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LovingA2andMI

(7,006 posts)
155. Waiting On That...
Wed Apr 10, 2019, 11:43 PM
Apr 2019

Think it will be a LONG wait....

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
Let's face this fact: Sanders is not a very likable person. madaboutharry Apr 2019 #1
Um, that's a matter of opinion, whathehell Apr 2019 #42
He is cantankerous and has a sharp tongue. madaboutharry Apr 2019 #44
I Guess Since He's Going On 78, Some Accept His Acerbic Personality--I Don't! DoctorJoJo Apr 2019 #48
And some accept Joe Biden's handsy personality. I don't. Cheap_Trick Apr 2019 #91
He's no different. nt fleabiscuit Apr 2019 #176
So you wont vote for Joe in the election? Eliot Rosewater Apr 2019 #207
:) His personality is over seven decades old also. I don't either. Hortensis Apr 2019 #189
He is well known for this in the Senate the way someone in the R party is also Eliot Rosewater Apr 2019 #208
I've read some of those stories, Hortensis Apr 2019 #211
Many are like that, at times -- That doesn't mean it comprises whathehell Apr 2019 #50
Why was that an 'awful' answer? Oh, Bernie bias. onit2day Apr 2019 #65
Huh?...You got the wrong poster, dude whathehell Apr 2019 #73
It's not... Bernie is literally and figuratively "right on the money," as usual!! InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2019 #202
He may be BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #210
It's apparent to most people. we can do it Apr 2019 #179
Not to his (many) supporters whathehell Apr 2019 #182
Nonsense. That's not a fact. People who know him love him I resent your onit2day Apr 2019 #46
I am not a Russian troll, LOL! madaboutharry Apr 2019 #100
I have my good eye on you. WeekiWater Apr 2019 #106
I don't even mind him not being a nice guy as Hortensis Apr 2019 #212
This Madtown Apr 2019 #132
It's a "Fact" for many of us. BS is Cha Apr 2019 #163
How Dare you Ask "madaboutharry" if she's a "Russian Troll".. Cha Apr 2019 #164
Projection? ehrnst Apr 2019 #190
You earn respect. It is not just given. namahage Apr 2019 #217
David Sirota, Nina Turner, and Briahna Joy Gray. All who voted for Jill Stein, and encouraged still_one Apr 2019 #218
BS was pretty crabby to the reporter who asked him about his status as a millionaire one percenter. lapucelle Apr 2019 #227
Having witnessed him speak with 20,000 other supporters with another 8 000 in CentralMass Apr 2019 #53
I don't care how many you witnessed. BS Cha Apr 2019 #175
Neither was Hillary Cheap_Trick Apr 2019 #74
This message was self-deleted by its author Cheap_Trick Apr 2019 #83
Yes, she is. BS is too Divisive. Cha Apr 2019 #174
Agree. Who in Congress works with him? apcalc Apr 2019 #94
That's a matter of opinion. Mine. LakeArenal Apr 2019 #108
Couldn't have said it better!! Thx Thekaspervote Apr 2019 #131
He looks like a crabby guy JonLP24 Apr 2019 #225
A bit of a funny part about it. WeekiWater Apr 2019 #2
It is the hypocrisy BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #3
I could be mistaken but progressoid Apr 2019 #8
Private speech's, which the public cannot be allowed to hear. bahrbearian Apr 2019 #11
Yes, bah, they WERE private speeches, luvtheGWN Apr 2019 #99
It is lost on some people BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #141
Yes, set himself up as mr perfect.. Cha Apr 2019 #12
"Pull yourself up by your book straps" crazytown Apr 2019 #16
"Pull yourself up by your book flaps.." Cha Apr 2019 #64
Pretty sure the millionaire saint declined to partake in the GOP tax heist, dalton99a Apr 2019 #27
"We know we've got to attack poverty by making sure the economy works for everybody. " progressoid Apr 2019 #34
His book doesn't change his ideology. It encourages it. What is wrong with U onit2day Apr 2019 #68
Backatcha "what is wrong with you?" Cha Apr 2019 #71
"What is wrong with you" WeekiWater Apr 2019 #104
Oh yeah.. I agree! Cha Apr 2019 #168
Cha... Lefta Dissenter Apr 2019 #134
Obviously! Cha Apr 2019 #170
No fair!! You used full words! And punctuation!!! ehrnst Apr 2019 #192
You keep sharing that like it's a negative or something... TCJ70 Apr 2019 #70
BS can drop Cha Apr 2019 #76
Why? Why would his financial status... TCJ70 Apr 2019 #79
His financial status BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #186
Its absolutely not. N/t TCJ70 Apr 2019 #194
