POLITICS Democratic Nominee 2020 Lollapalooza

you don't usually strike me as someone who thinks the world is only black and white.

 

I thought they were authoritarian communists, not to be praised? you can't have it both ways.

 

this is bullshit. Bernie doesnt run on MAGA, where was you US sucks interpretation for that?

 

I have only heard him criticizing the US; I am sorry I missed the praise. What does Sanders say that he likes about the US?

 

when did i say that? look at hong kong and see what china could have been if they had a real open economy.

 

His estate?

 

he likes the people. Americans. he likes workers. says so daily

 

wait, so they aren't capitalists? Choose, or back off the black and white.

 

no they aren't capitalists, but capitalism is what saved their economy.

 

cool cool cool.

So Bernie maybe can also use capitalism.

 

i think he's figured it out with all the houses and stuff.

 

Black and white is right/wrong. I said odd.

I generally use a specific word to convey my actual meaning. Maybe you've not noticed?

 

I have not generally noticed this specific behavior, no.

 

Aidos gillibrand.

 

Trump - I like American people, workers, capitalism, gun rights, real estate, our Republic form of Government, pro-life, Military, etc.

Bernie - I like American People. Now let me tell you about the great country of China. And when I am done I want to heap some praise on Fidel Castro and the great job he has done.

 

Don’t tell me the man is never funny

 

Again, this is just silly BS. Who praises Putin? North Korean dictators? Chairman Xi?

 

Equally stupid.

 

No, not equally. One didn't, one did.

 

Maria Elena Salinas played a video clip from 1985 in which then-Burlington Mayor Sanders said some nice things about Fidel Castro. This is how Salinas set up the clip: "In 1985, you praised the Sandinista government and you said that Daniel Ortega was an impressive guy. This is what you said about Fidel Castro."

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Salinas followed up the clip with a loaded question: "In South Florida there are still open wounds among some exiles regarding socialism and communism. So please explain what is the difference between the socialism that you profess and the socialism in Nicaragua, Cuba, and Venezuela."

Sanders began, "Well, let me just answer that" — and then didn't, explaining instead that he opposes the Monroe Doctrine and 70 years of the U.S. overthrowing democratically elected leaders in Latin America.

Salinas tried again: "Senator, in retrospect, have you ever regretted the characterizations that you made of Daniel Ortega and Fidel Castro that way?" Here's where Sanders could have been politically smarter:

If Sanders was already not going to answer Salinas' question, he could have skipped the part about how "it would be wrong not to state that in Cuba they have made some good advances in health care" and "made some progress in education."

https://theweek.com/articles/611815/how-bernie-sanders-stepped-fidel-castro-cuba