I’m sure they’ll be right on this one…

Sanders paid wife, stepdaughter for campaign efforts

By EVAN LEHMANN,
MediaNews Group Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — Rep. Bernard Sanders used campaign donations to pay his wife and stepdaughter more than $150,000 for campaign-related work since 2000, according to records filed with the Federal Election Commission.

Jane O’Meara Sanders, his wife, received $91,020 between 2002 and 2004 for “consultation” and for negotiating the purchase of television and radio time-slots for Sanders’ advertisements, according to records and interviews.

Approximately $61,000 of that was “pass through” money that was used to pay media outlets for advertising time, Jane O’Meara Sanders said in an interview. The rest, about $30,000, she kept as payment for her services, she said.

Carina Driscoll, daughter to Jane O’Meara Sanders and stepdaughter to the lawmaker, earned $65,002 in “wages” between 2000 and 2004, campaign records show.

Wow….

Shame you have to get almost 4 paragraphs from the end to find out he’s a Democrat.

Yet every story about Tom Delay mentions immediately that he’s a Republican. They either call him “Republican Senator Tom Delay” or “Delay – R” or something similar.

I’ll show you the info on Harry Reid a bit later. You won’t believe the kind of stuff he’s done. I’ll bet you’ve never heard about it.

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  • pete from astoria
    RBK,

    Your right, Bernie Saunders is an independent (I). This guy is really a socialist, really! Before coming to congress
    he was the socialist mayor of Burlington Vermont. He actually got elected on the Socialist line. When he ran for congress he decided that "independent" sounds more centrist and more electable.
  • RKB
    How much do I know? Next to nothing. But I'm sure I'll be getting educated about it soon enough.

    :wink:
  • Okay, RKB... You might be right.

    SO let me ask you...

    How much do you know about the Democrat leader of the Senate, Harry Reid and his unbelievably vile ethics violations in the early nineties?
  • RKB
    If this is the same guy, then he's actually an Independent. (wikipedia)

    Call me crazy, but when the House Majority Leader has ethical issues, I'd say it's more important and newsworthy than somebody who doesn't represent either the donkey or the elephant. The lone Independent in the entire Congress.

    I mean, DeLay is the leader of all those reds in the House, the boss of the party in charge. That makes him automatically more important, and more likely to be identified by his party affiliation, than the esteemed gentleman from Vermont.
  • Nah, I know her Patrick... She's cool ;-)

    She's an oooooooooooooooooooooooooold friend.
  • Patrick
    Ugh...

    Good luck trying to dodge that bullet.

    Unless she sends you a pic and you like what you see, I suggest you say no.
  • Hey Vinny, is this the Vinny that I know? This is the Brenda who is Native and from Washington State, and use to be married to one of your, I don't know if you two are still friends or not, but I was just thinking about you, and decided to look you up online. Anywhoo, if it is you, email me and let's talk Mr. Anvil!
    Bren
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