Gravel for President ' 08
About the Author
Former U.S. Senator Mike Gravel (D-Alaska) was the first person to announce for the 2008 presidential nomination.
Gravel served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 1963-66, and as Speaker from 1965-66. He represented Alaska in the U.S. Senate from 1968-1981. He served on the Finance, Interior, Environmental and Public Works committees. He chaired the Energy, Water Resources, Buildings and Grounds, and Environmental Pollution subcommittees.
Sen. Gravel mounted a one-man fillibuster to end the draft and revealed the truth about the Vietnam War by releasing the Pentagon Papers while serving in the senate.
HIS VIEWS:
National Initiative for Democracy would empower Americans by making every citizen a lawmaker by enacting a national initiative.
Supports Fair Tax--favors eliminating the income tax and replacing it with a progressive national sales tax
National Health Care--enact a national, universal,single-payer, not-for-profit U.S. heathcare system
War in Iraq--supports an immediate, oderly withdrawal of troops, followed by aggressive diplomacy.
Supports equal rights for gays and lesbians
"Let The People Decide"
Register to vote, and send Voltage to play at the Democratic National Convention. We have songs that are perfect for the event already written, and I am already the number one democrat at the DNC.
As some interal tracking polls have on the attack Ralph Nader moving close to 12% in Michigan and 8.5% nationally, up from 6 Obama people must sense some worry. Not only might they Lose some woman to MCCain if Hillary is not the VP, Nader is cutting into the Left by showing how unprogressive Obama can be. Well actually, with Campaign finance change Obama just made, Obama is showing how unprogressive he can be. Sic
Look out Dems. You may have the wrong horse, Even the NYTIMES is attacking him.
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New York Times columnist David Brooks, in a particularly smart take, sees Obama's move as the latest sign that there are two Obamas.
"Barack Obama is the most split-personality politician in the country today," Brooks writes in today's Times. "On the one hand, there is Dr. Barack, the high-minded, Niebuhr-quoting speechifier who spent this past winter thrilling the Scarlett Johansson set and feeling the fierce urgency of now. But then on the other side, there’s Fast Eddie Obama, the promise-breaking, tough-minded Chicago pol who’d throw you under the truck for votes."
With his decision, "Fast Eddie Obama had his finest hour. Barack Obama has worked on political reform more than any other issue. He aspires to be to political reform what Bono is to fighting disease in Africa. He’s spent much of his career talking about how much he believes in public financing....But Thursday, at the first breath of political inconvenience, Fast Eddie Obama threw public financing under the truck. In so doing, he probably dealt a death-blow to the cause of campaign-finance reform. And the only thing that changed between Thursday and when he lauded the system is that Obama’s got more money now. And Fast Eddie Obama didn’t just sell out the primary cause of his life. He did it with style. He did it with a video so risibly insincere that somewhere down in the shadow world, Lee Atwater is gaping and applauding."
Meanwhile, consumer activist Ralph Nader is trying to make the most out of Obama's decision, asserting that it is further evidence that for all his talk of changing Washington, Obama is captive to the same corporate interests.
"The old Obama said he would abide by public spending limits in this election," the Nader campaign told supporters today. "The new Obama he says he won't....You know where Nader and Gonzalez stand on corporate power. And that isn't changing."
Look out Dems. You may have the wrong horse, Even the NYTIMES is attacking him.
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New York Times columnist David Brooks, in a particularly smart take, sees Obama's move as the latest sign that there are two Obamas.
"Barack Obama is the most split-personality politician in the country today," Brooks writes in today's Times. "On the one hand, there is Dr. Barack, the high-minded, Niebuhr-quoting speechifier who spent this past winter thrilling the Scarlett Johansson set and feeling the fierce urgency of now. But then on the other side, there’s Fast Eddie Obama, the promise-breaking, tough-minded Chicago pol who’d throw you under the truck for votes."
