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Andrew Yang, Christine Todd Whitman, and dozens of former Republican/Democratic officials to announce formation of new "centrist" political party tomorrow called "Forward"

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Xbob42

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What the fuck even is a centrist party at this point? "Democrats" are just slightly right of center, Republicans are falling off the edge of right into the abyss, so what, is the Forward Party the Republicans from 10 years ago? So the Tea Party or something?

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2 hours ago, Xbob42 said:

What the fuck even is a centrist party at this point? "Democrats" are just slightly right of center, Republicans are falling off the edge of right into the abyss, so what, is the Forward Party the Republicans from 10 years ago? So the Tea Party or something?

 

They'll clutch their pearls while watching Mexicans and gays being shoved into gas chambers. 

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TUFKAK

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Look up the history of the term red neck 

 

it’s time to repurpose it. As a proud union rep, I’ve legit worn a red scarf into contract negotiations. Let them figure out the imagery as I’m making it real obvious when you know the history.

 

in the Marines we had a saying, we posted it on ecps too, “no better friend, no worse enemy.”

 

I carry that vibe into my role here. My friend just became an assistant manager, I told her she became an enemy overnight as a result.

 

unions are our only real hope here guys.

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13 minutes ago, BloodyHell said:

So they're just democrats by a different name?

 

Dems: We are gravely concerned about reports of blacks, latinx, and LGBTQ being sent to gas chambers. 

 

Forward: We are gravely concerned about reports of blacks, latinx, and LGBTQ being sent to gas chambers. Is this who we really are? We need to find a compromise between gas chambers and not gassing them.

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6 minutes ago, TUFKAK said:

Can he go back to talking about UBI again.

 

Ultimately anything that strips votes from the gop Im good with. Im still pissed at the Green Party over 99.

 

I mean, Gore could have also not listened to the morons telling him to avoid associating Clinton at all costs despite his two-thirds approval rating.

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I think most people would be surprised to learn that most of the "right half" of the Democratic party are the minority-majority office holders and it's for that reason that anyone who says they "support" them is almost certainly announcing their thoughtless vision for political engagement.

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It would be kind of weird if we went back to the political parties of 100 years ago.

 

In 1912, there were progressive wings in each party. Economics wasn't really a single party issue really until Nixon/Reagan. 

 

Economically, all 4 candidates who ran for president in 1912 would be considered socialist as fuck by today's standards. Tax the rich, break up the corporations, impose income tax, let women vote (or let the states decide), end child labor, protect the environment, etc were all basically universally supported among everyone at the time. Coming out as emphatically against any of those things was political suicide in national politics, regardless of party.

 

Then Teddy Roosevelt had to go in and fuck everything up by creating a third party because he was mad he didn't get the Republican nomination and we ended up with fucking 8 years of Woodrow fucking Wilson, who sucks and is bad. I love Teddy Roosevelt,  I think he might be the greatest president we've ever had, but goddamn that was a misstep. For those that don't know, Woodrow Wilson was a massive racist dick, and a lot of the culture war bullshittery we deal with today was gleefully spurred along by him.

 

And honestly Teddy, only twice in American history has a sitting president not been nominated by his own party for re-election to a second term (Tyler, who had already split with the Whig party anyway because he was an asshole, and Pierce, who was a massive drunk and an idiot. No shame on him, he watched his only son die in front of him in a train accident literally like two months before he took office, that will fuck anyone's life up, have a drink on me), you basically have to be the worst for that to happen. But Teddy Roosevelt was nothing if not a massive egomaniac, so whatever, here we are.

 

 

.... what was this thread about again?

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