Mike Gravel is a waste of our time

Published: August 7, 2007, 7:21 pm

Tags: mike gravel, president, 2008 elections, democrats

There was a point in the YearlyKos presidential forum when Mike Gravel, asked to defend his ridiculous 23 percent national sales tax (on top of local and state sales taxes), grumpily responded with something along the lines of "Don't worry about the fair tax, it will never pass Congress." Of course, the question wasn't about his proposal's chances in the legislature, but about the proposal itself. Gravel essentially said, "I won't defend my proposal, but if you disagree with it, don't worry -- you can still vote for me since it won't pass." This demonstrated a profound lack of respect for the democratic process. We're looking for two things, really, when evaluating our presidential candidates. First of all, we want a candidate whose vision of the future is as close to ours. Of course no one will be perfect, but the closer, the better, and a candidate's proposals and priorities most definitely matter. Second of all, we want a president who has the chops to enact as much of his

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