Agreed.
It does. Which is why I don't mention Hillary anymore. She's not relevant to the topic of Political Conversation except in terms of making the party lean middle.
I doubt the Conservative smear machine will do anything worse than the Democratic one which is currently smearing Progressives al over. The Socialist moniker doesn't work as Socialists are winning races all around the country too.
Older voters might fall for the Russia/Commie. But the youth are coming of age and overwhelmingly support him. Those old Political tricks are good for low information or Older 50+ voters But The youth vote and people 50 and under don't care. I call myself a Democratic Socialist all the time. I do it publicly, I call myself an Atheist publicly, those old scare tactics don't work as they used to.
The Kids at Stoneman Douglas are proving that old tropes are easy to remove if you actually Try. It's not the Democratic Party leading the call on the NRA issues. It's Kids...
They overwhelmingly like Bernies Politics.
Yes the Deification can be a bit nauseating at times though. But it was the same with Barack. People saw hope in him, they see hope in Bernie. Which is why I volunteered for both peoples campaigns.