No, there is not a difference between ‘Democratic Socialism’ and ‘Socialism’

There is absolutely no difference between “democratic socialism” and “socialism.” The term “democratic socialism” is used solely to lull the average American into accepting socialism, the path to Communism.

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Dear Young Americans: Don't Vote for Bernie

Bernie Sanders deserves our respect. After all, it was not long ago that the senior senator from Vermont and self-proclaimed democratic socialist was pontificating from the political fringe. Today, however, Sanders has re-defined the centerground of liberal politics. His result in the Iowa caucuses — just 0.3 percent behind frontrunner Hillary Clinton — evidences this truth. Yet while Sanders may deserve Millennial respect, he does not deserve our support. For three reasons, a Sanders presidency would be a disaster for young Americans... Read more at Opportunity Lives Read More......

Sanders and Clinton vs. Capitalism

On Tuesday, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, along with other Democratic presidential candidates, were in Las Vegas, a city that does not believe in stifling commercialism, at the Wynn hotel, where suites go for as much as $900 per night. They came to deplore the evils of capitalism. The senator from Vermont identifies himself as a "democratic socialist," and he's no pretender. In 1985, as mayor of Burlington, he traveled to Nicaragua to celebrate the sixth anniversary of what he called the "heroic revolution" of the Marxist Sandinistas.

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Progressives Tug-of-War Fuels Dems' Identity Crisis

Dana Haswell Corbin had no idea she was bucking conventional political wisdom when she wore her pale blue “Bernie for President” T-shirt months before a primary vote in any state, let alone her native Pennsylvania. --Conventional wisdom dictates she is supposed to like Hillary Clinton's “unique and historic candidacy” as a woman on the cusp of walking away with the Democrats' nomination. But Corbin says she likes Bernie Sanders, Vermont's “democratic socialist” U.S. senator, because of what she describes as his frank talk and his authentic voice on progressive issues.

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