Black Box Report

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I am SO disappointed in you, Karen.

Even suggesting that Mike Gravel doesn't have a legitimate shot at the presidency of the United States? "If" his campaign doesn't work out?

Yeah, sure. As if!

Of course you know that the delegates - pledged delegates and Superdelegates - aren't bound to their endorsements, no matter what the primaries and caucuses say. Come the convention, they could ALL abandon Obama and Clinton en masse and switch over to Gravel (there might be some crazy democro-facist rules against Dem delegates endorsing another party's candidates, but I'm sure Mike's keen political mind can find a way around that).

But you have to go and parrot the MAINSTREAM MEDIA TALKING POINTS that say Gravel can't win! Way to make friends with those all-powerful libertarian bloggers, like The Largest Minority:

RNN's Karen DePodwin…tries to belittle (Gravel's) candidacy. Like every other so-called journalist on television, DePodwin thinks she has the authority to shape reality rather than simply report it.

Because, admit it Karen, Gravel's sub-atomic poll numbers and nonexistant delegate count is all your fault! And asking him who he would endorse? Why not just demand he drop out of the race, like other political bigwigs have done:

Just days after former Alaska senator Mike Gravel announced his independent candidacy for president, the newly minted candidate received his first demand that he get out of the race.

"Mike Gravel should get out of the race, and get out now," said independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader. "The longer he stays in, the greater risk he runs of making a fool of himself."

Mr. Nader said that Mr. Gravel accomplished great things as a senator from Alaska, but added, "If you run a foolish, meaningless campaign for president, pretty soon people will forget all the good you achieved way back when."

"The last thing you want to be thought of is as some tiresome old gas-bag who likes seeing himself on TV," he added.

The former consumer activist said he does not believe that many Americans will waste their votes on Mr. Gravel, but warned that "even a few votes in a few states could have a catastrophic effect."

"If Mike Gravel's presence in the race winds up leading to the election of a Republican who then leads us into a disastrous war, I don't know how he'll live with himself," Mr. Nader said.

And let him hog all the glory that will be the first third party presidency in American history? Karen, it's clear that you and Ralph just don't have respect for Gravel's political cunning:

Mike Gravel, the cranky guy who ran for president in the Democratic Primary, was sort of laughed out of contention. So on March 11, he endorsed the Green candidate for president...

Yeay for Jesse Johnson. What a boost! But oh no!...Gravel is apparently not a political monogamist, but a total political slut.

Former U.S. Senator Mike Gravel joins Libertarian Party ranks...

Next up are the Constitution, Communist, Independence, Natural Law, Reform, and Workers World Parties. They all want a piece of Gravelmentum, and apparently there's plenty to go around!

Unfortunately, there's only one thing that can stop Gravelmentum:

The elephant in the room, so to speak, is whether Ron Paul, the Texas congressman who has run for president on the Libertarian ticket in the past, will drop his bid for the Republican nomination and take his legions of loyal supporters back into the Libertarian fold for a third-party run in November. Paul this week reiterated that he has no intention of doing that.

But still, one can dream. A Paul-Gravel ticket?

(blink)

(blink, blink)

EUREKA!!!! THAT'S IT!!!!

I am hereby officially endorsing a Mike Gravel / Ron Paul ticket.

Ha! Take that, Karen!

FEEL THE GRAVELMENTUM!