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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHey, has anyone heard that Sanders raised a shit ton of money yesterday?
Asking for a friend.
jcgoldie
(11,654 posts)I also wanted to share that my friend sent him some money and is very very proud of it... he wants everyone to know!
MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)and so on...
and so on...
PTWB
(4,131 posts)Either how much money be raised or how much someone is upset hes running. I saw someone post a suggestion for a primary discussion board and I think thats a great idea.
Snotcicles
(9,089 posts)Laughing for a friend.
LexVegas
(6,109 posts)Response to LexVegas (Reply #5)
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CrossingTheRubicon
(731 posts)MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)I mean that is his goal supposedly.
I guess we'll have to wait and see where it all comes from.
CrossingTheRubicon
(731 posts)MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)"Out of respect for our donors, we do not share the exact contributions and some people do ask to remain anonymous" - Diane May, Our Revolution spokeswoman.
CrossingTheRubicon
(731 posts)I'd like to know how much of Bernie's Big Day came from Our Revolution.
Speaking of lack of transparency, what about those tax returns?
frazzled
(18,402 posts)for a lot of reasons.
I think that the only way to get the corrupt or the crazy out of our political circus is to legislate federally-funded-only elections for all candidates (the states will have to decide for themselves for state offices). No fundraising, and everyone gets the same shake. It would free up elected officials (especially House members) to actually do their jobs instead of having to fundraise from day one of their tenure for the next two-year cycle. It would put all presidential candidates on the same playing field, so we could actually listen to them rather than count their war chests. It would free our inboxes of the tens of thousands of dramatic pitches we will be receiving over the next 622 days!
I know the current Supreme Court would never allow this, but it is my fervent hope for the future. The only way to get our government back on track: get rid of all the donations, big or small.
dogman
(6,073 posts)I would be interested in exactly how much free media time has been given to T-Rump.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,346 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)honest.abe
(8,685 posts)manor321
(3,344 posts)bigtree
(86,008 posts)...especially relevant now that he's filled himself up with the notion he's better than our dedicated Democrats again.
padah513
(2,509 posts)I don't understand why this is so hard for him and Jane
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Probably from that mailing list that was never shared with the DNC... or was it?
MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)sweetloukillbot
(11,093 posts)WeekiWater
(3,259 posts)His bank account. His families bank accounts. His campaign accounts.
Soxfan58
(3,479 posts)Oh yea EVERYWHERE! Good for him. He may be our best chance to beat tRump and if he is I want him to have plenty of money.
Hekate
(90,853 posts)Asking for a friend
Maven
(10,533 posts)Trump already used the "audit" excuse, so they'll have to come up with something else this time. Maybe TurboTax keeps crashing?
safeinOhio
(32,733 posts)Kamala and her husband have.
aidbo
(2,328 posts)tonedevil
(3,022 posts)MuseRider
(34,133 posts)At this point I am incredibly happy that we have many who are doing quite well. I am not going to vote for Bernie without his taxes but I will support his run because he has a good vision for this country and win or lose we have seen the positives from his last run and his being out and about speaking. What we want eventually has to be pushed from the what we want eventually point and not from the point of tiny steps forward that really do not help because it is just too slow. Start asking for the stars and take less rather than asking for less and taking less than that.
Whatever, the bitterness had better fade at some point because no matter what anyone says he may be the candidate. Unlikely? Maybe, but nobody knows yet how this will go.
I will be very curious to see if we hear the same from those who accused Bernie Bros (whoever and whatever (if) they ever were).
MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)And I'm bitter?
Yeah, Bernie Bros were a myth, lol.
You go with that talking point. I will continue to believe my own eyes and ears.
MuseRider
(34,133 posts)People have who they like and what they like and we are all allowed to say and be those things. This constant pointing out about Bernie supporters and trying to stop them from being excited about someone they like is childish and boring and also amusing.
So is all the, "He is a Russian." "He works for Trump." So you just go ahead with your bitterness. It is joking over coffee in my house as I read all this to my family. Our morning laugh and oddly since he ran the last time there has always been plenty of this over all these years. It seems almost, I don't know, obsessive?
BannonsLiver
(16,505 posts)I spend a lot of time laughing at Bernie and his followers myself over breakfast, so that definitely cuts both ways.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)same from those who accused Bernie Bros (whoever and whatever (if) they ever were)..."
They're the ones who jeered John Lewis for no other reason than political expediency.
They're the ones who felt righteously compelled to explain that African Americans simply didn't know any better than to vote for X (X= anyone other than Sanders).
They're the ones who pretended that fiscal equality would erase racism.
Hope that helps...
Hekate
(90,853 posts)...along with the rest of women's reproductive rights.
Actually, it was Bernie himself who recently reiterated that abortion rights need to be negotiable.
I can multitask.
I have a sugar high from the other candidates!
True Dough
(17,337 posts)SFnomad
(3,473 posts)Pachamama
(16,887 posts)Asking for a friend...
spanone
(135,897 posts)media is not our friend
Autumn
(45,120 posts)Power 2 the People
(2,437 posts)stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)Historic NY
(37,454 posts)Fullduplexxx
(7,872 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(26,346 posts)Fullduplexxx
(7,872 posts)Cha
(297,774 posts)still_one
(92,435 posts)Didnt win the powerball jackpot
QC
(26,371 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,096 posts)And, for some bizarre reason, the ones giving him that money feel the need to come here and announce their donations. Is this the Sanders campaign's version of a receipt, or what? It's weird. Not sure why they think anyone cares.
BannonsLiver
(16,505 posts)Its really not a good look.
DFW
(54,447 posts)If Sanders had a dollar for every time someone pointed that out to me yesterday, he would have raised twice as much.
Sneederbunk
(14,309 posts)MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)aikoaiko
(34,185 posts)lapucelle
(18,356 posts)safeinOhio
(32,733 posts)I'm going to turn this car around and give that ass hole another 4 years.