Sanders drops line attacking super PACs from speech after super PAC backs him
Bernie Sanders’ disapproval of super PACs is a stand-by theme in his stump speech, and it’s a concept that was included in the prepared remarks of his much-anticipated speech on democratic socialism on Thursday.
But the pre-written line went missing on Thursday, as Sanders — with two TelePrompTers standing before him — skipped straight from a passage about mandatory voter registration to a line-by-line explanation of the differences between his own ideology and the socialism people commonly think of.
“It is unacceptable that we have a corrupt campaign finance system which allows millionaires, billionaires and large corporations to contribute as much as they want to super PACs to elect candidates who will represent their special interests,” Sanders’ was expected to say during his address at Georgetown University. “We must overturn Citizens United and move to public funding of elections."
The omission of that line went unnoticed by the 700-person audience, but it comes at a noteworthy time for Sanders: one day after the Sunlight Foundation noted that the National Nurses United union was using its affiliated super PAC to back Sanders with nearly $570,000.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/bernie-sanders-drops-super-pacs-attack-216088#ixzz3rzhUFykw
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Would it be about flip-flops? Or being untrustworthy? (Or the more strident version, invoking a candidate being a "liar."
. Or should it just be "he's copying Clinton."
I personally don't care if some group wants to form a PAC to support Bernie, if that is the rules of the game under Citizen's United. But it certainly should induce at least a blush or two around these parts. And a bit of self-reflection about just how "consistent" a President Sanders would be when push comes to shove on a range of topics he's been so insistent about.
