Sat Dec 5, 2015, 01:54 PM

MaggieD (7,393 posts)

Bernie funneled campaign cash to family members

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I wonder how much of his donor's hard earned money is going to straight into the Sander's family pockets this time, don't you?

"Since 2000, Sanders has used campaign donations to pay his wife and stepdaughter more than $150,000, according to records filed with the Federal Election Commission.

His wife Jane O’Meara Sanders received $91,020 for “consultation” and to negotiate the purchase of television and radio ads. Approximately $61,000 of that was “pass through” money used to pay for the ads, O’Meara Sanders told the Bennington Banner. She kept about $30,000 as pay for her services.

Her daughter Carina Driscoll, Sanders’ stepdaughter, earned $65,002 from the Sanders campaign between 2000 and 2004, records show."

http://www.progressivestoday.com/bernie-sanders-used-campaign-donations-pay-family-members-2000-2004/

ETA: It was a hoot to watch the sudden conversion about right wing sources by Sanders supporters. Now that we've seen that, here is a source where his campaign admits it is true.

http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050414/NEWS/504140364/1002/NEWS01

"Rep. Bernard Sanders' wife Jane was paid about $30,000 from 2002 to 2004 for work on his campaigns, while his stepdaughter Carina Driscoll got about $65,000 over a five-year period ending last year, a Sanders aide said Wednesday.

Jeff Weaver, chief of staff to the Vermont independent, provided those totals amid reports Tuesday that about four dozen members of Congress had hired family members to work on their campaigns or with political action committees."

