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2016 Postmortem

virtualobserver

(8,760 posts) Mon Jul 13, 2015, 04:46 PM Jul 2015

Bernie has the luxury of being able to tell the truth [View all]

Not being beholden to big money donors frees him up.

He is not locked into half-measures. He can call for the breakup of
the big banks. He can call for the return of Glass-Steagall.
He can rail against the Billionaire class.

Of course, Donald Trump, as an actual Billionaire.....has even more freedom. He can literally say anything, true or otherwise.

They are the two sides of the money coin.

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Bernie has the luxury of being able to tell the truth [View all] virtualobserver Jul 2015 OP

...on gun control? Not one of these candidates can throw a stone, not ONE uponit7771 Jul 2015 #1

especially on gun control virtualobserver Jul 2015 #2

I never fully understood what a corrupting force money was..... virtualobserver Jul 2015 #3

No he's not doing such on gun control... He's not going to fifth ward and saying he siding... uponit7771 Jul 2015 #4

he is being straight, he is telling you what he believes..... virtualobserver Jul 2015 #5

I disagree... He's not going to communities ravaged by gun violence and saying uponit7771 Jul 2015 #8

He is honestly stating his viewpoint on nationwide tv virtualobserver Jul 2015 #9

Strawman, never said anything about telling the truth just who's he telling it to and at what time uponit7771 Jul 2015 #10

the point of my original post was to say that money prevents politicians from speaking the truth virtualobserver Jul 2015 #11

In regards to Hillary hell yes I do, she's already said her support for that position was a mistake uponit7771 Jul 2015 #12

that is fair..... virtualobserver Jul 2015 #14

You would vote for a candidate Aerows Jul 2015 #15

no uponit7771 Jul 2015 #16

Point to a candidate that is. Aerows Jul 2015 #13

trump is not a billionaire JI7 Jul 2015 #6

I am not his accountant, but his precise wealth isn't the point virtualobserver Jul 2015 #7