Ask Pardes 1 – Bernie Sanders and the Women’s Convention
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): PardesSeleh.com
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2017/10/12
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Bernie Sanders is at a women’s convention. Why are people mad at him?
Pardes Seleh: People are angry that the person who is speaking at a women’s convention this year is an old white man who lost to a woman in the Democratic primaries last year.
They are saying it would be more appropriate for a woman to speak than a man. What is funny that is happening right now is progressives are the ones opposing his speaking, but conservatives are the ones rushing to his defense, that is being reported on CNN right now.
Jacobsen: What is your own view of Bernie Sanders and his politics?
Seleh: I think Bernie’s idea of a utopia if carried out is very scary. He is a socialist. His idea of vacations in Soviet Russia. He believes in government programs for everything. Government programs and solutions for everything. He believes in redistribution, which is an economic position that I oppose.
I think he is an idealist. So, he doesn’t get much support from the Democrats. I feel he is sincere about his ideas. As a person, I think he is a likable person, which is why he got a lot of the populist democratic vote last year.
Even though, he lost to Hillary last year.
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