2016 Postmortem

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Fri Feb 5, 2016, 05:54 PM

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Sanders Admits Receiving Free Checking from Big Banks [View all] arcane1 Feb 2016 OP

. UglyGreed Feb 2016 #1

Must be nice to have 500 dollars in the bank. 1% yeoman6987 Feb 2016 #53

LOL n/t FSogol Feb 2016 #2

Once again, Andy is dandy!!!! valerief Feb 2016 #3

I just heard about these special accounts TheFarseer Feb 2016 #4

SHHH!!! UglyGreed Feb 2016 #5

THAT is the kind of shady character we are dealing with here! arcane1 Feb 2016 #8

#BernieSoShady kath Feb 2016 #9

LMAO! beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #21

Don't you love it when the gang goes Full Snark. sarge43 Feb 2016 #27

CHUM IN THE WATER, CHUM IN THE WATER!!! beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #28

LOL! merrily Feb 2016 #77

Hey! My "big bank" pays .07% on a 12 month CD Divernan Feb 2016 #83

wow that's a bad deal on a 12 month TheFarseer Feb 2016 #89

Your examples are still LESS than 1%; while banks are lending it at 11-23%! Divernan Feb 2016 #90

He also took a couple free Dum Dum Pops from the dish at the counter! AgingAmerican Feb 2016 #6

ZOMG!!1! kath Feb 2016 #10

Worse, he scored a free toaster sarge43 Feb 2016 #11

Yeah, but in his defense...... daleanime Feb 2016 #13

Stick a fork in him. merrily Feb 2016 #81

Or at least a Cutco knife... ybbor Feb 2016 #87

A relative used to sell Cutco. Pricey, but lifetime warranty (until Cutco goes out of business, merrily Feb 2016 #88

Not the 1953 Anniversary Dum-Dum! Oh the humanity!! n/t PonyUp Feb 2016 #19

pineapple dum-dums were the worst Merryland Feb 2016 #59

I loved those! Tongue scratchers. n/t PonyUp Feb 2016 #71

The ones in my bank make you cavities and fill them at the same time. merrily Feb 2016 #79

That's funny DefenseLawyer Feb 2016 #7

Even worse!!!! The last paragraph! Fuddnik Feb 2016 #12

Driving an imported car? awoke_in_2003 Feb 2016 #50

Follow the money... Roy Rolling Feb 2016 #14

LOL !!! - K & R !!! WillyT Feb 2016 #15

LOLOLOLOL SoapBox Feb 2016 #16

And a fridge magnet calendar, even! forest444 Feb 2016 #17

Worse, shot glass. n/t sarge43 Feb 2016 #24

Criminy. Just another reason to bank at a credit union. forest444 Feb 2016 #68

A lot of northern New England banks are local or regional sarge43 Feb 2016 #69

That's where I should be. forest444 Feb 2016 #70

hahaha! 840high Feb 2016 #78

Freakin hilarious! beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #18

This was seen in Bernie's office...... UglyGreed Feb 2016 #20

My pen! frylock Feb 2016 #54

MY PEN!! Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #86

If this happened back in the days when banks gave away toasters for opening a new account, this jillan Feb 2016 #22

Fox News just reported on this latest Sandersgate sarge43 Feb 2016 #23

Oh God. I just pray they don't find out about the yeoman6987 Feb 2016 #55

Love his ability to get to the core of nonsense and run with it. Cleita Feb 2016 #25

i have free checking too. guess i'm in DesertFlower Feb 2016 #26

Not only do I have free checking, the bank pays me a couple of dollars a year for it. -none Feb 2016 #66

Bernie probably gets free check reprinting too..one of those Senior discounts... tokenlib Feb 2016 #29

He also gave speeches to local chamber of comnmerce events attended by bankers Armstead Feb 2016 #30

Bernie got free auto services too Yeager29 Feb 2016 #31

Good one! Welcome to DU and snark on. n/t sarge43 Feb 2016 #35

Uh-oh... gregcrawford Feb 2016 #32

Love Borowitz! Thanks, arcane1!! Duval Feb 2016 #33

I read here that he was in the pocket of Big Sugar� and here's proof!: beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #34

No, it's Big Cream. The Cow Consortium. sarge43 Feb 2016 #38

All hail the Mooligharchy! #bowdowntothecowbernie beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #39

Damn You! sarge43 Feb 2016 #42

Now I am no expert. pangaia Feb 2016 #44

Another conspiracy!!! Make that COWSPIRACY! beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #47

It took you 4 edits to do that? pangaia Feb 2016 #56

I'm saving that one! It deserves a special place in another thread. beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #58

Gafawww pangaia Feb 2016 #61

You're correct. I have occasionally done it from the left in a free stall situation but A Simple Game Feb 2016 #91

That cow is being milked by our next president. n/t TIME TO PANIC Feb 2016 #49

Lucky girl! beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #60

She should be proud. n/t TIME TO PANIC Feb 2016 #63

She now has significant bragging rights n/t sarge43 Feb 2016 #67

Our next president who stop the 1% from milking the rest of us. SammyWinstonJack Feb 2016 #85

Oh the Moo-manity! Divernan Feb 2016 #84

Bravo demwing Feb 2016 #36

love it! Fast Walker 52 Feb 2016 #37

A true Progressive uses Credit Unions who's members OWN greiner3 Feb 2016 #40

You beat me to it. Credit unions are the bomb (no HRC, not THAT kind of bomb) mikehiggins Feb 2016 #82

I have free checking...Am I in trouble? Perogie Feb 2016 #41

We're keeping an eye on you awoke_in_2003 Feb 2016 #51

Disqualified for president for sure yeoman6987 Feb 2016 #57

Don't laugh. pangaia Feb 2016 #43

So disappointed..... Enthusiast Feb 2016 #45

Busted! TIME TO PANIC Feb 2016 #46

Now it's been revealed that he Mendocino Feb 2016 #48

Half of Washington probably gets free checking. TexasMommaWithAHat Feb 2016 #52

LoL!!! myrna minx Feb 2016 #62

Not a credit union?!? killbotfactory Feb 2016 #64

He once tried to take Mendocino Feb 2016 #65

!!! Kali Feb 2016 #72

It gets worse guys, Fox News just 8 track mind Feb 2016 #73

Bernie seems more like a credit union kind of guy Califonz Feb 2016 #74

I hear his family have been in on the game too. mwooldri Feb 2016 #75

Don't most banks offer free checking to seniors? (Yes, I do know it's Borowitz.) merrily Feb 2016 #76

GASP. Did they give him the fancy dancy designer checks with CharlotteVale Feb 2016 #80

I'm standing on the sidelines during the Clinton-Sanders sniping . . . MrModerate Feb 2016 #92

Right, because hosting fundraisers bringing in hundreds of thousands of dollars BainsBane Feb 2016 #93