Just like Hillary, the man is a fraud, this is only one example. Consultants continue to buy ads, racking up more money for themselves, even though Sanders has no chance at the nomination. The hypocrisy is stunning.
The small-dollar fundraising juggernaut that has kept Bernie Sanders’s insurgent White House bid afloat far longer than anticipated has generated another unexpected impact: a financial windfall for his team of Washington consultants.
By the end of March, the self-described democratic socialist senator from Vermont had spent nearly $166 million on his campaign — more than any other 2016 presidential contender, including rival Hillary Clinton. More than $91 million went to a small group of admakers and media buyers who produced a swarm of commercials and placed them on television, radio and online, according to a Washington Post analysis of Federal Election Commission reports.While the vast majority of that money was passed along to television stations and websites to pay for the advertising, millions in fees were kept by the companies, The Post calculated. While it is impossible to determine precisely how much the top consultants have earned, FEC filings indicate the top three media firms have reaped payments of seven figures…
Read the whole report for an inside view of how Democrats say one thing to their followers about the evil of money and politics, while they finesse the art of ripping everyone off.
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What is it with the “Democratic Socialist” crap? A socialist is a socialist just because the mob decides to take my stuff and run my life doesn’t make it any less wrong. I have more respect for a mugger, drug dealer, or prostitute than some “socialist who uses the power of his vote to do what a mugger does with a gun. As for the drug dealer or prostitute with them the exchange is voluntary.