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GoLeft TV

(3,910 posts)
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 02:28 PM Mar 2016

Bernie Is Right, Hillary’s Fundraising Is Absolutely Obscene



This past Sunday, Senator Bernie Sanders blasted Hillary Clinton for her ties to Wall Street and Big Pharma, calling her campaign’s dependence on Wall Street money donations “obscene.” Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.
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Bernie Is Right, Hillary’s Fundraising Is Absolutely Obscene (Original Post) GoLeft TV Mar 2016 OP
Democrats turned to Wall Street sometime ago to complete with the other party. Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #1
Bernie is obscene, he can't win with his policies upaloopa Mar 2016 #2
And you will be happy franannjo Mar 2016 #4
Obscene scottie10 Mar 2016 #8
upaloopa, may I address a few of your concerns? Gary 50 Mar 2016 #9
Bernie already has won with his policies rurallib Mar 2016 #10
Super delegates must follow the voters... Bohemianwriter Mar 2016 #11
Sanders is being foolish. The wealthiest Republicans will be using $1.5-$2 billion to eviscerate Trust Buster Mar 2016 #3
He could help down ticket races by campaigning with/for other WhiteTara Mar 2016 #5
K&R yuiyoshida Mar 2016 #6
She's raising more fossil fuel money than the republican candidates! TIME TO PANIC Mar 2016 #7

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
1. Democrats turned to Wall Street sometime ago to complete with the other party.
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 02:34 PM
Mar 2016

Bernie has now shown Democrats dont need to do that.

What would be helpful (all this criticizing back and forth helps absolutely nothing) would be to steal, so to speak, the Sanders system or borrow from it, to create a new permanent base of information for all Democratic candidates.

Bernie will gladly do that if it means electing more people like him.

upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
2. Bernie is obscene, he can't win with his policies
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 02:40 PM
Mar 2016

Bernie will go down in history as an "also ran"

Bashing Hillary supporters, praying for an indictment, wanting to snoop into transcripts for dirt, bullying super delegates, collecting millions for his own ego trip, Bernie's halo is slipping.
 

franannjo

(29 posts)
4. And you will be happy
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 02:50 PM
Mar 2016

You will worship a unqualifyed sell out who bought the presidency with tainted mony.

scottie10

(101 posts)
8. Obscene
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 03:44 PM
Mar 2016

My thought when I read this post was Bernie's not obscene. Some on both sides of the race are, but Bernie is not.

Gary 50

(381 posts)
9. upaloopa, may I address a few of your concerns?
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 04:47 PM
Mar 2016

" Bernie is obscene." No he's one of the most decent human beings on this earth. "He can't win with his policies." He beats the Republican candidates by larger margin than Hillary in all cases according to all of the polls. "He will go down as an also ran." He might. He also might go down as a transformational figure bringing our country back to the political center from the far right which is now the norm for both parties. "Bashing Hillary supporters." Your entire post is tweaking the noses of Bernie supporters and saying Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah your going to loo-oose. People who live in glass houses ..... "Praying for an indictment" Only if it happens soon. I'd hate to try to win with an indicted candidate. "Wanting to snoop into transcripts for dirt." Well, there is something to hide (or many things) or there isn't. If she doesn't release them most reasonable people will assume that she has something to hide. Also, expect Trump to find them and use them to his advantage. "Collecting millions for his own ego trip." Nope. He is not ego driven. He is service driven. It's never about him. "Bernies halo is slipping." Thanks for acknowledging that he has a halo. I never heard anyone suggest Hillary has one.

 

Bohemianwriter

(978 posts)
11. Super delegates must follow the voters...
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 05:29 PM
Mar 2016

Hillary's fundraisers ARE obscene.
If it wasn't for them, she would be able to stand on stage and lie about Bernie not being a part of a healthcare policy both you and Hillary think are obscene.
What is obscene a bout Bernie's policies as opposed to Hillary's foreign policies and close ties to the arms lobby and Wall Street?

 

Trust Buster

(7,299 posts)
3. Sanders is being foolish. The wealthiest Republicans will be using $1.5-$2 billion to eviscerate
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 02:40 PM
Mar 2016

Hillary and all those down ticket Democrats. They literally bought the Senate back in 2014. Sanders is pandering in a very dangerous way.

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