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displacedtexan

(15,696 posts)
7. Sorry. I missed it.
Sun May 1, 2016, 08:34 PM
May 2016

I just saw that fact cited in a comment at TPM. When I googled it, the results were legion.

I think this may explain why BS is freaking out about the supers. The more he rants, the more his supporters feel the need to donate. Ca-Ching.

sarae

(3,284 posts)
17. I know it would annoy me to hear that my donation went to this:
Mon May 2, 2016, 04:36 AM
May 2016
Bernie Sanders took a private jet to the Vatican to address a conference on wealth inequality on Friday, hours after attacking Hillary Clinton over her stance on fossil fuels.

The Democratic candidate is believed to have flown with fewer than 50 people aboard the Delta 767, a jet that can carry between 211 and 261 people.


source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/16/bernie-sanders-takes-private-jet-for-24-hour-trip-to-vatican-aft/

Cha

(297,298 posts)
19. OMG.. that is so good to know.. Mahalo, sarae!
Mon May 2, 2016, 04:43 AM
May 2016
Bernie Sanders took a private jet to the Vatican to address a conference on wealth inequality on Friday, hours after attacking Hillary Clinton over her stance on fossil fuels.

The Democratic candidate is believed to have flown with fewer than 50 people aboard the Delta 767, a jet that can carry between 211 and 261 people.

source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/16/bernie-sanders-takes-private-jet-for-24-hour-trip-to-vatican-aft/

"..hours after attacking Hillary Clinton over her stance on fossil fuels.." Example #5999 why BS is a Hypocrite.

Mahalo sarae~

sarae

(3,284 posts)
18. And I would like to add
Mon May 2, 2016, 04:38 AM
May 2016

that at this point, his name is interchangeable with the word "fraud", at least in my mind.

 

IamMab

(1,359 posts)
6. And this is the "new fundraising model" that will sustain multiple candidates at all levels?
Sun May 1, 2016, 08:33 PM
May 2016

I don't see this replacing the necessity of fundraising any time soon. Unilateral disarmament just isn't an option.

Tarheel_Dem

(31,234 posts)
16. After that $600k private chartered utterly useless daytrip for family & friends, I'm not surprised.
Mon May 2, 2016, 01:33 AM
May 2016

Not at all.

 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
20. And, I suspect that a good share of April's haul was BEFORE the disastrous
Mon May 2, 2016, 04:56 AM
May 2016

double Super-Tuesday wammies of April 19th and 26th.

May will tell an even more dire story, I think.

Bye, Bye Bernie. Your time is running out.

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