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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]http://www.politicususa.com/2016/02/01/bernie-sanders-super-pac-money-democratic-rivals.html

Thoughts?

Spin? [/quote]

Sanders really can't do anything about Rove's PACs. Maybe he benefits from them, but you really can't hold him responsible for them. The Nurses PAC is different from those. According to this article:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/02/11/sanderss-claim-that-he-does-not-have-a-super-pac/

"The group filed with the Federal Election Commission as a super PAC in September 2010. Yet it rejects the label, distinguishing itself from allied super PACs."

Clearly, Sanders didn't set up a super pac in 2010 and that is obviously an independent organization not linked to his campaign. But, because it loudly declares its support for Sanders, it is a bit of a special case. Ironically, the Post's Fact Checker (the link above) concludes this:

"Sanders does not have a sanctioned super PAC that acts as an extension of his campaign and is affiliated with wealthy donor networks or corporate industries, in the way that other presidential candidates do."

But, then gave his claim that he doesn't have a super PAC one Pinocchio. It is really strange to that the Fact Checker's conclusion matched Sander's claim, but then he was given a Pinocchio anyway. That makes no sense. I don't really know what Sanders is supposed to do about the Nurses' PAC. If he told them to stop doing what they are doing, wouldn't that be "coordinating" which is prohibited?
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Come on. You know the issue is that he says repeatedly that he won't accept the help of a super PAC while accepting the help of a super PAC. The donors to the super PAC are not made public. The claim that it's mostly from nurses' dues seems ludicrous, given that it's a small union and dues must obviously cover many more expenses than just the super PAC. [/quote]

Yep. [/quote]

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