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Bernie Sanders

Jackpine Radical

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2. It strikes me that with Bernie we have a chance to educate people

Reply to hootinholler (Original post)

Sun May 24, 2015, 10:59 AM

May 2015

about what "socialism" actually means, at least in the here & now. Get them to realize that their pre-existing opinions have already made "socialists" of them. Bernie's campaign might neutralize the negative associations to that word.

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Great MoJo comparison of Bernie's positions to polls (Bernie Group Post) [View all] hootinholler May 2015 OP

K&R..... daleanime May 2015 #1

It strikes me that with Bernie we have a chance to educate people Jackpine Radical May 2015 #2

Agree. There are a lot of good terms that have been made bad by the politicos and their press - erronis May 2015 #9

To the greatest! merrily May 2015 #3

Even more are in favor of them marle35 May 2015 #4

Yup. silverweb May 2015 #6

On pay equity for women: silverweb May 2015 #5

Um hootinholler May 2015 #7

Need coffee.... silverweb May 2015 #8

We live in a democracy, dammit, it's the news media's job to inform us of what we need to know AZ Progressive May 2015 #10

K & R !!!! Thespian2 May 2015 #11