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In reply to the discussion: Bernie funneled campaign cash to family members [View all]MaggieD
(7,393 posts)277. Because I wanted to convert Bernie supporters on the use of right wing sources
Isn't it interesting how upset they became, even though they never seem to mind when right wing sources are used to smear Hillary? At least this story is true, as evidenced by this link, showing his campaign admitted it was true:
http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050414/NEWS/504140364/1002/NEWS01
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Agreed... Do The Math... These Relatives Were Paid PEANUTS! HillBill Crew grasping @ Straws
CorporatistNation
Dec 2015
#481
Yes. It's outrageous. He also "funneled" money to a grocery store, electric company,
GoneFishin
Dec 2015
#420
I'm not sure I see the conflicting interests. What interests are in conflict here? eom
yawnmaster
Dec 2015
#478
The real number to his wife is about $30,000 but $30K to buy $61K worth of ads? Hmmm.
George II
Dec 2015
#61
Who is considered the "lying source", the author of the article? The article...
George II
Dec 2015
#161
Thanks, I an not surprised. My post was just tongue and cheek, not intended to be
still_one
Dec 2015
#187
Precisely Maggie. Wtf! Again, bernie's campaign words fail to match his deeds.
misterhighwasted
Dec 2015
#14
My point is that Jim Hoft is a right-wing teabagger, and Progressives Today reflects that
Scootaloo
Dec 2015
#401
So you and MaggieD gravitate toward right wing fucks, and you have the attention span of a gnat
DisgustipatedinCA
Dec 2015
#427
So knowing that you are posting right wing garbage your defense is "but Timmy did it too".
Warren Stupidity
Dec 2015
#218
Didn't you get a post hidden the other day for saying "Bernie thinks women enjoy being raped"?
beam me up scottie
Dec 2015
#426
If it's Hillary laughed at killing Gaddafi and Hillary laughed at the prospect of nuking Iran,
merrily
Dec 2015
#306
What context? You went digging in the manure pile and found some shit.
beam me up scottie
Dec 2015
#437
No, really, explain. You were called out for linking to a racist website.
beam me up scottie
Dec 2015
#453
Ah, I found the thread where you demanded I renounce something or other:
beam me up scottie
Dec 2015
#457
Are you implying that unattractive truths about Hillary never get alerted on?
Jim Lane
Dec 2015
#104
So we can post hit pieces from Fox News? Really? Is that what we want here?
rhett o rick
Dec 2015
#291
Damn you you are using my own arguments against me. You are correct of course.
rhett o rick
Dec 2015
#449
I think we are seeing the despiration showing. This is a very low blow that I hope
rhett o rick
Dec 2015
#293
This OP is about bernie. Refute this OP first, then you can take on the other subjects.
misterhighwasted
Dec 2015
#147
Oh my god! That's about the same as my dad's net worth who is >10 years younger
JonLeibowitz
Dec 2015
#50
I'm appalled that Sanders paid two family members less than a living wage over ten years ago.
winter is coming
Dec 2015
#63
I flatly disagree, if he is paying others and this is relatively common practice, I see no issue.
JonLeibowitz
Dec 2015
#88
Yes, last year it was $350,000 and then suddenly it is $800,000. After twenty five years
Thinkingabout
Dec 2015
#209
Hell of a source you link to Mags, this is another story on their front page right now:
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2015
#24
The link I cited calls Democrats 'deranged' and you are saying this source is factually true?
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2015
#40
I'm ok with this. Did you answer above where the poster asked about the amount
2pooped2pop
Dec 2015
#269
The OP asks me to trust the source. When I looked at the source it smears Hillary and all Democrats
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2015
#84
How about their Hillary stories over there? Factual or presented with loaded right wing slant?
