return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 days agoAndrew Cuomo says he’ll run a third-party bid for New York mayor after losing Democratic primarywww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square108linkfedilinkarrow-up1330cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
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minus-squaremlg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up61·edit-212 hours agoDNC normally: “3rd parties don’t function in our two party system, there’s no point in voting for them” DNC after losing their own primary: 3rd party it is
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·edit-22 days ago“Vote Blue No Matter Who” reverts to “Party Unity My Ass” as soon as centrists don’t get 100% of everything they want.
minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-22 days agoThese “” seem to have fallen from around the word centrists
minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoThey’re not centrists as much as they want to believe they are. They are firmly conservative.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoConservative and centrist are functionally synonyms at this point.
minus-squareDarkFuture@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoA 3rd party won’t be viable in our lifetimes. Welcome to reality.
DNC normally: “3rd parties don’t function in our two party system, there’s no point in voting for them”
DNC after losing their own primary: 3rd party it is
“Vote Blue No Matter Who” reverts to “Party Unity My Ass” as soon as centrists don’t get 100% of everything they want.
These “” seem to have fallen from around the word centrists
They have not.
They’re not centrists as much as they want to believe they are. They are firmly conservative.
Conservative and centrist are functionally synonyms at this point.
A 3rd party won’t be viable in our lifetimes.
Welcome to reality.