2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWINK....SOCIALIST!
Here is Bernie's democratic socialist speech at Georgetown University in its entirety - just in case you haven't seen it.
http://www.c-span.org/video/?400961-1/senator-bernie-sanders-address-democratic-socialism
Martin Eden
(12,870 posts)immoderate
(20,885 posts)Don't know. Don't wanna know. Don't give a shit.
--imm
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)Fritz Walter
(4,291 posts)Many of our fellow Americans react to that label in the same ways that the villagers did in the Monty Python and the Holy Grail witch scene. That is to say, in ignorance and fear.
I commend Bernie for confronting those reactions and embracing the term rather than trying to run away from it. The Attwater/Rove tactic of Smear is already in play. He needs our help if he is to succeed. One closed mind at a time.
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,366 posts)Thanks for the thread, Rosa Luxemburg.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)DianeK
(975 posts)including the Q&A at the end...it is wonderful! A real lesson in who we really are as Americans and where we come from!
Loved every minute of it.
bvar22
(39,909 posts)Bookmarking
and saving a copy to my HD in case I get a pizza.
That was one of the most inspiring speeches in recent memory.
FDR is the reason I joined the Democratic Party in 1968.
It was GREAT to hear those words again.