Real Time: I love Sen. Bernie Sanders

[Ichingcarpenter]

With Ben Affleck and Martin Short. Pretty liberal panel tonight.

[Ichingcarpenter]

1. All three of them are liking Democratic Socialism

talking about how the right wing promote fantasy and hate for the peons.

[Inspired]

2. I love him, too.

I am probably also a democratic socialist.

[Maat]

4. I call myself a "Social Democrat."

They say the only difference between a "Social Democrat" and a "Democratic Socialist" is that the Democratic Socialist is moving to the right and the Social Democrat is moving to the left (that's sort of been my journey for a long while now).

"In many countries, social democrats continue to exist alongside democratic socialists, who stand to the political left of them on the political spectrum. The two movements sometimes operate within the same political party, such as the Brazilian Workers' Party<3> and the French Socialist Party."

and ...

"The social democrats, who had created the largest socialist organizations of that era, did not reject Marxism (and in fact claimed to uphold it), but a number of key individuals wanted to reform Marx's arguments in order to promulgate a less hostile criticism of capitalism. They argued that socialism should be achieved through evolution of society rather than revolution."

Quotes from Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_democracy

I don't have anything in common with Tony Blair, though (HeeHee).

[Booster]

5. I never realized it, but I think I am too. Got to do some research.

[givemebackmycountry]

3. Yeah, me too...

He's been going on Thom Hartman for years...

He's so smart and so liberal and so with us.

I hope he has a promotion in his future, I really do!

[Strelnikov_]

6. Frank Luntz is one weird MoFo

I mean, what's up with that "don't touch me" shit. I have seen the same exchange between him and Maher when he has been on in the past.

Dollars to doughnut's guy keeps rubber sheets on his bed.