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2016 Postmortem

Dustlawyer

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2. She is counting on a lot of us being too stupid to understand the obligations incurred by taking all

Reply to misterhighwasted (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 9, 2016, 01:51 PM

Feb 2016

of that money! They don't give that kind of money to someone opposed to what they want. Bernie is the prime example, they wouldn't donate to him if their lives depended upon it!

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Publicly Funded Elections, Bernie's solution to the root problem of campaign bribes. [View all] Dustlawyer Feb 2016 OP

Don't have breakfast with The Oligarchs misterhighwasted Feb 2016 #1

She is counting on a lot of us being too stupid to understand the obligations incurred by taking all Dustlawyer Feb 2016 #2

so why'd they invite him to breakfast with the oligarchs? misterhighwasted Feb 2016 #7

Then I don't get why he doesn't take any public funding for his campaign now frazzled Feb 2016 #3

I am fine with the people supporting this campaign. Dustlawyer Feb 2016 #4

I am too, but it's not what is meant by public funding frazzled Feb 2016 #5

I am all for this, but what you are talking about would guarantee Bernie would have no chance to Dustlawyer Feb 2016 #6

Super Pacs have nothing to do with publicly funded elections frazzled Feb 2016 #8

I understand what you are saying, but we are dealing with things as they are now, not how we would Dustlawyer Feb 2016 #9