Kucinich's replies @ Aug. 7, '07 Dem. Pres. Debate

[slipslidingaway]

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Dennis made a mistake in his first reply, he added a few extra zeros.

[1monster]

1. Kucinich get my Vote.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. Kucinich has my vote

his positions make him stand out from the crowd. My husband says Kucinich is the only one that gives him faith in the system.

[DS1]

3. Awesome

[lovuian]

4. Dennis is picking up more and more views on You Tube

its now getting closer to hundreds of thousands

thats pretty impressive

Go Dennis Go

[superkia]

5. All the candidates have something negative about them.

Have you noticed though that Kucinich is the only one being very direct in pointing out what hes for. Hes the only one that doesn't seem to be worried about making safe statements, just tells you what he thinks! My views could change tomorrow on who is the best candidate for me, but for some reason I feel like this could be the one that could try and change how Washington is ran. I think everyone agrees we need change and I think he represents that the most.

[MissWaverly]

6. I agree and I sent him money too

I was holding out for Gore but I don't think he's running, I like Kucinich because he's not always pumping up US as superpower
battling forces of evil around the globe. I think we should try to cut back on the military and start acting like other countries.
It's time to concentrate on here at home.

[shadowknows69]

19. He's going to be painted as an isolationist

But IMO that is exactly what this country needs right now. Rebuild at home. Send any amount of money we need to to help other countries but other than that stay right the fuck out of the world's business for a while and fix this mess we have at home.

[MissWaverly]

31. I don't believe the Saudis need our money

they are the richest countries in the world, and I don't believe Israel needs military aid from us either, charity begins at
home in the US.

[info being]

23. Of course he's the one!

I've been saying that since 2004 :-)

[ott]

7. Has my vote, my support for '04, '08 and a donation last night

America, invest in this man.

[rabidchickens]

8. Dennis has my vote

Just cause I live in New York, in a close race im for Edwards.

Edwards is the best out of the frontrunners I believe, Dennis is the best period.

Too bad I cant afford to give any more money, I already sent around 40 each to Obama and Edwards.

[provis99]

9. good one. Go, Seabiscuit!

[Roland99]

12. That was a good one!

:)

[porkrind]

10. K & R!

Dennis, the no bullsh*t candidate, has my vote!

[bedpanartist]

11. Kucinich is the man

Nobody else even comes close.

[Norrin Radd]

13. k+r

[marions ghost]

14. Truer words were never spoken--

"we need a president who knows what the right thing to do is the first time"....

He's saying what the people want to hear all right:

Get out of NAFTA, get out of Iraq, invest in infrastructure, invest in health care, invest in unions, invest in responsible government assistance to communities.

Is there anything else he could add to the list?

Or is there any reason the hardworking middle class would not want the Kucinich plan?

The audience seemed very positive towards Kooch.

[shadowknows69]

20. But I wonder if union leadership will give the nod to Hillary

one NY union already did IIRC. Am I right on that?

[marions ghost]

22. good question

...especially crucial for Hillary with so many others--Edwards, Obama, and Kucinich--strongly backing unions. Edwards has worked particularly hard to win their support.

Maybe you are talking about the NY civil service union that endorsed Hillary? I'm not sure what the overall feeling is about her among NY unions--seems like that would be an excellent indicator of her chances.

Here's a pretty good summary after the debate the other night:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20070807/us_time/unionsgoslowinbackingademocrat

/snip/
Clinton, the former First Lady, has worked to distance herself from her husband's free-trade record, which was unpopular with labor, going so far as to criticize the North American Free Trade Agreement as something inherited by her husband's administration. In the Senate she has voted against the Central American Free Trade Agreement and has announced her opposition to the pending South Korean Free Trade Agreement. In addition, she was only presidential candidate to turn up at a rally in front of Congress for the Employee Free Choice Act - a bill that facilitates union organizing, which was ultimately blocked by Senate Republicans. "We work better when you work with us," she told the crowd who braved 100-degree temperatures for the rally./snip/


/snip/
Labor sources say it is unlikely that any of the top candidates will succeed in drawing the two-thirds support of the AFL-CIO's 10 million members needed to win an endorsement before the primary season, a feat accomplished only twice in the organization's history: for former Vice President Al Gore in 2000 and Walter Mondale in 1984. "We're really pleased it's a really strong field this year," said Karen Ackerman, the AFL-CIO's political director. "All of the candidates have been actively involved with many of our members."

