Anyone with a pulse could see this play a mile away. Ted Cruz has officially dropped the "socialist" mic on Bernie Sanders. More importantly, he trying to tie Hillary and every other democrat to Bern's unnecessary, self-imposed label as.
He starts with this political compliment that has three goals: "Bernie Sanders Is the Only Democrat Standing Up to Corporate Cronyism." Hmmm, okay Ted.
His three audiences and messages:
1. Democrats should support Bernie because we can't beat Hillary
2. Unlike me, Hillary is engaged in corporate cronyism
3. But, just like Bernie, Hillary and ALL the democrats are closet socialist
Mediaite:
During an interview with Chris Matthews on Hardball, Ted Cruz called out the Democratic Party for using a lot of rhetoric about opposing big business and big money, while at the same time supporting welfare and corporate cronyism.
Cruz said that amongst all the Democrats and Republicans indulging in this practice, Bernie Sanders is the only 2016 candidate who admits that he’s a socialist as a way of identifying with frustration about such practices amongst voters.
“The difference is I think there are an awful lot of crass in the United States Senate, whose policies are every bit as liberal or socialist but they don’t admit it,” Cruz said. He went on to describe how he was enjoying watching Hillary Clinton trying to play up the same points as Sanders, while at the same time, trying to not appear like too much of a socialist herself. http://www.mediaite.com/...
Folks, this is just the beginning. Bernie pisses me off because he unnecessarily wore his socialist badge to elevate his progressive purity above all the rest.
Now, he's all about large "D" DEMOCRATS and is running from his decades long nomenclature like the plague. Haven't heard him call himself a "socialist" since he's been trying to go mainstream.
Thanks Bern.