Bernie Sanders has paid lobbyists on his staff.

[JaneyVee]

Here is the lobbying firm they represent:

http://www.theinternetcoalition.com/services


Link:

https://mobile.twitter.com/RalstonReports/status/677627961479163904

Edit: Removed screenshot containing personal info. Sorry.

[Eric J in MN]

1. Yahoo! and eBay agree with me on some issues.

Net Neutrality.

No Sales Tax on out-of-state internet purchases.

[libdem4life]

2. How dare he. I don't recall he classified this as a political sin.

And he also paid his family wages. I fail to see the difficulty this information brings.

[VanillaRhapsody]

3. Schadenfreude

[libdem4life]

11. First obligatory Little Giggle then, Exactly where did he say he didn't have or want lobbyists?

Where is the triumph here?

[VanillaRhapsody]

21. Did he or his supporters accuse anyone else?

[merrily]

4. LOLOLOL! Well, if Jon Ralston tweeted it, it must be true!

BTW, how many lobbyists has Hillary hired?

And which law or ethical precept does this violate again?

This is even sillier than usual

[99th_Monkey]

5. Let's see? Do I like Net Neutrality or Private Prison lobbyists better?

Hmmm.... I'll have to think about that one, for about 1 nanosecond.

[JaneyVee]

6. You have a link to those staff members?

[99th_Monkey]

10. No problem. How about TWO links...

Private Prison Lobbyists Are Top Fundraisers for Hillary Clinton
http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/private_prison_lobbyists_are_fundraising_for_hillary_clinton_20150724

Guess Who Else Is Fundraising for Clinton: Private Prison Lobbyists
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/07/24/guess-who-else-fundraising-clinton-private-prison-lobbyists

[JaneyVee]

12. Those aren't staffers. And...

She doesn't accept money from private prisons: https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/criminal-justice-reform/

[99th_Monkey]

15. I know Hills quickly covered her tracks, once exposed. That's not news to me.

And she said she's giving all the Private Prison bribes to "charity" .. which I
presume to mean, to the Clinton Foundation, because she doesn't say which
"charity".

[JaneyVee]

17. Pretty sure the idea of donating it is a good deterrent.

Unless they're feeling charitable. And again, not paid staffers.

[beam me up scottie]

20. 'not paid staffers' No kidding, they paid her - which is worse.

[Autumn]

23. That would make any politician accepting corporate donations, such as Hillary

a "paid staffer"

[beam me up scottie]

24. Bernie's a rebel, he pays the lobbyists to change their ways!

[99th_Monkey]

34. LOL good one. nt

[beam me up scottie]

9. That's it!!! I'm converting to Hillary! Not Good Enough Bernie!

I want to support someone who isn't influenced by lobbyists!

[JaneyVee]

13. They lobby for corporate tax breaks.

[beam me up scottie]

16. ZOMGWTFBBQ? CALL CONGRESS RIGHT FUCKING NOW!

Bernie is dead to me, I want to support a candidate who is completely unaffiliated with corporations.

Like Hillary Clinton.

[merrily]

25. I really laughed out loud. (I'm such a sucker for a good "right fucking now" line.)

My favorite "dead to me" smilie

[beam me up scottie]

28. I'm surprised no one's alerted on it yet.

Because profanity or something.

I love that smilie! *click - save*

[merrily]

30. "Right fucking now" is a DU classic tradition, though.

I'm glad you saved the smilie 'cause you'll know where to find it. If I ever need it, I'm pm'ing you!

[beam me up scottie]

32. Yeah but it's me so someone will try.

They even alerted on me for reposting the commonly used DU slogan "Hillary 2016: Because she's not a Republican", here are the results:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=905407

[Skidmore]

35. So lobbyists and PACs are okay now?

Especially if they support Bernie. Okay.

[beam me up scottie]

37. I think it's AWESOME that Bernie's paying the lobbyists to change THEIR ways!

And yes, those naughty nurses, how awful of them to form a PAC for Bernie!

They're obviously corporate shills wanting to influence a polictician just like Hillary's prison lobbyists!

[NCTraveler]

7. He is a politician.

That and I'm a fan of lobbyists. I do think we need to strengthen regulations on the revolving door. As far as Sanders, he polls, attacks, gets help from lobbyists, gets favors for favors, has a pac working on his behalf, etc. No different from the rest it's just on a smaller scale. Everyone running right now is a straight up politician. Sanders is the only career politician on our side.

[merrily]

26. Remind me which PAC works on behalf of Bernie?

All I know about is a PAC that is affiliated with the National Nurses United Union, not with Bernie, which

has spent a little more than $569,000 in support of him. The spending ranges from print and online ads to printing materials, with significant buys in key states like Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada. As of the last super PAC filing on June 30, the group had about $250,000 cash on hand.

Bernie does not coordinate with this PAC, which is not his, but that of the Union. This is very, very different from the PAC affiliated with Hillary that Brock runs.

False Equivalencies R. Us, I guess?

[beam me up scottie]

8. Is Big Sugar™ represented too?

[Autumn]

14. Oh NOES not paid lobbyists on his staff!!!!

That dastardly IC provides intelligence and guidance to its membership related to the thousands of pending bills identified each year as problematic to Internet ecommerce.

