If this person was at the invite of Sanders at Seattle rally

[evertonfc]

She just wrote an ad for the GOP and she needs to be called out by our party. We are so doomed if radicals are given speaking spots. Outragous..


.."we need a powerful socialist movement to end all capitalist oppression and exploitation.”

- Radical Socialist and BernieSanders surrogate, Kshama Sawant of the Seattle City Counsel.

[Blues Heron]

1. you're fine with exploitation?

not me.

[Rorey]

2. She was allowed to stand at the podium and speak

That pretty much says it all for me too.

[Magoo48]

4. Other candidates are campaigning...so what?

What is your candidate proposing to help poor, and working families, and homeless people stabilize their lives that really fires you up?

[Rorey]

7. I see you support Senator Warren

So do I, and if she somehow, through some miracle, gets the nomination, I will be full on board and will work my ass off to help get her elected. I would be ecstatic to see her get elected, and I honestly think she would pummel Orangeface.

Bernie Sanders? I'll tell ya, people like this speaker, and also some on this forum, are really pushing me away. I'll freely admit that I've never been a fan, and I will absolutely dread it if he gets the nomination.

[Magoo48]

14. I respect your POV.

I simply feel we get too focused on picking the fly shit outta the pepper here sometimes. There are probably people attending every candidate’s events who do not represent that candidate’s positions exactly.

[Rorey]

15. Except that she wasn't just attending

I want someone on our side to get elected who can get things done. What I see about Sanders is that he seems to have the "I alone can fix this" attitude that somebody else spouted. I am not at all saying that I disagree with all of his ideas. But talk, is cheap. It's the implementation of those ideas that matters. I just don't consider Sanders to be a team player, and if we're going to take our country back from the Repukes, we need to be on a strong team. Divisive rhetoric isn't going to accomplish that.

[MisterFred]

6. Right? Isn't she the $15 an hour council woman? How on earth could Democrats

ever support someone who likes raising the minimum wage. /sarcasm =D

[Rorey]

8. I'm looking at the whole package

I don't like it. That doesn't mean that I dislike some aspects of it. But as a whole, this person turns me OFF. If you want your guy to get elected, that should be important to you, because a whole lot of people think as I do. You need their votes.

[MisterFred]

18. You sound like the people who complained they thought Clinton's voice sounded shrill

And that was some bullshit.

[Rorey]

20. I sure don't have any idea what you're trying to say

I campaigned hard for Hillary.

I have never considered her voice to sound "shrill".

[MisterFred]

21. You're saying you just don't like Sawant for nebulous personal reasons.

Just like those ridiculous Clinton detractors did.

[LakeArenal]

31. Just let it go. So someone disagrees with you.

That is what happens when people post stuff. Relentlessness is a trait that turns a lot of people off and impacts who they may support.

[Ferryboat]

29. You are SO right

Sawant is way over the top. Turns off many liberals and progressives in the Seattle metro area. Is an easy target for rethugs to focus on. Will give her credit for $15 minimum wage. Other of her ideas, not so much.

[DanTex]

11. Yes. And somehow she's being attacked by Democrats. Unreal.

[Squinch]

3. That'll help us a lot in those swing states that decide the general election.

(Yes, OF COURSE I am being sarcastic.)

[Rorey]

9. Yes, and it's unfortunate that some don't get that

[C_U_L8R]

5. Not long ago, similar folks hawked newspapers on the subway

adorned in conspiracy laden sandwich boards.



Didn't sell so well then either.

[Rorey]

10. Thx for posting that

[Mad cow]

12. Come on...

A Marxist publication is what you equate with this?

How does everyone feel about the birth of the labor movement (in a swing state, I might add)? I'm glad to get Saturday and Sunday off because of some people who went against capitalist oppression.

[C_U_L8R]

13. How is their message different in any way?

This is the OP's quote...
"we need a powerful socialist movement to end all capitalist oppression and exploitation.”

[Mad cow]

16. Well, for one, the paper is from American Communists

For another, she ran for office and worked within the system to produce results for people. I'm not arguing that her words aren't a liability, but if you strip off her self proclaimed label, her ideas aren't that radical and she isn't a communist.

The conclusion of that article, in caps, is "DON'T VOTE. THEY ARE ALL THE SAME ANYWAY." That's a far cry from working within the system to bring about change.

[C_U_L8R]

17. So why isn't Sanders a Democrat?

[David__77]

19. Paul Robeson and WEB DuBois were great men.

And they advocated for socialism.

[melman]

22. I see your post was copied directly from disgraced Biden operative Lindy Li

Link to tweet

lol



https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/elections-2020/biden-surrogate-forced-to-resign-from-democratic-group-over-doctored-bernie-sanders-video/ar-BB106pLK?ocid=st

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/02/inside-bernie-biden-twitter-troll-war-lyndi-li?mbid=social_twitter&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_brand=vf&utm_social-type=owned

"Bill Kristol retweeted Li’s tweet to his more than 591,000 followers. (“I was so excited, I called my Dad,” Li said."

[George II]

23. That's not Lindy Li speaking at the podium.

[melman]

24. Show me where I said it was

[George II]

27. This discussion is about the woman speaking at the podium. You bringing up Lindy Li....

....is a deflection from the discussion.

Now back to the OP.

[brooklynite]

25. This will make you feel better: straight from local TV

[melman]

26. What's your point?

Did I dispute Kshama Sawant's appearance at the rally? No. I did not.


And I feel fine, thanks!

[brooklynite]

28. My point is that too many people complain about the source when the facts are inconvenient

[melman]

30. The facts are inconvenient?

Not to me they're not. Not everyone buys into the framing that says this woman is scary and bad.


And I wasn't complaining about the source. I was loling at Lindy Li.