It's less than three minutes, but is filled with truth one seldom hears on Fox.
Fox News is, to put it mildly, not known for indulging progressive politics – but the rightwing news channel gave it a go on Monday, when Bernie Sanders appeared in a debate on the network’s sister channel, Fox Nation.
Sanders, the Vermont senator, democratic socialist and two-time presidential candidate, took on Lindsey Graham, his Republican Senate colleague from South Carolina.
Sanders gave an unfettered breakdown of Medicare for all, or a national public healthcare system, a living wage, and increasing taxes on the wealthiest Americans.
For Fox viewers it was a rare opportunity to hear a different perspective on policies which are regularly demonized by rightwingers Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity, Fox News’ two most watched hosts.
For Sanders, it was a chance to reach a new audience, and he wasted no time before diving into a signature issue – universal healthcare.
I suspect that Blue and Red America will have to part company before universal healthcare has a chance.
ReplyDeleteAn American future as an array of disjointed republics is definitely within the realm of possibility, Anon.
DeleteI suspect that America will have to part company with the Republicans and Democrats before anything meaningful gets done, full stop. The Dems are just as corrupt and disguisting as the Republicans.
DeleteOne small indicator of that corruption is Joe Biden's decision to visit Saudi Arabia next month, a visit to plead for more oil, Gyor. Juxtapose that with his promise while vying for the Democratic nomination that he would make said Arab nation "a pariah state."
DeleteI would have liked to hear Grahams reply.
ReplyDeleteOld as he is, Bernie is 10 times the man the current old fart Biden is.
Bernie is the 'bye' product of the US political system.
He was screwed out of a chance to (somewhat) reform US politics by a non political but corporate movement to rig the system.
TB
I wondered about Graham's response as well, TB. And Bernie seems to burn brighter with age, which is encouraging to many of us.
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