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Why can't any Democrat explain the difference between their party and Socialists? What's more, "Tingle Up My Leg" Chris Matthews seems to relish in asking the question of prominent Democrats.
‘What’s the Difference Between a Socialist and a Democrat?’: MSNBC Host Relentlessly Grills Schumer
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) was grilled on MSNBC Tuesday night, repeatedly asked by host Chris Matthews to name the difference between a socialist and a Democrat.
“What’s the difference between a socialist and a Democrat?” Matthews asked.
“Oh, it depends how you define each one, doesn’t it?” Schumer replied.
“Well, you do it,” Matthews said with a fat grin.
“Well, I’m not going to get into it,” Schumer said with an equally fat—though probably strained—grin.
Matthews didn’t drop the subject without a fight.
“You guys are well-schooled in political language and nomenclature. You’re quite capable of defining the difference between a socialist, self-described and a Democrat self-described. What is it?” Matthews asked.
Schumer responded that he had nothing bad to say about his socialist colleague Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), but did not address the difference between a socialist and a Democrat.
Matthews seemed to think this omission was telling.
“You’ve told me so much. Whenever I hear you not speak, it teaches me a great deal,” Matthews said.
So far no Democratic lawmaker has risen to Matthews’ challenge on-air, possibly because they have to court the votes of both liberal Democrats and self-described moderates.
Sanders, a socialist, is polling in first place in the Democratic primary in two crucial early states. Americans as a whole tend to view socialism unfavorably.
http://freebeacon.com/politics/chris-matthews-stumps-chuck-schumer-difference-socialist-democrat/
‘What’s the Difference Between a Socialist and a Democrat?’: MSNBC Host Relentlessly Grills Schumer
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) was grilled on MSNBC Tuesday night, repeatedly asked by host Chris Matthews to name the difference between a socialist and a Democrat.
“What’s the difference between a socialist and a Democrat?” Matthews asked.
“Oh, it depends how you define each one, doesn’t it?” Schumer replied.
“Well, you do it,” Matthews said with a fat grin.
“Well, I’m not going to get into it,” Schumer said with an equally fat—though probably strained—grin.
Matthews didn’t drop the subject without a fight.
“You guys are well-schooled in political language and nomenclature. You’re quite capable of defining the difference between a socialist, self-described and a Democrat self-described. What is it?” Matthews asked.
Schumer responded that he had nothing bad to say about his socialist colleague Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), but did not address the difference between a socialist and a Democrat.
Matthews seemed to think this omission was telling.
“You’ve told me so much. Whenever I hear you not speak, it teaches me a great deal,” Matthews said.
So far no Democratic lawmaker has risen to Matthews’ challenge on-air, possibly because they have to court the votes of both liberal Democrats and self-described moderates.
Sanders, a socialist, is polling in first place in the Democratic primary in two crucial early states. Americans as a whole tend to view socialism unfavorably.
http://freebeacon.com/politics/chris-matthews-stumps-chuck-schumer-difference-socialist-democrat/