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Mike Gravel calls into the Laura Ingraham show thinking it's the Dr. Laura Schlessinger show. Click here for audio.

Democrat presidential candidate Mike Gravel links to a Kos Kid/neo-Nazi web site in the latest post on his “blog:” Meet the Next President of the United States of America | Gravel 2008.

Mike Gravel is feisty for a man pushing 80. While I am normally skittish about allowing bottom-tier candidates who have no shot at winning take up space in debates, Gravel's performance in the first Democratic presidential face-off convinced me otherwise. With all of the other candidates saying all the predictable things, Gravel stole the show with a style that combined the ideas of Noam Chomsky with the temperament of Jake LaMotta. "After standing up with them, some of these people frighten me," the former U.S. Senator from Alaksa said about his Democratic rivals at the debate held at South Carolina...

JOLIETTE, QC, November 1, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Diocese of Joliette has issued a press release after the mainstream media erroneously reported that the Vatican had given permission for a Catholic priest who supports abortion and homosexual 'marriage' to run for public office.  Both a Canadian Press story, published in several papers, and a CBC story claimed that the Vatican granted Fr. Raymond Gravel special permission to run for politics.  Gravel is representing the Bloc Quebecois, a separatist party which is also known for its support of abortion and homosexual 'marriage'.The first line of the press release from the diocese...

To: Assignment Desk, Political Reporter, Daybook Editor Contact: Elliott Jacobson, 202-558-6394 or 202-460-8340 (cell) for Gravel for President 2008News Advisory: Former United States senator Mike Gravel (D-Alaska, 1969-1980) will announce his candidacy for the Democratic Nomination for President of the United States. WHEN: Monday, April 17, 10 a.m. EDTWHERE: The National Press Club, Zenger Room, 13th Floor, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20045Paid for by Mike Gravel for President 2008 http://www.usnewswire.com/-0-/© 2006 U.S. Newswire 202-347-2770/

<p>Ten years in the penitentiary could be a death sentence for former Gov. Edwin Edwards.</p> <p>That's why a committee of Louisiana residents is working to free Edwards before he finishes serving his time in prison.</p> <p>Committee members, some from Cenla, said they plan to circulate a petition asking President George W. Bush to commute Edwards' 10-year gambling racketeering sentence.</p>