Mike Gravel, once an actual senator from Alaska, last seen accusing the other Democratic candidates of being sellouts and wanting to nuke Iran, has switched to the Libertarian Party.

Tough break for the Libertarian Party.

Perhaps the most memorable moment of Gravel’s time on the national stage:

RUSSERT: I wanted to ask Senator Gravel—you talked about running for president of the United States. In 1980, your condo business went bankrupt.
GRAVEL: Correct.RUSSERT: In 2004, you filed for personal bankruptcy…GRAVEL: Correct.RUSSERT: … leaving $85,000 in credit bills unpaid.RUSSERT: How can someone who did not take care of his business, could not manage his own personal finances, say that he is capable of managing the country?GRAVEL: Well, first off, if you want to make a judgment of who can be the greediest people in the world when they get to public office, you can just look at the people up here. Many of them have done very, very well in public office.I left the Senate no better than when I went in. Now, you say the condo business. I will tell you, Donald Trump has been bankrupt 100 times. So I went bankrupt once in business. And the other—who did I bankrupt? I stuck the credit card companies with $90,000 worth of bills and they deserved it because I used the money…(LAUGHTER)They deserved it—and I used the money to finance the empowerment of the American people with a national initiative, so you can make the laws.