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Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumOp-Ed from Austin-Statesman: Jensen: Can Bernie Sanders be labelled?
http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/opinion/jensen-can-bernie-sanders-be-labelled/nnnHL/-snip-
By Robert Jensen - Special to the American-Statesman
Whatever the fate of Bernie Sanders presidential bid, his current popularity provides an opportunity to clarify the various political labels attached to him: liberal, progressive, socialist, democratic socialist, social democratic, leftist, radical.
Each term means something quite different, and each one can mean different things to different people at different times in different places. If its this complicated, should we fuss about labels? Should Sanders and all of us reject being pinned down by a word or phrase? Arent our positions on specific issues more important?
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Op-Ed from Austin-Statesman: Jensen: Can Bernie Sanders be labelled? (Original Post)
LiberalElite
Sep 2015
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And The Conclusion - Bernie Is A Traditional Democrat - Must Mean - HRC Is A Good Something ...
cantbeserious
Sep 2015
#1
Neither Did This One - The Question Is What Is HRC Within The Authors Frame
cantbeserious
Sep 2015
#5
Yes - We Have A Winner - HRC Suppports Ever More War And Ever More Wall Street Bail Outs
cantbeserious
Sep 2015
#12
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)1. And The Conclusion - Bernie Is A Traditional Democrat - Must Mean - HRC Is A Good Something ...
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LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)2. I didn't take it that way eom
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)3. The Author Was Quite Clear
eom
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)4. Yes, the author is also more to the left
than Sanders but I did not take it as an implied endorsement of Hillary.
The last paragraph:
Unlike some leftists, Im not rejecting Sanders candidacy because he is insufficiently radical we need any and all critical voices available. Electoral politics is about achieving what can be achieved in that moment, and the Sanders surge gives leftists an opening to applaud his efforts at countering the centrist/right instincts of so many Democrats while also talking forthrightly about the value of a more radical analysis, which is desperately neede
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)5. Neither Did This One - The Question Is What Is HRC Within The Authors Frame
eom
LWolf
(46,179 posts)11. HRC is a good neo-liberal. nt
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)12. Yes - We Have A Winner - HRC Suppports Ever More War And Ever More Wall Street Bail Outs
em
hootinholler
(26,449 posts)6. A certain element is certainly trying to label him n/t
dae
(3,396 posts)7. IMO, a very good article defining Bernie by
a self-defined "radical leftist".
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)9. I think Bernie can best be described as an FDR Democrat.
As such Bernie is someone that could appeal to a huge majority of the American people.
No doubt about it.