Bernie's Big Surprise

When it seems like the same old ground has been picked over and
trampled to dust, and all seems like the same old same old, business
as usual, the foregone conclusion, and of course the ubiquitous
conventional wisdom reigning supreme in the world of politics,
something completely unexpected, unforeseen, and seemingly
impossible happens to shake up a mundane scene. Such an occurrence
happened recently with socialist Senator Bernie Sanders.

Sanders, who is running for president again, was asked at a rally
in Iowa a few weeks ago whether he favors mandatory buybacks
for AR-15s and AK-47s, an idea favored by at least some of his
opponents for the Democrat Party's presidential nomination and
many Democrats at the state government level around the country.
His answer? First, my grand readers, sit down and draw a deep breath:
"A mandatory buyback is essentially confiscation, which I think is
unconstitutional. It means that I'm going to walk into your house and
take something whether you like it or not. I don't think that stands up
to constitutional scrutiny."

I know. Believe me, I know. I saw this story in the November 14 edition
of the Wall Street Journal, and I read, then re-read it (four times!) to
see if I was reading it right. Imagine that, the presidential candidate
from the Democrats' field of candidates considered by many to be
the most radical candidate in the pack openly opposing an almost
cherished brainchild in his political circles, and citing the Constitution
to back up his assertion! Perhaps the Milwaukee Brewers will go
to the World Series next year, and win it in a four-game sweep!
The Age of Miracles is truly in force!

May Bernie's brief but notable flight of factuality not prove to be a
rarity, a mere one-off, but a turning point for the senator from
Vermont in which he will discover the Constitution as an entire
document, one that is remarkably unique in the history of nations
and their governance by restricting not the people but their
government, thus guaranteeing the freedom of the former while
protecting them from the rapacious urges of the latter. Why,
ol' Bernie could feel a brand new "Bern", one which would guide
him to the joys of limited government and away from the looks-
good-on-paper-but-fails-in-practice ideology of socialism.
Perhaps his followers would join him on this voyage of political
and economic discovery?


MEM