Bryon York noticed something peculiar about Bernie Sander's announcement speech: the stark lack of Michael Brown, Baltimore, Freddie Gray or indeed any racial issue. Or gender-based issue, for that matter, besides passing references.

And why is this? Unlike the liberal "establishment" of modern politics, Sanders doesn't actually lend any credence to identity politics. He's an old socialist; one who views social ills as by-products of an inherently unjust market system. I may disagree with his conclusions, but I'll give him credit for his sincerity. Were I voting in a Democratic primary, I'd choose him just to spite the Clintons. 

Sanders is my homeboy.

For now.

I'm pretty mixed on Sanders. I think the current viral advertising that is catching on is extremely annoying, as it's entirely based around macros with out of context quotes, often not backed by a voting record. He's anti-nuclear, and thinks social security isn't going down the drain, which seems to indicate a total ignorance of economics with respect to the government. I don't think I'd vote for a president based on social issues, as societies pretty much always trend towards liberal and progressivism, so things like marriage equality, drug legalization, and egalitarianism are going to be passed by Congress regardless of who's in the Oval Office. His foreign policy record is consistent, but it's consistently stupid. He seems to be largely against policy that increases globalization of trade, and I think he's stuck in the past with fervent support for unions and education policy.