An urgent appeal for all you Dennis Kucinich supporters: PLEASE STOP

[burythehatchet]

DOn't you remember when you were in elementary school, there was always the kid who looked like..like Dennis. You didn't hang out with him, did you? You never invited him over to your house, right?

Well if gets our nomination just think of how much fun everybody will make of him. And then we'll be stuck with the nerdy guy.

OK? So just remember, if Dennis Kucinich is our nominee, the folks over at WTFox News WILL MAKE FUN OF YOU. You may not even get invited to their Christmas party.

Newt will make fun of us.

Tom Delay will make fun of us.

Karl Rove will make fun of us.

Pat Robertson will make fun of us.

Ann Coulter will mock us.

Michelle Malkin will call for our internment.

Billow Riley will be critical of us.

So if you want all these people to make fun of us, go ahead and nominate DK. IF you want their respect, then vote for anyone but DK. No, wait...

[porphyrian]

1. You didn't get me. - n/t

[burythehatchet]

2. I must have missed something.

I wasn't posting this based on something you wrote.

[porphyrian]

3. That's one way to take it, I guess. - n/t

[burythehatchet]

5. What are you speaking of? I honestly don't know.

[glitch]

30. He got it. Not you got him. Get it? :) nt

[porphyrian]

55. You got it. - n/t

[FogerRox]

57. Oh wait, did I get it?

LOL.

[porphyrian]

59. Did you get it? - n/t

[burythehatchet]

60. OK, NOW I get it. DUH!

[porphyrian]

61. Heh, hey, you got it! - n/t

[glitch]

66. Good. :) nt

[FogerRox]

67. Its good he got it, I'm glad I got it, but what I dont get is did she get it ?

[glitch]

80. Oh, so gotten :)- nt

[rucky]

4. Will there be a snack table at the party?

because I'll just hang out there.

[leftchick]

6. me too! I want more juice!!

[bananas]

7. NNutcase. Or artful parody.

[AnotherGreenWorld]

48. Or inartful parody

[elaineb]

8. And don't forget all the people on DU who will make fun of you!

Basically: Don't support Kucinich if you don't want to be mocked for being an idealist, pie in the sky, a dreamer, or, god FORBID, a "woo woo". Because it will be VERY embarrassing for you. Be a good Democrat and let those "in the know" choose the nominee for you. Absolutely do NOT attempt to think for yourself or exercise your own right to choose who best represents your beliefs. Let OTHERS decide who is electable and who isn't. Just face it: they have special knowledge of the mind of the American people, and you...don't.

[elaineb]

26. Since some people don't seem to get that the OP was sarcasm...

I thought I'd better add that my post was meant to be sarcastic too.

Sarcasm pile-on!!!

[MuseRider]

34. Woo Woo

I'm a big old woo woo and proud of it!

[awoke_in_2003]

81. Thank God

now I can come out of the closet- Hi, I'm Owen, and I'm a woo woo

[MuseRider]

98. Kum By Ya dude!

Or dudette.

We ARE stardust.

[MissWaverly]

64. Hey, you could always let Bush pick his successor

just like the kings do, then none of the GOP would have a problem, oh, wait, that's a monarchy not a democracy where
people are elected by the voters.

[zeemike]

9. But we would have a knockout as a first lady

Proof that the nerdy guy can get the girl.

[MuseRider]

35. I just heard here yesterday

that she has a tongue stud and NOBODY would vote for someone whose wife had a tongue stud.

BTW, I think he is anything but nerdy but then intelligence has always made the nerdy seem really cool to me .

[B Calm]

10. I don't give a rats ass what cheap labor republicans think,

but I love your opening post!

[burythehatchet]

14. there's some serious psychological hurdles to overcome.

could happen. We won't know because we won't hear about it on the corp media.

[kdmorris]

11. LOL

I'm sure it's because I just woke up and have had no coffee, but you had me until the last sentence. Then I got it...

Must make coffee....

[Joe Chi Minh]

94. Same here! Coudn't believe my eyes at first. That was some Rogues'

Gallery, even for the Republicans!

[leftchick]

12. give me a break

remember they made fun of this guy too....

[burythehatchet]

13. oooooh yeeaaaahhhhh, now I remember

[riona]

15. My question is

How do you get through to the huge number of voters who are hung up on candidate's superficial qualifications? The MSM has shirked its responsibility. Rather than spending time presenting how a candidate would lead our country, they serve an unbalanced diet of junk reporting. Now, too many voters are conditioned to think the country needs a leader with an average priced hair style and no moles.

[burythehatchet]

16. My alternate theory

There are two separate election worlds. The soap opera that is played out 24/7 on the cable infotainment shows, and the real debate that is taking place regarding how/if this country can be salvaged. The corporate candidates and professional consultants are talking about which path to take towards destruction.

