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Hortensis

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6. So what? There are HUNDREDS of political think tanks out
Mon Feb 3, 2020, 12:08 PM
Feb 2020

there, most of them speaking out for and against according to their ideology. Third Way is not even a powerful one either.

They had their brief heyday in the 1990s when (Democratic) voters were replacing Democrats with Republicans in hundreds of offices around the nation and it was thought that becoming more representative of the current voter mood was...you know, not just principled and representative but also necessary to keep an increasingly extremist RW from taking over.

But these days, shouting their name as if this group is a power is an anti-Democratic Party dog whistle. Oh, and

BERNIE SANDERS HAS VOTED DEMOCRATIC 95-99% EACH YEAR SINCE COMING TO DC. If his Democratic colleagues are centrist, SO IS HE.

Stupid and obviously wrong?

Right.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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PR Watch is very shy about citing sources. beastie boy Feb 2020 #3
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Extreme left? peoli Feb 2020 #5
Yes, extreme left. beastie boy Feb 2020 #9
What policies are extreme in the extreme left? peoli Feb 2020 #11
So what? There are HUNDREDS of political think tanks out Hortensis Feb 2020 #6
Third Way, Third Way, Third Way!!11 mcar Feb 2020 #7
? peoli Feb 2020 #8
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