How much $$$$ have Bernie and Jane cleared from this primary?

[woolldog]

Does anyone know how much they're taking down in salary and how much is being funneled to related vendors etc?

This is probably more money than he's made in his life just from this primary. No wonder he wants to continue until the inevitable bitter end. There's too much money on the table to quit now.

[anotherproletariat]

1. They did get that free trip to Rome. I wonder how many $27 donations that was? nt

[woolldog]

4. "it's good to be the King"

[portlander23]

2. Going the corruption angle?

[Live and Learn]

6. +10,000 What a ridiculous OP. nt

[Alex4Martinez]

116. It's hippy-kicking. Bernie so poor. Bernie so bad. Doing this for the money.

Pathetic, considering he's the only actual Democrat and progressive for miles around.

[roguevalley]

122. it could be that some people's supporters dont understand

Someone who won't take skim. If bernie wanted dough like that he could sell himself to the oligarchs. This thread is rot and an eye opener to the other side.

[woolldog]

7. Why won't he release his tax returns?

[portlander23]

9. Please oh please keep going with the corruption angle

http://iwilllookintoit.com

[woolldog]

11. where's his tax returns?

[SwampG8r]

19. Wheres six billion dollars of state department funding?

If we are.going down this road lets.go.

[portlander23]

20. Probably in the drawer next to Obama's long form birth certificate #taxtruther

http://heavy.com/news/2016/04/bernie-sanders-tax-return-taxes-2014-released-net-worth-hillary-clinton-democratic-debate-refund-salary-donations/

Seriously. Pit Mrs. Clinton's treacherous relationship with the truth against Mr. Sanders.

[woolldog]

21. For the last 40 years candidates for President have released their tax returns.

I don't know why Bernie feels that he's above this kind of basic disclosure that's expected of serious presidential candidates.

[portlander23]

56. Sure

What's unprecedented was Mrs. Clinton going hat in hand to the financial industry in the run up to the primary and coordinating directly with a super pac, but sure, let's keep attacking Mr. Sanders on the corruption angle. Please.

[politicaljunkie41910]

95. So what is it exactly you're trying to say about President Obama?

Why would you make a statement about him and his long form birth certificate? You sound like Donald Trump.

[Silver_Witch]

73. Actually that is Where Are His Tax Returns

Last edited Mon May 30, 2016, 07:56 PM - Edit history (1)

where's stands for "where is"... "where is" refers to just one tax return "where are" would mean more than one. If you are going to be rude please try to use proper grammar.

[enid602]

93. bernese

How does one 'proper grammar?' Sorry, my Bernese is a bit rusty.

[Silver_Witch]

114. Happy Now Enid602?

[enid602]

118. 6/7

Not quite as much as I'll be on 6/7.

[woolldog]

120. lol, thanks for catching that.

Never fails that when someone calls someone else out on grammar, they've made a grammatical mistake themselves.

[pangaia]

106. OH FUCK ME!!!!

[KingFlorez]

3. Probably six figures

Obviously, Sanders cannot pay himself, but he can pay his wife a lot of money for being involved in his campaign. That is why he won't release the tax returns. Considering that he has paid family before during his House campaigns, it's hard to believe that he has cashed in on some of the tens of millions of dollars that have come in.

[Autumn]

8. Like the Clinton's pay themselves from their foundation?

[QC]

13. Not just themselves. They paid Sid B., loyal family retainer,

quite a lot from their "charity" to play Jethro Bodine, Double Aught Spy in Libya.

[Autumn]

18. Oh yes Sid of course, and the exposed Libya emails.

[QC]

35. I'm still not sure how hiring an amateur spy

constitutes charity, but thank goodness we got that "regime change" in Libya, right?

[Autumn]

53. "regime change" "business opportunities" More or less the same amirite?

[QC]

69. Yep. It's all about the green. n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

16. Projecting a bit there? Hillary is richer than God and got her money

from sucking up to the banksters she hopes to, uh, "regulate." Bernie has spent his entire career in public service, has an income and lifestyle that reflect that fact, and has never been accused of corruption. Corrupt people tend to assume others are as corrupt as they are, which is probably where this is coming from - if it's not a Rove/Brock attempt to slime Bernie with the same goop that covers Hillary.

