Give’em Hell, Gravel

In a sudden twist of hate, Sen. Mike Gravel came to my university today for a brief forum. 

 

I was quite impressed with him; his oratory style and the urgency with which he communicates the flaws in American democracy just don’t get across in the terrible debate formats in which I’m used to seeing him. He seems to pay much more attention to the issues than most of his rivals, and really educates himself in the technicalities of the problems facing us today. One note of interest was his “National Initiative” plan, which would give citizens more direct power in forming federal laws. I was a bit skeptical, given the shoddy state of such systems on many state levels, but in his decade of writing the bill, he has really streamlined things. If you’re interested, click that link and vote for the amendment electronically.