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Mike Gravel Gains Endorsement of Granny D!
Posted on Dec 18th, 2006
by 
J. Clifford
J. Clifford
Mike Gravel may not have the fundraising might of John Edwards, Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton, but he does have one thing these other Democratic presidential candidates don't have. The Gravel for President campaign has the endorsement of Granny D.
Granny D. gained fame a few years back when she walked across America in support of campaign finance reform. In 2004, she ran for Senate against incumbent Republican Judd Gregg when no one else would. She has become an institution in New Hampshire politics, and her support just might bring Mike Gravel more than a few votes.
Gravel was a US senator for Alaska from 1969 until 1981, and gained fame for filibustering in opposition to the military draft for the Vietnam War and helping to release the Pentagon Papers to the public.
Now, Gravel is preparing to take many maverick positions in the course of his presidential campaign, including the elimination of income taxes and direct citizen voting on national legislation. Gravel also opposes the Iraq War and the many programs of government secrecy by the Bush Administration.
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Gravel for president!
When vigorous debate within assumed bounds is the norm in mass media, it’s easy to take a lot of threatening reasonable things and put them out of bounds. The standard options are an unreasonable, nonthreatening, unconscienable mess.
Maverick positions seem to be the only reasonable or even moral positions left.
I’d like to point out here also, not only does Gravel oppose the Iraq war, he’s ALWAYS opposed it. Not only does he oppose the secretive policies of the Bush administration, he SPEAKS OUT against them consistently and in no uncertain terms. Not only does he speak against selling influence to get elected, he’s refusing to DO it. And if someone is running for president that way now, that person is going to need help! So I hope there’s other people out there besides me ready to help. I think there are a lot of us who will be thrilled to support Gravel because it’s like having a new outlet to act on our conscience after years of calculated compromises.
I’m totally for this guy’s plans and he communicates them effectively. If posting this makes a difference, great.
Thanks for posting this article! May peace prevail on Earth! http://gravel08.us