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MaggieD

(7,393 posts)
Thu Mar 17, 2016, 06:25 PM Mar 2016

How many Super Pacs does Bernie have?

Should be no secret by now that one of my main beefs with Sanders is the bald faced lies he tells. For instance, he was never a champion of LGBT rights; he did vote against the auto bailout; he did vote for mass incarceration; he has voted against immigration reform; none of his pay-fors on his bills actually add up (and he knows it), etc.etc.

One of his most annoying lies that he repeats over and over is that he does not have a super pac. He has three, at least. Here's the new one, put together with his own former staff members. His pants are on fire!

http://time.com/4261350/bernie-sanders-super-pac-alaska-millenials/

"America’s Youth PAC was technically founded last year but was largely inactive until it hired a flush of new staff and endorsed Sanders on March 10. It draws its team almost exclusively on former Sanders campaign staffers who worked for the campaign as recently as last week. Its executive director, Johnson, was until last last Monday Sanders’ field director in Alaska, a top position in the state. Anthony Garcia, another super PAC staffer, was Sanders’ Alaska deputy field director. Jacob Daruvala, who is the super PAC’s communications director, worked under Johnson as a field organizer."

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How many Super Pacs does Bernie have? (Original Post) MaggieD Mar 2016 OP
Oh God. bravenak Mar 2016 #1
condolences, but welcome back to DU. KittyWampus Mar 2016 #7
Thank you bravenak Mar 2016 #9
Enough to make his NO PAC a lie. Nt. seabeyond Mar 2016 #2
Apparently his SuperPacs are outspending everyone else. giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #3
There are pictures of him appearing with his Nurse Super Pac MaggieD Mar 2016 #8
I guess he thinks that as long his name isn't on it it doesn't count. giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #10
"his" Qutzupalotl Mar 2016 #15
It's a SuperPAC pouring $$ into his election correct? giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #16
That's what I just said, he can't coordinate with them in any way Qutzupalotl Mar 2016 #17
Lol, no campaign can. duh. giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #18
Clinton found a way to coordinate: Qutzupalotl Mar 2016 #21
Valid question. yardwork Mar 2016 #4
The lies are one reason most minorities dont vote for him. One. nt LexVegas Mar 2016 #5
Our bullshit detectors are more refined. giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #11
0 content in your Desperate Dismissal, Truth about money coming from a Sell-out doesn't mean much . orpupilofnature57 Mar 2016 #6
No lmbradford Mar 2016 #12
Apparently you don't know what a super pac is MaggieD Mar 2016 #13
There's really nothing wrong with playing the hand you're dealt. Bleacher Creature Mar 2016 #14
and several of his staff just left to work for the super pac BainsBane Mar 2016 #19
This graph may help you. aikoaiko Mar 2016 #20
 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
1. Oh God.
Thu Mar 17, 2016, 06:27 PM
Mar 2016

They are already extra annoying on campus... Now this! Why me?
I have a landline so I KNOW they will be bugabooing.

 

KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)
7. condolences, but welcome back to DU.
Thu Mar 17, 2016, 06:37 PM
Mar 2016

My time-out gave me a chance to find some great alternative websites.

Qutzupalotl

(14,329 posts)
15. "his"
Thu Mar 17, 2016, 07:23 PM
Mar 2016

That makes it sound like he coordinates with them or controls them in any way, which he can't.

The Nurses PAC is not funded by billionaires.

 

giftedgirl77

(4,713 posts)
16. It's a SuperPAC pouring $$ into his election correct?
Thu Mar 17, 2016, 07:25 PM
Mar 2016

Maybe you haven't heard but campaigns can't have anything to do with superpacs??

Qutzupalotl

(14,329 posts)
17. That's what I just said, he can't coordinate with them in any way
Thu Mar 17, 2016, 07:27 PM
Mar 2016

and can't stop their free speech. He is not beholden to them or to any billionaires.

 

giftedgirl77

(4,713 posts)
18. Lol, no campaign can. duh.
Thu Mar 17, 2016, 07:33 PM
Mar 2016

But he's still utilizing a suoerpac in the same manner as every other candidate is he not? Who do you think is paying for all those ads. Hell at this point he needs to be thanking Rove's PAC as well

 

orpupilofnature57

(15,472 posts)
6. 0 content in your Desperate Dismissal, Truth about money coming from a Sell-out doesn't mean much .
Thu Mar 17, 2016, 06:36 PM
Mar 2016

Trust can't be bought .

lmbradford

(517 posts)
12. No
Thu Mar 17, 2016, 06:52 PM
Mar 2016

He says he doesnt take money from Sperpacs and he doesnt. He cannot help that these seperate pacs have taken up his cause. He doesnt have mind control. He only controls his campaign which does not take money from superpacs. He is not beholden to them. Its not hard.

 

MaggieD

(7,393 posts)
13. Apparently you don't know what a super pac is
Thu Mar 17, 2016, 06:54 PM
Mar 2016

NO candidate is allowed to take funds from a Super Pac. That's illegal. His lie is that he is telling you Clinton has Super Pacs spending on her behalf but that no one is doing the same for him.

AND THAT IS SIMPLY A LIE!

However, I can see now why he can so easily lie to his fans.

Bleacher Creature

(11,257 posts)
14. There's really nothing wrong with playing the hand you're dealt.
Thu Mar 17, 2016, 07:17 PM
Mar 2016

I agree with Sanders on a ton of issues, but his silly game of trying to hold himself out as holier than thou is just annoying.

He's a politician. There's nothing wrong with that. I agree that money currently has too much influence on the system, but unilaterally disarming is plain dumb. You play by the rules that currently exist and work within the existing structure to change things.

I'm as thrilled as anyone that HRC basically wrapped it all up this week, but there's a TINY part of me that would have liked to see Sanders win the nomination, just to see how people would react when he realized that you can't win a GE with $10 donations.

BainsBane

(53,071 posts)
19. and several of his staff just left to work for the super pac
Thu Mar 17, 2016, 07:35 PM
Mar 2016

which is a violation of federal campaign finance law. That's also in the article.

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