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482 replies	Author	Time	Post
Bernie funneled campaign cash to family members (Original post)	MaggieD	Dec 2015	OP
Fair pay for work	Boomer	Dec 2015	#1
Uh huh - like what?	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#4
Illegal?	Armstead	Dec 2015	#52
FYI	merrily	Dec 2015	#137
And nobody else would work that much for so little...	Proserpina	Dec 2015	#304
Agreed... Do The Math... These Relatives Were Paid PEANUTS! HillBill Crew grasping @ Straws	CorporatistNation	Dec 2015	#481
Disgusting!!!	polly7	Dec 2015	#246
Why don't you tell them to "Cut it out!"?	tecelote	Dec 2015	#359
Yes. It's outrageous. He also "funneled" money to a grocery store, electric company,	GoneFishin	Dec 2015	#420
CLINTON FOUNDATION...	Human101948	Dec 2015	#476
It's called a "conflict of interest"	Bobbie Jo	Dec 2015	#8
Like hiring your daughter to run your foundation? (nt)	jeff47	Dec 2015	#87
Yeah	Bobbie Jo	Dec 2015	#119
FYI	merrily	Dec 2015	#138
Thank You!	liberalnarb	Dec 2015	#462
that's gotta burn nt	grasswire	Dec 2015	#410
so it is wrong	Duckhunter935	Dec 2015	#100
FYI	merrily	Dec 2015	#136
I doubt you can get Maggie to	floriduck	Dec 2015	#479
FYI	merrily	Dec 2015	#135
Spam	Bobbie Jo	Dec 2015	#140
Hi, Bobbie Jo. Changed your mind on Jim Hoft?	Scootaloo	Dec 2015	#313
Spam-ETA	Bobbie Jo	Dec 2015	#334
That's not an answer, Bobbie Jo	Scootaloo	Dec 2015	#399
Classic:	George II	Dec 2015	#442
Mustn't be "rude", Bobbie Jo! LOL.. who was Juror #5?!	Cha	Dec 2015	#458
Spam	William769	Dec 2015	#435
Maps	George II	Dec 2015	#438
I agree	rbrnmw	Dec 2015	#439
I'm not sure I see the conflicting interests. What interests are in conflict here? eom	yawnmaster	Dec 2015	#478
FYI	merrily	Dec 2015	#134
Incomplete and misleading	jehop61	Dec 2015	#2
You make a valid point	still_one	Dec 2015	#5
Nah, this shit should be illegal	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#6
Republican candidates also love to win. Should that be illegal as well?	JonLeibowitz	Dec 2015	#11
I find it unethical - don't you?	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#21
I don't know what to think -- I don't know if this is at all unusual.	JonLeibowitz	Dec 2015	#38
The real number to his wife is about $30,000 but $30K to buy $61K worth of ads? Hmmm.	George II	Dec 2015	#61
If she was able to competently execute the job, I see no issue.	JonLeibowitz	Dec 2015	#94
According to this lying source or according to a credible source?	merrily	Dec 2015	#142
Who is considered the "lying source", the author of the article? The article...	George II	Dec 2015	#161
Funny how sources matter all of the sudden, isn't it?	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#178
Very funny .....	polly7	Dec 2015	#183
Your own link says:	Vattel	Dec 2015	#424
FYI	merrily	Dec 2015	#141
In case you're interested	Juicy_Bellows	Dec 2015	#230
Thanks. Funny how the one juror who voted to hide gave no explanation.	merrily	Dec 2015	#233
cuz reasons!	Juicy_Bellows	Dec 2015	#235
Fascinating -- it was just a baseless smear the whole time.	JonLeibowitz	Dec 2015	#236
I don't think it was baseless, but it was most def a smear	passiveporcupine	Dec 2015	#323
She got taxpayer money too!	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#332
I didn't know the Sanders were rich	passiveporcupine	Dec 2015	#351
Well they make about $350K per year	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#352
Sorry Maggie	passiveporcupine	Dec 2015	#376
YES	grasswire	Dec 2015	#411
Wow!! That's more than 98% of all households in America.	George II	Dec 2015	#440
yes aren't you suppose to use a charity to funnel money instead?	2pooped2pop	Dec 2015	#259
^This. We have to win.	CanonRay	Dec 2015	#12
Well he is a socialist.... (Sorry I couldn't resist)	still_one	Dec 2015	#3
FYI	merrily	Dec 2015	#144
Thanks, I an not surprised. My post was just tongue and cheek, not intended to be	still_one	Dec 2015	#187
Chuckle.	riversedge	Dec 2015	#169
Doesn't seem like much money over 15 years	VMA131Marine	Dec 2015	#7
4 years, not 15	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#9
Precisely Maggie. Wtf! Again, bernie's campaign words fail to match his deeds.	misterhighwasted	Dec 2015	#14
Imagine if he hired his daughter to run his foundation. (nt)	jeff47	Dec 2015	#115
Shhhhh!	Politicalboi	Dec 2015	#155
FYI	merrily	Dec 2015	#150
Oh, MaggieD... Oh dear...	Scootaloo	Dec 2015	#10
This same crap was tried before with discrediting	R B Garr	Dec 2015	#15
Think so?	Scootaloo	Dec 2015	#25
I'm saying that this is what so-called "progressives"	R B Garr	Dec 2015	#51
Oh cut the shit.	Scootaloo	Dec 2015	#64
That was.months ago. The website description	R B Garr	Dec 2015	#286
It was September, dude. And it's always been what it is.	Scootaloo	Dec 2015	#309
September WAS months ago, lol	R B Garr	Dec 2015	#386
I object to it when it's a piece of shit right-wing source	Scootaloo	Dec 2015	#395
All your points have been refuted in this thread	R B Garr	Dec 2015	#400
My point is that Jim Hoft is a right-wing teabagger, and Progressives Today reflects that	Scootaloo	Dec 2015	#401
So you and MaggieD gravitate toward right wing fucks, and you have the attention span of a gnat	DisgustipatedinCA	Dec 2015	#427
Sources only matter if they slam Bernie	R B Garr	Dec 2015	#434
Your needle is stuck in a crack.	bvar22	Dec 2015	#463
You had to go ALL THE WAY BACK TO DEC 5th	R B Garr	Dec 2015	#464
There you go again.	bvar22	Dec 2015	#473
My post is dated DECEMBER 5th, SEVENTEEN DAYS AGO	R B Garr	Dec 2015	#474
Have you changed you mind in 17 days?	bvar22	Dec 2015	#475
LMFAO! Truth, my ass. Your post is nothing but	R B Garr	Dec 2015	#480
The hypocrisy and cognitive dissonance is amazing, isn't it?	beam me up scottie	Dec 2015	#441
That seems to be the case	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#67
So knowing that you are posting right wing garbage your defense is "but Timmy did it too".	Warren Stupidity	Dec 2015	#218
LOL - his campaign staff admitted it	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#231
fuck	2pooped2pop	Dec 2015	#264
Nailed it again, Maggie!	R B Garr	Dec 2015	#301
At least I have enough ethics not to post a lie	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#302
Yeah, you never lie......	RichVRichV	Dec 2015	#368
LAbeling this as money funneling is an outright lie	passiveporcupine	Dec 2015	#418
Didn't you get a post hidden the other day for saying "Bernie thinks women enjoy being raped"?	beam me up scottie	Dec 2015	#426
