Can someone please tell me why Kucinich is and has been the highest...

[LakeSamish706]

on the Fun/run but no one seems to think that he has a chance in hell of becoming our next President?

[Girlieman]

1. Corporate media

Where did you get the idea that "nobody" thinks he can win?

Corporate media. See how that works?

[LakeSamish706]

7. Uhhhh You missed a very important word in my post... "Seems"...

Don't be parsing my sentences now, cause that is what Hillary lovers like to do....

[RaleighNCDUer]

2. Obviously, because DU is not representative of America -

we're all a bunch of woo-woo leftists with no sense of the real world which actually loves Hillary.

[slick8790]

3. Because a DU fundraiser where you trade money for votes isn't an indicator of the mood of the party?

:shrug:

[RaleighNCDUer]

4. Unlike the real world where NOBODY

trades money for votes.

[Mojambo]

6. LOL. Too true. n/t

[slick8790]

12. Cute.

You know exactly what I mean.

[mac2]

14. Money for votes

Isn't that like very old England under the King? What Constitution is the attitude of our Supremes.

We certainly can't wait for them to put us into "unending debt and war" since our money has almost run out. It's time for a new administration who will pay it off while they walk away with all the money. Whose fooling who? It's robbery of trillions from our country in just six years. "Change of face law" is what we have in our Congress as every corrupt representative leaves in shame (and his pocket full). Since Tom Delay and Libby aren't in jail we can assume the criminal activity is on every level of our society.

Dennis tells what the American people feel about our country right now. The others can't even say what we want. It's like ah...if I don't mention it they might forget about NAFTA, debt, loss of our borders, treason by our leaders, corruption they promised to address, privatization(stealing) of our resources,etc.

[Bright Eyes]

5. It's the media's perception of him.

Not enough Democrats outside DU have the attention span learn anything about the man or his policies outside of what is said of him in the MSM.

[LakeSamish706]

9. I gotta say that with all of Dennis's 5 + minutes last nite, he was the best...

debater on that stage... No one could match him in what he believes (in conjunction with the American people) and no one other than Obama matched him on his Anti war stance.... He should be the next President of these United States...

[mac2]

16. Dennis the next President

Yes..or someone with the same political agenda for this country.

[mth44sc]

8. Its simple

I've watched Dennis since his days of being Mayor of Cleveland (where the current senior Senator from Ohio ran him out of town on a rail). While i much admire him - he would not get elected dog cather in Ohio let alone the US as a whole.

His strong voice is welcome and wanted - but he would never be elected to the highest office in the land.

[RaleighNCDUer]

10. "would not get elected dog-catcher in Ohio"

and yet, somehow, he was elected to congress. Repeatedly.

Maybe not so simple as you think.

[mth44sc]

13. and could not be

elected to much of anything outside that district.

[LakeSamish706]

11. Oh but Gee... It was ok to elect a George W Bush to the highest office in the land?...

Duhhhh Something wrong with that post I think!

[mth44sc]

15. nothing wrong with the post

just something wrong with reality

[Hieronymus]

17. Kucinich would be a great president .. I'd vote for him.

[dweller]

18. because we are rich, rich i tell you

beyond your wildest imaginings.








:rofl:







okay, maybe because more people here like his campaign promises, agree with his policies, and want a different leader from the corporate chosen?

you decide.
dp

[Rowdyboy]

19. Aside from a mediocre record as a mayor and in congress, he was anti-abortion

until he decided to run for president. Kucinich is a great representative for Ohio. The idea of him as a seious candidate for president has always been a joke to me.

[LakeSamish706]

20. Oh but the idea of a Hillary is ok with you? More of the same is ok? n/t

[Rowdyboy]

21. Hillary doesn't factor into my opinion of Kucinich....I knew he was a fucking headcase when he

was elected mayor of Cincinatti in 1977. What a joke. He should be thrilled voters have forgiven him and allow him to suck on the government teat again as a congressman. He's WAY lucky.

I don't particularly care for Hillary Clinton, though unlike some snotnoses here I will vote for her because I'm a Democrat and I'm sick of Republicans running my government. But that has nothing to do with the lack of respect I have for Dennis Kucinich. He is a pathetic excuse of a progressive who has about as much chance of winning a primary as I do. And I deserve it more.

[LakeSamish706]

22. But I also notice that you have a John Edwards face on your body.....

So please enlighten us on what John Edwards brings to the forefront that warrants anyone voting for him!

[Rowdyboy]

23. Because I have followed his career, respect his judgement, like his voting record

and believe in his electablilty. I also have a great deal of respect for Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Bill Richardson and Joe Biden. I'm a Democrat, I tend to like my party's candidates.

Many posters here are Democrats who have open minds and can be argued with. However, you appear to have already decided the end of the story before it even begins. I don't owe you an explanation and I don't give a shit who you vote for. Having read a few of your threads, I'm confident your contributions aren't essential to the success of our party in 2008.

[LakeSamish706]

24. Oh Rowdyboy... You so turn me on... You can vote for whom ever you want! ...

big guy... I'm also confident that your opinion has nothing to do with reality.... You obviously have your opinion and so be it... But there are other opinions outside of yours... Not sure where you have gotten your info. on Dennis, but it certainly would be nice to see some backup to your posts about his record... have not seen any of that from you yet......

[Rowdyboy]

26. You say I've turned you on.....well, no good deed goes unpunished!

And I shall indeed vote for Edwards in the Mississippi primary, unless I change my mind and vote for Clinton, Obama, Richardson or Biden. I'm one of those wild theorists who just likes Democrats in general.

The "Kuch" however leaves me cold. I was very impressed way back in 1977 when he was first elected mayor in Cincinnati (I was 23 and still very excited by politics). I thought he was potentially a major player at the age of 32 and I followed his very brief career closely back then. I was wrong, way wrong. He was such a disaster as mayor it was over 10 years before he dared run for another office (congress), and since then has had an inconsistent record on progressive issues. I don't dislike Kucinich, I'm simply not as impressed with him as are many of the younger posters here. I remember real Democratic liberals like Frank Church, Birch Bayh, Gaylord Nelson and George McGovern who make him look like a piker.

Thats just the perspective of one aging gay southern man. Feel free to disregard.

At least you admitted I turned you on......

[frogbison]

27. Cleveland

He was mayor of Cleveland. Quite a difference from mayor of Cinci....

[Rowdyboy]

28. Hey, there's been a lot of marijuana under the bridge since 1977.....

If you know what I mean. Okay, I admit, I mis-remembered the city in Ohio he won election in and forgot to fact-check. Thank God I'm not on the ballot in Iowa. I'd be dead meat. Regardless, Kucinich was a shitty mayor WHEREVER he served and hasn't impressed me as a congressman.

[4nic8em]

25. Just to shake things up a bit...

Pros and cons for all the primary Dems, however, if all of them where in a race to the core party values finsh line, Kooch could go backwards at 60mph for about a day and a half and still be 2 blocks ahead of all the rest of them.