Mike Gravel On Bernie Ward's Show Last Night

[eleny]

Gravel appeared on Bernie's program in the 10 PM hour last night. Just click on one of the links for 10 PM to listen live or download the hour to listen later.

Here is the url for the KGO-radio archives --> http://www.kgoam810.com/Article.asp?PT=Archive&id=49920

He's wonderful. Doesn't sound like a loony tune at all. Soberly called w a "dunce". It's a priceless interview that starts with a discussion of John Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

[madrchsod]

1. this is what he did in 1971

"In 1971 Gravel played a key role in the release of the Pentagon Papers — a large collection of secret government documents pertaining to the Vietnam War — which were made public by former Defense Department analyst Daniel Ellsberg. Gravel inserted 4,100 pages of the Papers into the Congressional Record of his Senate Subcommittee on Buildings and Grounds. These pages were later issued by the Beacon Press as the "Senator Gravel Edition" — the most complete edition of the Pentagon Papers to be published. The "Gravel Edition" was edited and annotated by Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn, and included an additional volume of analytical articles on the origins and progress of the war, also edited by Chomsky and Zinn."

"Also in 1971, Gravel embarked on a one-man filibuster against legislation renewing the military draft. Using various parliamentary maneuvers, Gravel was able to block the bill for five months before President Richard Nixon and Senate Republicans agreed to allow the draft to expire in 1973."

"Six months before United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's secret mission to the People's Republic of China in July 1971, Gravel introduced legislation to recognize and normalize relations with the PRC."


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Gravel
Mike Gravel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

he`s kind`a out there but he`s paid his dues to be do and say what ever he wants. it must really kill him to see the same thing happening again and then watch the "party" cave in to a president that is far worse than nixon ever was.

[Swamp Rat]

2. I heard it.

:thumbsup:

[eleny]

3. I saw the thread

But I tuned in very late. So figured to wait till today to listen to the archive. After 5 minutes, I figured it was time to post about the archive. This first hour will be gone off the KGO site in less than 5 hours.


:hi: