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In reply to the discussion: Bernie funneled campaign cash to family members [View all]Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)471. she has more than once - but you know that
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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