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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: "Everyone now is more or less a Socialist" [View all]Babel_17
(5,400 posts)21. He's like Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt, and Ike, and
He's like Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt, and Ike, and therefore moderate Republicans should like him? (I win)
But more seriously, hardcore Republicans are never in play for their votes. We want excellent Democratic turnout, over 50% of the Independents, and over 50% of those who frequently defy their party label. Sanders should suit them fine.
The anti-Wall Street mood is fierce among all kinds of voters and Sanders has a shot to snap them up. Secretary Clinton might have more appeal to moderate Republicans who won't be able to abide their candidate. So there's that, but I'd like to see how that adds up in swing states. Not sure if Florida has a lot of moderates that will be up for grabs.
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As a Sanders Supporter, I agree. Socialist Democrats would be more acceptable. I think it
libdem4life
Dec 2015
#3
Linguistics is culture...a noun is different than an adjective used to delineate a noun. We start
libdem4life
Dec 2015
#7
Who cares about Norway or Sweden. They don't get a vote here. I'm ignoring your
libdem4life
Dec 2015
#68
What is fascinating, if you'll look back, I agreed with you. From there on it was parsing
libdem4life
Dec 2015
#78
There are more tendencies within socialist philosophies than just Marxism.
Fantastic Anarchist
Dec 2015
#30
You are fighting a losing battle here, Babel. DU'ers who support HRC have nothing to add to the
mother earth
Dec 2015
#80