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athena

(4,187 posts)
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 11:12 PM Mar 2016

It looks like Bernie supporters have a really hard time with the gender inequality in his campaign.

If anyone here has not yet seen this, they should take a look:

http://theslot.jezebel.com/an-investigation-which-presidential-campaigns-have-the-1762895557

Out of the ten top-paid staffers on Hillary's campaign, six are male and four female. Out of the ten top-paid staffers on Bernie's campaign, ten are male and zero female. Hillary's campaign is majority female. Bernie's campaign is majority male. Hillary's campaign is the only one that employs more women than men.

And yet we're supposed to believe that Bernie would be better for women than Hillary.

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It looks like Bernie supporters have a really hard time with the gender inequality in his campaign. (Original Post) athena Mar 2016 OP
Thank you, athena.. I have seen this before but it's good to be reminded. Cha Mar 2016 #1
Find a photo of his staff as Mayor of Burlington. bravenak Mar 2016 #2
You mean his staff were mostly male? athena Mar 2016 #6
Yes. Very lopsided bravenak Mar 2016 #7
This sounds like something for a journalist to investigate. athena Mar 2016 #9
It's tough cause so much of his past history as mayor was before internet KittyWampus Mar 2016 #21
Wow. Your remark lead me to this devastating article: athena Mar 2016 #10
Thanks for the link! eom BlueMTexpat Mar 2016 #12
My pleasure! (eom) athena Mar 2016 #14
Weird, huh? Yep bravenak Mar 2016 #13
There may be a very good reason 72DejaVu Mar 2016 #17
TOO funny! johnp3907 Mar 2016 #18
I am shocked. sheshe2 Mar 2016 #3
Tad Devine was paid $810,000 for march alone. Agnosticsherbet Mar 2016 #4
talking about throwing good money after bad dlwickham Mar 2016 #8
IDK, none of his previous failures have stopped him getting work. 0-for-5 on Presidential campaigns, CalvinballPro Mar 2016 #19
They have a hard time with gender. okasha Mar 2016 #5
K&R! DemonGoddess Mar 2016 #11
K&R! stonecutter357 Mar 2016 #15
K&R brer cat Mar 2016 #16
I posted this in GDP before trashing the forum. Sanders supporters don't care. KittyWampus Mar 2016 #20
It seems to me that Bernie is uncomfortable with women pandr32 Mar 2016 #22

athena

(4,187 posts)
9. This sounds like something for a journalist to investigate.
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 12:25 AM
Mar 2016

I'm pretty good with Google, but I can't find anything listing or displaying his staff as mayor.

Thanks for the input, though. If I come across something in the future, I'll post it here.

72DejaVu

(1,545 posts)
17. There may be a very good reason
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 08:19 AM
Mar 2016

That you can't find pictures of Bernie with female staffers.

Maybe he tells them all not to stand next to him.

dlwickham

(3,316 posts)
8. talking about throwing good money after bad
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 11:53 PM
Mar 2016

hope he saves most of it because I can't imagine any Democrat hiring him in the future

 

CalvinballPro

(1,019 posts)
19. IDK, none of his previous failures have stopped him getting work. 0-for-5 on Presidential campaigns,
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 09:26 AM
Mar 2016

and somehow he's still working.

Personally, I suspect that he realized a way to scam money out of the left and drafted Sanders as his puppet/figurehead.

Tad Devine, 2016's Mark Penn.

 

KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)
20. I posted this in GDP before trashing the forum. Sanders supporters don't care.
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 09:58 AM
Mar 2016

Of course, as long as he hires female underlings, it's okay.

pandr32

(11,447 posts)
22. It seems to me that Bernie is uncomfortable with women
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 10:19 AM
Mar 2016

...and minorities, too. He never had to challenge himself in Vermont to actually deal with inequality. When that group of poor Hispanic residents from Texas went to meet him to appeal to his humanity regarding the dumping of low-radioactive material near their homes he blew them off rudely.

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