Gatewood Galbraith

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Gatewood Galbraith (born January 23, 1947) is an American lawyer and author from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He ran in the Democratic primary for Governor of Kentucky as an outspoken proponent of education as well as privacy rights and other civil liberties.

1 Biography
2 Political career
3 Synthetic Subversion
4 Published work
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Biography

Was born in Carlisle, Kentucky to Henry Clay and Dollie Galbraith, Gatewood is the fourth of seven children. Gatewood graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1974 and from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1977. Galbraith's law practice focuses on criminal law and personal injury civil actions. In 2004, he became a columnist for the Louisville-based alternative weekly Snitch Newsweekly, writing on cases he has handled, and debating with other contributors on civil liberties. He is the divorced father of three daughters.

[edit] Political career

Gatewood has run unsuccessfully for various offices in Kentucky including commissioner of agriculture, governor (four times - as a Democrat in 1991 and 1995, 2007, and as a Reform Party candidate in 1999^[1]), U.S. representative (twice), and attorney general. Galbraith was a vocal advocate of the legalization of cannabis, though his advocacy on that issue played a diminished role in his successive campaigns for elective office.

Galbraith announced in May 2006 that he would seek the Democratic nomination for governor in 2007.^[1] Asked about being a perennial candidate, Galbraith said that Kentucky has "perennial" problems. ^[2] Galbraith filed and ran his fourth campaign for that office. In a candidate debate on Kentucky Educational Television on May 14, 2007 Galbraith noted that fifteen states have legalized cannabis; all did so after Galbraith first began his advocacy on that issue as a candidate for statewide office.

Gatewood lost the 2007 Democratic Primary Election for governor.

[edit] Synthetic Subversion

In his book and speeches Gatewood goes into detail on what he calls “Synthetic Subversion”. This theory seeks to explain when, how and why America, specifically Kentucky, moved from an agricultural agrarian society to a industrial synthetic society. According to this theory America was under Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration and the “New Deal” era. Up until then America and Kentucky relied on agriculture for everything to fuel the economy. But during the Great Depression Roosevelt moved America towards a more industrial (synthetic) society out of necessity or according to Galbraith his alliance with “Corporations seeking to gain more money.”