PRESIDENT MIKE GRAVEL JOINS LIBERTARIAN PARTY: Former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel, who we still thought was running for the Democratic nomination for president, has joined the Libertarian Party and may run for president that way, too. Gravel is famous for throwing rocks, yelling at other candidates, and this fantastic rapping video he made. Gravel's exit helps clear the way for a unified Democratic party under Barack Obama, so maybe that Hillary Clinton galoot should get her act together and do the same. [The Trail]
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3:12 PM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Jim Newell
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He'll make a great librarian.
damn, now things are tough for me. now i have to decide between mike gravel on the libertarian ticket and cynthia mckenney on the green ticket.
i'm afraid this fight is going to bring third party voters to a standstill, and will lead to a win by a democrat or a republican.
Paul/Gravel '08
@elburrito: Yes, but Mike Gravel-ian style Paultards hate libraries... they want to privatize them. They communicate in angry YouTube posts, and on blimps, nothing more.
This is such an exciting day for the tards.
"The elephant in the room, so to speak, is whether Ron Paul, the Texas congressman who has run for president on the Libertarian ticket in the past, will drop his bid for the Republican nomination and take his legions of loyal supporters back into the Libertarian fold for a third-party run in November."
Wait, wait, wait. There are really legions of Paultards? I thought there were a few Paultards hiding out in someone's mom's basement controlling legions of spambots over the Internets.
Though seriously, I'd vote Paul/Gravel for the 08 ticket. I am all for crazy x2!
Meet my new running mate, Mr. Pyramid Eye! Now take a hit off of Good Sir Nasty, my 6-foot bong, and prepare to visit the 8th Dimension!
@elburrito: While getting into library school is not like getting into real grad school, I can't see Gravel making it through MARC records 101 without hurling a rock at someone.
Am I wrong, or wasn't Gravel calling for national single-payer healthcare... Not a real libertarian take on the issue.
Well, at least I know who I'll be voting for if Clinton is on the dem ticket.
Oh, and Jim, when describing him you forgot to mention that he told high schoolers in New Hampshire to smoke pot instead of drinking.
[www.swamppolitics.com]
BTW, is there any way to comment on an Oppression Olympics-laden, LiveJournalesque Jezebel post without actually commenting on the site itself?
@elburrito: Real Libertarians are easy to spot. They are the ones bleeding to death in their front yard because they refuse to use the streets and hospitals our taxes pay for.
We are all Libertarians, until we use a road, public school, hospital, clean air, municipal water, etc.
Kind of like being an atheist in a foxhole.
@Obamaton: ...like claiming to be a heterosexual Republican?
It's good to see that the son of John McCain and Zell Miller is doing so well for himself.
@Obamaton:
I think I understand your analogy. The key is remembering that everyone in a foxhole is an atheist. Being a libertarian, like being a religionist, is great until you actually need to put your money where your mouth is.
He and Cynthia McKinney should try to regain their seats in Congress. The Congressional Lunatic Caucus needs invigorating.
If you place Mike under the pyramid, he'll keep fresher longer.
Wayne Allyn Root for Libertarian President '08!
Why don't they just call it the "Conspiracy Theory Party"? We can all just hide in our bunkers with canned food, gold bouillion, and about 20,000 rounds of ammo waiting for Mr. Antichrist to stamp those trip 6's on our forheads (or arms). Sounds like a terrific time until Jesus come back and takes us all to Disneyland on his dime.
He's coming to speak at my school in 2 weeks. He has the potential to be the best speaker ever to come here.
Gravtard doesn't have the same ring as Paultard.
:::hoping someone doesn't register with the user name Gracious Gravtard:::
@Obamaton: I've been in and out of foxholes. Ain't seen Jesus, or his daddy or mama, in any of them.
The only candidate the Paultards would accept as Ron Paul's running mate is a clone of Ron Paul himself.
I'm sure they already have strands of his hair, and are making an army of Ron Paul clones as we speak.
Paul & Gravel are "worlds" apart. In Paul's world, every social movement or organization that uses the word "world" or "global" is part of the conspiracy of global one-world government trying to take away our US Ronstitution and Pauler-dollars. Gravel's world supports critical social movements, Geneva Conventions, Chomksy, Unitarian universalism etc.
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