With his decision, "Fast Eddie Obama had his finest hour. Barack Obama has worked on political reform more than any other issue. He aspires to be to political reform what Bono is to fighting disease in Africa. He’s spent much of his career talking about how much he believes in public financing....But Thursday, at the first breath of political inconvenience, Fast Eddie Obama threw public financing under the truck. In so doing, he probably dealt a death-blow to the cause of campaign-finance reform. And the only thing that changed between Thursday and when he lauded the system is that Obama’s got more money now. And Fast Eddie Obama didn’t just sell out the primary cause of his life. He did it with style. He did it with a video so risibly insincere that somewhere down in the shadow world, Lee Atwater is gaping and applauding."
Meanwhile, consumer activist Ralph Nader is trying to make the most out of Obama's decision, asserting that it is further evidence that for all his talk of changing Washington, Obama is captive to the same corporate interests.
"The old Obama said he would abide by public spending limits in this election," the Nader campaign told supporters today. "The new Obama he says he won't....You know where Nader and Gonzalez stand on corporate power. And that isn't changing."
As some interal tracking polls have on the attack Ralph Nader moving close to 12% in Michigan and 8.5% nationally, up from 6 Obama people must sense some worry. Not only might they Lose some woman to MCCain if Hillary is not the VP, Nader is cutting into the Left by showing how unprogressive Obama can be. Well actually, with Campaign finance change Obama just made, Obama is showing how unprogressive he can be. Sic
Look out Dems. You may have the wrong horse, Even the NYTIMES is attacking him.
-------------------
New York Times columnist David Brooks, in a particularly smart take, sees Obama's move as the latest sign that there are two Obamas.
"Barack Obama is the most split-personality politician in the country today," Brooks writes in today's Times. "On the one hand, there is Dr. Barack, the high-minded, Niebuhr-quoting speechifier who spent this past winter thrilling the Scarlett Johansson set and feeling the fierce urgency of now. But then on the other side, there’s Fast Eddie Obama, the promise-breaking, tough-minded Chicago pol who’d throw you under the truck for votes."
With his decision, "Fast Eddie Obama had his finest hour. Barack Obama has worked on political reform more than any other issue. He aspires to be to political reform what Bono is to fighting disease in Africa. He’s spent much of his career talking about how much he believes in public financing....But Thursday, at the first breath of political inconvenience, Fast Eddie Obama threw public financing under the truck. In so doing, he probably dealt a death-blow to the cause of campaign-finance reform. And the only thing that changed between Thursday and when he lauded the system is that Obama’s got more money now. And Fast Eddie Obama didn’t just sell out the primary cause of his life. He did it with style. He did it with a video so risibly insincere that somewhere down in the shadow world, Lee Atwater is gaping and applauding."
Meanwhile, consumer activist Ralph Nader is trying to make the most out of Obama's decision, asserting that it is further evidence that for all his talk of changing Washington, Obama is captive to the same corporate interests.
"The old Obama said he would abide by public spending limits in this election," the Nader campaign told supporters today. "The new Obama he says he won't....You know where Nader and Gonzalez stand on corporate power. And that isn't changing." Read More »
Look out Dems. You may have the wrong horse, Even the NYTIMES is attacking him.
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New York Times columnist David Brooks, in a particularly smart take, sees Obama's move as the latest sign that there are two Obamas.
"Barack Obama is the most split-personality politician in the country today," Brooks writes in today's Times. "On the one hand, there is Dr. Barack, the high-minded, Niebuhr-quoting speechifier who spent this past winter thrilling the Scarlett Johansson set and feeling the fierce urgency of now. But then on the other side, there’s Fast Eddie Obama, the promise-breaking, tough-minded Chicago pol who’d throw you under the truck for votes."
With his decision, "Fast Eddie Obama had his finest hour. Barack Obama has worked on political reform more than any other issue. He aspires to be to political reform what Bono is to fighting disease in Africa. He’s spent much of his career talking about how much he believes in public financing....But Thursday, at the first breath of political inconvenience, Fast Eddie Obama threw public financing under the truck. In so doing, he probably dealt a death-blow to the cause of campaign-finance reform. And the only thing that changed between Thursday and when he lauded the system is that Obama’s got more money now. And Fast Eddie Obama didn’t just sell out the primary cause of his life. He did it with style. He did it with a video so risibly insincere that somewhere down in the shadow world, Lee Atwater is gaping and applauding."
