Today on MSNBC, host Stephanie Ruhle mocked how normal Americans react to socialism, making us sound like stupid hicks that just drove our mobile homes through a car wash.
Apparently they are worried about the damage this socialist movement, led by Bernie and the girl from the Bronx, will do to the Democratic Party.
Watch:
But it will take all of our money! Sheesh, didn’t she see the report on Bernie’s Medicare For All that came out the other day? 32 trillion in just 10 years. The taxation needed for that would be tremendous. And that’s just ONE government program.
But what Ruhle and her socialist buddies need to understand that it’s just not the words ‘socialist’ and ‘socialism’ that are bad. It’s the policies they represent. They are not winning policies – at least if people understand them. They will drag this country down just like Europe.
Watch the video above for more. In case you can’t, here’s the transcript it (via Newbusters):
BRENDAN GREELEY (FT. Alphaville U.S. editor): I also think we sit here and talk about this big concept of socialism. We debate what it actually means. All the polling I’ve seen — People go out state by state and ask what people care about. It’s about the cost of health care.
RUHLE: Yes!
GRELEY: Right. That’s what people care about. If you can show up and say I’m going to take care of the cost of health care, that’s a really powerful argument.
RUHLE: You’re getting into details. You’re talking about a nuanced powerful argument. But lots of people don’t get into the argument. They just go, [adopts dumb person accent] “Oh, my gosh. Socialist? I can’t have that! It’s going to take all my money!”
RON INSANA: And I will tell you if the entire Democratic Party gets branded as socialists successfully going into the midterms or the 2020 presidential, they lose.
RUHLE: Even if those are winning policies? It’s such a difficult thing.
GLAUDE: This is the thing. We can reject the label and just — There’s an old philosophical concept. Let’s explicate by elimination. Let’s get rid of term and see what it stands for.
RUHLE: Yes!
GLAUDE: Decent wages. When we talk about being able to afford one’s house. To send one’s kid to an affordable college. We talk about the basic on the ground issues.