Waiting for Lefty – IOTW Report

Waiting for Lefty

Eugene V. Debs – the founder of the Socialist Party of America

AT […] In the end, hovering over everything is Mr. Sanders’s hero – Eugene V. Debs – the founder of the Socialist Party of America and its five-time candidate for president (once from jail).  When Sanders was mayor of Burlington, Vermont, a picture of Debs hung in city hall, and now there is a plaque honoring Debs in Sanders’s Senate office.  One can envision Bernie there alone, smiling at the plaque of his champion – two old leftist dreamers in search of a revolution.  MORE

2 Comments on Waiting for Lefty

  1. Let’s not forget Norman Thomas (Evan Thomas (of Newsweek’s fame, Grandfather) a failed socialist candidate who ran and lost at least 4 or 5 times or more for the Presidency. Hey Bernie, socialists lose every time and your hero Eugene Debs was a bum as was Joe Hill etc. etc., They’re a bunch of damned losers each and every one of these socialist bums. and Bernie’s another loser as well as well as all the idiots who vote for him. Bernie should run as the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World AKA “Wobblies”) candidate and see where that gets him.

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