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WhoCountsTheVotes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-03-03 07:55 PM
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84. Kucinich is truly the Democratic wing of the Democratic party
On the issues, I agree with Kucinich more than any other candidate. I am a social liberal, almost libertarian, and I appreciate Kucinich's stand on gay marriage, reproductive rights, and I also appreciate his principled stand against war and specifically the War Against Iraq. It takes a lot of guts and courage to vote against the Iraq War, and Kucinich has proved a lot by his stand, on the record, against it. It's a lot more than can be said about candidates who read speeches from the sidelines.

It's Kucinich's pro-Democracy, pro-union, pro-American middle working class, pro-choice, pro-women, pro-LGBT stance that makes me support him. Some things, like the atricious flag vote, was raw political manuvering. I hate politics, but I try to be pragmatic. I fully understand women's hesitation at Kucinich's pro-life history, and I hope he has proven to our party and America that he 100% supports a woman's right to control her body as she sees fit, and to keep the government out of American's medical and personal life. Kucinich is a politican, and like most Americans, I don't like politicians, but as far as I'm concerned, Kucinich has proven over and over again that he's on my side. I think Dennis Kucinich as President would be one of the highlights of American history. I expect us Kucinich supporters will have to fight long and hard to get him in the White House. The corporate media would prefer almost any other candidate.

Kucinich's message will resonate with Americans like no other candidate's. The Democratic party should follow Kucinich's lead, and we will have easy majorities from now on.




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