Former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel announced on Wednesday that he is folding his hapless campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination and running for the Libertarian Party nod instead.
Gravel’s cranky uncle demeanor enlivened some of the early Democratic candidate forums, but his shoestring campaign never made an impact.
“The fact is, the Democratic Party is no longer the party of FDR,” Gravel said in a letter to supporters. “It is a party that continues to sustain war, the military-industrial complex and imperialism — all of which I find anathema to my views.”
“I look forward to advancing my presidential candidacy within the Libertarian Party, which is considerably closer to my values, my foreign policy views and my domestic views,” he added.
I miss Gravel in the debates and I loved his Grandpa Simpson personae. He seemed like a good guy and if by some chance he gets the LP nomination, he might end up as a good protest vote for those of us who can’t stomach voting for Clinton or McCain.
But I’m wondering when the LP became the party that best represents FDR.
Oh, and I have to Gravel’s ‘Power to the People’ video up:
Blog de Ford 
The Libertarian Party has nothing to do with that fascist control freak FDR.
To associate us with a man who replaced American capitalism with the sickly mixture of socialism and fascism we suffer under today, who introduced a massive Ponzi scheme called Social Security, and then, being unable to trick enough victims into participating, decided to force them at gunpoint to participate, not to mention somebody who was perfectly happy to ignore the constitution and lock people up without trial based merely on their national origin is unforgivable.
Thanks. I respect the LP, though I strongly disagree with many of its views, but I admire it for being mostly consistent in its positions.
That’s why that Gravel thing makes no sense.
Pingback: Gravel Update: On March 11 Mike Endorsed a Green Candidate for President « Blog de Ford