My theory is that the set of people who are easily led into the existing mindset are the ones being counted and heard. The other set of people is communicating on the internet. Every liberal site I go to has the same DK threads, and the identical arguments put forth by detractors.

I'm going to gamble that there are actually more of us than there are of them come nomination time.

[GMFORD]

75. Start by voting in the primary.

DK is an excellent debater and never gets flustered or tongue-tied. If he won the primary, the low-information voters would be exposed to him...they aren't likely to vote in the primary anyway. He could beat any of the knuckledraggers on the right hands down IMO.

[cullen2382]

106. DK is my guy

I've already decided, I don't care if he's electable or not, he's getting my vote as a show of support if nothing else.

[go west young man]

103. hell the media are complicit in shaping who the candidates will be.

They have already chosen Hillary fo us. Sadly.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

17. Brilliant parody

of the way the congressional Dems (with the exception of DK and other brave true Dems) caved to give the pukes what they wanted.

[billyoc]

18. This, from a Mets fan, no less!

[MisterHowdy]

19. Screw the people and making real change, we just want to look good.

Who cares if Kucinich is made fun of.
He'll make real change and turn things around.
I think this is a lot more important than image.

Bush is made fun of, quite heavily.
But look at the stuff he and his party have done
and he's getting away with it.

Image is nothing
Policy is everything.

[MisterHowdy]

20. I get it. n/t

[burythehatchet]

21. yes, sir, you do.

and thanks.

[az chela]

86. Dennis Kucinich is the smartest and most honest dem running!!!

You want good looking go find a model!!!!!If you want someone to get us out of this mess and fight for us VOTE FOR DENNIS

[Roland99]

92. You got it backwards...iimage is everything, policy is nothing

[saltpoint]

22. Well now just hold on a minute.

I'm hoping most of us have evolved a bit from school days in all respects. I hope by now we know a few of our state capitals and the leading products of one or two countries and how to apply deoderant and which end of a battery goes in a flashlight and so forth. I hope we drive more carefully and think more critically and behave more inclusively.

A lot of high school kids elect their class officers based on good looks and popularity.

If my theory is right and we've evolved past that point into considering someone's merits before he or she earns our vote in an election, then Kucinich's seat in Congress is likely safe. His constituents had a primary choice in 06 and they chose Dennis and returned him to Washington. The man's been in public service from a very young age. He's unselfish. A public servant. And refreshingly progressive.

You're asking people who like him and who like him a lot to stop promoting him on the basis of his physical personality for fear Ann Coulter will poke fun at our party?

That doesn't sound like a persuasive argument to me. So I'm hoping ayeshahaqqiqa upthread is correct that this is parody.

[RandomKoolzip]

23. PSSSSST: It almost rhymes with "orgasm."

[SarahB]

24. We shouldn't support someone because "they look nerdy".

Ok.

Those people mock us no matter what. I don't fucking care. Don't be a wimp and have some integrity regarding our ideals and principles for crying out loud. Geesh!

[liberalmike27]

101. The initial Post is

A good example of all the things we should not be looking at when we decide what candidate to vote for. Whether he's short, good-looking, beer-drinking, or garden gnomish, are just a few of a long list. How about looking at the positions taken on issues, and deciding which ones you like best, and being pure, and voting for the candidate you think most match what you believe.

Part of what is killing us is listening to the media's ideas of what "we" want. Why not just vote for what "we" want, and not let them tell us.

I like Kucinich, Gravel, and Edwards. Edwards is like last elections's Dean. So far they've not found the "scream" to demonize, but they've been doing it with a lot of little crap, like haircuts, or the rich-guy populist angle, as if a guy who went from rags to riches couldn't understand and like that particular system, and want to continue it. Christ people, we know by now the MSM sucks out your brain, and replaces it with shit. Vote for who "you" want, who "you" like, who "YOU" feel good about, and fuck those corporate media assholes. Do you get over a million a year to talk on camera? I doubt it. It's your vote, use it.

[saltpoint]

25. I just recommended this thread.

I was fooled and should know not to post on DU pre-coffee.

Nice one, burythehatchet.

[burythehatchet]

51. Not you bro!

I know you know me.

[saltpoint]

71. Count me as considering myself a beneficiary of your always

intelligent comments on these boards.

And more power to ya.

[Richard Steele]

27. Nicely done, BTH. Recommended.

[CGowen]

28. they can't talk about real issues so they will have to n/t

[EFerrari]

29. I did hang out with him.

lol

K&R

[Gregorian]

33. I WAS him.

I'm really eying Biden as well.

But being the outcast gives me the same perspective that Dennis has. One that our founding fathers really had.