[KingFlorez]

30. Sanders has never had a private sector job in his life

He spent years without a real paycheck until he got elected Mayor and since then his income has all been from his elected offices. He has previously paid his wife and stepdaughter for working on his campaign, so it's not a stretch to think that he's doing the same in this presidential campaign. He's continuing to solicit donations when he has lost a race, so I question the motivation. I'm not corrupt and I'm not connected to Rove or Brock, so you're being paranoid there.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

41. The fact that he's never had a private sector job speaks in his favor,

IMHO. Again, there has never been the slightest whiff of financial misfeasance in the 40 years or so that he's been an elected official. If he ever wanted or tried to profit from his political career there is no evidence of it at all, anywhere. It is not illegal to pay family members for working on a campaign as long as the payments are properly accounted for, and there's no evidence they were paid more than their work was worth. If Jane is getting paid it will show up on the FEC report - and it will almost certainly be much less than Hillary made from a single speech at Goldman Sachs.

[KingFlorez]

58. The fact he has never had a job outside of serving in office is pretty sad

I get, I get, private sector is evil and working is something that is a corporatist scheme, etc. Different strokes for different folks, so whatever. However he spends his campaigns money is his problem and it doesn't effect me since I didn't donate to him.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

67. Working in the private sector isn't evil. My point is only that as an elected official

Bernie has not become rich, and there's no evidence he ever took advantage of his position to make money for himself.

[Thinkingabout]

87. His tax return indicates he is in the top 6% of wage earners. He paid less than

10% in taxes. Trump doesn't pay any income taxes and the Clintons pays 35%. I sure hope we can get the rich people to pay their fair share of taxes.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

92. While Sanders is relatively comfortable

his income is not anywhere near to either the Clintons' or Trump's. My understanding is that he paid 13%, not 10%, but neither percentage is necessarily strange; it would depend on the deductions. We have a progressive tax system so it stands to reason that the Clintons pay a greater percentage of their income in taxes. The only tax returns of Trump's that we know about, which were from the '70s, show no taxes paid because he deducted a lot of losses. What, if anything, he's been paying lately is unknown. I agree that the very wealthy should pay more taxes and should not be able to take advantage of offshore tax dodges or some of the other tax avoidance methods available only to the very rich.

[Thinkingabout]

99. So far Sanders has only produced one summary, did not see a tax return indicating 13%.

[nadinbrzezinski]

79. Lovely RIGHT WING talking point

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

94. Yup. Public employment is bad; only private business is worthy.

People who dedicate their lives to public service are leeches. You need to get a real job working for a good, upstanding American corporation or you aren't worth crap.

[nadinbrzezinski]

96. Hey Reagan would be very electable in this new Democratic Party

and I mean real Ronnie, not the myth.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

103. Ronnie would be too liberal for some Democrats these days.

[nadinbrzezinski]

104. True you got a point

On the bright side, nether Lincoln, or FDR, or LBJ or JFK or Carter would be elected these days as democrats.

[QC]

98. Lately, Hillary talking points *are* right wing talking points.

When I came here, back in 2001, I never imagined that DU would become a place where medicine and education were dismissed as "free stuff" and change was too hard.

[ebayfool]

100. Teachers, carpenters, film-making, youth counselor? They don't get paychecks?

Come on! That's petty nit-picking. They are just as valid as doctor, lawyer, candlestick maker!

[politicaljunkie41910]

105. Hillary and Bill Clinton both had best selling books which sold millions of copies. I know because

I have copies of both best sellers. That alone would have made them both rich. And I don't begrudge them their personal wealth since they earned it. They didn't steal it. They also didn't invent the concept of giving speeches for a fee. Public Speaking for fees has been going on for at least the past hundred years. There's a whole industry built around it. Why does Bernie and his supporters act like this is something NEW. And it's not illegal, so get over it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

109. "The Clintons have thrived... within a corrupt system

and have become obscenely wealthy because of it."

Of course, there is very good reason to believe that the billionaires and corporations that donate to Clinton or pay her generously for 30-minute speeches are expecting something in return (as with every other politician they donate to). Wall Street bankers don’t contribute to both Republicans and Democrats because they like Republicans and Democrats equally, but to hedge their bets (needless to say, some politicians are much more willing to bend than others).

This is all an indictment of the system, not any particular politician; but the fact that the Clintons have thrived for so long within this system and have become obscenely wealthy because of it should trouble any progressives who want to see meaningful reform. As former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich put it, Clinton is the “most qualified candidate for president of the political system we now have,” but “Sanders is the most qualified candidate to create the political system we should have.”

