[Peace-discuss] Mike Gravel on Palin

[Brussel Morton K.]

Gravel sounds deluded. His thesis is that ignorance is bliss. Sarah  
Palin's incorruptibility, with recent revelations, seems not so clear  
after all. He should have waited a bit before writing….

The implication of all the rants on this listserve against Obama- 
Biden is that  it's better to have a McCain-Palin executive than one  
of Obama-Biden. Or, really, it doesn't matter.

Incidentally, do you believe Palin to be less belligerent and  
corporate than Biden, as Gravel suggests? I guess we'll just have to  
wait and see. Or maybe you favor her antiabortion, creationist, NRA,  
energy, environmental,… positions, which Gravel sloughs off as an  
afterthought. ?   --mkb


On Sep 3, 2008, at 11:21 AM, Matt Reichel wrote:

> Interesting piece by former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel on McCain's  
> running mate, Mrs Sarah Palin.
>
> Echoing the words of Alex Cockburn previously posted on this list,  
> far from being "cooky", he says: "Foreign policy experience? Thank  
> god she has none beyond that of a normal citizen subject to the  
> militarization of our culture over the past 50 years, particularly  
> so in Alaska with its strong military presence. The three other  
> would-be leaders have tons of experience among them. But whether  
> liberal or conservative all three are committed to a policy of  
> American imperialism with the self-appointed role of world  
> policeman. This role of trying to influence the world with our  
> military might sustains bloated defense budgets that profit the few  
> and impoverish the social and economic needs of the many."
>
> "Sarah Palin's Clean Slate: Thank God, She Has No Foreign Policy  
> Experience!"
>
> http://counterpunch.org/gravel09032008.html
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