PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BERNIE 
SANDERS.
AND SENATOR SANDERS, YOU HEARD 
CLOONEY THERE, HE ALMOST SOUNDS 
LIKE HE'S FEELING THE BERN.
>> WELL, I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT
FOR GEORGE CLOONEY'S HONESTY AND
INTEGRITY ON THIS ISSUE.
HE IS RIGHT.
ONE OF THE GREAT TRAGEDIES OF 
AMERICAN LIFE TODAY IS THE 
DEGREE TO WHICH BIG MONEY IS 
BUYING ELECTIONS IN WHICH 
ELECTED OFFICIALS BECOME 
RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF WALL 
STREET AND WEALTHY CAMPAIGN 
CONTRIBUTORS RATHER THAN THE 
NEEDS OF ORDINARY PEOPLE.
AND DANA, I'M SO PROUD THAT IN 
THIS CAMPAIGN, WE HAVE NOW 
RAISED ALMOST 7 MILLION 
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS, 
AVERAGING $27 APIECE.
THAT IS UNPRECEDENTED IN 
AMERICAN HISTORY.
>> BUT YOU REALIZE, SENATOR, 
THAT HE JUST RAISED MILLIONS OF 
DOLLARS FOR YOUR OPPONENT.
SO IS HE BACKING THE WRONG HORSE
HERE?
>> WELL, I THINK HE IS.
BUT HE IS HONEST ENOUGH TO SAY 
THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG 
WHEN FEW PEOPLE, IN THIS CASE, 
WEALTHY INDIVIDUALS, BUT IN 
OTHER INSTANCES FOR THE 
SECRETARY, IT IS WALL STREET AND
POWERFUL SPECIAL INTERESTS WHO 
ARE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE 
UNBELIEVABLY LARGE SUMS OF 
MONEY.
THAT'S NOT WHAT DEMOCRACY IS 
ABOUT.
THAT IS A MOVEMENT TOWARD 
OLIGARCHY.
AND THAT IS WHY WE'VE GOT TO 
OVERTURN CITIZENS UNITED AND WHY
I HAVE RUN THIS CAMPAIGN ON THE 
BASE OF SAYING WE'RE GOING TO 
MAKE IT ON CONTRIBUTIONS 
AVERAGING 27 BUCKS APIECE RATHER
THAN BEING DEPENDENT ON BIG 
MONEY.
BUT THIS IS THE ISSUE OF 
AMERICAN POLITICS TODAY.
DO WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT THAT 
REPRESENTS ALL OF US OR JUST THE
1%?
AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A 
GOVERNMENT THAT REPRESENTS ALL 
OF US SO
