"The People can deal with problems, the leadership can not." - Mike Gravel

This evening I heard a straight talking from a 77 year old former representative and senator from Alaska, who is now a Democratic Presidential Candidate. Make Gravel appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher and spoke the truth. He spoke of the issues that should concern every American. Following are some of his observations.

Congress & Bush Co. - "Follow the money if you want to know the government you have."

Democratic Presidential Candidates - "Any candidate who voted for the Iraq War is not fit to be president of the United States, and I will include Obama, because he has not shown leadership."

Global Warming - "We are losing ice sheets in Alaska. This is far more a threat than anything else we are facing."

Iraq - "We had know right to be there in the first place. It is their country." "We need to get our troops out of Iraq in 120 days." "Like during Vietnam, the Republicans are asking for just a little bit more time and we can win. What is there left to 'win' in Iraq?"

China - "They could put us into bankruptcy at an time. And Congress is talking about a trade war?" "They refuse to deal with this problem."

On We the People - "The people need to be empowered. They need to be the ones making new laws."

Hmm, this last statement sounds an awful lot like article v. It sounds like Mike Gravel would like to empower We the People. It appears he believes we can solve our problems better than career politicians on the take.

Will America Lead?