[lbo-talk] NYT sees Mike Gravel as 'comic relief'

[Carl Remick]

In its coverage of yesterday's Democratic presidential debate the NY Times 
characterized heavy-duty antiwar candidate Mike Gravel as "comic relief."  I 
dunno, I must be losing my sense of humor.  Does the comment below, made by 
Gravel during the debate, strike anyone here on the list as comical?

" We [the United States] have no important enemies. What we need to do is to 
begin to deal with the rest of the world as equals, and we don't do that. We 
spend more as a nation on defense than all the rest of the world put 
together.

"Who are we afraid of? Who are you afraid of, Brian [Williams, debate 
emcee]? I'm not.

"And Iraq has never been a threat to us. We invaded them. I mean, it is 
unbelievable. The military-industrial complex not only controls our 
government lock, stock and barrel but they control our culture. "

Carl

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