Dennis Kucinich statement on Graham

[Wetzelbill]

Senator Graham’s Voice Will Be Missed

October 6, 2003
"I want to congratulate Senator Graham on a great run. His voice in this campaign will be sorely missed. I now remain the only candidate who voted against the war on Iraq.

"I intend to wage a campaign around the country in opposition to the ongoing occupation. Senator Graham’s supporters who opposed the war have lost a good candidate. I intend to listen to their concerns."
Senator Graham’s Voice Will Be Missed

http://www.kucinich.us/pressreleases/pr_100603b.htm

[bahrbearian]

1. Good Man Dennis !!!

[goodhue]

3. thanks for posting this

n/t

[no name no slogan]

2. Kick for the K-Man

[LWolf]

4. Thanks for posting this.

I probably would have missed it, otherwise.

Whether you personally support a particular candidate or not, it occurs to me:

Every one of the ten has answered a call; our call for someone to stand up for us and to take back our country. Every one of the ten has my heart-felt appreciation for doing so.

[genius]

5. Dennis is a really honorable man

He refuses to say anything negative about anyone. He cancelled one fundraiser when he heard a labor dispute was going on. Everything he says, even when it's attacked, turns out to be true.

He seems to good to believe. If Jesus were running for President, he would run as Dennis Kucinich.

[Desertrose]

10. The man is total CLASS!

can't wait to see him in PHX tomorrow...

Lots of DK supporters from allover the state will be there to cheer him going into the Orpheum Theater for the debates...then we have a kick-ass party post debate at the Wyndham Hotel...

I'll tell him hello from all you DK supporters here on DU ...


Peace
DR

[revcarol]

6. In Santa Fe, someone asked him why he wasn't going after the other

candidates, and Bush. He said he would differentiate policies, but not anything personal.
He wouldn't call anyone Bush-lite, for example.Adn he sure wouldn't approve of us calling Bush "chimpy" and turd-blossom "turd-blossom" and Condi a "bitch." He is such a good example to us. I wish more of our candidates were like him in not playing dirty.

Honorable is the right word.

[eridani]

7. Way more spiritually evolved than I am

I loathe Pres. Shitstain with a passion, but I'm trying to get over it.

[veganwitch]

8. wait...

did he actually say "i will not call bush chimpy" ? or are you paraphrasing?

[revcarol]

9. Paraphrasing.

Policies only, not the politics of personal destruction, are the targets of his criticism.

You haven't heard him call anyone Bush-lite(even though some of them are,) and you haven't heard him criticize others for claiming Wellstone's mantle(even though it obviously belongs to him.)

[govegan]

11. Since I am not running for office...........

I will still refer to the "simian-faced idiot who is not qualified to mow his own lawn." After all, it speaks to his qualifications, enit?

Dennis Kucinich is a great candidate, and a real individual with leadership skills and qualifications. I too admired Senator Graham and his place in the campaign.

As a private citizen, when politicians and their policies show no respect for myself or other "common citizens", and little or no respect for democracy and the principles upon which the government has been built, then they deserve not my respect. Of course, there are other ways to show disrespect than referring to the "simian-faced idiot," but the moniker fits a certain individual quite well.

Too many feel that the mere office of the top US political executive deserves respect all by itself. I am not one of them.