I lived in Soviet Russia when Bernie Sanders visited, and he's a communist dupe...
[thefederalist.com]
Democratic presidential front-runner Bernie Sanders likes to market himself as a wise old man who just happens to have clown hair but is right about everything, such as the War in Iraq. Yet his opposition to the Iraq War was dictated not by cool-headed geopolitical calculations, but the lifelong habit of romancing American enemies — as is typical for communism-lovers.
The recently surfaced press conference Sanders gave following his return from his honeymoon in Yaroslavl, USSR, is a great example of leftist naïveté about totalitarian regimes. For Bernie to fawn over Soviet culture the way he did indicates a staggering degree of incuriosity.
The Bernie’s of the world are classic “useful idiots” They’re always surprised to find that the revolution, once it takes control, has no use for idealists. They’re the first ones against the wall because when things devolve into a naked power grab, as they always do, it’s the true believers who feel most betrayed.