You are not mistaken. And they know it. Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2019 #19
He never got into how millionaires and billionaires got there, just that they were.... George II Apr 2019 #32
If he's willing to raise taxes on himself, it's not hypocrisy. (n/t) thesquanderer Apr 2019 #43
How do we know he's willing to raise taxes on himself? That's precisely why Americans.... George II Apr 2019 #55
non sequitur thesquanderer Apr 2019 #105
This message was self-deleted by its author revmclaren Apr 2019 #166
Bookmarked (U) revmclaren Apr 2019 #167
This exactly. It deserves its own thread. we can do it Apr 2019 #181
Yeah, did he thank Hillary? Cha Apr 2019 #6
Yes he did by campaigning for her more than any other elected official onit2day Apr 2019 #82
This is highly inaccurate. WeekiWater Apr 2019 #147
What? lunamagica Apr 2019 #158
Why can't poor people just write a best selling book? redstateblues Apr 2019 #9
+1 dalton99a Apr 2019 #25
I think he is being a little sarcastic with that comment. nt Lucky Luciano Apr 2019 #67
Never said that and never said it was poor people's solution to income inequality onit2day Apr 2019 #87
Why didn't he donate all the money? Redistribute the wealth. nt UniteFightBack Apr 2019 #124
You could say BS is one wealthy socialist! dubyadiprecession Apr 2019 #205
You mean like J K Rowling? Lazy Daisy Apr 2019 #162
"Pull yourself up by your bootstraps, kids!" Politicub Apr 2019 #90
I guess it makes you grumpy to be a 1%er redstateblues Apr 2019 #4
Is it Bernie one of the Millionaires He Complained About When.... LovingA2andMI Apr 2019 #154
"Pull yourself up by your Cha Apr 2019 #5
Book straps, like this? PADemD Apr 2019 #20
Probably a better read than anything Bernie has written. BannonsLiver Apr 2019 #35
Not that I'll ever find out. PADemD Apr 2019 #135
This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver Apr 2019 #139
Lol, good one! Tipperary Apr 2019 #183
This is not the smartest answer? "If you write a best selling book,.." Stuart G Apr 2019 #7
His answer wasn't awful or serious and of no consequence. Only those with onit2day Apr 2019 #95
I will vote for our nominee. Yes, if Bernie is our candidate, I will vote for him. Stuart G Apr 2019 #142
"Bernie derangement syndrome" ehrnst Apr 2019 #191
I thought it was funny. But I have a New York sense of humor. (n/t) thesquanderer Apr 2019 #107
Is that why he's changed his criticism of "millionaires" to "billionaire class?" ehrnst Apr 2019 #193
1 million or multi-millions doesn't make you a 1 percenter. And I don't see the answer as awful. n LAS14 Apr 2019 #10
His annual income has been at one percent status for a couple of years. WeekiWater Apr 2019 #18
Big deal...He's in his late 70's and, unlike a few others in the party, whathehell Apr 2019 #37
Apparently the other poster thinks it means something. WeekiWater Apr 2019 #39
The intent of your post wasn't clear to me, whathehell Apr 2019 #41
Uh, what now? Multi-millions doesn't make you a 1 percenter? Maven Apr 2019 #22
8 point something for wealth is required. Two or three or five million doesn't get you there. nt LAS14 Apr 2019 #31
And where did you get that number? namahage Apr 2019 #150
Underline mine LAS14 Apr 2019 #195
So he's been a "1%-er" for two years going on three? George II Apr 2019 #120
Surely Bernie is going to redistribute that wealth, right? Kahuna7 Apr 2019 #13
Of course he has not BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #15
I'm going to tweet that question to him. Kahuna7 Apr 2019 #30
"Of course" you know nothing of what he has done or will do whathehell Apr 2019 #38
Over a half a million dollar lake front vacation home. WeekiWater Apr 2019 #148
He's not entitled to this? whathehell Apr 2019 #161
Yes, he's entitled. WeekiWater Apr 2019 #178
That's why I was asking. Because I don't know... Kahuna7 Apr 2019 #180
I want to see if sanders has made any charitable donations Gothmog Apr 2019 #233
Waiting On That... LovingA2andMI Apr 2019 #155
. melman Apr 2019 #14
Lol Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2019 #23
Goddammit. Now I have to agree with Cilizza on something? Maven Apr 2019 #17
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2019 #21
At least the book and the contents are available to everyone. aikoaiko Apr 2019 #24
