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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 10:26 AM Original message |
Can someone please bad-mouth and tear down Mike Gravel? He's really growing on me |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. not me! |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 10:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. I just learned that this morning. Moments like that effect me in a very powerful way n/t |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. He's nuts enough to want a flat tax |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 10:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Here's a summary of his tax plan. Can you identify the issues with it? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 10:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. One point: "Taxes you on what you spend––not on what you earn. So American consumers with low |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 11:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Taxes you on what you spend is the problem |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 11:22 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. It would seem that exempting necessities would go towards addressing that |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 11:25 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I'm sure the poor will be relieved to hear they don't need superfluous things |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 11:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
24. People would be taxed buying clothing, but not buying a clothing company. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
34. Taxes On What One Spends Are, By Definition, Regressive |
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Inspired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
3. Well, he started out good in the last debate |
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genie_weenie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
4. Oh heck fire yes! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
5. He wears funny rumpled shirts? |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 10:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I guess I could earmark a donation to his campaign for a laundry service n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 10:44 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. He's a great story teller. His account of getting the Pentagon Papers |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 10:47 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. brilliant. I shall google his bio and read about it. I'm always drawn to passion |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 10:55 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Here's a link to a segment Amy did with Dan Ellberg, Gravel |
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Peregrine Took (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
6. I like the guy - a lot! |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
10. He brings me back to a simpler time... |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 10:43 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Alas, I always seem to back the fringe, eccentric guy |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
11. What!! a politician who talks straight???? Never get elected. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
15. I have nothing against him at all,but I'm a DK guy. |
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Rydz777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:58 AM Response to Reply #15 |
30. Nicely put. I want Gore to run - and on the Kucinich platform. nt |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
16. The Mike Gravels of the world have their function |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 10:51 AM Original message |
I won't |
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Nimrod2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
18. ROFL....nt |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
20. but, but, he's not DLC! |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
21. "Fair tax" schemes are regressive and extremely harmful to the poor and middle class |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
22. He has endearing quirks and characteristics |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
27. Just one minor criticism: that commercial of his can give you nightmares. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. LOL! |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
29. Can't help you |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
31. Not me |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
32. he's a libertarian |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
33. Oh yeah. That's what we need. Another octogenarian with radical beliefs in the WH! |
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