A Message from Senator Bernie Sanders

Dear Friends:

I would like to thank the tens of thousands of people throughout the country who supported me in my successful race for the United States Senate.

With your help we were able to mount an historic grass-roots campaign that resulted in thousands of volunteers going door to door with a message of change. We proved that grass-roots person to person politics can win.  And win we did! Despite running against one of the wealthiest people in Vermont who ended up spending more money per vote than any Senate candidate in U.S. history, we received 65% of the vote. So again, thank you for your support of progressive grass-roots politics.
 
Now, in 2008, we are again engaged in an historic national campaign. The major issue of this campaign is pretty simple. George W. Bush has been the worst president in our lifetimes and, perhaps, the worst president in the history of our country. What this campaign will determine is whether we continue four more years of Bush’s disastrous policies, or begin the process of moving this country in a very different direction.
 
As, perhaps, the most progressive member of the U.S. Senate I have introduced and supported legislation which will:

• End the war in Iraq as soon as possible
• Move this country to a national health care program guaranteeing health care for all
• Protect our constitutional rights that Bush is abrogating every day
• Rescind Bush’s tax breaks for millionaires and adequately fund the needs of the middle class in terms of education, infrastructure, and so many other unmet needs
• Reverse global warming and create millions of new jobs as we move away from fossil fuels and into energy efficiency and sustainable energy. 

As the only real Independent in Congress, I intend to play a very active role in this campaign not just because we need to make sure that another Republican doesn’t win the Presidency, but because we need to elect the most progressive Congress possible. We need members in the Senate and House who will not just vote the “right way”, but will stand up to the Big Money interests who have so much power in Washington. And I intend to do my best, traveling and speaking in every area of the country, to see that those kind of candidates are elected and that we build a strong progressive grass-roots movement.

In order to accomplish these goals, I will need your financial and political support. Please contribute to Friends of Bernie Sanders, my campaign committee. You can do this by clicking here - CONTRIBUTE , or by sending a check to Friends of Bernie Sanders, PO Box 391, Burlington, VT 05402.
 
We are at a monumental moment in American and world history. If we stand together I am confident that we CAN win. For the sake of our children and grandchildren, we MUST win.
 
Thank you again for your support.
 
Senator Bernie Sanders