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 Mearsheimer on Following in LBJ’s Footsteps
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Reprinted from John’s Substack: On 31 March 2026, I was on “Judging
Freedom” talking with the Judge about where we are headed in Iran. I
thought it was one...
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