2016 Postmortem

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100. Ridiculous straw man

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Mon Apr 4, 2016, 05:56 PM

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Why Is Bernie Sanders Invested On Wall Street? [View all] synergie Apr 2016 OP

really?.... HumanityExperiment Apr 2016 #1

He said that he is Socialist in this clip Yavin4 Apr 2016 #6

Oops. I guess we know exactly where the desperation is coming from and we synergie Apr 2016 #10

There are a number of countries in Europe that are or have been governed by socialist parties. JDPriestly Apr 2016 #22

Seems like all the millionaires and billionaires of "socialistic-leaning" countries like to hide Jitter65 Apr 2016 #104

American ones do too. JDPriestly Apr 2016 #105

Democratic Socialist... HumanityExperiment Apr 2016 #29

At the :23 mark in my clip, he states flatly: "I am a Socialist". Yavin4 Apr 2016 #32

Nice red baiting there nadinbrzezinski Apr 2016 #69

McCarthy called Lordquinton Apr 2016 #34

I'm just playing you what he said. Yavin4 Apr 2016 #36

What's wrong with what he said? Lordquinton Apr 2016 #55

Well Said! Ferd Berfel Apr 2016 #12

I'm still waiting elljay Apr 2016 #14

We're still waiting for Bernei to tell us what his actual plans are, or any BS synergie Apr 2016 #28

Deflect much elljay Apr 2016 #53

What positions? Fuddnik Apr 2016 #65

Why yes, you do deflect quite a lot. synergie Apr 2016 #106

Right from his website on the issues: Amimnoch Apr 2016 #40

yeah, it's troll bait... HumanityExperiment Apr 2016 #48

It's not troll bait Lazy Daisy Apr 2016 #113

Laughable... HumanityExperiment Apr 2016 #116

He says about a dozen times a day that he's anti "Wall Street". Just about every appearance..... George II Apr 2016 #62

LMAO... HumanityExperiment Apr 2016 #68

Desperation? NastyRiffraff Apr 2016 #85

I got my cake bravenak Apr 2016 #2

Wow, total inability to perceive nuance whatchamacallit Apr 2016 #3

Ignoring nuance means you can pretend you don't notice it Ferd Berfel Apr 2016 #15

Uh huh. He might want to learn how to inject some nuance into his rhetoric synergie Apr 2016 #16

Bernie Sanders supporters talking about the inability to perceive nuance is almost as bad geek tragedy Apr 2016 #23

I see OPs like this and one that pops in my mind is the following movie clip... TheBlackAdder Apr 2016 #25

This mythology Apr 2016 #49

And then there were those threads accusing him of being terrible for having so little polly7 Apr 2016 #57

Post removed Post removed Apr 2016 #4

I don't see how this is bad if anything it's the opposite Joob Apr 2016 #5

Ummm, you do know that if he made money off of these corporations, his investment made the Amimnoch Apr 2016 #42

Yes I do what's wrong with capitalism? You should be happy.. Joob Apr 2016 #51

Posting the work of people with shit-tier critical thinking skills doesn't help. Lizzie Poppet Apr 2016 #7

It's like HRC's line about paying for Donald Trump's kid to go to college loyalsister Apr 2016 #73

The writer of that article is either agenda-driven...or a simpleton. Kalidurga Apr 2016 #76

Indeed. "C: both" should be an option. (nm) Lizzie Poppet Apr 2016 #79

Marcus Johnson needs to sit down with Bernie and find out what Bernie iss about. JDPriestly Apr 2016 #8

Lenin drove a Rolls Royce, right? ericson00 Apr 2016 #9

Must be today's talking point from Camp Weathervane. hobbit709 Apr 2016 #11

This shit is absurd Cal Carpenter Apr 2016 #13

Unbelievable, actually. polly7 Apr 2016 #26

a real socialist should invest in chickens and twigs renate Apr 2016 #97

Its called being a fucking hypocrite. nt LexVegas Apr 2016 #17

how dare he have a fucking 401k. yodermon Apr 2016 #21

He needs to release his Schedule A, and his tax returns at least since he's been in the Senate. MADem Apr 2016 #115

That's called a desperate fucking lie. senz Apr 2016 #33

Exactly. It wouldn't be so bad if the core of his campaign wasn't against the very Amimnoch Apr 2016 #44

He's standing up for people who've invested their money ... against fraud, dishonesty, polly7 Apr 2016 #47

Ignorance. Whoosh! Right over your head. panader0 Apr 2016 #59

This message was self-deleted by its author Stand and Fight Apr 2016 #18

same reason we all are ibegurpard Apr 2016 #19

Broad-based mutual funds. They have to resort to attacking his broad-based mutual funds, yodermon Apr 2016 #20

I was this thread would die - it is ignorant Retirement funds invest . . . snowy owl Apr 2016 #24

