republicans are going to go with the "aiyayayaya! socialism!" attack no matter who the nominee is. it doesnt matter if its bernie, biden, warren, bloomberg, buttigieg, whatever. so the idea that its a magic bullet that will hurt one in particular is not something i buy.
the dems could nominate romney and they'd say it was socialism. its always socialism. always. a load of shit.
and if bernie got the nomination and beat trump the next day they'd say "it's still a center-right nation, bernie was just pretending to be more conservative than he is." i know cause they did the same with obama and clinton.
pick the candidate you like but dont pick one based on the faulty premise that he or she won't be attacked as a socialist by the republicans.
in 2012 they did this weird thing of pretending like they wished democrats were more moderate like bill clinton. but they used to attack him the same way back in 92/96. its all they ever have.
