Reply #9: Interesting [View All]

I was predisposed to like Gravel -- I'd read his positions from the past and except for school vouchers, liked what he stood for back in the 70's.

I liked his current anti-war stance too. I loved the Kucinich, Gravel one-two punch in the so-called "debate" in D.C....

But, on Malloy's show, he refused to explain anything. He came across as intensely patronizing whenever Mike asked for him to clarify ANYTHING.

Gravel says, "Vouchers for Health Care". Mike asked, "But Senator, how would that work!". Gravel, "You know what a voucher is, that's how it would work! (dummy)"

and so on and so on... I was amazed that Malloy, who DOES have a real short fuse sometimes allowed Gravel to babble on so long before he "lost it"...

After listening to this I checked out Gravel a little more thoroughly.

His positions on Health Care and the "national initiative" are unformed at best or wrong to laughable at worst.

He performed a heroic act in the 70's, reading the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record to protect the Unitarians, but I'm afraid he doesn't have a coherent program worth voting for today.

It WAS entertaining...