My take: Ron Paul and Mike Gravel are merely honest politicians who don't filter their statements through paid political consultants before speaking. They don't tailor their words to fit what some polling company thinks the voters want to hear. They don't blather on and on about "the lessons of 9/11" or "that time I did something in a war." They don't pander to the lowest common denominators and have the leadership skills and the balls to sell innovative ideas in a marketplace where innovation and "rocking the boat" tend to harm a candidate.
The worst charge you can level against Gravel and Paul is that some of their ideas would not be good policy. For example, Gravel's plan for a guaranteed minimum income wouldn't work, and Ron Paul's desire to dismantle the entire federal government is impractical. But, we are electing a president, not a one-man legislature. Their more radical proposals would never get through Congress. Instead, we'd have presidents who believe in civil liberties.
2007-07-09
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