FYI	merrily	Dec 2015	#148
Most of what I read here about Hillary is made up.	R B Garr	Dec 2015	#294
Then, it should be easy to refute.	merrily	Dec 2015	#296
Hillary laughed. Hillary is evil.	R B Garr	Dec 2015	#305
If it's Hillary laughed at killing Gaddafi and Hillary laughed at the prospect of nuking Iran,	merrily	Dec 2015	#306
Now you see how so-called progressives and	R B Garr	Dec 2015	#387
And the OPer used the same tactic against an article criticle of Clinton	Armstead	Dec 2015	#66
It says "progressives".	R B Garr	Dec 2015	#288
You linked to the same racist tea party website/article:	beam me up scottie	Dec 2015	#425
Of course you don't take that in context, which was	R B Garr	Dec 2015	#436
What context? You went digging in the manure pile and found some shit.	beam me up scottie	Dec 2015	#437
You are hilarious. The article was from the Vermont	R B Garr	Dec 2015	#450
What are you on about now? What was I linking to at the time?	beam me up scottie	Dec 2015	#451
Ah, yes. Now confusion...	R B Garr	Dec 2015	#452
No, really, explain. You were called out for linking to a racist website.	beam me up scottie	Dec 2015	#453
Hilarious	R B Garr	Dec 2015	#454
So, linking to tea party website AND making false claims, got it!	beam me up scottie	Dec 2015	#456
Ah, I found the thread where you demanded I renounce something or other:	beam me up scottie	Dec 2015	#457
Nice catch. Ultra-RW source	ESKD	Dec 2015	#23
FYI	merrily	Dec 2015	#149
It's factually true	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#29
That's a doozy.	ESKD	Dec 2015	#33
You think his campaign chief of staff is lying?	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#226
From that link	Jarqui	Dec 2015	#385
In fact it's not, as others have pointed out to you before.	Scootaloo	Dec 2015	#39
So this is more credible than the right wing source you bashed?	Armstead	Dec 2015	#74
that will not happen with some	Duckhunter935	Dec 2015	#112
FYI	merrily	Dec 2015	#145
This was alerted.	R B Garr	Dec 2015	#13
The post survived by 3-4, which I think is the right result.	Jim Lane	Dec 2015	#18
Typical for DU - can't tell the unattractive truth about Bernie	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#22
K & R	misterhighwasted	Dec 2015	#65
Are you implying that unattractive truths about Hillary never get alerted on?	Jim Lane	Dec 2015	#104
LOL! You sure are funny	Politicalboi	Dec 2015	#164
Truth about Bernie hurts, I guess	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#189
No, it doesn't	Politicalboi	Dec 2015	#198
Seems so by looking at this thread - LOL!	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#201
Agree that the Jury System worked here.	philly_bob	Dec 2015	#132
So we can post hit pieces from Fox News? Really? Is that what we want here?	rhett o rick	Dec 2015	#291
Don't silence the idiots. Refute them.	philly_bob	Dec 2015	#445
Damn you you are using my own arguments against me. You are correct of course.	rhett o rick	Dec 2015	#449
The source has made up things about Sanders before. It's dishonest.	merrily	Dec 2015	#160
I think we are seeing the despiration showing. This is a very low blow that I hope	rhett o rick	Dec 2015	#293
K & R for TRUTH	misterhighwasted	Dec 2015	#16
UNBELIEVABLE: Democrats Agree To Prayer Service At Mosque WITH 9/11 CONNECTION	TSIAS	Dec 2015	#56
+100	jkbRN	Dec 2015	#73
This OP is about bernie. Refute this OP first, then you can take on the other subjects.	misterhighwasted	Dec 2015	#147
somebody has a math problem	Kali	Dec 2015	#17
Campaign cash should NEVER be funneled into a candidates pocket	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#20
If you work for a campaign, especially	SheilaT	Dec 2015	#319
Wow, and he still reports a $800,000 net worth, what is happening there.	Thinkingabout	Dec 2015	#19
$800, 000 net worth? Does that include Jane's net worth also?	misterhighwasted	Dec 2015	#27
Oh my god! That's about the same as my dad's net worth who is >10 years younger	JonLeibowitz	Dec 2015	#50
I'm appalled that Sanders paid two family members less than a living wage over ten years ago.	winter is coming	Dec 2015	#63
Its not the how-much, its the how.	misterhighwasted	Dec 2015	#76
I flatly disagree, if he is paying others and this is relatively common practice, I see no issue.	JonLeibowitz	Dec 2015	#88
You just admitted you lack perspective. n/t	Qutzupalotl	Dec 2015	#107
lol.. well of course. From your perspective	misterhighwasted	Dec 2015	#154
Yes, last year it was $350,000 and then suddenly it is $800,000. After twenty five years	Thinkingabout	Dec 2015	#209
Worthy of question, in that case.	misterhighwasted	Dec 2015	#223
Hmm...	workinclasszero	Dec 2015	#83
Time to follow the money.	Thinkingabout	Dec 2015	#214
Oh yeah	workinclasszero	Dec 2015	#217
hoisted on his own petard	redstateblues	Dec 2015	#428
Hell of a source you link to Mags, this is another story on their front page right now:	Bluenorthwest	Dec 2015	#24
Is it not factually true? Well yes it is (nt)	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#30
The link I cited calls Democrats 'deranged' and you are saying this source is factually true?	Bluenorthwest	Dec 2015	#40
His campaign staff admitted it	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#228
How about his campaign staff - that a good enough source?	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#225
I'm ok with this. Did you answer above where the poster asked about the amount	2pooped2pop	Dec 2015	#269
What your source says about Hillary is disgusting as well:	Bluenorthwest	Dec 2015	#26
HRC is irrelevant to this OP.This calls into question bernie from Vt.	misterhighwasted	Dec 2015	#42
The OP asks me to trust the source. When I looked at the source it smears Hillary and all Democrats	Bluenorthwest	Dec 2015	#84
Now, you would never post an article from a right-winger would you?	jeff47	Dec 2015	#28
Yet the info is true - right?	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#31
How about their Hillary stories over there? Factual or presented with loaded right wing slant?	Bluenorthwest	Dec 2015	#34
Seems okay with Bernie supporters if it's a Hillary smear - right?	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#37
That's an absurdly evasive response. You are the one posting a source that smears both candidates	Bluenorthwest	Dec 2015	#45
It's an FACTUAL response	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#77
