CONWAY — They were feeling the Bern, and the heat, at Monday's North Conway town hall with Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.
An estimated 460 people crammed into the unair-conditioned North Conway Community Center to hear the Vermont senator outline his campaign themes of reform and leadership.
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Bernie pretends to be a 'socialist democrat'. He's just trying to get folks used to the term 'socialist'. He is actually a marxist. Has been since his time as mayor of Burlington, VT. He honeymooned in Moscow. He has supported communists. He cannot yet tell everyone he is a marxist but he is. He would feel very comfortable living in the USSR, a place he honeymooned. If you fall for his tripe, you are a fool.
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