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Bubzer

(4,211 posts)
5. Oh, right. THATS what hillary was doing... raising money for down-ballot Democrats...
Sat Apr 16, 2016, 01:21 AM
Apr 2016

Do you think we were born yesterday? Anyone who's bothered to follow what's happening with the money knows the money is flowing into the DNC where it's magically free of all campaign donation restrictions, then redirected back into Hillary's coffers. It's legalized money laundering.

And while you're crook of a candidate was engaging in legalized money laundering, Bernie actually was bringing attention to the poor...like he's done this WHOLE CAMPAIGN!

Sanders at Vatican says rich-poor gap worse than 100 years ago

U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, addressing a Vatican conference on social justice on Friday, decried the "immoral" gap between the world's rich and poor that he said was worse than a century ago.
The Democratic hopeful from Vermont has campaigned on a vow to rein in corporate power and level the economic playing field for working and lower-income Americans who he says have been left behind, a message echoing that of Pope Francis.

The trip is inconveniently timed for 74-year-old senator, coming four days before a Democratic party primary in New York. A loss there would blunt his momentum after winning seven of the last eight state contests and give front-runner Hillary Clinton a boost in her drive to the party’s presidential nomination.
Sanders said in his speech to the Pontifical Academy of Social Science that the Roman Catholic Church's first encyclical on social justice, written in 1891 by Pope Leo XIII, lamented the enormous gap between the rich and the poor.

"That situation is worse today. In the year 2016, the top 1 percent of the people on this planet own more wealth than the bottom 99 percent," the self-described democratic socialist said.
"At a time when so few have so much, and so many have so little, we must reject the foundations of this contemporary economy as immoral and unsustainable," he said.


http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders-vatican-speech-idUSKCN0XC1V9

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I can't even imagine what the just desserts were like tomm2thumbs Apr 2016 #1
No, Hillary was in Harlem bringing attention to public housing conditions. SunSeeker Apr 2016 #2
man, that kool aid must taste amazing Feeling the Bern Apr 2016 #4
Oh, right. THATS what hillary was doing... raising money for down-ballot Democrats... Bubzer Apr 2016 #5
Bernie won't be able to do squat unless the Dems take back Congress and lexington filly Apr 2016 #20
Maybe you just don't get this - yeah, we believe Hillary could get things done - things like war and djean111 Apr 2016 #28
Hillary could raise a billion for down ticket dems, but kracer20 Apr 2016 #33
+10000 Firebrand Gary Apr 2016 #7
Please clap. BeanMusical Apr 2016 #13
-10000 Bubzer Apr 2016 #14
Ths is Democratic Underground, not Alice in Wonderland, redux. JDPriestly Apr 2016 #8
Actually, that's a campaign finance loophole. Scootaloo Apr 2016 #17
+1000 stonecutter357 Apr 2016 #22
Rake those millions in from big dollar donors Hillary tomm2thumbs Apr 2016 #3
Get a good Job With More Pay And Your Okay Duckfan Apr 2016 #6
This. Maynar Apr 2016 #11
But I'm quite sure they fed the poor with their leftovers Lunabell Apr 2016 #9
Don't look at this, there's nothing to see here tomm2thumbs Apr 2016 #10
Kick and R BeanMusical Apr 2016 #12
So very "In your Face", isn't she..... SammyWinstonJack Apr 2016 #15
More accurate headline jmowreader Apr 2016 #16
What a load... SoapBox Apr 2016 #19
+1000 stonecutter357 Apr 2016 #23
Hate to burst your bubble, but candidates fly all over the place every day, nothing illegal FailureToCommunicate Apr 2016 #25
I guess we'll find out as time passes... apcalc Apr 2016 #30
Easy jmowreader Apr 2016 #36
Excellent points apcalc Apr 2016 #29
At what point? tomm2thumbs Apr 2016 #18
when i herd bernie and his bro's wher going to see the pope . stonecutter357 Apr 2016 #21
wut Aldo Leopold Apr 2016 #24
Coffee is ready. Any takers? FailureToCommunicate Apr 2016 #26
computer programming failure tomm2thumbs Apr 2016 #32
Which she is giving most of apcalc Apr 2016 #27
The Party has no allegiance to US any more. That's the problem. djean111 Apr 2016 #31
*Changing Times: Rising New Progressives Contesting Third Way Politics, the Inevitable.* appalachiablue Apr 2016 #35
What is left of the Hillary Victory Fund, goes to the State Democratic Party AFTER the nomination. DhhD Apr 2016 #34
I guess fifty is "many" jmowreader Apr 2016 #37
Let's see how the Big Apple does with Bill's, Obama's and Ryan's shake down of the Big Three. DhhD Apr 2016 #38
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