Bernie Sanders

eridani

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39. I think it is now, but it originally was an insult--coming from the left, not the right.

Fri Aug 28, 2015, 03:00 AM

Aug 2015

Eugene Debs used the term to criticize socialists who actually got elected, and found themselves having to deal with lots and lots of the specifics of governing. Debs said something like "They are more interested in cleaning the streets than in marching on them." Guess what? When you govern, people care about whether the streets are clean and a bunch of other picky little things that always come up in daily life.

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Good ole NPR: "Exactly what kind of socialist is Bernie Sanders?" [View all] merrily Aug 2015 OP

K and R. Like it when you get *fiesty*. Smarmie Doofus Aug 2015 #1

Thanks. I have a feeling you ain't seen nuthin' yet. merrily Aug 2015 #2

I love how socialism is not a bad word anymore, except in the MSM and among the "elite" Hydra Aug 2015 #3

There will be nonstop red-baiting once Bernie gets more attention navarth Aug 2015 #4

Have you seen this thread by any chance? merrily Aug 2015 #12

oh that's helpful. need to bookmark for future reference. thanks! nt navarth Aug 2015 #14

There are some others around in GD, but obviously, I knew how to find that one. merrily Aug 2015 #15

So were Albert Einstein, and Rev. Martin Luther King. Fuddnik Aug 2015 #21

Does that not mean that 53 percent would not vote for a Socialist? oberliner Aug 2015 #5

Not necessarily. merrily Aug 2015 #11

Fair enough oberliner Aug 2015 #20

I have not supported NPR for a long time now. But I really do not think jwirr Aug 2015 #6

Unless you are over 50 years old, or listened to a lot of right wing media fbc Aug 2015 #9

And, if you are over 50, you probably remember a Democratic Party that was not so merrily Aug 2015 #23

Believe it or not I am 70 years old but I never fell for thier red baiting jwirr Aug 2015 #35

The kind that's not a corporatist, like the ones Doctor_J Aug 2015 #7

He's a Sewer Socialist fbc Aug 2015 #8

Hillary? .. Is that you calling Bernie shithead? Trajan Aug 2015 #26

Read the wiki page. I consider "sewer socialist" to be a compliment. fbc Aug 2015 #27

I think it is now, but it originally was an insult--coming from the left, not the right. eridani Aug 2015 #39

well said fbc Aug 2015 #41

AFAIC It's National Petroleum Radio's way RoccoR5955 Aug 2015 #10

Well at least they are talking about him instead of Trump. zeemike Aug 2015 #13

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Aug 2015 #16

I quit listening to NPR when they became cheerleaders for Bush's Iraq War in 2003. jalan48 Aug 2015 #17

NPR is the reason people take antidepressants olddots Aug 2015 #18

NPR = "News Propaganda for Republicans" KansDem Aug 2015 #19

Cokie Roberts criticized Obama for going to Hawaii when everyone was claiming he merrily Aug 2015 #24

That one lives in her own little aristocratic world. Fuddnik Aug 2015 #28

Yet, every talking head show has her on, representing the LEFT. Stacked deck. merrily Aug 2015 #31

Between Dopie, uh, Cokie and the snark of Steve Inskeep SoapBox Aug 2015 #30

Someone needs to drag NPR out of the red baiting 'fifties and into this century. 7 out of 10 Young sabrina 1 Aug 2015 #22

Nailed it, as you so often do, sabrina 1. merrily Aug 2015 #25

well said fbc Aug 2015 #29

as a jilted former lover of NPR, I never miss an opportunity to rec an anti NPR thread corkhead Aug 2015 #32

Americans have been told "Capitalism = Freedom"..... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2015 #33

Capitalism = debtors' prisons. merrily Aug 2015 #34

Very true! Its the reason why China has finally embraced it d_legendary1 Aug 2015 #36

A generation that sees the financial sector devastate the economy Babel_17 Aug 2015 #37

Or not so new ideas that worked, but were abandoned because...corporatism. merrily Aug 2015 #40

Neutered Poodles for Republicans central scrutinizer Aug 2015 #38