Ron Paul in The Contenders

On Principles & Values: Blogosphere hails Paul/Gravel ticket with cross-party appeal

Mike Gravel declares, in his “National Initiative for Democracy”, in language to set many a progressive heart beating: “The central power of government in a democracy is lawmaking--not voting. Governments throughout history have been tools of oppression; they need not be.” He then, however, adds this caveat: “American citizens can gain control of their government by becoming lawmakers and turning its purpose to public benefit, and stemming government growth--the people are the more conservative than their elected officials regardless of political party.“ It’s this kind of rhetoric that is winning Gravel fans among libertarians, who have helped make him an unlikely favorite on user-generated news sites like Digg.com (where some are hailing a ticket of ”Mike Gravel/Ron Paul“ --or vice versa).

The idea of direct democracy might have broad appeal to an electorate sick of a political system mired in soft money, corporate cronyism, and partisan gridlock.

Source: [Xref Mike Gravel] The Contenders, by Laura Flanders, p.196 Nov 11, 2007

The above quotations are from The Contenders, by Laura Flanders, Dean Kuipers, James Ridgeway, Richard Goldstein, and Elizabeth Sanders, published Aug. 2007. Click here for main summary page. Click here for a profile of Ron Paul. Click here for Ron Paul on all issues.
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