Gravel Returns
Posted on March 27th, 2008
by Daniel Larison |
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Mike Gravel, apparently without irony, said this in his announcement of his Libertarian bid for President:
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.
Sure! The Democratic Party continues to “sustain war, the military-industrial complex and imperialism” because it is no longer the party of FDR. Think about that one for a moment. Gravel won’t get any argument from me if he wants to run against “war, the military-industrial complex and imperialism,” but you have to wonder what he thinks FDR’s policies ultimately created.
Update: Anthony Gregory had the same reaction.
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Peace and prosperity of course. And they led to a decrease in paternalism and the violation of liberty.
In fairness to Gravel, it gets pretty cold in Alaska: That slows down brain cells.
Well, it’s no longer the party of the FDR who promised in 1940 not to send American boys to fight in a foreign war. Of course it hasn’t been that party since the day after FDR won the 1940 election.