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hootinholler

(26,449 posts)
Tue Nov 11, 2014, 10:02 AM Nov 2014

The third way have already decided whom we are purging [View all]

You might wonder who. You might call for a list, which can't be provided. Mainly because it's not politicians we are purging.

Who then? The young voter and the poor.

I can hear the cries of bullshit, now, but if you really stop and think for a moment, that is who isn't coming to us.

As long as our politicians allow banksters to go unpunished.

As long as we don't fight to fix a rigged system that keeps the poor in poverty.

As long as we don't fight for making it easier to vote.

As long as we allow insurance companies to rape us financially to pay for a part of required health care.

As long as we allow the government to continue to profit off of student loans.

As long as our tax code is structured to funnel the money to the top.

As long as we continue to militarize the police.

As long as prisons are profit centers for private concerns.

As long as we continue to spy on our population wholesale.

As long as we keep accepting a slice of bread instead of half of a loaf (forget the whole loaf).

As long as our message is we are slightly less evil than those other guys.

We will continue to languish.

One of two things will happen in the next ten years. Either the party will go back to its FDR inspired roots and start fighting to make an actual difference in the lives of the poor which will shore up the middle class, or a new party will come along and capture the demographic.

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Nature abhors a vacuum. That vacuum the democratic party has created will be filled. Autumn Nov 2014 #1
2 hours with original title hootinholler Nov 2014 #4
And the numbers of poor keep growing. CrispyQ Nov 2014 #2
I no longer believe they are pro women, pro minorities, pro Gay, other than to use these issues sabrina 1 Nov 2014 #6
I have to agree Sabrina. hootinholler Nov 2014 #17
The party movers & shakers seem to think that Doctor_J Nov 2014 #3
The status quo needs to change. We need a NEW way that's inclusive of everyone. Avalux Nov 2014 #5
Howard Dean had the way to get voters to the booth but Obama fired him first thing, so not sure Hestia Nov 2014 #7
I wrote to Ken Salazar about his disappointing votes on Gonzales and Rice CrispyQ Nov 2014 #8
I saw the claim yesterday that the good Dr is going to be working for Hillary hootinholler Nov 2014 #12
You are waaaay out there in the weeds, mired in specificity, and really really pissed off. Avalux Nov 2014 #14
Howard Dean also gave us those "blue dogs" that liberals love to hate. Tarheel_Dem Nov 2014 #54
You forgot ''warmongers!'' Octafish Nov 2014 #9
I'd be happy to purge warmongers hootinholler Nov 2014 #11
The local branch seems to have thinned the herd in the Democratic Wing. Octafish Nov 2014 #24
k & r. Thanks for posting. nm rhett o rick Nov 2014 #10
Lol if you think another party will come BlindTiresias Nov 2014 #13
LOL right back at ya hootinholler Nov 2014 #15
Yeah what are they gonna do? BlindTiresias Nov 2014 #16
i predict a big resurgence of the left noiretextatique Nov 2014 #18
Maybe BlindTiresias Nov 2014 #22
it will take people in the streets, as in other countries noiretextatique Nov 2014 #25
As they take away all the non-violent means for redressing grievances, Maedhros Nov 2014 #55
they are really pushing the people into a corner noiretextatique Nov 2014 #56
I think they want violent unrest. Maedhros Nov 2014 #57
you may be right eom noiretextatique Nov 2014 #58
K&R 99Forever Nov 2014 #19
LOL what a bunch of crap Egnever Nov 2014 #20
Really? Oh they did come out in 2008 full of hope as we all were. But that was the last time. They sabrina 1 Nov 2014 #21
Fabrication unless you have... evidence? wyldwolf Nov 2014 #23
Third wayer's are under every rock, behind every bush bhikkhu Nov 2014 #27
even if that were true, it's irrelevant to the question. wyldwolf Nov 2014 #29
Humorous reference to McCarthyism bhikkhu Nov 2014 #30
says the person who responds to calls for evidence with paranoid delusions. wyldwolf Nov 2014 #31
If it doesn't exist AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #32
RUN! The boogeyman is under every rock!!! It's under the bed!!! wyldwolf Nov 2014 #33
It even has it's own wikipedia article!!! LAWLZ AT THE PARANOID sibelian Nov 2014 #37
So does bigfoot wyldwolf Nov 2014 #38
So the existence of the Third Way® is now a 'Myth' like bigfoot? AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #45
no one has denied the existence of Third Way wyldwolf Nov 2014 #49
Except you AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #51
now you have two things to provide evidence for, but you won't because you can't wyldwolf Nov 2014 #52
So you drain all your emotional energies defending a 'boogeyman'? AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #43
No, you drain all your emotional energies trying to purge them. wyldwolf Nov 2014 #44
What else would you expect him to do? Rex Nov 2014 #36
All the evidence needed to be labeled a "commie" was desire for better working conditions bhikkhu Nov 2014 #34
So what you're saying is the 'progressive' fear of 'Third Way' is like McCarthy's fear of commies. wyldwolf Nov 2014 #35
There is an abundance of evidence in both cases bhikkhu Nov 2014 #48
getting evidence from 'progressives' is like pulling teeth. Look at the OP again wyldwolf Nov 2014 #50
No one owes you "evidence". You don't get to act as judge and jury here. Ken Burch Nov 2014 #65
Interesting you would use court room terminology to deny the need for evidence. wyldwolf Nov 2014 #66
If you're using the term "evidence", it implies that you've assigned yourself a jurisprudential Ken Burch Nov 2014 #67
Evidence is a dictionary word. Usage isn't dependent on 'jurisprudential' wyldwolf Nov 2014 #68
Every word is a dictionary word. Ken Burch Nov 2014 #69
They're here! They're there! They're everywhere! randome Nov 2014 #47
You were thinking: sibelian Nov 2014 #39
... that 'progressives' love to make claims and then stall when asked for evidence. Yep! Exactly! wyldwolf Nov 2014 #40
Evidence? sibelian Nov 2014 #41
It's a foreign concept to you, we realize. wyldwolf Nov 2014 #42
Hmmmm, fair's fair. sibelian Nov 2014 #62
I've not made that claim. wyldwolf Nov 2014 #63
The DLC spin machine has arrived. Odin2005 Nov 2014 #61
The 'proooogreeessive" dodge machine has arrived. wyldwolf Nov 2014 #64
FDR inspired roots? unrepentant progress Nov 2014 #26
The Third wayers votes, the Democrats may not have won positions but Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #28
We have 2 choices, take over the party or start a new one. JRLeft Nov 2014 #46
I say we purge the Third Way MissDeeds Nov 2014 #53
Gotta give this a K&R for truth, hoot. hifiguy Nov 2014 #59
Fine, we'll just head over to Socialist Alternative. Odin2005 Nov 2014 #60
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