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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders rejects donation from ‘poster boy for drug company greed’ Martin Shkreli [View all]"Still, Shkreli said he likes some of Sanders views. He said he is neither a Democrat nor a Republican, and believes both parties have good ideas. But he said he supports Sanders call for free public college for everyone, as well as better access to mental health care."
"He also said he could support Jeb Bush, who seems reasonable to him."
http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2015/10/15/bernie-sanders-rejects-ceo-martin-shkreli-campaign-donation/FcSKxu1VIr7pubg9cI3CQN/story.html
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Bernie Sanders rejects donation from ‘poster boy for drug company greed’ Martin Shkreli [View all]
arcane1
Oct 2015
OP
Shkreli's personality software seems to have a bug in the self-restraint firewalls
aidbo
Oct 2015
#1
So I expect Hillary will be returning the $$$$$ she received from Wall St. & Private Prisons Industry
99th_Monkey
Oct 2015
#4
She needs that big Wall Street money in order to... defeat big Wall Street money...
arcane1
Oct 2015
#5
Because she believes we have to get big money out of politics (and can't raise it from individuals)!
merrily
Oct 2015
#14
All she's ever going to do to Wall Street is to yell at them to "cut it out"! Then do nothing.
reformist2
Oct 2015
#41
Remember when Bush said he'd lower gas prices by telling OPEC to "open the spigot"? n/t
arcane1
Oct 2015
#44
He could have sent the money back to the sociopath but decided to do something good with it instead.
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#12
K&R. Bernie can't be bought! That is exactly why we need him to be President.
liberal_at_heart
Oct 2015
#20
Hillary should follow his principled stand and refuse that money she is accepting from the vile
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#22
I think they're saying Bernie took that guy's ill-gotten money and turned it into a good deed n/t
arcane1
Oct 2015
#45
It's extremely relevant since it reflects his resolve to helping the victims of greed.
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#82
How dare he?!!? That's downright unAmerican for politicians not to take payoffs!!
Tierra_y_Libertad
Oct 2015
#78
Talking the talk, walking the walk and being the best damn person in the world!
Feeling the Bern
Oct 2015
#81
I agree. Principles are so rare that they can appear "weird" when seen for the first time n/t
arcane1
Oct 2015
#93
"He also said that he would ask the senator what prices he would consider fair."
Unknown Beatle
Oct 2015
#105
"the $2,700 Shkreli donated...will be given to the Whitman-Walker health clinic in Washington"
arcane1
Oct 2015
#113
Right. How could the campaign committee give the donation to the clinic if they didn't accept it?
George II
Oct 2015
#115
No, I'm pointing out how the FEC (and most state) campaign finance laws work...
George II
Oct 2015
#117
Good. Greedy @$$hole needs to have more of this kind of thing happen to him. nt.
Persondem
Oct 2015
#111