No it is not. It's evasive and so is this one CAPS and all. Why do you present this source as honest	Bluenorthwest	Dec 2015	#92
FYI	merrily	Dec 2015	#151
According to your complaints in that thread, your OP should be deleted instead of disputed.	jeff47	Dec 2015	#43
..............	polly7	Dec 2015	#122
This message was self-deleted by its author	polly7	Dec 2015	#123
FYI on progressivestoday. com and Sanders	merrily	Dec 2015	#162
Good that you started that thread, merrily.	polly7	Dec 2015	#177
Yep. The defense of "facts" in a RW source that has lied about Sanders before and uses a link that	merrily	Dec 2015	#191
Funny how RW "facts" and smears about Hillary	Skidmore	Dec 2015	#397
No, I have not noticed anything posted here about Hillary from progressivetoday.	merrily	Dec 2015	#459
Aside from the lying source your OP cites, what makes you think the info is true?	merrily	Dec 2015	#157
Astonishing in a way....	Bluenorthwest	Dec 2015	#32
Hey, if it's okay for Bernie supporters to site right wing sources....	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#41
That's just false, I have never, ever linked to any right wing site and you need to stop with that	Bluenorthwest	Dec 2015	#55
Don't know if you have or not - but plenty of Bernie supporters do	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#57
Your edit does not change anything. I am an individual as are you. I don't give a flying fig what	Bluenorthwest	Dec 2015	#75
I didn't edit shit	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#81
Show me what I have done that bothers you? Hurling words becasue you can't defend this	Bluenorthwest	Dec 2015	#103
Show me where you've complained about sources used to smear Hillary	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#121
How is that my job? You are the one that accused me of wrongdoing when trying to excuse your Hillary	Bluenorthwest	Dec 2015	#287
That is the point.	Skidmore	Dec 2015	#398
Seems like a pretty minor thing to me.	MineralMan	Dec 2015	#35
I don't think it's minor	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#44
Frankly, I have no problem with family members holding	MineralMan	Dec 2015	#49
I have two questions before I could call it corruption.	RichVRichV	Dec 2015	#383
Excellent. Those are the relevant questions.	Vattel	Dec 2015	#402
Not only minor but likely false.	merrily	Dec 2015	#168
I don't care, either way.	MineralMan	Dec 2015	#184
Not surprising.	merrily	Dec 2015	#207
He cares so little, he just haaaaad to pop in to tell us just how little he cares...	opiate69	Dec 2015	#255
right wingers hate Sanders. hard to believe	Doctor_J	Dec 2015	#36
It's factually true	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#47
According to which credible source? The source in your OP has lied about Sanders before.	merrily	Dec 2015	#165
The FEC	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#196
Really? Where are links to the relevant FEC filings?	merrily	Dec 2015	#202
Please put your mother on the post	Politicalboi	Dec 2015	#193
I'm told repubs are voting for bernie.	misterhighwasted	Dec 2015	#48
This sources has flat out lied about Sanders before.	merrily	Dec 2015	#171
Since when are racist site allowed ?	Truprogressive85	Dec 2015	#46
This OP has nothing to do with racism.	misterhighwasted	Dec 2015	#53
It's a right wing source that smears Hillary, Bernie, other elected and all other Democrats.	Bluenorthwest	Dec 2015	#59
excuse me ?	Truprogressive85	Dec 2015	#72
So tell me how does it work again? Shall I list the RW sources	misterhighwasted	Dec 2015	#127
So you ok with racism by the site ?	Truprogressive85	Dec 2015	#133
This is about bernies questionable campaign cash.	misterhighwasted	Dec 2015	#170
Since Bernie supporters have been using right wing sites to smear Hillary	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#54
So you are ok with using website that a racist is behind	Truprogressive85	Dec 2015	#79
Cut the shit, maggieD	Scootaloo	Dec 2015	#80
We don't need right wing sites to smear Hillary	Politicalboi	Dec 2015	#203
Source has lied about Sanders in the past and is likely lying again.	merrily	Dec 2015	#174
You keep trumpeting the "truth" of this right wing racist propagandist...	last1standing	Dec 2015	#58
Btw, what's Chelsea Clinton's salary from the Clinton Foundation? (nt)	jeff47	Dec 2015	#60
The source mention in this bullshit story takes me to a download for 'We Wish You a Merry Crhistmas.	Agnosticsherbet	Dec 2015	#62
The info is factually correct	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#71
You claim the source is reputable and to be trusted to present facts. Most of us do not agree with	Bluenorthwest	Dec 2015	#82
The info is factually correct	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#89
Post a link that takes me to the factually correct information other than this bullshit retelling.	Agnosticsherbet	Dec 2015	#97
I already posted a link	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#101
I'm just wondering how he was able to write his campaign a $1 million dollar check.	BlueCaliDem	Dec 2015	#68
He used lots of PAC donations to run for Senate	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#99
I never knew that. But the irony is, he accepted $10 grand from none other than HillPAC,	BlueCaliDem	Dec 2015	#118
This source cited in the OP lies about Sanders	merrily	Dec 2015	#176
Does Vermont's Times Argus newspaper lie, too?	BlueCaliDem	Dec 2015	#234
progressivetoday has lied about Sanders in the past and claims	merrily	Dec 2015	#238
Yes, words matter, and they purposely used the nefarious sounding	BlueCaliDem	Dec 2015	#249
Since this source has lied about Sanders in the past, no one should take its word for anything.	merrily	Dec 2015	#256
What the hell...........................................	workinclasszero	Dec 2015	#69
This message was self-deleted by its author	last1standing	Dec 2015	#91
Should be easy to confirm with his FEC filings.	hrmjustin	Dec 2015	#70
Uh isn't this illegal?	workinclasszero	Dec 2015	#78
Sadly no	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#85
I'm still waiting for you to prove your OP isn't a right wing lie.	last1standing	Dec 2015	#98
LOL - okey dokey	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#106
You're spreading rightwing propaganda for the sole purpose of smearing progressives.	last1standing	Dec 2015	#111
