Consistent Since 1971

'Tempo' host Stan Bohrman interviews then-Senator Mike Gravel in 1971 on White House aspirations.

Senator Gravel also discusses Direct Democracy, and the current political process of the day.

http://www.gravel2008.us

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[donyad1133]

He's 77 and more articulate than any of the top tier candidates! Thank you to the Gravel campaign for not giving up on this race!

[DeAnte85]

Wow, he was handsome once.

[mbutler920]

@weareallanon In an argument with my brother in law recently he accused me of "Quibbling over semantics". I told him it's so much more than that, and we have to recognize it before we can fix it. Another of my favorite quotes comes from Ben Franklin... "When the people find they can vote themselves money,

that will herald the end of the republic."

[mbutler920]

@weareallanon Same here! Don't you love how no one even calls it that anymore? It's been completely removed from the lexicon, and the majority of people think that we do have a direct democracy and that it's not working because we don't have the majority ruling on every piece of legislation...

[weareallanon]

@mbutler920 I want my Constitutional Republic back... :(

[mbutler920]

Direct democracy is about majority rule, which crushes minority rights... a system our founders were terrified of. Two wolves and a sheep voting over whats for dinner.

[Fido1488]

@2010Solar I know slavery had little to do with why Abraham Lincoln invaded the South. The notion that slavery would be phased out is ridiculous, though. The whole Southern economy relied on slavery, and the U.S. absolutely had more slaves than the U.K. did.

[2010Solar]

@Fido1488 He argues we did not have to lose 600,000 Americans in a senseless Civil war. He suggested we should of phased it out like Great Britain did.. they bought out all the slaves. Plus if you dig deeper into history of the Civil war, youll find that it was a lot more than trying to abolish slavery.

[Fido1488]

@2010Solar Then why does he think it was a wrong maneuver for the intervention of the federal government during the slavery issue of 19th century America?

[2010Solar]

@Fido1488 I think Ron Paul would argue its the Federal Government to defend our individual liberties.

[Fido1488]

@fisharecoming You know, one can argue Paul isn't a pure libertarian either. Paul pretty much values states' rights more than individual rights. If he were alive during the Antebellum Era of the U.S., he would leave the issue of slavery up to the individual states. He would leave the issue of gay marriage up to the states. He would leave the issue of drug laws up to the states. That's not so libertarian...

[TinyMcLarge]

Gravel is awesome i like i a lot of what he said in 2008, but then and now i support Ron Paul for the President.