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37. I see Third Way as very conservative, not moderate.

Sun Nov 22, 2015, 06:41 PM

Nov 2015

They advocate cuts to Social Security. By a huge majority the American people want to preserve Social Security and Medicare. That makes Third Way's position Way Way out of the mainstream (centrist/moderate).

Actually Bernie's policy positions more closely align with the American people making him more of a moderate centrist than the others. Support for single payer comes in at 50% making it a moderate middle of the road position.

Of course the muddlers of the media do not want us to consider this in a logical way. The nay sayers always try to say Bernie is akin to a cold war style communist when nothing could be further from the truth.

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