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Happyhippychick

(8,379 posts)
Fri May 20, 2016, 10:25 PM May 2016

Good god, I am disgusted

There's a thread that's talking about how BS has less than $6 million and DUers are throwing money at him, some who have literally NONE to spare. What the hell is wrong with this picture? He CANNOT win and people who can't afford it are sending him money. I'm disgusted that he does this to his supporters and they are so BLIND to how they are being exploited.

I can't even express my sadness on that thread because I'll be torn to bits for actually caring.

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Good god, I am disgusted (Original Post) Happyhippychick May 2016 OP
dont believe everything people say on DU. if they really cared theyd fork over the max $2700 nt msongs May 2016 #1
LOL KICK fleabiscuit May 2016 #10
I tend to agree with you. I think they are all talk and no action. Last week someone in the Gen skylucy May 2016 #13
I think the "Hilary" thing is intentional. TwilightZone May 2016 #24
msongs: same thing I thought SCantiGOP May 2016 #44
hatred enid602 May 2016 #2
What's the tread? I feel like a good laugh. Stand and Fight May 2016 #3
Right there with you. TwilightZone May 2016 #4
I'm a lot more perturbed by St Bernie continuing to bellow that the Dem Party is hateful... Hekate May 2016 #5
I'm watching his Santa Fe rally just out of curiosity. BootinUp May 2016 #8
Served on the Jury BootinUp May 2016 #6
The alerter should be banned from alerting. TwilightZone May 2016 #11
Thank you! Happyhippychick May 2016 #36
The poor alerter got his feelings hurt by someone being empathetic. SharonClark May 2016 #42
There's an old saying GusBob May 2016 #7
More to the point ... NanceGreggs May 2016 #18
Another European vacation costs money. nt OhZone May 2016 #9
You survived an alert 3 to 4 Hekate May 2016 #12
Perfect response. nt Jamaal510 May 2016 #29
Smooch Happyhippychick May 2016 #37
I don't even believe most of them are actually supporters. KittyWampus May 2016 #14
You got that right. NanceGreggs May 2016 #19
Agreed, especially the ones who seem to do nothing other than pick fights, then act dumb. TwilightZone May 2016 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author johnp3907 May 2016 #15
I couldn't care less! I encourage everyone I have no respect for to.... Walk away May 2016 #16
And over in the Sanders group they're talking about your post. betsuni May 2016 #17
I've said before they live on Fantasy Island DLCWIdem May 2016 #20
Yeah, it's best... JSup May 2016 #22
Good! 'Cause that's not going to help anything. Cha May 2016 #21
Its a cult. They can't help themselves. procon May 2016 #23
As a kid, I saw the poor who gave their money to ministers because they believed in them. Agnosticsherbet May 2016 #26
He should try yoshi needs kibble gwheezie May 2016 #27
Now that's a campaign slogan with legs! Hekate May 2016 #39
Sanders is lying about a contested convention to keep the small dollar donations flowing Gothmog May 2016 #28
On Bernie Sanders web site Tavarious Jackson May 2016 #30
Yeah, "go hungry so I can throw some more bucks down the money pit." Cha May 2016 #34
Ugh Stuckinthebush May 2016 #35
Found this in a Facebook post: Koinos May 2016 #38
OMG are you kidding? NastyRiffraff May 2016 #41
Skip weed would be a better idea. Tavarious Jackson May 2016 #43
Wow Tad wants one more good payday workinclasszero May 2016 #46
That's why I said he is a liar and is disgusting! He's deliberating lying to his supporters. Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2016 #31
It is becoming very sad liberal N proud May 2016 #32
Please make sure to address monies to Tad Devine! Her Sister May 2016 #33
Not to be crass, but either way I could care less. There are much bigger issue to deal with, like still_one May 2016 #40
Pssst.... workinclasszero May 2016 #45
I'm actually enjoying it. SaschaHM May 2016 #47

skylucy

(3,743 posts)
13. I tend to agree with you. I think they are all talk and no action. Last week someone in the Gen
Fri May 20, 2016, 10:56 PM
May 2016

Forum was imploding about how much she hated Barbara Boxer and would never vote for her again. I had to laugh because
everyone in California who is even slightly engaged politically knows that Barbara is retiring from her Senate seat.There are 35 people running for her seat.The cluelessness is rampant over there. Some of them can't even spell Hillary correctly. Sending all their money to Sanders? I call it BS. Hillary 2016

TwilightZone

(25,479 posts)
24. I think the "Hilary" thing is intentional.
Sat May 21, 2016, 12:37 AM
May 2016

I've seen it too many times here and on other sites to think they're all that dumb. I think it's some kind of goofy protest.

SCantiGOP

(13,873 posts)
44. msongs: same thing I thought
Sat May 21, 2016, 03:57 PM
May 2016

I remember once seeing then same person post "sending another $27" three times in one day. At that rate they will soon qualify as a PAC.

enid602

(8,652 posts)
2. hatred
Fri May 20, 2016, 10:39 PM
May 2016

They're propelled by sheer hatred at this point. I might have a few bernie buttons and a newly minted Burlinton College diploma to donate.

