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Bernie Sanders

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30. Great post!

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Sun Oct 18, 2015, 09:22 PM

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Bernie Sanders says he is planning a "major speech" defining "democratic socialism" [View all] leftcoastmountains Oct 2015 OP

Thank you, this will be useful for many people in the US. appalachiablue Oct 2015 #1

Which begs the question whether it will be on any major media outlet Jack Rabbit Oct 2015 #14

SNL should do it, afterall. And besides, they just arranged to have Donald Trump host an entire appalachiablue Oct 2015 #17

Larry David's impression of Bernie last night on SNL stunk! Dont call me Shirley Oct 2015 #23

Yes it did and he was so into it. But what does he care being appalachiablue Oct 2015 #32

Good idea. DirkGently Oct 2015 #2

Agree that people want to hear more and should. I think Bernie will probably also define appalachiablue Oct 2015 #19

Great post! Enthusiast Oct 2015 #30

Also, there's Wikipedia cprise Oct 2015 #3

Wikipedia is so bad most teachers on any level won't accept it as a reference Omaha Steve Oct 2015 #4

Wikipedia is like a compendium of references cprise Oct 2015 #8

In some areas, it is absolutely superb. tomg2 Oct 2015 #11

That is true. I read it on wikipedia. lovemydog Oct 2015 #10

Yes and no. It depends on how tomg2 Oct 2015 #13

Have you been around when I have one of my dementia temper tantrums? Omaha Steve Oct 2015 #15

Yes. And I really appreciate what tomg2 Oct 2015 #25

Welcome back BTW Omaha Steve Oct 2015 #28

Exactly. jwirr Oct 2015 #7

Wikipedia is a god-awful source for something like this. F4lconF16 Oct 2015 #9

Maybe he can explain it - The Second Bill of Rights LiberalArkie Oct 2015 #5

^^^this^^^ salib Oct 2015 #6

Yup. Better to invoke FDR more than Sweden. (n/t) thesquanderer Oct 2015 #16

Excellent idea. Katrina vanden Heuvel of the Nation brought this up during the panel appalachiablue Oct 2015 #20

Looking forward to this. Praying he doesn't fuck it up. Cheese Sandwich Oct 2015 #12

Cheese, have you ever seen him fuck any of his speeches up? I haven't. senz Oct 2015 #24

He's getting out in front of guaranteed Republican/Hillary attacks senz Oct 2015 #18

A major speech is good and necessary, but we need a cartoon. winter is coming Oct 2015 #21

Calling on Schoolhouse Rock !! n/t BadgerKid Oct 2015 #27

I'm not a Red, I'm not really a Red, kick those lies out of your head. winter is coming Oct 2015 #29

Robert Reich could do it. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #33

Bernie MUST do this to cross the ocean. DrBulldog Oct 2015 #22

A very wise move, Mr Sanders. Dont call me Shirley Oct 2015 #26

Its the opposite of dictatorial anti-socialism. nt ErikJ Oct 2015 #31

Bernie met with the press after one of his Town Hall meetings in Iowa. leftcoastmountains Oct 2015 #34

What I do know is... SoapBox Oct 2015 #35

Hope that he talks more about American socialist tradtions than Scandinavian ones eridani Oct 2015 #36

The problem is not with "socialism" - the problem is with "capitalism"... kentuck Oct 2015 #37