Reply #18: Oh puhleeze, stop viewing the past through rose colored glasses [View All]

[MadHound]

Clinton was nowhere near a rising star, he was considered a country bumpkin from Arkansas that would have trouble holding onto his own state's constituents. Hell, he lost his gubinatorial re-election bid in 1980, he was damned near booed off the stage for his address at the '88 Democraticu convention, and quite frankly, if Ross Perot hadn't been in the race, he would have lost in '92.

And McGovern was so "firmly established in the power axis of the dem party" that when he suprisingly won the '72 nod over Ed "Ibocaine" Musky, the party power axis withdrew all of their support from the man, leaving him to essentially run a campaign without party support, which is why he lost so badly to Nixon.

Sorry, but your prediction is both crass and premature. If Kucinich is so little of a threat as you claim, why does there seem to be such an inordinate effort on the part of yourself and others to denigrate the man, to drag him down before he's even gotten started. The man has every goddamned right to run for whatever office he wants to, including the Presidentcy. Yet he you are, stating that he shouldn't. Now that's really American of you:eyes: What, afraid that the conscience of the party, the man who has been spot on correct for the past six years will show up your corporate controlled, DLC, centerist candidates for what they are?

And frankly, I don't know what this "charism" is that you're speaking of, but I do know that in person, and on television(in the rare appearances he gets) Kucinich is a charismatic speaker, with excellent speaking skills. And best of all, unlike most of his other potential competitors, Kucinich speaks the truth, wow, a refreshing concept.

Please, go reread your history, your lack of doing so is telling.