Posted on 02/21/2020 6:24:34 PM PST by karpov
WASHINGTON — In October 1985, a few months after Bernie Sanders traveled to Nicaragua to celebrate the sixth anniversary of that country's socialist revolution, the Soviet-backed government suspended the civil liberties of its citizens, including the rights to free speech, free assembly and labor strikes.
A few days later, Sanders, then the socialist mayor of Burlington, Vermont, received a pointed letter from a constituent. How, the letter-writer wanted to know, could Sanders continue to embrace a "another in a long line of dictatorships, whose only true concern is its length of stay in power"?
In a written reply, Sanders — who had praised Nicaragua's leaders upon his return from the trip — made no apologies. The Nicaraguan government was fighting a "brutal war" funded by the United States, he wrote, which made the situation "complex." Didn't the U.S. government, Sanders wrote, intern Japanese Americans during World War II? Didn't Lincoln curtail basic rights during the Civil War?
Thirty-five years later, Sanders is leading in national polls to become President Donald Trump's Democratic opponent in the 2020 election. Sanders has staked out positions that are clearly to the left of the rest of the field on trade, troop deployments and military action.
Both Republicans and Democrats are already using the c-word to blunt his appeal. In Wednesday night's Democratic debate, Mike Bloomberg described Sanders stance on wealth as "communist." Trump, meanwhile, has already called Sanders a Communist.
If Sanders wins the nomination, some Democrats worry that Trump and the Republicans will hammer him on long-buried words in defense of repressive governments in Nicaragua, Cuba and the Soviet Union.
Other critics argue that Sanders' record raises questions about his foreign policy judgment, and whether, after decades of denouncing America's use of force, he would continue the aggressive counterterrorism policies
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Da!
Gee NBC, imagine your reaction had Donald Trump gone on his honeymoon to the USSR what you would be saying..but hey since its Bernie no cause for concern..talking about how awesome it is to be in bread lines all good nothing to worry about
Bernie will be Hammer and Sickled...
YES!
That’s why we should all vote for Bernie in the primary!
C’mon, you really think Trump would do that?
/evil laugh
The objections to Bernie (for those who object) aren’t nuanced and you don’t have to reach back into dusty history to find them. He’s an obnoxious Marxist jerk right now, in your face, today.
Well, yes, of course! Of course, you have all the rat candidates promising a communist paradise right now. So that’s gonna hurt them too.
“If Sanders wins the nomination, some Democrats worry that Trump and the Republicans will hammer him on long-buried words in defense of repressive governments in Nicaragua, Cuba and the Soviet Union.”
Yes we will!
Oddly the media is as left if not more left than Bernie. However they are trying to kill his chances as they know he would be a disaster for the democrats.
Duh!
Wasn’t he commending Venezuela for how well the country was run?
NBC is pathetic. Why don’t they want an open socialist? They have no problem with the other socialists running against Bernie that hide it. Do they think more people will stop watching them?
They have reason to worry. Sanders policies worse than Bloomberg and doesn’t have near the money and resources. Trump would bury him.
Bernie Sanders said at the debate the other night that he wants minimum wage to be $15 per hour.
Now.....
15$ X 40 hr week = $600
600$ X 52 weeks per yr = $31,200
Bernie Sanders wants free health care for all and was asked how he would pay for it. His answer was raise taxes to 52% on anybody making over $29,000 per year.
52% of $31,200 = $16,224 in tax
$31,200 - $16,224 = $14,976 is your pay
$14,976 ÷ 52 weeks = $288 per week
$288 ÷ 40 hr week = $7.20 per hour
So much for 15$ an hour minimum
... and WHY SHOULDN’T Bernie be confronted for supporting harmful regimes!!!????
Voodoo economics?
He’s a Communist! You have to ask?
You will surely get in ‘trouble’ with the ‘other’ side if you keep pointing out truths. <: <: <:
Figures don’t lie, but liars figure. MTwain
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