Former Democratic Senator Mike Gravel is now running for the LP presidential nomination. The LP could do worse. Gravel has a longtime antiwar record, opposing the draft during the Vietnam War and reading The Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record.
Until recently, Gravel was running for the Democratic presidential nomination. He got in some good jabs against pro-war Hillary Clinton.
See, I'm no purist. Mike Gravel, Steve Kubby, George Phillies, and Mary Ruwart would all be acceptable LP presidential candidates for me.
But no Root, please. And no Smith or Barr, either.
John Ganz Wins The Internet, But Also Fails Some Basic History
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Ganz on the Cracker Barrel nontroversy:
Now, most well-adjusted adults would probably look at this and say, 'This
is all totally ridiculous,' but the Unite...
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