[spindoctor]

15. Withdraw from NAFTA and the WTO?

Does a president have the authority to do that?

[goodhue]

16. Yes, they are treaties that have withdrawal provisions

Recall that Bush withdrew from the ABM treaty . . .

http://archives.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/12/13/rec.bush.abm/

U.S. quits ABM treaty

December 14, 2001 Posted: 5:10 AM EST (1010 GMT)

By Manuel Perez-Rivas
CNN Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush said Thursday the United States has notified Russia that it intends to pull out of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, starting a six-month timetable for withdrawal and opening the way for the creation of an anti-missile defense system.

"Today I am giving formal notice to Russia that the United States of America is withdrawing from this almost 30-year-old treaty," Bush said in the White House Rose Garden. "I have concluded the ABM treaty hinders our government's ability to develop ways to protect our people from future terrorist or rogue state missile attacks."

The announcement came after months of talks in which U.S. officials hoped to persuade Russia to set the treaty aside and negotiate a new strategic agreement. But a breakthrough did not materialize, and Bush decided to go ahead with a unilateral withdrawal.

[goodhue]

17. NAFTA, Party Eight, Chapter 22, Article 2205: Withdrawal

"A Party may withdraw from this Agreement six months after it provides written notice of withdrawal to the other Parties. If a Party withdraws, the Agreement shall remain in force for the remaining Parties."

[penguin7]

30. Kucinich on trade

Trade
Submitted by kucinich.us on Thu, 2006-11-16 13:55. Issue Overview | Trade
If the United States is to be free to negotiate fair trade agreements that protect jobs, the rights of workers, and the environment, then there is no alternative but to repeal NAFTA and withdraw from the WTO. I have sworn to repeal NAFTA and the WTO, and I will unalterably continue to work toward these goals.

For a decade, we have been subjected to a grand experiment called NAFTA. When that agreement was signed in 1993, it was enthusiastically supported by big business, Republicans, and all too many Democrats. Now it is clear that this experiment has failed. We've lost over 3 million manufacturing jobs since July 2000. Over a half million of these are directly attributable to NAFTA. Our trade deficit grew to $418 billion last year and continues to climb. And, because of the WTO, corporations have been granted unprecedented powers to sue the government in closed trade courts anytime laws designed to protect workers or the environment are deemed to infringe on corporate "rights."

This is called "free trade." But where is freedom when jobs are lost? Where is freedom when industries threaten to move out of the country unless wages are cut? Where is freedom when the right to bargain collectively is crushed? Where is freedom when a union is broken? Where is freedom when you can't make a mortgage payment? Where is freedom when you can't send your children to college? An economic democracy is a precondition of a political democracy. Where is freedom?

It is time to reclaim state and local sovereignty, which NAFTA has usurped. No NAFTA, no Fast Track Authority. Fast track is a barrier. Fast track brought us NAFTA. It prohibits amending trade agreements. We could not amend NAFTA Chapter 11, which grants corporate investors in all NAFTA countries the right to challenge any local, state, or federal regulations, which, those corporations say, hurt their profits. No more back track on democracy. No more back track on workers' rights. No more back track on human rights. No back track on the Bill of Rights.

The Bush administration wants to extend NAFTA throughout the Western Hemisphere through the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA). This proposal is being pushed by the administration and its Republican allies in Congress and the corporate world, although it is opposed by many leaders throughout Latin America.