Meanwhile, consumer activist Ralph Nader is trying to make the most out of Obama's decision, asserting that it is further evidence that for all his talk of changing Washington, Obama is captive to the same corporate interests.
"The old Obama said he would abide by public spending limits in this election," the Nader campaign told supporters today. "The new Obama he says he won't....You know where Nader and Gonzalez stand on corporate power. And that isn't changing." Read More »
Democrats should worry that Obama's Zest for the Oval office is compromising the integity of the party.
Online polls show a full 60% nation wide find him hypocritical for his public financing flip flop.
Does big Business call the shot. As the first candidate since they were inacted to pass on public campaign financing really claim to be free of corruption when they will raise a half a billion dollars from big business.
Oped News takes a look:
"His campaign is looking more and more like the traditional big business fueled campaign and the policies he is putting forward demonstrate why big business is supporting him." Read More »
Online polls show a full 60% nation wide find him hypocritical for his public financing flip flop.
Does big Business call the shot. As the first candidate since they were inacted to pass on public campaign financing really claim to be free of corruption when they will raise a half a billion dollars from big business.
Oped News takes a look:
"His campaign is looking more and more like the traditional big business fueled campaign and the policies he is putting forward demonstrate why big business is supporting him." Read More »
I was sleeping, What happened. did the celthics win?
Met Matt Gonzalez..interesting fellow.
Aren't we all democrats at heart...
jack
Aren't we all democrats at heart...
jack
This summer, President George W. Bush will smile while jaunting up the stairs to Air Force One - his laughable presidency all but over - with not a care in the world.
For 13 hours, he'll lie on a couch in the airplane, drink pomegranate-flavored water and watch reruns of Texas Rangers games from the glory days of Nolan Ryan and Jose Canseco
Eventually, he'll land in Beijing, China, for the 2008 Summer Olympics. He'll pose and smile for photos with great Chinese leaders.
You'll definitely read about it in the newspaper, and so will people just like you all over the world; and you'll probably feel pretty good when you do. Like a bottle of cheap gin the whole globe can pass around, the Olympics somehow make it okay to forget for a little while.
This is helpful for most of us, but somewhat unfortunate for the Tibetan people, whose struggle against occupation has gone on for nearly 60 years
In 1951, the Chinese government annexed Tibet and declared it part of China. In 1959, an uprising resulted in the expulsion of the Dalai Lama; since that time he has run a "government in exile" based in India and become a martyr for global political rights.
On March 10, in honor of the 49th anniversary of China's great experiment in the abuse of state sovereignty, Tibetan monks began to protest en masse the continued demonization of the Dalai Lama and China's efforts to ethnically cleanse Tibetans.
China, for its part, pledged to "resolutely crush" those people. Within days, it launched a fresh military campaign in the region. It kicked out journalists and declared no quarter on religious figures.
Anyway, a generation later, as a reward for Chinese progress and a concession that China has established itself as a modern global player, it gets to host the Olympics!
Irony in such high doses should be fatal.
For 13 hours, he'll lie on a couch in the airplane, drink pomegranate-flavored water and watch reruns of Texas Rangers games from the glory days of Nolan Ryan and Jose Canseco
Eventually, he'll land in Beijing, China, for the 2008 Summer Olympics. He'll pose and smile for photos with great Chinese leaders.
You'll definitely read about it in the newspaper, and so will people just like you all over the world; and you'll probably feel pretty good when you do. Like a bottle of cheap gin the whole globe can pass around, the Olympics somehow make it okay to forget for a little while.
This is helpful for most of us, but somewhat unfortunate for the Tibetan people, whose struggle against occupation has gone on for nearly 60 years
In 1951, the Chinese government annexed Tibet and declared it part of China. In 1959, an uprising resulted in the expulsion of the Dalai Lama; since that time he has run a "government in exile" based in India and become a martyr for global political rights.
