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George II

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13. He's paying an entire national campaign staff, not buying them. Sanders pays his campaign staff....

Reply to HerbChestnut (Reply #8)

Mon Feb 17, 2020, 12:55 PM

Feb 2020

...too.

His advertising isn't buying votes, it's giving his positions on the issues, just like any other candidate.

So, if he wasn't running, Sanders would be the highest spending candidate, does that mean he would be "buying" the election? Money is money - Bloomberg's is the same color as Sanders'.

Sanders and his supporters are just upset because his title of #1 spending has been assumed by Bloomberg.

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

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Sanders hits Bloomberg for trying 'to buy the presidency' [View all] RandySF Feb 2020 OP

Focus, Bernie, focus. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2020 #1

Satchel Paige: "Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you." George II Feb 2020 #6

Bloomberg hasn't paid for a single vote. George II Feb 2020 #2

Bernie's not wrong. HerbChestnut Feb 2020 #3

What has he bought? George II Feb 2020 #7

Quite a bit. HerbChestnut Feb 2020 #8

So those of us who like him have "bought"? TheCowsCameHome Feb 2020 #11

He's paying an entire national campaign staff, not buying them. Sanders pays his campaign staff.... George II Feb 2020 #13

Spending your own money on ads is not "buying the presidency"; promising freebies and giveaways LongtimeAZDem Feb 2020 #4

This! Rorey Feb 2020 #15

+1 Green Line Feb 2020 #23

It's going to take millions of dollars of ads to defeat trump onenote Feb 2020 #5

Plutocracy jalan48 Feb 2020 #9

Over $100 Million was spent in Iowa alone, the campaign which Bloomberg sat out, and ... SWBTATTReg Feb 2020 #10

promising potential voters "free ....whatever" is also buying the election Fresh_Start Feb 2020 #12

Everyone running are in a way buying the presidency ... CatMor Feb 2020 #14

I have a problem with all the ad-buying anyway Bayard Feb 2020 #16

Yes. AKA Facebook, actual Russian interference techniques, etc. /nt jmg257 Feb 2020 #17

Most people are easily swayed by advertising gollygee Feb 2020 #18

oh the hypocricy it berns lol. like bernie is not spending millions nt msongs Feb 2020 #19

Isn't that the truth? Vivienne235729 Feb 2020 #21

Says the guy who's been non stop campaigning for 5 years. Says the guy who was annoyed having UniteFightBack Feb 2020 #20

"Sanders spent a whopping $50 million in the last three months of 2019" LongtimeAZDem Feb 2020 #22

Bernie is correct jcgoldie Feb 2020 #24