Gravel on the Presidential Candidates

08Jan08

Mike Gravel lays it out straight:

(transcript)

See also lenny’s excellent commentary, here.


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  1. 1 JamieSW on January 8, 2008 said:

    See also Dennis Kucinich, who should be elected but won’t be.

  2. 2 charliemarks on January 9, 2008 said:

    Kucinich has a sweet section on his website called “saving capitalism”. Sweet, but too kind. Let it go, I say…

  3. 3 Chris on January 9, 2008 said:

    It strikes me as odd that both Kucinich and Gravel speak so much sense when analysing the farce that is US politics, and yet still remain as politicians and presidential candidates. They might claim that they’re there to open up the debate, but they’re intelligent enough to know that they’ll only ever really speak to the converted.

  4. 4 Brad on January 9, 2008 said:

    I learn so much from Mike’s perspective on the scene of politics.
    I appreciate his person like a father as he does have some good insights and things to say.

  5. 5 JamieSW on January 9, 2008 said:

    charliemarks: ah well, we can’t have everything (yet!). He’s already too “radical” to have much of a chance, unfortunately.

    Chris: Well, firstly Gravel’s decision to run gave him some media space in which to criticise the other candidates and, more importantly, to criticise the process as a whole. Same for Kucinich – I think they have opened the debate up somewhat, in the sense that even though they’ve been almost completely marginalised in the press, they’ve still been given more space than they would otherwise have had. But anyway, I guess they ran because what else can they/we do? Give up on the formal political process completely, and leave it to the likes of Clinton, Obama and co.? I don’t think that’s the way forward.

  6. 6 joeturner on January 10, 2008 said:

    I knew nothing about Kucinich, but it seems like he talks some sense. So why aren’t more people interested in what he has to say?

  7. 7 JamieSW on January 10, 2008 said:

    Because, unfortunately and deliberately, U.S. elections are run largely on “values” and “personalities” as opposed to issues. Plus the marginalisation of Kucinich in media from the start means many people who would otherwise choose him don’t, because they regard it as a wasted vote.


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