Have Wall Street's "Third Way" Democrats Ever Been Right About Anything?

[NorthCarolina]

Have the Wall Street Democrats of "Third Way" or their predecessors in the Clintonite "Democratic Leadership Council" ever been right about an important economic issue?

That's not meant as a thoughtless insult or flippant one-liner. We consider it a legitimate line of inquiry, especially at a time when their pronouncements are being used as ammunition for an aggressive campaign against Social Security, Medicare, and other vital government programs.

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Third Way on health care? Wrong. (And wrong in a way that will drive up health care costs, which should be a deficit hawk's biggest concern.) ( http://www.alternet.org/story/140998/bogus_think_tank_%22third_way%22_pops_up_to_thwart_health_care_reformhttp:/www.alternet.org/story/140998/bogus_think_tank_%22third_way%22_pops_up_to_thwart_health_care_reform )

Third Way on voter opinion in battleground states? Wrong. ( http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/11/1082470/-That-Old-Time-Populism-Debate )

Third Way on progressive opinion about Social Security? Wrong. ( http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2011010320/third-way-lies-about-progressive-stance-social-security )

Third Way on public opinion about Social Security? Wrong. ( http://blog.ourfuture.org/20121120/wall-street-funded-poll-and-wall-street-bailout-king-both-say-cut-social-security )

Third Way on the corporate-driven rules of the new econom y? Wrong. ( http://institute.ourfuture.org/progressive-opinion/third-way-wrong-direction )

Have they been right about any economic issue of import? We haven't found any evidence for that. But we promise to keep on looking.

Read more : http://www.opednews.com/articles/4/Have-Wall-Street-s-Third-by-Richard--RJ-Esko-130405-70.html

[abelenkpe]

1. K&R nt

[Doctor_J]

2. They were right that they could get real Dems to vote for them

they were right that they could enact far right policies and get so-called Dems to support them

[awoke_in_2003]

3. Well, the choices are usually...

vote for asshole A or vote for the entire buttocks B

[bemildred]

4. They are not about being right, they are about stalling reform, a cats paw for the right wing.

And the money is great too.