Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumJane Sanders and the Messy Demise of a Vermont College
(Posted in Democratic Primaries, because it does discuss Candidate Sanders)
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Mr. Dunn said additional factors also led to Ms. Sanderss dismissal, including concerns that she had lost faculty support, and a heated argument she had with a student. (The student played down the argument in a letter to the board that was reviewed by The Times.)
Ms. Sanders said she had made no misrepresentations about donations: I gave the most complete and accurate information I knew to all the people that required it. In a final letter to the board, she laid out a number of strategic suggestions. While some of you have clearly perceived my entrepreneurial approach and community perspective to be too expansive for our small college, I think it is extremely important that the next president have those broad skills, she wrote, adding that she thought she was leaving the school far stronger than it has ever been.
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Three years after her departure, in 2014, a local Republican donor and gas station operator named Rodolphe M. Vallee, who goes by Skip, financed a commercial attacking Ms. Sanderss $200,000 severance, mocking the Wall Street-flogging couple for taking a golden parachute of their own. (Ms. Sanders said she took only my earned sabbatical and deferred bonus.) Mr. Vallee and Mr. Sanders were already engaged in a long-running dispute over fuel pricing that continues to this day.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/21/us/politics/jane-omeara-sanders-burlington-college.html
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comradebillyboy
(10,184 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Me.
(35,454 posts)the huge $200,00 for earned sabbatical & bonus, is amazing.
1. Ruin a college and get a bonus?
2. And yet the workers in their campaign had to unionize to get paid properly.
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thesquanderer
(12,000 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Scotch-Irish
(464 posts)I see he found some. Now we get to read about his dirty acquisitions on DU. Just Russian interference/propaganda all over again.
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Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Finally this is coming out and no longer suppressed.
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aikoaiko
(34,186 posts)Suppressed? That's laughable.
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NYMinute
(3,256 posts)There need to be financial audits to determine the money trail.
There needs to be an examination of loan applications to see if materially false statements were made to induce the bank to give a loan.
A lot of unanswered questions remain.
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aikoaiko
(34,186 posts)...nothing burger.
When you say its never be thoroughly vetted, what do you mean?
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ehrnst
(32,640 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
aikoaiko
(34,186 posts)Just more people saying she shouldn't have done it or that she could have saved the college if she the plan had been followed.
What new facts do you see in this article?
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ehrnst
(32,640 posts)You seem to think that it's derogatory.
Why? It exonerates her, and summarizes everything that's happened. If people had questions about it, they need go no further than this article.
This offends you?
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aikoaiko
(34,186 posts)Not so much this article.
I think the impact of the article is to feed Bernie haters.
The responses to your OP are expected.
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ehrnst
(32,640 posts)How so?
And why would the NYT want to "feed Bernie haters?"
I often find that any journalist or media source that doesn't flatter Sanders is accused of that. Do you think that Bernie can't handle scrutiny of his and Jane's public actions? That doesn't show much faith in his candidacy.
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aikoaiko
(34,186 posts)and they'll get more clicks. Are you unaware of how newspapers make money?
Like I said, there is no new information in this article. It's just a rehash of the nothing burger from 2 years ago.
My entry into this thread was to say this issue keeps getting rehashed. Even the OP article is 2 months old.
You seemed to think something was new or updated and I don't see it.
Its not about having faith or not having faith. I support Bernie, but he's not my candidate.
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ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Care to clarify what you mean by "people like you?" People with a subscription to the NYT? Someone with good judgement on what is and isn't toadying or fawning of a candidate? Do tell.
Please. The NYT is not clickbait like Breitbart. Are you unaware of the difference between the two?
But, FYI, they sell hard copy and online subscriptions as well as ads in both. You're welcome.
Since you ignored it when I answered you before, here it is again:
You think that's a "hater" writing that? This offends you?
Again - all candidates will be vetted this time around, and this is something that will likely be brought up. This will be a good resource for those who look for information on Sanders.
We hear all about Sanders' Civil Rights activism back when he was in college, and when he came to Washington when MLK spoke - nothing new or updated there, either. The Burlington College business is much more recent.
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ehrnst
(32,640 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TCJ70
(4,387 posts)I'll give you a break since your account is only a few months old...but let me enlighten you.
2015:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1251626359
2017:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141768573
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016187696
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141770546
2018:
https://www.democraticunderground.org/100211425020
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141955229
And there are more but I'm not going to link them all.
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HeartlandProgressive
(294 posts)Wouldn't time be better spent posting about why your candidate would make the best nominee instead of posting a two month old article about a candidate's wife?
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ehrnst
(32,640 posts)family members/spouses posted here on DU are:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=256397
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10024487427
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211640105
https://upload.democraticunderground.com/10028147424#post1
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ehrnst
(32,640 posts)117. guilt by association
I think people pay attention to how close that association is.
doesn't that matter?
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=258758
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oasis
(49,480 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Otto Lidenbrock
(581 posts)Clearly had no effect
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ehrnst
(32,640 posts)What effect are you referring to?
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Otto Lidenbrock
(581 posts)It is to embarrass the candidate's campaign. That this article gained little traction, to me, says it's a non-story.
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ehrnst
(32,640 posts)All candidates, as well as spouses, are vetted, going back years when they run for POTUS.
Senator Sanders is no exception.
But I think you should express similar concern over on this OP:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=256397
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Otto Lidenbrock
(581 posts)I don't think the NYT is out to damage Sanders campaign. Democrats are just treated to a higher standard. The Trump family worked in cohorts as private citizens to get around the law and now profit off his politics. That's what ought to be focused on...not the wife of a US Senator or brother of the former VPOTUS. If those public officials were implicated we'd have heard long before they ran for president. I never knew Joe had a brother until now.
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ehrnst
(32,640 posts)All candidates need to be vetted earlier than later. The "October surprise" isn't something that's positive, as we've seen.
And Bill Clinton's past was definitely fair game for many here on DU during the GE.
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Demsrule86
(68,788 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Otto Lidenbrock
(581 posts)I never knew he had a brother until now. Regarding Hunter I saw the allegations debunked by a Ukranian official a couple of months ago and that was that for me.
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ehrnst
(32,640 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(298,020 posts)to cover this up.. not read it?
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ehrnst
(32,640 posts)decades ago.
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Cha
(298,020 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Bradical79
(4,490 posts)Two months feels like two years now when it comes to scandals/controversy lol.
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Demsrule86
(68,788 posts)investigate.
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Tarheel_Dem
(31,257 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
NYMinute
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Celerity
(43,734 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden