I did see the Mike Gravel - Rock video on the daily show and followed it up with a google search. Was flabbergasted to say the least. He leers at the camera for 2 minutes and then walks away, picks up a rock and chucks it in the water.

One youtube commenter analyzed that as Gravel being raw and true. No Bull. etc. You'll get the real talk from me and only me. etc etc. And I make my own waves! Fine. But he's trying to get elected. Not make a movie about it. I'm beginning to doubt he intends to run seriously and is the new lonelygirl15 and that i've been pulled in for the ride.

I think the guy fully recognizes he's an outside with no chance to win in this culture marked by the obsession with appearances. And guess what? That's a voice we need in the campaign. In short, we need a Zen-candidate: a guy with a serious, eloquent message (if you've heard him speak, you know he's got that), but who also is ready and willing to spit right in the eye of every Madison-Avenue self-image machine out there--Hillary's, McCain's, all of them. I just think this is great stuff, and Norm Jenson continues to earn my admiration for posting material like this to a very large audience. For the thousandth time, thanks Norm.

Norm doesn't emphasize it, but in case there are any readers of this blog who have doubts about just how serious corporate crime is, and just how little punishment corporate criminals now routinely receive, read Norm's link. Pretty discouraging.