A Socialist Democrat in the Senate? - Democratic Underground

JimmyJazz

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Sun May-15-05 05:25 PM
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A Socialist Democrat in the Senate?

There may soon be an avowed socialist in the U.S. Senate.

Bernie Sanders, Vermont’s eight-term member of the House of Representatives, is likely to run for the seat that Senator Jeffords is vacating in 2006.

Sanders, a democratic socialist and independent, appears to have a strong early lead.

A recent poll has him crushing all possible challengers by more than a two-to-one margin, as David Sirota has reported.

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For the complete article:

http://www.progressive.org/webex05/wx051105.php

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Nite Owl

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Sun May-15-05 05:32 PM
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1. I just love Bernie

Since he's their only rep he's already been voted in by the whole state, and by wide margins too.

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Hatalles

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Sun May-15-05 05:33 PM
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2. Bernie's great and knows his stuff too.

Edited on Sun May-15-05 05:34 PM by Hatalles

He's featured in this documentary...

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8560.htm

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JimmyJazz

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Sun May-15-05 05:42 PM
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6. Thank you for the link. I'll check it out.

I got the story from the Progressive Magazine home page which I read pretty regularly. I'm not that familiar with the congressman, but I will be keeping an eye out :D

This is very exciting, IMO.

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smitty

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Sun May-15-05 05:37 PM
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3. Bernie Sanders in the Senate

would be the voice of sanity and reason amid the bedlam. The irony here is that Vermont was once a Republican stronghold; times have certainly changed, there's still hope.

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Cha

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Sun May-15-05 05:38 PM
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4. If Paul Wellstone drove the

neofascists crazy then Senator Bernie Sanders will drive them over the edge.

I say..Please watch out, Bernie Sanders!

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deutsey

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Sun May-15-05 05:40 PM
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5. One can only hope.

He's the only one in Congress today who consistently reflects my political point of view.

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Immad2

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Sun May-15-05 06:00 PM
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7. Thanks for the link. Bernie will do a great job in the Senate.n/t

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damntexdem

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Sun May-15-05 06:05 PM
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8. Go Bernie!

We need many more like him.

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