Dayne Goodwin,
I never knew Bernie in the 70s or 80s,but a few years ago,there was a web page,in an obscure corner of the internet,that had every speech Bernie gave as mayor,as well as a couple of from when he was running.I watched them all.The Bernie I saw in these grainy videos is very different from the Bernie we saw running for president.Bernie clearly sold his soul when he went to Congress.This may be what you have to do to get along in Washington.As someone who read both Counterpunch,and Black Agenda Report in the years leading up to 2016,I was never taken in by Bernie's shill game for the DNC.