Sanders campaign took in $24 from Nathen C.

Submitted by GreyWolf on Sat, 04/02/2016 - 10:50am

I was reading an article over at The Intercept, and I couldn't resist tweeting a quote and a link to the article.

I also want to include this longer quote from the article (half because I don't want to appear too lazy).

There’s a difference in scale between the amount that individuals who work in the energy sector have contributed to each candidate, as well. People in the fossil fuel industry have contributed $930,983 to Clinton’s campaign, compared to $203,885 to Sanders’s campaign, according to OpenSecrets.org.

Clinton has repeatedly argued that money from corporate interests does not influence her policymaking. “You will not find that I ever changed a view or a vote because of any donation that I ever received,” she said during a February Democratic debate.

Bernie Sanders Took Money From the Fossil Fuel Lobby, Too — Just Not Much Apr. 1 2016

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Submitted by GreyWolf on Sat, 04/02/2016 - 10:53am
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n/t

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Submitted by Oldest Son Of A... on Sat, 04/02/2016 - 11:17am
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We all know that $hillary's Energy Industry donations were just average Joe's, the filling station attendants, and a few oil rig workers...

Maybe they only looked bigger because they took up a collection of everyone that worked at the gas station or, maybe they had a "Donation Jar" on the counter that lots of people put donations in...

Of course the $900K worth of speeches she gave to Canadian Companies representing Keystone XL Pipeline interests prior to declaring her run are a little harder to explain...

It's good to know she'll be taking care of what the Kock Brothers need done...
Like building Kock Industries Pipeline Infrastructure at the expense of the US Taxpayer...
That is if the oil prices ever get back to where Canadian Tar Sands Oil could be profitable again...

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Submitted by KnotIookin on Sat, 04/02/2016 - 11:23am

HRCs campaign do actions from fossil fuel lobbyist. What I do care about is the $MILLIONS that have been donated to the Clinton Family Foundation from that Industry... And what the quid pro quo was!!

All the rest of this is just a distraction.

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Submitted by Thumb on Sat, 04/02/2016 - 2:46pm
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I was trying to put up the good fight 'over there' and one of Hillary's supporters responded to someone pointing out that fossil fuel corporations have in fact given millions to the Clinton Foundation by saying, "Hillary has nothing to do with the foundation."

I had to leave.

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Submitted by lunachickie on Sat, 04/02/2016 - 11:36am
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That was exactly my point earlier. Ramp up the noise so we push Queen of Bitch Meltdown and her scathing, finger-pointing, scream-fest into the face of an ACTIVIST for Mother Earth off the front pages of "MSM". How dare these fucking little people ask her questions?

If MSM wanted to get rid of her, she'd already be gone, after that mess. I can only conclude that they want her.

So much for that vast, right-wing conspiracy. Gawd, but she makes me want to vomit...

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Submitted by Thumb on Sat, 04/02/2016 - 2:49pm
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and they'd MUCH rather face Hillary than Bernie. Bernie would force them to discuss issues, which they don;t believe their viewers care about, and Hillary would let them run titillating stories of palace intrigue and corruption and Clinton Foundation Donor Scandals and they know that's so much better for ratings than tax policy.

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Submitted by 42 on Sat, 04/02/2016 - 11:41am

“You will not find that I ever changed a view or a vote because of any donation that I ever received,” - See more at: http://www.caucus99percent.com/content/sanders-campaign-took-24-nathen-c...

Well, that just may be. BUT how many times do the receivers of the largesse just chose to look the other way, or not ask the pertinent questions, because it could be detrimental to their benefactors.

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Submitted by Bisbonian on Sat, 04/02/2016 - 11:49am
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That her views of the oil industry have always been favorable toward them.

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Submitted by Liberal Mole on Sat, 04/02/2016 - 12:05pm

Promoting fracking around the world, voting to open up more areas for drilling. By their actions shall ye know them. I've heard since she returned to NY she's now against fracking (Huge issue here in NY. We like our water to not catch fire.)

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Submitted by SnappleBC on Sat, 04/02/2016 - 12:22pm
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And in general that's my read. I think the word "bought" (as in bought and paid for) isn't exactly correct. When I donate to Bernie I do so because I think he will do things which are good for me. I assume the same thing of all donations. When some sector goes big on a politician I assume they believe the politician will do good things for them.

The word "corruption" comes to mind for me because I think a politicians job is to serve the people not the corporations. It helps that in order to serve the corporations and still get elected they must lie to the electorate.

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