On March 10, in honor of the 49th anniversary of China's great experiment in the abuse of state sovereignty, Tibetan monks began to protest en masse the continued demonization of the Dalai Lama and China's efforts to ethnically cleanse Tibetans.
China, for its part, pledged to "resolutely crush" those people. Within days, it launched a fresh military campaign in the region. It kicked out journalists and declared no quarter on religious figures.
Anyway, a generation later, as a reward for Chinese progress and a concession that China has established itself as a modern global player, it gets to host the Olympics!
Irony in such high doses should be fatal.
i think its going to be really bad. 20 points..
jack
jack
I am happy to announce that 6 students from Johnstown High School have created the Young Democratic Association (YDA) of Fulton County (NY.) They have determained to increase membership to include high school students from all over Fulton County. They hope to increase there awareness of politics, how politics works, increase overall membership in the Fulton County Democratic Party, bring youth issues out, and grassroots organization.
The next meeting we will be learning the meaning of walking a district and offering tickets to the Fulton County Democratic Party Pancake Breakfast on April 26. They will also discuss if they would like to work on a local or national campain.
The next meeting we will be learning the meaning of walking a district and offering tickets to the Fulton County Democratic Party Pancake Breakfast on April 26. They will also discuss if they would like to work on a local or national campain.
Hey! I found a difference or two...
from speakout.com
Everything he's 'voted for or against' matches Clinton.
Also see comparision from
http://www.thetaskforce.org/downloads/reports/reports/final_candidates_positions.pdf Read More »
from speakout.com
Everything he's 'voted for or against' matches Clinton.
Also see comparision from
http://www.thetaskforce.org/downloads/reports/reports/final_candidates_positions.pdf Read More »
still getting info off speakout.com
would love any other links or information anyone has on Clinton. Read More »
would love any other links or information anyone has on Clinton. Read More »
still getting my info from Speakout.com at this point in time...
Love any other links or articles that you know of. Read More »
Love any other links or articles that you know of. Read More »
I swear I'll stop soon... then I'm moving onto the economy.
from speakout.com
For Obama: Read More »
from speakout.com
For Obama: Read More »
Who do you think better supports the LGBT community - Obama or Clinton - and why?
A recent discussion I had on this topic is below... Read More »
A recent discussion I had on this topic is below... Read More »
again... been talking with a lot of people and just started this conversation...any thoughts anyone?
ME:
I think Obama v. McCain will be focused on McCain avoiding racist remarks and a lot of smiling from Obama.
I think Obama can probably beat McCain as a result.
I think Clinton v. McCain will be focused on McCain's constant aggression trying to trip Clinton up and Clinton effectively pointing out all the flaws in McCain's logic and rhetoric.
I think Clinton can probably beat McCain as a result. Read More »
ME:
I think Obama v. McCain will be focused on McCain avoiding racist remarks and a lot of smiling from Obama.
I think Obama can probably beat McCain as a result.
I think Clinton v. McCain will be focused on McCain's constant aggression trying to trip Clinton up and Clinton effectively pointing out all the flaws in McCain's logic and rhetoric.
I think Clinton can probably beat McCain as a result. Read More »
I have many reasons to not support Barrack Obama.
My reasons aren't the typical "fluffy distractions" that the media and others seem to "lightly" address. It isn't because of Rezko, Michele's "proud to be American" speech, or even the "Rev Wright issue." I have difficulties voting for Obama because of the highly conflicting message his campaign has effectively delivered.
Obama is the candidate for Change. Obama gives Hope back to America. Obama believes in changing politics and doing things differently. Read More »
My reasons aren't the typical "fluffy distractions" that the media and others seem to "lightly" address. It isn't because of Rezko, Michele's "proud to be American" speech, or even the "Rev Wright issue." I have difficulties voting for Obama because of the highly conflicting message his campaign has effectively delivered.
Obama is the candidate for Change. Obama gives Hope back to America. Obama believes in changing politics and doing things differently. Read More »
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