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Uh huh...
I'll take that as conceding my point.
Uh huh...
Turns out that failing school also somehow had the money to pay his daughter a half-million to teach a "woodworking" class. :shrug: so it looks like there might be.
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Wow. Is that all you need to be convinced?
That people who have the ability to abuse power to enrich themselves tend to do so?
Well, no - I was fairly certain of that long before.
:shrug: It looks like some fairly low-grade corruption/nepotism (he couldn't, for example, hold a candle up to Maxine Waters or Harry Reid), mostly made noteworthy due to his tendency to rail against this sort of thing.
And sanders couldn't hold a candle to the nepotism and conflicts of interest that trump and his family holds that you support. Be gone hypocrite and heal thyself before you complain.
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- A Republican lawyer who reported independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and his wife to federal officials was passing on information he heard from a GOP lawmaker who said he didn't have direct knowledge of the allegations.
The lawyer, Brady Toensing, sent letters to the U.S. attorney for Vermont and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. alleging that Sen. Sanders pressured a bank to approve a loan to a now-closed college run by Sanders' wife.
The source of that information was Republican State Rep. Don Turner, the minority leader of the Vermont House.
Turner told WCAX-TV that friends at the bank described pressure from Sanders' office, but he says those friends didn't have direct knowledge of the negotiations. Turner says he told Toensing about it in May 2016, adding that he would not have brought it to the attention of federal investigators.
This is the problem with 3rd parties... tough to get your message out when the campaign budget barely covers a MickyD's lunch for the staff.
That people who have the ability to abuse power to enrich themselves tend to do so?
Well, no - I was fairly certain of that long before.
:shrug: It looks like some fairly low-grade corruption/nepotism (he couldn't, for example, hold a candle up to Maxine Waters or Harry Reid), mostly made noteworthy due to his tendency to rail against this sort of thing.
No, not my point. That people can be easily swayed by heresy and claims that are pulled out of an ass. Think logically, Will.
:shrug: I find it more likely than not, which is not at all certain, not least because I find I am less likely to go wrong betting on human frailty and pride. Given that there is an investigation, it seems we are going to see.
Simply because a politician publicly pushes policies you like, doesn't make them "good people", nor does pushing policies you disagree with make someone a "bad person". The desire to conflate the two is behind a lot of our public acrimony and willful ignorance, these days.
You fail to understand Bernie. Take a look at history and I dare yo to tell me he is fake and that he got into politics to line his own pockets. These days, most polticians only care to create policy and push agenda for the people...err... the people who give them the most money.
Bernie is fake and he got into politics to line his own pockets.:mrgreen: