my coffee... halobeam Mar 2025 #13
This is a stupid stupid move Blue_Roses Mar 2025 #14
We don't need less anything. Morbius Mar 2025 #15
I'd like to suggest a label for "No Labels" and "Third Way" hatrack Mar 2025 #16
Thank you! keep_left Mar 2025 #64
Fuck that nonsense !!! SamKnause Mar 2025 #17
That may be where the young white male doc03 Mar 2025 #18
Plus, they may even hate women more than they love their guns. travelingthrulife Mar 2025 #37
This sounds like a libertarian centrist. Emile Mar 2025 #19
As I pointed out in my OP on the topic: demmiblue Mar 2025 #20
Yes, misleading pretending it's a Democratic Party conference, but people are too busy knee-jerk bashing betsuni Mar 2025 #33
Turd Way. bluesbassman Mar 2025 #50
Thank you for the clarification. n/t yellow dahlia Mar 2025 #87
This small-dollar donor is happy to hear this... appmanga Mar 2025 #21
They never stop texting and e-mailing. Part of the problem. No one travelingthrulife Mar 2025 #38
What Democrats? Not the ones I'll vote for. Or donate to. Liberal In Texas Mar 2025 #22
If this is true, they've lost this small donor Arazi Mar 2025 #23
Oooof Prairie Gates Mar 2025 #24
Capitulate to the right, that is what centrists have done for decades and here we are. Passages Mar 2025 #26
Dont say centrist. That's always been a meaningless term. They're corporate shills. hedda_foil Mar 2025 #86
Those small-dollar donors ARE the broader electorate. highplainsdem Mar 2025 #27
Not the old "Trying to out-Republican the Republicans" nonsense. I thought we were over this. NBachers Mar 2025 #30
This is a joke right ? kacekwl Mar 2025 #31
Not getting another dime from me Dr. Shepper Mar 2025 #32
"The gathering was organized by centrist Democratic think tank Third Way." cadoman Mar 2025 #34
Use the link to third way. COMPLAIN loudly about their bad ideas. travelingthrulife Mar 2025 #46
two separate topics: (a) policy positions and (b) cultural messaging unblock Mar 2025 #35
Third Way is part of the reason we are in this mess. travelingthrulife Mar 2025 #36
Third Way has a website and a comment selection. travelingthrulife Mar 2025 #39
I'm guessing this is just one of a lot of strategy sessions Torchlight Mar 2025 #40
You betcha travelingthrulife Mar 2025 #45
omg. it's so far worse than I had imagined. and thatls saying a lot. msfiddlestix Mar 2025 #41
Whoever came up with this doesn't get it Renew Deal Mar 2025 #42
It seems like we already tried going to the center in the 80's, 90's, 00's, 10's and 20s. nt Gore1FL Mar 2025 #43
And we won in '92, '96, '08, '12 & '20 Callie1979 Mar 2025 #73
The inability to read the room is going to do much more harm La Coliniere Mar 2025 #44
They're partially right. If they can stick to a winning Wingus Dingus Mar 2025 #47
So much this ZRB Mar 2025 #83
I can get in so much trouble in this thread William769 Mar 2025 #48
Isn't that just delightful. Autumn Mar 2025 #49
Come on. This sounds like garbage to me, not official Dem policy. brush Mar 2025 #51
Yeah. I think I need to concentrate on the future of my daughter & grandaughter, and get Maru Kitteh Mar 2025 #53
So, under this plan, we would devolve into two Republican parties. 99MainSt Mar 2025 #54
Nope. Dave Bowman Mar 2025 #55
Bullshit. Basso8vb Mar 2025 #56
NOW do people see why we should get a PR firm? And maybe put Pete and Stacy to work on messaging? Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #57
Where is Ken Martin? oldmanlynn Mar 2025 #58
If I want to see Democrats being shit on, I'll rely on the NY Times. Paladin Mar 2025 #59
They are complicit synni Mar 2025 #60
Sounds like MAGA light. Nulock Mar 2025 #61
The same big money donors who decided Biden had to go? Ursus Rex Mar 2025 #62
Dems lose because they keep shifting further to the right AStern Mar 2025 #63
Time to do some homework about The Third Way Lulu KC Mar 2025 #65
It's a toothless little organization nobody listens to, but the words "third way" used to demonize Democrats betsuni Mar 2025 #68
Thanks. Lulu KC Mar 2025 #70
Meanwhile, Bernie is holding sold out rallies in the middle of the country. Yavin4 Mar 2025 #66
Fuck Third Way Rob H. Mar 2025 #67
It's easy to tear their arguments and ideas to shreds. Nulock Mar 2025 #71
That ranks high on my list dumbfuck ideas Stinky The Clown Mar 2025 #69
Fuck that. yardwork Mar 2025 #74
"NO more gun shows and More AOC". spanone Mar 2025 #76
This isn't about Democrats; it's about the Third Way, and nobody is even named Ocelot II Mar 2025 #78
It takes a village to fuck over progressives. (n/t) DJ Synikus Makisimus Mar 2025 #80
The political spectrum has been pushed so far that: GreenWave Mar 2025 #81
OMFG...I really thought this was satire Bettie Mar 2025 #82
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