Bernie Sanders

FILE - In this March 10, 2015, file photo, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. speaks at the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) Legislative Conference and Presidential Forum in Washington. Sanders will run for president in 2016 and seek the Democratic nomination. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

(Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

As we gear up for another Presidential election, it appears that the field of candidates is chock full of recycled folks who've run so many times that they've worn out their last pair of sneakers and largely don't have anything new or inspiring to offer America.

Well, except for that Bernie Sanders guy.

Just the other day, he did the unthinkable when he asked the Department of Defense for an honest reckoning of fraud within their bloated, secretive bureaucracy. You know, the "Big Daddy" DOD, also known as the 618 billion-dollar behemoth that perennially defies financial audits ('cause it could be a bit complicated, the DOD claims...) and represents 37% of all military spending globally, outpacing the next seven countries combined military budgets.

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Sanders is daring to ask for some accountability. What kind of commie blasphemy is this?

After the Great Recession, Wall Street has more than just recovered, it appears like it's chasing anabolic steroids with espresso shots as it continually boasts record growth and mountains of corporate profits. So, with great audacity, Bernie has proposed a small tax on speculative trading to help further eliminate the nation's deficit and debt.

Sanders is asking the rich to pay their fair share as they continue to amass excessive wealth. How crazy is that?

Although Bernie Sanders and Hilary Clinton have very similar voting records and policy stances, the things that separate the two candidates are remarkable. The Clinton campaign is financed mostly by big banks and financiers while the Sanders campaign is financed mostly by unions representing the working, middle class. While every day, a new pseudo-scandal seems to detract from Clinton's message, Sanders' message is growing and gaining popularity with young voters and mainstream America.

The Republicans have a figurative clown car of variegated dysfunctional candidates that seemingly produces new and more bizarre entries to the race almost hourly, yet they appear bereft of any galvanizing rallying cry or innovative policy solutions. Yeah, yeah, they all hate Obama, decry the moral destruction of 'Mericuh, and wish it was 1952 again, but we've heard all that rubbish for years now. They've all gone so far to the right, they're just about out the door.

Of course, collectively, the Democrats are somewhat tepidly throwing their support behind their lone, and arguably, inevitable successor, Hilary Clinton, but that was until upstart Bernie Sanders recently appeared and actually sparked some intelligent and passionate debate. They've secretly wished for a genuine, unencumbered liberal for a long time and, now, their wish may have finally come true until Elizabeth Warren decides it's time.

You see, as much as the Republicans really want to paint Clinton as a liberal, she's really more of a moderate. On the other hand, Sanders is an actual liberal who embraces the moniker and unapologetically fights for the working class and poor.