The New York Times has an opinion piece Bernie Sanders Yells His Mind written by Gail Collins.

Our topic today is: Bernie Sanders for president?

“My fifteen minutes of fame,” the Vermont senator said gruffly over the phone. Gruff is pretty much his normal way of speaking, but Sanders was actually in a good mood at this point in the conversation. Later, the volume would escalate.
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Question: Sanders self-identifies as a “democratic socialist.” Aren’t people going to think that’s a little extreme?

Answer: This week, the governor of Texas announced he was putting a special watch on U.S. military exercises this summer, due to public speculation that the soldiers might take over the state and confiscate everyone’s guns. Also, the Idaho Legislature recently killed a bill that would have provided federal aid in tracking down deadbeat dads, due to concern that it might involve the use of Shariah law. I do not want to hear you calling Bernie Sanders an extremist.

My apologies to my Texas friends for exposing the kind of place they have chosen to live. Some of them deserve it, while others actually try to fight it.

Should I even mention the Talking Points Memo article Shooting Reported At Anti-Islam Group’s Cartoon Contest In Texas? <sarcasm>Where were the Texans’ guns if they thought this event was such a good idea? What’s the right to bear arms for if it isn’t to protect yourself when you have an event that is meant to poke potentially angry people in the eye?</sarcasm> I hope my friends in Garland weren’t too close to the scene.

Thanks to Michael Horan for posting The New York Times item on Facebook.