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SolutionisSolidarity

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7. Diane Fienstein, Andrew Cuomo, and Cory Booker would be a good start.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Fri Nov 7, 2014, 04:42 PM

Nov 2014

The self-identify as New Democrats, so you can read their membership lists for yourself. But worse than the Democratic politicians themselves are all the established party elders who control our party behind the scenes. Their self reported story is given in Al From's book "The New Democrats and the Return to Power", and it details how they destroyed the foundation of our Party and transformed it into an anti-New Deal corporate entity.

That is, if you were actually looking for an answer, and not just eager for another chance to compare us to Stalinists by using scare-words like "purge".

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Can someone please name which Third Way statewide officeholders should be purged from the party? [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2014 OP

Can I give you one who is not an office holder.... NCTraveler Nov 2014 #1

Sure...With all this talk of purges I would like to see some names .../NT DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2014 #2

Here you go. NCTraveler Nov 2014 #8

Can you define "purged"? Smarmie Doofus Nov 2014 #3

Third way candidates lose elections AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #4

what do the words "lose" and "elections" mean in your world? wyldwolf Nov 2014 #12

Yeah, like that one guy... whatzhisname... people keep telling me he's Third Way... LadyHawkAZ Nov 2014 #61

This is just flame bait Glitterati Nov 2014 #5

How is it flame bait ? DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2014 #6

Your point about possible direction of a purge is spot on. nt. NCTraveler Nov 2014 #10

Did you say that of the post that said the party should be purged? treestar Nov 2014 #77

Diane Fienstein, Andrew Cuomo, and Cory Booker would be a good start. SolutionisSolidarity Nov 2014 #7

And what would you do to remove them from the party? onenote Nov 2014 #16

If I could do it by myself, I'd be doing it and not talking about it. SolutionisSolidarity Nov 2014 #44

Tell me about this "easy" part. onenote Nov 2014 #47

It's only easy compared to getting rid of their unelected brethren in the party infrastructure. SolutionisSolidarity Nov 2014 #50

Ask the OP. It's his or her framing. merrily Nov 2014 #52

And you chose the name "SolutionisSolidarity"? muriel_volestrangler Nov 2014 #107

I want solidarity with the poor, the excluded, and the downtrodden. SolutionisSolidarity Nov 2014 #117

Thank you. Now I know who to be wary of... DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2014 #9

Here's the beginning of MY list Glitterati Nov 2014 #11

I don't believe any are officeholders./NT DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2014 #13

They don't need to be office holders AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #15

The OP specified both that they be officeholders and that merrily Nov 2014 #53

The third way needs to be revoked AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #56

What a visual! merrily Nov 2014 #58

Yesterday my friends lab... AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #60

I figured it was based on something you'd witnessed. It's not exactly a standard analogy. merrily Nov 2014 #62

More AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #14

John Dingell? onenote Nov 2014 #17

Grover Norquist said "he wanted to make the Democratic party so small you could fit in a bathtub." DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2014 #18

Third war are not Democrats AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #21

I love anybody with a (D) after his name DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2014 #23

The third way aren't Democrats AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #24

I'll assume you forgotting to mention conservatives and corporatists was an oversight LondonReign2 Nov 2014 #45

If that's synonymous with racist, homophobic, xenophobic, anti-semitic I don't like em either./NT DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2014 #63

So these people are not Democrats treestar Nov 2014 #79

The third way is a separate party AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #102

NO, he said he wanted to make GOVERNMENT so small you could drown it in a bathtub. smokey nj Nov 2014 #38

Don't confuse us with facts! merrily Nov 2014 #55

How does Hillary want smaller government? treestar Nov 2014 #81

You mentioned Hillary, I didn't. smokey nj Nov 2014 #88

Is there a context for that? treestar Nov 2014 #89

It's from his 1996 State of the Union address. smokey nj Nov 2014 #95

I don't see Bill Clinton as someone who wanted to treestar Nov 2014 #99

He said no such thing AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #59

Kathleen Sebelius AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #19

James Clyburn is 'thirdway?' Is that term becoming a generic one for people you don't like? wyldwolf Nov 2014 #20

James Clyburn AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #22

ah, sorry. Confused him with someone else. Carry on. wyldwolf Nov 2014 #25

It's actually funny, the people that spend all day carrying water for the Third Way Rex Nov 2014 #26

You could put a gun to my head and I couldn't tell you who any of these folks are: DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2014 #27

So you don't know how to use google? Rex Nov 2014 #28

I'm not defending or offending anybody I hope DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2014 #30

You've been doing it all day now. Rex Nov 2014 #32

I don't want anyone with ties to the GOP to represent the Democratic party. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2014 #33

"I saw Bill Clinton on the purge list" Rex Nov 2014 #34

We did research and think they are referring to Bill and Hillary treestar Nov 2014 #90

As usual you totally miss my point, you seem to only be able to do that. Whatever. Rex Nov 2014 #108

How convenient AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #35

I guess it is time to start being an advocate for something I know nothing about. Rex Nov 2014 #36

