Another Reason To Love Bernie... He Walks The Walk.

[WillyT]

Bernie Sanders’ 2014 speaking gigs netted less than $2K
By Megan R. Wilson - The Hill
May 20, 2015, 06:14 pm

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) netted of $1,867.42 for two paid speeches and a television appearance last year, according to according to financial disclosure reports.

The total reflects a paltry sum compared to the millions of dollars collected over the same period by former secretary of State Hillary Clinton, against whom Sanders is vying for the Democratic presidential nomination.

The highest-valued Sanders appearance, a spot on comedian Bill Maher’s HBO show “Real Time with Bill Maher” in November, was worth only worth $850.

Financial disclosure reports show he gave the money to a charity, a non-profit called Northeast Kingdom Community Action that helps low-income families in Vermont.

Clinton, the Democratic presidential frontrunner, has come under some scrutiny for the large speaking fees for opponents who want to paint her as out of touch.

Recent financial reports showed that she and her husband, President Bill Clinton, earned $25 million for delivering a total of 104 speeches last year.

The former secretary of State made 51 speeches during...

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Link: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/242740-bernie-sanders-2014-speaking-gigs-netted-less-than-2k

[LWolf]

1. Damn straight. nt

[MaggieD]

10. The media plays you guys so hard

It just cracks me up.

http://www.ethics.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/files/serve?File_id=1aec2c45-aadf-46e3-bb36-c472bcbed20f

[LWolf]

14. That's ignorance cracking you up.

The media doesn't play me at all. I don't watch what passes for "news" on tv nor listen to it on the radio...I read it from diverse sources. I don't wait for the "media" to spin a goddamned thing for me.

I have no problem finding and evaluating the records of politicians to know where they stand on the issues that drive me. I really have no trouble at all wading through the shit on the surface that passes for spin, talking points, or whatever you want to call it to find what remains. I don't need the Senate Code of Conduct to know whether or not a politician's record earns my support.

[MaggieD]

17. Well this "diverse" source played you like a fiddle

Remember that NYT article the other day about how the right is fooling the left fringe and using them as a tool? This is an example. How does it feel?

[orpupilofnature57]

19. All part of a ploy to sell soap .

[LWolf]

20. It feels puzzling

to try to make sense of whatever it is you are trying to say. I don't hear any fiddles, I'm not being played, and watching you turn yourself inside out in your attempt to do so isn't even mildly entertaining, or really enough of anything to bother with.

Whatever point you are failing to make isn't coming within miles of a target.

I'm feeling just fine tonight, though, since you asked.

[orpupilofnature57]

2. If the country could just get over Demagogues, like Joe Friday

said " Just the facts, Mame "

[Mnpaul]

3. I think we are getting close

People are getting sick and fed up with business as usual.

[Enthusiast]

6. No more business as usual!

We are fed up!

[NYC_SKP]

4. K/R nt

[Enthusiast]

5. Kicked and recommended a whole bunch!

Yay, Bernie!

[whatchamacallit]

7. Hillary would attribute this to a paucity of "God given potential" n/t

[MaggieD]

11. Or Senate rules

http://www.ethics.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/files/serve?File_id=1aec2c45-aadf-46e3-bb36-c472bcbed20f

[MissDeeds]

8. Wow

Sometimes it's not all about the money.


K&R

[MaggieD]

9. He's not allowed to....

Are you congratulating him for following senate rules?

http://www.ethics.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/files/serve?File_id=1aec2c45-aadf-46e3-bb36-c472bcbed20f

[appalachiablue]

12. K & R. Bernie, the Real Deal, brains, commitment & experience looking out for America.

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[MaggieD]

13. Plus he follows Senate rules

LMAO!

[cali]

15. far better than Hillary followed rules in the State Dept

-broke her commitment to the WH to reveal all donors to the Clinton Foundation
-worked with Sidney Blumenthal while at State. True, she followed the letter of the WH Mandate that she not hire the slimeball, but that's hardly respecting the spirit.
- her email practices:


State Dept. official: Hillary Clinton’s email practices ‘not acceptable’

By Josh Gerstein

5/6/15 11:44 AM EDT

A senior State Department official testifying at the first congressional hearing focusing on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email account for official business called such an arrangement “not acceptable” and said other employees have been warned against it.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/hillary-clinton-state-department-email-practices-not-acceptable-117687.html#ixzz3am529cSE

That's your candidate! Good at skirting rules!



now for the requisite, patented MaggieD denial that bears no relation to reality. Go, Mags, go!

[MaggieD]

16. Blah blah blah

Don't you wish primary voters cared? They don't. They know it's all trumped up nonsense. Bummer for you.

[bvar22]

18. The Hillary supporters are getting nasty.

Its going to be a long campaign season.
I wonder if they believe they are "helping" her somehow?