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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Is Rich [View all]zentrum
(9,865 posts)10. Yeah, but....
Last edited Tue May 28, 2019, 09:25 PM - Edit history (1)
..FDR was called a socialist back in the day. And because the Democrats of '89 were (and still are ) a different kind of party than Democrats of yore, Bernie decided to own the word.
There's very little daylight between FDR and Bernie.
Neoliberalism started under Carter and that wasn't who FDR was.
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And there was no reason for him to be ashamed of it, as evidenced by him being extremely reluctant
Skya Rhen
May 2019
#2
Exactly. Like Trump and Carson. Selling a book on campaign trail was only a part of it.
robbedvoter
May 2019
#40
Bernie is not a 'real' socialist, he is a social democrat who foolishly tries to redefine socialism
Celerity
May 2019
#16
However, many Sanders supporters were trashing Joe Kennedy III for his "net worth"
ehrnst
May 2019
#18
I'll post wherever the fuck I want, thank u very much, so there, now I'm done lol
Baclava
May 2019
#23
Excerpt:I'm very concerned about the New York Times' consistently negative coverage of
BeckyDem
May 2019
#42