I'm not wealthy enough to travel in those circles. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2014 #37

Do you agree with the policies espoused by the Third Way? LondonReign2 Nov 2014 #46

If they join my party they're agreeing with me. I'm not agreeing with them./NT DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2014 #64

No they aren't Mnpaul Nov 2014 #68

Um, no. Not even remotely true. LondonReign2 Nov 2014 #70

What are those, by the way? treestar Nov 2014 #92

LOL treestar Nov 2014 #82

It's a trick question. It's yet another shit stirring thread, another attempt to show up merrily Nov 2014 #29

I refrained from attacking Mr. Brentspeak or his allies personally. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2014 #31

You're the only one getting personal. merrily Nov 2014 #39

How do you get them kicked out of the party? treestar Nov 2014 #76

Cuomo would be a good place to start. GeorgeGist Nov 2014 #40

Cuomo is horrible! I know a lot of nose holders who voted for him on Tuesday. myrna minx Nov 2014 #41

People actually want to throe people out of the party? hrmjustin Nov 2014 #42

The Third Way is based on neoliberalism. Rex Nov 2014 #49

I don't even think it's possible merrily Nov 2014 #54

Cuomo has embraced Republican policy. Enthusiast Nov 2014 #103

I agree but I would not throw him out of the party. hrmjustin Nov 2014 #104

We should make him a voter not a governor. Enthusiast Nov 2014 #105

Well unfortunately that is too late. hrmjustin Nov 2014 #106

Cuomo is not interested in the party as evidenced by his behavior in the primary Agony Nov 2014 #112

How do you throw a sitting governor out of the party? hrmjustin Nov 2014 #113

I was just answering your question as to why he SHOULD be thrown out of the party Agony Nov 2014 #114

Point taken. hrmjustin Nov 2014 #115

I was gonna suggest John Barrow and Kay Hagen, but, you know... Erose999 Nov 2014 #43

Some of them lost their elections this week, Hagen is a co-chair of Third Way as is Mark Udall Bluenorthwest Nov 2014 #48

His question was which officeholders should be "purged from the party," not merrily Nov 2014 #51

Well of course, but there is no such thing as throwing people out of a Party, membership is self Bluenorthwest Nov 2014 #97

Ah, you opted out. Props. merrily Nov 2014 #118

Joe Manchin Is Someone Who Bother Me A Lot... PLUS Cuomo ChiciB1 Nov 2014 #109

what's funny is many complaining about Third Way are calling for Third Wayer Howard Dean to be DNC JI7 Nov 2014 #57

I'm less interested in "purging" Third Way officeholders from the party . . . markpkessinger Nov 2014 #65

Once the phoney "left" is done purging the party of liberals who are insufficiently liberal baldguy Nov 2014 #66

Purity Test!!! Mnpaul Nov 2014 #69

You think The Third Way are liberals? LondonReign2 Nov 2014 #71

The people being accused of being "3rd way" for the most part aren't. And they never have been. baldguy Nov 2014 #72

Yet you didn't manage to answer LondonReign2 Nov 2014 #75

You know who for sure aren't actual liberals? The people complaining about them. baldguy Nov 2014 #91

They seem to miss that the very idea is authoritarian treestar Nov 2014 #84

And they also miss that one of the first to go would be their heroine, Elizabeth Warren. baldguy Nov 2014 #94

I think Third Way are Democrats brooklynite Nov 2014 #74

Do you agree with their policies? LondonReign2 Nov 2014 #80

There's a big difference between a political party in a free country treestar Nov 2014 #85

When she was governor she opposed marriage equality. That sort of thing makes a lasting impression. Bluenorthwest Nov 2014 #100

So did President Obama.....time to dump him? brooklynite Nov 2014 #111

Third Wayers are Democrats? LondonReign2 Nov 2014 #120

Thanks for proving my point... brooklynite Nov 2014 #122

would you seriously go into a room that includes treestar Nov 2014 #83

Office holders? I want to lose not win! All of them! nt BootinUp Nov 2014 #67

How nice that someone gets to decide who can be a Democrat brooklynite Nov 2014 #73

Why not call them what they are libertarians ? Todays_Illusion Nov 2014 #78

Evidently some here will defend a certain group of libertarians Rex Nov 2014 #87

I am beginning to believe about sixty percent of DU is libertarian of one stripe or another. Todays_Illusion Nov 2014 #116

What is this third way business?? oldandhappy Nov 2014 #86

It is a corporate element within the Democratic Party. Their website is ThirdWay.org think Nov 2014 #96

Yes, Some Of Us Are Adding Names Because ChiciB1 Nov 2014 #110

Thank you, I guess, zowie. oldandhappy Nov 2014 #119

Those calling for a "purge" are obvious trolls YoungDemCA Nov 2014 #93

Gov Fracking Hickenlooper in Colorado RiverLover Nov 2014 #98

You can't "purge" people from the party. pa28 Nov 2014 #101

They're clearly purgiing themselves. nt Zorra Nov 2014 #121