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2015
#34
That's an absurdly evasive response. You are the one posting a source that smears both candidates
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2015
#45
No it is not. It's evasive and so is this one CAPS and all. Why do you present this source as honest
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2015
#92
According to your complaints in that thread, your OP should be deleted instead of disputed.
jeff47
Dec 2015
#43
Yep. The defense of "facts" in a RW source that has lied about Sanders before and uses a link that
merrily
Dec 2015
#191
No, I have not noticed anything posted here about Hillary from progressivetoday.
merrily
Dec 2015
#459
Aside from the lying source your OP cites, what makes you think the info is true?
merrily
Dec 2015
#157
That's just false, I have never, ever linked to any right wing site and you need to stop with that
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2015
#55
Your edit does not change anything. I am an individual as are you. I don't give a flying fig what
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2015
#75
Show me what I have done that bothers you? Hurling words becasue you can't defend this
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2015
#103
How is that my job? You are the one that accused me of wrongdoing when trying to excuse your Hillary
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2015
#287
He cares so little, he just haaaaad to pop in to tell us just how little he cares...
opiate69
Dec 2015
#255
According to which credible source? The source in your OP has lied about Sanders before.
merrily
Dec 2015
#165
It's a right wing source that smears Hillary, Bernie, other elected and all other Democrats.
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2015
#59
You keep trumpeting the "truth" of this right wing racist propagandist...
last1standing
Dec 2015
#58
The source mention in this bullshit story takes me to a download for 'We Wish You a Merry Crhistmas.
Agnosticsherbet
Dec 2015
#62
You claim the source is reputable and to be trusted to present facts. Most of us do not agree with
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2015
#82
Post a link that takes me to the factually correct information other than this bullshit retelling.
Agnosticsherbet
Dec 2015
#97
I'm just wondering how he was able to write his campaign a $1 million dollar check.
BlueCaliDem
Dec 2015
#68
I never knew that. But the irony is, he accepted $10 grand from none other than HillPAC,
BlueCaliDem
Dec 2015
#118
Since this source has lied about Sanders in the past, no one should take its word for anything.
merrily
Dec 2015
#256
You're spreading rightwing propaganda for the sole purpose of smearing progressives.
last1standing
Dec 2015
#111
Yet you failed to see the part where "Jane Sanders refused to take on a salary as CoS"
ESKD
Dec 2015
#336
Yeah...almost looks as bad as paying your daughter a 6 figure salary from your charity. (nt)
jeff47
Dec 2015
#446
Nope. You are free to hire family members. And given the numbers involved, he underpaid them.
jeff47
Dec 2015
#109
Imagine him with a charitable foundation, with donations from lobbyists, in the millions!
immoderate
Dec 2015
#86
I don't think you want to go there regarding family finances and how people get money
Armstead
Dec 2015
#105
Yep. And it will be very handy to bring this up again every single time this poster
jeff47
Dec 2015
#113
Did you know that most people who post right wing lies are right wing shitstains?
DisgustipatedinCA
Dec 2015
#220
I've seen nothing from the poster of this OP that contradicts your post.
last1standing
Dec 2015
#227
Did you know that most people who post right wing lies are right wing shitstains?
DisgustipatedinCA
Dec 2015
#322
bring your doubts up with FEC because essentially you're accusing Bernie Sanders of fraud
azurnoir
Dec 2015
#285
thanks for the 2005 article that states he hired family members to work for his campaign
azurnoir
Dec 2015
#316
it's "the gateway pundit" wingnut "exposing progressives" yeah, nice source. nt
m-lekktor
Dec 2015
#173
The source in the OP has lied about Sanders before and seems to be lying again.
merrily
Dec 2015
#192
It's a rightwing, discredited source, for an incredulous -- and now discredited -- OP
villager
Dec 2015
#181
Heh. I guess sauce for the goose *isn't* sauce for the gander, in this instance
villager
Dec 2015
#341
Did it? Your source claims the info came from the Vermont Guardian, but that claim seems to be crap.
merrily
Dec 2015
#195
That's fom your lying source that links to a song. Where are the links to the relevant FEC filings?
