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Zolorp

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21. Hypocrisy is as hypocrisy does

Reply to Uncle Joe (Reply #19)

Sun Feb 16, 2020, 05:47 PM

Feb 2020

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

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I'm running against some folks who are billionaires. [View all] Uncle Joe Feb 2020 OP

And here is Bernie, a mere lowly millionaire! tritsofme Feb 2020 #1

One million dollars is not enough to finance a primary campaign. totodeinhere Feb 2020 #2

+ the obvious Uncle Joe Feb 2020 #3

Whose supporters constantly remind everyone about how much money he raises. HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #5

In comparison Sanders net worth is $2 million and Bloomberg's is $61.7 billion. CentralMass Feb 2020 #40

Even though he only has a 'mere' $2 million, he still hides some of his financial situation. keithbvadu2 Feb 2020 #42

HYPOCRISY wrapped up in a pipe dream. nt UniteFightBack Feb 2020 #59

Post removed Post removed Feb 2020 #4

Same ole smears about democrats. boston bean Feb 2020 #6

Are the Republicans corrupted or corruptible by big money? Uncle Joe Feb 2020 #9

Are democrats corrupt? Yes or No. you answer the question. boston bean Feb 2020 #10

Are Democrats human? Yes or No. you answer the question. Uncle Joe Feb 2020 #11

If you are gonna go in circles. You can do so yourself. boston bean Feb 2020 #35

Is accepting big donations and hiding the donors' identity corrupt? Yes or No. ehrnst Feb 2020 #57

Yep Zolorp Feb 2020 #16

Yep. If only he focused just a bit on Tramp sometimes, he'd have some cred. Amimnoch Feb 2020 #22

What he is saying is that the U.S. has become an Oligarchy. CentralMass Feb 2020 #41

Dems are the only ones standing between this country going into the abyss - nobody should be UniteFightBack Feb 2020 #60

BS always bitched about millionaires until he became one. democratisphere Feb 2020 #7

Yep. Skidmore Feb 2020 #26

Funny how millionaires are not evil anymore! redstateblues Feb 2020 #28

Well ... if you could take ALL their money it might work ... mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #8

class warfare evertonfc Feb 2020 #12

A millionaire is running against a billionaire. RandySF Feb 2020 #13

A millionaire financed and given voice by more average Americans than any other Uncle Joe Feb 2020 #14

And how many of his books did the campaign buy? RandySF Feb 2020 #20

Bernie's own book of the month club Skidmore Feb 2020 #29

Selling one's wares on Amazon really can bring in the $$$... ehrnst Feb 2020 #58

for a little context. .. if dollars were seconds, a million bucks would be 11days. a billion Kurt V. Feb 2020 #36

That makes Bernie 22 days and Bloomberg 1,800 years. Or so. nt PETRUS Feb 2020 #44

And yet, nobody knows how many billionaires fund his Super PAC. Zolorp Feb 2020 #15

That's Super PACs - plural. George II Feb 2020 #18

Using your logic, no doubt there must be a bunch of billionaires just chomping at the bit Uncle Joe Feb 2020 #19

Hypocrisy is as hypocrisy does Zolorp Feb 2020 #21

Uh, both of the billionaires currently running for our nomination have proposed raising their taxes. W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #34

Oh geeze, poor downtrodden multimillionaire. Did he say he's running against DEMOCRATS? George II Feb 2020 #17

Or worse, some of his funding may be coming from actual full on Republicans. Amimnoch Feb 2020 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author Uncle Joe Feb 2020 #27

"I'm running against some folks who are Democrats" brooklynite Feb 2020 #24

Hmm.. so "billionaire" support or "Republican" Support. Amimnoch Feb 2020 #25

Didn't you say you would vote for Trump over Bernie? Uncle Joe Feb 2020 #30

It's beyond me how Bernie and his supporters don't get it. beastie boy Feb 2020 #31

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Poor, poor Burnie. Still In Wisconsin Feb 2020 #32

I'd prefer you take their billionaire money and just not sell out... W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #33

Yeah. I don't know where the notion that if you take money from some people, you Blue_true Feb 2020 #37

Sanders and his people -- that's where that notion came from. W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #38

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"Use your head man.." ehrnst Feb 2020 #49

Anybody that studies these things will say big numbers are hard to comprehend. for anybody. Kurt V. Feb 2020 #39

You can't win an election without money gollygee Feb 2020 #43

Sanders returns the donations from billionaires. denem Feb 2020 #45

There are some questions... ehrnst Feb 2020 #50

I trust Bloomberg money more than Sanders supporters money. radius777 Feb 2020 #46

How about big donors whose identities are hidden? ehrnst Feb 2020 #51

TELL 'EM UNCLE JOE!! GREAT POST... SO EFFIN' TRUE!! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #52

Then there's this little detail... ehrnst Feb 2020 #56

What happened to those evil millionaires. democratisphere Feb 2020 #53

"folks" and "billionaires" don't go together. betsuni Feb 2020 #54

So if Bernie is elected, greymattermom Feb 2020 #55