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Triana

(22,666 posts)
Tue Jun 30, 2015, 11:18 AM Jun 2015

Make them pay

A message brought to me by The Nation on behalf of Bernie Sanders:

Friend of the Nation -

I am not going to start a Super PAC. I am not going to go around the country talking to millionaires and billionaires begging for contributions.

But those millionaires and billionaires are talking about us.

Just the other day, a Super PAC supporting one of our primary opponents started running ads attacking our campaign.

Let me be very clear: the disastrous Citizens United decision that gave rise to the Super PACs embraced by our opponents undermines American democracy and moves us towards an oligarchy in which the economic and political life of the country is increasingly controlled by a handful of billionaire families.

Candidly, I did not think their attacks would happen so soon.

But know that their early involvement is a testament to the movement and momentum we're building together.

And we can also make them pay a price.

Stand up to the Super PAC attacking us by making a contribution to our campaign today, and send a powerful message that you have had enough of the billionaire class buying elections.

Real change only comes about when a large number of ordinary Americans speak, vote, and get involved in the democratic process.

If we stand together, we will win.

If we are divided, the big-money interests win.

People should not underestimate us.

Bernie Sanders


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NOTE: I changed the contribution link to the 'duforbernie' ActBlue donation page set up by Omaha Steve! It's also linked from my sigline!
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sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
3. He was talking about O'Malley's Super Pac Negative Ad but is too classy to mention him.
Wed Jul 1, 2015, 12:25 AM
Jul 2015

That ad finished me with O'Mally, it shows he's just another same old politician. I was supporting him as a second choice, but not anymore. And it didn't do him much good either. I got a twitter message from his campaign asking for support. I told him his ad made him unacceptable to me as I want the money out of politics and he apparently is part of the problem.

Yes let's make them pay.

We need millions of people to get behind Bernie's Political Revolution because he can't do it alone.

And even if it's only $1 we should try to keep supporting him. Every dollar counts.

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