Friday, July 27, 2007

I've decided I'm going to support Mike Gravel for the 2008 Democratic Presidential Nomination. I'm sure you're thinking Mike who? Yeah I know, I'm banking on a long shot, but you never know. I think if people knew what this guy did (and didn't do) they'd support him much more than Clinton or Obama.

Mike Gravel is more or less the reason we know about the "Pentagon Papers." If you don't know what the Pentagon Papers are, I suggest looking it up. It involves a lot of dishonesty by the US Government involving Vietnam and becoming more involved than we needed to be. Furthermore, every college aged student should want to vote for Gravel because in 1971, he acted out a 5 month Filibuster (which is a favored political maneuver of mine), forcing the Nixon administration to withdraw a bill that would have renewed the draft. Thanks to Gravel, the draft expired in 1973 and was never renewed.

I think he stands well on all the right issues. I could go in to them, but if you're really interested, just visit http://www.gravel2008.us/issues. There’s no need for me to retype all that.

As I said, I'm going for a long shot. But you know, maybe just for once, it would be nice to have a President who didn't get all of their campaign money from drug companies, oil companies, the NRA, or any other interest group. I believe Clinton and Obama have in the area of 30 million dollars for their campaign. Gravel has in the area of 30,000 for his campaign. That’s his money, and money people have donated to him. (Again, my figures for Clinton and Obama may be wrong, don't quote me.)

I think it's a bit easier to trust in somebody who isn't getting their pockets lined by corporations, interest groups, and lobbyists.

Thursday, July 26, 2007

So just incase anyone is actually looking at this, which I doubt, I think I'm going to start posting again very shortly, continuing with similiar topics. More to come....



P.S. Suggested Reading - The Assualt on Reason by Al Gore