Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

Cosmic Kitten

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5. Sarcasm aside... 3rd-Way will masquerade as Populist

Fri Jan 16, 2015, 11:59 AM

Jan 2015

One of the biggest challenges for Populists
is refuting 3rd-Way corporatists who pretend
to be Populists and then undermine the movement.

As Hillary seeks to ride the Populist wave she will
adopt talking points to "sound" Populist and then
discredit us when she turns her back.

Look at how the Van Hollen-Pelosi "Action Plan"
is being presented as "Populist" at the Washington Times

[font color="red"]Dems double down on liberal populism,
push bolder wealth redistribution[/font color]

House Democrats, fresh off massive election losses,
say the problem is they didn’t make a bold enough
case for tax increases and wealth transfer to the poor.
They rectified that Monday with a speech by Rep. Chris Van Hollen
proposing tax increases on the wealthy with the money
going straight to tax cuts for the poor and middle class.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/12/chris-van-hollen-house-democrats-push-tax-increase/?page=all

Is "wealth redistribution" Populist?

Looks more like the typical centrist democrat tweaking the tax code.
And it's feeding the right-wing narrative of "tax and spend" liberals.
Taking from "productive" people and giving to "takers"?
It's a political wedge to foment class resentments.

That crap needs to get shut down!

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Yep... 'How the Democrats Could Win Every Election' - DailyBeast [View all] WillyT Jan 2015 OP

More importantly they need to deliver on that populist rhetoric when they get into office corkhead Jan 2015 #1

Yeah there's that little tidbit. tblue Jan 2015 #2

Yeah. And stop appointing Righties® and Republicans to sensitive positions. Enthusiast Jan 2015 #3

Or fight your own party BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #13

Sarcasm aside... 3rd-Way will masquerade as Populist Cosmic Kitten Jan 2015 #5

Yep you got it...they reinforce the right wing meme for us. zeemike Jan 2015 #12

And the media reinforces their message. Cosmic Kitten Jan 2015 #14

Totally agree. zeemike Jan 2015 #21

EXACTLY! Why are Democrats running on a Republican platform of tax breaks???????? BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #17

Minimum wage is nice, LIVING WAGE is the PRIZE Cosmic Kitten Jan 2015 #23

TAX CUTS DON'T MATTER IF YOU DON'T HAVE A JOB. CrispyQ Jan 2015 #25

That would be a good one BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #27

Yes, exactly. 'When the Democratic candidate allows himself to be put on the defensive and sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #28

TWO midterms: it's almost like they wanted to lose! BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #29

Sadly the opposite is also true. When my Democratic representative didn't run A Simple Game Jan 2015 #11

Kicked Enthusiast Jan 2015 #4

So, if we are doing our jobs, we will become extinct. Indydem Jan 2015 #6

So your plan is what, exactly? F4lconF16 Jan 2015 #9

In California, there are plenty of wealthy Democrats BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #18

We need to make it easier for them to vote n2doc Jan 2015 #7

Mail-in ballots and/or a Voting Holiday! Cosmic Kitten Jan 2015 #10

+1 BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #19

Make it easier for likely Democrats to vote? Why bother, from what I can read here if Obama didnt randys1 Jan 2015 #26

Smaller scale plans? Cosmic Kitten Jan 2015 #8

Yeah, they got that backwards. abelenkpe Jan 2015 #15

And it was no accident. Cosmic Kitten Jan 2015 #16

Exactly abelenkpe Jan 2015 #20

Wish more people would recognize that +1 Cosmic Kitten Jan 2015 #24

Because the working poor are bloody exhausted on the end of the day. canuckledragger Jan 2015 #22

Pin of the week! demwing Jan 2015 #30

Syriza is interesting semanticwikiian Jan 2015 #31