Oh that's right, you don't know what "Google" means, don't you?	ESKD	Dec 2015	#317
Indeed I do	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#324
It's true because they worked for them and get paid just like any other workers	ESKD	Dec 2015	#328
It's okay if it's Bernie	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#329
You are talking about 60,000 over fifteen years.	ESKD	Dec 2015	#331
Nope - he hired her on his congressional staff as well	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#333
Yet you failed to see the part where "Jane Sanders refused to take on a salary as CoS"	ESKD	Dec 2015	#336
Well its still unethical	workinclasszero	Dec 2015	#120
Yeah...almost looks as bad as paying your daughter a 6 figure salary from your charity. (nt)	jeff47	Dec 2015	#446
What? Posting right wing propaganda with no verification on DU?	last1standing	Dec 2015	#93
Nope. You are free to hire family members. And given the numbers involved, he underpaid them.	jeff47	Dec 2015	#109
Imagine him with a charitable foundation, with donations from lobbyists, in the millions!	immoderate	Dec 2015	#86
And then hiring his own daughter to run that foundation. (nt)	jeff47	Dec 2015	#110
That would be — scandalous!	immoderate	Dec 2015	#139
sounds smart to hire family as staff.	larkrake	Dec 2015	#90
Assuming it's true. Not necessarily a sound assumption.	merrily	Dec 2015	#179
If they did the work and it was valued at that amount	treestar	Dec 2015	#95
Progressives Today is a RW site that has lied about Sanders before.	merrily	Dec 2015	#96
Just look at their front page, it's all right wing trash	Cheese Sandwich	Dec 2015	#102
I know. I just posted an OP exposing this source. This thread is shameful.	merrily	Dec 2015	#124
Its much more than just RW trash	Truprogressive85	Dec 2015	#131
Vile. nt.	polly7	Dec 2015	#166
I don't think you want to go there regarding family finances and how people get money	Armstead	Dec 2015	#105
OP is a right wing lie that the poster refuses to delete!	last1standing	Dec 2015	#108
Yep. And it will be very handy to bring this up again every single time this poster	jeff47	Dec 2015	#113
No worries- Bernie supporters have convinced me the source doesn't matter!	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#116
It is factually true - sorry	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#114
You have posted rightwing, out of context lies.	last1standing	Dec 2015	#117
No, it's factually true	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#156
Will you post their racist articles here as well?	last1standing	Dec 2015	#172
It's factually true	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#182
Why would I believe someone who posts right wing lies?	last1standing	Dec 2015	#197
Did you know that most people who post right wing lies are right wing shitstains?	DisgustipatedinCA	Dec 2015	#220
I've seen nothing from the poster of this OP that contradicts your post.	last1standing	Dec 2015	#227
His campaign staff admitted it	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#244
Here's a Bernie supporter this morning	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#318
Did you know that most people who post right wing lies are right wing shitstains?	DisgustipatedinCA	Dec 2015	#322
.............	polly7	Dec 2015	#125
Factually Bernie Sanders employed family members in his campaign	azurnoir	Dec 2015	#128
I doubt they did any real work	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#159
And your evidentiary basis for that vile smear is what, exactly? (n/t)	Jim Lane	Dec 2015	#204
Is that a new rule?	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#290
Your standard of intellectual honesty, or lack thereof, is duly noted.	Jim Lane	Dec 2015	#367
Sometimes one needs to use an example to make a point	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#375
I'm saving my popcorn for the big event that's imminent.	Jim Lane	Dec 2015	#384
.........	polly7	Dec 2015	#282
bring your doubts up with FEC because essentially you're accusing Bernie Sanders of fraud	azurnoir	Dec 2015	#285
His campaign staff admitted it	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#303
thanks for the 2005 article that states he hired family members to work for his campaign	azurnoir	Dec 2015	#316
True. Unwanted attention. Really exposes for who she is.	ESKD	Dec 2015	#325
Read the About page of Progressives Today.	madfloridian	Dec 2015	#126
look at this shit that they post	Truprogressive85	Dec 2015	#153
it's "the gateway pundit" wingnut "exposing progressives" yeah, nice source. nt	m-lekktor	Dec 2015	#173
Janie	enid602	Dec 2015	#129
This message was self-deleted by its author	Eric J in MN	Dec 2015	#130
4 years, not 15	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#146
This message was self-deleted by its author	Eric J in MN	Dec 2015	#163
How much has Hillary given her family?????	Politicalboi	Dec 2015	#143
The source in the OP has lied about Sanders before and seems to be lying again.	merrily	Dec 2015	#192
His campaign staff admitted it	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#232
And ......... your thoughts on this?	polly7	Dec 2015	#243
The HRC supporters...	deathrind	Dec 2015	#152
its OK; its not Hillary	ericson00	Dec 2015	#158
Yep - and I'm getting a real kick out the sources complaints	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#175
LOL.	polly7	Dec 2015	#180
This source does not seem appreciate for DU.	hrmjustin	Dec 2015	#167
It's a rightwing, discredited source, for an incredulous -- and now discredited -- OP	villager	Dec 2015	#181
It's factually true	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#185
..........	polly7	Dec 2015	#190
Heh. I guess sauce for the goose isn't sauce for the gander, in this instance	villager	Dec 2015	#341
Did it? Your source claims the info came from the Vermont Guardian, but that claim seems to be crap.	merrily	Dec 2015	#195
FEC	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#206
That's fom your lying source that links to a song. Where are the links to the relevant FEC filings?	merrily	Dec 2015	#211
His campaign staff admitted it	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#241
$30,000 for 3 years, which seem to be commissions on ad buys, and $65,000 for 5 years. Wowza!	merrily	Dec 2015	#260
But, but, but....	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#261
Well it took you long enough to come up with a source that wasn't	polly7	Dec 2015	#271
