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Boulevardier

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

Thu Feb 20, 2020, 02:16 PM

Feb 2020

The SWP is a Trotskyite party. Trotsky broke with the Stalinist Communist Party before Bernie was even born. Trotsky got an ice pick to the head for his efforts thanks to the real Commies. (You can visit Trotsky's house in the Mexico City suburb of Coyoacan. See his broken glasses from the attack. And Frida Kahlo's house is nearby, too.)

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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