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Fresh Off His Campaign to Make Socialism Great Again, Bernie Sanders Buys $600,000 Summer House
Independent Journal ^

Posted on 08/09/2016 12:03:00 PM PDT by TigerClaws

After losing to Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders is back to his day job as a US Senator for Vermont.

Sanders campaigned against the 1%, promising to bring America closer to his Democratic Socialist ideal and to take corporations and rich people down a peg or two.But now that his campaign is over, he’s picking up a sweet new pad.

According to Seven Days, a news publication in Vermont, the Democratic Socialist from Vermont shelled out 600 grand for a lake house.

The Burlington resident last week plopped down nearly $600,000 on a camp in North Hero.

Sanders’ new waterfront crib has four bedrooms and 500 feet of Lake Champlain beachfront on the east side of the island — facing Vermont, not New York. The Bern will keep his home in Burlington and use the new camp seasonally.

“We’ve traveled up to the islands many times over the years — almost always on day trips,” Sanders’ wife, Jane O’Meara Sanders, told Seven Days in a written statement. “We’ve been impressed with the North Hero community, eaten at the North Hero House and Shore Acres and have suggested them to friends who were looking for a beautiful place to stay or have dinner. St. Anne’s Shrine in Isle La Motte is my favorite church and it is nearby.”

Twitter was swift to respond to the irony:


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To: TigerClaws

“Socialism for thee, not for me.”- Bernie Sanders


61 posted on 08/09/2016 1:10:44 PM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment

Haha—good one. But while Romney owns houses, Sanders has just added a dacha to his collection.


62 posted on 08/09/2016 1:37:33 PM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: TigerClaws

How come socialism pays while conservatives (except for the corpratist) Don’t get anything?


63 posted on 08/09/2016 1:40:31 PM PDT by amnestynone (We are asked by people who do not tolerate us to tolerate the intolerable in the name of tolerance.)
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To: TigerClaws

Hopefully he will retire to enjoy his new digs.


64 posted on 08/09/2016 1:42:00 PM PDT by amnestynone (We are asked by people who do not tolerate us to tolerate the intolerable in the name of tolerance.)
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To: SoCal Pubbie

How much is your 2nd “Summer house” worth?


65 posted on 08/09/2016 1:44:43 PM PDT by funfan
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To: TigerClaws

“Filthy capitalist dollars, Senator? I thought progressives like you never touch the stuff. `Man of the people’, hah!”


66 posted on 08/09/2016 1:51:46 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: funfan

The doghouse? Not much.


67 posted on 08/09/2016 1:54:36 PM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: TigerClaws

The Bernie-Bros heads are going to explode.


68 posted on 08/09/2016 2:29:39 PM PDT by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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To: Uversabound
"Wonder what Berniebots will make of this?"

They won’t hear about it.

Wanna bet? This will go viral on social media by tonight, and every Berniebot in the country will know about it.

They're not as low info as you might think. Especially about outrageous stuff that happens in their own camp.

69 posted on 08/09/2016 3:04:55 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: funfan

Apparently this is Bernie’s third house!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3458098/posts


70 posted on 08/09/2016 3:11:22 PM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: GOPJ

That is EXACTLY why We the People through the states and elections MUST do whatever it takes to reinstate the CONSTITUTION as the Supreme Law of the Land over the feds.

Through the states by NULLIFYING and REJECTING unconstitutional federal acts without worrisome political hand wringing. This is the right and the duty of the states.

Through elections by OUSTING the career politicians who are presumed to be corrupt and putting in those who are willing to dismantle 80%+ of the mostly unconstitutional $4 trillion federal government.


71 posted on 08/09/2016 3:31:25 PM PDT by Jim W N
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To: dfwgator
Capitalism - The rich become powerful
Socialism - The powerful become rich


72 posted on 08/09/2016 5:29:04 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: TigerClaws
Bernie did MUCH better than that dead Clinton staffer...

Bernie watch your back...you might accidently commit SUICIDE....

73 posted on 08/09/2016 7:53:10 PM PDT by ConservaTeen (Asking me who's the best President in my lifetime is like asking what's the best poison...)
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