# Will Bernie Sanders be the first socialist in the U.S. Senate?  Will it matter?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bernie-sanders-be-the-first-socialist-in-the-u-s-senate-will-it-matter/315222>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 1, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bernie-sanders-be-the-first-socialist-in-the-u-s-senate-will-it-matter/315222 "2005-08-01T23:14:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bernie-sanders-be-the-first-socialist-in-the-u-s-senate-will-it-matter/315222/41 "2006-12-18T04:59:00Z")

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I thought I’d bump this, just because Sanders **won** his Vermont Senate seat. Implications?

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bernie-sanders-be-the-first-socialist-in-the-u-s-senate-will-it-matter/315222/42 "2006-12-18T05:19:34Z")

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But, on reviewing the thread, I’m willing to bet a penny some mod will lock it just because **one** poster in it, **Liberal,** is no longer an SDMB member and thus cannot respond to any further posts.

Second. Worst. Board. Policy. **Ever.**

(The very worst being the policy of flushing banned posters’ threads down the memory whole so the rest of us cannot use them even for reference.)

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