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Former Alaskan Senator and presidential candidate Mike Gravel defends and praises Sarah Palin! ( Youtube-audio)
Hyscience —
You'll enjoy hearing liberal commentators Mitch Jeserich, Sonali Kolhatkar, and Larry Bensky attempting to smear Palin, challenging Gravel every time he defends her, and having Gravel cram it down their throats. Remember, Gravel is a Democrat - or at least was one before he wasn't, or isn't, or ....
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The former Democrat Alaskan Senator Mike Gravel was famous for releasing the pentagon papers which ended the Vietnam draft. He's a very brave and honest American, who unsuccessfully ran for president this year, and here he is praising Sarah ...
The interview from hell
QandO —
I don’t think this was what Pacifica had in mind when they invited Democrat Mike Gravel on for an interview. Just funny. (via Hot Air)
Comedy gold: Lefty radio hosts crestfallen as Palin defended by … Mike Gravel
Hot Air » Top Picks —
Comedy gold: Lefty radio hosts crestfallen as Palin defended by … Mike Gravel posted at 5:30 pm on September 9, 2008 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | printer-friendly You don’t hear their hearts actually start to break until he says, “Troopergate is going to come out in her favor.” Although the most traumatic part, surely, must have been the exchange about how the mayor of Wasilla’s experience compares favorably to Barack Obama’s. Hey, that’s not in the script. Pessimism meter reading: 9.85 6.1 and dropping like a stone .
Quote of the Day
Weekly Standard Blog —
Former Democratic presidential candidate and senator from Alaska Mike Gravel on the Troopergate scandal:
"Troopergate" is going to come out in [Palin's] favor when they really get down for the details of it. This trooper should have been fired ... if the unions didn't want to step up to the plate. ...
This is a guy that shouldn't be wearing a badge, not when he threatens people's lives. ...
Did they have to wait 'til he killed somebody before they got rid of him?
Hat Tip: Allahpundit
Even Mike Gravel Has Palinmania; We Just Never Noticed Because His Other Manias Were So Much More Florid
Ace of Spades HQ —
Even Mike Gravel Has Palinmania; We Just Never Noticed Because His Other Manias Were So Much More Florid One of Hot Air's earlier posts I just got to. Worth a listen. Even if you're not inclined to give Mike Gravel much respect (I'm not, but then, as an Alaskan, he is more familiar with Palin than most), it's worth it just hear the lefty interviewers become ever more desperate to get him to say anything bad about her. Does he? You'll have to listen. Answer in case you don't want to listen: No, except for minor stuff like "I don't agree with her on a lot of things." He even defenders her down the line on Troopergate, where even I think she'll be faulted ...
Brainster's Blog — Gravel! I confess this guy provided us with some amusement during the primary campaign, but in an interview with Pacifica Radio, he goes a little off-message on Sarah Palin, talking about how she's a great pick, that she's going to come out looking fine on the Troopergate issue, etc.
Alaska Democrat Mike Gravel Pwns Liberal Radio Hosts
The Jawa Report —
September 10, 2008 Alaska Democrat Mike Gravel Pwns Liberal Radio Hosts He scolds the talk about Sarah Palin's family, "None of our damn business." But the libtard radio hosts keep trying to issue more leading questions to the Alaska Democrat and he keeps batting them down. He then links Obama and Biden to American Imperialism and the interview is abruptly ended. Sweet! Hat Tip: Allahpundit ...
Nordlinger: Grace under pressure, c.
Articles on National Review Online —
O n Friday, I scribbled up a storm on the first part of Charles Gibson s interview of Sarah Palin. This was on the Corner. And I d like to do just a little more scribbling now on the 20/20 business, aired Friday night. In fact, I ll do a series of quick points. 1. I thought Palin was poised, serene, and bright. I thought she gave a good sense of who she is: what she believes (on a variety of issues) and what sort of person she is. I thought she was amazingly unflappable. Her interviewer was often an attack dog; she refused to be prey, or a victim. [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] 2. The lead-in piece by the ABC News people was appalling ...
Dissecting Leftism — Mike Gravel on Palin Here is a rare moment for me, a politician with whom I can't disagree. Mike Gravel, the former Senator from Alaska was invited onto a Left-wing radio show. It seems clear that the hosts were hoping to use him to rip into Sarah Palin and they brought up numerous lies and distortions about Palin that the Left have been insidiously spreading around. Senator Gravel, of course, is intimately aware of Alaskan politics and he doesn't let them get away with it. While he makes it clear he would never endorse McCain/Palin he also makes it clear that lying about her just isn't ...
