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Gravel supports socialist health care and creating a national sales tax. He is strongly against the [[War in Iraq]] and supports indemnity withdrawing all troops from Iraq. After Senate Majority Leader [[Harry Reid]] said that the Iraq War was "lost", he responded by saying, "this war was lost the day that George Bush invaded Iraq on a fraudulent basis." Senator Gravel advocates for the legalization of all drugs,<ref>http://granitestaters.com/candidates/mike_gravel.html</ref> and believes that drug abuse should be treated as a medical problem only. On his Presidential campaign website, he said that he 'fully supports the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution'.  

Gravel supports socialist health care and creating a national sales tax. He is strongly against the [[War in Iraq]] and supports indemnity withdrawing all troops from Iraq. After Senate Majority Leader [[Harry Reid]] said that the Iraq War was "lost", he responded by saying, "this war was lost the day that George Bush invaded Iraq on a fraudulent basis." Senator Gravel advocates for the legalization of all drugs,<ref>http://granitestaters.com/candidates/mike_gravel.html</ref> and believes that drug abuse should be treated as a medical problem only. On his Presidential campaign website, he said that he 'fully supports the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution'.  

During the 2007 [[YouTube]] [[Democratic]] debate, Gravel stated that "the Democratic Party used to stand for the ordinary working man. But the Clintons and the DLC sold out the Democratic Party to Wall Street".<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ9BDVLuFTU</ref>

During the 2007 [[YouTube]] [[Democratic]] debate, Gravel stated that "the Democratic Party used to stand for the ordinary working man. But the Clintons and the DLC sold out the Democratic Party to Wall Street".<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ9BDVLuFTU</ref>

In March 2008, Gravel left the Democratic Party and joined the [[Libertarian Party]], saying, "My libertarian views, as well as my strong stance against war, the military industrial complex and American imperialism, seem not to be tolerated by Democratic Party elites who are out of touch with the average American; elites that reject the empowerment of American citizens I offered to the Democratic Party at the beginning of this presidential campaign with the National Initiative for Democracy."<ref>[http://www.lp.org/media/article_573.shtml Former U.S. Senator Mike Gravel joins Libertarian Party ranks]</ref>

In March 2008, Gravel left the Democratic Party and joined the [[Libertarian Party]], saying, "My libertarian views, as well as my strong stance against war, the military industrial complex and American imperialism, seem not to be tolerated by Democratic Party elites who are out of touch with the average American; elites that reject the empowerment of American citizens I offered to the Democratic Party at the beginning of this presidential campaign with the National Initiative for Democracy."<ref>[http://www.lp.org/media/article_573.shtml Former U.S. Senator Mike Gravel joins Libertarian Party ranks]</ref>