I am not supporting Bernie Sanders in the coming primary season, but I have truly enjoyed the whining, whimpering and conspiracy-theorizing coming from the still-angry Clinton diehards now that Sanders has released 10 years of tax returns. I find the Mobile Goal-Posting™ to be absolutely hilarious and highly entertaining.
A few points:
- Up until Sanders’ book hit the best-sellers list in 2016, he was one of the poorest members of Congress. Don’t believe me? Look it up:
- 2004 — 348th in the House in net worth
- 2005 — 355th in the House in net worth
- 2006 — 337th in the House in net worth
- 2007 — 90th in the Senate in net worth
- 2008 — 88th in the Senate in net worth
- 2009 — 101st in the Senate in net worth (Don’t ask me, ask OpenSecrets)
- 2010 — 86th in the Senate in net worth
- 2011 — 88th in the Senate in net worth
- 2012 — 86th in the Senate in net worth
- 2013 — 99th in the Senate in net worth
- 2014 — 66th in the Senate in net worth
- 2015 — 77th in the Senate in net worth
In 2016, he ran for president and published his book that made the best-sellers list. Even then, OpenSecrets cited his net worth as $873,000, well below the Median Senate net worth of $1.45 million.
- For the conspiracy theorists claiming that he wanted to hide his tax returns for the years 2006-2008, look at his net worth for those years. If he and his wife were draining money from his campaign coffers, it sure didn’t help their bottom line. He ranked 337th in the House (2006), 90th in the Senate (2007), 88th in the Senate (2008) and 101st in the Senate (according to OpenSecrets) in 2009.
- But you really got him on the change in his stump speech! Or something.
The bitterness has, apparently, driven some Clinton diehards around the bend. They’ve insisted on blaming him for her loss. They want to blame anyone but Hillary and/or her campaign. Bernie is an easy target. I get it.
Sanders made money off a book in 2016. So sue him. Before that, he was one of the poorest members of Congress. Hey, I guess he could have been giving speeches to Goldman Sachs (but I doubt they would have had him).
All I can say is, “Thanks for the laughs!”