Sanders just another politician.

• Author: Stekel, Peter
• Position: Letter to the Editor

I started reading the December 2005 interview with Bernie Sanders and was favorably impressed (Interview by Ruth Conniff). It wasn't until the end that I realized that Sanders is no different than all the other poor excuses in politics today.

Oh, sure, he knows all the progressive buzzwords and phrases (Health care for all! Save Social Security!). He knows how to push our buttons at the perfidy perpetrated by Republicans. He bashes Republican indifference and incompetence. He's so quick to condemn the Republican politics of character assassination.

But he's vague about what to do to counter the Republican juggernaut of lies. And he blames Ralph Nader for Democratic losses.

Let's set the record straight one more time. Kerry, like Gore...