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In reply to the discussion: Yes, Bernie Sanders is not a Democrat and Hillary represents the very worst of the party/SALON [View all]Uponthegears
(1,499 posts)and appropriating the EXECUTIVE actions of the greatest president in history as "proof" of the wisdom of Hillary wing of the Democratic Party.
The Third Way doesn't get to ride the coat tails of a great man. Not only did Obama not run as a moderate in 2008 (in fact, he had to kicked the DLC/Third Way in the rear to get nominated), his courageous record of executive action was done DESPITE the Third Way's abject FAILURE in convincing America that Republican-lite is better than straight Republican and saddling him with hostile federal AND STATE governments as far as the eye can see.
In your massive and out of date CUT AND PASTE, you listed just 6 bills that weren't ALSO supported by the most conservative members of congress . . . 6 progressive bills (and that's even giving you the ACA, which was an amazing accomplishment, but was NOT progressive in the least AND the Claims Resolution Act which did little more than fund what the Government was ORDERED TO PAY DAMAGES by a federal court).
So, that's what "incrementalism" got us . . . six bills in 8 years?
Edited to add:
And we got those 8 bills ONLY because we had not just the greatest, but the most transformational, president in US history in office.
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