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DanTex

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17. By "worse" do you mean he will keep rising even more in the polls?

Reply to NurseJackie (Reply #14)

Thu Feb 20, 2020, 02:25 PM

Feb 2020

You're probably right!

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

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Splitting hairs over "social democracy" versus "democratic socialism". [View all] DanTex Feb 2020 OP

It's not splitting hairs. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #1

In a technical sense, but it doesn't matter. See this post: DanTex Feb 2020 #3

Social Democrats are capitalists. Democratic Socialists are socialists. pnwmom Feb 2020 #6

You're playing word games instead of looking at policies. That's my whole point. DanTex Feb 2020 #8

BERNIE insists on this BRAND. And if he becomes our nominee it will become pnwmom Feb 2020 #25

No.. she's being accurate with the definitions. Cha Feb 2020 #44

bernie calls himself a democratic socialist. not a technical definition, right outta his mouth.... msongs Feb 2020 #2

As does the French Socialist Party. Who cares? DanTex Feb 2020 #4

We're not in France. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #9

Umm, it's an example of how the term is used... DanTex Feb 2020 #10

If you're still explaining and justifying... you're losing. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #11

Except he's ahead in all the polls... DanTex Feb 2020 #15

He'll never be elected. It's as simple as that. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #16

Yes, he will! Cornus Feb 2020 #37

As Senator from Vermont... but that's it. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #38

Not in the US. We have an actual Democratic Socialist party here and they espouse socialism pnwmom Feb 2020 #27

How about the Republican Guard .... it's all the same, right? NurseJackie Feb 2020 #31

LOL. pnwmom Feb 2020 #42

How did we get to France? Cha Feb 2020 #45

Deflection. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #52

Majorly.. imv.. something's amiss Cha Feb 2020 #54

Technically, Bernie is a Democratic Socialist, not a Social Democrat. He can point to the pnwmom Feb 2020 #5

If his campaign still needs to keep explaining this at such a late date... he's going to lose. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #7

Seems to be going pretty well for him so far... DanTex Feb 2020 #12

Yet here you are... still explaining on his behalf. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #14

By "worse" do you mean he will keep rising even more in the polls? DanTex Feb 2020 #17

He'll never be elected. It's as simple as that. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #19

If his middle name was "Hussein", you might have a point... DanTex Feb 2020 #22

What you are saying... Cornus Feb 2020 #39

... NurseJackie Feb 2020 #40

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2020 #50

I don't care if Bernie calls himself a ham sandwich, it's the policies that matter. Uncle Joe Feb 2020 #13

calling yourself a "socialist" in the USA immediately puts you outside the mainstream DBoon Feb 2020 #18

True enough. You think that has no value? k2qb3 Feb 2020 #35

It was the Clinton administration that really started the conversation on Climate Change. ehrnst Feb 2020 #56

Sure. k2qb3 Feb 2020 #57

I would like to hear Bernie's policies that DIRECTLY help Americans gain more prosperity andym Feb 2020 #20

these terms don't matter when the right controls the narrative... Thomas Hurt Feb 2020 #21

lol stonecutter357 Feb 2020 #23

What Bernie calls himself really does matter. cry baby Feb 2020 #24

The terms obviously do matter, else no one would be lecturing so vociferously that they don't. LanternWaste Feb 2020 #26

Bottom line is the bottom 50% in America at140 Feb 2020 #28

He has praised communist governments and supported marxist candidates Jose Garcia Feb 2020 #29

"his personal files from his time as mayor show he supported and campaigned for the communist SWP" NurseJackie Feb 2020 #33

it would be helpful if more people concentrated on policies .. stopdiggin Feb 2020 #30

It's like when people insist we have a republic and not a democracy. What we have is defined by brewens Feb 2020 #32

Oh, I get it. You get it. We all do here. Mister Ed Feb 2020 #34

Jeez. When universally accepted definitions are inconvenient... SidDithers Feb 2020 #36

Fortunately there isn't any supporting evidence that he's a Socialist, like, say... brooklynite Feb 2020 #41

Right, he isn't documented supporting or admiring socialist governments, but then again.... George II Feb 2020 #48

That's not splitting hairs. They are entirely different things: George II Feb 2020 #43

Thank you. (Why do people think we're stupid?) NurseJackie Feb 2020 #46

Sanders doesn't even appear to understand the difference. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #51

The state has been socializing big capitalists' risk for years. David__77 Feb 2020 #47

Sanders first run for Senate and Governor in the 70s for the Liberty Union Party. ahoysrcsm Feb 2020 #49

It's a popular sport here, splitting hairs. n/t ms liberty Feb 2020 #53

But much less popular than "making shit up"...nt SidDithers Feb 2020 #55