Bernie Sanders: Democrats Need to Wake Up

[SuperLuigi]

Oh, please. We’re all a little too quick to throw the word “socialism” around (Sen. Sanders is too, unfortunately).

He’s not advocating nationalizing industries, or the dictatorship of the proletariat, or anything like that.

He is advocating a more progressive tax code, and single-payer national health insurance (not health care), and free or inexpensive higher education at public colleges and universities, and sensible regulation of the financial industry.

All of which are things that are done routinely in every other developed nation in the world, and all things that make eminent sense, things that we desperately need.

It would be more accurate to describe him as a social democrat than a socialist.

None of these plans are financially feasible. The only reason why many other First World nations are afforded universal health care and free college is because everyone knows (even if they won’t admit it) they are protected by the US military.

 

[Sy_Noe]

Yes, yes. We know that some liberals believe that ethnic minorities will carry the water for them in this vision of demographic destiny even as their party fully embraces the culture of death. Yet in 2014 the GOP did very well even in deep blue states.

Also, some polls show Trump drawing numbers of minorities that would shock some people. Ultimately, they don’t want to live in a 3rd world banana republic either.

2014 was a midterm. Many people don’t vote in those.

Among black voters in this election, Trump is at 1% in this recent poll.

nydailynews.com/news/politics/donald-trump-1-black-voter-support-quinnipiac-poll-article-1.2692639

And Hillary had a healthy 8 pt lead recently in FL. Clinton’s Florida lead is based on her popularity with non-whites (72 percent to 15 percent over Trump) and among voters who believe she’s “better prepared (60-31),” “more intelligent (53-33)” and has “higher moral standards (47-36),” Quinnipiac found.

nypost.com/2016/06/21/hillary-leads-trump-in-swing-state-voters/

I know Republicans are hanging their caps on OH and PA. But without FL it will still be difficult.

 

[estesbob]

2014 was a midterm. Many people don’t vote in those.

Among black voters in this election, Trump is at 1% in this recent poll.

nydailynews.com/news/politics/donald-trump-1-black-voter-support-quinnipiac-poll-article-1.2692639

And Hillary had a healthy 8 pt lead recently in FL. Clinton’s Florida lead is based on her popularity with non-whites (72 percent to 15 percent over Trump) and among voters who believe she’s “better prepared (60-31),” “more intelligent (53-33)” and has “higher moral standards (47-36),” Quinnipiac found.

nypost.com/2016/06/21/hillary-leads-trump-in-swing-state-voters/

I know Republicans are hanging their caps on OH and PA. But without FL it will still be difficult.

Three reasons Hillary supporters shouldn’t get too confident

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