What has been especially disturbing about the 2016 Democratic primary debate over money in politics has been the extent to which partisan Democrats have been willing to use right-wing talking points to defend their preferred candidate, dismissing big money contributions as inconsequential without concrete evidence of quid pro quo.

http://www.salon.com/2016/05/29/hillary_clintons_big_donor_problem_isnt_going_away_her_history_of_taking_wall_street_cash_exemplifies_all_thats_wrong_in_u_s_politics/

[Eric J in MN]

24. Jane Sanders isn't getting paid for his pres campaign.

If she were, it would be in the campaign's FEC reports.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. His Senate salary continues, I suppose.

Candidates don't get paid for running for office. That's why most candidates are rich - if you aren't and you have no other source of income you can't afford to quit your job and spend all your time campaigning. Campaign funds have to be accounted for and candidates don't get a salary for campaigning. For Hillary it's not a problem because she's filthy rich already - though, sadly, the Goldman Sachs speeches gravy train had to be sidelined for now.

[democrattotheend]

135. Candidates are now permitted to pay themselves a salary from campaign funds

But I don't believe Bernie does. The FEC changed the rules on that about 10 years ago to enable candidates who can't otherwise afford to take the time off to campaign to do so.

[kayakjohnny]

10. At least he's working for every nickle of it.

Unlike.... Blah, fundraiser. Blah, you owe me. Blah, it's my turn. Blah, give me the keys to the White house.

[QC]

12. Do you still believe that Hillary has "set the woman's movement back"?

And that "the whining and moaning about sexism is off-putting as well"?

And that the election is "about picking the President of the United States, not some gender crusade"?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6154682

[woolldog]

17. I believe that she should not focus on her gender or women's issues. As I wrote just yesterday,

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=2079751

"She is focusing too much on speaking to women and addressing women's issues. This is alienating men. She needs to work on male outreach."

[QC]

40. You used to be one of her most strident critics around here.

What happened to make you change your opinion so radically?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6154682&mesg_id=6166441

[woolldog]

52. Trump happened.

The tea party happened. Biden not running for the nomination happened. A lot of other shit has happened. It's time to close ranks QC.

I'm a pragmatist above all else.

[QC]

68. I agree that Trump is a potential disaster.

But I'm not sure how nominating the only other politician as distrusted and unpopular among the voting public as Trump is the way to avoid him.

Yes, I was hoping for Elizabeth Warren, but one consequence of the Clintons having such a grip on the national party is that virtually no one else was willing to run against HRC, only Sanders.

[Demsrule86]

124. Right because women don't matter to Bernie and his peeps

This is why I don't support Bernie. The day he said the abortion issue was a distraction...I was done. I have heard nothing about equal pay, abortion, birth control...etc from Bernie. Also, I don't for wagging your finger in a woman's face...had it done to many times.

[ljm2002]

129. I guess if you have heard nothing about...

...equal pay, abortion, birth control...etc from Bernie, then you have not been listening to his campaign speeches, where he repeatedly mentions equal pay for equal work, and the absolute right of a woman to control her own body. In fact he led his speech at Liberty U by pointing out his position on abortion rights.

IOW you are spreading misinformation when you say "women don't matter to Bernie and his peeps".

And BTW, don't be wagging you finger in a woman's face either; I too have had it done too many times.

[Demsrule86]

131. I have listened

I heard nothing of the kind...in fact, he did call abortion a distraction. He has no interest in Women's issues as far as I can tell. It is all about the banks...sick of hearing it.

[ljm2002]

132. Oh okay, so you're just dishonest...

...got it.

[lmbradford]

14. Im sure what we send him is enough

But if it isnt we will accomidate him. No big deal.

Trusting someone like Bernie is easy.

[immoderate]

15. OK, then. So who shall we look to as the pinnacle of virtue?

--imm

[BillZBubb]

22. A lot less than one Hillary speech fee. Why do you ask?

[woolldog]

26. I don't have a problem with Clinton

profiting off the backs of investment bankers.

I do have a problem with Bernie and Jane profiting off the backs of schoolteachers and mechanics, all under the guise that he still has some sort of "chance" to be the nominee. It's disgraceful.

[BillZBubb]

29. Of course you don't! You're such a moral guy.

[MariaThinks]

34. That's a good point. Bernie is lying to people making them believe there is a democratic path to

victory.

