It's not surprising that Third-Way Democrats are coming to hate being called Third-Way Democrats

[swilton]

91. The ends justify the means approach

But if in the process of gaining the ends, you are unrecognizable (you sold your soul to the devil), are the ends worth having?


And on Obama's opposition to the Iraq War...???? I'm not certain that was not a convenient opportunistic tactic rather than a deeply held principled position. Since becoming elected, we certainly haven't found deep-seated principled opposition to Bush & Co. foreign and defense policies. Some of the Obama Administration advisors are neo-con holdovers from the Bush Administration. The policies are almost indistinguishable, except Obama uses targeted killings with drones.

On social justice and economic justice - some people hold that support for women's right to choose and same sex marriage and abolishment of the death penalty = policies that O'Malley holds make an individual progressive on social justice - on the other hand O'Malley as governor/mayor practiced economic injustice implemented austerity measures for the sake of balancing the Md. budget. In my view, social justice begins with economic justice = a right to have food on the table, a living wage, health care and a college education. This also appears to be Sanders' position by his rhetoric as well as his record.

Perhaps this issue will be clarified in the coming months....