Pawlenty is out of the race, let's just hope Perry and Bachmann are next, not that I'm biased .... but Originally Posted by waverunner234Seeing how Bachmann won the straw poll that knocked Pawlenty out of the race and everyone is slobbing on Perry's knob for NOT being Mormon, it doesn't look too good for that. God help us if the two of them get together as running mates.
Just shows how far out of the mainstream the Republican base is. The shame of it is that the economy is so bad -- largely because of the Republicans, ironically -- that anybody who is an outsider, no matter how ridiculous they are, actually stands a puncher's chance.There you go folks, even on the D side of the aisle. If you want socialism vote for Bernie Sanders, a SELF-AVOWED socialist. TTH doesn't even acknowledge he's a socialist, but tows the party line.
And as strong a Democrat as I am, Obama hasn't helped himself with his endless triangulation and capitulation to the center. If Bernie Sanders or Russ Feingold ran against Obama in the primary, I think they'd wipe the floor with him. Never mind Hillary or Bill. Originally Posted by TexTushHog
There you go folks, even on the D side of the aisle. If you want socialism vote for Bernie Sanders, a SELF-AVOWED socialist. TTH doesn't even acknowledge he's a socialist, but tows the party line. Originally Posted by DFW5Traveler
AMY GOODMAN: And if people ask, "What do you mean, 'socialist'?" what would you say?
REP. BERNIE SANDERS: Well, I think it means the government has got to play a very important role in making sure that as a right of citizenship, all of our people have healthcare; that as a right, all of our kids, regardless of income, have quality childcare, are able to go to college without going deeply into debt; that it means we do not allow large corporations and moneyed interests to destroy our environment; that we create a government in which it is not dominated by big money interest. I mean, to me, it means democracy, frankly. That’s all it means. And we are living in an increasingly undemocratic society in which decisions are made by people who have huge sums of money. And that’s the goal that we have to achieve.