I said the source lied about Sanders in the past.	merrily	Dec 2015	#289
LOL - ok!	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#292
$150,000 in 15 years?	Kentonio	Dec 2015	#379
That is a good point.Sanders supporters use rw material to trash Hillary all the time.	hrmjustin	Dec 2015	#212
And they do it in the name of "progressives"	R B Garr	Dec 2015	#265
Good to see you and good to be back.	hrmjustin	Dec 2015	#396
Sure was fun to watch them object -- all of the sudden	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#279
His wife got 15K for each of two campaigns. Not an excessive amount.	Eric J in MN	Dec 2015	#186
How do we know what his wife got, if anything?	merrily	Dec 2015	#199
There is confirmation in Roll Call	Eric J in MN	Dec 2015	#221
His wife got 30K over 3 years and, per argus, that appears to be commissions for ad buys.	merrily	Dec 2015	#268
Well, and he hired her at tax payer expense as well	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#200
I think it funny as hell that Bernie fans are all of a sudden worried about sources	workinclasszero	Dec 2015	#188
Yes. it is amusing	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#194
So you ok with the source ? good to know	Truprogressive85	Dec 2015	#205
FEC is a good source, right?	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#208
Here's a Bernie supporter post using right wing sources	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#327
You stand by the racist site as you posted as your source ?	Truprogressive85	Dec 2015	#337
I stand by his campaign staff admitting it's true	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#338
So are prouldy posted a linked started by a racist	Truprogressive85	Dec 2015	#340
Sure - why not? Bernie supporters have no problem when it is used to smear Hillary	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#342
Thanks for letting me know	Truprogressive85	Dec 2015	#349
How about the Times Argus?	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#350
That could been used but instead you choose to use the racist site	Truprogressive85	Dec 2015	#361
Nope - read the OP again	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#363
This OP is nothing more than a Rovian hit piece. Good Job!	TheBlackAdder	Dec 2015	#210
So prove what they were paid for their work then with an official source and numbers,	polly7	Dec 2015	#213
In 2008, Hillary Clinton paid millions to Mark Penn's consulting agency.	Eric J in MN	Dec 2015	#215
Weird. I used to think of Lee Atwater as a propagandizing, lying piece of dogshit.	DisgustipatedinCA	Dec 2015	#216
His campaign staff admitted it	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#229
Think harder, Maggie. You'll get there.	DisgustipatedinCA	Dec 2015	#315
The Clinton Foundation ran up about a $40 million	Jarqui	Dec 2015	#219
The 2016 race has demonstrated that running for president is a great way to enrich yourself.	Renew Deal	Dec 2015	#222
More sources...Confirmed by his campaign	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#224
What about this part?	polly7	Dec 2015	#240
The republicans would have a field day	workinclasszero	Dec 2015	#321
who brought the popcorn	dlwickham	Dec 2015	#237
I know, right?	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#239
I love it when the bern bots lose their collective minds	dlwickham	Dec 2015	#250
Yep	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#253
Like this?!?	polly7	Dec 2015	#258
I love when HillShills stir up shit	TSIAS	Dec 2015	#308
y'all can dish it out	dlwickham	Dec 2015	#432
No kidding!	leftofcool	Dec 2015	#311
His stepdaughter's "highest income for any of those years was about $20,400."	Eric J in MN	Dec 2015	#242
LOL - okey dokey	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#245
I'd say this was a pretty good investment for 0 dollars.	polly7	Dec 2015	#247
Yes. We should be grateful to The Sanders for saving taxpayers money. NT	Eric J in MN	Dec 2015	#252
Strange MaggieD keeps ignoring that bit of the news article. nt.	polly7	Dec 2015	#254
Do you have any evidence she did less than $20,400 worth of work? NT	Eric J in MN	Dec 2015	#248
I think any amount is unethical	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#262
Was it ethical for Hillary Clinton to take $3 million in speaking fees from financial organzations	Eric J in MN	Dec 2015	#380
Actually, your OP basically says as much. It's a nothingburger.	reformist2	Dec 2015	#257
Do you work for free? nt.	polly7	Dec 2015	#251
If they paid her what she was worth....	opiate69	Dec 2015	#263
!!	polly7	Dec 2015	#266
Hire family & trusted friends first, if there are paid positions to fill and they can do the work.	Sunlei	Dec 2015	#267
Remind me again how much HILLARY pays her advisors?	Fearless	Dec 2015	#270
What does that have to do with funneling campaign cash to family members?	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#272
Why are you posting articles by tea party members?	Fearless	Dec 2015	#274
Because I wanted to convert Bernie supporters on the use of right wing sources	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#277
Seriously? When you feel like helping the average American	Fearless	Dec 2015	#280
Every post I've read of yours since June has been teabaggish .	orpupilofnature57	Dec 2015	#283
I bet you say that to all the Hillary supporters - LOL!	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#295
I don't subscribe to " Right wing " sources, but I do listen to Amy Goodman when I can, and Yes	orpupilofnature57	Dec 2015	#430
Such intent would imply an intelligence which I would bet dollars to doughnuts you lack.	opiate69	Dec 2015	#284
Funneling?	polly7	Dec 2015	#275
They're not interested in facts, only their agenda.	Fearless	Dec 2015	#276
Actually, the better question is how much she pays her daughter from the Clinton Foundation.	jeff47	Dec 2015	#447
In the slimy world of politics, I'd trust family members before anyone else.	Skwmom	Dec 2015	#273
It's okay if it's Bernie	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#320
Left the Whitehouse in debt,The Clinton Foundation, Blackwater, Please .	orpupilofnature57	Dec 2015	#278
275 Replys, 15 Recs, shows where this ploy is going !!!	orpupilofnature57	Dec 2015	#281
It's Swiftboating. nm	rhett o rick	Dec 2015	#298
How so? It's true.	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#300
