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reformist2

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27. So why are these people Democrats??? I'm not buying their act anymore.
Wed Feb 12, 2014, 06:43 AM
Feb 2014

Their fiscal policies line up perfectly with the Repug agenda.
Fantasy No. 5 is that the Turd Way is tsuki Feb 2014 #1
+1 a shit load! Enthusiast Feb 2014 #41
Ahh...now this shit is starting to make sense! demwing Feb 2014 #43
Like anyone would expect a Third Way mouthpiece to talk ill of the 1%. Rex Feb 2014 #2
Looks like a plan to me........this, IMO, is what Hillary and Obama are all about. djean111 Feb 2014 #3
The fantasy is that "no one" is saying that any of these things solve anything. Lint Head Feb 2014 #4
Hippy punching is in vogue with the Third Way neverforget Feb 2014 #5
Funny how he never mentions defense spending. JaneyVee Feb 2014 #6
Yep. Kind of glosses right over that think Feb 2014 #8
Defense should be a big target. But, assuming his deficit numbers are anywhere close to Hoyt Feb 2014 #10
Ha..he started a group called "The Can Kicks Back" madfloridian Feb 2014 #12
Tell that to SS beneficiaries when their benefits are automatically cut by one-third, or Hoyt Feb 2014 #16
No offense taken, we simply disagree. madfloridian Feb 2014 #18
I agree. But, I don't think the needed big tax increase solves the problem. Good start, Hoyt Feb 2014 #19
Let's do the easy things first... sendero Feb 2014 #28
Does that include reinstating all the tax loopholes of the 70s? Revanchist Feb 2014 #44
I'd be EXTREMELY surprised.. sendero Feb 2014 #58
Speaking of "defense" spending is clearly verboten. Enthusiast Feb 2014 #33
He should take another crack at Elizabeth Warren MannyGoldstein Feb 2014 #7
Oh, I would love to see that. madfloridian Feb 2014 #9
He's a Republican masquerading as a Democrat. Enthusiast Feb 2014 #34
Republican-in-hiding bullshit. diane in sf Feb 2014 #11
What We Have Here, Ma'am, Is A Serious Ultra-Maroon The Magistrate Feb 2014 #13
...... madfloridian Feb 2014 #14
Yup. Segami Feb 2014 #15
eat my poo, goper. PowerToThePeople Feb 2014 #17
I don't know this person, but he sounds like a Koch brother. Is he perhaps jtuck004 Feb 2014 #20
LOL!!! Cut building stuff and then MARVEL that ratios change.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2014 #21
Well, I've got a fucking fantasy for you, bigtime... nikto Feb 2014 #22
No mention about increased wages for workers Promethean Feb 2014 #23
Cowan is full of baloney Jack Rabbit Feb 2014 #24
I like the way you think! Enthusiast Feb 2014 #35
Excellent summation of what should be the Democratic platform. thucythucy Feb 2014 #51
Bravo. bemildred Feb 2014 #52
Yes, he is. madfloridian Feb 2014 #53
+1 jsr Feb 2014 #56
BS like this from the Turd Way really makes me support Parity Purity even more wocaonimabi Feb 2014 #25
1.) Taxing the rich seems to work quite well overseas. bemildred Feb 2014 #26
Another excellent post, bemildred! Enthusiast Feb 2014 #39
Thanks, I don't quite know what to make of it. bemildred Feb 2014 #47
So why are these people Democrats??? I'm not buying their act anymore. reformist2 Feb 2014 #27
The Repug agenda is precisely what it is. Enthusiast Feb 2014 #38
The republicans fleeing the crazy party have to go somewhere. Well lookie here, they're trying to myrna minx Feb 2014 #48
might as well learn to love it, third way is the way of the dem party for the forseeable future KG Feb 2014 #29
It is their "policy shop." madfloridian Feb 2014 #31
I've seen a lot of shit. What impresses me most demwing Feb 2014 #32
"Populist Lefties are the voices of tomorrow." Enthusiast Feb 2014 #37
If you're right (and I hope you are not), then I need a new party. n/t Laelth Feb 2014 #46
Speaking of fantasies of the left, here's his: JHB Feb 2014 #30
K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Feb 2014 #36
It won't. madfloridian Feb 2014 #40
Third Way fantasy #1: JHB Feb 2014 #42
What a load of crap! Laelth Feb 2014 #45
He is touting failed Republican ideology AgingAmerican Feb 2014 #49
K&R Another reminder that labels don't mean what they used to. woo me with science Feb 2014 #50
Cowan's words about public housing. madfloridian Feb 2014 #54
Complete Rubbish davekriss Feb 2014 #55
He's right... Armstead Feb 2014 #57
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