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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Denmark's prime minister says Bernie Sanders is wrong to call his country socialist//// [View all]Armstead
(47,803 posts)24. Yes he wants to wipe out Ma and Pa's hardware store down the street....
No wait a minute, that would be Wal Mart
Your digging into esoteric crap to distort Sanders real positions on real issues is, er, misguided
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Denmark's prime minister says Bernie Sanders is wrong to call his country socialist//// [View all]
Historic NY
Nov 2015
OP
I agree, Sunseeker. I was surprised he didn't have a coherent answer for Maher's setup question.
Hoyt
Nov 2015
#61
Roosevelt was a Keynesian. Neither President Roosevelt nor Keynes were socialists.
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2015
#11
A debate between Prime Minister Rasmussen and Senator Sanders would be illuminating.
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2015
#9
Does/does not the Prime Minister of a nation know what type of economic system his nation has?
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2015
#31
you are all knowing. you know what we think. you know what "plenty of Democrats think"
virtualobserver
Nov 2015
#175
Just going by what the polls are telling us. No mind reading skills required. eom
BlueCaliDem
Nov 2015
#185
Maybe we all need to go back and read Marx's Socialism-Utopian and Scientific
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2015
#145
This PM's main rival Party is called Socialist Democrats. So his spin on the word is all about
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2015
#126
that doesn't cut it......center left just lost control two months ago after many years in power
virtualobserver
Nov 2015
#179
Don't be silly Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen! BS is never wrong.. take that back!
Cha
Nov 2015
#12
Rasmussen is a member of the right leaning Party Venstre, which retook office by defeating their
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2015
#116
Yes Bernie should stop calling himself a socialist unless he really is one.
Bread and Circus
Nov 2015
#16
Bernie Sanders is a Democratic Socialist. Denmark is Democratic Socialist
riderinthestorm
Nov 2015
#19
Are Democratic socialism and Social democracy two individual ways of organizing an economy ...
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2015
#57
Of course they do because they are social democracies and not democratic socialist states.
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2015
#51
As would I...I have no idea why we are going down these rabbit holes.
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2015
#66
That is my major issue with Sanders. I wish he's just describe himself as that.
Armstead
Nov 2015
#68
We're not just talking about the economy of a country but its governance too...
cascadiance
Nov 2015
#105
Are/are not Social democracy and Democratic socialism mutually exclusive ways of organizing ...
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2015
#121
The greater issue is whether, as Senator Sanders has posited, the US should be like Denmark...
Spazito
Nov 2015
#118
Huh? I don't think Senator Sanders will be the Democratic Presidential candidate...
Spazito
Nov 2015
#163
Sanders will deliver a speech to define "democratic socialism" before the next Democratic presidenti
riversedge
Nov 2015
#180
So Mr. Sanders is in favour of a strong market economy with security for its citizens and
Betty Karlson
Nov 2015
#186