[Magdalen] Political stance

[Grace Cangialosi]

Well, the most appealing candidate for me right now is Bernie Sanders, though he doesn't stand the proverbial snowball's chance.....  I think I'd like to see Joe Biden run. I'll vote for any Democratic candidate, though; the GOP scares me to death.

> On Aug 3, 2015, at 1:00 AM, Lesley de Voil <lesleymdv at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Can you unpack that stance for this poor benighted furriner?
> Do you mean you admire the displays of anti-govt. behaviour by those
> who any other time would be happy to call themselves socialists, or do
> you mean you would like to forcibly object to those who at any other
> time would be happy to call themselves socialists?
> Note: even in Australia, there are many who would embrace socialist
> ideals, without wanting to either call themselves socialists, or
> indeed, accept any and every socialist proposal.
> See for instance a recent discussion here:
> http://johnquiggin.com/2015/07/31/the-socialist-objective/
> where there's quite a lot about Aussie political parties that probably
> won't mean much to you, but a couple of posters make interesting
> parallels with the US situation.
> 
> Rgards
> Lesley de Voil
> 
>> On 8/3/15, AT&T <jhandsfield at att.net> wrote:
>> In the current political climate in the United States, i find myself drawn
>> to extremism toward the left. I'm not sure things is healthy.
>> 
>> Jim Handsfield
>> Sent from my iPhone