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In reply to the discussion: 'Bernie Mafia': Sanders Supporters Look to Seize Democratic Party Initiative [View all]Omaha Steve
(108,433 posts)19. Bloomberg News estimates that Clinton was paid 6 million for her book
https://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/bernie-sanders
Bernie Sanders is the junior United States Senator from Vermont, and is running for President of the United States in the 2016 election.
Sanders began campaigning for civil and minority rights in the 1950s. While in high school he aimed to raise scholarship funds for Korean orphans, and he called for gay equality 40 years ago while running for office in Vermont. Bernie was arrested in 1962 for protesting against segregation in schools, and in 1963 he joined the March on Washington. An article on Alternet lists 19 ways Sanders has stood up for civil and minority rights.
He has also supported parent-child centers and senior citizens groups. In 2011, he gave his book royalties, nearly $23,000, to the Addison County Parent/Child Center. In October, 2015, Sanders refused to keep a campaign contribution donated by a pharmaceutical CEO who controversially raised the price of an AIDS medication. Instead, he donated $2,700, the maximum amount allowed from a private donor, to Whitman-Walker Health, a clinic that specializes in the treatment of HIV patients.
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'Bernie Mafia': Sanders Supporters Look to Seize Democratic Party Initiative [View all]
Omaha Steve
Nov 2016
OP
No, its not about one person and the party joining him makes it such...we'll see
uponit7771
Nov 2016
#65
He's not telling anybody what to do, but Party leadership seems to find his perspectives valuable.
JudyM
Nov 2016
#18
Agreed. We need to integrate our strengths, not hold on to opposition that gets us nowhere.
JudyM
Nov 2016
#48
That's at least 8 folders less than what they obviously had on Clinton :P. Nt
LostOne4Ever
Nov 2016
#20
Just to be clear: it's not a "fact" that "older feminists were voting for Hillary based on sex"
frazzled
Nov 2016
#36
Yeah, we really needed the perspective of rightwing Reagan supporters like Peggy Noonan.
pnwmom
Nov 2016
#12
If you haven't read the book how do you know if it might have ideas that help progressive causes?
JudyM
Nov 2016
#14
They want his opinion because he gives them slime against the Dems. What a con.
bettyellen
Nov 2016
#55