Third Way

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192. this is a fun thread

a bunch of third wayers congratulating themselves that their critics are without substance.

Uh huh.

Oh, and third wayers are "realistic".

Yup, there's no such thing as the DLC and the Clinton camp never talked about triangulating. There's no such thing as a progressive or a blue dog. It's all just a bunch of juveniles throwing around insults.

No, a third wayer, when it is used properly, defines somebody who is fairly openly a member of the Rubin wing of the Democratic Party http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022085948 as differentiated from a Senator from Minnesota who famously said he was from the Democratic Wing of the Democratic Party. Third wayers are from the Republican wing of the Democratic Party and sometimes seem committed to out-Republicing the Republicans.

Myself, I tend to appreciate moderates. Consider three who came in for a little bit of bashing for not being progressive enough. They are all from my home state of South Dakota. Stephanie Herseth made a list once of "Bush dogs" which was one step worse than even Blue Dogs. Daschle and Tim Johnson were often bashed for being spineless or too moderate. I might even agree with many of their critics. But at the same time, it sure would be nice to have them back, or somebody like them instead of who we are saddle with now - Thune, Rounds, and Noem. Truthfully, I was even hoping that Herseth would step up and challenge Thune for the Senate (and then she lost to Noem while Thune ran unpposed (WTF?))