Bernie Sanders Isn’t a Socialist But he plays one on TV. That’s a problem.

By artappraiser on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 4:38pm |

I actually know the story of why Bernie Sanders called himself a democratic socialist because I used to work with his former speechwriter. Basically, Sanders just wanted an independent label. He's not attached to it and rarely brings it up himself. https://t.co/tKaKsiaBNq
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) February 13, 2020

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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/opinion/bernie-sanders-socialism.html#click=https://t.co/VGxWuWGeAX

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Don't know about socialist, but Bernie's senior adviser Jeff Weaver also appears to be a very cranky guy. No kumbaya stuff:

After the contentious NH debate, @BernieSanders senior adviser Jeff Weaver talks to me and @jmpalmieri for @sho_thecircus about the prospect of party unity.

Check out the whole convo here: https://t.co/gYqklXXRxl pic.twitter.com/64jM1kgWxp
— John Heilemann (@jheil) February 13, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 4:50pm

Always was.

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 7:45pm

The way Sanders defines socialism it's just liberalism, or social democracy.

by Aaron Carine on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 11:04pm

TV ain't what it used to be (nor the Beeb, apparently)

Ok so this is weird, and only appears to be happening on my screen in the newsroom, and no-one else’s. The BBC News Channel with subtitles from what appears to be the crime drama currently on BBC2.... pic.twitter.com/g4EBRQjHt3
— Robert Rea (@robertrea) February 12, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 5:59am

Bernie Sanders Isn’t a Socialist But he plays one on TV. That’s a problem.

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