I'm enjoying it	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#299
This message was self-deleted by its author	rhett o rick	Dec 2015	#297
You should stop posting this crap MaggieD	Matariki	Dec 2015	#307
Nope his campaign staff admitted it	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#326
Nope, it's a non-issue. I don't believe you hate Sanders as much as your posts seem to indicate	Matariki	Dec 2015	#330
it is somewhat weirdly obsessive and projection-laden	villager	Dec 2015	#343
+1	darkangel218	Dec 2015	#344
So why are Bernie supporters so upset about it?	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#345
One one word to describe it.	ESKD	Dec 2015	#405
too tired to cuttenpaste, here's their Tweets	MisterP	Dec 2015	#310
So it looks like the wife got $10,000 a year and the daughter got $13,000 a year.	Vinca	Dec 2015	#312
The GOP would have fun with this if Sanders was the nominee	Gothmog	Dec 2015	#314
Yeah...underpaying his family is a fantastic angle for them.	jeff47	Dec 2015	#448
All I want to know is why isn't Bernie in jail.	Kalidurga	Dec 2015	#335
No, I know it's not illegal	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#358
Yet no problem when Hillary does it.	Kalidurga	Dec 2015	#362
Well we can see it here that it must be, right?	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#364
Why would I need to read the thread again?	Kalidurga	Dec 2015	#370
Okey Dokey	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#371
Question - will you be voting for Sanders if he's the Democratic candidate?	Matariki	Dec 2015	#339
Nah. He's not a Democrat	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#347
You are ridiculous.	Agschmid	Dec 2015	#354
He won't be the nominee	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#356
Yah well hopefully you are doing more than being a keyboard warrior.	Agschmid	Dec 2015	#357
So, what then? You'll sit the election out?	Matariki	Dec 2015	#431
Bullshit!	sonofspy777	Dec 2015	#346
His campaign staff admitted it	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#348
And the lying horseshit continues.	TM99	Dec 2015	#353
Nope - his campaign admitted it	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#355
I love this OP!	artislife	Dec 2015	#360
No way. Bernie is perfect with angel wings on his back.	Liberal_in_LA	Dec 2015	#365
Look at all the folks rec'ing an op that links to a racist right wing website.	beam me up scottie	Dec 2015	#366
The Times Argus is not a racist right wing site	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#369
I encourage everyone to go to progressivestoday.com and read what they say about our President.	beam me up scottie	Dec 2015	#372
I encourage you to get as upset when Bernie supporters do it	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#373
Why are you citing a racist right wing website on DU?	beam me up scottie	Dec 2015	#374
Post removed	Post removed	Dec 2015	#390
So you're proud of driving traffic to that website, after everything they wrote about Obama.	beam me up scottie	Dec 2015	#392
The since hidden post makes the agenda clear	TSIAS	Dec 2015	#403
Exactly, several of them are on timeouts for the same kind of behaviour.	beam me up scottie	Dec 2015	#406
...^ that	840high	Dec 2015	#404
what a disingenuous line of crap that is. Why do you read such Tea Bagging, Democrat hating sites?	Bluenorthwest	Dec 2015	#388
I don't read them	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#389
But you link to racist websites anyway, just to score points.	beam me up scottie	Dec 2015	#407
That's just a load of crap you made up when you got busted for your Democrat bashing racist source.	Bluenorthwest	Dec 2015	#408
Silly	left lowrider	Dec 2015	#377
It is a common practice by Democrats and Republicans. It not illegal and not unethical.	Turn CO Blue	Dec 2015	#378
SOme more recent headlines from the OP's source	Doctor_J	Dec 2015	#381
Nah, those aren't from the Times Argus	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#391
This is silly	mythology	Dec 2015	#382
Maggied, you are the master. Well played.	William769	Dec 2015	#393
You're congratulating her for making money for a racist/homophobic website?	beam me up scottie	Dec 2015	#409
The Barre Montpelier Times Argus newspaper/website is racist/homophobic?	William769	Dec 2015	#413
The headlines I just posted are from progressivestoday, the link in the op - but you knew that.	beam me up scottie	Dec 2015	#415
Then you agree with this one then.	William769	Dec 2015	#416
The racists teabaggers at that site thank the op and everyone who rec'd it for your patronage.	beam me up scottie	Dec 2015	#419
Remember the website that Bill runs	Scootaloo	Dec 2015	#443
Exactly. Lots of money to be made in that business.	beam me up scottie	Dec 2015	#444
Interesting site!	Babel_17	Dec 2015	#394
What about this part?	Vattel	Dec 2015	#412
Your objections have been refuted in this thread	R B Garr	Dec 2015	#414
You linked to the same racist tea party website:	beam me up scottie	Dec 2015	#421
This message was self-deleted by its author	GoneFishin	Dec 2015	#417
interesting how this works. millions don't count yet suspect thousands do.	Menshunables	Dec 2015	#422
To call it funneling makes it a smear. You are very slimy.	Vattel	Dec 2015	#423
Poetry, Platitudes, and character assault, anything but an issue .	orpupilofnature57	Dec 2015	#429
The blood of one million Iraqis still drip, drip drips from	KingCharlemagne	Dec 2015	#433
YOUR ATTEMPT TO MANUFACTURE MORE BULLSHIT IS NOTED AND EXPECTED	MrMickeysMom	Dec 2015	#455
^^ this nt	artislife	Dec 2015	#465
Why bump?	George II	Dec 2015	#468
sigh Maggie....	zigby	Dec 2015	#460
Sounds to me like he just paid them as campaign workers.	liberalnarb	Dec 2015	#461
This is someone who also said that they would support Trump over Sen. Sanders:	Douglas Carpenter	Dec 2015	#466
Where did she say she would support Trump over Sanders? Where did she even MENTION Trump?	George II	Dec 2015	#467
she has more than once - but you know that	Douglas Carpenter	Dec 2015	#471
Not in the post that you used as your "example". But you knew that. I think....	George II	Dec 2015	#472
John F. Kennedy hired his younger brother to be Attorney General	Douglas Carpenter	Dec 2015	#469
Hillary will lose.	PowerToThePeople	Dec 2015	#470
Good you are not a Sanders supporter	Jeroen	Dec 2015	#477
I worked for my dad's company for fifteen years. Wanta say something about that?	Hiraeth	Dec 2015	#482

