McCaskill is out red baiting again:
Said Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO): “The Republicans won’t touch [Sanders] because they can’t wait to run an ad with a hammer and sickle.”
www.washingtonmonthly.com/...
After scorched earth, will the party be standing?
Will Sanders supporters vote after being called commies?
I will vote for the Democratic nominee. But I am not everyone.
Scars take a long time to heal.
Red baiting by Democrats is a betrayal of all I have fought for as a Dem since 1974 when I first voted.
Claire and other surrogates will hide it by saying it this way, but we know what it is.
This is a line that should not have been crossed.
Claire runs in 2018 and I am a voter. Contributed and voted for her in 2006. Voted for her in 2012. Why vote for someone who does not want my vote, who ridicules and attacks me?
Update:
Redbaiting Daily Kos style:
God forbid anyone mention one of the most obvious prospective lines of attacks against Bernie.
p.s. It's not "red-baiting" if you choose to label yourself a "red."
www.dailykos.com/…
As anyone who knows United States history, a “red” is a communist.
During the Cold War, Germany often was led by Socialist Governments. The same with the UK and France (1980 with Mitterrand)
Communists considered socialists to be class enemies. Socialists are not communists. In fact, Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebneicht were murdered by German Socialists (look it up). (not a great moment for those socialists)
Bernie has never claimed to be a communist. He does not call himself a “red.”
But Democrats were called reds for years for supporting labor, civil rights, so many things.
I am so pissed off. I will stop before I say what I am thinking.