[PatSeg]

37. I agree with much of what Kucinich says

BUT I'd make a terrible president. I don't care if he is a "nerd", but I don't think he has the necessary qualifications to be president, especially now. Biden is my first choice. No one is better qualified, yet he doesn't get the exposure he deserves unless he puts his foot in his mouth. The media is so superficial (as are we) and focuses on every little spat and stupid misstep, rather than addressing real issues.

[hootinholler]

31. Revenge of the Nerds Part 4! n/t

[librechik]

32. the more we loudly approve of Dennis, the more the eventual nominee

will feel compelled to listen to our views.

Go Dennis! Impeach Cheney!

[PatSeg]

38. And in that sense he is a valuable candidate

Running for president gives him a platform to express the views of the American people, views other candidates often avoid. Maybe that is his purpose.

[librechik]

45. yes, exactly--he's doing it to get the message out

i'm pretty sure he knows he's a longshot for the nom

[PatSeg]

46. Yeah, Seabiscuit didn't win every race!

In that sense he is brilliant and very dedicated. I have great admiration and respect for him.

[Seabiscuit]

89. So?

Maybe not on the track, but when they put me out to stud...

[MuseRider]

36. Outstanding.

K&R

[Stevepol]

39. Nerdy?

DK was a QB on his H.S. football team (tho 3rd string on a not-very-good team). But I don't think you'd call that "nerdy."

He stood up to the mafia in Cleveland and almost got assassinated for it, narrowly escaped getting shot. Nerdy?

He has proven that he's unafraid of any business or corporate entity or individuals. Nerdy?

(Meanwhile the Dems almost to the man jump every time El Presidente sneezes.)

And he doesn't focus on individuals but on PRINCIPLES.

What more could you ask of a candidate?

[burythehatchet]

50. But what will Neil Cavuto say???

[kitty44]

108. Bingo - DK is NOT nerdy n/t

[undeterred]

40. Yeah, and world leaders are always beautiful...

[DianaForRussFeingold]

41. Hmmm... a nerdy looking achiever in the White House?

I think it's time for people to grow up and let Dennis "hang out' at the White House "I live each day with a grateful heart and a desire to be of service to humanity," Dennis Kucinich http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Kucinich YouTube http://youtube.com/denniskucinich

[burythehatchet]

49. Nice post. Very cool.

[goodgd_yall]

56. Great pics!

Then and now---never sold out!

[Annces]

42. I think Kucinich is extremely cool

He is just very not Hollywood cool. If I knew someone like him in grade school or high school, I would have been totally impressed.

[underseasurveyor]

43. Aw who cares what they think

[proud2BlibKansan]

44. This is straight out of the new John Conyers playbook

He said he would not impeach because Fox News would make fun of him. Only a spineless politician would let Fox News intimidate him.

[Kansas Wyatt]

47. Dennis would make an excellent President.

But unfortunately, America is not mature enough to block out the paid for screeching noise machine that will destroy him and vote for what he stands for.

Yes, Dennis is exactly what this country needs to restore of Government Of By and For the People.

[yurbud]

52. He would join the likes of Pretty Boy Lincoln & Lyndon "Boy Band" Johnson

Democrats could take a page from the republicans and figure out how to play the "plain folks" card for a change. No one gets plainer than being homeless when they were growing up.

[burythehatchet]

53. "pretty boy Lincoln"

[yurbud]

54. I was trying to think of who the other really ugly presidents were--Nixon is way up there too

[rug]

58. You're right. We couldn't handle the comparison.

[Bryn]

62. But Dennis is walking very tall

Their Bush is the most embarrassing president America ever has. He can't speak. He looks like the chimp, he looks stupid. (I am not insulting real chimps because even they look more intelligent than he does.)

Let them make fun of him. Let them have Bush and we will have DK.

[Joe Chi Minh]

96. Dennis also walks the walk - even if he had to wear a kevlar vest.

A chickenhawk, he is not.

[kster]

63. Kucinch Talks out loud in Public about Hand Counted Paper Ballots

and the corrupt e-counting machines that by itself puts him ahead of ALL the other candidates who continue to REMAIN SILENCE about the "secret vote counting machines" .

Kucinich has my vote hands down!!!

Meet the Gamers
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[fightthegoodfightnow]

65. Once Again - Someone Letting the Right Define Us

Bug off.


Go Dennis.

[Jack Sprat]

68. Chris Matthews will not like it either. Kucinich for Prez!

[BlooInBloo]

69. That's asinine. They'll pillory WHOMEVER the eventual nominee is.

[provis99]

70. Dennis nerdy?

I'd bet on a Cleveland streetbrawler like him in a fight with a pansy-ass pompadour-head like Romney any day.

