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Nasty Jack

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Wed Feb 12, 2020, 03:03 PM Feb 2020

James Carville says Bernie Sanders followers are a "cult," but can he win?

Sporting a new bow tie but brandishing the same political philosophy as earlier, this liberal icon of American political commentary is fired up and telling the Democrat Party off. “We’re losing our damn minds,” he exclaims, with the urgency of someone about to be pushed over the edge. Carville is the epitome of strategists, making Republicans look like crooks in a mediocre way by keeping his tactics, and those around him, principled and honorable.

He says the Dems must be "Majoritarian," a word I have missed, if a part of the current liberal jargon. Here's the definition...

"From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Majoritarian democracy, as opposed to constitutional democracy, refers to democracy based upon majority rule of a society's citizens. Majoritarian democracy is the conventional form of democracy used as a political system in many countries."


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James Carville says Bernie Sanders followers are a "cult," but can he win? (Original Post) Nasty Jack Feb 2020 OP
Majoritarian-very smart. apcalc Feb 2020 #1
A cult won in 2016.... ExciteBike66 Feb 2020 #2
I'll take the Union cult over the Confederate one any day. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #3
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