I must now support Hillary!!!!!!! Oh wait. Never mind.

[JaneyVee]

18. They lobby for corporate tax breaks.

[HerbChestnut]

19. Clearly they're having an impact on Sanders.

I mean, have you heard his stump speech? The guy is clearly in the tank for those corporations!

...Holy moly...

[Autumn]

22. pending bills identified each year as problematic to Internet ecommerce.

http://www.theinternetcoalition.com/#belowcontent

ACCESS TO DIGITAL ACCOUNTS AFTER DEATH
In this digital era, if you die or become incapacitated, it is likely that an executive, fiduciary, personal representative or a family member will want access to your online banking accounts, investment portfolio, social media sites or email. If you have not entrusted someone with the usernames and passwords to such accounts, how will your bills get taken care of?

DECEPTIVE FLORAL ADVERTISING
There are literally thousands of websites listed online where you can order “local” flowers. However, a few of these claim that they are local, when in actuality they are out of town or even out of state. They just gather the order, charge an extra fee to the customer, and then contact a local florist to deliver flowers.

ATTORNEYS GENERAL JOIN STATE LEGISLATORS IN FIGHTING PATENT TROLLS
A largely bipartisan movement to regulate patent trolls is unlikely to lose steam in the near future as the number of lawsuits filed by patent trolls, or entities that exist for the purpose of licensing patents in order to sue companies for alleged infringement of those patents, has increased nearly six-fold since 2004 to a peak of 4,600 in 2012.

[merrily]

27. And? If Bernie indeed has them on his staff, which is far from established, what do you think he

is using them to do? Get tax breaks for the many corporations that he owns?

The rest of your claims about Bernie are straight up laughable.

[PatrickforO]

29. Ah, an exploding thread.

Oh, no! This is horrible, awful, terrible. But I can recall how Obama had this problem too. He really, really didn't want to hire ex lobbyists in his administration and there was an exacting hiring process that would supposedly render everyone squeaky clean.

Unfortunately, what he found on the ground, when he was trying to get stuff done, that the most qualified people WERE ex lobbyists.

Sucks, I know. But that was the reality.

If you're gonna nitpick Sanders on little crap like this that really doesn't amount to a hill of beans, what I'm suspecting is that you're feeling like he's got your candidate beat on the issues. I'm supporting Bernie because nothing, nothing can EVER convince me that single payer isn't the way to go.

In addition, I like what he wants to do with the corporate tax code and imposing some additional regulation on Wall Street. The transaction tax that he wants to use to fund free colleges is a good idea on many levels.

Overturning Citizens United is also a very good idea, and the sooner the TPP can be defeated the better for all of us, because that corporate piece of crap will cost this nation millions of jobs, and undermine what democracy we have left at local, state and national levels. TPP is a really, really BAD idea.

Basically, I'm FOR Bernie Sanders because out of all the candidates he best represents me on the issues.

By the way, Obama hasn't had one scandal. Not one. He's a good, moral man who made a huge mistake taking single payer off the table in 09, and another one touting this TPP. However, in all, he's been a good, if not great president. But don't sit there and tell me that hiring a couple of people who worked at a lobbying firm is going to poison Bernie's campaign. And it certainly won't change my vote. The guy's got a 40 year track record of fighting the good fight.

[Agnosticsherbet]

31. He is a politician, just like any other. What to you expect?

[R B Garr]

33. No surprise. So tired of his superficial

GIMMICKS and empty slogans.

[RandySF]

36. I guess he's not Mr. Perfect after all.

[Motown_Johnny]

39. Nobody ever claimed he was perfect. Just much better than Hillary

and we stand by that.

[beam me up scottie]

41. Oops, your straw is showing.

[Motown_Johnny]

38. As does Hillary.

Why leave that out? Can't she stand up to the standards you set for Bernie?

[beam me up scottie]

42. Bernie is paying a lobbyist, Hillary is paid by them.

Big difference.

[Kalidurga]

40. Wake me up when Bernie can't remember which corporations donated 150,000 to his campaign.

[AgingAmerican]

43. Net neutrality? Really?? Are you serious?

lol. Wow you are so desperate!

[Thinkingabout]

44. I wonder if it is some of the lobbyists he met in Miami Beach?

[redstateblues]

45. But But Political Revolution!

[Phlem]

46. Oh Noes!!!!

To think they might lobby for the American people for a change.

That's a just so wrong!!!!!!

[beam me up scottie]

47. Yes, net neutrality is a terrible cause.

Just look at who opposes it!

[Scuba]

48. Your underwear is showing.

[workinclasszero]

49. Ole Bernie sure is a politician

And not a saint eh?

The NRA endorsement and this info kinda makes it all clear.

[JaneyVee]

50. Kick.

[MattSh]

51. 10.5 hours without a response...

and you go ahead and kick your own thread. Can't let it die a decent death, can you?

I guess there was no new crap to fling so it's time to resurrect some older crap.

[JaneyVee]

53. lolwut?

[MrMickeysMom]

52. WHAT? You revealed personal information???

!!11!111!1111!!!!!1!11!!