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- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+38Gravel is the man. I want to see him as my President.
seriously, first candidate I've even liked, much less considered qualified for presidency. - inrain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22America and the world: Mike Gravel needs your help!
All the major American "news" sources have silenced him. Yahoo, ABC News, MSNBC, CBS News, and more are all preventing you and millions of voters from seeing fair coverage. Mike Gravel is a serious presidential candidate. That's a fact. He deserves to be listed just as much as all other candidates. He was also the star of the first democratic debate. And now they all are trying to silence Gravel. Why? They want to keep him silenced because it turns out that he's actually the most electable candidate. And his message would change America into something historic and admired, but less profitable for the elite... The elite who also happen to own these news organizations.
Whether or not you support Gravel, do we Americans deserve less than the truth? Do you really want to live in this country with the major news outlets not even *listing* a candidate?
If we don't demand change now... it really will never come.
Please Help -- The Yahoo issue, for starters: http://news.yahoo.com/page/presidential_election_2008 - ganjadude4391, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21im only 21 but has there ever been a candidate who seemed to seriously want the best for the people?
im a huge skeptic of any politician but this guy truly seems like he cares - Neiby, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19There are two candidates that truly want what's best for America and its people: Mike Gravel and Ron Paul. The rest are run-of-the-mill power hungry vote chasers.
- cambrown99, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15It would be the greatest election in American history if it was Ron Paul up against Mike Gravel in 2008.
http://www.cafepress.com/colbert08hq - dforty3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13I just loved it when he told it like it is about the Military Industrial Complex in the debate...
"The military industrial complex not only controls our government, lock, stock and barrel, but they control our culture."
- Mike Gravel
Do more than just Digg to support him! Give him whatever you can! He is not going to get the corporate backing the traditional political hacks get!
http://www.gravel2008.us/donate - yunvme, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14No, Gravel/Obama in '08 -- They'd actually have a really good chance in winning.
- inrain, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13Digg to stop Yahoo from silencing Gravel:
http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Yahoo_Where_s_Mike_Gravel - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13Corporate media sucks ass. Paul/Gravel 2008
- guardianzero, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14Yea, i wish the candidates that make sense and are qualified have a chance..... though im pretty sure these elections are decided before they even happen...
Oh well, my first ever vote is going for Obama, Paul or Gravel; either for them or against someone i don't like. - bcasper1, on 10/12/2007, -4/+14honestly Ron Paul is a good guy and means well but i sometimes hear things of his radical religious stance involving government and law and it scares me. Mike Gravel is the first politician to ever excite me, i have never voted before but i can say that i will register and vote for him. Look at the difference between Ron Paul's website and Mike Gravel's pertaining to issues. Gravel holds nothing back and tells the truth.
http://www.ronpaul2008.com/html/Issues_fx.html
http://www.gravel2008.us/issues - reventlov, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10If he wins the election, America might have a chance of turning itself around and redeeming itself in the eyes of the world. Digg this and get him the attention he deserves!
- 2Tim17, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Absolutley! I too like Ron Paul, but I sure do like Mike Gravel. He wiped the floor with with all those corrupt candidates at the debate! I want more Mike Gravel!!!!
- propernow, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9this dude rocks it, it's time to get serious - shake everything up the right way, i like this guy a lot - he answers full heartedly and makes so much sense - he's the "peoples rapper" - the rest are "full of fecal matter"
quotes are from a "verbal kent" song - fantasticFlan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Wish he had more of a chance, but I'm just glad he's out there saying this stuff.
- cmp1988, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7This man has many great ideas that could make for the world to be a better place. I sure wish the stupid major American media would give him some attention...
- Canada Loves Gravel Too! :-) - brishchik, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6WOW
This guys is just so honest and lucid. What a fresh change. I can only hope he'd be the prez, but given the fact that someone like W can cheat once, screw up everything and get elected again, I'm sure people like Gravel and Ron Paul are just too good for the average americans with their limited comprehension and thinking power, and knowledge of current national/international affairs and history. - keithburgun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Awesome, mike gravel, I love you so much, I'm doing everything in my power to help you win!
