Mike Gravel on the Campaign Trail

Former Alaska senator Mike Gravel has been running the longest of the current candidates for president and is polling somewhere in the low single digits but he's on the campaign trail raising the issues that are important to him. A look through the news stories finds him in Wisconsin last weekend; here's a story by Becky Thielke of the Watertown Daily Times:

With great enthusiasm and energy, presidential candidate and former U.S. Sen. Mike Gravel emphasized why it's crucial for America to change its ways during the Jefferson/Dodge Democratic Party's 14th annual Presidents Day Dinner at Plattdeutscher Hall Sunday evening.

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Gravel said we need to get the troops out now, not six months from now. He said a poll conducted by Iraqis said 80 percent want the Americans out of Iraq and 70 percent said it's OK to kill Americans.

Gravel also said Americans are 49th in literacy in the world and 30 percent of the children don't graduate from high school.

“Think about that. How are we going to compete in the world?” he said.

President Bush thinks winning is everything, even if it's just an illusion. Mike Gravel thinks it's more important to talk about real issues and do what's what right. He may not win the presidency but he's helping our country to start thinking again about where we're going. The future of our country is in the hands of tens of millions of Americans, not in the hands of wealthy Republicans with deep pockets for millions of dollars of campaign ads. Let's hope enough voters figure it out in time for 2008.