2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Would America elect a socialist to be President ? [View all]revmclaren
(2,511 posts)5. In a speech he gave at the National Committee for Independent Political Action in New York City on June 22, 1989, reprinted in the December 1989 issue of the socialist publication Monthly Review: In Vermont, everybody knows that I am a socialist and that many people in our movement, not all, are socialists. And as often as not and this is an interesting point that is the honest-to-God truth what people will say is, I dont really know what socialism is, but if youre not a Democrat or a Republican, youre OK with me. Thats true. And I think there has been too much of a reluctance on the part of progressives and radicals to use the word socialism.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/14-things-bernie-sanders-has-said-about-socialism-120265#ixzz3kAy40T4x
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