Windfall at Bernie's: Sanders raises $1.5 million in 24 hours/CNN

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

You know, if one person, just one person, does it, they may think he's
Really sick and they won't take him.

And if two people do it, in harmony, they may think they're both faggots and
They won't take either of them.

And if three people do it! Can you imagine three people walkin' in, singin'
A bar of "Alice's Restaurant" and walkin' out? They may think it's an
Organization!

And can you imagine fifty people a day? I said FIFTY people a day . . .
Walkin' in, singin' a bar of "Alice's Restaurant" and walkin' out? Friends,
They may think it's a MOVEMENT, and that's what it is: THE ALICE'S
RESTAURANT ANTI-MASSACREE MOVEMENT! . . . and all you gotta do to join is to
Sing it the next time it comes around on the guitar.

Arlo Guthrie

http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/01/politics/bernie-sanders-fundraising/

Bernie Sanders' nascent presidential campaign announced Friday that it raised more than $1.5 million in its first 24 hours, a number that far outpaces what Republican presidential hopefuls posted in their first day.

Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont who caucuses with Democrats, kicked off his dark horse campaign for the Democratic nomination on Thursday with an email to supporters and a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol. Since then, more than 100,000 people signed up for the campaign and 35,000 people donated money, according to a campaign press release.

Sanders' 24-hour fundraising haul puts him ahead of what every currently declared Republican presidential hopeful posted in their first day.

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's campaign announced that it had raised $800,000 a day in. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's campaign raised $1 million in the first 24-hours of its existence. And Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's campaign raised $1.25 million in its first day.

[liberal_at_heart]

1. Woohoo! Good start. Let's keep it going.

[Agschmid]

2. Kick!

[onyourleft]

3. Very nice...

...start.

[BrotherIvan]

5. People power

On reddit (you should go check it out) people are saying they donated for the first time in their lives. Something's happening here!

http://www.reddit.com/r/SandersForPresident/comments/34ivym/i_am_51_years_old_today_i_made_the_first/

[stage left]

6. Wonderful!

time to go donate.

[cali]

7. Man, that is fantastic news. thanks for posting,

[cali]

8. kick

[sabrina 1]

9. People Power!

[heaven05]

10. this primary

should be very interesting......

[Aerows]

11. Hurray!

Let's do this thing, and get Bernie elected!

People are sick of the Washington bullshit. I think most of us want someone that doesn't just mouth the words they think voters want to hear and do another thing when elected - they want the person that stands by what they say and has a proven track record of doing exactly what they say they will do.

Go Bernie Go!!!!

[daleanime]

12. Sweet!

[Luminous Animal]

13. I signed up as a volunteer.

[Volaris]

18. How and where did you do that?

I stopped by the website last nite and could only click open the donate button; everything else seemed to still be 'under construction'.
if i can do it, I'll go back tonite and sign up to help=)

[Luminous Animal]

20. How odd. The landing page is different than before. It had a button for volunteering

which then took me to another page with a list of things I was interested in doing. And I received a confirmation email.

It looks like they decided to stop taking on volunteers until likely 5/26/15 (That date wasn't listed before, either.)

[Volaris]

22. ahhhh...so you got 'in before the lock', so to speak...good job on that btw, I guess I'll have to wa

=(

[Luminous Animal]

23. I went through my history and found the link

https://berniesanders.com/get-involved/

[madokie]

26. Just sent him some paypal money

[Paka]

14. Yeah Bernie!

I kicked in today and hope to adjust my budget so I can do it on a regular basis.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

15. YOWSER!

Love to hear this and hope it keeps up.

[PowerToThePeople]

16. Bernie!

[Divernan]

17. $1.5 Mill. from 35,000 donors =s about $43 per donor

Which is inspiring - average citizens - not one percenters, bankers, hedge fund traders, corporate special interests or ANYONE expecting to buy influence or future quids for their pro quos.

[Mnpaul]

21. I bet this has taken many by surprise

I would love to be a fly on the wall hearing what is being said behind closed doors right now.

[riderinthestorm]

19. I donated and signed up to help!

[sadoldgirl]

24. I will attend a house party for Bernie

tomorrow afternoon.I hope that they can tell me
how I can help. I just hope that people keep on giving
to help him.

BTW, is move-on still insisting on EW? I hope that
that large group would join Bernie as well.

[LWolf]

25. And I just added a bit more to that. nt

[LiberalElite]

27. i love the Alice's Restaurant quote nt

You can get anything you want, at Alice's Restaurant....

[Pooka Fey]

28. K&R

[HappyMe]

29. I will be adding to that fund on Monday.

Going to have to make some phone calls to see where I can volunteer locally.