Buttigieg Warns Democrats of 'Socialist' Label

[left-of-center2012]

Pete Buttigieg warned his fellow Democrats that Republicans would attack them as “crazy socialists” regardless of the positions they take.

Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, had said earlier in the night that “is time to stop worrying about what the Republicans will say” about any Democratic policy positions.

“It’s true that if we embrace a far-left agenda, they’re going to say we’re a bunch of crazy socialists,” he said. “If we embrace a conservative agenda, you know what they’re going to do? They’re going to say we’re a bunch of crazy socialists.“

So, he said, “let’s just stand up for the right policy, go out there and defend it.”



https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-31/buttigieg-warns-democrats-of-socialist-label-campaign-update?srnd=politics-vp

[BeyondGeography]

1. Lame headline of the day award

[crazytown]

4. Hint: Click bait

The content is good.

[BeyondGeography]

6. I agree, they purposefully misrepresented a great quote

[Mike 03]

2. Loved that line by Mayor Pete

Chris Hedges was the person who woke me up to the realization that both parties had moved so far to the right that once-mainstream views were being derided by Republicans as "far left." It's tragic we allowed that perception to happen but this new pack of candidates might be the perfect messengers to fix this. Voters still know what they want and a lot of it is common sense and, yes, mainstream.

[Thomas Hurt]

3. Another way to put it, the Democrats should control the narrative...

[elocs]

5. If being labelled "socialist" or "socialists" doesn't matter,

well let's just throw caution to the wind and go all-out on the idea of socialist programs. After all, what could go wrong because anybody we nominate is a sure thing to beat Trump.

The fly in the ointment is that none of the socialistic proposals will never be passed into law soon, not that any who propose them ever explain just how they will be passed into law.

[bullwinkle428]

7. You clearly missed his point. His message was not to go for the farthest out,

most radical position, but the one that would have the most positive impacts on the highest number of people. If you review his policy positions, he actually does lie somewhere between the most hard-core progressives and the absolute centrists.

[elocs]

8. No, I didn't miss the point because my post wasn't about what he said,

but underscores the danger of nominating a candidate who is perceived by too much of America as having socialistic ideas.

[Historic NY]

9. Just remind them that Republicans would gleefully...

kill off Democrats socialist programs such as Social Security (something trump wants) Medicare (something trump wants) a minimum wage that liveable (they already are digging in) unions (doing away with protections, conflating right to work laws) Affordable Health Care act (been in the works). Don't go spouting all kinds of newfangled crap when the old shit is under attack now.