Everyone is using money. Bloomberg is using his own money (Reply #45)

In the discussion thread: Nina Turner just called Mike Bloomberg an oligarch on MSNBC [View all]

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Mon Feb 3, 2020, 10:30 PM

lapucelle (14,300 posts)

45. Everyone is using money. Bloomberg is using his own money

to fund his campaign.

BS is using other people's money. Last week he used it to charter a private jet.

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

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62 replies	Author	Time	Post
Nina Turner just called Mike Bloomberg an oligarch on MSNBC [View all]	highplainsdem	Feb 2020	OP
You're not helping us Dems, Nina.	SunSeeker	Feb 2020	#1
That's a feature -- not a bug.	W_HAMILTON	Feb 2020	#14
Sad but true	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Feb 2020	#28
And the problem is?	DanTex	Feb 2020	#2
I believe you were calling for unity the other day?	sheshe2	Feb 2020	#4
lol.. nah	Cha	Feb 2020	#17
;)	sheshe2	Feb 2020	#19
Not all rich people are evil oligarchs.	SharonClark	Feb 2020	#7
She didn't say "evil." And Bloomberg is way beyond "rich."	DanTex	Feb 2020	#8
The evil is assumed.	TwilightZone	Feb 2020	#16
She meant it in a "billionaire trying to buy an election" way.	DanTex	Feb 2020	#24
Oligarchy (noun)	TomSlick	Feb 2020	#35
Definition	Doremus	Feb 2020	#59
Everyone is using money. Bloomberg is using his own money	lapucelle	Feb 2020	#45
Yeah, it's totally the same thing.	DanTex	Feb 2020	#46
Actually it isn't. There are dark money allegations against Our Revolution	lapucelle	Feb 2020	#48
...	lapucelle	Feb 2020	#54
He isn't one. Senator Nina needs to buy a dictionary.	lapucelle	Feb 2020	#36
Quick! Get out the fainting couches!	JoeOtterbein	Feb 2020	#3
Lol.	Hassin Bin Sober	Feb 2020	#26
LMFAO!!	InAbLuEsTaTe	Feb 2020	#55
that's so 2004! LOL	wyldwolf	Feb 2020	#5
That just makes me more angry at Sanders	Zolorp	Feb 2020	#6
Yep, in Ohio.	sheshe2	Feb 2020	#11
$60 BILLION effing dollars, and he's NOT an oligarch?	House of Roberts	Feb 2020	#9
And he's not just sitting on the money, he's spending it to try and be president!	DanTex	Feb 2020	#20
Oligarchy: (please read the last sentence)	LakeArenal	Feb 2020	#30
A very successful self made businessman. N/T	lapucelle	Feb 2020	#37
Working class... obviously!!	InAbLuEsTaTe	Feb 2020	#58
attacking other Dems - great plan for unity	EveHammond13	Feb 2020	#10
I hope the Bernie people don't piss Bloomberg off so much that he reneges on his	Mike 03	Feb 2020	#12
Sounds like an appropriate description to me n/t	Devil Child	Feb 2020	#13
Bloomberg is the dictionary definition of an oligarch.	Aaron Pereira	Feb 2020	#15
Not so much (please note last sentence)	LakeArenal	Feb 2020	#31
No he's not.	lapucelle	Feb 2020	#38
Yeah, that's a big problem for nina	Cha	Feb 2020	#40
The BS campaign seems really scared about Bloomberg's entrance.	lapucelle	Feb 2020	#44
Bloomberg is America's 8th richest man spending 100's of Millions on political influence.	Aaron Pereira	Feb 2020	#47
If you read the definitions others have provided in this	spooky3	Feb 2020	#52
OK. I'll bookmark and review again in the third week of July.	Aaron Pereira	Feb 2020	#60
Poor Nina doesn't realize that "oligarch" (like "socialism") is a real word	lapucelle	Feb 2020	#53
There truth hurts obviously!!	InAbLuEsTaTe	Feb 2020	#56
I don't like Nina Turner very much but she isn't wrong.	phleshdef	Feb 2020	#18
Nice to see some intellectual honesty... RESPECT!!	InAbLuEsTaTe	Feb 2020	#57
This is strange, because...	Mike Nelson	Feb 2020	#21
See this:	highplainsdem	Feb 2020	#25
Got it...	Mike Nelson	Feb 2020	#29
BS voted with the Republicans 5 times against the Brady Bill	lapucelle	Feb 2020	#39
I used to be Rich!	BadGimp	Feb 2020	#22
Hmmmm. . . . .	Jake Stern	Feb 2020	#23
so is multi millionaire bernie. b ig deal nt	msongs	Feb 2020	#27
Turner	evertonfc	Feb 2020	#32
Not impressed by Turner. Makes me question Bernie's judgement	badhair77	Feb 2020	#33
Very poor judgement	PatSeg	Feb 2020	#34
Again. And again. And again.	OneMoreCupOfCoffee	Feb 2020	#42
Yes	PatSeg	Feb 2020	#61
Nina Turner: Shit Stirrer	sueunderh	Feb 2020	#41
yeah, sounds like nina is desperate.	Cha	Feb 2020	#43
Prof. Jason Johnson does a good job on this silly claim	Gothmog	Feb 2020	#49
I'd say Plutocrat for those offended with the term Oligarch.	jalan48	Feb 2020	#50
As Nicolle Wallace said, a Republican would gladly take	spooky3	Feb 2020	#51
I'm sorry but he is	JonLP24	Feb 2020	#62

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