2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: But, but .. "Americans would NEVER elect a Democratic Socialist as President!!!!!" [View all]99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)Obama denies & shrugs-off being labeled 'socialist'; whereas Bernie says "Hell yah I'm a socialist"
You're right of course that the RWers trot out "socialist" and "Muslim" to slime Obama, but here's
where that ends. Bernie embraces & celebrates his socialist leanings and it's turning all that crap
around, calling it out, laughing at it; and many voters (even 25% of Vermont GOP voters),
are beginning to wakeup enough to look past the labels to see they've been bamboozled into voting
against their own best interests, and are not falling for it anymore.
Increasingly, voters of all stripes outside of Vermont (where Bernie is most known and loved) are
coming to know and love Bernie, are coming to see that his brand of socialism is as American as
FDR eating apple pie, and are becoming impervious to being manipulated & intimidated into voting
against their own best interests.
When Bernie first announced, I might have been more inclined to agree with you, that the 'socialist'
thing was a non-starter; but the way he takes it head-on unapologetically is turning all that around,
and it is not hurting him one bit anymore. The fact that Bernie is running a lot stronger
against ANY one from the clown car now than Hillary, amply illustrates this point, as does his ability to
attract GOP cross-over voters.