"Happy Anniversary, Bernie! (Well, sort of.)"

[lapucelle]

From Jennifer Rubin at WaPo:

We should recognize a special day for presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), an anniversary of sorts. One month ago, he promised during a town hall with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer to release his tax returns “soon”:

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A month is more than enough to make a few fixes (!), as Sanders described it. There is no excuse whatsoever not to release nine years of taxes preceding 2018. They were completed long ago, and other than blacking out personal information (e.g. phone number, Social Security number), nothing should need to be done other than to post them online.

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There is a way to prompt Sanders to finally keep his promise: No more campaign donations until he releases 10 years of tax returns. Period. It’s sad it may come to this, but what other recourse do Democratic voters have at this stage?

Now, in the unfortunate event that Sanders hasn’t released his tax returns by the Iowa contest, no Democrat should caucus for him. If they do then, Democrats may wind up in the situation in which a candidate who has not released a complete picture of his taxes either gets the nomination (!) or at the very least goes to the convention with delegates and thereby helps determine the winner, the vice-presidential pick or some significant policy issue. That would be entirely unacceptable for a party that has railed against Trump’s financial secrecy. Accordingly, that is why he should not be able to win a single delegate without first releasing 10 years of tax returns. It’s long past “soon.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/03/25/happy-anniversary-bernie-well-sort/?utm_term=.d3954d40f91d

[WeekiWater]

1. You people just don't get the revolution.

It's not about Sanders. It's about you. I promise. Look over there.... Is that a bird?

[Cha]

3. lol

[BlueFlorida]

8. Is that bird going to

land on a podium or something?

[Cha]

2. Shine the Light!

Full Transparency for all Dems.

What states are making it a law to show tax returns now? You'd think that would be a big enough incentive.

Mahalo, lapucelle

[aikoaiko]

4. Isn't Jennifer Rubin a conservative blogger of Right Turn? Or is this a different person?

if the former, I caution taking her advice.

[BannonsLiver]

5. It doesn't matter if it's Rubin or Ronald McDonald

He said he is going to release them but thus far has not. That’s the beginning and the end of it.

[aikoaiko]

6. No, the end is her giving advice on how to handle Bernie. Did you not read the OP or oped piece?

But yes, Bernie should keep his work and release his tax returns as promised.

Not a big deal to me, but it is to some people.

[lunamagica]

14. It is not a big deal to you that he doesn't keep his promises?

[sheshe2]

22. It is to me.

[lunamagica]

24. It is to me too, Sheshe. A man is as good as his word. Sanders is showing us his word isn't

worth much

[sheshe2]

25. Correct, lunamagica.

A man is as good as his word.

I guess we need to understand the meaning of soon.

soon
/so͞on/Submit
adverb
1.
in or after a short time.
"everyone will soon know the truth"
synonyms: in a short time, shortly, presently, in the near future, before long, in a little while, in a minute, in a moment, in an instant, in a twinkling, in the twinkling of an eye, before you know it, any minute (now), any day (now), any time (now), by and by; informalpronto, in (less than) no time, in no time (at all), in a jiffy, in two shakes, in two shakes of a lamb's tail, before you can say Jack Robinson; informalsharpish, in a tick, in two ticks; dateddirectly; archaicanon; literaryere long
"she'll be there soon"

https://www.google.com/search?q=Soon&rlz=1C1QXKF_enUS692US706&oq=Soon&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j0l5.5955j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

"in two shakes of a lambs tail" ?

[BlueFlorida]

9. Let's all ignore the tax returns

and train our cross-hairs on the messenger.

[LongtimeAZDem]

11. So what? Sanders has only himself to blame, ad hominem deflections notwithstanding.

[melman]

23. Yeah, Rubin is a right winger

Not only wouldn't I take her advice, I'd be wary of anyone that suggests it.

[BlueFlorida]

7. K&R

[MyNameGoesHere]

10. 30 days, 30 weeks, 30 months, 30 years, 30 decades.

The Independent Senator from Vermont says we'll get them. Although I am not sure when hell freezes over converts to time.

[Hortensis]

12. It's maybe 50K democratic socialists on a good day

and 1K or so socialists who have no recourse. If they all established residency, they might be able to take over Pascagoula, MS -- if the older residents didn't realize they needed to turn out or have a "revolution" foisted on them.

I always marvel that their world doesn't seem to include Republicans, no religious right, no neofascist authoritarians, no 40 million white supremacists, no uberpowerful right-wing billionaires. Apparently if their thinking ever accidentally approaches that "dog who caught the bus" point, they hit the brakes and retreat into some fantasy where 60-80M Democratic voters all see the light of their wisdom and and fall in behind their leader. And the far bigger revolution growing on the right simply doesn't exist.

No wonder so many imagine Putin's working on their side. If they've never learned to fear our own right, how much less likely is it that they have the sense to fear him?

[lunamagica]

13. A month already? Looks like the senator doesn't keep his promises.

[Tarheel_Dem]

15. K&R! Sadly, this won't matter to his staunchest supporters. But he should be constantly reminded

of his promise.

[sheshe2]

16. Soon

soon
/so͞on/Submit
adverb
1.
in or after a short time.
"everyone will soon know the truth"
synonyms: in a short time, shortly, presently, in the near future, before long, in a little while, in a minute, in a moment, in an instant, in a twinkling, in the twinkling of an eye, before you know it, any minute (now), any day (now), any time (now), by and by; informalpronto, in (less than) no time, in no time (at all), in a jiffy, in two shakes, in two shakes of a lamb's tail, before you can say Jack Robinson; informalsharpish, in a tick, in two ticks; dateddirectly; archaicanon; literaryere long
"she'll be there soon"

https://www.google.com/search?q=Soon&rlz=1C1QXKF_enUS692US706&oq=Soon&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.8534j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[betsuni]

17. Time is elitist status quo establishment.

[Gothmog]

18. Is it soon yet?

Link to tweet

[Blue_true]

19. Maybe we need to ask instead, what "soon" means in Bernie years. nt

[LongtimeAZDem]

20. First, you have to add one month for every time he holds a rally, then

multiply that by how much birds like him . . .

[Blue_true]

21. Ehhh, you forgot to multiply by the number of oligarchs that Bernie still has to find.

Maybe we see those oligarchs before his tax returns. But, Bernie says his tax returns are boring and simple. I just didn't realize that boring and simple could be so drawn out.

[Gothmog]

26. Kirsten Gillibrand released her 2018 tax returns on Wednesday

Link to tweet

[Cha]

31. I thought it was Elizabeth?

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Never mind.. Elizabeth's aren't 2018's Yet!

[BlueFlorida]

27. kick nt

[WeekiWater]

28. I think he is waiting for the platinum anniversary. NT

[R B Garr]

29. K&R! Thanks for the reminder, lapucelle! Sanders

has also said his wife was going to fetch their taxes YEARS ago. This past CNN townhall promise really looks suspicious—he was saying they had to go through them—what does that mean??

This whole episode proves he really isn’t in the moral position to be chastising others about finances and transparency.

[Cha]

30. K

[Cha]

32. Jonathan Capehart..

Link to tweet

[Gothmog]

33. Inslee, a 2020 presidential hopeful, released his tax returns this morning.

Link to tweet

[Andy823]

34. Good for Inslee

I really like him, and Harris.

[lapucelle]

35. I can't wait for the debates.

No one will walk a fine line when it comes to this issue.

[George II]

36. And we won't hear any complaints about non-existent "transcripts", either.