- enamresu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Seriously, I swear to whatever it is that needs to be sworn to, it is absolutely critical we lend this man our absolute utmost support.
- sollycardy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5ABC ARE STILL CENSORING RON PAUL AND MIKE GRAVEL:
http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/ABC_No_mention_of_Ron_Paul_or_Mike_Gravel_as_presidential_runners
Tell them how this makes you feel:
http://abcnews.go.com/Site/page?id=3052660 - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Wrong. Paul and Gravel both share very similar views about foreign policy, civil liberties, and the failed War on Drugs. These are huge issues affecting our country, and none of the the other Republicans and Democrats are addressing them. I'd take either one, though I'd support Paul because he supports small government.
We don't need a Republican or a Democrat. We need someone who will respect the Constitution. Precious few do. - diablo75, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Excellent Interview!
- BESTenemy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7I listened to this podcast and I have one objection to what he is saying regarding energy independence.
I do not support carbon tax as well as any kind of negative inscentive. We need alternatives. We need to redirect the budget that is spent on our military that tries to maintain control of the oil and put it to alternative energy resourse.
Don't tax the average Joe and don't tax corporations, cause that only leads to them offsetting the taxation onto the consumer and we, again, loose. We don't need more expensive gas cars that would force us to buy electric. We need cheaper electric cars.
We need to reform the patent laws and differenciate between concept property and physical property better. The current system allows car manufacturers to purchase patents that they don't intend to use. Those that would both, improve the system, but also cut profits. They're hard at work trying to figure out a new car, that would cost as much, or more than the old one. They're keeping the technology away from the consumer, feeding us whatever fits them. Why? Cause the patent law allows them to.
We need encourage new technology through positive inscentive. Let more people tinker with it.
I am against carbon tax and re-distribution of funds. Sytem lacks accountability. Money will keep going missing while changing hands.
Of all the taxes I only support the fair tax (consumption tax), that is listed on the label. Not the Canadian system, where the price tag deceives by only showing the price before tax and everyone has to do the impossible floating point math to figure out how much everything's worth. I'm for open fair tax, but no other kind of tax.
Mike Gravel's too confident that thigns will work out the way he thinks they will. He lacks contengincy. Despite my support for him, I don't know whether he'd be able to make dynamic decisions as a president. I trust him more than any other democrat, but this time I'm on the republican side. Both him and Ron Paul make sense, but Dr. Paul's solutions appear more plausible. - enamresu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Can someone get on the project of compiling contact info where people can pressure for media coverage? Can we get a little netroots goodness going on here like we did with the myspace thing and the cnn debates? We can't let them crush this.
- bustaballs, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I disagree with Gravels idea of this energy tax. I agree with Ron Paul on the idea that if you have a free market and let it work, something will come along. You don't need to hard earned money out of the people's pockets to pay some guys to do a half assed job at finding a cheap alternative. I do like Gravel and agree with him on most of the other things though. He's still a democrat by heart, though, which turns me away from him a bit.
- Deliguy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I agree with brish, we honestly don't deserve them. We allowed the media and government to take total control over us in fear of not being "patriotic."
- GhostCow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"honestly Ron Paul is a good guy and means well but i sometimes hear things of his radical religious stance involving government and law and it scares me"
That's a pretty harsh statement! Please elaborate. - HeidiLore, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This is the man I like...but will other Americans like him? I'm too cynical.
- Nevuk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Yes, he so made an ass of himself by not being on it.
- Wewillknowsoon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Paul/Gravel '08
their differences could make them stronger. paul would be able to reign in gravel's idealism under an umbrella of reality. (sorry).
paul has contemporary political experience, gravel has a legacy. both are important and could contribute to make one helluva ticket. - nosecohn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Mike Gravel and Ron Paul, on completely opposite sides of the aisle, are the only two candidates who understand the real roots of this country's problems. I strongly urge anyone who cares enough to vote to listen to this interview. The questions are insightful and Mike actually gets to talk. Fifteen minutes well spent.
