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A factor behind Bernie Sanders' appeal: Changing attitudes toward socialism
The Christian Science Monitor ^ | August 19, 2015 | Sara Aridi, Staff

Posted on 08/20/2015 2:26:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

The independent Democratic candidate has repeatedly upheld his socialist views throughout his presidential campaign.

When a New York Times reporter asked President Obama whether his domestic policies suggested that he was a socialist in 2009, the president responded with a laugh: “The answer would be no.”

After the interview, Mr. Obama called the reporter back to elaborate on his answer, saying, “It was hard for me to believe that you were entirely serious about that socialist question.”

“That socialist question” has taken on a new form these days, revolving around the only self-described socialist in the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination: Bernie Sanders.

While Obama chuckled at the thought of socialism in that interview six years ago, Mr. Sanders has repeatedly upheld his socialist views throughout his presidential campaign by largely targeting income inequality. Hillary Clinton has also made income inequality a major plank in her 2016 campaign platform. But, arguably, Sanders has a more consistent claim to the subject....

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TOPICS: Vermont; Campaign News; Issues; Parties
KEYWORDS: berniesanders; obama; sanders; socialism
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1 posted on 08/20/2015 2:26:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Obama was endorsed by the CPUSA for both elections.
Yeah, I’d say attitudes have changed.


2 posted on 08/20/2015 2:28:38 PM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Can everyone say, “Public School Socialist Indoctrination”


3 posted on 08/20/2015 2:29:03 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
BERNIE!

signs are popping up here in Indiana, saw several today

a good chunk of Americans want their gravy


4 posted on 08/20/2015 2:29:06 PM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Public hasn’t seen as many dead bodies with Socialism toe tags these past two decades - thanks largely to Ronald Reagan. “Changing attitudes” is a synonym for “childhood miseducation.”


5 posted on 08/20/2015 2:31:20 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves (Heteropatriarchal Capitalist)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; All

Yet if this is the case, why has folks like Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz caught both interest and fire?

Thank-you ahead for your answers.


6 posted on 08/20/2015 2:37:07 PM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Little Ray

They never heard the phrase “They pretend to pay me, so I pretend to work”


7 posted on 08/20/2015 2:37:28 PM PDT by desertfreedom765
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To: Mr. Jeeves

Yet interest in Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz is even amazing.


8 posted on 08/20/2015 2:38:25 PM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: nascarnation

Got to remember that Bernie reminds a lot of folks of their favorite college instructors.


9 posted on 08/20/2015 2:39:39 PM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This is true. Schools have been teaching that socailism is good and capitalism is bad for decades. I’ve seen teenagers (20 somethings?) with CCCP t-shirts.


10 posted on 08/20/2015 2:40:21 PM PDT by Varda
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Bernie Bernie Bernie Bernie Bernie

Even now, there is some jackass supporting you because he knows he can’t win an election, but he can put a bullet in your brain and take over if you win an election.

It happens every time Bernie.

Do yourself a favor and start growing turnips instead.


11 posted on 08/20/2015 2:43:32 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Because most of these dumb Generation X’ers and Millennials have never actually lived under socialism to fully understand its horrors.


12 posted on 08/20/2015 2:46:37 PM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: Biggirl

One of the local media guys went to Hamilton College when Bernie was between government positions and on the faculty there. He said he still can’t believe that the wild man of the poli sci department is a Senator running for president.


13 posted on 08/20/2015 2:49:13 PM PDT by x
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To: Timber Rattler

They are experiencing government largesse without consequences.

As long as the fedgov can create money, the party will continue.

Someday it blows up, but they don’t understand.


14 posted on 08/20/2015 2:49:19 PM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: Timber Rattler

Sitting across from communists on the DMZ or the Fulda Gap will re-orient you in a hurry.


15 posted on 08/20/2015 2:49:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

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No one loves socialism more than the Chamber of Commerce!
Bernie will be well funded.


16 posted on 08/20/2015 2:52:06 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: Jan_Sobieski
Can everyone say, “Public Government School Socialist Indoctrination”

17 posted on 08/20/2015 2:54:07 PM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion ('Liberalism' is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

My attitude toward socialism and socialists has indeed changed. I used to simply despise them. Now I just want them dead.


18 posted on 08/20/2015 3:01:21 PM PDT by Noumenon (Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Bmk


19 posted on 08/20/2015 3:01:56 PM PDT by Popman (Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It hasn’t changed.

Democrats in the past have ALWAYS hid their Socialist leanings by baring the word from being spoken (the DNC head goon recently dodged the issue). Americans do not take to the term because even despite the massive welfare state, it is still seen as distinctly un-American to embrace it. It immediately gets a wrinkled nose from people to even suggest that they are socialists.

Sanders openly admits to being one and is not ashamed of it. He wont hide his leanings, and outside of old hippies, social justice warriors, and the OWS dopes, it will be a huge negative. That, and Sanders is a bit of a crank. So that will double-up fail.


20 posted on 08/20/2015 3:03:23 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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