It's too bad Mike joined the Libertarians

March 26th, 2008 by Tscharf

Let's face it, Mike is a true independent. I understand that running with the support of an already established political party behind you can greatly help your campaign, but it also brand you with certain stereotypes.

 

The reason I love Mike so much is that I think his ideas go above and beyond the message of any political party. He is truly a candidate for the people. His ideas are so revolutionary as far as modern politics are concerned that he is in a league of his own. He has been the only one brave enough to propose the extreme changes necessary to bring our country back to the values that we once upheld. Mike would truly be the best president since FDR, and given our current state, he could turn out to be the most influential president ever.

 

My point is that I wish our political system wasn't so screwy so that Mike Gravel could just run as Mike Gravel and didn't have to ride the coat-tails of any political party.

‹ The Libertarian Party? Why Mike? I get to meet the president? Too bad... ›

Comments

My Personal Opinion

Submitted on March 31st, 2008 by johnny_goober

I guess my personal opinion is I could care less what political party he aligns himself with as long as his views still remain the same.  I'll vote for Gravel as long as he runs with GRAVEL's policies and beliefs.

If

Submitted on March 31st, 2008 by Matt313

If he's attempting to ride a party's coat tails, he probably should have gone to the Green party.  They're more recognizable as a third party than the LP, in my opinion.

Mike has said since the beginning of his run that he leans libertarian on many issues.  His chief platform, the National Initiative, is textbook libertarian.  I'm glad he switched.

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"It is better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it."

-Eugene V. Debs

Yes!

Submitted on April 1st, 2008 by Stella

Mat313, I thought the Green Party was a better choice myself.

Could he have tried teaming

Submitted on March 31st, 2008 by seekingsanity

Could he have tried teaming up with Bloomberg or Nader? 

 

Perhaps he could have supported Kucinich earlier on since he was the only other true anti-Iraq occupation candidate.

Ha!  And maybe he could

Submitted on March 31st, 2008 by BamaGravelian

Ha!  And maybe he could have tried supporting Ron Paul also...

 

"People will have to suffer a level of frustration and anger sufficient to reason their way out of this conundrum and reach for an "out of the box" solution to their own empowerment." (page 6 of Citizen Power)