Kucinich: "I’m prepared to discuss the war, health care, trade, or any other issue anytime, anywhere

[Flabbergasted]

with any audience, answering any question from any media. And any candidate who won’t shouldn’t be President of the United States."


http://kucinich.us/node/3532

[Loge23]

1. Proud to support Kucinch

Unfortunately he's too real to be a factor in the race.

[Flabbergasted]

2. That's up to you.

[Rebellious Republican]

3. You may want have a look at this thread already posted on this topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3157162

:kick:

[Flabbergasted]

5. I've edited to include the line that I was trying to highlight.

[madfloridian]

4. Tucker seized on that.

Kucinich has lost my respect.

That is not what it was about, it was not what happened.

Kucinich will get a lot of coverage from that.

[Flabbergasted]

6. What happened to the NH debate?

[madfloridian]

7. Huh?

Tucker Carlson, Pat Buchanan, and Bill Press all had a field today with the "liberal" Democrats taking over the party and refusing to go on Fox.

They really were spinning. Kucinich should have been there with them. They said no candidate should boycott Fox...and not a one is that I know of.

Kucinich is either unaware that it was blogs and activists who did this against the party's wishes, or he is manipulating facts.

He got great attention from Tucker.

I don't know about NH...I am talking about NV.

[Flabbergasted]

8. Was NH sponsored by Fox? Just asking. nt

[madfloridian]

9. Kucinich has his facts dead wrong about NV.

I don't know about NH, but I think there were other factors there.

He needs to do his research.

[Flabbergasted]

12. What other factors do you suspect?

[madfloridian]

14. It was not the candidates who stopped the NV debate.

They had very little to say until the activists and bloggers were making it uncomfortable for the NV Dems who had not been consulted anyway. Then Edwards said he would not appear there, there would be many others.

It was not the candidates.

[Flabbergasted]

15. What other factors were involved in NH? nt

[Adelante]

18. I suspect the other candidates

are manipulating the schedule of debates. I agree 100% with Dennis on this.

[southerncrone]

10. Kucinich is my choice, I wonder if he realized what was taking place

and that the other candidates were opposing FAUX NOISE instead of ducking from him. Another platform could have been established to allow debates anyway.

Dennis is a good guy, fighting a good fight. I can cut him some slack on this, if this is his biggest sin.

[Flabbergasted]

13. Why are they ducking out of NH?

http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070309/NEWS0201/70309011/-1/CITIZEN

[madfloridian]

16. Who is ducking out of NH?

There is a debate there in April with CNN and local papers. Edwards is going, I think.

[Flabbergasted]

17. ....

http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070309/NEWS0201/70309011/-1/CITIZEN

So far, few of the high-buzz candidates have committed to the WMUR-TV-New Hampshire Union Leader-CNN debates set to air nationally. Some top candidates are staying away from the April 4 and 5 debates, recognizing a potential gaffe could plague them for the 10 months before New Hampshire voters cast their ballots. Others say simply appearing beside thus-far-non-factor candidates only elevates them.

''If you goof, it's going to be a lot more of a goof than normal. Any gaffe will be augmented by the fact it's just one or two of 'the names' with several of the lower-tier candidates,'' said Mark Wrighton, a University of New Hampshire political science professor.

[rinsd]

29. The NH has been pushed back to June and there is a debate on 4/26 in So Car.

http://news.bostonherald.com/politics/view.bg?articleid=187816

[southerncrone]

19. Probably because it is a small state. I noticed

most have already committed to California...so go figure.

[Flabbergasted]

23. Just asking. Link? nt

[dweller]

11. so, what are YOU afraid of ... ?

(not directed at the OP)

“No one is further removed from Fox’s political philosophy than I am, but fear should not dictate decisions that affect hundreds of millions of Americans and billions of others around the world who are starving for real leadership.”

words spoken like a true Roosevelt,
dp

[Donald Ian Rankin]

20. The national debt, at 3am, in the shark tank at Seaworld?

NT

[Sparkly]

21. I agree with him (posted for the third time)

(Pardon me for posting this initial response three times, but this is the third thread on Kucinich's statement. I explained further in the other threads.)

I understand the rationale that it's about "delegitimizing Fox," but weighing that against the importance of the race itself, I think the campaign against Fox is secondary.

And, while Fox is undeniably a rightwing propaganda outlet as a whole, moment-by-moment and person-by-person there are isolated cases where it actually can compare equally or even favorably to other networks. Ted Koppel was absolutely *terrible* "moderating" the debate in 2003, for example; no Fox head could have done worse. And, while I'm an unabashed Clark supporter, he's experienced nothing on Fox as bad as Scarborough accusing him of "aiding and abetting our enemies" and implying he didn't support the troops, and then not letting him speak.

Further, I think there are enough people watching Fox who NEED to hear the Democrats speak -- as opposed to hearing the Republicans mischaracterize what the Democrats are saying -- that it's worthwhile. And, in the long run, I think hearing the Democrats speak is the way to change minds and ultimately change channels.

Again, I understand that Fox is a rightwing network, but I think avoiding it isn't the only way to deal with it.

[dweller]

22. i'll kick

:kick: for your message(s).

where are your other 2 responses?

i'll :kick: & Rec! those too,
dp

[goodhue]

24. Sounds like a candidate with no strings attached

How could I not support him?

[goodhue]

25. !

[Hawkowl]

26. Don't debate criminals

It is pointless trying to "debate" non-issues in a propaganda forum, i.e; Fox News. I'm sure the majority of the questions would have consisted of either "When did you stop beating your wife?" to "Are you going to raise taxes because you are a communist or because you are godless?" and the final question : "Are you weak on defense or simply against our soldiers in Iraq?"

Kucinich needs to get a friggin clue. He's running for president of the U.S.A. not Don Quixote to take down a friggin windmill. Geesshh.

[Flabbergasted]

27. Why are candidates refusing the NH debate?

[ShortnFiery]

28. He's Jumped the Shark!

Kucinich has all the right ideas but abso-F**king-lutely NO, I say again, NO COMMON SENSE as to how to come across to the media.

Yes, he's now the American Political "Don Quixote."

R.I.P. while enjoying 15 minutes within the propagandist, authoritarian forum known as FOX News.

Good-bye Kucinich. Enjoy your congressional seat and your new wife for that's all you deserve. :thumbsdown:

[rinsd]

30. Poor Kooch. Now he's got the Loofa on his side

Tonight, Bill O’Reilly attacked the “radical movement” that opposed the Nevada Democratic Party’s debate with Fox News. O’Reilly said that MoveOn, “the Daily Kos or whatever that stupid thing is,” and others “use propaganda techniques perfected by Dr. Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi minister of information. They lie, distort, defame, all the time.” Progressive activists attack Fox News because “we report on them accurately,” O’Reilly said.

[MuseRider]

31. Good for Dennis.

Remember last election? He got batted around very disrespectfully by Tweety and said he was never going back on that show again. Well here at DU you would have thought the world was blowing up, how dare he? What a total stupid move? Well, none of the other Democrats supported him then and none of them are supporting him at all with anything so I say go for it Dennis. Separate yourself, speak where anyone will listen. There is an enormous difference in his message and all the others so he needs to make that known. Geeze, this is such a big deal? It is about time.

I am leaving so I will not be able to respond so flame away.