[ljm2002]

130. "Bernie is lying to people"...

..."making them believe there is a democratic path to victory."

Then I guess Hillary is lying as well, since she clearly also believes there is "a democratic path to victory."

[AgingAmerican]

23. Her supporters desperately try to invent scandals

To equate him with her

[CentralMass]

25. From Money Nation

http://moneynation.com/hillary-clinton-net-worth/

Hillary Clinton’s net worth is $31.3 million. Our Hillary Clinton net worth number comes from analyzing her 2015 U.S. Public Financial Disclosure Reports. Bill Clinton has an estimated net worth of $80 million. That gives a combined Bill and Hillary Clinton net worth of $111 million dollar" (It is possibly higher as mentioned in the article.)

Hillary Clinton net worth vs Bernie Sanders net worth: 59 times larger.

Hillary Clinton net worth vs Jeb Bush net worth: 1.5 times larger.

Hillary Clinton net worth vs Ben Carson net worth: About the same.

Hillary Clinton net worth vs median U.S. household net worth: 459 times larger.

[woolldog]

28. I don't have a problem with Clinton

profiting off the backs of investment bankers.

I do have a problem with Bernie and Jane profiting off the backs of schoolteachers and mechanics, all under the guise that he still has some sort of "chance" to be the nominee. It's disgraceful.

[riversedge]

31. Well said.

[JonLeibowitz]

36. As if you care; the people donating to Sanders' campaign trust him. Your concern is worth nothing.

[MariaThinks]

38. it's worth more than your concern.

[JonLeibowitz]

44. I'm a student who donated to Bernie. I think my concern is worth a hell of a lot more.

[MariaThinks]

46. So what? Many students have donated to Hillary and probably even Drumpf.

[JonLeibowitz]

49. No doubt; my point is my opinion about how Bernie spends the money is more valuable than a HRC

supporter's opinion. Because I have skin in the game. This isn't that complicated.

[MariaThinks]

54. i agree. so does an HRC SUPPORTER. They don't count to you?

[JonLeibowitz]

57. Their opinion is worthless in the question of how Bernie runs his campaign and spends his money.

[MariaThinks]

60. ok

[CentralMass]

42. Well, your assertions about the Sanders profiting from the campaign are just that.

Hillary's $625,000 paycheck for speaking at Goldman Sachs is almost double Sanders entire networth.

[MariaThinks]

50. there is nothing wrong in accepting speaking fees. It's called commerce and capitalism.

it's not like cheney who started a war to cash in his haliburton stock options.

[CentralMass]

65. There are many who see it as monied interests buying influence.

[840high]

110. Some of us call it future influence or

to be clear - bribes.

[Lokijohn]

117. Before the Third Way took over the Democratic party

it was called bribery and corruption. $150 million dollars in 'speaking fees'. wow

[lunamagica]

48. At least Hillary was paid by thise who could afford it. She never took 200K from a strugling college

[think]

72. "Hillary Helps a Bank—and Then It Funnels Millions to the Clintons"

Hillary Helps a Bank—and Then It Funnels Millions to the Clintons

CONOR FRIEDERSDORF JUL 31, 2015

The Wall Street Journal’s eyebrow-raising story of how the presidential candidate and her husband accepted cash from UBS without any regard for the appearance of impropriety that it created.

~Snip~

The article adds that “there is no evidence of any link between Mrs. Clinton’s involvement in the case and the bank’s donations to the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation, or its hiring of Mr. Clinton.” Maybe it’s all a mere coincidence, and when UBS agreed to pay Bill Clinton $1.5 million the relevant decision-maker wasn’t even aware of the vast sum his wife may have saved the bank or the power that she will potentially wield after the 2016 presidential election.

But even that wouldn’t make accepting the $1.5 million excusable.

If you’re Bill Clinton and your wife has recently intervened, in her capacity as a cabinet secretary, to help a giant corporation avert a significant threat to its bottom-line, the very least you could do, if only to avoid the appearance of impropriety, is to avoid negotiating seven-figure paydays with that same corporation. This is particularly jaw-dropping because ultra-wealthy Bill Clinton has virtually unlimited opportunities to give lucrative speeches to any number of audiences not directly implicated by decisions that his wife made as secretary of state....

