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Bernie Sanders fans put down those $5 footlong sandwiches and read this!!!
Event: Warren County Democrats 12th Annual Summer Picnic
TIME: Sunday, June 14, 2015 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM CDT
HOST: Bernie Sanders
LOCATION: Veterans Memorial Park (Indianola, IA)
Corner of G Street and West Euclid Avenue
Indianola, IA 50125
Next Sunday afternoon, June 14th I'll be at the Warren County Democrats picnic in Indianola, IA. I've pulled a few strings (those same strings got me in photos with John Kerry just before the 04 Dem Convention & John Edwards in Oct 07) and will get a moment to talk with Senator Sanders.
I'll be mentioning whatever the total is in our DU Bernie Sanders Group Act Blue account at noon on the 14th for some good DU PR. If you have $5 (Bernie has said several times $5 is great) or whatever to add to the total by then, that would be wonderful. As of this moment our total raised is $3,706.00 in just 6 weeks. We are solidly in 4th place by the amount raised from ALL PACs & groups. That is way above where I thought we would be at this point.
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It takes a few minutes for the tote board to show your donation on the now semi-live goal o meter just below.
Can you kick in a little
That is me listening to John Edwards. I also did a couple interviews with the press. Video below the photo.
Uploaded on Oct 24, 2007
John Edwards talks about the importance of rejecting money from Washington lobbyists at a community meeting in Glenwood, Iowa on October 24, 2007.
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$10 kicked in. 110th donation from DU. 
Last edited Sun Jun 14, 2015, 09:33 PM - Edit history (1)
I've been meaning to donate, so I'll do it today! 
through the DU link:
Page:
Democratic Underground for Bernie
Itemizations
Date Recipient Amount
2015-06-13 Bernie Sanders $50.00
I am up to $300 for Bernie as of today. And the bear.
She identifies herself as a Democrat.
