2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: My Thanks to Bernie Sanders [View all]WiffenPoof
(2,404 posts)I hear a lot of people say that Bernie is not a Democrat. I think that one of the major points of my OP was that he is indeed a Democrat....possibly more a Democrat than what we see today. I understand what you are saying, but I evaluate candidates on their positions not their labels. Bernie is much closer to being what FDR was. Would you consider FDR a socialist? I think not.
Anyway...Bernie is NOT a Socialist, but has labeled himself as a Democratic-Socialist. In my thinking, it is merely a more extreme version of what people call Democrats today. I suppose that is why we Bernie supporters are referred to as "Progressives." It is because the Democratic Party has moved so far to the Right over the past thirty years that a new label needed to be created.
When you refer to Bernie as a Socialist, you sound a lot like someone on the Right.
Cheers....I appreciate your response.
-P