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Promotes attending caucus for Sanders

I know it seems early to think about the presidential election however I want to introduce many of you to Bernie Sanders and why I believe he is the man of the people. Yes, we the people.

Bernie wants to end the war on drugs and invest in jobs and free college education, not jail cells for those unfortunate enough to be poor.

He wants universal health care so you don’t have to go broke if you get sick.

He does not want assault weapons in the hands of anyone yet he does not want to take guns away from individuals for hunting or protection.

He understands that we must do something now to address global climate change.

He voted against the Iraq war.

He only takes money from we the people. Big business does not own him.

To pay for the above he wants big investors to chip in for all that he believes the America people deserve.

This is Bernie Sanders. The only way to get Bernie to be our nominee is to attend the caucuses. Our primary votes do not count. Seems strange, but they don’t matter. The caucus is where we go to represent Bernie as our choice for president. The more Bernie people there, the better chance he will be our nominee. It starts local and ends in Olympia. Again, the caucus is the only thing that matters — not our primary vote. He only wins if we, the little people stand up and say, no more to big money and big corporations running our government. We win if we participate.

Amy Glasser

Bellingham

This story was originally published November 10, 2015 at 4:01 PM with the headline "Promotes attending caucus for Sanders."

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