Ah, Mr Bernard Sanders, the communist, misogynist, crude politician who only white people could vote for. Supposedly. While Sanders has never been too popular with the Hillary Clinton "Still With Her" crowd, he has managed to drum up an extremely high level of grassroots and young voter support, being seen as talking truth to the Democratic Establishment while not having the colossal levels of contradiction of Donald Trump's faux 'populism' - finally a politician who could see the strain that years of failed neo-liberal and conservative governance had put on poor and middle-class workers, and a credible, principled messaged to boot. Sanders began as a fringe political figure, outside of Vermont state politics, Bernie wasn't a household name by any stretch of the imagination. All the while endorsing Socialism and attacks on Wall Street and tax-dodging corporations elevated the Vermont Senators message to the forefront of the US political limelight. His opp...
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