Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says he's running for president - Houston Chronicle

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says he's running for president - Houston Chronicle 



Like me some Bernie Sanders, alot.



"...Sanders rejected the idea his appeal is limited to voters on the left,
boldly predicting Wednesday that his message would appeal to both fellow
independents and Republicans.

Sanders... "very specific proposals" to raise taxes on
wealthy Americans and corporations, as well as offer tuition-free
education at all public colleges and universities. He touched on his
past opposition to free-trade agreements, his support for heavier
regulations of Wall Street and the nation's banking industry, and his
vote against the Keystone XL oil pipeline as a preview of his campaign.

"So
to me, the question is whose views come closer to representing the vast
majority of working people in this country," Sanders said. "And you
know what? I think my views do."

....He
noted he has "never run a negative ad in my life," but still drew a
distinction with Clinton in the interview, promising to talk "very
strongly about the need not to get involved in perpetual warfare in the
Middle East."

"I voted against the war in Iraq," he said. "Secretary Clinton voted for it when she was in the Senate."

....Sanders said he will make
money and politics a central theme of his campaign, including a call for
a constitutional amendment to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010
Citizens United decision, which he blames for unleashing a torrent of
money from wealthy donors into politics.

"What you're looking at here is a real disgrace," he said. "It is an undermining of American democracy."