Response to MaggieD (Original post)

Sat Dec 5, 2015, 01:59 PM

Boomer (4,122 posts)

1. Fair pay for work

The Sanders family isn't independently wealthy. I would imagine they can't afford to focus their lives on campaigning without some recompense.

"Her daughter Carina Driscoll, Sanders’ stepdaughter, earned $65,002 from the Sanders campaign between 2000 and 2004, records show."

That's $13,000 a year. That not even a living wage.

Bernie funneled campaign cash to family members

1. Fair pay for work

4. Uh huh - like what?

52. Illegal?

137. FYI

304. And nobody else would work that much for so little...

481. Agreed... Do The Math... These Relatives Were Paid PEANUTS! HillBill Crew grasping @ Straws

246. Disgusting!!!

359. Why don't you tell them to "Cut it out!"?

420. Yes. It's outrageous. He also "funneled" money to a grocery store, electric company,

476. CLINTON FOUNDATION...

8. It's called a "conflict of interest"

87. Like hiring your daughter to run your foundation? (nt)

119. Yeah

138. FYI

462. Thank You!

410. that's gotta burn nt

100. so it is wrong

136. FYI

479. I doubt you can get Maggie to

135. FYI

140. Spam

313. Hi, Bobbie Jo. Changed your mind on Jim Hoft?

334. Spam-ETA

399. That's not an answer, Bobbie Jo

442. Classic:

458. Mustn't be "rude", Bobbie Jo! LOL.. who was Juror #5?!

435. Spam

438. Maps

439. I agree

478. I'm not sure I see the conflicting interests. What interests are in conflict here? eom

134. FYI

2. Incomplete and misleading

5. You make a valid point

6. Nah, this shit should be illegal

11. Republican candidates also love to win. Should that be illegal as well?

21. I find it unethical - don't you?

38. I don't know what to think -- I don't know if this is at all unusual.

61. The real number to his wife is about $30,000 but $30K to buy $61K worth of ads? Hmmm.

94. If she was able to competently execute the job, I see no issue.

142. According to this lying source or according to a credible source?

161. Who is considered the "lying source", the author of the article? The article...

178. Funny how sources matter all of the sudden, isn't it?

183. Very funny .....

424. Your own link says:

141. FYI

230. In case you're interested

233. Thanks. Funny how the one juror who voted to hide gave no explanation.

235. cuz reasons!

236. Fascinating -- it was just a baseless smear the whole time.

323. I don't think it was baseless, but it was most def a smear

332. She got taxpayer money too!

351. I didn't know the Sanders were rich

352. Well they make about $350K per year

376. Sorry Maggie

411. YES

440. Wow!! That's more than 98% of all households in America.

259. yes aren't you suppose to use a charity to funnel money instead?

12. ^This. We have to win.

3. Well he is a socialist.... (Sorry I couldn't resist)

144. FYI

187. Thanks, I an not surprised. My post was just tongue and cheek, not intended to be

169. Chuckle.

7. Doesn't seem like much money over 15 years

9. 4 years, not 15

14. Precisely Maggie. Wtf! Again, bernie's campaign words fail to match his deeds.

115. Imagine if he hired his daughter to run his foundation. (nt)

155. Shhhhh!

150. FYI

10. Oh, MaggieD... Oh dear...

15. This same crap was tried before with discrediting

25. Think so?

51. I'm saying that this is what so-called "progressives"

64. Oh cut the shit.

286. That was.months ago. The website description

309. It was September, dude. And it's always been what it is.

386. September WAS months ago, lol

395. I object to it when it's a piece of shit right-wing source

400. All your points have been refuted in this thread

401. My point is that Jim Hoft is a right-wing teabagger, and Progressives Today reflects that