TwilightZone

(25,479 posts)
4. Right there with you.
Fri May 20, 2016, 10:42 PM
May 2016

I read a couple of those threads and thought that many of them needed the money way more than Sanders does.

I know this is how politics works, but part of me (most, really) thinks he should just level with them and tell them it's over. He knows. The rest of us know.

Hekate

(90,794 posts)
5. I'm a lot more perturbed by St Bernie continuing to bellow that the Dem Party is hateful...
Fri May 20, 2016, 10:46 PM
May 2016

....and rigged so his acolytes' votes will never count. He's lying to them that they have a real chance to have him nominated and that the only thing stopping them is Democratic Party corruption. He's still on a rampage against Clinton instead of Trump.

BootinUp

(47,188 posts)
6. Served on the Jury
Fri May 20, 2016, 10:47 PM
May 2016

Some comedy material here imho

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Hekate

(90,794 posts)
12. You survived an alert 3 to 4
Fri May 20, 2016, 10:51 PM
May 2016

Two of us told the alerter to stop stalking in a protected group and he wouldn't get his feelings hurt.

NanceGreggs

(27,818 posts)
19. You got that right.
Fri May 20, 2016, 11:43 PM
May 2016

I always wonder how many posters here who say "I just sent Bernie another donation" have actually never sent him a dime.

TwilightZone

(25,479 posts)
25. Agreed, especially the ones who seem to do nothing other than pick fights, then act dumb.
Sat May 21, 2016, 12:57 AM
May 2016

So, like half of them.

Response to Happyhippychick (Original post)

Walk away

(9,494 posts)
16. I couldn't care less! I encourage everyone I have no respect for to....
Fri May 20, 2016, 11:06 PM
May 2016

take all of their $$$, get in their car, drive to the nearest highway, open the window and throw out every penny. Or they could just keep donating to Bernie Sanders!

betsuni

(25,618 posts)
17. And over in the Sanders group they're talking about your post.
Fri May 20, 2016, 11:16 PM
May 2016

Their poor reading skills (or whatever the problem is) leads them to take your disgust that Sanders is still taking advantage of people who can't afford to give money as making fun of BS supporters for being poor. I see this constantly. They call something a Hillary supporter says "vile and disgusting" (or anti-Semitic or racist etc.) and I go and check and it's nothing of the sort. How did these people graduate from high school? They can't read.

JSup

(740 posts)
22. Yeah, it's best...
Sat May 21, 2016, 12:34 AM
May 2016

...to feel bad for some victims silently.

It reminds me of when I was a child; we were sometimes hungry, sometimes we had no electricity, sometimes we had to siphon gas from someone else's car so Dad could go to work but we always tithed at church (and Dad always had money for weed).

We probably would have been mad at someone being concerned for us like this too.

So while I am upset by what I consider televangelisty griftiness happening to people I consider victims, I also understand why they don't like us being upset about it.

procon

(15,805 posts)
23. Its a cult. They can't help themselves.
Sat May 21, 2016, 12:36 AM
May 2016

Sanders ran a good con game. I suspect he will still be hustling the kids out their lunch money long after he pulls up stakes and packs up the roadshow... all those unexpected campaign expenses, doncha know!

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)
26. As a kid, I saw the poor who gave their money to ministers because they believed in them.
Sat May 21, 2016, 01:15 AM
May 2016

These people are true believers.
It is sad, but there is nothing we can do to convince them that they should keep their money.

Gothmog

(145,558 posts)
28. Sanders is lying about a contested convention to keep the small dollar donations flowing
Sat May 21, 2016, 05:19 AM
May 2016

It is sad that Sanders is not being honest with his supporters

Koinos

(2,792 posts)
38. Found this in a Facebook post:
Sat May 21, 2016, 12:02 PM
May 2016
Can you skip lunch or dinner out and donate that money to Bernie Sanders? Apparently, there's not enough in the coffers to run TV ads in California - we Have to see this through! We're almost to the Finish line!


Yes, they are almost to the "finished" line, as in brick wall.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
41. OMG are you kidding?
Sat May 21, 2016, 12:58 PM
May 2016

Even I didn't think he'd stoop so low. There are people who SHOULD NOT skip lunch, for their own health. This is almost criminal (or should be). I refuse to go to that site and give it clicks, so I just have to believe it's true.

 

Liberal_Stalwart71

(20,450 posts)
31. That's why I said he is a liar and is disgusting! He's deliberating lying to his supporters.
Sat May 21, 2016, 07:09 AM
May 2016

And the corporate media (including liberal commentators) are not telling the truth.

still_one

(92,397 posts)
40. Not to be crass, but either way I could care less. There are much bigger issue to deal with, like
Sat May 21, 2016, 12:49 PM
May 2016

get the vote out, and insuring Hillary wins the General Election


SaschaHM

(2,897 posts)
47. I'm actually enjoying it.
Sat May 21, 2016, 07:33 PM
May 2016

It will only make the inevitable crash hurt worse and after all the attacks on icons (Dolores Huerta, John Lewis, etc.) and lies, I want that crash to hurt. I hope they show some tears when he finally concedes and returns to the Senate a broken and defeated failure.

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