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KoKo

(84,711 posts)
Fri Aug 7, 2015, 08:37 AM Aug 2015

Bernie Sanders--The VOX Conversation with Ezra Klein--July 28, 2015

Bernie Sanders
The Vox conversation
by Ezra Klein on July 28, 2015

When Sen. Bernie Sanders launched his presidential campaign, few treated it as a serious challenge to Hillary Clinton. Sanders, after all, isn’t even a Democrat: He’s a "democratic socialist." But his campaign struck a chord. He’s raised more than $15 million, primarily from small donors, and he’s turning out the largest crowds of the presidential race. But amidst all the media attention given to Sanders’s rapid political rise, there’s not been that much exploration of what he actually believes.

So on July 16, Vox sat down with Sanders for a wide-ranging interview about his policy ideas and political theories. The discussion touched on everything from single payer to open borders to Zionism, but it began with perhaps the best-known but least-understood facet of Sanders’s political philosophy: his self-identification as a socialist. A transcript of the conversation, edited for length and clarity, follows.

Link to Interview Transcript at.....

http://www.vox.com/2015/7/28/9014491/bernie-sanders-vox-conversation

There is an annoying one minute commercial at the beginning. Once you get past that...it's an interesting watch.



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Bernie Sanders--The VOX Conversation with Ezra Klein--July 28, 2015 (Original Post) KoKo Aug 2015 OP
Wonderful! Thank You a bunch! haikugal Aug 2015 #1
Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Aug 2015 #2
I can't stop watching it either. Compared to the "Faux Debate" last night..... KoKo Aug 2015 #4
Delete...double post glitch. KoKo Aug 2015 #5
K&R 2banon Aug 2015 #3

haikugal

(6,476 posts)
1. Wonderful! Thank You a bunch!
Fri Aug 7, 2015, 09:25 AM
Aug 2015

K&R!!!

This is an amazing interview that's well worth the time, highly recommended!

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)
2. Kicked and recommended!
Fri Aug 7, 2015, 10:24 AM
Aug 2015

Dang, I have now watched that interview twice. Bernie is mesmerizing. Once I start listening I can't stop.

KoKo

(84,711 posts)
4. I can't stop watching it either. Compared to the "Faux Debate" last night.....
Fri Aug 7, 2015, 06:55 PM
Aug 2015

Bernie is a Breath of Fresh Air...compared to that Crash Cart Manipulation.

He is about Policy and Issues and not Showing Off on Faux.

Bernie last Night...Engaged watching the Debate..Working on Policy...contrasted to Hillary out there in CA with a Fundraiser doing "Selfies" with the Kardashians at a Hollywood Fundraiser!




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