WP: A Talk With the Senate's Lone Socialist, Bernie Sanders (I., VT)

[DeepModem Mom]

"The Sleuth," Mary Ann Akers, Behind the Scenes in Washington
Do Tell: A Talk With the Senate's Lone Socialist

The Sleuth chatted this week with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the newest (OK, the ONLY) Socialist in the Senate.

Sanders, not surprisingly, railed against the mainstream media, lamented the Iraq war, condemned the Bush presidency and daydreamed about a "reality" not dominated by news of Paris Hilton's battle with the law, Britney Spears's razor-and-rehab episodes or the Anna Nicole Smith saga. He also praised The Sleuth for recognizing a prized portrait on his office wall -- of Eugene Debs, the icon of the American Socialist movement.

Sanders, a wild-eyed, permanently wind-blown curmudgeon, said one of the biggest adjustments since moving from the House (where he served eight terms) to the Senate is the need to be so cordial all the time.

Interview transcript:

Sleuth: How does it feel being in the Senate where there's forced, almost insistent, collegiality after coming from Tom DeLay's House?

Sanders: That is certainly one of the differences. Everybody is very, very nice to everybody. Isn't that something? Everybody loves everybody over here. Everybody is a good friend and honorable gentleperson and all of that stuff....

(NOTE: A transcript of the interview follows, and a link to video is included.)

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2007/05/do_tell_a_talk_with_the_senate.html

[Donnachaidh]

1. ROFL! Even Bernie is sick of the "civility"

:rofl:

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. We need several dozen Bernies on the Hill

*sigh*