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In reply to the discussion: House Dem: Left has 'hijacked' party message [View all]JHB
(37,039 posts)67. Nobody's proposing to relitigate the financial crisis...
You can't relitigate something that was never actually litigated in the first place.
And the only Democratic versions of the Tea Party are the so-called "centrists" themselves, who, like the Teabaggers, cannot distinguish policies that provide checks and balances on economic power from a membership application to the Warsaw Pact.
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Actually, the DLC/Third Way crowd is far more comparable to the Tea Party--and the Kochs were
merrily
May 2015
#1
Are we sure he doesn't post at DU? He seems to have the "left = right" bs down pat.
merrily
May 2015
#55
Tea party republicans are "digital clocks". They're broken and they're never right.
pampango
May 2015
#56
Yeah, the tea party hates TPP..& they're never right about a damn thing-regardless of broken clocks
Cha
May 2015
#84
Delaney's a third wayer. He's currently part of a catfood commission in Congress
octoberlib
May 2015
#16
He sounds a bit disgruntled that Democrats want their party to represent THE PEOPLE.
sabrina 1
May 2015
#21
All those "lefties". FDR, John Kennedy, LBJ, Robert Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, etc. and etc..
mmonk
May 2015
#23
The DLC/Third Way/New Democrat wing of the party is to liberal what decaf is to coffee.
Tierra_y_Libertad
May 2015
#25
Possibly. Although I am sure he wouldn't turn down a check if it were offered. It does
Exilednight
May 2015
#31
Feel free to put me on ignore if that statement offends you. I won't take it personally.
Exilednight
May 2015
#41
Hijacked, I can live with that and I bet millions of American voters can too. n/t
Jefferson23
May 2015
#40
John Delaney: Private Equity Investment Executive, Lawyer, Medical Services Company Owner
hatrack
May 2015
#53
Or we can take back OUR party and let you folks figure out which side you're on.
hay rick
May 2015
#73
How about we let you all form your own party or go back to the Republicans?
Katashi_itto
May 2015
#83
With Democrats like him, who needs republicans? Our party could do bad by all ourselves. nt
Zorra
May 2015
#81
John Delaney needs to go be the republican that he actually is. DINOs are way too
RiverLover
May 2015
#88