Democratic Primaries

RockRaven

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8. This bears the hallmarks of posturing...

Thu Feb 13, 2020, 01:37 AM

Feb 2020

maybe it is not thus, but it sure as hell looks like it. Why? Because the most valuable, precious, and limited resource a Senator and presidential candidate has is TIME. And shopping at Ross is a bad allocation of one's hyper-limited time due to the variability and unreliability of their stock. Thus one must conclude this is merely virtue signaling. Utterly transparent, manipulative virtue signaling.

One must ask what he thinks of voters' intelligence that he thinks such a gambit will be helpful.

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

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Can you imagine any other presidential candidate shopping at Ross? [View all] ansible Feb 2020 OP

Sanders is a millionaire. madaboutharry Feb 2020 #1

I agree. wisteria Feb 2020 #5

Which of his Three Homes Will He Keep His Clothes At? TomCADem Feb 2020 #6

I remember when Michelle Obama sneaked out of the WH to shop at Target. BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #16

Does it also offend you that he does his own grocery shopping? HerbChestnut Feb 2020 #22

Nobody gives a shit. RandySF Feb 2020 #26

Post removed Post removed Feb 2020 #32

you got that right Skittles Feb 2020 #44

Someone seems to care lol David__77 Feb 2020 #31

Hanafords on North Avenue, Burlington! karynnj Feb 2020 #66

You can tell by all the Armani they're usually dressed in. Indepatriot Feb 2020 #35

I got an Armani suit at a thrift store. Some folks just gotta hate, I guess... ehrnst Feb 2020 #72

Yup. SKKY Feb 2020 #36

All politicians do things for show. chia Feb 2020 #60

Shopping at places like Ross may be why he's a millionaire Generic Brad Feb 2020 #69

A net worth of $2m. Because he wrote a book. Doremus Feb 2020 #70

lol fail ! stonecutter357 Feb 2020 #2

I imagine one has a lot of shopping to do when one owns three houses. RandySF Feb 2020 #3

I want my a President to be better dressed wisteria Feb 2020 #4

What a strangely elitist, disconnected thing to say. Gravitycollapse Feb 2020 #9

Got some nice rattan baskets and a pretty rug at Ross. BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #13

Wow! I shop at Ross - you can get lots of good brands there womanofthehills Feb 2020 #23

We shop at Ross too. Some folks just gotta hate, I guess... Indepatriot Feb 2020 #37

I guess you'd fit under the label of someone who looks down on others based on where they shop. cwydro Feb 2020 #51

I want my President's teeth not to fall out when he talks. zackymilly Feb 2020 #64

I'm not familiar with Ross, but aren't most of their products made in China? betsuni Feb 2020 #7

Ross sells discounted clothes from other stores/companies. Gravitycollapse Feb 2020 #10

Thanks. So it's like a promiscuous outlet. betsuni Feb 2020 #18

Post #4 on this thread rpannier Feb 2020 #48

Like TJ Maxx, they have a variety of stuff - not just clothes womanofthehills Feb 2020 #27

Oh yeah. I've bought food there before. Lol. Gravitycollapse Feb 2020 #29

They have the worst clothes here in Hawaii.. imo Cha Feb 2020 #11

They are pretty junky here in Hilo, too pandr32 Feb 2020 #78

Ross (Dress for Less) sells brand name items from last year, at a discount. You'd have to check each Hekate Feb 2020 #12

If I were a candidate I would make my staff find local businesses in states I was visiting and betsuni Feb 2020 #15

Ooooo-kay Hekate Feb 2020 #19

Sanders isn't "anti-trade" he's anti unregulated "free" trade. Big, Big, Difference! Indepatriot Feb 2020 #39

No, TPP wasn't unregulated free trade. betsuni Feb 2020 #49

Exactly democrattotheend Feb 2020 #73

This bears the hallmarks of posturing... RockRaven Feb 2020 #8

As you point out, the thing one spends most of at Ross is TIME. It takes a long time to sort thru... Hekate Feb 2020 #17

I can't stand the stores. Long racks stuffed with clothes. Messy. I hate shopping and this is the krissey Feb 2020 #20

There are voters in that store MoonlitKnight Feb 2020 #21

maybe he just needed some new pocket combs Captain Zero Feb 2020 #57

I don't know a single solitary soul who would look down on a Ross shopper Hekate Feb 2020 #14

Me, neither. That was exactly my reaction. nt pnwmom Feb 2020 #47

I am not familiar with that store. SamKnause Feb 2020 #24

Next he'll be promising free 10 packs of tube socks for all! Indepatriot Feb 2020 #25

America's sheep should have a right to unionize. HerbChestnut Feb 2020 #30

NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH Indepatriot Feb 2020 #40

The only issue I have with Ross RandySF Feb 2020 #28

Same Sunny Daze Feb 2020 #43

On the way to Betsy's place. Crowman Feb 2020 #33

I would like to see him at Dollar Tree. David__77 Feb 2020 #34

I go to Ross too, mainly for unique decor. But this explains a lot. ecstatic Feb 2020 #38

Lincoln was a pretty disheveled guy Captain Zero Feb 2020 #55

I knew a couple worth 300 million. they shopped at the dollar store jg10003 Feb 2020 #41

There's a book called The Millionaire Next Door. Many real millionaires like to save money pnwmom Feb 2020 #46

IMO, the winning answer TruckFump Feb 2020 #67

As the transfer of wealth continues, the millionaires will be shopping at Ross, democratisphere Feb 2020 #42

He's going there to meet voters. (Which is why there's a camera person behind them.) pnwmom Feb 2020 #45

Yikes, you really know people who would "look down":on others based on where they shop? cwydro Feb 2020 #50

Cheap? pertello Feb 2020 #52

Can you imagine being naive enough Codeine Feb 2020 #53

Yes, of course... Mike Nelson Feb 2020 #54

The Chico Store, sunny California. Captain Zero Feb 2020 #56

Some of my wealthiest friends are just plain cheap. doc03 Feb 2020 #58

I can easily see Pete doing so dsc Feb 2020 #59

Maybe the guy who's net worth is less than a million? brooklynite Feb 2020 #61

No one in my middle class life would look down on me for shopping at Ross, which I've done chia Feb 2020 #62

Yes and at Target tooooooooooo...... Iliyah Feb 2020 #63

Yes I can imagine mercuryblues Feb 2020 #65

Who cares? I'm serious. yardwork Feb 2020 #68

It's wise to have oneself photographed going shopping somewhere other than Kohl's... ehrnst Feb 2020 #71

You can buy home decorations threre. Very useful if you own three houses Jose Garcia Feb 2020 #74

Evelyn Yang said she is proud of finding bargains redqueen Feb 2020 #75

Kudos to them for having the money to shop at stores like Ross Kaleva Feb 2020 #76

Probably headed to Greatclips next. Good for him. n/t brewens Feb 2020 #77