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
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Moderate Communists need new lies.
“Let’s fool people and pretend we’re patriotic.”
So they’re back to camouflaging who they really are.
Tough job, really caught in the middle.
It's the Scorpion and the Frog all over again.
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.
Hakeem Jeffries is the one to watch. He’s a commie and a snake in the grass just like Obama.
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.”
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... the Orcs will eat them first before continuing on to the rest of us.
Only the appearances of patriotism.
Third Way, it sounds like they are copying Tim Keller and the Trojan Horse way he brought Leftism into evangelicalism.
I don’t think it matters what shade of red lipstick they put on that pig.
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.
“Let’s fool people and pretend we’re patriotic.”
Exactly!
And, guess what?
It’ll work for at least half of these dimbulbs.
I'm not sure what this means, really. "We're really nice guys, we only act like jerks" isn't much of a message.
Watch Massachusetts Congressman Seth Moulton. If the PR fake moderates get the upper hand, Moulton will be a big player.
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.
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