A Vermont Socialist's opinion on Bernie S.

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43. That's why I call him a mainstream Democrat. Democratic Socialism is an established wing of the DNC.

It is represented by Democratic Congressmen and the sole Senator in it is Bernie. It's called the CPC - part of the Democratic Party. All of this can be found at Wikipedia and other sources.

So no, there will be no hot and cold running socialism coming out of the tap water faucet, there will be pragmatism and no Prince of Peace will be elected. What else is new, some people who are putting all this burden on Bernie, if he is elected, will turn on him as quickly as they did on Barack.

I respect Bernie's political leanings, he is what we call a New Deal Democrat who doesn't waste his term calling other Democrats dumb names to make himself seem special. I'll vote for him in the primary, but will vote for the Democrat in the general, no matter who it is as all of our candidates have strengths and weaknesses, the name calling seen online is just egotism. Because it divides, that is not about equality.

Obama knew and respects his position, as the leader of Americans no matter what their political leanings. This is also true with our good candidates. The GOP don't believe in that. I won't get all I want from the Democrat elected; I didn't get all I wanted from Obama, but then, and people keep denying this, Barack told us before, during and after both his victories, that the change was up to us. That it is about what we want.

Those who show up to vote get what they want, they rule us all. Those who divide and stay away or encourage others to leave the fray, get nothing.

That's how it works, and it is how it should work.