[Joe Chi Minh]

97. Don't you say anything about Pompadour heads, when it has the imprimatur of

one Charles Rangel Esquire of this parish!

[Douglas Carpenter]

72. if there was even one other solid progressive in the race I might support them instead,

but there is not. Either we support Congressman Dennis Kucinich or there will be no progressive voice even in the primaries raising the most important issues that other candidates are too timid to touch. What kind of democracy would that be?




Congressman Dennis Kucinich on the issues:

http://www2.kucinich.us/issues

.

[sce56]

73. An Urgent appeal Don't let Fox Noise kill our candidates like they did to Dean!

Go Dennis, Menace the Republicans

[book_worm]

74. So your the guy who made fun of me in school

Yeah, I was the nerdy guy. I actually enjoyed studying and wasn't the most stylish person--didn't wear designer clothes and stuff like that. And had to deal with jerks like you. But I've done ok. I married a very nice looking woman (just like Dennis has) and have three great kids. Make a decent living. I also try and teach my kids to treat other people as they would like to be treated and that nobody is better than anybody else. You would think that by the time you are a certain age you would be beyond that school nonsense about being "nerds" and being "cool." Heck, we had jerks like Tweety who, probably like you, made fun of the "nerds" going around saying that most people would rather have a beer with Bush! than with Gore, even though Gore got the most votes and George can't even (supposedly) have a beer anymore.

[awoke_in_2003]

83. Well, the OP was parody

but I do agree with everything you say. I hung with the "nerds" in school, and I still try to surround myself with people as smart or smarter than me. I does pay off- got the good education, good job, good wife, good kids. Being a nerd aint so bad

[girl gone mad]

76. He's just too short.

You know, like all those other terribly unsuccessful short guys.

James Madison, Napoleon, Mozart, Beethoven, Michael Bloomberg, Jon Stewart, Tom Cruise... all worthless failures.

[JAbuchan08]

77. What a ridiculous argument

Don't vote for Kucinich because he looks nerdy? This thread should come with a "bury" function. It is that offensively bad. Not "badly offensive" just to be clear, but "offensively bad."

on edit: I just fell for that didn't I?

[man4allcats]

78. You almost got me, but then I got it

and of course I'm glad you got it.

[ComerPerro]

79. I get what you're saying, but you overlook the ignorant American public, the voters

they are fucking morons, and they actually listen to what the pundits say, moronic as it may be.

[poverlay]

82. I always hung out with that kid. I actually took my parents' "inner beauty" advice to heart.

Silly perhaps, but I've never regretted it and will stay true to form when I vote

for
President Kucinich~

[RedCappedBandit]

87. Me too

[niceypoo]

84. To quote Dick Cheney, "Go fuck yourself."

Yes, I mean it.

[catrose]

85. 'scuse me

but I got used to the bully boys like rove, oleilly, coulter, etc., making fun of me. Never stopped me from doing what I thought was right. They've been making fun of me and what I stand for and believe in for 7+ years. So you'll need to come up with a better reason.

[obiwan]

88. So, I'm a liberal.

All these people you list make fun of me anyway, no matter which candidate I support. So, your point IS?

[cyclezealot]

90. most pitiful excuse ever heard for not supporting our bravest candidate.

Yah, you support one of those blow dried blow hards who take their cues from the Delay type blow dryed, blow hards who prefer image to message. Thanks. Keep it up and we will send in another contribution.

[cyclezealot]

91. talk about supporting goofy lookin success stories.

Delay had that perfect hair and what did it get us. Same goes to our goofy looking president.

[NuttyFluffers]

93. they're all gonna laugh at us!

my self-worth is dependent upon RW blowhards and sniffling, spineless appeasers...

(closed captioning for the humor impaired --> " more ")

[Joe Chi Minh]

100. The time to worry, really worry, would be if they became ardent fans of yours,

wouldn't it. Some people don't get that. They think that you must take it real hard if they say they don't like you (whch, in reality, would be a fate worse tha death), instead of finding confirmation in it that you must be doing somethings right.

[Maryland Liberal]

95. ABH - (Anybody But Hillary)

Is fine with me

[johncoby2]

99. Kucinich has as much chance of being president

As I do.

Kucinich is there for a reason. It is not to become president.

[Ilsa]

102. Is a candidate allowed to stand for anything anymore?

Maybe, just maybe DK can push the other candidates in the direction we need i this country to keep it from becoming the United States, Inc.

[NoodleBoy]

104. This is absolutely ridiculous. Do you really believe people don't support Denns because of the way

he looks?

[burythehatchet]

105. the thought never crossed my mind

[lonestarnot]

107. I do not know what you are talking about.