Read more:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/07/hillary-helps-a-bankand-then-it-pays-bill-15-million-in-speaking-fees/400067/

[Silver_Witch]

75. We are contributing because we want to.

He is not "profiting" off our backs. It is a movement my friend, not just a campaign. Pay attention and you will see we are contributing not because we think he will win, rather because one should never give up until the game is over.

The game is not over!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

102. We are not stupid. We always knew Bernie was a long shot.

We contribute to his campaign because, win or lose, he has been starting a progressive movement that desperately needed someone to organize it and stir up enthusiasm. I'm happy to contribute even knowing that Hillary will most likely get the nomination. Bernie isn't lying to his supporters - he's telling them that he needs them to keep the movement going no matter who is nominated.

[Silver_Witch]

113. Agreed completely.

We are making a movement. I send money because I choose to! It is still my money so anyone like the person above that judges how I spend my money is proof that he/she is not a true liberal if she/he believe they get to judge how other contribute their money.

[-none]

82. When Hillary is profiting off the back of investment bankers, that means she is beholding to them.

When Bernie, as you say, is profiting off the backs of schoolteachers and mechanics, that means he is beholding to them also, correct?
Who is more deserving of being represented by our representatives? Wealthy people preying on the rest of us for their riches, or us commoners, such as schoolteachers and mechanics, who are struggling to get by?
I think us commoners are more deserving of proper representation, over those rich enough that they can buy their own Congress critters and department heads.

[MariaThinks]

37. Hillary is smarter and more successful - thanks for posting.

[CentralMass]

74. Who's interests is she representing ?

http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/13/investing/hillary-clinton-wall-street/
Clinton made $3.15 million in 2013 alone from speaking to firms like Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and UBS, according to the list her campaign released of her speaking fees."

"While Clinton has given paid speeches to many groups, Wall Street banks and investment houses made up a third of her speech income.
She even made more money speaking to UBS and Goldman Sachs than her husband Bill did. Goldman Sachs in New York paid Bill $200,000 for a speech in June 2013 and Hillary $225,000 for a speech in October of that year."

2014 was an even more lucrative year.

What are these firms expecting to get when they pay $225.00 for a 40 minute speech. ?

[baldguy]

27. Well, when you got Bialystock & Bloom as your campaign managers...

[MariaThinks]

32. Do they get to keep unspent money?

[woolldog]

39. I'm not sure, Maria

But that's why I'm asking. Hopefully someone knows the answer.

[JonLeibowitz]

47. The answer is 'no'. But your question is phrased curiously -- as if the answer is 'yes'

Presupposing guilt is embarrassing.

[MariaThinks]

51. it would explain why someone keeps running knowing he/she can't win.

[JonLeibowitz]

55. As would many other explanations. Just because you can imagine a nefarious purpose does not imply

its validity.

[MariaThinks]

61. So where does the money in the account go?

[JonLeibowitz]

63. maybe you could do some research on Federal campaign finance law before speculating?

[MariaThinks]

66. I have. And it's not pretty.

[JonLeibowitz]

70. LOL. And see Post #59 for a debunking of your 'concerns'

[MariaThinks]

123. I hope you dont' think you're Jon Stewart.

kind of creepy to use him as the avatar and the name

[JonLeibowitz]

45. No.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

59. Candidates don't get to keep unspent campaign funds for themselves.

The money belongs to the campaign committee, not the candidate. According to the FEC's rules a campaign committee is allowed to donate the funds to charities or political parties; or contribute $2000 per election to other candidates; or save the money in case the candidate decides to run again. The candidate doesn't get a nickel.

[Kip Humphrey]

33. There you go again, thinking everyone acts just like your candidate.

Well, they don't so deal with it.

[tabasco]

43. BILLIONS!!!!!

Get a life. The family doesn't get any money from campaign funds.

[Bobbie Jo]

76. Sure they do...

Jane has a paid position with the campaign.

http://www.progressivestoday.com/bernie-sanders-used-campaign-donations-pay-family-members-2000-2004/

[tabasco]

83. THE HUMANITY!!!!

MONTPELIER — Rep. Bernard Sanders’ wife Jane was paid about $30,000 from 2002 to 2004 for work on his campaigns, while his stepdaughter Carina Driscoll got about $65,000 over a five-year period ending last year, a Sanders aide said Wednesday.

$10,000 a year for wife for 3 years while working on campaigns.
$13,000 a year for step-daughter for 5 years while working on campaigns

A friend of Chelsea Clinton made $275,000 in five months while working for the Clinton Foundation.

