Bernie Sanders constantly says that he wants big money out of politics, it’s one of the central pillars of his presidential campaign.
While it hasn’t been reported by any major media outlets during this election cycle, the fact is that Sanders has used campaign funds to enrich members of his family in the past.
This report appeared in the Vermont Guardian in 2005:
Nepotism crosses party lines
WASHINGTON —The news that House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-TX, paid his wife and daughter $473,801 as campaign staff members was just the beginning. At least 38 other members of Congress, including Vermont Rep. Bernie Sanders, havepaid spouses, children, or other relatives out of campaign funds, or have hired companies in which a family member had a financial interest, according to news reports.
Since 2000, Sanders has used campaign donations to pay his wife and stepdaughter more than $150,000, according to records filed with the Federal Election Commission.
His wife Jane O’Meara Sanders received $91,020 for “consultation” and to negotiate the purchase of television and radio ads. Approximately $61,000 of that was “pass through” money used to pay for the ads, O’Meara Sanders told the Bennington Banner. She kept about $30,000 as pay for her services.
Her daughter Carina Driscoll, Sanders’
Hey Bernie! Hadn’t you heard about $15 an hour? It’s all the RAGE!
There’s an old joke about an Irishwoman in Boston who answers the door for a lady who’s canvassing for O’Leary for Mayor. The lady talks up O’Leary, and finally, the Irishwoman asks “I suppose his sister will be on the payroll?” To which the lady replies “Heavens, no! O’Leary doesn’t believe in nepotism!”
And the Irishwoman says “Why should I vote for him if he won’t even help his own sister?”
Well, he DID say he wanted “big money out of politics.”
And, his relatives AREN’T *in* politics, riiiiight?!?
I think The Moral High Ground AND Karma
just ripped Bernie a new one.
Nepotism. It isn’t just for Free Marketeers!
Not that THAT surprises any No Hablo Dictators.
http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/08/11/report-hugo-chavezs-favorite-daughter-is-the-richest-person-in-venezuela/
another groundswell movement for the ultra Lefties (pro Sanders) turning into a pile of magma…..long may they burn.
How can anyone be sure that old Bernie knows the difference between political donations and tax money? He and his fellow, Marxists are so used to tapping the taxpayers till to meet their expensive needs and wants that they are sure to get confused, at times, about the sources of their money!
Bernie is a socialist that is either plenty stupid or has a little bit of honor in his teeny weeny heart. He only took a piddling $150,000+ for his family. Old Hill and Bill took millions! Bay-rack and Micheal spend public money like a drunken African Dictator and his squeeze! Other DemoRATS grow fat and
comfy on their campaign war chests and some even actually put it on ice in their home freezers!