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Showing Original Post only (View all)Printed in Des Moines Register: Our caucus: Debaters agree on one thing -- Sanders [View all]
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/caucus/2015/12/26/our-caucus-bernie-sanders-dowling-catholic-paradigm-ankeny-anna-senneff/77777040/
Anna Senneff, Our Caucus 10:02 a.m. CST December 26, 2015
I recently attended the Dowling Catholic Paradigm, a national level speech and debate tournament, and encountered teams from across the nation Minnesota, Illinois, Colorado, Massachusetts, and even, I heard, Florida. Why they'd come to Iowa in the winter is beyond me.
The Paradigm is one of the most geographically diverse tournaments Ive had the privilege of competing in. In addition to the differing backgrounds, debate kids have an innate need to disagree and argue about anything one can possibly argue about. However, I noticed the vast majority of people I came across had one thing in common: devoted support for Bernie Sanders.
This is definitely something Id noticed before, from countless Sanders campaign stickers plastered onto laptops, to conversations in tournament school hallways, to one girls assertion on that Saturday that, Bernie Sanders is just a kind, old man trying to fix America, and I think we should let him. Its rare to find anything that a majority of debaters can agree upon, unless its that tournament concessions are disgusting and that NFL sounds much cooler than NSDA. But the Sanders' bandwagon, Ive noticed, is one that appeals not just to debaters, but to young people in general.
So whats that about? I cant say Im a Sanders supporter, but Ive come across countless teens who are. I know the man has made some big promises, including free public college, higher minimum wage, a new immigration policy and more. I can see where a lot of his plans would appeal to the younger population (and to be honest, we havent been afforded many great options as far as presidential candidates). But heres the congruence Ive seen between Sanders and his younger supports: liberalism and progressiveness.
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Printed in Des Moines Register: Our caucus: Debaters agree on one thing -- Sanders [View all]
Omaha Steve
Dec 2015
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Didn't you also say "no US politician has ever been as far left as Sanders"?
beam me up scottie
Dec 2015
#15
He and the rest of us can't read your mind about what you mean by "far left"...
cascadiance
Dec 2015
#58
Love the perks that other Delaware corporations also like that Biden gave them with Bankruptcy bill?
cascadiance
Dec 2015
#60
Tech boom, bubble economy, and the growth was not great for many under Clinton
dreamnightwind
Dec 2015
#98
By increasing taxes on the rich, many of whom today are paying no taxes at all. In
Cal33
Dec 2015
#25
lots of trust fund babies great grandfathers might of "labored"or not
questionseverything
Dec 2015
#35
Yea because Walton family owns as much wealth as FORTY PERCENT of Americans!
cascadiance
Dec 2015
#64
You haven't read my post carefully. I used the words "many of whom" in the 1st paragraph, and
Cal33
Dec 2015
#34
If you want to dot every i and cross every t, Who owns the corporations? The few rich
Cal33
Dec 2015
#42
I said for the rich, not for everyone! What I said is NOT ignorant!
Dont call me Shirley
Dec 2015
#101
Leftists don't fit in with DFR and JFK? FDR raised taxes to 91% during WW II -- for those
Cal33
Dec 2015
#48
the subsides in the exchange are a good example of deficit spending that enriches corporations
questionseverything
Dec 2015
#46
my guess this also includes a real comfy retirement. I know at least one country in Europe
Karma13612
Dec 2015
#71