Former Alaska Democratic Sen. Mike Gravel, an eccentric antiwar gadfly, was recruited by a group of teenagers who met through Model U.N. He eventually agreed to hand over the password to his Twitter account.
Sen. Mike Gravel of Alaska speaks at an event in Los Angeles on Aug. 9, 2007. By Antonia Noori Farzan Antonia Noori Farzan Reporter for Morning Mix Email Bio Follow March 21 at 7:05 AM Former Alaska Democratic senator Mike Gravel, an eccentric antiwar gadfly who famously starred in one of the strangest campaign ads in American political history, is almost certainly not going to be the next president. But he is considering running.
It took some convincing, but Gravel was ultimately persuaded by a three-page strategy memo that the students drafted and their assurance that they would handle all of the day-to-day work of the campaign. Their ultimate goal wasn’t to win the election but rather to qualify him for the Democratic debates, so that he could use that platform to “issue a critique of American militarism, plutocracy, and inaction on climate,” as his newly-created website states.
Gravel, for his part, also sees the campaign as a chance to champion the cause of direct democracy, which is the subject of a book he’s working on. He told The Post that he plans on pushing for the decriminalization of marijuana while raising the alarm about climate change and the threat of nuclear war. Though his age likely will prevent him from doing much traveling, “there’s a possibility we can do a lot through Skype to engage with people on the issues,” he said.
“Apparently, people are signing up in droves to be part of the campaign,” Gravel said with evident surprise. “We’ve gone viral.”
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