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Thread: Chris Matthews Dumbfounds DNC Chair: 'Tell Me the Difference Between You and a Socialist'

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    Chris Matthews Dumbfounds DNC Chair: 'Tell Me the Difference Between You and a Socialist'



    Chris Matthews chatted with DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz tonight and things got awkward fast when they dived into talking about Bernie Sanders.


    Matthews asked Wasserman-Schultz if, even if he loses, Sanders would have a place at the DNC convention, seeing as how he’s really popular with the base and could fire up a Democratic audience before the election.


    She said he should get to speak, but Matthews kept prodding away to see if he would be allowed to speak in primetime instead of “when nobody’s watching.”


    Wasserman-Schultz talked up his “progressive populist message” that people like, when Matthews asked her point-blank, “What’s the difference between a Democrat and a socialist? I used to think there was a big difference. What do you think it is?”


    Wasserman-Schultz ducked the question, but Matthews pressed her and said, “You’re the chairman of the Democratic Party. Tell me what’s the difference between you and a socialist.”


    She insisted that the bigger debate is the gulf between the Democrats and the Republicans on the issues.
    http://www.mediaite.com/tv/things-ge...ers-socialism/
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    For one, a true socialist wouldn't be doing the bidding of billionaires at every opportunity.

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    Chris does sometimes manage to have his moments.

    LMAO!

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    Fodder for general election debates.

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    No, Chris. There is no difference. You are thinking of a different democratic party. That one no longer exists. (If it ever did.)
    "And now that the legislators and do-gooders have so futilely inflicted so many systems upon society, may they finally end where they should have begun: May they reject all systems, and try liberty; for liberty is an acknowledgment of faith in God and His works." - Bastiat

    "It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." - Voltaire

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    DNC chair & Matthews are confused , they are both commies , it is the establishment GOP that are socialist .

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    DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz Can't Tell The Difference Between A Democrat And A Socialis

    Quote Originally Posted by Ron Paul View Post
    The intellectual battle for liberty can appear to be a lonely one at times. However, the numbers are not as important as the principles that we hold. Leonard Read always taught that "it's not a numbers game, but an ideological game." That's why it's important to continue to provide a principled philosophy as to what the role of government ought to be, despite the numbers that stare us in the face.
    Quote Originally Posted by Origanalist View Post
    This intellectually stimulating conversation is the reason I keep coming here.

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    A) She isn't really any too bright.

    B) There really ain't much difference.



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    I can't tell the difference between republicanism and socialism either. Small government party my ass.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slave Mentality View Post
    I can't tell the difference between republicanism and socialism either. Small government party my ass.
    I think they're going with smaller government party these days but even that's a stretch.
    Quote Originally Posted by Ron Paul View Post
    The intellectual battle for liberty can appear to be a lonely one at times. However, the numbers are not as important as the principles that we hold. Leonard Read always taught that "it's not a numbers game, but an ideological game." That's why it's important to continue to provide a principled philosophy as to what the role of government ought to be, despite the numbers that stare us in the face.
    Quote Originally Posted by Origanalist View Post
    This intellectually stimulating conversation is the reason I keep coming here.

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    The Dems are a mix of socialism, crony capitalism, fascism and modern liberals. The common thing they have is that if one segment gets their way it doesn't necessarily conflict with another.

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    Funny, I can say the same about the Republican party...

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    Quote Originally Posted by NIU Students for Liberty View Post
    Funny, I can say the same about the Republican party...
    There's a difference between socialist and national socialist.
    There are no crimes against people.
    There are only crimes against the state.
    And the state will never, ever choose to hold accountable its agents, because a thing can not commit a crime against itself.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NIU Students for Liberty View Post
    Funny, I can say the same about the Republican party...
    Tax cuts, would a socialist support any tax cuts? cos that would deprive the govt of revenue to provide needed services for the poor and sick. She should have said tax cuts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SovereignMN View Post
    The Dems are a mix of socialism, crony capitalism, fascism and modern liberals. The common thing they have is that if one segment gets their way it doesn't necessarily conflict with another.
    I'm kind of wondering anymore is there really any reason to be throwing around these "isms". As I see it it's just kind of like horrid despots fighting each other, people claim there is a difference, and obviously they are all fighting each other and have different mantras, but they are not fighting to give the power back to the people, they just want to be the one holding the power.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CaptUSA View Post
    (If it ever did.)
    It certainly did.

    Jefferson - Jackson - Cleveland: good.

    https://mises.org/library/transforma...n-party-system



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    Quote Originally Posted by fisharmor View Post
    There's a difference between socialist and national socialist.
    One is for redistribution of wealth based on income, the other based on nationality. They both suck. :-)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ronin Truth View Post
    Chris does sometimes manage to have his moments.

    LMAO!
    I agree. And Chris has always been a friend to the Paul family.

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    I don't think she avoided the question because she was trying to hide what she is, but more because she doesn't even understand what a socialist is, hence stupid like above posters said.
    A savage barbaric tribal society where thugs parade the streets and illegally assault and murder innocent civilians, yeah that is the alternative to having police. Oh wait, that is the police

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    - Edward R. Murrow

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    I'd hit that guy right in the mouth the second time he talked over me...

    That said the broad didn't answer the question and does come across as ignorant if not stupid....

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    He just defended her on Bleats the Press. Shameful apologist.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thoughtomator View Post
    For one, a true socialist wouldn't be doing the bidding of billionaires at every opportunity.

    Unless they were national socialists, adding in a mix of fascism when it suits them.
    Quote Originally Posted by timosman View Post
    This is getting silly.
    Quote Originally Posted by Swordsmyth View Post
    It started silly.
    T.S. Eliot's The Hollow Men

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    Quote Originally Posted by Philhelm
    I part ways with "libertarianism" when it transitions from ideology grounded in logic into self-defeating autism for the sake of ideological purity.



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