Open Thread

One little known tidbit from Yearly Kos is that Fmr. Sen. Mike Gravel got his gold Cadillac towed from outside the hotel. His burly aide blamed it on the Secret Service and was annoyed that Hyatt management didn’t seem to have a clue who the hell Gravel was or that he was running for president.

I think that’s a lot more interesting than the trollish soldier who stalked Wesley Clark and spammed the vets’ conference..

Another thing I learned about Gravel: he thinks our tax system “sucks”. He told me that very loudly over the sound system at the Teamster’s dinner. I think it’s very cool of the Teamster’s to buy a bunch of netroots peace activists a burger and a beer. But I’m not sure I can really understand this country anymore.

Author: BooMan

Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.