so much for the war on Super PACS:
The Bernie Sanders presidential campaign says it is “honored” to receive more than $500,000 in support from a nurses union super-PAC, saying the independent financial backing in no way contradicts the Vermont senator’s opposition to big-money politics.
“We are honored to have the support of National Nurses United,” said Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver, responding to a report by the Sunlight Foundation — a group that tracks money in politics — that reveals the super-PAC has already spent $569,000 helping Sanders this primary season.
Sanders has made it a point of pride that he disavows all super-PAC money, and unlike the Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, has not endorsed an unlimited spending group in support of his candidacy.
Getting support from the nurses’ super-PAC does not affect Sanders’s purity on the issue, his campaign suggested in an email.
Now I personally have nothing against Super PACs or lobbyists per se, as Bernie (as well as Trump) seems to have. Its the hypocrisy, stupid! We need a pragmatic, practical politician as our nominee and next President!