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In reply to the discussion: "Incremental change" is a Third Way lie. [View all]
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)79. Reminders of what this corporate administration has fought for:
Attributing this corporate administration's assaults on ordinary Americans to political helplessness and obstructionism is a transparent Third Way lie.
The record shows aggressive, proactive pursuit of a corporate agenda,
(This list does not show a president trying to enact a liberal agenda and being obstructed. No, it shows him aggressively and proactively implementing policies for the banks and corporations at the expense of the 99 percent.)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3202395
CUT THE CRAP! Your Month in Review from the most "progressive" administration ever.
Whoa! More proactive corporatism!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025006297
Just a Republican thing, huh? Assaulting the Constitution itself
("Good god. I can't stop!"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5554112
Study: Obama's "Trade" Deal (TPP) Would Mean a Pay Cut for 90% of U.S. Workers
("A Republican is making me do it?!"
http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2013/09/the-verdict-is-in-the-trans-pacific-partnership-tpp-a-sweeping-free-trade-deal-under-negotiation-with-11-pacific-rim-coun.html
Obama’s Latest Betrayal of America and Americans in Favor of the Big Banks: TISA
("Oh, shit. Here I go again!"
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/06/26/1309671/--Obama-s-Latest-Betrayal-of-America-and-Americans-in-Favor-of-the-Big-Banks-TISA-by-Bill-Black
Bombing Syria: The next step in the PNAC playbook, remember?
("They're Democratic peace bombs: TOTALLY different!"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025520459
The "Justice" Department under Obama
("Please, Mr. Holder! Stop! Stop!"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025587151
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025586874
Look at the OFFERS.
("God I hate when this happens!"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022060108
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Who said a new president is enough to change the system?? No one I know believes
sabrina 1
May 2015
#118
it's not so much that we are conned, it's that by the general election our choice is down to getting
yurbud
May 2015
#24
So what happens to our incremental change/evolution when the eco-system collapses?
jalan48
May 2015
#53
wrong again, but I expect little in the way of facts from a BOG er in his twenties
Doctor_J
May 2015
#123
I think the Tories were begging our Founders for incremental change. "Please don't revolt"
rhett o rick
May 2015
#121
In 2008, we had a Majorities & a window throught which Single Payer could have been passed....
bvar22
May 2015
#132
when you say fan club… are referring to some DU'ers? Cause you then call the fan club
KittyWampus
May 2015
#33
And in the OP - fellating sheep. Way to insult friends and influence no one.
bettyellen
May 2015
#119
They stick the knife in you 9 inches, pull it out six, and tell you they just made your life better.
Ed Suspicious
May 2015
#39
It's all a game to you, isn't it - and it is important to blindly follow your "hero"
NRaleighLiberal
May 2015
#16
Yes, but most are only aware of how presidencies have responded to those social movements
BainsBane
May 2015
#57
Edit: Their mission is to turn the ECONOMIC polocies of the Democratic Party into the
LondonReign2
May 2015
#144
So, you'd be happier with no health care change if we couldn't get single-payer?
brooklynite
May 2015
#18
The con is that "we couldn't' get single-payer" - the WH never wanted to get it...
polichick
May 2015
#19
The delusion is that we could. You can't even outline a way it would have passed.
KittyWampus
May 2015
#37
You are absolutely correct. This man could have achieved anything. ANYTHING! Greatest mandate ever!
Enthusiast
May 2015
#149
Barack Obama banned health insurers from discriminating against pre-existing conditions,
Nye Bevan
May 2015
#25
incremental outcomes are acceptable IF you went balls to the wall for the ideal first
yurbud
May 2015
#26
And they can get away with this because it has been prearranged with the media to never mention
Enthusiast
May 2015
#156
yep. Except it is treated as unremarkable when Republicans pull out all the stops including
yurbud
May 2015
#161
Unfortunately, banks, corporations and wealthy individuals aren't "pragmatic incrementalists".
pa28
May 2015
#30
Unless you are a corporation who has lobbyists and a large donation to make or withhold
dreamnightwind
May 2015
#70
"We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy.."
BrotherIvan
May 2015
#64
Amen: Look at the dramatic changes to this nation from the Patriot Act alone.
BrotherIvan
May 2015
#107
Never mind that Sanders, Warren, FDR and Kennedy all worked to effect change. Often incrementally.
riqster
May 2015
#86
