Bernie Sanders--The VOX Conversation with Ezra Klein

[KoKo]

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

Or VIDEO:

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

[sabrina 1]

1. It was a very good interview with Bernie, as usual, more than willing to address every

issue raised, confidently and directly. That is what is so impressive about him as a candidate, he is SINCERE about where he stands on important issues so doesn't need to triangulate or make excuses, or 'explain' how he got it wrong, but now understands etc etc.

Even the questions designed to perhaps get him rattled, were handled beautifully by him.

He is one of the best at turning the tables on interviewers and taking control of them himself, insisting on sticking to the ISSUES no matter how hard they try to veer off into distractions.

[whatchamacallit]

2. How can people not love this guy?

If we don't elect Bernie Sanders we're self-destructive morons.

[Ron Green]

3. 2016 is a test for Americans. Most of DU is passing this test,

and most of the country is failing.

There's still time to get it right and turn it around.