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Related: About this forumDetails of Bernie's flight to Rome.
This thread is very interesting:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511789523
(I have to leave now and won't be able to post until this evening, but I thought members of the Hillary group would be amused to see this.)
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Details of Bernie's flight to Rome. (Original Post)
athena
Apr 2016
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(297,314 posts)1. LOL .. We saw that, athena, it was already posted here. We have been all over
BS' Bogus Trip to Rome!
But, thank you for posting.. a good reminder of what he did.. and it didn't help him a bit in NY.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)2. I hadn't seen the in-flight menu. Sounds like it was tasty. And expensive.
athena
(4,187 posts)3. I feel like I'm finally beginning understand why communism doesn't work in practice.
The leaders start out believing in the cause, but they end up giving in to temptation.
I'm sure Bernie is sincere when he talks about the evils of inequality. But a person who really believed his rhetoric would not have taken that flight. I suppose the temptation to live for a few days (or months, or years) like the 0.01% is just too strong.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)4. Communism still has a 1%. You just have to be one of the elite.
ronnykmarshall
(35,356 posts)5. The best part is the spin from the Bernie supporters.
Jesus H Christo!
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,034 posts)6. Wow just wow
wisteria
(19,581 posts)7. Sounds tasty.