America under a Sanders presidency would still be America, both because Sanders is an infinitely better man than Trump and because the Democratic Party wouldn't enable abuse of power the way Republicans have 2/
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Well, Bernie Sanders is now the clear favorite for the Democratic nomination. Lots of things to say about that, but the most important is that he is NOT a left-leaning version of Trump. Even if you disagree with his ideas, he's not a wannabe authoritarian ruler 1/
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And if you're worried about his economic agenda, what's your concern, exactly? That he'll run budget deficits? Trump is doing that already — and the economic effects have been positive 3/
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I'm more concerned about (a) electability and (b) if he does win, squandering political capital on unwinnable fights like abolishing private health insurance. But if he's the nominee, it's the job of Dems to make him electable if at all possible 4/
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To be honest, a Sanders administration would probably leave center-left policy wonks like me out in the cold, at least initially. But this is no time for self-indulgence and ego trips. Freedom is on the line 5/
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And, Bernie S has reasonable policies, ones hardly outrageous left-wing; they are not unusual for Europe. Mind you, given how wealth distorts democracy in US/UK... it will be astonishing if BS wins. No doubt the smears against BS will be akin to those against Corbyn here.
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That is what really drives me mad. Bernie is *slightly* left of absolute center and he is advocating for basic things that are taken for granted in our peer countries even among their right wing parties but people act as though he wants to do away with all private ownership
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Bernie Sanders: "my way or the highway".
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OUR WAY. We are the 99%.
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I want more states and voices to be heard before y'all start writing off Biden. He's led in the polls for a year until 1. Repubs started polling & voting for Bernie in the open primaries & will vote Trump in the general. 2. Bloomberg took Biden's votes, for now. 3. Russia againpic.twitter.com/mcspBGPTOp
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The Democratic establishments problem is that they still think it’s 1992.
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