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- Anti-Bernie Smear #28: “Bernie Will Hurt Democrats Running Down Ballot” Tuesday, 25 February, 2020
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- Anti-Bernie Smear #26: “Bernie is like Trump and/or his supporters are just like Trump’s” Sunday, 2 February, 2020
- Anti-Bernie Smear #27: “Bernie is a Communist, He Honeymooned in the USSR!” Sunday, 2 February, 2020
- Forget “Bernie Or Bust” – When it Comes to Climate Change, it’s “Bernie Or BURN” Friday, 31 January, 2020
- Anti-Bernie Smear #24: “Bernie is too far Left; he can’t win the general election – he will be another McGovern” Thursday, 23 January, 2020
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Maybe Frustrated Progressives Should Look to the Republican Party
Progressives have tried over and over again to take over the Democratic Party and return it to the worker-oriented engine for economic justice that it was under FDR. They have failed. EuroyankeeEuroYankee is a dual citizen, US-EU. He travels around … Continue reading
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Why Trump is NOT “The Most Dangerous President”
He is a racist, a sexist, a misogynist and a xenophobe. He has sexually harassed and assaulted women. He is corrupt and has used his position in Government for financial gain. And on top of it all, he is demented … Continue reading
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What Kind of Socialism Will We Have?
We are all socialists now There have been several articles recently all expressing the sentiment, in one form or another, that with the COVID crisis, “we are all socialists now.” Suddenly Reagan’s quip about the government not being the solution … Continue reading
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The Speech Bernie Needs to Give – NOW
In order to win, Bernie does not need to “go negative’. He does not need to attack the Billionaire Class. He does not need to rail against The Establishment. He does not even need to promise Revolution or delineate his … Continue reading
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Anti-Bernie Smear #28: “Bernie Will Hurt Democrats Running Down Ballot”
Now that Bernie Sanders is the presumptive nominee, and clearly the people’s choice to head the Democratic ticket in November, the Party Elites and their minions in the media are flailing about in an attempt to find some reason to … Continue reading
Anti-Bernie Smear #25: “Bernie wants to let prisoners vote – even the Boston Bomber!”
People who oppose letting prisoners vote often do not have the necessary facts in order to make a rational decision. EuroyankeeEuroYankee is a dual citizen, US-EU. He travels around Europe, writing on politics, culture and such. He pays his … Continue reading
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Anti-Bernie Smear #26: “Bernie is like Trump and/or his supporters are just like Trump’s”
Saying that “Bernie is just a Trump of the Left” is an intellectually lazy way to criticize a candidate. When you cannot fault him on policy or personal grounds, you go after his base of support. Such an attack is … Continue reading
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Anti-Bernie Smear #27: “Bernie is a Communist, He Honeymooned in the USSR!”
Bernie is often attacked for having taken a trip to the USSR in the late 1980’s. This attack is as ancient and outdated as it is erroneous. EuroyankeeEuroYankee is a dual citizen, US-EU. He travels around Europe, writing on politics, … Continue reading
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Forget “Bernie Or Bust” – When it Comes to Climate Change, it’s “Bernie Or BURN”
People accuse Sanders supporters of being “fanatics” who push “purity tests” and adopt a “holier-than-thou” attitude towards other candidates and their supporters. They are grossly underestimating us. We Berners are on a mission to literally save the world, and in … Continue reading
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Anti-Bernie Smear #24: “Bernie is too far Left; he can’t win the general election – he will be another McGovern”
People who claim that Bernie is “too far Left” are mired in a false narrative that the Democratic Party itself has been promoting for decades in order to suppress and thwart Progressives. 2020 is nothing like 1972 EXCEPT in the … Continue reading
Anti-Bernie Smear #23: “Bernie has never been vetted, he’s been given a pass …etc.”
This smear is another one that I would have thought would disappear given all the blatant facts in evidence to the contrary. But no – there are still some people out there claiming that Bernie is popular only because no … Continue reading
Anti-Bernie Smear #17: “Bernie is not a Democrat!”
Centrist Democrats love to pillory Bernie for not being on their Team. This particular “attack” is so stupid that I resisted writing an answer to it for a long time, thinking that it would go away. Alas, there seems to … Continue reading
Anti-Bernie Smear #11: “Bernie is Pro-NRA, Pro-Gun, voted 5 times against the Brady Bill, etc.”
First, let’s be clear: Bernie is no fan of the NRA. Moreover, Bernie is by no means the most pro-gun Democrat out there. Indeed, throughout most of his career, Bernie has had a solid “F” from the NRA. Bernie has … Continue reading
This is Neoliberalism, Part V: the false promise of “Choice”
Beware of politicians, pundits and experts who say they support consumer “choice” — that word does not mean what you think it means. EuroyankeeEuroYankee is a dual citizen, US-EU. He travels around Europe, writing on politics, culture and such. He pays … Continue reading
This is Neoliberalism, Part IV: The Military Industrial Complex and the Big Lie Exposed
The business of America is no longer business. It is war. EuroyankeeEuroYankee is a dual citizen, US-EU. He travels around Europe, writing on politics, culture and such. He pays his US taxes so he gets to weigh in on what … Continue reading
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Tr🍩ll Smear #22: “Bernie is an Anti-Semite”
To many people this may seem like an unlikely or even a silly smear, given that Bernie is Jewish, given that he lost his family in the Holocaust, and given that he actually lived and worked on a Kibbutz in … Continue reading
Anti-Bernie Smear #21: “Bernie wants to take away Americans’ CHOICE in their healthcare provider”
This is an insidious accusation that hinges on debunked ideas of “socialized medicine” and uses classic neoliberal attack strategies to promote what is essentially a massive and bold-faced LIE. EuroyankeeEuroYankee is a dual citizen, US-EU. He travels around Europe, writing … Continue reading
Why I Know Trump Did Not Collude with Russia
Everyone knows Trump is corrupt, that he does dirty deals, and that he had been trying to do business in Russia since the 1990’s. I am sure he also got financing from Russians. But none of that means that he … Continue reading
Anti-Bernie Smear #4: “Bernie was not an effective legislator and he never accomplished anything in Congress”
In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. As explained in this article in AlterNet, and even confirmed here in PolitFact, Bernie was known as the “Amendment King” in Congress. This is important, because actual bills passed in the … Continue reading
Anti-Bernie Smear #15: “Bernie and Jane are Corrupt – Look at the Burlington College Deal”
The screwy accusation of “bank fraud” started by right-wing smear merchants and now pushed by anti-Bernie Democrats and most recently, the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board. EuroyankeeEuroYankee is a dual citizen, US-EU. He travels around Europe, writing on politics, culture … Continue reading