Mike Gravel Versus MSNBC
 
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 22:29:26 -0500 (CDT)

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Gravel For President 2008    Event Advisory
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Senator Mike Gravel's Alternative Debate

"Gravel '08 Before It's Too Late"

(Courtesy of a family of Gravel supporters)

Last night our campaign showed corporate media that we will not be
silenced. Hundreds of you came out in Philadelphia for our "alternative
debate" and thousands more watched the video which we streamed live
across the Internet.

For those of you who missed the video, you can watch it online here:

http://tinyurl.com/2w7ubn

(There was a problem with the audio for the first two minutes of
the video, but it clears up after a little bit.)

'Where's Mike?'

Isn't it amazing that corporate warmonger GE and its media outlet
NBC could suddenly drop me from the debates, and none of my opponents
would even comment on it? It's like Stalin's Russia when someone
would just stop showing up for work but no one in the office dared
to ask; "Hey, what ever happened to Ivan?" What does it say about
the state of American politics when our presidential candidates
don't have the guts to question a TV network?

Sticks and Carrots?

It was great to see the other presidential candidates finally
challenge Senator Hillary Clinton for supporting the march toward
war with Iran. For months I've been educating the public about this
phony crisis. My many Huffington posts
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in the last debate got me in big trouble with the power elite. But
was last night's Clinton-bashing based on genuine disagreement or
just political calculation? Obama, after all, was not even present
to cast his critical vote on the Kyl-Lieberman amendment. And last
night I still heard a lot of tough talk from almost all the candidates
about never allowing Iran to go nuclear, keeping all options on the
table and "sticks and carrots."

Sticks and carrots? Maybe a good way to start diplomacy would be
to show the Iranians some respect and stop referring to them as
donkeys that must be bribed or beaten into compliance.

Hatchetman

Once again NBC host Tim Russert assumed his role as the Establishment's
Hatchetman. In the last NBC debate, Russert marginalized me by
repeatedly limiting my time to speak. This time he clocked Rep.

Dennis Kucinich with a question about UFOs. When is Russert going
to ask Senator Clinton about her questionable fundraising or the
donations she has received from warmongering corporations like GE?
Even better, when is Russert going to apologize to the American
people for his own failures as a journalist? Remember:

Russert never challenged administration flacks in the lead up to
Iraq. He was one of Scooter Libby's go-to journalists. Now he's
joined the drum beat for war with Iran.

Last night he repeatedly pestered the candidates: "Will you pledge
that when you're President, Iranwill not develop nukes?" Was that
a question? A twisted mantra? Or was it a demand for profession of
faith that we need to bomb Iran? Talk about trying to undermine
diplomacy. Enough of Russert!

On a brighter note, last night was a truly positive step forward
for my campaign. However, staging the event was expensive for me.
As I noted last night, the entire event cost us $20,000, a pittance
to moneyed candidates like Senators Clinton and Obama, but a
significant cost to me.

So please take a moment to visit my web site at Gravel2008.us
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make a donation!

By keeping me in the debate, you are making an investment in peace.

It will pay off. We've made a huge impact on the national debate
about Iran. This is exactly what the warmongers and profiteers
feared. We can't give up now.

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