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[onecaliberal]

1. Stop it, the fucking primaries are over. WHY do you want to continue possible alienating support?

STOP!

[DURHAM D]

2. You don't think Bernie's supporters are interested in

his financial info?

[katsy]

8. 1: If he were our nominee this would be relevant.

2: Review every political fact-checking source & both SBS & HRC are honest & that's verifiable so FUCK NO I don't see it as necessary to make SBS do ANYTHING other than reinforce HRC as the right choice for prez.

3: I wanted HRC to release her speeches to wall st. I fucking grew up when faced with the possibility of a trump presidency and no longer give 2 fucks about her speeches.

4: Hopefully this thread will be locked for the shit it is.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

26. This Opening Post is like critical comments of Obamas, Clintons or John Kerry

Pick a democrat and someone with an unusual political agenda will criticize them at Democratic Underground. Does anyone have a criticism of any of the Kennedys?

[katsy]

31. Exactly.

This is very divisive and mean-spirited. Reminds me of trump tactics

[LWolf]

30. I'm not.

This was never an issue for me.

[seaglass]

4. Why would this alienate support? A factual article posted about Independent Senator Bernie Sanders -

explain why someone would change their vote because this article is posted on DU.

[bettyellen]

9. I think he's unwittingly given Trump cover to avoid disclosure.

Suddenly the rules change and they don't have to disclose? It's totally unfair and damaging to the Dem candidate. Disappointing.

[stopbush]

11. That's a fair point. It would help to keep the issue of Trump's nondisclosure in the forefront

were Sanders to release his taxes, as he promised.

By not releasing them, Trump can point to Sanders and use his nonrelease as an excuse.

Not a yuge issue at this point, but definitely a missed opportunity to drive home the unity message that the Ds are the transparent political party.

[yallerdawg]

19. Trump consistently cites the Sanders campaign rhetoric...

to attack Hillary.

His surrogates offer Trump as an alternative to "establishment insider political corruption."

Two out of the last three viable national candidates refused to disclose their Federal taxes.

Very bad precedent.

Of course, the one who did release her taxes is the next President of the United States. Maybe there are consequences?

[katsy]

32. Bernie isn't our nominer h e l l o

So if MOM hasn't released his disclosure or any of the old gop candidates haven't disclosed AFTER losing the nomination it gives trump cover to not release HIS returns?

Give. Me. A. Break.

Self delete you are embarrassing yourself.

[Renew Deal]

15. In most cases I would agree, but in this one the OP has a point.

[jehop61]

3. Please

save your energy and work to support our candidate.

[NightWatcher]

5. This is ridiculous. Let it go.

[seaglass]

7. This is news today. What is ridiculous about the content of this article? n/t

[NightWatcher]

10. If Bernie diehards were pointing out every loophole that Clinton has jumped through,

they'd be removed.

What are you gaining by piling on after you've won?
You look like a bad sport

[demmiblue]

12. +1

[bettyellen]

13. Because it IS an issue with Trump also, and this provides him with a big excuse not to do the one

Thing that could result in him losing a ton more voters. And that totally sucks. He should be a mensch and release them and challenge DT to do so too. It makes it seem like it's okay to hide that info- and it is not.

[Mika]

16. +1000

[seaglass]

18. Linking to a factual article is piling on? Bernie is still a player, he is looking to become

chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. I disagree with his lack of transparency and do not particularly care if you think stating truth is being a bad sport.

[Iggo]

20. Never have been fond of sore winners.

[demmiblue]

23. Always the same people over and over and over again. n/t

[MattP]

6. No point to this anymore

[geek tragedy]

14. this kind of post helps Donald Trump by antagonizing people who voted

for Sanders in the primary.

Completely pointless.

[seaglass]

21. Ridiculous. Will Bernie voters now vote for Trump if they read it somewhere else on the internet

or just here?

[geek tragedy]

33. rubbing salt in the wounds.

Certainly during the primary this sort of thing was valid for litigating. One could even argue that, yes, it would have been better if he had done so.

But, water under the bridge.

[Iggo]

17. Keep fighting that primary!

[mahina]

22. Bernie doesn't have to jack shit.

"If he wants to maintain his persona as the man of honesty and integrity?"

I don't think Bernie gives a rats about that cosmetic jive. He IS a man of honesty and integrity.

The OP is reliving the primary and in so doing deserves to be deleted.

[CBGLuthier]

24. WHo honestly gives a shit?

Oh wait, I know who. The never-letting-it-fucking-go society, that's who.

I look forward to their complaints about Bernie they will post in December of 2024 during the waning days of the last Clinton administration.

[demmiblue]

25. You Better Believe It!!11!! n/t

[Adrahil]

27. At this point it doesn't matter, but I havta say that...

... number of us CALLED IT.

He knew he was going to lose and wanted to avoid the disclosure of potentially embarrassing information. Same this with his taxes. All that BS about them "not being done," was a delaying tactic.

Now let me be clear. I don't really care. I think sanders is honest and sincere, and I think he means what he says as far as his policies go (though I disagree with him on a number points there).

But I do think that like a lot of folks, he and his wife have managed some level of success, and I REALLY suspect that Jane got a sweet deal when she left the presidency of that college she ran. That could potentially have hurt his message, and he wanted to avoid it, IMO.

But at the end of the day? Meaningless.

[JNelson6563]

28. Lolz...all the outrage kicking this thread again & again & again

Seems everybody, all of us, needs to let it go. In doing so, this thread dies as it should.

[Agnosticsherbet]

29. The Primary is over. Let kick Trump's rump.

[Nye Bevan]

34. Sanders has endorsed Hillary and is fighting for her to be elected.

There is no need for this kind of criticism anymore.

[seaglass]

35. This is hurting people's feelings so I am deleting.

How Bernie Sanders beat the clock — and avoided disclosure
...But when federal law required Sanders to reveal, by mid-May, current details of his personal finances, his campaign lawyer asked the Federal Election Commission for a 45-day extension.

Request granted.

On June 30, Sanders’ campaign requested a second 45-day extension, saying the senator had “good cause” to delay because of his “current campaign schedule and officeholder duties.”

Again, regulators approved Sanders’ punt.

Now that Sanders’ second extension has expired, spokesman Michael Briggs confirmed to the Center for Public Integrity that the senator won’t file a presidential campaign personal financial disclosure after all.

https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/08/18/20074/how-bernie-sanders-beat-clock-and-avoided-disclosure

He legally doesn't have to file this but if he wants to maintain his persona as the man of honesty and integrity he will. Do you think it's reasonable to expect transparency from Bernie?