It takes some nerve to complain about those expenditures by Sanders while the Clintons take graft and influence-peddling to new heights with their "foundation" aka slush fund.


"Much of the Foundation’s money goes to travel ($8.5 million in 2013); conferences, conventions and meetings ($9.2 million); and payroll and employee benefits ($30 million). Ten executives received salaries of more than $100,000 in 2013. Eric Braverman, a friend of Chelsea Clinton, was paid nearly $275,000 in salary, benefits, and a housing allowance for just five months’ work as CEO that year."

Why the Clinton Foundation is so controversial

http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2016/02/economist-explains-4

[Bobbie Jo]

84. Then start another Clinton thread.

THIS one is about Bernie and HIS cashflow.

[tabasco]

85. Then tell me more about this "cash flow" and why it is a problem for anyone.

I'm all ears. Links and sources for all the scathing facts, please.

[Bobbie Jo]

88. Start with the link I've already provided

and we'll go from there.

Actually no, you're not the least bit interested, and I'm not playing fetch for you anyway.

[tabasco]

90. You mean the one I already responded to?

That's all ya' got? LMAO.

[Bobbie Jo]

91. You call that a response?

ok

[tabasco]

97. Just as I thought.

Ya' got nuthin.

[Bluenorthwest]

62. Classic dog whistle. Your entire cohort is defined by this sort of trash.

There has been so much of it. It's disgusting.

[QC]

71. Yes, pretty much every classic anti-Semitic trope

has been deployed against Sanders right here on an ostensibly liberal site.

It's sickening.

[msanthrope]

80. Well....I suspect you can explain to us when Jane O'Meara Sanders became Jewish?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sanders-is-biggest-spender-of-2016-so-far--generating-millions-for-consultants/2016/04/28/600170ce-0cf2-11e6-a6b6-2e6de3695b0e_story.html

According to that article, campaign staff directly benefits from ad buy revenue. HRC capped the amount for her staffers, Bernie did not.

[LexVegas]

64. Tad and Jeff gonna cash in. $$$. nt

[msanthrope]

77. It would be interesting to see if any Sanders family member works

for any of the consulting firms that take a percentage of the ad buy revenue.....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sanders-is-biggest-spender-of-2016-so-far--generating-millions-for-consultants/2016/04/28/600170ce-0cf2-11e6-a6b6-2e6de3695b0e_story.html

[nadinbrzezinski]

78. That dog whistle is so loud that even the conure heard it

[bettyellen]

112. Disgusting anti-Semitic remark.

[Eric J in MN]

89. Bernie and Jane Sanders aren't getting paid

...for the presidential campaign.

The campaign pays its vendors as does the Clinton campaign and most presidential campaigns. Have you objected to any other campaigns paying vendors?

[Sheepshank]

101. Those tax returns would have given us a glimpse

[DeeDeeNY]

107. Seriously??

This is beyond ridiculous.

[B Calm]

108. Another divisive post from another Hillary supporter.

[oldandhappy]

111. And the clintons and all the other candidates?

hit 'em all honey

[gollygee]

115. Thịs is a horrible OP

Do you think only rich people should run for office?

This is shocking in how classist and rude it is.

[rurallib]

119. If not the dumbest OP I have seen on here it is close

I thought my ignore list was complete, but let's add one more.

[Gothmog]

121. The FEC reports will be very interesting readimg

[Demsrule86]

125. I agree

Pretty obvious with the college thing that they may not handle funds well...unless they had an accountant with a familiarity of election law...there may be trouble.

[noiretextatique]

126. probably not as much as one of Hillary's speeches eom

[ljm2002]

127. It really seems to bug Establishment Dems...

...that a back bencher, lifelong Democratic Socialist like Bernie Sanders can beat the Clinton machine in fund raising, by appealing to individuals all over the country and convincing them to make repeated small donations.

Well suck it! Because that is part of the political revolution Bernie has been talking about.

A lot of us are DONE ever giving money to the DNC, who use it to suppress progressive candidates, and who funnel the money back to HRC anyway these days.

Yep, a new day has dawned. The road ahead may be bumpy, but Bernie has shown us that it is possible to carve out a new road and pave it ourselves, and that is what we shall do.

[hobbit709]

128. One of the biggest piles of metabolic byproducts ever.

[CorkySt.Clair]

133. ...

[geek tragedy]

134. you'd have to audit the financials of Old Towne Media to find out nt