Wed Sep 2, 2015, 08:05 PM

URGENT: Petition: Provide Bernie Sanders Secret Service protection immediately

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https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/provide-bernie-sanders-secret-service-protection-immediately-leading-democratic-presidential-candidate-and-senator

We petition the obama administration to:

Provide Bernie Sanders Secret Service protection immediately as a leading Democratic presidential candidate and Senator.

Bernie Sanders is a sitting U. S. Senator and a leading candidate in the presidential campaign of 2016. Recent disturbances at Bernie Sanders campaign events have shown his vulnerability with regard to potentially violent confrontations with disturbed people. In 2007, at a similar stage in that campaign, Barack Obama was given Secret Service protection by George W. Bush for exactly this reason, and he had not even experienced such disturbances yet, nor was Obama attracting crowds of over 25,000 regularly, as Senator Sanders is. This situation must not be allowed to continue a moment longer. Bernie Sanders must have immediate Secret Service protection, just as the other leading candidate does.

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I am especially concerned since Bernie has taken unprecedented brave stances on issues. Please add your name to the petition if you feel the same. In case you are unaware of his stance on the IMF, let it be known, NO candidate has ever spoken truth to power like Bernie has. There is no equal to Bernie Sanders in this race, IMHO.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/bernie-sanders-will-end-the-imfs-economic-violence-in-greece-and-africa_b_7723284.html

We should recognize and publicize the fact that Bernie Sanders is the only presidential candidate who is talking about what the IMF is doing to Greece, the only presidential candidate who has a track record of opposing the IMF, the only presidential candidate who, if elected, is likely to do anything to end the economic violence of the IMF.

When more Democrats own the fact that the IMF agenda is the NAFTA-WTO-TPP agenda with a European internationalist smiley face mask pasted on, the IMF will be on a fast train to the dustbin of history. And this is not necessarily a remote prospect - the fact that this is the fundamental identity of the IMF is well known among labor activists, for example.

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75 replies	Author	Time	Post
URGENT: Petition: Provide Bernie Sanders Secret Service protection immediately (Original post)	mother earth	Sep 2015	OP
Signed - Thanks! nt	LiberalElite	Sep 2015	#1
TY, we need all the signatures we can get to get this done. :)	mother earth	Sep 2015	#2
Done! nt	napi21	Sep 2015	#3
Done.	Phlem	Sep 2015	#4
Hmmm, While I would love to see him with the SS around	hootinholler	Sep 2015	#5
It's not clear that Hillary would have a SS detail if she wasn't a former first lady.	left-of-center2012	Sep 2015	#6
His unprecedented stance on the IMF qualifies him for protection IMHO.	mother earth	Sep 2015	#9
signed and shared on FB	Hiraeth	Sep 2015	#7
Did anyone ask Bernie?	SCVDem	Sep 2015	#8
Wait, he's on my speed dial, I'll get back to you.	mother earth	Sep 2015	#12
7,314	Babel_17	Sep 2015	#10
I do too. nt	mother earth	Sep 2015	#13
Signed & shared	Omaha Steve	Sep 2015	#11
signed.	DesertFlower	Sep 2015	#14
Signed!!	Duval	Sep 2015	#15
rest assured!	retrowire	Sep 2015	#16
K & R...	mak3cats	Sep 2015	#17
Kick	vanlassie	Sep 2015	#18
The Capitol Police would put a detail on him	Action_Patrol	Sep 2015	#19
No, it wasn't, they did this for Obama. And since, things are far crazier, and with Bernie's stance	mother earth	Sep 2015	#27
I work in the Senate. I know guys that were with him	Action_Patrol	Sep 2015	#28
Yes, yes please	BeanMusical	Sep 2015	#20
I have mixed feelings. Does he want this?	merrily	Sep 2015	#21
It's not like he can opt out if he's the nominee	Action_Patrol	Sep 2015	#22
Oh dear God yes. nt	SusanCalvin	Sep 2015	#23
I am of two minds on this	Demeter	Sep 2015	#24
Good point, I'm thinking at least if the petition is successful TPTB know we are concerned &	mother earth	Sep 2015	#31
Then they will go to even more extreme lengths to fix their rigged system	Demeter	Sep 2015	#36
Done. So important!	DiehardLiberal	Sep 2015	#25
Posted other places ??	Milliesmom	Sep 2015	#26
Signed	azmom	Sep 2015	#29
Kickin'	Iwillnevergiveup	Sep 2015	#30
Seems stuck at 7,398 n/t	Iwillnevergiveup	Sep 2015	#32
You will be asked to confirm via email & maybe the page needs to be "refreshed" for the latest	mother earth	Sep 2015	#33
Oh, now at 7,407	Iwillnevergiveup	Sep 2015	#34
this should be a no brainer. two people	certainot	Sep 2015	#35
Done. nt	silvershadow	Sep 2015	#37
Signed!!	LovingA2andMI	Sep 2015	#38
I've signed. Good idea. K&R	PatrickforO	Sep 2015	#39
Signed	PumpkinAle	Sep 2015	#40
Signed	FuzzyRabbit	Sep 2015	#41
7447	SmittynMo	Sep 2015	#42
7,487	Iwillnevergiveup	Sep 2015	#43
Done. Thanks for the link.	Duppers	Sep 2015	#44
Done! 2 signatures from our house n/t	Michigan-Arizona	Sep 2015	#45
I believe I signed this back a while.	Enthusiast	Sep 2015	#46
Done	emsimon33	Sep 2015	#47
Completed and Signed	turbinetree	Sep 2015	#48
Done; thanks for link. 7,642 (N/T)	Old Crow	Sep 2015	#49
Done, KnR n/t	chknltl	Sep 2015	#50
signed... n/t	prairierose	Sep 2015	#51
7,738	d_legendary1	Sep 2015	#52
This is a good idea, BUT would it mean all the Republicans get Secret Service protection, too?	tclambert	Sep 2015	#53
Done. K & R!	robertpaulsen	Sep 2015	#54
Done.	John Poet	Sep 2015	#55
Signed	Disabled15	Sep 2015	#56
Signed!...K&R	red dog 1	Sep 2015	#57
Signed, sealed, delivered.	Dont call me Shirley	Sep 2015	#58
Signed	bec	Sep 2015	#59
Yes. I remember watching the TV coverage from California the night when Bobby Kennedy was shot.	DrBulldog	Sep 2015	#60
RFK was shot from inches behind his head by a security guard ...	red dog 1	Sep 2015	#62
Here's a link to that post	Wilms	Sep 2015	#67
Thanks for that.	red dog 1	Sep 2015	#72
Signed and, then, posted on my Facebook page.	Petrushka	Sep 2015	#61
TY, this is great, we need to spread this far & wide!	mother earth	Sep 2015	#69
done	Motown_Johnny	Sep 2015	#63
I weirdly thought about this the other day.	ion_theory	Sep 2015	#64
Also,	snot	Sep 2015	#65
7,904	Iwillnevergiveup	Sep 2015	#66
Done.	L0oniX	Sep 2015	#68
TY, all of you! Keep spreading this petition far & wide, if you do FB or any other social media,	mother earth	Sep 2015	#70
Reposted in a bunch of Facebook groups	John Poet	Sep 2015	#71
TY, JP! :) nt	mother earth	Sep 2015	#73
Petition was closed (fairly quickly)	Ferd Berfel	Sep 2015	#74
If I remember correctly it closed 9/11 & did not get enough signatures. I found out quite late	mother earth	Sep 2015	#75