merrily
Dec 2015
#211
$30,000 for 3 years, which seem to be commissions on ad buys, and $65,000 for 5 years. Wowza!
merrily
Dec 2015
#260
That is a good point.Sanders supporters use rw material to trash Hillary all the time.
hrmjustin
Dec 2015
#212
His wife got 30K over 3 years and, per argus, that appears to be commissions for ad buys.
merrily
Dec 2015
#268
I think it funny as hell that Bernie fans are all of a sudden worried about sources
workinclasszero
Dec 2015
#188
Sure - why not? Bernie supporters have no problem when it is used to smear Hillary
MaggieD
Dec 2015
#342
So prove what they were paid for their work then with an official source and numbers,
polly7
Dec 2015
#213
Weird. I used to think of Lee Atwater as a propagandizing, lying piece of dogshit.
DisgustipatedinCA
Dec 2015
#216
The 2016 race has demonstrated that running for president is a great way to enrich yourself.
Renew Deal
Dec 2015
#222
His stepdaughter's "highest income for any of those years was about $20,400."
Eric J in MN
Dec 2015
#242
Was it ethical for Hillary Clinton to take $3 million in speaking fees from financial organzations
Eric J in MN
Dec 2015
#380
Hire family & trusted friends first, if there are paid positions to fill and they can do the work.
Sunlei
Dec 2015
#267
Because I wanted to convert Bernie supporters on the use of right wing sources
MaggieD
Dec 2015
#277
I don't subscribe to " Right wing " sources, but I do listen to Amy Goodman when I can, and Yes
orpupilofnature57
Dec 2015
#430
Such intent would imply an intelligence which I would bet dollars to doughnuts you lack.
opiate69
Dec 2015
#284
Actually, the better question is how much she pays her daughter from the Clinton Foundation.
jeff47
Dec 2015
#447
Left the Whitehouse in debt,The Clinton Foundation, Blackwater, Please .
orpupilofnature57
Dec 2015
#278
Nope, it's a non-issue. I don't believe you hate Sanders as much as your posts seem to indicate
Matariki
Dec 2015
#330
So it looks like the wife got $10,000 a year and the daughter got $13,000 a year.
Vinca
Dec 2015
#312
Look at all the folks rec'ing an op that links to a racist right wing website.
beam me up scottie
Dec 2015
#366
I encourage everyone to go to progressivestoday.com and read what they say about our President.
beam me up scottie
Dec 2015
#372
So you're proud of driving traffic to that website, after everything they wrote about Obama.
beam me up scottie
Dec 2015
#392
Exactly, several of them are on timeouts for the same kind of behaviour.
beam me up scottie
Dec 2015
#406
what a disingenuous line of crap that is. Why do you read such Tea Bagging, Democrat hating sites?
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2015
#388
That's just a load of crap you made up when you got busted for your Democrat bashing racist source.
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2015
#408
It is a common practice by Democrats and Republicans. It not illegal and not unethical.
Turn CO Blue
Dec 2015
#378
You're congratulating her for making money for a racist/homophobic website?
beam me up scottie
Dec 2015
#409
The headlines I just posted are from progressivestoday, the link in the op - but you knew that.
beam me up scottie
Dec 2015
#415
The racists teabaggers at that site thank the op and everyone who rec'd it for your patronage.
beam me up scottie
Dec 2015
#419
interesting how this works. millions don't count yet suspect thousands do.
Menshunables
Dec 2015
#422
This is someone who also said that they would support Trump over Sen. Sanders:
Douglas Carpenter
Dec 2015
#466
Where did she say she would support Trump over Sanders? Where did she even MENTION Trump?
George II
Dec 2015
#467
Not in the post that you used as your "example". But you knew that. I think....
George II
Dec 2015
#472
I worked for my dad's company for fifteen years. Wanta say something about that?
Hiraeth
Dec 2015
#482