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In reply to the discussion: My thought about Zohran Mamdani and the Democratic Party. [View all]3Hotdogs
(14,643 posts)Mandami is a Socialist Democrat. Bernie is a Democratic Socialist. I don't know what the difference is.
What I do know - Bernie and A.O.C. fill auditoriums.
I live in N.J. I attended. a presentation by Booker before he became mayor of N.J. It was an excellent speech to police officers about their contribution to society. Still, I wouldn't feel inspired to walk across the street to hear another speech by Booker. I will vote for him again, against a Republican, but that is the limit of my support for him.
Now back to Mamdani. The Dem "establishment" is afraid of being associated with the term, socialist. Instead of attacking the issue, they explain that the Democratic Party is not socialist and doesn't believe in socialism.
What they should be doing, is explaining what socialism can offer that would benefit all of us. They should define fascism and point out the characteristics of Republican leadership that are fascist.
Instead, we get ambiguous platform statements that end up in the bottom of the bird cage of those of us who still get newspapers.
--- and we will continue to lose elections.
Carry on.
P.S. I would drive hours to hear Bernie and/or A.O.C.
Oh. And I'm 83 years old.
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