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mhatrw

(10,786 posts)
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 09:53 PM Feb 2016

Come home, Thirdwaywards! There is still a place in the "new" FDR Democratic party for all of you!

Oh, prodigal Thirdwaywards, hear our call.

We come here to praise you, not to bury you.

All you have to do is embrace the revolution that is upon us, and all will be forgiven!

The reign of the 0.1% is dead! Long live the 99.9%!

Liberty! Equality! Sorority!

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Come home, Thirdwaywards! There is still a place in the "new" FDR Democratic party for all of you! (Original Post) mhatrw Feb 2016 OP
I don't think their views align very well with an FDR style Party. NorthCarolina Feb 2016 #1
We will kill the fatted calf for them! mhatrw Feb 2016 #4
I would just say... Dare to dream again. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2016 #2
You can't get changes you are afraid to ask for. nt mhatrw Feb 2016 #6
I think a lot of them will need brain transplants to do that cascadiance Feb 2016 #3
Hillary has heard the call and is joining the revolution! mhatrw Feb 2016 #9
Of, by, and for, the People. Join us! Zorra Feb 2016 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Feb 2016 #7
All they have to do to join is say, "Vive la révolution!" mhatrw Feb 2016 #8
 

NorthCarolina

(11,197 posts)
1. I don't think their views align very well with an FDR style Party.
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 09:56 PM
Feb 2016

As Claire McCaskill has so eloquently said "He's a Socialist for Gods sake"!

mhatrw

(10,786 posts)
4. We will kill the fatted calf for them!
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 11:53 PM
Feb 2016

Last edited Wed Feb 10, 2016, 02:25 AM - Edit history (1)

As long as we also turn off the corporate teats they are feeding from as well.

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
2. I would just say... Dare to dream again.
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 09:58 PM
Feb 2016

Don't be trapped into thinking we cannot achieve big things any more, we cannot fight for our principles. Will we get everything we want? Certainly not. Will we get most of what we want? Of course not.

But we will get more than if we simply say we won't even try for anything big. Either way, any progress is going to be incremental, but how about we try for just a bit more by starting farther to the left when we try? Bernie's no messiah, no 'cult leader'. He's just going to start negotiations a bit farther to the left. And that's really not a bad thing.

 

cascadiance

(19,537 posts)
3. I think a lot of them will need brain transplants to do that
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 10:03 PM
Feb 2016

Many will probably feel better RETURNING to the Republican Party where they came from. But even there it is hard to avoid populists.

The 1%ers may soon not have a party that supports them!

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