Reply #91: It might require a third party run.

[ozone_man]

I think it would take a major disruption in our economy or government scandal to get Kucinich in as the Democratic candidate. As long as the illusion that the economy is fine is maintained, people are happy with the status quo.

Well, that is starting to change, large cracks in the economic dike are starting to appear. Peopel are war weary. It may not be that much longer before people ask for real change. But that real change is not likely to occur with the present coprorate filed of candidates, especially not Clinton, and probably not Obama either. Edwards shows some promise.

As an independent campaign and in particular a Kucinich/Paul ticket, would force the corporate parties to deal with issues outside of the corporate center, which is a very short path with very few differences. Rather than a tune up, we need an overhaul. So, we can't get there with the present two party system in my opinion. We haven't to date, so why should we ecpect that to change any time soon? A Kucinich/Paul ticket may be the bitter medicine that is need to cure the disease ailing the country.

Paul may be far right on social issues, but is as anti-corporate and anti-imperialist as Kucincich, and stands for a fair monetary system like Kuicinich. We really do need to abolish the FED, or at least end the fractional Federal Reserve and make it part of the U.S. Treasury like Kucinich suggests. That's speaking truth to power.

Another way to look at is what are the top three or four issues facing the country? I think Kucinich and Paul are on common ground when it comes to the top issues. Mine are probably in the order of

1) Illegal wars, and global imperialism, corporate welfare, globalization, NAFTA, outsourcing jobs.

2) National debt, personal debt, banking fraud, monetary fraud conducted by the FED to support funding of 1)

3) Suspension of the Constitution and privacy rights to support 1)

We need to get our country back as the top priority. When we stop the drain on our economy from corporate welfare, imperialism, and irresponsible fiscal management management, enabled by a corrupt monetary system (FED), we can begin to address the issues of social security, single payer health insurance, education, and infrastructure in the country. But when $3.5 trillion dollars is going to waging war across the planet, and a $9 trillion + national debt, these programs simply cannot be funded, and that is the ultimate blow to our social well being.

So, the thing to worry about is not the social programs at this point, but to get the country back. And the corporate Democrats stole it just as much as the corporate Republicans did. The war didn't get funded by Republicans alone, and the IWR didn't get approved by Republicans alone.

“banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity under the name of funding is but swindling futurity on a large scale.”
- Thomas Jefferson