Hillary, Third Way & Kos Who Attacks Third Way this Week but Thinks Hillary Will Reject Them! Oops!! [View all]

[sabrina 1]

I was surprised to see Kos from Daily Kos slam the Third Way this week as he generally isn't what many view as a Progressive Democrat.

Since every Democrat knows very well who these people are it was hardly necessary for Kos to explain why they should be viewed as the real threat they are to our party. But he did just in case there is anyone left who doesn't get it!

So for whatever reason, even Kos who prides himself on his 'pragmatism' (the Third Wayers love that word btw) apparently does know just how real the threat from this Wall St Think Tank is to the Dem Party:

Forget Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. Third Way has figured out how to get you REALLY pumped

To my knowledge, Kos is not a Bernie fan, more of a Hillary fan, or whoever the Status Quo candidate might be. However even HE sees the sheer nonsense being spewed the these Wall St Investors regarding Progressive Ideals re SS and other popular issues with the American people as proposed by Sanders.

Because the Third Way has taken now to attacking both Elizabeth Warren AND Bernie Sanders which shows us how SCARED They are of the PEOPLE.

So aside from tossing out lower-income people as irrelevant, Third Way's definition of "middle class" seems to look, well, like their friends. And sure, those guys may not be motivated by the Black Lives Matter or Occupy or broader fairness movement, but the American majority is. And when the voter pool is expanded, Democrats win. This is so objectively obvious and true that it requires a certain degree of bullshit to pretend otherwise.

But hey, the stuff that excites you and motivates you to vote? Nope, not exciting. Third Way decided. But you know what Third Way thinks will get you pumped?

Well, they hate that Bernie wants to expand SS and give the PEOPLE their OWN MONEY when they retire:

First of all, let's recap what has gotten Third Way all hot and bothered.

Take, for example, a policy championed by Senator Bernie Sanders and others that is in danger of becoming a top progressive litmus test for Democrats—expanding Social Security benefits for all, regardless of income.

Fuck you. Too late. It's a good litmus test. And a popular one.

Good Diary from Kos, I'm glad he sees what a threat these arrogant, Wall St investors are and have been to our party.

HOWEVER, kos has claimed that Hillary is NOT 'beholden' to the Third Way:

Wrong Kos as this Diary proves:

kos, snap out of it. Hillary is owned by Third Way.

kos, I know you've been telling us for months that Hillary Clinton is a "true liberal," and that she has moved left to accommodate a more left-leaning electorate, but your piece earlier today about the Third Way's apparent panic over Sanders finishes with an extremely dubious conclusion:

Regardless who wins the Democratic nomination, our next president will be a Democrat, and he or she will do it by explicitly rejecting the Third Way agenda.

In that piece, you list the Third Way Board of Trustees. A simple search using the OpenSecrets.org database reveals a far more likely truth.

Kos is right about rejecting their agenda as a winning platform but Hillary won't be doing that which the Third Way clearly knows:

Here is the list of the Third Way's Board Members supplied by Kos in his Diary which most of us are familiar with:

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And From the Linked Diary Above:

In that piece, you list the Third Way Board of Trustees. A simple search using the OpenSecrets.org database reveals a far more likely truth.

Here are the Third Way board members who have donated to a Democratic presidential contender this cycle, including the amounts they've donated:

Georgette Bennett - $2,700 - Hillary Clinton
Lewis Cullman - $2,700 - Hillary Clinton
William M. Daley - $2,700 - Hillary Clinton
Robert Dyson - $2,700 - Hillary Clinton
Derek Kaufman - $2,700 - Hillary Clinton
Thurgood Marshall, Jr. - $2,700 - Hillary Clinton
Herbert Miller - $2,700 - Hillary Clinton
Michael Novogratz - $2,700 - Hillary Clinton
Kirk Radke - $2,700 - Hillary Clinton
Ted Trimpa - $2,700 - Hillary Clinton
Joseph Zimlich - $2,700 - Hillary Clinton

See a pattern here, kos? Do you really believe Hillary Clinton will be "explicitly rejecting the Third Way agenda?"

Seriously?

Maybe if we all cross our fingers, our eyes and our legs, Hillary will be the liberal we're hoping for, right? Because, even though these folks are all maxed out to her campaign, we can rest assured that they expect nothing in return.

Even Bill Daley, the guy you expressly call out in your piece. The guy who maxed out to Hillary Clinton

Hard to deny, not sure what Kos's response was, but he WAS RIGHT when he said EVERY LIBERAL would reject them!

He just hasn't grasped yet that Hillary has TOLD US she is not a Liberal. She is a 'Moderate' and we have taken her at her word.

And so have The Third Way who warned her last week to beware of swing to the Left, or else!

Warren told them where to take their 'lectures' to HER.

But it appears that Hillary's support for the Death Penalty, for considering Raising the Retirement Age among other less than Liberal positions this week means SHE at least DOES take their advice!

Kos is still right however in that the Third Way must be REJECTED by our Party before they destroy it completely.

Oh, and I wonder how much they have poured into those Super Pacs of Hillary's???