Why is Hillary Clinton fucking OWNED by Wall Street? senz Apr 2016 #27

He is against FRAUD on Wall Street. He is against DEREGULATION of Wall Street. He isn't against Nanjeanne Apr 2016 #30

So, why did he vote for deregulation? synergie Apr 2016 #37

Oh jeez. Yup you are right. He's a hypocrite. He should keep his money in a mattress. Case closed Nanjeanne Apr 2016 #43

How about investing into funds that aren't invested in the things he's against? Amimnoch Apr 2016 #45

Read Post 38. It's mind numbing to argue this. He's not an investor. He doesn't pick and choose Nanjeanne Apr 2016 #50

No, but he does select which funds his $$ goes into. Amimnoch Apr 2016 #71

They really don't get why this hypocrisy is so funny, do they? synergie Apr 2016 #108

Or he could something less extreme and invest in funds that match his synergie Apr 2016 #60

Right, he should only invest in wind energy companies beedle Apr 2016 #70

Those are the kinds of moronic accusations that Bernie has been making, synergie Apr 2016 #109

Admit it beedle Apr 2016 #111

You mean when Hillary's chief economic adviser helped sneak it into an Omnibus spending bill? think Apr 2016 #54

His 401K contains mutual funds that owns, buys & sells stocks, therefore, Bernie has a vested Kip Humphrey Apr 2016 #31

seriously? what's he supposed to do, lakeguy Apr 2016 #35

Or he could do what student activists have been asking their institutions to do and synergie Apr 2016 #63

This is also technically not true inchhigh Apr 2016 #38

You might want to post this information as an OP Armstead Apr 2016 #52

So you're saying his money is not TECHNICALLY not invested in funds that synergie Apr 2016 #67

Ridiculous straw man jfern Apr 2016 #100

That's not what that word means, learn it first, and then try to apply. synergie Apr 2016 #107

It's exactly what it means jfern Apr 2016 #110

Have you never heard of a 401K before? jillan Apr 2016 #39

David Brock must be scraping the bottom of the barrell for this one revbones Apr 2016 #41

Why do you guys think that David Brock is some omnipotent entitity? synergie Apr 2016 #58

Yes, I'm assuming he has a lot to do with the more stupid talking points. revbones Apr 2016 #84

This is what it's come to? Goblinmonger Apr 2016 #46

Yes flobee1 Apr 2016 #72

Now I KNOW they've got nothing bad on the guy mainer Apr 2016 #56

Because he's not a Commie. Spread it far and wide. mainer Apr 2016 #61

Since Bernie thinks there is so much fraud in treestar Apr 2016 #64

Bernie is a Corporatist!!!! Stallion Apr 2016 #66

He's invested because if you don't want to retire at the poverty line, that's what you have to do. grntuscarora Apr 2016 #74

What nonsense. n/t alarimer Apr 2016 #75

David? David Brock? Is that you? jmg257 Apr 2016 #77

campaign rhetoric contradicted by personal actions? From Sir Good-at-Heart?? Oh my!! Bill USA Apr 2016 #78

Critical thinking skills are sadly enough in short supply. Autumn Apr 2016 #80

Obviously PowerToThePeople Apr 2016 #81

LOL. OMG, BERNIE HAS A 401K!!!!!!!! mhatrw Apr 2016 #82

Who cares? I also have some retirement money in mutual funds and support Bernie jfern Apr 2016 #83

Why invest it there though if they want to steal it? treestar Apr 2016 #88

Because savings accounts are paying next to no interest, grntuscarora Apr 2016 #89

But the point is that treestar Apr 2016 #90

I can't speak for Bernie, grntuscarora Apr 2016 #95

Wouldn't a person who invested in a fraud treestar Apr 2016 #98

Fine, whatever you say. grntuscarora Apr 2016 #99

That seems kind of non responsive treestar Apr 2016 #102

One more time. grntuscarora Apr 2016 #103

We're talking about a tiny fraction of the mutual fund jfern Apr 2016 #91

where is the rest of the mutual fund from? treestar Apr 2016 #92

What are you even talking about? jfern Apr 2016 #93

What are you talking about? treestar Apr 2016 #94

k&r DesertRat Apr 2016 #86

My lord, he has a retirement plan nadinbrzezinski Apr 2016 #87

! frylock Apr 2016 #96

...and? Ferd Berfel Apr 2016 #101

Jeeze.. thank you for this, synergie Cha Apr 2016 #112

Fascinating Hekate Apr 2016 #114

K&R mcar Apr 2016 #117

Good article DesertRat Apr 2016 #118

Good spot light Sheepshank Apr 2016 #119

You're upset that he owns stock? gollygee Apr 2016 #120

I understand it's hard to know the difference between a 401(k) and a Bankster jillan Apr 2016 #121

Dude! TheFarseer Apr 2016 #122