Bernie Sanders has spent over half of his 78 years in Congress.  He knows it as well as anyone, and he knows that it is hopelessly corrupt — and getting worse. The entire establishment in Washington, D.C. is corrupt, with few exceptions.  The leadership, the committee chairs, minority and majority, Republican or Democrat — it makes little difference, just a matter of degree.  The lobbyists, the big think-tanks, the media, the Business Roundtable and the Chamber of Commerce, they're all in on it.  It's a gravy train, with enough goodies for everybody. Bernie is not corrupt, or at least less corrupt; he's a holy warrior, on a mission to drastically change this country.  His outrage at public corruption is real.  But his solutions are 19th-century reactionary Marxist madness. Joe Biden is a year younger than Bernie, but he's been part of the swamp longer, since 1972.  He is, as much...(Read Full Post)