We elected this Socialist! Twice!
I really don't get all of the pearl clutching in regards to people saying that they'll call Bernie a socialist and we'll lost the election if he's nominated.
We already elected a Socialist President. He's also the first African-American President and he has a funny name... Barack Hussein Obama. You know... his middle name is the same as an Iraqi dictator and his last name is very close to the founder of Al Queda. (How did that guy win an election?)
And you know what? This Socialist President was not just elected once. America elected him twice!
He was called a "socialist" throughout both his campaigns in 2008 and 2012. He was called a "socialist" throughout both terms as President. All of his signature acts such as the ACA were called "socialism". Dare to remember?
Mr. McCain repeatedly cashed in on the October surprise of Joe the Plumber [REMEMBER THAT GUY?!?!] on the campaign trail Saturday, and also used his radio address to make the taboo “socialism” charge against Mr. Obama based on his candid admission to the Ohio blue-collar worker that he wants to “spread the wealth around.”
“Joe, in his plainspoken way, said this sounded a lot like socialism. And a lot of Americans are thinking along those same lines. In the best case, ‘spreading the wealth around’ is a familiar idea from the American left. And that kind of class warfare sure doesn’t sound like a ‘new kind of politics,’ ” Mr. McCain said in the weekly address.
McCain decries Obama’s ‘socialism’ October 19, 2008
“This campaign in the next couple of weeks is about one thing,” Todd Akin, a Republican congressman from Missouri, told a McCain rally outside St. Louis. “It’s a referendum on socialism.” “With all due respect,” Senator George Voinovich, Republican of Ohio, said, “the man is a socialist.”
Like, Socialism NOVEMBER 3, 2008 ISSUE
Barack Obama is a Fabian socialist. I should know; I was raised by one.
Barack Obama, Fabian Socialist 11/03/2008
On Monday night, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin appeared on Fox News, where she told Sean Hannity that "Barack Obama is a socialist. He believes in socialism."
Is Obama a Socialist? In 2012, Millions Went to the Dictionary to Find Out, Dec 5th 2012
Well, would it matter to you if Barack Obama, it was learned, was a member of a third party, Socialist Party, who had as its objective to transform America into a Western European socialist-type Democracy? In 2012, would that matter to you? Other than the Democrat Party, right. Would it matter to you? Well, 'cause in Obama's case, it's true.
Documents Show Barack Obama was Member of a Socialist Third Party in '90s June 07, 2012
We elected Barack Obama... the socialist who isn't a socialist. TWICE! He was smeared with this "word" endlessly in BOTH elections.
The ACA/Obamacare was declared Socialism. Before it was passed... after it was passed.
RNC resolution calls “Obamacare” a march toward “socialism.” For months, right-wing members of the RNC have been urging Michael Steele to call Obama a “socialist.”
RNC Adopts Wingnut Agenda: Calls ‘Obamacare’ Socialism, Bans Cap-And-Trade, Condemns Obama’s ‘Czars’ AUGUST 1, 2009
"Just think of this: Is it socialism to nationalize a company? Is it socialism to take over banks, insurance companies, car companies? Is that socialism? The socialists say it is," said King, referring more to the federal bailouts during the recession than to health care reform.
Obamacare Is Socialism: Reps. Louie Gohmert, Steve King Attack 03/20/2014
And guess who also got called a socialist?
Socialist Hillary!
Hillary Clinton, Socialist Still October 9,2007
As you see above whomever we nominate is going to be called a Socialist.
The word has lost it's effectiveness. We already have a Fake Socialist President whom we elected twice.
We might as well nominate a real one this time and make the changes this country needs!
Bernie Sanders, Democratic Socialist, and the next President of the United States of America
Go big or go home!