COMMENTARY: There’s No Room for Socialism in Fort Bend County [View all]

[Gothmog]

I live in Fort Bend and I am friends with Juanita Jean and her husband (aka Bubba) who is my county democratic party chair. Both Juanita Jean and Bubba are on the SDEC and so are staying neutral as to any fight between Hillary Clinton, Sanders or O'Malley. Bubba went to the Bernie Sanders event last month at the University of Houston and the reaction of the local Fort Bend paper to this says a great deal about how Sanders would play in Texas (hint the word socialist does not play well in Texas) http://www.fortbendstar.com/2015/08/05/theres-no-room-for-socialism-in-fort-bend-county/

Bankston, for his part, said he’s just towing the party line, not endorsing a candidate and would attend a rally if any of the Democratic presidential candidates came to town.

“As to Senator Sanders, I don’t worry about labels – that is the job of Fox News,” Bankston said...

The Democrats haven’t expressed the same type of disdain for America’s Most Popular Socialist.
Fort Bend has become one of the strongest economic counties in America due to a robust economy, boosted by a free market.

If the County remains Republican or features a mix of Republicans or Democrats, that momentum can continue.
But Fort Bend can’t sustain it’s success with any type of Socialism, so why even give such a candidate credence by attending his event and posting “Feel The Bern” to thousands on social media?

Again, while I like Sanders I do not think that he is electable and the concept of socialism really did not play well in my part of Texas.