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57. The DLC philosophy lives on, even though the corporation technically dissolved and

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 01:04 PM

Nov 2014

donated its papers to the Clinton Presidential Library.

Some people today are Marxists, even though Marx is long dead. That's not because they are pretending Marx is still alive.

The philosophy lives on, just as the DLC philosophy lives on. The OP is off base.

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Public Service Announcement: There no longer are "DLCers" [View all] Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2014 OP

And Diebold doesn't own any voting machines anymore Recursion Nov 2014 #1

Those people didn't all die just because they dissolved the DLC. bravenak Nov 2014 #2

OK - but at some point, someone says "Mapco" and someone else stares blankly Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2014 #16

Everybody just starts giving directions to Mapco. bravenak Nov 2014 #21

Only the pitifully uninformed. And God made google for them. merrily Nov 2014 #53

If it quacks like a duck... Wounded Bear Nov 2014 #3

Quacks like a duck, waddles like a duck, swims like a duck and has feathers like a duck hobbit709 Nov 2014 #7

Except that if ducks are extinct, it's clearly not actually a duck. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Nov 2014 #9

Closely related waterfowl. hobbit709 Nov 2014 #10

Except there's been no "extinction" whatsoever. Just a re-naming of the species. N.T. villager Nov 2014 #12

So call it by it's currrent, correct name. Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2014 #17

Blackwater is fucking Blackwater no matter how they squirm from their defiled brand. TheKentuckian Nov 2014 #31

+1 The DLC stench is not going to disappear because Hillary wants it to. merrily Nov 2014 #55

No, you're wrong. If you co-founded the DLC, you are a DLCer. Nothing changes that. merrily Nov 2014 #54

Moot point. DLC AKA New Democrats, Third Way, Blue Dogs AtomicKitten Nov 2014 #4

...and the purpose of your post is? Cooley Hurd Nov 2014 #5

To let the dozen or so posters accusing DLCers of destroying the party to know the DLC is gone Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2014 #20

Bad analogy. The people who ran Nash or Sudebaker did not simply swap out the names... JHB Nov 2014 #30

Nope. If the DLC destroyed the party, it destroyed the party. merrily Nov 2014 #56

Whatever name by which they might be called . . . markpkessinger Nov 2014 #87

That's okay, I just discovered some DUers don't know the difference between liberalism Rex Nov 2014 #6

I saw that. bravenak Nov 2014 #13

You would think the distinction would be important enough to learn. Rex Nov 2014 #14

I feel sad when they don't know. bravenak Nov 2014 #15

The DLC philosophy lives on, even though the corporation technically dissolved and merrily Nov 2014 #57

Kinda like saying the maggots are all gone.....but, there sure are a lot of flies. Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2014 #8

Nope. The maggots are all there, too, right along with the flies. Please see Reply 57. merrily Nov 2014 #58

They don't decide who is a DLCer, we do. nt bemildred Nov 2014 #11

No, I think they do. Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2014 #18

Sure we can, who is going to stop us? nt bemildred Nov 2014 #25

Like Marxists ceased to be Marxists once Marx died? Dude, you're just wrong. Face It. merrily Nov 2014 #59

You are wrong at several levels Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2014 #70

IOW, you can't or won't admit you're wrong. No worries. Denial is only the first step. merrily Nov 2014 #77

It's called rebranding. woo me with science Nov 2014 #19

Exactly. This^^^. nt Mnemosyne Nov 2014 #23

Kinda like when Blackwater changed its name to Xe Services nationalize the fed Nov 2014 #28

Disreputable individuals attempt to assist said disreputable organizations in merrily Nov 2014 #60

Rebranding beats the crap.. 99Forever Nov 2014 #72

Yep. hifiguy Nov 2014 #75

There's quite a push around here lately to make terms like "DLC" and "Third Way" taboo. Marr Nov 2014 #81

Trashing thread now. Not just Third Way talking points, woo me with science Nov 2014 #22

Whoa. This really IS an infiltration. Jesus, Thanks for posting! RiverLover Nov 2014 #24

Exactly. Everyone knows what a "DLCer" is -- just as they know what a "Xerox copy" is villager Nov 2014 #26

