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Showing Original Post only (View all)Do you consider President Obama to be a "Third Wayer"? [View all]
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54 (82%) |
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12 (18%) |
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I think his intentions were honorable and he's accomplished some decent things.
BlueJazz
Nov 2015
#12
They must have started forcing him early though. Rahm Emanuel as his chief of staff WAS Third Way!
cascadiance
Nov 2015
#17
He kept Bob Gates as his Defense Secretary, for Christ's sake! I sure as fuck
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2015
#40
Indeed. Arne fuckin' Duncan, Emmanuel, Gates, and the rest were all Turdwayers. All his appointees
Erose999
Nov 2015
#83
DWS and Rahm both appeared to me to be a way of reaching out to the Clinton camp.
ieoeja
Nov 2015
#72
During the campaign, he had more praise for Reagan than for any Democratic icon
Art_from_Ark
Nov 2015
#24
I think that's way too generous. I remember hearing one of Obama's professors talking about him.
Marr
Nov 2015
#94
On DU, "Third Wayer" is a term used to describe anyone that a subset here does not like.
MADem
Nov 2015
#26
I've got one that dings 'both sides' on DU for shallow understanding of the whole thing. Bernie
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2015
#41
There's a wee box in the right hand upper corner--type the phrase in there, and all will be revealed
MADem
Nov 2015
#58
Code phrase for "any sub-human not agreeing 100% with Sanders", which includes Obama, apparently.
Fred Sanders
Nov 2015
#55
Most people only live to see what, a dozen presidents, at the most? My dad lived to see FDR. So far
Erose999
Nov 2015
#85
A resounding NO. He's the first sitting U.S. president to be featured on a gay magazine - for his
BlueCaliDem
Nov 2015
#39
supporting racial, gender, or sexual orientation equality does not define one as a progressive,
daybranch
Nov 2015
#42
Not supporting such equality however does define one as a regressive, a conservative,
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2015
#45
He wasn't just "supporting it". He fought to make gender equality LAW of the land, either by
BlueCaliDem
Nov 2015
#80
The Third Way method is to trumpet social issues that cost them nothing, and to push Conservative
djean111
Nov 2015
#44
The recent expansion of Social Securithy benefits to apply equally to same sex couples cost plenty
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2015
#46
No electable white candidate in 2008 or 2012 could have been a fraction of the success this man
randys1
Nov 2015
#102
I agree. He's been one of America's most transformative presidents, and he's been the
BlueCaliDem
Nov 2015
#122
It is undeniable that Barack Obama is the most liberal president in US history.
MohRokTah
Nov 2015
#68
Then I can respond that Bernie Sanders is the most progressive senator on capitol hill IS A FACT!!!
cascadiance
Nov 2015
#70
If you mean his policies are to the right of Bernie Sanders, then you are correct.
geek tragedy
Nov 2015
#90
POTUS Obama has positive accomplishments. Results and policies are not monolithic.
PufPuf23
Nov 2015
#91
They are once again projecting what they think they support onto the establishment candidate.
Warren Stupidity
Nov 2015
#107
I consider "Third Way" to be an obnoxious Strawman term thrown out by obnoxious people...
Tommy_Carcetti
Nov 2015
#61
Yep, Third Way the organization is as a "third way" much as the "Progressive Policy Institute"...
cascadiance
Nov 2015
#73
No, the error is thinking "Third way" is conservative in the same way as Republicans.
jeff47
Nov 2015
#86
I think he cares a lot more about Wall Street than he cares about working people.
NaturalHigh
Nov 2015
#66
I voted Pass, he's got alot of them around though. Here's a primer on Third Way fwiw today.
bobthedrummer
Nov 2015
#99
Hard to say. If we were talking Bill I'd say he's about 95% third way but Obama is about 50%
craigmatic
Nov 2015
#114
One of many examples: How the Obama administration protected Wall Street from prosecutions
PowerToThePeople
Nov 2015
#133