Bernie Sanders Says the Death Penalty is “Murder,” But He’s Fine With Killing Babies in Abortions

[Paladin]

Not really unusual for any "progressive" to take such a position. Bernie, though, has been a bit more outspoken on the issue.

"I took it for granted that a leftist like Bernie Sanders would be opposed to the death penalty.

Still, I was truly shocked to see Sanders—not in some throwaway comment on the campaign trail but in prepared remarks on the Senate floor—flatly call the death penalty “murder.” On his MSNBC show this morning, Al Sharpton played the clip to illustrate how Sanders is working to differentiate his policy positions from those of Hillary Clinton, who says she supports the death penalty in “rare” cases.

Question: how can we begin to explain the moral compass of liberals like Sanders who call imposing the death penalty on adults duly convicted of heinous crimes “murder,” but refer to the killing of innocent, unborn babies as “choice” or other grotesque euphemisms like “women’s health?”

http://www.lifenews.com/2015/11/02/bernie-sanders-says-the-death-penalty-is-murder-but-hes-fine-with-killing-babies-in-abortions/

[libertybele]

To think that the liberal lunatics actually support this guy and the crowds that he draws is absolutely mind boggling to me.  I haven't quite decided who is worse for this country; the whacked out socialist or the deranged criminal.

[PzLdr]

Actually, a Socialist declaiming that the death penalty is murder IS unusual. Considering Socialists: Mao Tse Tung, Joseph Stalin, Vladimir Illyich Lenin, Pol Pot, Ho Chi Minh, the Castro brothers and Che, and Adolf Hitler have killed more people than anybody else in history - combined.

[Paladin]

Actually, a Socialist declaiming that the death penalty is murder IS unusual. Considering Socialists: Mao Tse Tung, Joseph Stalin, Vladimir Illyich Lenin, Pol Pot, Ho Chi Minh, the Castro brothers and Che, and Adolf Hitler have killed more people than anybody else in history - combined.

Ah, yes, Pzldr, but those killings occurred after they took power and were designed to eliminate all possible resistance and cow the rest of the population. Prior to any Revolution, the Communists pose as humanitarians in order to get the support of the useful idiot crowd.

[Fishrrman]

Paladin wrote:
"Ah, yes, Pzldr, but those killings occurred after they took power and were designed to eliminate all possible resistance and cow the rest of the population. Prior to any Revolution, the Communists pose as humanitarians in order to get the support of the useful idiot crowd."

Make no mistake.
It will happen here, too, if the left ever gains total and un-opposable power...

[Paladin]

Paladin wrote:
Make no mistake.
It will happen here, too, if the left ever gains total and un-opposable power...

Quite correct and even worse given that the US is Communism's "main enemy" due to capitalism (even if severely circumscribed), and that it is still, at ground, the most Christian nation on earth, the secular dominance of our popular culture notwithstanding.