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2016 Postmortem

LWolf

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22. "Bernie Sanders’s socialism is Eisenhower’s and F.D.R.’s world if Reagan had never happened:

Reply to Attorney in Texas (Original post)

Fri Nov 20, 2015, 08:52 PM

Nov 2015

economic security updated by the continuing revolutions in gender, cultural pluralism, and the struggle for racial justice."

And that is exactly why he has my support.

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The New Yorker: "Bernie Sanders’s New Deal Socialism" [View all] Attorney in Texas Nov 2015 OP

Queue the McCarthyists AgingAmerican Nov 2015 #1

I've already taken my anti-nausea medication in anticipation. Attorney in Texas Nov 2015 #2

"In the same way, he sees a strong government as protecting individualism from an economy that... RiverLover Nov 2015 #3

Eloquent article! I wish the author, Jedediah Purdy, was Sander's speechwriter. femmedem Nov 2015 #4

I'm surprised at how many so called dems are against these ideals Doctor_J Nov 2015 #5

Some pick their candidate based on ideology and some pick their candidate based on brand loyalty. Attorney in Texas Nov 2015 #6

And in a system that promotes that style of thinking...we're kind of in trouble. Gregorian Nov 2015 #10

If we're worried about that phenomenon, imagine if we were sitting at the country club and looking Attorney in Texas Nov 2015 #12

How can they be Democrats if they're against these ideals. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #15

Amen. Whatever name we want to call it. This is what Bernie jwirr Nov 2015 #18

Great article...This hits nail on head Armstead Nov 2015 #7

One of the things I know that Eisenhower did was add a jwirr Nov 2015 #19

Bang-on. Sanders isn't radical. Present-day America is. DirkGently Nov 2015 #8

That sums it up pretty accurately. Gregorian Nov 2015 #9

k and r nashville_brook Nov 2015 #11

K&R cprise Nov 2015 #13

I love to publish this to show how far right our country has gone... tecelote Nov 2015 #14

100 years ago the Democratic Party was conservative and the Republican Party was liberal. FDR, JFK, Attorney in Texas Nov 2015 #21

Kicked and recommended to the Max! Enthusiast Nov 2015 #16

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Nov 2015 #17

Regarding the European Democratic Socialism. These countries jwirr Nov 2015 #20

There are those who seem blind to history (hell, half of them can't remember back to 2008) Attorney in Texas Dec 2015 #25

"Bernie Sanders’s socialism is Eisenhower’s and F.D.R.’s world if Reagan had never happened: LWolf Nov 2015 #22

best line in the article Attorney in Texas Nov 2015 #23

Yep. nt LWolf Nov 2015 #24