Hickenlooper to rebut Sanders "Socialism" speech

[brooklynite]

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[melman]

1. lol

[LibFarmer]

2. The socialism speech fell flat anyway

I don't think the electorate is excited about socialists.

[JI7]

3. Hickenlooper is wasting his time with this. but i would vote for him over Sanders

because he actually has a record of getting good things done.

[Docreed2003]

4. I'm so tired of hearing the term "democratic socialism"

Especially when it's tossed around like a bunch of pseudo-intellectuals discussing politics at the corner Starbucks who have no freaking clue what "Democratic socialism" actually entails. What most folks using the term mean is "social democracy", especially when they, invariably, say things like "Well look at the 'Nordic model'". Glad to see some of our candidates pushing back against the "democratic socialist" memes.

[comradebillyboy]

5. I like Hickenlooper. I'm in neighboring New Mexico

and I look north and look at Colorado a prosperous well run state in sharp contrast to the poverty pocket that is NM. He did a great job as governor.

[Scurrilous]

6. As Bernie Sanders Leans Into Socialism, His Rivals Laugh

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"Of the two dozen Democrats running for president, some are ready to sign on to ideas Sanders has pioneered, such as Medicare for All, but none agree with democratic socialism as a way to govern, or as a pitch that will defeat President Donald Trump. Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, who was booed for condemning socialism two weeks ago in a speech before the California Democratic Party, laughed at the title of Sanders’s speech when I read it to him. Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado let out an exasperated chuckle. “I don’t think the American people even know what that means,” he told me. “Nobody in my town halls talks about democratic socialism versus oligarchy and authoritarianism.” When I read the title of the speech to Senator Kamala Harris of California on Monday after an event in Dubuque, she responded with a simple “Huh.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/06/bernie-sanders-socialism-trump/591493/