Bernie Sanders

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(41,505 posts) Sat Oct 3, 2015, 05:29 PM Oct 2015

Sen. Bernie Sanders Springfield MA, speaking Speaking to a crowd of 6,000(pics)

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Bernie Sanders energizes the crowd, calls for political revolution at Springfield rally

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Democratic presidential hopeful and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., blasted income inequality in America and called for a political revolution to rebuild the middle class during a fiery speech at the city's MassMutual Center Saturday.

Sanders, who visited the Springfield arena as part of a Massachusetts campaign swing, touched on issues like income and wealth inequality, campaign finance overhauls,high prescription drug costs and college affordability in his wide-ranging, hour-long speech.

Speaking to a crowd of 6,000 supporters, the Vermont senator stressed that his campaign is different from others as it's "designed not only to elect someone president of the United States, but to build a political movement."
http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/10/us_sen_bernie_sanders_says_x_i.html

updated article at MassLive.com
http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/10/presidential_campaign_rally_at.html#incart_river
US Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential supporters tout him as a genuine candidate, praise campaign platform

Supporters attending U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders', I-Vt., rally in Springfield Saturday, praised the 2016 Democratic presidential candidate's campaign message and what they called his"authentic" approach.

Around 6,000 people filled the MassMutual Center for the Vermont senator's rally and speech - twice the amount event organizers estimated. Attendees, who met his hour-long remarks with deafening applause, painted Sanders as a candidate who will fight for Americans of all backgrounds and not corporate interests.

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"I really never thought I would care about a mainstream political candidate, but Bernie is actually pretty on the ball with things," Jensen said. "Typically I would vote independent or third party, but I am very likely going to be voting for Sanders."

Thousands Rally In Springfield to Support of Sanders

Some 6,000 people were "feeling the Bern" in Springfield on Saturday.

Bernie Sanders, who seeking to run for the Oval Office in 2016 on the Democratic ticket, called for a "political revolution" at a campaign stump at the Mass Mutual Center.

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"Our campaign is a different type of campaign. It is a grassroots campaign designed not only to elect someone to be president of the United States but to build a political movement," Sanders said to boisterous applause and cheers.