- economissed, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I don't agree with Gravel's politics, but as someone who supports a candidate that hasn't been hand-picked by the media and party elites, you have my full support.
Now register to vote in your party's primaries.
Opinion is nothing without action! - dforty3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@crimsonalucard... Hence the term Military Industrial Complex. Stressing the word "Industrial". It is the private businesses that are completely or mostly sustained on the business of war. They wouldn't exist otherwise. Do a little research on this and your eyes will open a little more to the real issues we are facing. But don't expect NBC (owned by GE - the 9th largest defense contractor in America) to let you in on this financial relationship.
Use this link to check President Dewight Eisenhower's farewell speech where he warns about this, and check out the corporations listed and how much money they are receiving in contracts from this foolish war on a feeling...
http://www.militaryindustrialcomplex.com/index.asp
And here is a nice little 2 minute clip from the 90's on Mediaoploy. This actually aired on SNL once. But only once.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8310078625033531091&q=mediaopoly&hl=en
And here are a number of other past presidents and others warning of this...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3874687795742709676&q=past+presidents&hl=en - StopAndThink, on 11/03/2007, -0/+0SEN. HILLARY'S STRANGE LOVE: How she learned to LOVE THE BOMB
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAyrvbD3NTE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tLn2T2vL-E
Hillary Clinton, a wishy-washy Pseudo-Republican who masquerades around Washington as a Democrat,learns to Stop worrying about Bill and starts LOVING the BOMB. Loving the Bomb for a war with IRAN.
"ALL OPTIONS ARE LEFT ON THE TABLE WITH RESPECT TO IRAN" = Code for NUCLEAR WEAPONS STRIKE
Stop the bomb!- www.gravel2008.us - katasuka, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0mike gravel will be the next president of the usa! deal with it. hes a good candidate who supports good issues and stands for what should be common sense for everyone but apparently bush and others are idiots.
dont take my word for it, read for yourself:
http://www.gravel2008.us/issues - WhiteRaven, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2The *only* thing I agree with Gravel on is the Fair Tax... we need it. On all of those other issues, he is not only misguided or wrong, he is borderline delusional.
*Wanting* a "diplomatic" solution and there actually being one that is possible are two very different things. At the very least, we must always keep the possibility of military action on the table. The old saying "war is diplomacy by other means" is not wrong but it does kind of miss the point. The legitimate threat of military action is the single most powerful and useful tool in diplomacy. To set this aside is to surrender any chance at peace because such a surrender only invites others to attack.
"The national initiative for democracy"??? Don't make me gag. ALL the legal and political problems in this country stem from giving people what they want. The federal government is supposed to be tightly bound by the constitution. 80% of what it does is blatantly unconstitutional... and almost all of that crap... social security and Medicare and drug laws and labor laws... was instituted with the full knowledge and support of "the people". America has *too much* democracy as it is. This nation was never intended to be a democracy and the reason it wasn't is because there's no greater tyrant or bigger fool than the mob.
I've give up on trying to decide if man-made global warming is real or not. I've heard to much utter bullcrap out of both sides. People like Gore keep misleading us with lies and misdirections while nimrods on the other side think every cold snap if proof that there's no warming. A pox on both sides. There simply is no longer any authority or source of data I trust.
Immigration is pretty much a non-issue with me... but Gravels hysteria over NAFTA is nothing but foolish. I have always believed that all forms of protectionism are inherently wrong. If American workers can't compete then they fail... that's life.
While I have nothing against gay marriage (though technically, my preference would be to abolish the state's (or would that be states'?) role in marriage entirely and simply allow people to commit to whatever contracts they like), the entire notion of "hate crimes" is absolutely insane. No, beating up a gay person does not deserve harsher punishment than beating up a strait guy. How can anyone be so stupid as to suggest that a "hate crime" is worse than a "greed crime" or a "random, angry act crime"? That fact that assault and murder is in fact illegal means that we as a society are already offering all the protection we can to our citizens, be they black or white or gay or straight. Hate crime laws are simple illogical and ultimately can do nothing but engender *more* hate by their manifest inequity.
