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Grandma up late! Democratic Debate January 17th

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by bigtexxx, Jan 17, 2016.

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  1. tmacfor35

    tmacfor35 Member

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    I don't need to be detailed.

    If you are believing the crap coming out of his mouth, then you might be some kind of stupid.
     
  2. rocketsjudoka

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    I am starting to feel bad for O'Malley. He's not a bad candidate and has some good ideas. He's just up against a far bigger name and someone who has captured the imagination of many.
     
  3. CometsWin

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    What ideas do you have a problem with? Socialism is very much American, it's used all over the place in America.
     
  4. fchowd0311

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    Problem is his GED level education causes him to believe socialism equals communist blocs and labor camps. Little does he know that every modern nation including the U.S. has some form of socialist polices.

    Driving on a public road tmacfor35? You are taking advantage of socialism. How 'un-American' of you.
     
  5. Commodore

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  6. glynch

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    Yeah, health care and college and high wages so anti-American in Republican America.:)
     
  7. glynch

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    Yeah, but Hillary is still the candidate of the declining contented moderates and supporters of the staus quo yearning for the 5th and 6th terms of Bill Clinton-Obama-Hillary.:(
     
  8. fchowd0311

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    Also the candidate of the 'it's time for a woman president' base.
     
  9. larsv8

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    Didn't watch the debate, but I'm happy to see those snippets saying Bernie did well.
     
  10. Nook

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    Bernie is an extremist.

    If he wins the nomination it will get very interesting...

    The Socialist versus the demagogue (Trump/Cruz).
     
  11. Bobbythegreat

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    I still don't think it is a forgone conclusion that one of those two win the Republican nomination, Rubio could surge after the race gets more serious and people are actually voting.
     
  12. Cohete Rojo

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    O'Malley debates to not lose.
     
  13. yo

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    Crying 'boring' like a child who needs to be entertained. Trump complains about the same thing because he knows his low-information base need faux-rage theatre instead of substance.
     
  14. MojoMan

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    So did Bernie help himself tonight in such a way as to change Hillary Clinton supporters minds and win their votes in the primaries?
     
  15. RocketsLegend

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    You are a moron! Just because we have public roads doesn't make us a socialist country. You need to learn what socialism means before spewing your garbage.
     
  16. Cohete Rojo

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    Bernie yaps about campaign finance, Goldman, etc, but refuses to point the finger at Hillary. What an old man.
     
  17. JeffB

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    You have that backwards.

    Go here: http://econlib.org (The Library of Economics and Liberty)

    Here is a hint: Start with Adam Smith, paying particular attention to Book 5 of Wealth of Nations. Here in Smith discusses the limits of markets and private enterprise in meeting certain public ends and the need for governments to engage in public works, such as roads and bridges. Then work your way through John Stuart Mill ( the guy credited as the father of libertarianism ) and ponder his discussion of private property. Then notice his critique of Socialism and how he compares it to communism.

    I recommended writers not generally considered to be left-wingy. The website is run by the Liberty Fund organization, a very right wing group. So the library very much leans toward free market capitalism and neoliberalism.
     
  18. JayGoogle

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    I find that most people that criticize Bernie on being a socialist have no idea what it means. They usually can't go into detail about what they dislike about him except that "He's a socialist." as if that makes him Stalin or something.
     
  19. fchowd0311

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    There is no such thing as a 'socialist country'.
     
  20. fchowd0311

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    There is no such thing as a 'socialist country'. Every country enacts socialist polices such as SOCIAL security, medicare, medicaid, public infrastructure, national parks, local law enforcement, standing military etc.
     

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