[A-List] Do Tell: A Talk With the Senate's Lone Socialist -Washington Post

["Leigh Meyers" <the.buffalo.in.the.midst@xxxxxxxxx>]

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.

Below is a video excerpt of our interview; a text write-up appears
below the video box:


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