Bernie's hypocritical attack on Hillary's fossil fuel dollars

[Report1212]

It ignores that he, too, has received support from a fossil fuel lobbyist. A single one, actually.

https://theintercept.com/2016/04/01/bernie-sanders-took-money-from-the-fossil-fuel-lobby-too-just-not-much/

[cosmicone]

1. Bernie's attacks are never about issues but impugning Hillary's character n/t

[pantsonfire]

3. #ToneDownForWhat?....

.....pointing out her ties to Wall Street is not attacking her character...what has he said that has attacked her character? IMHO, saying "we're sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails" was quite the opposite, best campaign present this season.

[cosmicone]

8. What "ties?"

She is not in business with Wall Street :::::::: eyeroll ::::::::::::

[pantsonfire]

14. Well her campaign donors who've given to her superPAC (how much is in it? 100 million?)

What about the billionaires of multiple authoritarian countries that have donated to The Clinton Foundation? The money she uses comes from suspicious sources.
Where does Bernie's campaign money come from? hmmmmmmmm

[cosmicone]

15. So what? That doesn't create a "tie"

People like a candidate and donate money. I like Hillary and I donated money - doesn't create a "tie".

[pantsonfire]

16. I donated to Bernie and I consider myself "tied" to him.....

Though I doubt my small sum vs. a donation of 5 million dollars from George Soros has the same personal influence.

[cosmicone]

17. It is still not a tie.

In every country in the world, rich people get "access." The access is valuable because they can get an audience to get their point of view heard. That is all.

Unless the country is extremely corrupt like Pakistan or Nigeria, donating doesn't guarantee a policy change or favorable legislation.

It is the height of bad behavior to equate large donations as corrupt in the US. The president really doesn't have much power no matter how much money is given.

People genuinely like Hillary Clinton, her intellect and her experience. Those are lost on low information revolutionaries who are solely driven by "let's rob the rich and share the free stuff"

Intellect, experience and nuanced knowledge of policy makes good administrators which create stability and stability is good for economic growth. Economic growth is good for EVERYONE.

Stop the smears and innuendos of "corruption" with words like "ties"

[Lucinda]

4. Yup.

[pantsonfire]

2. I heard he bought a ferrari with his campaign donations..

...and pays his family who work for him on his campaign, obscene salaries, like 90,000 for his wife and 60,000 for his second-cousin twice removed, ridiculous.

[Gwhittey]

5. Yea this might work on idiots.

But the point Green Peace are making is for them to sign a petition to not tale money from them. Sanders signed it. So keep trying to deep Hillary out of the Hole I am sure she will reward you.

[pantsonfire]

7. Also, that activist was part of #greenpeace, HRC assumed otherwise for whatever reason....n/t

[Gwhittey]

9. Yea to much

[pantsonfire]

12. He may be reaching Murdoch levels me's fear....

[frylock]

18. Mrs. Clinton is so paranoid, she's hearing Sanders supporters in the walls.

[NWCorona]

6. I'm waiting for the hypocrisy

$24?

[pantsonfire]

10. He's received around $50,000 from individuals who work in the industry...

....she's received $330,000 from individuals and around $4.5 million into her superPACs from what we can tell now. superPacs are not that transparent, so we don't have an up to date figure. Also, she supports fracking, if the community wants it and doesn't cause pollution (which it often does), whereas Sanders does not at all, in any case because of its damage to the environment.

[TM99]

11. $24.00 fucking dollars?!

Seriously?

Do you think we are fucking idiots?

$24.00 versus millions in personal and SuperPAC contributions, and you are playing a false equivalency hypocrisy game?

Go the fuck away!

[BernieforPres2016]

13. I'll bet it took a lot of research to find that $24 contribution

I'll bet some people who work in convenience stores that sell gasoline have also contributed to Bernie's campaign.

[Nanjeanne]

19. Yes, just not that much . . . since he took in $24! Headline is suppose to be ironic and

unfortunately, goes over some people's head!

[jg10003]

20. The max individual donation allowed is $2700. The janitor at Exxon HQ contributes $10 to Bernie....

The CEO of Exxon contributes $2700 to Hillary. The FEC reports that Sanders and Clinton each received a contribution from people who work in the oil industry.

[beam me up scottie]

21. Did someone just say it was $24? Happy April fools day!

Way to go, I knew there were closet Bernie supporters here!

[Blue_In_AK]

22. I thought it was Greenpeace?