Response to mother earth (Original post)

Wed Sep 2, 2015, 08:08 PM

LiberalElite (14,691 posts)

URGENT: Petition: Provide Bernie Sanders Secret Service protection immediately

1. Signed - Thanks! nt

2. TY, we need all the signatures we can get to get this done. :)

3. Done! nt

4. Done.

5. Hmmm, While I would love to see him with the SS around

6. It's not clear that Hillary would have a SS detail if she wasn't a former first lady.

9. His unprecedented stance on the IMF qualifies him for protection IMHO.

7. signed and shared on FB

8. Did anyone ask Bernie?

12. Wait, he's on my speed dial, I'll get back to you.

10. 7,314

13. I do too. nt

11. Signed & shared

14. signed.

15. Signed!!

16. rest assured!

17. K & R...

18. Kick

19. The Capitol Police would put a detail on him

27. No, it wasn't, they did this for Obama. And since, things are far crazier, and with Bernie's stance

28. I work in the Senate. I know guys that were with him

20. Yes, yes please

21. I have mixed feelings. Does he want this?

22. It's not like he can opt out if he's the nominee

23. Oh dear God yes. nt

24. I am of two minds on this

31. Good point, I'm thinking at least if the petition is successful TPTB know we are concerned &

36. Then they will go to even more extreme lengths to fix their rigged system

25. Done. So important!

26. Posted other places ??

29. Signed

30. Kickin'

32. Seems stuck at 7,398 n/t

33. You will be asked to confirm via email & maybe the page needs to be "refreshed" for the latest

34. Oh, now at 7,407

35. this should be a no brainer. two people

37. Done. nt

38. Signed!!

39. I've signed. Good idea. K&R

40. Signed

41. Signed

42. 7447

43. 7,487

44. Done. Thanks for the link.

45. Done! 2 signatures from our house n/t

46. I believe I signed this back a while.

47. Done

48. Completed and Signed

49. Done; thanks for link. 7,642 (N/T)

50. Done, KnR n/t

51. signed... n/t

52. 7,738

53. This is a good idea, BUT would it mean all the Republicans get Secret Service protection, too?

54. Done. K & R!

55. Done.

56. Signed

57. Signed!...K&R

58. Signed, sealed, delivered.

59. Signed

60. Yes. I remember watching the TV coverage from California the night when Bobby Kennedy was shot.

62. RFK was shot from inches behind his head by a security guard ...

67. Here's a link to that post

72. Thanks for that.

61. Signed and, then, posted on my Facebook page.

69. TY, this is great, we need to spread this far & wide!

63. done

64. I weirdly thought about this the other day.

65. Also,

66. 7,904

68. Done.

70. TY, all of you! Keep spreading this petition far & wide, if you do FB or any other social media,

71. Reposted in a bunch of Facebook groups

73. TY, JP! :) nt

74. Petition was closed (fairly quickly)

75. If I remember correctly it closed 9/11 & did not get enough signatures. I found out quite late