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...the fact that Mike Malloy felt he had to defend himself on the air against Mike Gravel because he, Malloy, felt Gravel was patronizing him when he repeatedly interrupted and asked to be told what every position and program meant was nothing but whining on Malloy's part. Mike Malloy wanted Mike Gravel to spoon feed his understanding, which was an impossible assignment given that Malloy refused to be taught anything. Then Malloy goes on whining and attacking Gravel for the final 30 minutes of the video claiming victory after he hung up with the former Senator.
I have a proposal for Malloy. If he wishes to understand what Gravel advocates, take a month or two months and read everything the Senator has written, maybe even ask if he could spend time with the Senator at his home and talk one on one, read, study....you know...wax on, wax off! In other words, walk in the man's shoes for a time and then pass his judgment as to the merits of Gravel's proposals. One thing is very clear to me that Gravel stated and perhaps Malloy missed in the hour he let Gravel talk and that was that America as a system is broken, Representative government is not representative of all of the people, only of the few and most powerful, and that our country is bankrupt and there is no way out of that bankruptcy without a radically different economic plan for the next two or three generations of Americans. Business as usual will not work and our country is on the verge of an economic meltdown far worse than anything, even the crash of 1929 and the great depression which followed that through the 1930s.
Gravel also has a way to end the war in Iraq and bring the troops home which Malloy failed to bring out in this show. Malloy can listen to a number of videos where Gravel has outlined his plan as to how that could work and have the troops home by this Christmas.
So, we need to open our ears to people like Mike Gravel in terms of proposals for moving our economy back on track, trade agreements instead of these open borders outsourcing, finding a system of taxation that will accomplish what we need, live within budgets we can afford, put everyone to work and be productive and yes even find ways to govern ourselves and get rid of this corrupted system of professional politicians who sell us a lie, get elected and then go to the small base of money people and work on their behalf. In other words real democracy.
I personally will continue to listen to the other democratic candidates right through to and into the primaries and I believe Gravel and Dennis Kucinich will play a part throughout the debates and likely into the primaries as well. I do feel this for certain, that another republican majority in congress or a republican president either in the next election or over the next 20 years that follow will end America completely. So we need a radically different way that America is governed from the system we now have. If that means a smarter more participatory citizenry, then we must roll up our sleeves and take responsibility for our own lives and those of our neighbors and communities and right up to the very edges of our borders and also how we relate to the rest of the world. Stupid, fat, lazy and arrogant ain't going to cut it over the rest of the century.
Thanks for posting this. Oh, I do not have the capability to like listen to Mike Malloy on a regular basis, but this time that I have I have found the experience always enlightening. This display with Gravel, I think went beyond the edge and showed a side of Malloy that was not pleasant at all to listen to. I hope and believe Mike Malloy can do much better.
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