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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThere's a "Draft Brian Schweitzer for Senator" Movement Gaining Steam
http://boldprogressives.org/2013/04/brian-schweitzer-awesome-populist/Ten things that make Brian Schweitzer awesome:
1. He Unequivocally Endorses Medicare-For-All, Single Payer: Schweitzer is an advocate of expanding Medicare to all Americans, and even sought a waiver from the Affordable Care Act to allow his own state to pursue single payer. Schweitzer explained his support for Canadian-style single payer health care like so: Imagine if you went to a gas station, and you looked over at a car with a Canadian license plate. They were paying $1 a gallon for gas, and youre paying $2. Wouldnt that make you mad? Thats exactly whats happening. Im mad for all the people in the country.
2. He Calls Out Corporate Control Of Our Government And Fights It: In an interview last year, Schweitzer said that corporations are controlling not just our governments but our everyday lives. How many Democrats are willing to state that truth? Schweitzer also has blasted Citizens United, supports a constitutional amendment to ban corporate money, and is especially passionate about this issue since the Supreme Court struck down Montanas ban on corporate money in elections.
Read the rest at link..
Extra plus: He's the former Montana Democratic Governor, he's from a ranch, wears boots that have real cow shit on them, and has a working/herding Border Collie (Jag) that goes nearly everywhere with him, including the governor's office!
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There's a "Draft Brian Schweitzer for Senator" Movement Gaining Steam (Original Post)
PearliePoo2
May 2013
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I would LOVE to see him as Senator........and if I live long enough, as President.
CaliforniaPeggy
May 2013
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CaliforniaPeggy
(149,627 posts)1. I would LOVE to see him as Senator........and if I live long enough, as President.
*sigh*
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)2. k&r
NBachers
(17,119 posts)3. He'll get the money I was going to donate to Ashley Judd