Stop lying to yourself. You love Dennis Kucinich

[penguin7]

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/11/05/kucinich/

Nov. 5, 2007 | Dear Democrats:

It has recently come to my attention that you (and by "you" I also mean "I") are in the grip of mass self-delusion. It's long entrenched, and reinforced every night as many of you swig your beers or glasses of wine, lean over your keyboards and earnestly debate the merits of John Edwards and Barack Obama, fret over Hillary Clinton's authenticity and calculate the chances of Bill Richardson and Chris Dodd.

You are lying to yourselves. In a quest for an "electable," "not insane" presidential candidate, you are willfully overlooking the candidate who actually comes closest to representing the things in which you really believe: justice and peace and the basic freedoms that should be afforded to every American, regardless of race, class, religion, gender, sexual orientation or galactic origin. In an effort to distance yourself from the squish of the Birkenstock and the stench of the patchouli, you have convinced yourself that compromise and pragmatism light the path to the White House. And you are correct. But still, before walking listlessly down the aisle toward our impending union with tepid centrism, let's rip our clothes off for one final, ill-advised fling with ideological honesty:

Dennis Kucinich is our man! If he can't do it, well, that's because we're all chickenshit and condemned to a future of our own making. Yay, Dennis!

It's true, and I suspect many of you think it to yourselves, perhaps even confess it sotto voce to your loved ones during each Democratic debate (especially the ones where he doesn't mention the UFO): If the Democratic base pulled levers for the candidate whose policies best reflected its own beliefs, Dennis Kucinich should win his party's nomination in a landslide. ... ... ...

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[Atman]

1. Excellent.

If people would just read DK's position papers. I never in a million years thought I'd be for him until 2004, when I finally dug deeper. I was astonished. He is exactly as the Salon article states. He's exactly what the vast majority of Americans want if we'd only get past his pointy ears and ill-fitting suits. It's a shame he's being dismissed because he's funny looking.

America is just a big fucking Jr. High gym class. DK isn't kewl enuff, so he'll get picked last in spite of being the one guy who'd actually stand up for you if you ever got in a bind.

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[Double T]

2. I'm with DK right through the General Election..........

if he is NOT nominated, I'll be writing in his name for the General Election. Want change? DK.

[lonestarnot]

3. And he does so with integrity, love of country, and a smile.

:loveya: Dennis!

[madrchsod]

4. i do`t love him but he`s the man!

he does`t have a chance in hell just like the rest of the great unwashed and working class heroes he really cares about.

[sueh]

5. People, people...c'mon, imagine Dennis going toe to toe with Guiliani in a debate...

you know Dennis would kick butt, he'd kick ANY repug's butt.

[dweller]

6. because we're all chickenshit and condemned to a future of our own making

nah, voting DK all the way.

:kick: 'd and R!

dp

[alittlelark]

7. I do LOVE Kucinich....

He'll make a GREAT Sec. of Peace.

[Chovexani]

8. K&R

Yet people are fixated on the UFO bullshit, as if it defines what he stands for. :argh:

[snot]

9. Je sais, j'aime le Dennis. nt

[Truth2Tell]

10. chickenshit chickenshit chickenshit. K&R

Everywhere I look in this party, nothing but chickenshit.

Thank God for Dennis!

[MonkeyFunk]

11. I know the DK fans love to think this

but I really don't love him. I think he's a nutjob. I disagree with many of his positions. I think he's an ineffectual crank.

I don't love Kucinich.


edit: I don't dislike him, either. I think he's funny and smart. I enjoy seeing him speak. I just don't support him in any way.

[John Q. Citizen]

16. Dennis has more bills voted out of committe than Pelosi does, from 97 until

present.

And he was a freshman in 1997 when Nancy already had 10 years in the house at that point.

Out of curiousity, what 5 positions do you disagree with Dennis on?

[Ignis]

17. You don't support one of our Democratic Representatives?

Please do tell us why that would be.

[goodgd_yall]

12. Yes, I do

and I'm voting for someone in the "top tier" because I want to have some influence on the decision of who our nominee is. I really don't know who I will vote for when my opportunity comes. It will be based on a tactic or I may decide I might as well vote for who I really want---and that would be DK.

[OnionPatch]

13. I like him and respect him....but

I don't love him and I don't agree with all his views. For one, I have heard that he wants to outlaw handguns. This alone will keep every independent I know from voting for him and I, myself, disagree with him on this. So why do I want to vote for him when I can vote for Edwards, who more closely reflects my beliefs? :shrug: Dennis is nice, but he's not my political wetdream as the author implies.

[fed-up]

14. kick and rec-I am not afraid to vote for DK!!! nt

[Czolgosz]

15. k & r

[slackmaster]

18. I may switch to supporting him because of his stance on energy

My mind is open.

[southerncrone]

19. If enough vote for him because they share his ideals.....he IS electable!