Bernie's Having a Bad Day

Sanders says he's a millionaire, will release tax returns by Monday

“I wrote a best-selling book,” he told the Times. “If you write a best-selling book, you can be a millionaire, too.”

I'm hardly surprised to learn that Bernie is a millionaire, since I saw a news story a couple of years ago about him and his wife selling their second home for half a million.

I do wonder about something, though: if Bernie accepts a campaign contribution from himself, does that mean he's selling out to the 1%?

Also: "If you write a best-selling book, you can be a millionaire too" is a really unfortunate quote for someone posing as America's firebrand socialist hero. Not "I know I'm very fortunate" or "Clearly, my situation is entirely different from that of America's poor people," but "Hey, whaddya want from me? You can do it, too".

Also, is Bernie really going to claim that he's a millionaire only because of his book? That he otherwise wouldn't have had a net worth of over a million? Because, if that's the position he's going to take, it could be considered -- well, you know -- lying.