Noticed yesterday that the wording isn't very firm happybird Apr 2019 #26
You're exactly right BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #28
BS the millionaire ! stonecutter357 Apr 2019 #29
I THINK you will see them???? murielm99 Apr 2019 #33
When he starts giving speeches for half a million dollars a pop to big Wall Street banks like jalan48 Apr 2019 #36
Exactly, whathehell Apr 2019 #40
The same people raised questions about why wasn't he more wealthy. Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2019 #45
What about Old Towne Media, LLC? BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #47
Meh, chicken feed. He can make tens of millions giving "speeches" to big corps and banks. jalan48 Apr 2019 #111
lol BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #116
Ya think? jalan48 Apr 2019 #127
He wants to nationalize them BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #129
Ding Ding Ding Lazy Daisy Apr 2019 #165
Besides, he's a sitting Senator, so it would be ILLEGAL to pay him to speak KitSileya Apr 2019 #173
+1 betsuni Apr 2019 #209
You are wrong BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #187
How could BS earn money making speeches? Politicians who are still in office are prohibited. lapucelle Apr 2019 #220
Good point. Bernie should be sucking up to the big banks and corps now so that he can make those jalan48 Apr 2019 #221
No need. The folks at Lockheed Martin are already familiar lapucelle Apr 2019 #222
+++ sheshe2 Apr 2019 #223
Or infomercials: Anyone Can Be a Millionaire! (just write a bestselling book) lapucelle Apr 2019 #224
Look for Bernie to be making those $500,000 speeches when he retires? jalan48 Apr 2019 #230
I am curious about this also Gothmog Apr 2019 #234
Remember how $29 million from the Trump Inaugural BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #235
BINGO! Cheap_Trick Apr 2019 #86
What does that have to do with the discussion? George II Apr 2019 #117
One percenter BS gave a tone-deaf answer to a question about his wealth. lapucelle Apr 2019 #226
FDR was worth 60 million when he took office. Buzz cook Apr 2019 #49
FDR and Al Gore BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #56
Perhaps Buzz cook Apr 2019 #113
... BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #115
A nice effort BannonsLiver Apr 2019 #57
But Sanders has not refused. Buzz cook Apr 2019 #118
It is a refusal until they are released. BannonsLiver Apr 2019 #140
I hate that I have to defend Sanders. Buzz cook Apr 2019 #206
That's not the argument at all. It's not that it's inherently wrong to be a millionaire - The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2019 #72
Is the purity brigade Buzz cook Apr 2019 #121
But he didn't run around acting like a miser in a bad suit Politicub Apr 2019 #92
So has Sanders been claiming to be a pauper? Buzz cook Apr 2019 #123
I haven't paid close enough attention to him to know Politicub Apr 2019 #136
That's current dollars, he was worth a lot less than that (but a millionaire) In current dollars.... George II Apr 2019 #122
FDR Buzz cook Apr 2019 #125
That's a lot different than what we've been seeing/hearing the last few years. George II Apr 2019 #128
Sadly Buzz cook Apr 2019 #137
Bernie just went bust lgrnwd Apr 2019 #51
I hope you are correct. comradebillyboy Apr 2019 #69
"so I think you will see them" Me. Apr 2019 #52
Is the Purity Brigade going to freak out when they discover that Bernie has a lot of money? The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2019 #54
On the contrary BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #58
it's always been okay to be rich paulkienitz Apr 2019 #62
Most will just ignore it BannonsLiver Apr 2019 #60
The only "Purity Brigade" around here... TCJ70 Apr 2019 #77
wait, what is the problem here? paulkienitz Apr 2019 #59
Ever heard Marie Antoinette? BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #61
sorry, there's no way you can fit Bernie into that mold. Comparison does not compute. paulkienitz Apr 2019 #63
It fits perfectly BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #78
It's a sarcastic comment clearly. In other words upwards mobility in today's society is... Lucky Luciano Apr 2019 #80
Except he made a lot of money writing a book. kcr Apr 2019 #145
Keep up the good work Cheap_Trick Apr 2019 #89
