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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders' truly awful answer on his newfound millionaire status [View all]zentrum
(9,866 posts)98. I can't believe
...the spiteful stuff that is allowed to be said about Sanders here.
He is not a Repug. Let's remember that.
The Democratic platform has now adopted many of the policies he made widely known in '12. Thank you Bernie.
He's flawed. But he's helped the Party grow in the direction it needs right now.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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BlueFlorida
Apr 2019
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I Guess Since He's Going On 78, Some Accept His Acerbic Personality--I Don't!
DoctorJoJo
Apr 2019
#48
He is well known for this in the Senate the way someone in the R party is also
Eliot Rosewater
Apr 2019
#208
It's not... Bernie is literally and figuratively "right on the money," as usual!!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Apr 2019
#202
David Sirota, Nina Turner, and Briahna Joy Gray. All who voted for Jill Stein, and encouraged
still_one
Apr 2019
#218
BS was pretty crabby to the reporter who asked him about his status as a millionaire one percenter.
lapucelle
Apr 2019
#227
Having witnessed him speak with 20,000 other supporters with another 8 000 in
CentralMass
Apr 2019
#53
"We know we've got to attack poverty by making sure the economy works for everybody. "
progressoid
Apr 2019
#34
He never got into how millionaires and billionaires got there, just that they were....
George II
Apr 2019
#32
How do we know he's willing to raise taxes on himself? That's precisely why Americans....
George II
Apr 2019
#55
Never said that and never said it was poor people's solution to income inequality
onit2day
Apr 2019
#87
I will vote for our nominee. Yes, if Bernie is our candidate, I will vote for him.
Stuart G
Apr 2019
#142
Is that why he's changed his criticism of "millionaires" to "billionaire class?"
ehrnst
Apr 2019
#193
1 million or multi-millions doesn't make you a 1 percenter. And I don't see the answer as awful. n
LAS14
Apr 2019
#10
8 point something for wealth is required. Two or three or five million doesn't get you there. nt
LAS14
Apr 2019
#31
When he starts giving speeches for half a million dollars a pop to big Wall Street banks like
jalan48
Apr 2019
#36
Meh, chicken feed. He can make tens of millions giving "speeches" to big corps and banks.
jalan48
Apr 2019
#111
How could BS earn money making speeches? Politicians who are still in office are prohibited.
lapucelle
Apr 2019
#220
Good point. Bernie should be sucking up to the big banks and corps now so that he can make those
jalan48
Apr 2019
#221
Or infomercials: Anyone Can Be a Millionaire! (just write a bestselling book)
lapucelle
Apr 2019
#224
That's not the argument at all. It's not that it's inherently wrong to be a millionaire -
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2019
#72
That's current dollars, he was worth a lot less than that (but a millionaire) In current dollars....
George II
Apr 2019
#122
That's a lot different than what we've been seeing/hearing the last few years.
George II
Apr 2019
#128
Is the Purity Brigade going to freak out when they discover that Bernie has a lot of money?
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2019
#54
sorry, there's no way you can fit Bernie into that mold. Comparison does not compute.
paulkienitz
Apr 2019
#63
It's a sarcastic comment clearly. In other words upwards mobility in today's society is...
Lucky Luciano
Apr 2019
#80
Idc how much money Bernie makes. I do care a bit how nominees earn their money and taxes they pay.
Freethinker65
Apr 2019
#93
Someone 65 or older who has had an average salary of $165,000 for 25 years, and has conservative
jg10003
Apr 2019
#97
For all to know.The orignal title of this post (at the top) is taken directly from the story at CNN.
Stuart G
Apr 2019
#143
Chris Cillizza is an ass. Sorry. He's as biased as they come when it comes to Bernie.
KPN
Apr 2019
#160