Sanders now leads Clinton in New Hampshire, Maine, Utah, and Vermont

[PosterChild]

132. When I say bernie's policy perscrptions are tainted...

....by socialist ideology what I mean is that they will be evaluated by the electorate in the context of radically reorganizing our socio-economic system towards socialism. Which is an entirely reasonable evaluation. When clinton and other candidates propose the same or similar policies they are not seen as a radical departure from our current system. Which they are not.

Here are a relevant excerpt from up thread that helps to clarify the notion of being tainted by socialist ideology:

When Gary Mauro filed for the Clinton campaign to run in Texas, he made this observation https://www.texastribune.org/2015/11/24/clinton-ballot-texas-supporters-look-next-step/

On Tuesday, Mauro said he has nothing against Sanders, an independent senator, but questioned his electability as a self-described socialist. The label has gotten more attention in recent days following a speech last week in which Sanders offered a defense of his brand of "democratic socialism."

"I'm very glad that they're taking Texas seriously," Mauro said of Sanders campaign officials. "If Sanders is going to be a serious candidate — we don't know that yet, by the way — but if he's going to be a serious candidate, he's got to prove he can carry a really diverse state like Texas."

Mauro added, "I like everything he's saying about income inequality and equal rights and all of that — but the reality is that he's spending a lot of time explaining what a socialist is, and every time he has to explain that, I think he's narrowing his base."

Riddle me this, if our current 1% centric socio-economic system is socialist why do we need a candidate to run as a socialist ? Our current system is not socialistic (and neither is denmarks!). These sorts of comparisons are rhetorical sophistry that serve only to obscure the fundimental socio-economic distinctions that exist. Which I believe is the purpose of bringing them up.