Exactly... bandaid, kleenex, Blackwater, etc. TorchTheWitch Nov 2014 #32

Please make this an OP so, I can Rec It. Thanks! Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #51

They just had a name change. Here you go.... madfloridian Nov 2014 #27

So they are now Third Wayers Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2014 #34

Nope, we have too many Tea party types. madfloridian Nov 2014 #36

It's really like three states Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2014 #37

And inland Central Florida is a world unto itself. madfloridian Nov 2014 #39

Yeah, all their leading members are too busying selling out the country in the highest TheKentuckian Nov 2014 #29

"No, you aren't going to be allowed to pretend away what they are from seed uncontested. " Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2014 #35

How about "from seed, uncontested" Maybe that might work for you better. TheKentuckian Nov 2014 #44

I understand what you are saying now Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2014 #47

I'm a Sherod Brown guy myself, Warren is not my first choice but she seems more reasonable than most TheKentuckian Nov 2014 #85

At least be honest. Third Way is an actual organization. 'There might be third-wayers' is a false Bluenorthwest Nov 2014 #33

My intent was to indicate that one might accurately use those terms Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2014 #38

The DLC think tank spawned a number of other think tanks, including Progressive Policy Institute, merrily Nov 2014 #62

You can only name one active member of congress who doesnt meet your purity test?...really pkdu Nov 2014 #78

Not "my" purity test, but, did I say that list of two names was all inclusive? merrily Nov 2014 #79

Must add the Massachusetts delegation. (How could I have omitted?) merrily Nov 2014 #84

To all insisting that the DLC lives: what do you think of Republicans who still rail against ACORN? muriel_volestrangler Nov 2014 #40

Thank you for making the point I was really trying to make Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2014 #41

If by ACORN they mean the idea they couldn't kill by ratfucking ACORN... Orsino Nov 2014 #42

How many members of ACORN are in the highest levels of government TheKentuckian Nov 2014 #45

Not the same at all. The DLC philosphy lives and those who founded the DLC are still controlling merrily Nov 2014 #63

a rose by any other name.... cali Nov 2014 #43

You're fooling yourself. MerryBlooms Nov 2014 #46

No, I'm stating a fact everyone here seems to want to ignore Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2014 #48

The DLC think tank dissolved. The philosophy still exists. merrily Nov 2014 #64

Marx was a philosopher. The DLC was more like a club or a PAC Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2014 #66

Absolutely untrue (as to the DLC). It promoted a philosophy, just like Marx did. merrily Nov 2014 #67

The DLC is an organzation Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2014 #71

Don't call others obtuse while you are being both disingenous and obtuse. merrily Nov 2014 #73

A cesspool, by any other name, still stinks like shit. Zorra Nov 2014 #49

Just because the pig has applied a new shade of lipstick ..... marmar Nov 2014 #50

We know that think tank folded. Big deal. There are still DLC types and DLCers. merrily Nov 2014 #52

They run the party. They don't need a different label anymore. They're just "Democrats" Xithras Nov 2014 #61

The DLC was a think tank. It put out a philosophy. Those who buy into it are DLCers, even merrily Nov 2014 #65

Public Service Announcement. The DLC think tank dissolved. DLCers, though, are alive and well merrily Nov 2014 #68

YES. nt LWolf Nov 2014 #69

Lite? Meh...I might be able to get the clothes pins out a whole longer. TheKentuckian Nov 2014 #86

There are some differences, due to the history of the Democratic Party merrily Nov 2014 #93

Thanks Skippy - TBF Nov 2014 #74

There are plenty of sitting reps and senators, former presidents, etc who were DLC'ers though. It is Erose999 Nov 2014 #76

Rebranding doesn't erase the past, sorry. Marr Nov 2014 #80

Changing the brand name or logo LWolf Nov 2014 #82

And there are no longer any Whigs but that doesn't mean their attitudes aren't still around hobbit709 Nov 2014 #83

And this post is trying to accomplish what exactly? MirrorAshes Nov 2014 #88

Ooohhh -- yes, look at a posts with suspicion Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2014 #89

Sure you are. MirrorAshes Nov 2014 #91

Really, I don't care if you believe me, don't believe me, put me on ignore. Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2014 #92

Good riddance. JEB Nov 2014 #90