Mike Gravel geht zu den Libertären!

Wow, das ist ja mal eine Nachricht. Mein vorheriger Blog-Eintrag hatte damit garnichts zu tun.
Mir ist Gravel sehr sympathisch, aber was er bei der Libertarian Party will, erschließt sich mir spontan nicht unbedingt. Schließlich ist Gravel ein linker Etatist, der zB für staatliche Gesundheitsversorgung eintritt.

Das sagt er selbst dazu:

A Personal Message from Mike
March 26th, 2008 by Senator Mike Gravel

I wanted to update you on my latest plans before news gets out. Today, I am announcing my plan to join the Libertarian Party, because the Democratic Party no longer represents my vision for our great country. I wanted my supporters to get this news first, because you have been the ones who have kept my campaign alive since I first declared my candidacy on April 17, 2006.
The fact is, the Democratic Party today is no longer the party of FDR. It is a party that continues to sustain war, the military-industrial complex and imperialism -- all of which I find anathema to my views.
By and large, I have been repeatedly marginalized in both national debates and in media exposure by the Democratic leadership, which works in tandem with the corporate interests that control what we read and hear in the media.
I look forward to advancing my presidential candidacy within the Libertarian Party, which is considerably closer to my values, my foreign policy views and my domestic views.
Please take a moment to make your most generous donation to my presidential campaign today. $10, $20, $50 -- whatever you feel you can afford.
I want to thank you all for your continued support.
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Leider ist die Demokratische Partei sehr wohl noch die Partei des Kriegstreibers und Elitisten FDR, aber Gravel mag ihn vermutlich wegen des desaströsen "New Deal" (womit er seine neuen Parteifreunde nicht begeistern dürfte). Letzerer ist ein schönes Beispiel für "Gut gemeint ist das Gegenteil von gut".