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AZ Progressive

(3,411 posts)
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 01:54 PM Nov 2015

Bernie being a Democratic Socialist is clearly a red herring emphasized by the establishment

Obviously they want to distract Americans from seeing Bernie's message, so they emphasize that, even though Bernie doesn't go all around saying that he's a Democratic Socialist and including it in ads, and even though socialist organizations don't believe that Bernie's a real socialist and Bernie himself has not advocated for a socialist economy, just for things that FDR and Lyndon Johnson would approve of.

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Bernie being a Democratic Socialist is clearly a red herring emphasized by the establishment (Original Post) AZ Progressive Nov 2015 OP
I love how Bernie handles it though. 99th_Monkey Nov 2015 #1
 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
1. I love how Bernie handles it though.
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 02:05 PM
Nov 2015

He's like, "oh, you want to talk about socialism? Well here's what that means to me"
for 2 hours at Georgetown Univ. invoking FDR and his 2nd Bill of Rights. Brilliant.

The man has the presidential pizzaz, poise and wit needed in the WH, along with a
powerful intellect and a heart the size of Vermont.

Go Bernie!!

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