The only way to undo the damage these trade deals have caused is to end them. If the United States is to be free to negotiate fair trade agreements that protect jobs, the rights of workers, and the environment, then there is no alternative but to withdraw from the WTO. If our agriculture, textiles, and other industries are going to be able to help pull the world up, rather than being dragged down to the level of serfdom or exported abroad, we must put an end to the disaster known as the WTO.

The NAFTA and WTO treaties include legal clauses permitting the signatory countries to withdraw from them at any time, following a routine notification period. The President should invoke these withdrawal clauses and once and for all take America out of an unfair system of corporate trade. We should return to bilateral trade conditioned on workers' rights, human rights, and environmental quality principles. This would provide security for American workers and for workers worldwide.

We need a new start. We must begin from scratch with decent, bilaterally negotiated trade agreements between this country and each other country we trade with, agreements that are based from the start on the needs of people and communities.

[spindoctor]

35. I know where he stands. My question was about authority.

Does the President have the authority to withdraw from trade agreements without having to go to Congress?

[shadowknows69]

18. This man should be our president

I don't care what the polls say. Primary day my vote goes to Dennis. Maybe even if Gore jumps in because if he's going to he needs to do it real soon. A Gore/Kucinich ticket would make me very very happy.

[lazyriver]

21. That's my dream ticket too.

But hope fades a little each day for a Gore run. I donated to Kucinich's campaign a few weeks ago. It was the first time I've ever donated to a presidential candidate. I'll donate again at the end of this month and if Gore isn't in it by then, my cash goes to DK. He is a beacon of hope for real change in this country and the best chance for better lives for all of us working stiffs who live in the reality based community that used to be middle America.

[Desertrose]

24. K&R for Dennis

Best the dems have to offer....hands down.

DR

[Larry Ogg]

25. Kucinich as far as I’m concerned is the only Liberal running for POTUS

And if he wins, he will be the only liberal POTUS since JFK

There was a little something that I noticed during the debate, except for Kucinich, all the other candidates in their opening remarks praised the new stadium and showed their revelry for the sport. Isn’t it grand how the majority of people in this country are more concerned with sports and being entertained, than they are with being well informed about important issues?

I think most of us who belong to DU have heard the fraise, “Americans are the most entertained and least informed people in the world”. So it was in the last days of the Roman Empire…

And what has our government been doing over the last few decades well we the people have been being so well entertained? Dennis said it right, “Digging a hole to China”.

[salib]

26. He has my vote, my money and my time

[RedCappedBandit]

27. Kucinich must be elected!

After having Bush as "president" it will be so nice to have an intelligent person in office.

[bamacrat]

28. Wow, I was an avid Kucinich supporter before but now...

I can't imagine America without him. Well I can and it is not good. We have over a year, let Clinton, Obama and Edwards pick each other apart while Kucinich actually speaks about the problems in America and what he will do to fix them. I hope we get him on the ticket in one way or another, preferably as president. Go Dennis Go.

:patriot: :hi:

[Postman]

29. If Kucinich gets the Democratic nomination......

expect Wall Street and corporate America to "go postal" on the US economy....this guy is as close as it comes to Socialism in America.

The fat cats who run the country will not go down without a fight, making sure everyone feels the pain.

Hell, they tried a coup against FDR in 1933-34.

He's got my vote.

[4nic8em]

32. Damn straight...

Dennis is sincere and always has been...what he is saying now, is what he has said all along for years, and I agree 100%. It's time for an old fashioned ass-whipping on those that have turned this country into what is is today.

[slipslidingaway]

33. Thanks for the K&R's!!! n/t

[goodhue]

34. !

[antigop]

36. That was great! Thanks, I missed the debate, so I appreciate these clips.

Outstanding.

[timtom]

37. For your viewing pleasure...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9qLFMl74sQ

The whole nine yards, I believe.

[antigop]

38. Thank you! THANK YOU!!! n/t