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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why the Democratic establishment fears Bernie Sanders [View all]workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)67. Quoted for truth!
Sanders is trying to remake the party in its own image. The only reason he isn't running as the socialist he really is because there is no infrastructure to support it. The e Democratic Party has a lot of intact national political infrastructure. If you could seize that infrastructure, and turn it into a militantly leftist party, you'd have your socialist party. Presto! Chango!
It's a long shot, to be sure, but that's clearly what Sanders is up to. He's trying take the Democratic Party and remake it in his own socialist image. Pretty daring move. He's gotten farther than you might have thought he would at first. But it's pretty clear that the powers that be within the democratic party don't want to see the party become an outright socialist party. Otherwise, they would have become that long ago. I said then and I'll say it again, I bet they believe such a party is not likely to be a majority party anytime soon.
It's a long shot, to be sure, but that's clearly what Sanders is up to. He's trying take the Democratic Party and remake it in his own socialist image. Pretty daring move. He's gotten farther than you might have thought he would at first. But it's pretty clear that the powers that be within the democratic party don't want to see the party become an outright socialist party. Otherwise, they would have become that long ago. I said then and I'll say it again, I bet they believe such a party is not likely to be a majority party anytime soon.
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I'm certainly claiming that people who want to give corporations more power and protections
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Feb 2016
#53
You have no idea what a socialist is, he's not a socialist, he's a democratic socialist.
JRLeft
Feb 2016
#68
Sanders will be the best thing to happen for the down ticket. He'll bring the votes. nt
earthshine
Feb 2016
#3
So, Hillary brings in Goldman Sachs money to the DNC, which she then funnels to her own campaign.
w4rma
Feb 2016
#4
Dem.establishlment recruits & funds primary opponents to progressive Dem. candidates
Divernan
Feb 2016
#5
26 million to be paid back to wealthy and corporate donars via favorable legislation
libtodeath
Feb 2016
#6
Now some of the Sanders folks on this board are ready to trash the entire democratic party
kennetha
Feb 2016
#8
You actually seem thankful there are undemocratic superdelegates to block Bernie Sanders.
reformist2
Feb 2016
#16
We lost to a hostile takeover by the DLC/Third Way years ago. We old school Democrats are
peacebird
Feb 2016
#31
I thought I'd heard just about everything ridiculous on DU. I was so, so very wrong.
nc4bo
Feb 2016
#20
Ohz noes! "I said it then, and I'll say it again. Sanders is trying to remake the party"
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Feb 2016
#48
The DWS DNC DLC Third Way Establishment Fears It Will Lose Power Plain And Simple
cantbeserious
Feb 2016
#29
Because he doesn't conform to Centrist pressure or the Fear running the party since 1999 . He's a no
orpupilofnature57
Feb 2016
#41
He is already fund raising for his next Senator reelection as an Independent.
Thinkingabout
Feb 2016
#46