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Re: Follow the Money: How Bernie Sanders' Campaign is One Giant Con on the American People 

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Tue, 05 Apr 16 6:23 PM | 44 view(s)
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Because Bernie Sanders' brand of socialism has always been to take away the wealth from those at the top. Having lived in squalor for all those years, Sanders never saw himself as part of that group even though now he very well could be a millionaire. Sanders saw a rich, elite class in this country that used whatever loopholes necessary to both keep and grow their wealth while he struggled with a series of professions while trying to figure how to make a career out of his political ideology. Like all of us, Sanders wanted to be wealthy and he found it grossly unfair that those at the top could maintain their wealthy lifestyle while those at the bottom such as himself had next to nothing. It was not until Sanders started making money himself that he choose to be a career politician where he could both make money and rail against those in power in this country.

So in April of 2015, after having served for 25 years in Congress Sanders chose to align himself with the Democratic Party to gain media exposure and resources.

He knew people wouldn't give significant amounts of money to a third party candidate so he usurped his position into a political party that would provide these for him. 
This decision has allowed Sanders both name recognition as well as the ability to raise money for his friends like Tad Devine. He has sold the idea of a "political revolution" to millions of people and has convinced them to donate to his campaign. Already he has spent $81 million including having outspent Hillary Clinton in multiple states. However his campaign is losing and losing badly, proving the ironic fact that a campaign doesn't have to spend the most money to get people excited and involved. Yet, even as the campaign is losing and heading for an inevitable defeat, Sanders is continuing to raise funds in an effort to convince his legion of supporters that victory is still possible
even though he is not raising any money for down-ballot Democratic candidates that would actually be the ones to actually put his political "revolution" in place. 




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Re: Follow the Money: How Bernie Sanders' Campaign is One Giant Con on the American People
By: clo in FFFT3
Tue, 05 Apr 16 6:19 PM 		Msg. 20717 of 65535

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The problem with Sanders is that this campaign has been the first time in his life that he has had access of millions of dollars and already we've seen the kind of problems this influx of cash can create. Despite raising more than $42 million in February, the campaign has been subject to two separate letters from the FEC in which the campaign received 665 potentially illegal foreign donations as well as over 3,500 donations that exceeded the maximum legal amount. Among those who over gave was none other than political commentator Bill Maher, someone who theoretically should be aware of election law. In addition, Sanders also received a mysterious $10 million contribution from Washington, D.C. which must legally be disclosed should any individual contributor donate more than $200. Even if this mystery contribution is made up of small donors giving $35 each that would require nearly 300,000 donations or roughly half the population of Washington, D.C. Something just isn't right.

Not only is the money coming in questionable, but the next issue becomes what that money is used for. According to the March FEC disbursement by Bernie 2016, the money raised is going to a variety of sources, both people and organizations. Most of it goes to sources like travel, hotels, food, communications, research, and promotion but a large part of it goes to campaign staff. Throughout Sanders' campaign, he has been adamant about his distrust and distaste for the political "establishment" of Washington, D.C. Yet his chief political strategist is a man by the name of Tad Devine who worked on Sanders' 1996 congressional campaign as well as his 2006 senatorial campaign. Devine has been a lifelong Washington insider having worked for a law firm that previously represented Monsanto as well has having worked on national Democratic campaigns for Michael Dukakis, Al Gore, and John Kerry. While Sanders' campaign manager Jeff Weaver netted a cool $9,900 for his efforts for the month, Devine earned a whopping $810,000 for his consulting firm Devine, Mulvey, and Longabaugh Inc. For those keeping score at home that's 30,000 $27 donations sent to Bernie to help defeat the millions and billionaires of the establishment in Washington, D.C.

But that was always the intent, we were simply too blind to see it.


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