The Root: Pipe Down, Bernie Sanders

[Gothmog]

220. I got to meet Congressman Lewis iniatially because of my work in voter protection

I spoke at a couple of town halls on voter id back in 2011 for another local congressman and got to meet Congressman Lewis the first time through that connection. I have been volunteering on voter protection efforts for a long time and that helped get me elected to be a national delegate. In past cycles I worked with the DNC Voter Expansion project to try to get voters "free" ids to vote and this cycle I trained 200+ poll watchers and helped set up and run a statewide hot line for voter protection. Again it normally takes years of hard work to be a national delegate and I am still amazed at how the Sanders delegates acted at the national convention.

Congressman Lewis' work on voting rights is just one reason why I admire him. I have several signed copies of his March books which are some of my prized possessions. I am so glad that I have now heard Congressman Lewis' story about preaching to chickens on numerous occasions. Today at the scholarship speech in Miami, Congressman Lewis once again told his preaching to chicken story and I was smiling all through this story. It gets better every time I hear it.

BTW, I read up on the Civil rights leader that you cited in your prior post. I note that no Clinton supporter attacked that leader for supporting or endorsing Sanders. The same can not be said for Sanders supporters. I wish that Sanders used that leader as his surrogate instead of Prof. West. Endorsements of leaders have little effect on most voters and I had decided to support Hillary Clinton long before Congressman Lewis endorsed her.

Finally my son just reminded me that he wants one set of the signed March books. It seems that these books are sold out on Amazon which is a nice way of expressing support for Congressman Lewis. Have you purchased the latest Sanders book yet?