↑Click on the above image to see Bernie praise bread lines!
Unbelievable.
Posted on 03/09/2019 9:51:33 AM PST by Mariner
IOWA CITY — The sharp left turn in the Democratic Party and the rise of progressive presidential candidates are unnerving moderate Democrats who increasingly fear that the party could fritter away its chances of beating President Trump in 2020 by careening over a liberal cliff.
Two months into the presidential campaign, the leading Democratic contenders have largely broken with consensus-driven politics and embraced leftist ideas on health care, taxes, the environment and Middle East policy that would fundamentally alter the economy, elements of foreign policy and ultimately remake American life.
Led by Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, a democratic socialist who is the top candidate in the race at this early stage, many vocal leaders in the party are choosing to draw lessons from liberal victories in 2018 rather than the party’s breakthroughs in moderate suburban battlegrounds that delivered Democratic control of the House.
These progressive Democrats risk playing into Mr. Trump’s hands — he has repeatedly branded them “socialists” — yet they argue that their ambitious agenda can inspire a voter revolt in 2020 that elects a left-wing president.
“Those ideas that we talked about here in Iowa four years ago that seemed so radical at the time, remember that?” Mr. Sanders, returning to Iowa this week for the first time as a 2020 candidate, crowed on Thursday. “Shock of all shocks, those very same ideas are now supported not only by Democratic candidates for president but by Democratic candidates all across the board, from school board on up.”
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Election 2020: Trump vs. Trotsky
“These progressive Democrats risk playing into Mr. Trump’s hands — he has repeatedly branded them “socialists” — yet they argue that their ambitious agenda can inspire a voter revolt in 2020 that elects a left-wing president.”
Um, we tried that with 0bama. How’d that work out for us?
Obama was elected because he is a negro. White guilt carried his victory.
There are no moderate Democrat politicians. That’s a myth. Moderate RATs are just liberals who are too chickensh*t to admit it and try to pretend to be “centrists”. They’re in lockstep with Bernie and AOC, but they want a more gradual push to socialism than those two!
Even the Slimes is getting nervous. They actually use the term “leftist” to describe them.
Ihlan Omar got over 265,000 votes. Probably 200,000 of those votes were white working class, middle class and wealthy votes.
When your party is defined by which bathroom you can use, how high you must raise taxes, cow farts, and how many second till birth you can kill a baby...I don’t see a problem.
See, I’m not a prejudiced bigot.
I voted for a negro Muslim. Born in Africa to boot.
‘Vermont town elects goat mayor’
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2019/03/08/Vermont-town-elects-goat-mayor/9281552069163/
They have electing an old goat for Senator for years now.
from the far, that is extreme left, Trump appears pretty moderate
hmmm
Bernie Sander’s campaign slogan “Make America hungry again” (He loves bread lines)
Bush didn’t have anything to do with it?
This is now the post-Sanders era for the Democrats. He led the way, but now they are moving beyond him, leaving him behind as they are leaving the Clinton’s behind. He has the socialism, but doesn’t do the identity politics well enough.
I love to see Dem “moderates” “unnerved”.
Leftards may whine and complain now; but they will lock-step vote for any leftist over Trump. Because orange man bad.
Dem moderates. What a quaint Clinton-era term.
Bush didn’t have anything to do with it?
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Candidates McCain & Romney had more to do with it.
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