Socialism, Freebies of every kind. And it WILL get votes.

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Conservatives, Don’t Be Fooled. Bernie Can Win.

Don’t laugh. Sanders can win the Democratic nomination—and, yes, the presidency. And a Sanders vs. Trump race would change the country for the worse.

Once upon a time, it would have been unthinkable for America to nominate an avowed socialist who complimented the Castro regime, defended Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega, attacked 150 years of American imperialism, and—after visiting Moscow—praised the Soviet Union’s youth and cultural programs.

Yet, Bernie Sanders’ second quest for the Democratic nomination got off to an incredibly strong start this week, when he hauled in nearly $6 million within 24 hours of announcing his intention. Many early polls (including one in Iowa) show him trailing only Joe Biden—a man who might not even run. Sanders is also currently crushing the DailyKos straw poll, for what that’s worth.

Even a decade ago, voters would have considered Sanders’ politics a deal breaker―in part because we thought we had learned the lessons of history. Socialism was inherently evil and synonymous with bread lines, atheism, Soviet imperialism, and gulags.

But that was a simpler time, before Bernie gave Hillary Clinton a run for her money in 2016. It was before Donald Trump normalized his own brand of nationalist populism. And it was before Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) skyrocketed to fame in 2018, promoting a hipper brand of Sanders-esque socialism.

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