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pandr32

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12. These things would terrify conservatives
Sat May 21, 2016, 10:45 AM
May 2016

I don't think many of Sanders' supporters understand these things either. Sanders hardly spent any time explaining them and instead oft repeated his favorite talking points and Hillary smears.

Add to this the fact that Sanders has virtually no experience with foreign policy and we have the following trifecta mentioned in your post, plus one:

-Socialist who made nice with Daniel Ortega and honeymooned in Russia talks of wanting to model super large and diverse America after tiny socialized European countries

-Plans to raise taxes at least $5,000 per year on average working folks--right out of their paychecks, yet economists say his bold plans would require even more funding or blow up the debt by many trillions within ten years even WITH his proposed tax increases

-Plans to grow government and redistribute wealth, and that would likely include to the minorities he attempted to court awkwardly who would be taken out of prisons and given free education, health care, and paid $15 per hour (can you imagine selling that to conservatives? Their heads would explode)

-Has no international experience or reputation other than seeking out handshakes from Ortega and later by ambush--the Pope. If we had more acts of terror in the remaining months, blaming Hillary Clinton for it because she voted for the war in Iraq would only go so far.

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