People are not going to vote for a "socialist".

[kentuck]

Of course, I should preface that by saying that in 2008, I said that people are not going to vote for a black man named Barack Hussein Obama. I was wrong.

But, a lot of people would vote for a socialist, at this time in our history. After the Big Bank and Wall Street Crash of 2008, people are looking at "democratic socialism" with a different eye.

One would hope that a good discussion could come about from Democratic "debates". We, as a Party, need to define just exactly where we stand? Are we "moderates"? Are we "progressives"? Or are we something else? In my opinion, that would be a healthy debate to have.

Personally, I would like to hear just where they differ?



(re-posted from GD)

[SheilaT]

1. The first thing you might want to keep in mind is that

for anyone under the age of 40, "Socialist" does mean for them what you think it means. And even a lot of us over the age of 40 don't hear that word as a dog whistle for something to hate.

Really, the entire O!M!G! BERNIE IS A SOCIALIST!!!! Just doesn't have the resonance you might think it does.

[RiverLover]

2. One is honest, and we can believe him. There's one difference. /nt

[JackRiddler]

3. According to the RW, they did so in 2008 and 2012.

[John Poet]

4. Not really, because by 2012 "Obama is a COMMUNIST"

When "socialist" didn't work, they escalated.