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ucrdem

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17. I think the millionaire thing is going to hurt him.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri May 31, 2019, 08:09 PM

May 2019

He railed for two years against the corrupting influence of big money on politics, wink wink nudge nudge cough Clinton, and then after much delay, reveals that he himself accepted a ginormous advance to write a slim book on . . . politics. Not good.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Bernie Sanders Tries to Reclaim the Insurgency [View all] left-of-center2012 May 2019 OP

"This week was a return to the life Sanders had lived until 2015" SouthernProgressive May 2019 #1

:) Yes, nice thought that! Hortensis May 2019 #10

At his "Gathering" back in the winter, there were no Vermont activist POC invited..... George II May 2019 #15

W Hortensis May 2019 #16

Even worse - these are the ONLY Vermonters that were at the Gathering... George II May 2019 #18

Well, I just read Sanders' reason, which makes sense. Hortensis Jun 2019 #19

If only............ George II May 2019 #12

The low turnouts were "all part of the plan." ehrnst May 2019 #2

"Poor turnout is part of our plan to win..." MineralMan May 2019 #3

That is some serious 'splaining mcar May 2019 #14

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2019 #4

Lack of news coverage of his campaign? Where do you go for your news? George II May 2019 #5

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1,000,000+ Volunteers Not Yet In Gear corbettkroehler May 2019 #6

A million volunteers to get 12-15 million votes? Seems a bit of an exaggeration. George II May 2019 #8

Actually, A Million Volunteers To Get 200 Million Votes corbettkroehler May 2019 #9

Last time he got 13.1 million votes. Again, that 1 million is a huge exaggeration.... George II May 2019 #11

Understanding the difference between reality and what one would like to believe ehrnst Jun 2019 #24

Do you have the statistics on # of volunteers for the various campaigns? ehrnst Jun 2019 #20

Public Statements From Sanders HQ Shared With The Press And General Public corbettkroehler Jun 2019 #22

So you don't have statistics or data on the other candidates' # of volunteers. ehrnst Jun 2019 #23

My Bottom Line Is That Bernie Is The Most Honest Politician I Know corbettkroehler Jun 2019 #27

That doesn't mean that anything that you want to believe about him is true. ehrnst Jun 2019 #29

Seems like a bit of an exaggeration. There are only 620,000 registered Democrats in Iowa.... George II Jun 2019 #25

You May Not Trust His Numbers But I Do corbettkroehler Jun 2019 #28

When did he say that he had the largest number of volunteers of any candidate? ehrnst Jun 2019 #30

I Never Said That He Claimed To Have The Most, Just 1,000,000+ corbettkroehler Jun 2019 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author ehrnst Jun 2019 #34

I was the one that pointed out that YOU stated Sanders has the most volunteers, not Sanders. ehrnst Jun 2019 #35

A Little Flustered By Baseless Attacks corbettkroehler Jun 2019 #38

Let's try this again. ehrnst Jun 2019 #39

KR Cha May 2019 #13

I think the millionaire thing is going to hurt him. ucrdem May 2019 #17

A ginormous advance? Of what? $800k? That's 90 minutes of "work" in some circles. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2019 #21

How much time did he spend on "writing" the book? George II Jun 2019 #26

Whataboutery when one has no real answer... ehrnst Jun 2019 #31

It's more than Hillary earned for all of her GS speeches. nt ucrdem Jun 2019 #32

Wow. (nt) ehrnst Jun 2019 #36

Uh oh. Quid pro quo. betsuni Jun 2019 #37