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Zorra

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9. The ALEC/Chamber of Commerce right wing of the Democratic party. We should purge them.

Reply to hay rick (Original post)

Mon Nov 19, 2012, 10:14 AM

Nov 2012

There's not enough of them to make any significant difference in the vote, and by purging them we'd actually gain votes by bringing back all the left leaning independents who left the party because of their disgust at DLC/Third Way infiltration.

The amount of control over the party that they have, compared to the actual number of "Democrats" who adhere to their GOP affiliated corporatist ideology, is extremely disproportionate.

They do a lot of harm, and almost no good whatsoever.

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Third Way, William Daley, and the Grand Bargain. [View all] hay rick Nov 2012 OP

Depressing news, but it explains a lot. iemitsu Nov 2012 #1

Well this Democrat doesn't HAVE to accept a water downed version of radical republicanism... WCGreen Nov 2012 #2

The emphasis on free trade is the cherry on the sundae. hay rick Nov 2012 #6

Neither does this one. How did these stealth Republicans get so much control over our party? sabrina 1 Nov 2012 #22

kr. rot never sleeps. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #3

The reincarnation of the DLC hootinholler Nov 2012 #4

K&R Teamster Jeff Nov 2012 #5

Turd Way never seems to be around when its time to win seats. But whenever we do get the upper hand Erose999 Nov 2012 #7

"restructuring the way teachers are hired, promoted, and dismissed." Yeah that'll get academia on Erose999 Nov 2012 #8

Bipartisan support for the Trans Pacific Partnership. hay rick Nov 2012 #11

The ALEC/Chamber of Commerce right wing of the Democratic party. We should purge them. Zorra Nov 2012 #9

Their contribution is money. hay rick Nov 2012 #10

Well said. I could not agree more. Zorra Nov 2012 #13

This is true: sabrina 1 Nov 2012 #23

Thanks for putting that together... K&R WorseBeforeBetter Nov 2012 #12

Talk about lightly veiled corporate fascism Hydra Nov 2012 #14

And you thought the Republicans were the party of business. hay rick Nov 2012 #15

Tired of this shit. kr PufPuf23 Nov 2012 #16

On the other hand Samantha Nov 2012 #17

Thank you for your dissection of Third Way's program. hay rick Nov 2012 #18

Well, I started this response too late and too tired to do it justice Samantha Nov 2012 #19

Third Way continues the work of the DLC. hay rick Nov 2012 #20

And they thought we would never notice.... (n/t) Samantha Nov 2012 #21