"I was so naive...I had no clue so many Democrats hated Democrats"

[MADem]

45. Not all PROGRESSIVES are saints--and it's not a synonym for 'liberal.'

In fact, the original PROGRESSIVE PARTY was an offshoot of the Republican Party. Of course, Republicans were much nicer back then, it was before the "Southern Strategy" started pushing them off the rails.

A lot of people here on DU would be shocked to learn that the "Third Way" is regarded by scholars as a subset of progressive movements. Don't tell them--it's more fun to read the boasts about progressive credentials juxtaposed with childish "Turd Way" jokes.

Progressive stances have evolved over time. In the late 19th century, for example, certain progressives argued for scientific racism on the grounds that it had a scientific basis.[3] Imperialism was a controversial issue within progressivism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly in the United States where some progressives supported American imperialism while others opposed it.[3] In response to World War I, progressive American President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points established the concept of national self-determination and criticized imperialist competition and colonial injustices; these views were supported by anti-imperialists in areas of the world that were resisting imperial rule.[15] During the period of acceptance of economic Keynesianism, there was acceptance of a large role for state intervention in the economy, however with the rise of neoliberalism and challenges to state interventionist policies, centre-left progressive movements responded by creating the Third Way that emphasized a major role for the market economy.[16] In the aftermath of the arising of the Great Recession, economic policies established or influenced by neoliberalism have faced scrutiny and criticism in mainstream politics. There have been social democrats who have called for the social democratic movement to move past Third Way.[17] Prominent progressive conservative elements in the British Conservative Party have criticized neoliberalism.[18]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressivism

More, here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Way



Wisconsin's own Joe McCarthy started out as a Democrat and morphed into a Progressive Republican--he was regarded as a plain-speaking progressive....until he morphed into a fucking asshole, a cruel monster, who persecuted people and thought everyone had a commie in the family and one hiding under the bed, too...didn't end well for him, then, did it?