Posted on 02/22/2019 7:10:23 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
Presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has never shied away from his embrace of a hard-left agenda, but the democratic socialist is facing renewed scrutiny over a catalog of comments he made in the 1980s praising the Soviet Union, offering advice to Nicaragua's socialist government -- and even saying breadlines in communist countries are a "good thing."
Its funny sometimes American journalists talk about how bad a country is because people are lining up for food. Thats a good thing, he said in one vintage video unearthed by conservative activists. In other countries, people dont line up for food, rich people get the food and poor people starve to death.
... The clip is one of a number where Sanders is seen extolling the supposed benefits of Marxist and socialist governments, while casting aspersions on the U.S. government. After a trip to the Soviet Union in 1988, he held a press conference, along with his wife Jane, and said he was extremely impressed by the USSRs public transportation system.
...
He also said he was fond of the USSRs palaces of culture, which he told an audience were much better than anything the U.S. had mustered: I was also impressed by the youth programs that they have, their palaces of culture for the young people, a whole variety of programs for young people, and cultural programs which go far beyond what we do in this country.
...
Jane Sanders was equally enamored with their tour, as well as "the enthusiasm and the optimism" of the people they met there, and praised the concept that work and free time were merged.
Instead of compartmentalizing their lives into a job and hobbies, its all interrelated and all under the banner of community involvement, she gushed.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
“the corrupt establishment media fears Bernie, they will not underestimate him this round ...”
Neither will Hillary. I’d say this is her doing - thinning the field before she get’s back in.
Any major candidate announces and gets smoked:
Pocahontas - blond indian lawyer card
Klobuchar - boss from hell, combgate
Bernie - greatest leftist hits, should be some more beauties to come on Venezuela
Biden - he knows when he announces... what’s coming
Harris - stay tuned
Bernie is not yet a Presidential candidate.
He is at best a candidate for the Democrat nomination
for President, one of dozens...
Sanders, at a time when no on would care, was a full blown Communist. He did no give a damn what people thought of him. He hated America and everything is stood for. He wanted the death camps and the whole Commie thing. Now he puts a nice bow on his bricks of turd. It is all sugar coated but nothing made can kill the stink. It is all a part of the Culture of Death that I have been writing about for years.
He should be required to wear a t-shirt that has an arrow pointing to his own face and the caption "I'm With Stupid". Unfit for any office.
Yep, plenty of people starving to death in Free Market Economies like the United States - but no one ever starved to death in Socialist (Communist) states like the Soviet Union (-cough- Holodomor -cough-), Red China, Cambodia, ...
Regards,
Good to see this video. Bernie figured out something: Leftist voters enjoy candidates who say outrageous things.
He learned this many decades ago and has been cashing in ever since.
Once a hippy always a hippy
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.