Today has been a great day for Bernie Sanders!
Along with today’s Working Families Party endorsement, past New York Working Families Party gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout (who gave the fight to Albany-machine Gov. Mario Cuomo) endorses Bernie Sanders!
Never to assume positions without detailed explanations, Teachout gives 10 reasons why Sen. Bernie Sanders is the right candidate to be President:
Here are 10 reasons for my support:
1. Congressman Sanders voted against the Iraq war, showing judgment and leadership when it mattered, and has held consistent and careful foreign policy views.
2. Senator Sanders has been a leader on finance, supporting a new Glass Steagall and introducing his own bills to break up the big banks.
3. Senator Sanders has led the fight against the XL pipeline, and for wind, sun, geothermal, and all renewable sources of energy.
4. Congressman Sanders opposed NAFTA, and has been a leader in the opposition to the TPP. 5. He has spent his career fighting private prisons and overcriminalization.
6. He has always understood the vital role that unions and institutions play in a more equal America, and fought for workers' rights.
7. He has long fought against high-stakes standardized tests.
8. He is a lifelong advocate for veterans, and a leader in health clinics and access to dental care and basic services.
9. He always been practical, with a long career of working across all party lines with respect.
10. Most importantly, President Sanders would put fundamental reform--including public financing of elections--at the heart of what he does.
Source: The Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zephyr-teachout/bernie-sanders-for-presid_b_8752058.html)
Zephyr goes on to say:
America is in pain, and democracy is in crisis. Twenty Americans have more money than the bottom half of Americans. According to the New York Times, 158 families made half of all the donations so far in the presidential race. We have a private campaign finance system gives private companies and billionaires control over government. That's not American democracy.
I endorse Sanders because of my deep patriotism, my belief that democracy is possible and a thriving economy is possible, and we don't need to beg at the feet of the wealthiest donors to have a collective life worth living. Sanders has always paid attention to the root threats: inequity and excess elite power. He always explained in patient detail the way that privately financed elections and outside spending totally destroy our democracy. There is too much fear in our political life: he brings big dreams instead.
If you are undecided or are a Hillary Clinton supporter, please read these words with care and deliberation. Democrats want change and more people are finding that change through research, deliberation, and social media. And the “change” candidate’s name is Senator Bernie Sanders.
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