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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy is that the media usually ends their mini coverage of
Bernie Sanders with the little tid-bit "the Democratic Socialist" or in most cases just "the Socialist from Vermont"
I'm sure Bernie don't mind but I have never heard them say of Rand Paul "The libertarian Republican from Kentucky" or the "Libertarian".They don't mention Ted Cruz as the "Tea Party Republican just Republican.The list could go on with the clown car but I seem to always hear them address them as simply Republicans.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)there's plenty of us who don't.
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)so you can hardly blame the media for calling him by his preferred label.
INdemo
(6,994 posts)Bernie but they would never refer to Rand Paul as the "libertarian"
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)Wikipedia says Rand Paul is a Republican.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Paul
INdemo
(6,994 posts)pnwmom
(108,980 posts)BainsBane
(53,035 posts)He isn't a member of the Libertarian party. You may call him a libertarian, but that isn't his party affiliation.
If Sanders were to get the nomination, the GOP would portray him as Joseph Stalin. That might be something to complain about. His own self-description is not.
Sounds like a bit of buyers remorse on your part.
Romeo.lima333
(1,127 posts)INdemo
(6,994 posts)If he wins the primary regardless of what the so called experts say, Bernie can win the White House.
Romeo.lima333
(1,127 posts)a word they've been conditioned to hate
BainsBane
(53,035 posts)He describes himself that way. Why should you have a problem with it?
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)And nobody else seriously running is.