Well, being a Dany fan isn't so bad.
to be fair that's not really much worse than, uh, the entire last page
Yeah I almost tied her with Sanders for my number one spot because of that.
We always can make it better at any time. I'm just surprised they didn't find a way to mention T***P in it.to be fair that's not really much worse than, uh, the entire last page
the highlight of 2016
Oh your bad faith post and personal attacks and antagonizing were meant to be an invitation to have a conversation?
I have to laugh at you accusing anyone else of posting in bad faith.Oh your bad faith post and personal attacks and antagonizing were meant to be an invitation to have a conversation?
My mistake.
OK then, if you want a conversation maybe you could explain why "daddy Bernie" is fine but "abuela" needs to be brought out to be flogged yet again, despite that Clinton isn't running in 2020. Maybe you can explain why Nina Turner's shielding of a pro - travel ban lackey is fine.
Or did you want to just keep making unsubtle and unsubstantiated jabs about how other posters are racist?
#Resistthe thing that is good about me is just how much i hate that D****d T***p
Cool, so it's just going to be deflection, bullying and personal attacks then. Feel free to address my questions if actually want to have a conversation.I have to laugh at you accusing anyone else of posting in bad faith.
Well, Ms. Pugh started to serve on the board of the University of Maryland Medical System in 2001. And there came a time, as she has described it, that she has authored children's books - they're health and nutrition books - animated books, I mean, with illustrations, et cetera - and came a time when she showed the books to one of the board members - not very specific about when that was. And they entered into this agreement - although she's been very clear to say there was no contract - by which the University of Maryland Medical System paid her $100,000 five different times since 2011 to publish 20,000 books at a time.
Listen, we need a good Bernie conspiracy theory after it turned out his tax returns were clean.
Gonna assume not because the candidate would have to buy the copies themselves. Publishers don't give them away for free.Wouldn't this be a donation by the candidate to the campaign normally, not a purchase by the campaign? (not a rhetorical question, I don't know the answer to this)
Wouldn't this be a donation by the candidate to the campaign normally, not a purchase by the campaign? (not a rhetorical question, I don't know the answer to this)
The use of personal memoirs by politicians to grab headlines has become a common occurrence. Now, it's officially legit as well.
In an advisory opinion issued on Friday, the Federal Election Commission said that Senator Scott Brown, Republican of Massachusetts, "may engage in, and use campaign funds to pay for, a variety of activities related to the upcoming publication and promotion" of his book, "Against All Odds," scheduled to be released Tuesday.
Mr. Brown had asked the commission to consider whether it was proper for his official campaign committee to pay for and promote the book. In a ruling that will likely set precedent for other political authors, the commission offered a qualified yes.
The commission said that Brown may use campaign funds to buy copies of the book from the publisher — at fair market value — as long as the royalties from the book sales are donated to charity.
Yeah everyone running always has a recent published book.If anything it seems like publishers would love this since they're guaranteed to get all their unmoved merch bought up anyway! Bernie Sanders, creating jobs and greasing the capitalist machine.
There's no ethical/moral issues if Bernie donated the money to charity, which he probably did.What's the hangup here? Ethics or legality?
If it's legality, then it's seemingly okay:
https://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/18/f-e-c-rules-on-politicians-memoirs/
A quick google search shows that Harris, Warren, Butegeig, Gabbard, and Booker all have a book released since 2016, Warren, Harris, and Butegeig have one releasing or already released this year as well . (I'm not doing everybody there's 50 candidates)That makes sense- campaigns being able to sell the book is a no-brainer, but needing to donate the royalties if purchased directly is a decent solution.
Yeah everyone running always has a recent published book.
Yeah, this is basically a case of "did you remember to turn off the metaphorical stove before we left for vacation?" If it's a problem, it'll blow up, if not it'll be fine. Looking over the returns you go from 2015-6K, 2016-10K (big jump in income) to 2017- 36K which might be it, but I don't even know where to begin at guesstimating book royalties.There's no ethical/moral issues if Bernie donated the money to charity, which he probably did.
His alabaster skin had the same healthy sheen of the buttermilk pancake batter he was whisking. Each rapid motion of his wrist revealed the powerful corded muscle in his forearm.
"You know how they make buttermilk, don't you?", he asked with a coy smile and a frantic wave of his arms
I squirmed as the breath caught in my throat
"They churn it"
My calves cramped involuntarily
It's a nothing thing meant to engender some preconceived notion that the only reason people support Bernie is his "purity" which has been stated again and again and again to be untrue. It's yet another empty, process oriented stab to go "see he's just like the rest" when the answer is yeah, no duh. He's a career politician, of course he acts like a career politician.
... Duh?All Bernie has to be is the best candidate to fulfil your purity requirements and you're stuck with him. Where else are you going to go? Warren, Tulsi, Oprah's spiritual advisor? As a socialist there aren't many choices to pick from to uphold your ideals.
Brevity is the soul of shit.Candidate books are wild. I remember reading part of Romney's that a friend of mine somehow ended up with where Mitt ran through the history of China in 3/4ths of a page.
i wanna read a bernie book but im a little worried itll be boring as shit and i wont like him as much anymore
Not a big fan of Warren tbh. Solid ideas, but I don't like her temperament. Reminds me of Jeb Bush in a way. I think she's better suited in the Senate.Elizabeth Warren Town Hall tonight on CNN at 8 EST, followed by Bernie Sanders at 9 EST
god dammit bernie