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2016 Postmortem

kenfrequed

(7,865 posts)

13. Have you read their website

Reply to firebrand80 (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 21, 2015, 12:43 PM

Dec 2015

The Third Way that is.

They use republican language on "entitlements" and they contrast it with research spending. They speak as though the two are axioms that exist on a zero sum game. They may as well be playing false choice games like "jobs or the environment."

The third way is not our friend, my friend.

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Hillary Clinton’s no-tax pledge is Republican policy sprinkled with Third Way politics [View all] stupidicus Dec 2015 OP

I'm absolutely and positively NorthCarolina Dec 2015 #1

indeed stupidicus Dec 2015 #7

Blah blah blah Dem2 Dec 2015 #2

oh, that's why you resorted to the "Blah, Blah" defense? stupidicus Dec 2015 #6

Tax increases are unpopular firebrand80 Dec 2015 #3

It's called 'creeping fascism' AgingAmerican Dec 2015 #8

Not raising taxes is facsim? firebrand80 Dec 2015 #9

Creeping fascism AgingAmerican Dec 2015 #14

Saying they are bad is echoing the right wing that the public sector is bad Armstead Dec 2015 #15

She didn't even say taxes were "bad" firebrand80 Dec 2015 #17

yep, that's the story I've been telling for the last decade and a half or more stupidicus Dec 2015 #18

Have you read their website kenfrequed Dec 2015 #13

Did she preface it with "Read my lips..." HoneychildMooseMoss Dec 2015 #16

to who, thirdwayers and their rightwing cousins and supporters? stupidicus Dec 2015 #23

She's actually a realist. She will get both my votes. yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #4

Right wing tax policy has put us tens of trillions into debt AgingAmerican Dec 2015 #10

no real Democratic voter will back Reagan/Bush in 2015 reddread Dec 2015 #5

well, "Democratic voter" has undergone a definition revision stupidicus Dec 2015 #11

pro-corporate laissez faire vs pro-domestic quality of life reddread Dec 2015 #19

that seems to be the choice to be made stupidicus Dec 2015 #20

they dont need convincing reddread Dec 2015 #22

you have a point stupidicus Dec 2015 #24

include a third possibility (second subset?) reddread Dec 2015 #25

Hmm.. kenfrequed Dec 2015 #12

agreed stupidicus Dec 2015 #21

In short, it means she's AGAINST removing the cap on payroll tax for Social Security! cascadiance Dec 2015 #26

it's hard to say with certainty ain't it? stupidicus Dec 2015 #27

Given Obama's original plans of having a two tiered cap (the second at $250k)... cascadiance Dec 2015 #29

Absolutely. Hillary would rather cut Social Security benefits than eliminate/raise the cap. stillwaiting Dec 2015 #28

It's Republican framing and precludes a progressive agenda. Broward Dec 2015 #30