Posted on 05/29/2005 7:23:05 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
Congressman Bernie Sanders' most likely GOP challengers are Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie and Richard Tarrant, chairman of IDX, a medical software company. In early May, a poll for WCAX-TV put Sanders ahead of Dubie, 59 percent to 23 percent, and ahead of Tarrant, 62 percent to 18 percent.
BAD NEWS ALERT!!!!!!!
San news? Definitely! Hopeless? Not necessarily.
Sad is the kindest term one could use. The question I believe many want to know but are afraid to ask is when do we defend by any and all means necessary the founding principles?....Maybe I'm wrong but at some point we must defend freedom and liberty? Or is it too late?
Kernal Sanders is so corny and chicken.
"Maybe I'm wrong but at some point we must defend freedom and liberty? Or is it too late?"
I think too much is being made of this. The left wing of the Democratic party has been indistinguishable from Socialists since Truman.
Keep your powder dry, FRiend. The time is coming, and it is closer than you think.
It's definitely too soon, even in the case of Vermont. Brian Dubie has beaten the odds before.
Sanders claims to be the champion of the "poor and oppressed", but he has done NOTHING for Vermont in all the years he has served in Congress. The squalor in some Vermont towns (Bethel, Randolph, Rutland) is reminiscent of many third-world countries. Natch, this doesn't include the "money towns" like Stowe, Ludlow, and Woodstock; which have been co-opted by the "beautiful people" from other states in New England.
At one time Vermont was a guaranteed state in the Presidential elections.
I make a request to some of our Vermont Freepers to tell us what happened.
Is it the lack of Cultural conservatives in your state?
I have to give this guy some credit; he's running as what he is and has openly identified himself and his beliefs. He could have easily passed himself off as a "democrat", as many socialists do.
Congressman Bernie Sanders is just an honest Democrat, he doesn't hide the fact that he is a socialist.
I have another request for Vermont Freepers: Call, write, or e-mail Brian Dubie and plead for him to run for the Senate next year.
that's the economic model the Democratic party seeks - wealthy liberal secular elites, no private sector middle class, a middle class comprised of government workers, the working poor who give their votes for government assistance programs. that's the socio-economic structure that guarantees them total dominance.
While I do agree with this statement, I also feel that an openly elected or even a legitimate socialist candidate brings the sheep closer and closer to acceptance of a Euro style socialism ...."May your chains set lightly upon, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen".....Samuel Adams
"a legitimate socialist candidate brings the sheep closer and closer to acceptance of a Euro style socialism"
That's nothing new. The Democratic Party is significantly to the left of the British Labour Party. See in this country we never got to the point of calling a Socialist a Socialist. So while Britains Labour party had to move significantly to the right in order to be taken seriously again, the US Democratic party sits comfortably to the left of them being called "liberal" rather than "socialist".
You just described Vermont to a 'T'.
You've nailed it. The problem is that many "socialists" are people who made lots of money BS'ing, looking pretty, taking pictures, or other activities that real working people do for hobbies. Thus, they haven't really worked hard and sacrificed to achieve anything. So they can afford to believe their fantasies and not live with their results. It makes them "feel" good to be on the side of the "little people."
but understanding this is also a warning for our party - without a private sector middle class, our party is doomed. and our current free trade policies are causing alot of those jobs to be lost and offshored.
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