<\/a>Bernie Sanders–now a declared candidate for President–is not new to the business of truth-telling. The following article, originally published here in 2013, chronicles one of his finest moments…<\/em><\/p>\n

Want to hear the real story on the destruction of the middle class in this country?\u00a0 Without spin? Without obfuscation? Watch this excerpt of a rare moment of truth telling on the Senate floor from Vermont\u2019s Senator Bernie Sanders.<\/p>\n

You can trust that Bernie\u2019s talking facts.\u00a0 In fact, Bernie\u2019s doing not much more than reiterating statistics on the current state of wages and economic inequality gleaned from the United States Census Bureau.\u00a0 Bernie\u2019s not special.\u00a0 He didn\u2019t need special clearance to get the facts.\u00a0 These are facts and figures available to every senator and representative in Congress.<\/p>\n

Still, does anyone else in Congress talk this way?\u00a0 Who else but Bernie is courageous\u2014and angry\u2014enough to tell it like it really is?<\/p>\n