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Mike Gravel
Mike Gravel is a former Democratic United States Senator from Alaska, who served two terms from 1969 to 1981, and a former candidate in the 2008 presidential election.  He is[…]
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Politicians don’t pay much attention to the Constitution.

Question: Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton. What does that say about our political system?

Mike Gravel: Well what it says is that many times these politicians don’t pay much attention to the Constitution. Keep in mind we got an amendment to the Constitution that says a person should only serve eight years. Well in 1992 when the Clintons sold the Democratic Party to Wall Street and the DLC joined them, what they did is they said you get two for the price of one. Well if it’s two for the price of one and now Hillary’s running, that’s two for the price of one. Well the Constitution says they shouldn’t do that because they’ve already had their eight years and they didn’t do that great a job. So maybe it’s now time for somebody else to get a shot at it.

 

Recorded on: 10/23/07

 

 

 

 

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