My new novel: How I went from being a Sanders supporter to undecided. snort Apr 2019 #66
lol nt BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #75
You will find undecided to be more comfortable. Blue_true Apr 2019 #146
Seeing through Bernie rebe303 Apr 2019 #81
+1,000,000 nt BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #84
He endorsed Clinton two weeks BEFORE the convention... TCJ70 Apr 2019 #88
Endorse whomever please rebe303 Apr 2019 #96
This.... LovingA2andMI Apr 2019 #156
Post removed Post removed Apr 2019 #85
Idc how much money Bernie makes. I do care a bit how nominees earn their money and taxes they pay. Freethinker65 Apr 2019 #93
Someone 65 or older who has had an average salary of $165,000 for 25 years, and has conservative jg10003 Apr 2019 #97
I can't believe zentrum Apr 2019 #98
Not Spiteful just not blind rebe303 Apr 2019 #103
Well, I'm sure glad zentrum Apr 2019 #110
His single payer proposal is just a stunt BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #114
Wow. Just wow. zentrum Apr 2019 #144
People start medical practices and hospitals BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #149
You're missing the point. zentrum Apr 2019 #184
Government payments are not profit driven BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #185
Strange... Mike Nelson Apr 2019 #101
If Sanders was NOT a millionaire at age 78 at140 Apr 2019 #102
Oh, so MSM is deciding who we vote for, again yaesu Apr 2019 #109
Chris Cillizza isn't the dumbest pundit out there, but he's trying to be! aidbo Apr 2019 #112
As the old saying goes BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #126
Exactly zero Sanders supporters care that he's a millionaire. aidbo Apr 2019 #152
Yes .. it is more about idol worship BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #153
Precisely the opposite. aidbo Apr 2019 #159
Then why did he drop "millionaires" from his shouts? BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #188
His shouts? Gimme a break. aidbo Apr 2019 #200
+1 BannonsLiver Apr 2019 #197
Maybe I am dense, but I don't see the problem with that answer. Sapient Donkey Apr 2019 #119
yes you are right...Hillary would NEVER have said that... samnsara Apr 2019 #130
Hillary, Bill, Obama, Biden, Beto, Kamala, Warren, Klobuchar, Mayor Pete BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #133
"free stuff" Blues Heron Apr 2019 #138
Post removed Post removed Apr 2019 #169
For all to know.The orignal title of this post (at the top) is taken directly from the story at CNN. Stuart G Apr 2019 #143
I thought it was funny in a "Is this a great country or what?" MaryMagdaline Apr 2019 #151
How Time Sure Changes a Person -- And A Bit Of $$$.... LovingA2andMI Apr 2019 #157
BS sounds.. Cha Apr 2019 #171
He has become a "corporate Democrat" nt BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #204
Chris Cillizza is an ass. Sorry. He's as biased as they come when it comes to Bernie. KPN Apr 2019 #160
None of that means he's wrong about this particular issue. BannonsLiver Apr 2019 #196
That's your opinion. Mine is different. He is wrong in my opinion. KPN Apr 2019 #198
Oh sure, Cillizza is all of those things and more. BannonsLiver Apr 2019 #199
I guess when I heard it, I didn't take it that way. It was Bernie being Bernie. Straightforward KPN Apr 2019 #201
Bernie being Bernie BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #215
LOL, I've seen the book. It knocks Democrats. That's how he made his nut ucrdem Apr 2019 #172
I dout he will get far into the debates. fleabiscuit Apr 2019 #177
He'll stick around long past the point of no return ucrdem Apr 2019 #236
With that kind of money... dubyadiprecession Apr 2019 #203
Can you imagine if Hillary used such a bad answer?? Gothmog Apr 2019 #213
sanders has not yet reported what happened to 2016 campaign funds Gothmog Apr 2019 #214
Very important point BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #216
For this thread Gothmog Apr 2019 #219
For a comment like that, Turbineguy Apr 2019 #228
KICK! Cha Apr 2019 #229
BS has become the person he's been fighting against for decades n/t SFnomad Apr 2019 #231
Bazinga! George II Apr 2019 #237
I didn't find it awful artislife Apr 2019 #232
Mahalo, BlueFlorida.. Cha Apr 2019 #238
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