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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I don't give a flying patootie that Bernie can't win. This primary is about far more than that. [View all]John Poet
(2,510 posts)21. "Socialist"?! Pah!
I don't think such labels matter much anymore... and the Republicans have done a great job of inoculating future candidates against being harmed by such.
They spent years calling Democrats "liberals"...
Then they spent years calling Obama a "socialist".
When that didn't work, they started calling him a "communist".
The supremely ironic thing about it is, now that a REAL self-proclaimed socialist is running,
they'll say "but Bernie's a socialist!!!"
And everyone will say, "So what? I agree with what he's saying"
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I don't give a flying patootie that Bernie can't win. This primary is about far more than that. [View all]
cali
Apr 2015
OP
I think that Bernie's entrance into the race is a GREAT thing for progressives!
CTyankee
Apr 2015
#1
he is cali.. and you're also smart enough to know that sadly the volting populace at large is
dionysus
May 2015
#37
Bernie would be great for the Dem party due to his clarity on the main issues, unlike some of....
dmosh42
Apr 2015
#11
Never apologize for being corny in politics, it is about defining the soul of our Party. That's not
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2015
#18
I agree, she has experience on broad horizons needed by the president. She has
Thinkingabout
Apr 2015
#27
I agree with you, wish many more Ds would 'run for president' for the public exposure of issues.
Sunlei
May 2015
#40
Goldwater moved the Reich Wing forever right in 1964. We have been fighting on a sliding
kairos12
May 2015
#41