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As part of a new segment on the "Today" show, "Candidate Cribs," NBC’s Jonathan Alter went on a cab ride, with Democratic candidate Mike Gravel behind the wheel, and got more than the expected anti-Iraq war rant from the former Alaskan senator. In a gimmicky stunt, to showcase the candidate’s past life as a former New York City cabbie, Alter got in the back seat as Gravel took the reporter for a ride but just after Gravel started griping about Iraq they got into a car crash.
Alter: "Gravel is best remembered for helping end the Vietnam era draft with a filibuster and for reading the Pentagon Papers in the Senate. Now, after a quarter-century out of politics, he's an angry Rip Van Winkle."
Gravel: "I know how to get out of Iraq. I know how to affect the solution, it's a diplomatic solution."
Alter: "Careful! Ohh!"
Gravel: "Hang on!"
Off-camera voice: "Okay, we're okay."
Gravel: "Where's the-[bleeps]"
Off-camera voice: "The brakes went out."
After they got the cab working again, Gravel drove Alter to Columbia University where he was able to finish his anti-Iraq tirade in front of his supporters. Alter’s camera crew focused-in on anti-war protest signs while Alter let Gravel spew the following: "The sooner we put some of our leaders in jail for what we do to the people, the sooner we're gonna stop people doing that!"
The following is the full transcript of the segment as it occurred on the August 1, "Today" show:
Matt Lauer: "This morning we are starting a new series called Candidate Cribs. A chance to get to know the human side of the presidential candidates. Take them back to the places that were important to them in the past. NBC's Jonathan Alter took a ride with Democratic contender, former Senator Mike Gravel. And let's just say the Senator did a bang-up job."
[On screen headline: "Candidate Cribs, Cruising With Mike Gravel"]
Jonathan Alter: "Mike Gravel."
Mike Gravel, behind the wheel of a cab: "American people are fed up with the partisanship. They're fed up with the phoniness and if I'm hitting it right, I'll become President."
Alter: "Former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel, now 77, drove a Checker Cab in New York in the 1950s, while attending Columbia University. So we decided to rent him a Checker and ride with him up to his alma mater. Did you ever get jumped or in any accidents?"
Gravel: "Twice, no, never had an accident. I was lucky, knock on something."
Alter: "Gravel is best remembered for helping end the Vietnam era draft with a filibuster and for reading the Pentagon Papers in the Senate. Now, after a quarter-century out of politics, he's an angry Rip Van Winkle."
Gravel: "I know how to get out of Iraq. I know how to affect the solution, it's a diplomatic solution."
Alter: "Careful! Ohh!"
Gravel: "Hang on!"
Off-camera voice: "Okay, we're okay."
Gravel: "Where's the-[bleeps]"
Off-camera voice: "The brakes went out."
Alter: "It turns out the Checker we rented didn't exactly have the best brakes."
Gravel: "Wait a second, let me press it to see if the fluid goes out. Okay?"
Alter: "Gravel the cabbie, may be a little rusty but not Gravel the politician."
Gravel: "If we set the tone we're gonna see a better result in the world than the tone of imperialism, violence and war that we have been setting. Can I say it more emphatically?"
Alter: "When we arrive at Columbia, a warm welcome."
[Footage of students with signs cheering for Gravel]
Gravel: "Let's go find a place to talk."
Alter: "His message? Accountability with real teeth."
[Camera close-up on sign reading: "Columbia Democrats Say...End The War!"]
Gravel: "The sooner we put some of our leaders in jail for what we do to the people, the sooner we're gonna stop people doing that!"
Alter: "A ride on the wild side with Mike Gravel. For 'Today,' Jonathan Alter, NBC News, New York."
—Geoffrey Dickens is the senior news analyst at the Media Research Center.
“Hello. I’m Mike Gravel, and I’ve got a secret!”
Putz.
I think this is an accurate metaphor for his candidacy.
He talks just like he drives: all over the place without any sense of direction.
Now that's where you're going wrong. "Accountability with real teeth" isn't even a sentence.
Next time he can throw a rock through a cab windshield to make his statement.
LOL. It's a sentence, it just doesn't make any sense. Sort of like saying, "My flyswatter drives to Boston for the holidays."
Alter: "Careful! Ohh!"
Gravel: "Hang on!"
Off-camera voice: "Okay, we're okay."
Gravel: "Where's the-[bleeps]"
Off-camera voice: "The brakes went out."
Cheney is all-knowing and all-powerful.
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No Joke.
MIKE GRAVEL =
Pictures of a vietnamese Re-Education (SLAVE LABOR) Camp
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NEVER ever AGAIN.
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All you have to do is use the expression Accountability with real teethTM at least once every day for a month!
Use it in the office! Use it in the home! Bonus points if you can slip it into a thread on FR!
ROTFLMAO!
Great post.
Assclown of the day.
Gravel is not from Alaska. He left Alaska after losing to Ted Stevens for Senate, and as we know, Stevens has been in office longer than any Republican ever.
Geez. You can’t make up anything funnier. I’m surprised he wasn’t hanging out the window cussing at people.
“Hey. You! Vote for me. Nah, vote. Well, [bleep] you too. And your fat [bleep] mother you [bleep] sucker. Watch where you’re going you [bleep]ing retard. Yeah, I said that. Oh yeah. I’ll kill your whole [bleep]ing family when I become President. I’ll make your daughter Director of [bleeeeeeeeeeeeeeep]til she yaks in the [bleep]ing trash can. Hey, who wants to stop and get a few beers? Hey Alter, we’ll make sure they are kosher”
Yeah, I want his military advice.
They have to do some research on automobile brakes and try to find out why they stop working properly when the driver gets older than 70.
How do the brakes know?!
Screw it. They just mash the gas pedal instead.
And check out the Bloomberg subway thread. Who falls for this stuff?
Clueless shout out. Wonder if he's also a virgin?
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