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In reply to the discussion: You know, Obama has disappointed a lot of people..... [View all]bigtree
(86,332 posts)Obama is going to be as progressive as our Democratic legislature as a whole.
The 'third way' bullshit is just an excuse used by people who want to find an explanation why there hasn't been much success in bringing about a progressive majority or a progressive president.
Folks who talk like you can't get a grip on the fact that individual states elect these Democrats from many disparate areas of the country with a myriad of interests and motivations; some progressive, and some not so progressive. You take the end result and try and pretend like these folks are appointed in blocks, instead of in hard-fought battles - region by region; district by district, county by county, state by state . . .
Quit trying to invent something that doesn't exist. Get out there and push for more progressive candidates for our national legislature. Get out there and push for a progressive candidate for the presidential primary when that contest comes around again. Try and and get a grip on the fact that the results of these elections isn't some conspiracy; it's a reflection and a measure of what folks out there are willing to vote for.
Quite simply, if you don't like the make-up of the legislature and the WH, you need to convince more folks out there to see things your way. Pretending that there's some make-believe movement that practically NONE of our Democrats even acknowledge exists is just sophistry at best; cheap politics at the worst.
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