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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: has any one thought that maybe the right is backing bernie [View all]okieinpain
(9,397 posts)24. think about it, you know jeb bush was getting big donor money
and so is hillary. bernie is getting small donations yet he raising just as much money as the others if not more.
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There have been rumors for months that the Koch brothers are bankrolling this.....
Txbluedog
May 2016
#1
The Koch brothers are openly discussing bankrolling the Clinton campaign
AgerolanAmerican
May 2016
#3
I think I donated a total of $10 to Obama's campaign. I have donated over $200
liberal_at_heart
May 2016
#2
Yeap, just look at DUP... they even think burning it down to save it is "progressive"
uponit7771
May 2016
#5
May 1, 2015: Windfall at Bernie's: Sanders raises $1.5 million in 24 hours
JonLeibowitz
May 2016
#12
Probably something like that; there was never a concern that he wouldn't raise enough money to make
JonLeibowitz
May 2016
#16
I think he also had a website up before May 1. I am almost positive I signed up and donated before
merrily
May 2016
#83
Hah? Here's a clue: Putting lol in every post doesn't make your posts seem better.
merrily
May 2016
#96
I think I can help you with links and relavant info, but it's not formatted correctly.
That Guy 888
May 2016
#108
I donated $350 to the Bernie campaign, over the 11 months since his campaign began
JonLeibowitz
May 2016
#8
Sure they are. He'd be easier to beat once the right wing attack machine geared up against him.
Lil Missy
May 2016
#9
ok so where are the votes. why doesn't he have more votes then hillary. n/t.
okieinpain
May 2016
#23
name recognition, power, money, and election manipulation. All things Hillary had that Bernie didn't
liberal_at_heart
May 2016
#38
nice Republican talking point. So I guess you'd rather spend trillions on war rather than on
liberal_at_heart
May 2016
#58
It's starts with a shift in American citizens' consciousness, and that is happening.
liberal_at_heart
May 2016
#70
sorry but that is just a weak argument. Most people thought he wouldn't last
liberal_at_heart
May 2016
#62
As someone else stated I have donated over $200 dollars to Bernie's campaign, but I only
liberal_at_heart
May 2016
#71
I don't find it odd because I know that I am not the only one who is doing what I am doing.
liberal_at_heart
May 2016
#75
I've made at least a dozen donations to him at this point. But I only get one vote.
arcane1
May 2016
#33
Yes the right has backed Sanders with its army of millennials, progressives, disaffected workers /s
icecreamfan
May 2016
#13
Why would the right do that? Think about it.. The right doesn't even have the candidate THEY want.
Joob
May 2016
#19
Why think that when the entire specturm of media and it is all conservative, is supporting Hillary
Todays_Illusion
May 2016
#26
Malicious - that is what they do. Any success Bernie has had is a right wing smear campaign.
jillan
May 2016
#37
90's anti-Ronald Reagan tactics are not going to win this time. They better learn some new tricks.
highprincipleswork
May 2016
#43
You think those of us who have donated hundreds of dollars to his campaign wouldn't
liberal_at_heart
May 2016
#91
holds about as much water as maybe the Left is backing Trump because Hillary will beat him so easily
azurnoir
May 2016
#32
Yup, why would the right back the candidate who could totally clobber Donald Dump?
lagomorph777
May 2016
#44
I'm a mixed race. So what does the color of your skin have to do with your fabrications?
jillan
May 2016
#51
Not a fabrication, just my opinion. You commented on my name and I was providing background.
Dream Girl
May 2016
#57
I'm about as left as they get. I donated about $2k between Dean and Kerry in "04.
Fuddnik
May 2016
#45
Some top Democratic party office holders have already declared they can work with a President Trump!
imagine2015
May 2016
#48
The standard for small donations was set in 2016, by U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and his supporters
merrily
May 2016
#76
People who watch television and newspapers? There was a draft Sanders for POTUS movement in 2012.
merrily
May 2016
#84
Again, you do not seem very well informed, so what you've heard of is irrelevant.
merrily
May 2016
#94
Again, since you are poorly informed what seems weird to you seems irrelevant.
merrily
May 2016
#100
It's not like he's some Martian from outer space. He's been serving in Congress for decades.
liberal_at_heart
May 2016
#97
Who cares? People are tired of the typical presidential candidates. People know
liberal_at_heart
May 2016
#101
ok but just say he was getting money from the right and he becomes the dem nom
okieinpain
May 2016
#105
you can accuse me of bad things and that's fine. but you don't wonder at all, not even
okieinpain
May 2016
#106