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No, not to the nomination, much less the White House. What Sanders has done is to establish himself as a force in the Democratic Party's selection process. He has done so by demonstrating two qualities that have largely disappeared from America's political life over the past few decades. One is conviction and intellectual honesty. The other is articulate statement of a progressive creed that was the party's heart and soul when it dominated the country's electoral life, before lapsing into the "me-too" wing of our current Establishment uniparty. Sanders, thereby, has flinted a spark of life into those nominally liberal circles whose lazy and complacent inertia had led them to declare the compromised Hillary Clinton as their latest champion.
Michael Brenner: Bernie Sanders -- Halfway There?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-brenner/bernie-sanders-halfway-th_b_7965644.html
Michael Brenner: Bernie Sanders -- Halfway There?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-brenner/bernie-sanders-halfway-th_b_7965644.html
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I just don't think voters will elect a Socialist as our President, especially when they learn more about his basic agenda ...raise taxes and spend more on social programs for everyone. It is true he does appeal to younger voters but not sure they will all vote for him in a general election...Will Independents and Conservative Democrats feel the Bern??
http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/if-bernie-sanders-was-president-heres-what-would-happen-to-the-economy/ar-AAfpAhN?ocid=spartandhp
http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/if-bernie-sanders-was-president-heres-what-would-happen-to-the-economy/ar-AAfpAhN?ocid=spartandhp
If Bernie Sanders was president, here's what would happen to the economy
Would you want a socialist in the White House? If the polls are accurate, very few people would. But it's closer to happening than almost ever before, with self-avowed socialist Bernie Sanders running a close second in the early going to Hillary Clinton to win the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
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Hillary just won in Nevada, but by only 2.8%. Sanders will give her a run for her money, but he won't win. IMHO.
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Sgt Tom Cunnally
SGT (Join to see) - The wild card as you know is Hillary's emails but somehow I think that issue is going to be covered up by the Obama Administration
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I feel that way too. She continues on without showing any emotion or interest in the email scandal, Sgt Tom Cunnally.
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He's a communist. I think it would be great if he won the nomination, as it would be the greatest landslide this country has ever seen when people actually figure out what he's proposing to do -- but there are a lot of people who show "conviction" and "intellectual honesty" -- Goebbels, Hitler, Stalin, Mao -- all showed both in great measure but were not people anyone wants in power.
You have to be right in addition to having "conviction" -- "conviction" in the wrong direction is far worse than some lackadaisical senator who doesn't believe in anything.
Communism sounds wonderful until we ask who's paying for it. The concept that we're just going to tax the rich and the corporations so nobody else has to pay for anything is great right up until all the corporations leave and the rich entrepreneurs just drop their citizenship (like one from facebook just did the other day) and move to Singapore so they don't have to give all their money to the government to pay for people who refuse to work.
You have to be right in addition to having "conviction" -- "conviction" in the wrong direction is far worse than some lackadaisical senator who doesn't believe in anything.
Communism sounds wonderful until we ask who's paying for it. The concept that we're just going to tax the rich and the corporations so nobody else has to pay for anything is great right up until all the corporations leave and the rich entrepreneurs just drop their citizenship (like one from facebook just did the other day) and move to Singapore so they don't have to give all their money to the government to pay for people who refuse to work.
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Not if you read the definition of Socialism. It's sounds, to me, it's like what a communistic country does. Sounds communistic to me.
Full Definition of socialism
1: any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods.
2: A- a system of society or group living in which there is no private property.
B- a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state.
3: a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done.
Full Definition of socialism
1: any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods.
2: A- a system of society or group living in which there is no private property.
B- a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state.
3: a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done.
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Interesting thread. I have to agree that amongst all the Democrat candidates, Sanders is the only one who has shown conviction in his beliefs. While I do believe he is being honest with his own beliefs, I do not believe he is being intellectually honest since his ideas just do not work in the USA.
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