re: #167 KGxvi

A fair point. I doubt he would have the rhetorical skills to pull it off.

Perhaps. And if Sanders had better rhetorical skills, maybe he’d be able to fight that default (though I’m guessing socialist = communist is probably more common in the over 40 crowd, I’m about to turn 38 and the Berlin Wall fell when I was in junior high). I simply wonder if socialist is one of those words that is losing its meaning in American politics because the RWNM is so keen on throwing it around, much like they did with “liberal”.

It certainly seems to be, because who would’ve imagined a socialist would be in serious contention for the Democratic nomination for President? I certainly didn’t think Sanders would be a serious contender when his name first came up.