Sen. Bernie Sanders to explain his democratic socialist views

[Omaha Steve]

Source: USA Today

Nicole Gaudiano,

WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders wants America to embrace a “second Bill of Rights,” a program for economic and social justice that President Franklin D. Roosevelt called for in 1944.

Sanders, a Vermont independent and candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, will highlight Roosevelt’s proposal on Thursday as part of a speech at Georgetown University in Washington explaining why he considers himself a democratic socialist.

Roosevelt's pitch, which he made in a State of the Union Address, called for acting on a number of rights that he said were generally accepted in the country, including the right to education, medical care, and a decent home, "regardless of station, race, or creed.”

In previewing Sanders' speech, his campaign said Wednesday that, "At a time of massive income and wealth inequality, Sanders believes, as did Roosevelt, that all Americans should have a right to a job with a living wage; health care; education; social security; housing and freedom from unfair competition and monopolies."

FULL story at link.


Bernie Sanders makes a point during a Democratic presidential primary debate on Nov. 14, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa.
(Photo: Charlie Neibergall, AP)

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2015/11/18/sen-bernie-sanders-explain-his-embrace-democratic-socialism/75987572/

[forest444]

1. The sad truth is that most of our fellow Americans are FAR too brainwashed for democratic socialism

That said, I'm glad Bernie is being bold about it.

I expected nothing less from him.

[Pharaoh]

2. ^^this^^

yes, they have brainwashed us for many decades. Now we have a country full of morons ready to turn on each other rather than the system that enslaves them. Of course, you cannot see the chains if you don't know you are being enslaved.

[brooklynite]

10. But YOU were too clever, right?

This notion of "the voters are too stupid to vote my way" isn't a slogan I would recommend putting on a bumper sticker.

[Pharaoh]

11. yup

[SmittynMo]

13. And the sad part is

our fellow Americans are going to vote against their best interest. What scares me is they don't know it.

It pretty much comes down to one thing. Who do you TRUST? The answer is as plain as the nose on your face.

So why don't they understand this simple concept?

[forest444]

22. Da brainwashing.

We're all been told from the time we're in preschool - sometimes in as many words, often times more subtly - that Socialists are people who want to take our homes, cars, savings, and Elvis plate collections, and give it to undeserving negroes and Mexicans.

Not all of us fall for it, of course; but they don't need it to be everyone - just a majority.

[Hydra]

3. I told everyone he was following in FDR's footprints

The question is, is the Third Way right? Were they able to convert our party of the people into the party of the entitled assholes?

[trillion]

5. entitled?

Please explain. You sound like being entitled to have healthcare is a bad thing instead of what Europe calls a human right.

[Hydra]

8. Entitled: "believing oneself to be inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment."

Entitlement: "the fact of having a right to something."

[MisterP]

12. ah, Hydra means the ultra-rich Wall Street, IT, and entertainment donors that the party's

been handed over to

[DhhD]

18. Third Way makes no mention of a public option or single payer.

http://www.thirdway.org/issue/health-care


It is very important for Sanders to start explaining the difference between HRC's third way and FDR/BSanders democratic socialism; VERY important. Look through the Issues of the third way web site. In 1994, the Clinton's had to take down Hillarycare because third way was way too far to the Right for Progressive Democrats to accept. By 1998, the Clinton's had moved very Right in to the privatization that brought Hillarycare down.

[msongs]

4. goog, will watch it if its accessible at a good time

[MoonchildCA]

6. Right now I'm dreaming of four terms of President Sanders...

...please, don't wake me up.

[Hydra]

9. We'll wake you up when it happens

[pinstikfartherin]

7. Apparently he's going to talk about foreign policy and Isis, too.

Per the release on his website, at least. I guess we will see some kind of hybrid speech?

[PatrickforO]

14. Not a bad article, and USA Today no less.

They did Bernie a favor mentioning him in the same breath as Franklin D. Roosevelt. That was pretty cool, because Bernie is the next FDR.

[jwirr]

15. I have read this several times. What I have not read is

when and where?

[Festivito]

17. Thursday 2PM at Georgetown University. Links.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is set to give a campaign-defining address on democratic socialism and expand on his national security platform at Georgetown University on Thursday.

The presidential candidate will deliver the 2 p.m.

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/260556-sanders-plans-speech-explaining-socialism

WP just leaves out what time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/11/18/bernie-sanders-to-deliver-much-awaited-speech-on-democratic-socialism-thursday/

NPR left out time. Said Sander's campaign would not respond to questions, so they called some (RW) professors to say what it was. (Would not dare to call Professor Wolfe!) One said he'd give Bernie an F if Bernie gave the response he imagined Bernie to say on one of his tests. Oh my!

[jwirr]

20. Thank you.

[Duckfan]

16. I'm going to remain a bit more optismic.

Though it is true a segment of our population votes against their own best interest. I'm hoping that number will drop the closer to February we get.

The larger number of tea-party types, will always vote against their own best interest because with tea-partiers, the light is on but nobody's home.

There is still time to get the message out and connect with voters of higher intelligence.

[Sunlei]

19. This is cool, I am happy more & more Americans can finally listen to Senator Sanders.

[24601]

21. A second bill of rights sounds like a serious proposal. Let's give them a serious forum and

convene a Constitutional Convention. It leaves it to the States to propose and ratify changes. Neither the President nor Congress have any role in the convention process. I presume a state could appoint a sitting member, or even the President as one of their delegates, but that has nothing to do with their day jobs.