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Bernie Sanders

BrotherIvan

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12. I think you may be right

Reply to sabrina 1 (Reply #11)

Sat Jun 27, 2015, 03:02 PM

Jun 2015

I had said the same on DU awhile ago: because the age skews much older here, the word "socialist" has an instant negative reaction. But for those of us who are younger, it really doesn't mean much. If you look at the detail of the NH recent poll, you will see that HRC's support is 50+ and Bernie is the younger group (with females it is below 40) so that shows that the label doesn't mean anything except to conservatives.

What I think Bernie has to change is he talks a lot about Europe and most people don't have any reference to that at all. He needs to keep talking about effective, popular US programs such as Medicare and Social Security and then more people will understand. People don't travel much, so they have no idea what he's talking about I think.

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Buckwheat Zydeco to Bobby Jindal: 'You don't Represent Us'! To Bernie Sanders: 'Tres Bien' [View all] sabrina 1 Jun 2015 OP

Been a fan for many years Warpy Jun 2015 #1

Love his music. I am glad to know he is a Bernie fan also. sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #2

Is there a Twitter or FB aspirant Jun 2015 #3

Not yet, but each day there are more @4Bernie accounts starting for Bernie all over the country. I sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #5

Just found an @artists4Bernie on twitter. There may be one for musicians, if I come across it I will sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #13

Awesome. retrowire Jun 2015 #4

I adore BZ. What a great choice for a song. snagglepuss Jun 2015 #6

Kick kick kick marym625 Jun 2015 #7

what are republicons going to do when they figure out that "socialist" is no longer a pejorative corkhead Jun 2015 #8

Sshhh, don't tell them! Lol, or the Third Way either. Because when they try to insult Bernie with sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #9

Is Jindal's spokesperson Claire McCaskill? BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #10

They do sound alike, don't they? Same old McCarthy era rhetoric showing they apparently havn't sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #11

I think you may be right BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #12

The military is the biggest socialist program of all. I remember telling a right wing woman that sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #15

I got to see Clifton Chenier back in the 80s. HooptieWagon Jun 2015 #14

Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Welcome to the Bernie squad, Buckwheat Zydeco! Enthusiast Jun 2015 #16

is his first name legally changed to "bobby"? mdbl Jun 2015 #17

Who, if they eere truly honest with themselves and Ed Suspicious Jun 2015 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author Ed Suspicious Jun 2015 #19

Buckwheat Zydeco is a great musician TM99 Jun 2015 #20

Yes, he is a great musician. I wonder would he, and Neil Young, think about giving a concert sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #21

Now that would be an amazing line-up. TM99 Jun 2015 #22

That would be amazing. Please do. I have a feeling he would be very thrilled to do it. sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #23