@Finn dAbuzz,
Just fyi, I sent him a DM via Twitter to ask him to get in the race several months before he announced - as I bet thousands of others did - specifically because of the things I've heard him say over the last twenty years.
I disagreed with him the first 15 years. I thought he was too liberal, but I respected that he spoke truth to power, and that he held firm to his convictions.
I changed. He remains true to his convictions - and it strengthens his case that some of the best minds in this country agree with him.
(yeah, I'm popping a video in here to prove my statement)
https://youtu.be/Q_5BdLB4r2c
Among his statements: What we call Democrats are actually Moderate Republicans.
Talks about Obama and mentions neoliberalism.
"Obama is running a global terror program."
This is what a realistic criticism sounds like when the person talking isn't wed to a political party. Amazing to hear.