Bernie Sanders

eridani

(51,907 posts) Fri Nov 20, 2015, 05:07 AM Nov 2015

Rolling Stone: Bernie Sanders' Political Revolution

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/33579-focus-bernie-sanders-political-revolution

Does that get to the core of why you believe Democrats should vote for you instead of Hillary Clinton?

In this particular moment in American history, where a small number of extraordinarily wealthy people increasingly control our economic and political life, what Democrats have to determine is which candidate is best prepared to take on and defeat these powerful special interests and revitalize American democracy so that government works for all of us, not just the large campaign contributors.

I say with utmost sincerity: I have known Hillary Clinton for 25 years. I knew her as first lady. We're not best friends, ya know, but I know her. She is a very impressive woman, very intelligent and has a huge amount of experience. Nobody denies, Hillary Clinton least of all, that she is an establishment candidate. You can't go around the country touting all the governors and senators and people who support you without acknowledging that you are the candidate of the establishment. Hillary Clinton has a Super PAC, which will raise money from a whole lot of wealthy individuals and corporate interests. That's just the way it is.

I do not say, "Elect Bernie Sanders for president, I'm going to solve all of these problems." We need millions of people to stand up and fight back, to demand that government represents all of us, not just the one percent. I'm trying to create a movement. That is what my campaign is about – that is not what Hillary Clinton's establishment campaign is about.