Health care: It's not a right. My health is not your responsibility and yours is none of mine. Gravel is a classic collectivist who simply does not value personal freedoms or personal choices. Beyond the basic fact that the federal government does not have the constitutional authority to provide anyone with health care, massive, nation spanning bureaucracies are inherently ineffective. Nationalized health care is not only contrary to individual liberty, it's wasteful and will lead to a decline in medical progress and eventually there will be shortages of doctors and nurses... regimented, regulated bureaucracies just aren't an attractive career path.
His voucher plan is just stupid. Where will the money come from? And how will we prevent the flow of "free money" from leading to inflated costs? Either this plan has not been thought through at all or it includes draconian price controls that will lead us down into the bureaucratic cess pit I just described.
Social Security: It's unconstitutional and it makes people dependent on the government. Aside from the simple loss of liberty, the biggest problem with collectivism is that it teaches people to be dependent and robs them of the ability to look out for themselves. Where is the logic in taking money away from people just to save it for them and give it back to them later? People can do that on their own. And if they choose not to... that's their decision. What right does anyone else have to make it for them? Collectivists are all petty tyrants at heart... they want everyone to live by their own set of rules and within their own personal norms. Religious fundamentalists aren't any more oppressive, they just focus on different subjects.
His stance on education is a joke. All he's saying is "we need to make it better". Why are there no suggestions as to how to do it? Given his collectivist mindset, I'll bet you a month's pay that he is opposed to vouchers. The notion of allowing private schools to compete for public dollars probably gives him nightmares.
Treating drug users instead of jailing them still misses the central problem with US drug laws... the fact that there ARE drug laws. The only sane thing to do is abolish all drug laws... especially given the fact that they too are blatantly unconstitutional. Who the hell cares what people put in their bodies? It's none of our business. *Forcing* treatment on people only appears more fair than jail time... ultimately, both approaches strip us of our freedom for no damn reason.
At least he's willing to let us own guns. And I'm actually not opposed to *keeping track* of guns, perhaps through some kind of licensing. But I'll tell you what, I don't think Gravel is sincere in this. It just doesn't fit with his other positions. I just don't see anyone who thinks hate-crime laws are a good idea actually supporting gun rights. No one who wants to criminalize thoughts is going to let people carry. - odettelh, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Really not a fan of Paul. I haven't quite put my finger on it yet, but he kinda gives me the wiggins. On the other hand, Gravel gives me a feeling of hope, like maybe people will listen to him. Even if he doesn't win (and the cynic in me says he probably won't :'( ) maybe (once we get mainstream media to pay him some attention) people will listen to what he's saying and realize it makes sense. His ideas for Iraq, energy, most of it makes sense. I've been waiting a while for a politician to actually speak up about all these things that are going wrong. Going to mars and invading other countries doesn't fix the problems at home. He has my support. (Now if only I had money to give him, too)
- showmetherules, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Mike Gravel is passionate, honest about what he believes, and although he may or may not be wrong on some of the issues, its refreshing to see politicians who truly want to better the country, rather than fill a vacuum of power.
Discuss Mike Gravel here:
http://showmetherules.blogspot.com/2007/05/well-people-presidential-race-is-well.html
http://digg.com/politics/Discussing_Mike_Gravel - Wewillknowsoon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Paul/Gravel '08
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -8/+5Ron Paul #1 but Gravel #2! :D
- illcoe, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0He knows nothing about running a country and once is enough,
time for someone with experience
he also made an ass of himself on the daily show - frofox, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0I don't understand how someone can like Ron Paul and Mike Gravel. They are completely opposite in their ideologies. It seems to me that too many people are just saying they like the two candidates who are popular at the moment, without looking at the politics.
- TheFinaleofSeem, on 10/12/2007, -9/+1Why would Gravel need a campaign website when he's got Digg splattering his name on the main page every hour?
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