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Moderate Dems hatch comeback plan that distances party from far-left politics and ‘embraces patriotism’
New York Post ^ | 3/2/25 | Ryan King

Posted on 03/06/2025 10:27:20 AM PST by DallasBiff

A group of moderate Democrats quietly gathered in Virginia last month — and hatched a comeback plan to try to distance the party from the far-left and win back the working class by embracing “patriotism.”

Third Way, a centrist-leaning Democratic think tank, put together the soul-searching retreat in Londoun County, a roughly hour drive from Washington, DC, and invited elected leaders, consultants, staffers and others to critically assess the party’s woes

“Activist groups and progressive staffers push unpopular cultural positions, making it seem like Democrats are more extreme than they actually are,” said a summary paper from the retreat and seen by The Post.

“Operatives and campaigns must remember that activist groups exist to promote their single issue and raise money around it, not to make Democrats electable,” the document said

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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KEYWORDS: 2late; alfrom; clintonstrategy; democrats; dlc; dlcredux; fakemoderates; fakepatriots; politics; thirdway
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Going back to the Clinton 90's triangulation dog and pony show, while 2 days ago the democrats couldn't show appreciation for a 13 year old cancer survivor.
1 posted on 03/06/2025 10:27:20 AM PST by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

Moderate Communists need new lies.


2 posted on 03/06/2025 10:28:15 AM PST by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: bray

“Let’s fool people and pretend we’re patriotic.”


3 posted on 03/06/2025 10:29:23 AM PST by Col Frank Slade
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To: DallasBiff

So they’re back to camouflaging who they really are.


4 posted on 03/06/2025 10:29:27 AM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you i9s how they. control you. )
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To: DallasBiff

Tough job, really caught in the middle.


5 posted on 03/06/2025 10:30:01 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: DallasBiff
IOW, they will say anything they need to to become electable.

It's the Scorpion and the Frog all over again.

6 posted on 03/06/2025 10:31:29 AM PST by Semper Vigilantis (Ukraine needs two things to get back on track: 1. Get rid of Zelinsky 2. Create a DOGE.)
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To: DallasBiff

That’s exactly what I was thinking, except this time the really crazy liberals are in charge of the DNC, it will be interesting when the so-called moderates embrace patriotism and have their “Sista Soulja” moment, will the crazies in the DNC tone it down and go along or will they destroy the moderates as traitors.


7 posted on 03/06/2025 10:31:41 AM PST by srmanuel
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To: bray

Hakeem Jeffries is the one to watch. He’s a commie and a snake in the grass just like Obama.


8 posted on 03/06/2025 10:31:54 AM PST by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: DallasBiff

Unlike our liberal friends, who are constantly looking for new words to conceal their true beliefs and are in a perpetual state of reinvention, we conservatives are unapologetic about our ideals. We are confident in our principles and energetic about openly advancing them. And at our core we embrace and celebrate the most magnificent governing document ever ratified by any nation — the U.S. Constitution. Along with the Declaration of Independence, which recognizes our God-given natural right to be free, it is the foundation on which our government is built and has enabled us to flourish as a people. We conservatives are never stronger than when we are advancing our principles.”

Rush Limbaugh


9 posted on 03/06/2025 10:33:10 AM PST by The Spirit Of Allegiance (Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
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To: DallasBiff

https://www.thirdway.org/about/


10 posted on 03/06/2025 10:33:20 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: DallasBiff
If proven to gain momentum ...

... the Orcs will eat them first before continuing on to the rest of us.

11 posted on 03/06/2025 10:33:38 AM PST by Rocky Mountain Wild Turkey ("I have an open mind ... just not so open that my brain falls out onto the floor!!")
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To: DallasBiff
Moderate Dems hatch comeback plan that distances party from far-left politics and ‘embraces patriotism’,

Only the appearances of patriotism.

12 posted on 03/06/2025 10:33:57 AM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: DallasBiff

Third Way, it sounds like they are copying Tim Keller and the Trojan Horse way he brought Leftism into evangelicalism.


13 posted on 03/06/2025 10:34:14 AM PST by stratman1969 (Trump Did More in 24 Hours Than Biden Did In 4 Years)
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To: DallasBiff

I don’t think it matters what shade of red lipstick they put on that pig.


14 posted on 03/06/2025 10:34:20 AM PST by Made In The USA (One and Two and Three and Four and)
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To: aquila48
They are brainstorming how to deceive us even more.

There are all kinds of adverts on TV pushing some kind of shallow "patriotism". One annoying one is trying to market cell phones by co-opting a faux "patriotic" theme, e.g. actors drinking coffee at the cafe and waving the flag.

15 posted on 03/06/2025 10:36:19 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Rocky Mountain Wild Turkey

16 posted on 03/06/2025 10:37:20 AM PST by Bratch
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To: Col Frank Slade

“Let’s fool people and pretend we’re patriotic.”


Exactly!

And, guess what?

It’ll work for at least half of these dimbulbs.


17 posted on 03/06/2025 10:38:39 AM PST by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: DallasBiff
Activist groups and progressive staffers push unpopular cultural positions, making it seem like Democrats are more extreme than they actually are...

I'm not sure what this means, really. "We're really nice guys, we only act like jerks" isn't much of a message.

18 posted on 03/06/2025 10:38:40 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: DallasBiff

Watch Massachusetts Congressman Seth Moulton. If the PR fake moderates get the upper hand, Moulton will be a big player.


19 posted on 03/06/2025 10:39:19 AM PST by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: stratman1969

Third Way, it sounds like they are copying Tim Keller and the Trojan Horse way he brought Leftism into evangelicalism.


Bingo! And SO many people have fallen for it. I pray this political effort fails.


20 posted on 03/06/2025 10:39:22 AM PST by mn-bush-man
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