VidB Good to hear some rational thoughts. I can only hope that you are a fellow American. Don't waste your vote on a puppet candidate; vote Mike Gravel 2008!!
I have known former U.S. Senator and current Presidential candidate, Mike Gravel, since mid 2004when we began a conversation about publishing books and issues facing the country. Mike struck me as a man with an expansive vision and ideas to solve problems facing our country. I was not surprised and quite pleased when Mike told me that he was planning to run for President in late 2006. I don’t personally know any of the other candidates but I have been impressed with Mike’s basic values – keeping his word, telling the truth and concern for people.
Following 9-11 the world was ready to unite behind the US in a global effort to contain terrorism. Instead of leading the world the Bush Administration chose to invade Iraq, a sovereign country that posed no threat to the US, spending nearly a trillion dollars to date and incurring the largest increase in national debt in our Nation’s history with no end in sight. While on this spending binge the real problems facing the country such as energy security have not been addressed but Halliburton and others have profited from non-compete contracts. As in 1971 when he rose to help end the Vietnam War Mike Gravel is responding to the crisis to bring about fundamental change needed for the US and the world to meet the three critical challenges facing mankind:
Sustainability and the elimination of poverty and the scourge of war
Management of technology for human purposes particularly nanotechnology, biotechnology and information technology
Survival of democracy and individual liberty in the face of the above challenges.
Mike Gravel has the conviction and courage to lead in these turbulent times. He has demonstrated that he can stand up to power and prevail. In 1971 he filibustered legislation to extend the draft stopping a vote on the bill which became a key factor in ending the Vietnam War. Mike is up to the challenge of ending the Iraq war.
He initially campaigned as a Democrat. He is concerned that the Democrats like the Republicans have come under the control of corporate interests. He switched to the Libertarian Party which will select its nominee at the Libertarian National Convention in Denver May 22-26. Bob Barr is a former Conservative Republican candidate who is also seeking the Libertarian nomination.
I see the candidacy of Mike Gravel providing a clear alternative to “politics as usual” including traditionally conservative positions such as Bob Barr's. Mike Gravel is the only candidate in the field with a credible proposal to limit corporate power over Congress and the Executive and that is the National Initiative for Democracy. His health care proposals cover the poor and along with his position on fair tax is consistent with Libertarian views calling for a reduction in government power including the elimination of the War on Drugs. Mike differs from other candidates with concrete measures to remove the US from the role of global policeman with a restructuring of
Mike Gravel made more common sense in a fourteen miute interview with Ray Suarez, than practically any other politician I have ever heard. My only complaint concerning Mr. Gravel, is that he is not Prime Minister of Canada. We need Mike Gravel up here. Cloning, perhaps? I sincerely hope Mr. Gravel is heard and listened to by every American citizen.
You decide 2008!
Do you believe those obsolete poll data based on local phone? I don't, because I never have one after owning a cell phone.
Now it is time to show some real web strength to those media. Install this Vote 2008 taskbar, select the candidate you like, and use it to Google Web. Each search will be account to the candidate. Every month, we will announce the winner and offer a free computer software task to the winning candidates, things like a free screen saver and so on. So, hurry up!.
I wonder it would be better to setup a page for each candidate, and replace the name of candidate in the page, and make a install exe for each one, which sets the correct default candidate? and we do so, then we can also add something like, a million search == a free software task.
http://www.supportbytoolbar.com/vote/
make sure to go through the list of locations and click a demand for every city in your area! i clicked in for everything i found in my state + adjacent states. thats how far id travel!
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