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Abundant tweets about civil liberties & national security. "Has a longer memory than an elephant & keeps more records than Jim Comey.” Legendary potty mouth.

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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jul 22

    emptywheel Retweeted James Comey

    Jim Comey lecturing Democrats how to save the Republic is rich.https://twitter.com/Comey/status/1021132108381683712 …

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    James ComeyVerified account @Comey
    Democrats, please, please don’t lose your minds and rush to the socialist left. This president and his Republican Party are counting on you to do exactly that. America’s great middle wants sensible, balanced, ethical leadership.
    2:03 PM - 22 Jul 2018
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      1. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jul 22

        Here's the thing: We have something called Democracy. If the social democrats win (and in some places they are) where you don't expect it then maybe that's a sign of democracy working.

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      2. Jeffrey Vagle‏Verified account @jvagle Jul 22
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Also, by all accounts from friends and relatives in Norway & Sweden, their leadership is sensible, balanced, and ethical, and at the same time, democratic socialist.

        3 replies 3 retweets 64 likes
      3. Martin Sundhaug‏ @sundhaug92 Jul 22
        Replying to @jvagle @emptywheel

        Strictly speaking we're social democracies, not democratic socialist

        3 replies 2 retweets 33 likes
      4. Shevek‏ @MccomJohn Jul 22
        Replying to @sundhaug92 @jvagle @emptywheel

        I think you're talking about exactly the same thing, syntax aside.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Martin Sundhaug‏ @sundhaug92 Jul 22
        Replying to @MccomJohn @jvagle @emptywheel

        Though the terms are often used interchangeably in the US, there is a difference

        1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
      6. Jeffrey Vagle‏Verified account @jvagle Jul 22
        Replying to @sundhaug92 @MccomJohn @emptywheel

        Indeed. But it is actually the Nordic model that an increasing number of Americans are finding attractive.

        3 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
      7. Martin Sundhaug‏ @sundhaug92 Jul 22
        Replying to @jvagle @MccomJohn @emptywheel

        Yeah I think that might be a better name for the public, avoids confusing terms

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      2. Drew M‏ @dmongoven Jul 22
        Replying to @emptywheel

        You never hear anyone saying Republicans shouldn’t tack to the far right and that they need to come to the Center. Kind of odd how it’s always the Democrats who need to be the party who compromises and comes to middle but never the Republicans.

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      2. Max Kennerly‏Verified account @MaxKennerly Jul 22
        Replying to @emptywheel

        "Sensible, balanced, ethical leadership," y'know, the type that allows one public lie to persist (that FBI sees no tie between the Trump campaign and Russia) while breaking protocol to provide fodder supporting another public lie (that Clinton had concealed relevant emails).

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      1. SFDukie‏ @SFDukie Jul 22
        Replying to @emptywheel

        I think he's right on this point. I've been a political centrist most of my life. we need unity and a big tent to contain #trump. He's truly an existential threat to our #ruleoflaw and system of government. Extremism is a good way to lose elections. see #RMN vs #McGovern

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      2. trico‏ @toyarico Jul 22
        Replying to @emptywheel

        I think it’s funnny that a number of high profile Republicans want to remake the Democratic Party into a place that they would be comfortable in. No thanks. Pls fix the inhuman ideas and awful people in YOUR Party.

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      2. Sara Hudson‏ @saraphudson Jul 22
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Yep - and he is teaching a college course on Ethics this fall...

        1 reply 0 retweets 9 likes
      3. Bobby Gladd‏ @BobbyGvegas Jul 22
        Replying to @saraphudson @emptywheel

        “Lordy”

        0 replies 0 retweets 14 likes
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      1. Valerie Pippi‏ @Roamer4Truth Jul 22
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Yeah, his referral to a "Great American middle" ? What middle? That was blasted beyond the stratosphere in 2009 w/ bank bailout. I was Dem for 40 yrs. No more. Until Dems get back behind FDR politics and end the love affair with Wall Street/Corp, I'm Indy.

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      1. Katya Korhonen‏ @KatyaKorhonen1 Jul 22
        Replying to @emptywheel

        The thing is... what's seen as the socialist left now was the right during the Nixon era. Heck, he proposed a guaranteed basic income. That's how far right we've moved over the years.

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