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Blues Heron

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3. He only took issue with the people he saw there

Reply to NurseJackie (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 20, 2020, 08:36 AM

Feb 2020

none were ordinary enough for him apparently whatever that means

"We were at a Sanders event, and it was like being at a Left Party meeting," he told Sweden's Svenska Dagbladet newspaper, according to one translation. "It was a mixture of very young people and old Marxists, who think they were right all along. There were no ordinary people there, simply."

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

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Democratic socialist Bernie Sanders is too far left for Sweden's ruling Social Democrats, official s [View all] Zolorp Feb 2020 OP

They don't like the term socialism IronLionZion Feb 2020 #1

Fascinating. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #2

He only took issue with the people he saw there Blues Heron Feb 2020 #3

We can learn a lot about a candidate by his (or her) supporters. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #4

he didn't like how they looked Blues Heron Feb 2020 #5

He's talking about the term "democratic socialism", not the policies. DanTex Feb 2020 #6