Reply #32: Not a purist. Sort of "idealistic" they tell me. My answers.

[mountebank]

1. Have you ever or would you ever consider voting Green or other third-party?
Almost voted Nader in 2000, but didn't.

2. What are your views on Bill Clinton?
Brilliant and disturbingly eloquent, but ultimately a disappointment.

3. Do you think ideology is always more important than electability?
I hate the word "electability." Still haven't seen a good definition.

4. How would you feel if DK became President but had to work with a Republican-dominated Congress, and ended up having to make a lot of compromises in order to get things done?
I think he could manage it. I could too.

5. Are there any issues or areas where you disagree with Kucinich?
Hm - not sure I feel we need to make college tuition-free. Instead, I'd like to pour all the education money into elementary and secondary. I mean, ideally yeah: free college. But let's make public education as it stands really really good.

6. Are there any other misgivings you have about DK?
Not really. At the risk of sounding elitist, he, like Bob Marley, tends to attract some supporters of suspect credibility. (I'm sure that applies to no one here!)

7. What is the main reason you have for voting for DK?
He matches up with my convictions almost point for point.

8. Who is your next choice candidate after DK?
Howard Dean.