BREAKING: Mike Gravel drops out

[brooklynite]

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[Garrett78]

1. I wish the Gravelanche would wipe out a dozen others.

[BannonsLiver]

11. +1

I was thinking as I was reading the OP, now if we could just get about 15 more to head to the exits.

[Peacetrain]

17. +1000

[Clash City Rocker]

2. It's a start

[LincolnRossiter]

3. Didn't realize he was still in.

Humph.

[TlalocW]

13. I didn't even know he was in

But honestly, I don't pay much attention to the debates. I have a few faves, but unless they eat a live kitten onstage, they're still better than Trump... and maybe even if they did.

TlalocW

[JI7]

4. he was only in it hoping to troll like tulsi

[True Dough]

5. Drop the Gravel

Drop the Gravel < Drop the Mic

[JI7]

6. im guessing he won't be endorsing buttigieg, not that anyone would really want his endorsement

[LuvNewcastle]

15. Did he and Buttigieg have a spat? I wasn't aware.

[JI7]

19. he said all Buttigieg does is talk about being gay all the time

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. That is BS! Buttigieg does not talk about being gay all the time. n/t

[Thomas Hurt]

7. who?

[Sneederbunk]

8. Harold Stassen is smiling down.

[Bradshaw3]

16. We have someone who knows their political history

Good one. I think Stassen used to be taken seriously - until he kept runing and running and running. Not sure Gravel has ever been as a presidential candidate, although I agreed with some of his ideas

[Buzz cook]

21. Harold Stassen was smart

And well liked. Unfortunately his service in WWII cost him political support while his non-serving rival, Thomas Dewey, was able to consolidate his.


Fun fact Stassen so sacred Dewey, that Dewey proposed a debate. It was the first debate between candidates.

Stassen was a moderate anti-isolationist republican. Well he was till 1948 when the race to see who was most anti-red started.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey%E2%80%93Stassen_debate

Lots and lots of Red baiting.

[irisblue]

9. Thanks for reading the Pentagon Papers in to the Congressional Record

Good luck with the Think Tank

[awesomerwb1]

10. Never heard of him. Being serious.

The "gravelanche" is funny though.

[BannonsLiver]

12. Now if we could just get about 15 more to head to the exits.

[left-of-center2012]

14. I had to look him up

Maurice Robert "Mike" Gravel (born May 13, 1930) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Alaska from 1969 to 1981.
A member of the Democratic Party, he was a candidate in the 2008 U.S. presidential election and was a candidate in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Gravel

[Blue_true]

18. As long as he endorses the Democratic Party nominee in the General,

I am ok with him building left-leaning political organizations. We need that diversity of thought in our party.

[Autumn]

22. Thank you for putting the Pentagon Papers out to the public. Best of luck.