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dem4decades

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29. Yep. They'll say he wants to take your healthcare, raise your taxes and destroy your IRA.

Reply to NurseJackie (Reply #25)

Thu Feb 20, 2020, 07:56 AM

Feb 2020

Good luck getting voters in ther middle with that.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Sanders: 'Cheap shot' for Bloomberg to attack 'democratic socialism' as 'communism' [View all] RandySF Feb 2020 OP

Get used to it, Bernie BeyondGeography Feb 2020 #1

Yeah, we expect that type of crap coming from Republicans. HerbChestnut Feb 2020 #2

Bloomberg is an unnecessary candidate and he showed it tonight BeyondGeography Feb 2020 #4

Maybe, maybe not but, tiredtoo Feb 2020 #5

America will not send an anti-capitalist to the White House BeyondGeography Feb 2020 #9

define anti-capitalist please. NT tiredtoo Feb 2020 #11

Post removed Post removed Feb 2020 #26

Yeah, but Bernie was the only candidate who was actually on a ballot under a Communist Party label. Zolorp Feb 2020 #14

i am not aware of that. source? NT tiredtoo Feb 2020 #18

Here are two from an incredibly liberal source Zolorp Feb 2020 #23

May I add something to this? True Blue American Feb 2020 #30

I hear the ghost of Joe McCarthy. And Sanders didn't run under the CP label. Boulevardier Feb 2020 #45

The presidential candidate he ran as an elector for praised the Soviet Union as a preferable system Zolorp Feb 2020 #47

When was that? Forty-three freaking years ago? Boulevardier Feb 2020 #48

OFFS, so one march in 1963 as his civil rights record makes him an MLK ally,... Zolorp Feb 2020 #49

Only because he was on the Vermont ballot in 1980 under a Communist Party label. Zolorp Feb 2020 #12

Yup BeyondGeography Feb 2020 #15

Seemed like he did a quick and clear job dispensing with it by talking about socialism for the JudyM Feb 2020 #20

McSally is already running ads tying Kelly to Sanders they are too liberal for America. UniteFightBack Feb 2020 #35

This is easy, obvious stuff for Republicans BeyondGeography Feb 2020 #37

McSally is in serious trouble, and I don't think red-baiting is going to help her. Boulevardier Feb 2020 #46

Post removed Post removed Feb 2020 #3

Define Heartland please. nt tiredtoo Feb 2020 #8

You define it. YOHABLO Feb 2020 #13

i did not use the phrase in a derogatory manner. tiredtoo Feb 2020 #19

metaphorical YOHABLO Feb 2020 #24

Attacks on people don't count if their demographic descriptor involves a metaphor? lapucelle Feb 2020 #33

The middle of the Country. True Blue American Feb 2020 #31

Wow! dware Feb 2020 #17

Yeah, that was a Godwin-like fail by Bloomberg. DanTex Feb 2020 #6

It was a cheap shot. Stale old red baiting. Cal Carpenter Feb 2020 #7

Red baiting? True Blue American Feb 2020 #32

No, not a fact. Not even close. Ronald Reagan was a union leader and fan of FDR Tom Rinaldo Feb 2020 #39

Yeah! True Blue American Feb 2020 #42

Since Sanders was an elector for a Communist, he has no room to complain. Zolorp Feb 2020 #10

That pissed me off. The US is a hybrid economy. Comparing socialism to communism shows ignorance. TheBlackAdder Feb 2020 #16

Get ready for more of that Generic Brad Feb 2020 #21

No matter who gets nominated in the Democratic Party, they'll be branded a socialist anyway! TheBlackAdder Feb 2020 #22

Except one guy labeled himself that. dem4decades Feb 2020 #27

+1 eom JustAnotherGen Feb 2020 #28

Good luk explaining that this fall. RandySF Feb 2020 #40

Well, then that would be the failure of all Democrats, as this topic pops up every election. TheBlackAdder Feb 2020 #43

Stand by, Bernie. You ain't seen nuthin' yet. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #25

Yep. They'll say he wants to take your healthcare, raise your taxes and destroy your IRA. dem4decades Feb 2020 #29

This is what happens when you gave a history of praising communists Jose Garcia Feb 2020 #34

Bernie had best get a better answer. Happy Hoosier Feb 2020 #36

He's absolutely right, and Bloomberg knows that he's right. DanTex Feb 2020 #38

Perhaps Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2020 #41

I am VERY glad that Bernie said this. Laelth Feb 2020 #44