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Vatican trip not covered says FEC? (Original Post) fun n serious May 2016 OP
I saw only this tweet at AL Giordano's tweet account Her Sister May 2016 #1
I could have told them that. FEC has it right on their web site. leftofcool May 2016 #2
Opps! Is Jane doing the FEC reports too? underthematrix May 2016 #3
She hasn't had time to finish the report. Too busy campaigning. LiberalFighter May 2016 #13
Amateurs. Total amateurs. NurseJackie May 2016 #16
Don't know if this is true or not ... NanceGreggs May 2016 #4
I don't think he s very bright either.. fun n serious May 2016 #5
His lack of intelligence explains a lot. NanceGreggs May 2016 #10
I completely agree! fun n serious May 2016 #11
Having seen some of the BlueMTexpat May 2016 #14
The cynic in me expects that he will just do a GoFundMe or Kickstarter and his horde would pay it. IamMab May 2016 #6
Ooooh nooo.. I think you're right. And that makes me sad. Maru Kitteh May 2016 #15
I have no doubt UtahLib May 2016 #7
Jinx! lol IamMab May 2016 #8
Great minds! eom UtahLib May 2016 #9
I don't know about this guy except from his tweets right now.. he Cha May 2016 #12
considering in the recent past DemonGoddess May 2016 #17
 

Her Sister

(6,444 posts)
1. I saw only this tweet at AL Giordano's tweet account
Thu May 5, 2016, 08:44 PM
May 2016

-the same one from this person.

Developing perhaps. But makes sense.

underthematrix

(5,811 posts)
3. Opps! Is Jane doing the FEC reports too?
Thu May 5, 2016, 08:48 PM
May 2016

All sarcasm aside. A politically sophisticated campaign team would've contacted the FEC in advance and gotten an opinion from them as to whether the trip would be an allowable expense.

NanceGreggs

(27,815 posts)
4. Don't know if this is true or not ...
Thu May 5, 2016, 08:50 PM
May 2016

... yet. But I suspect it will be when the dust settles.

BS kept saying the trip "wasn't political" - so how did he think he would justify funding the trip with campaign money?

As I've said before, I don't think Bernie is very bright.



 

fun n serious

(4,451 posts)
5. I don't think he s very bright either..
Thu May 5, 2016, 08:54 PM
May 2016

He never expands on policy.. "IT WILL GET DONE" that's all he says. Very much like Trump.

NanceGreggs

(27,815 posts)
10. His lack of intelligence explains a lot.
Thu May 5, 2016, 09:22 PM
May 2016

His inability to provide details of his "plans", not being able to make a speech that isn't full of the same talking points he's been spewing for thirty years, getting flustered/angry when asked a question he obviously doesn't know the answer to, constantly reverting to familiar topics and catch-phrases when challenged rather than trying to formulate an answer to a direct question, etc.

His debate performances were abysmal because he lacks the ability to think on his feet. And there have been so many times during his campaign that he obviously didn't know what was going on with his own staff/advisors. I don't think he is smart enough to retain information, which is why he tries to cut people off when they're speaking. He gets agitated when someone rattles off facts or statistics, or asks multi-faceted questions, because he can't keep up with what is being said.

It's why he did well in the "big rally" setting - no challenges, no questions. He can talk at people, but he can't communicate one-on-one because it requires listening and retaining what they said in order to respond to it intelligently.

Not a very bright man at all.

 

fun n serious

(4,451 posts)
11. I completely agree!
Thu May 5, 2016, 10:05 PM
May 2016

I wish more people would pay attention to this, let go of the ego and acknowledge it.

BlueMTexpat

(15,370 posts)
14. Having seen some of the
Fri May 6, 2016, 05:55 AM
May 2016

articles he penned while in his "free-lance" stage, I believe that you are spot on.

He has some good lines that he repeats over and over again, but that's about it. And this:

He can talk at people, but he can't communicate one-on-one because it requires listening and retaining what they said in order to respond to it intelligently.


That says it all.


 

IamMab

(1,359 posts)
6. The cynic in me expects that he will just do a GoFundMe or Kickstarter and his horde would pay it.
Thu May 5, 2016, 09:00 PM
May 2016

If it's a private expenditure, I doubt there are any rules to cover that method of payoff. I can just tell that if it becomes a story, you'll see dozens of BSers willing to empty their savings so that the purity of Bernie's papal ambush is preserved.

The poor-man image he has cultivated will protect him from the consequences of his own actions, and the grift gains a whole new angle.

Maru Kitteh

(28,341 posts)
15. Ooooh nooo.. I think you're right. And that makes me sad.
Fri May 6, 2016, 06:25 AM
May 2016

It's like RFR (that's Ronald Fucking Reagan) and his whole "chopping wood" bullshit, and GFW Bush (I think you get it now) and his "clearing brush on his Texas 'ranch'" bullshit.

SFBS has the "I pretty much wear da same suit for everything" poor-guy bullshit.


I guess he has no problem taking kid's lunch money for his own selfish gratification.

UtahLib

(3,179 posts)
7. I have no doubt
Thu May 5, 2016, 09:00 PM
May 2016

that his worshippers would contribute to a gofundme account to pay for that ridiculous debacle. Wah, everybody picks on BS.

Cha

(297,366 posts)
12. I don't know about this guy except from his tweets right now.. he
Thu May 5, 2016, 10:08 PM
May 2016

doesn't like berny. lol

So I can relate. Time will tell.

Mahalo fun!

DemonGoddess

(4,640 posts)
17. considering in the recent past
Fri May 6, 2016, 09:00 AM
May 2016

the politicians who've had to go to jail for this large of a violation, for misusing campaign funds? I wouldn't be surprised if it was pursued.

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