The Heroics Of Dennis J. Kucinich (great article)

[G_j]

http://www.atlanticfreepress.com/content/view/2888/81

The Heroics Of Dennis J. Kucinich
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He’s short, right? Kinda weird looking? A close friend of mind described Dennis J. Kucinich with rare jocularity following a recent Democratic presidential debate: “He reminded me of a nebbish, privileged student council member”. I actually had to smile at that one. As witty as my friend’s remark was (and it did make me smile), my grin was born from two very different places: One, a place of remarkable admiration, the other a place of very deep regret.

My admiration for Dennis Kucinich begins with the authenticity of a man who seems possessed of a deft, preternatural ability to resist coercive political pressure and acquiescence to the special-interest briberies which have co-opted Washington D.C. Even David Brooks, conservative columnist for The New York Times, went so far as to stamp the Ohio Congressman as an “aging prodigy”.

Here are five major points to consider:

1.) Dennis Kucinich was right on Iraq. The Congressman stood up to ideological war hawks, refusing to submit to the constitutional calamity of a preemptive invasion.

2.) He was right on the Patriot Act. Kucinich lambasted the serpentine piece of legislation acting as a gateway to eroding our cherished civil liberties.

3.) The Congressman is right on health care. Unlike slipshod “universal coverage” plans proposed by Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and Barack Obama (all of which attempt to incurably fix a broken, private system by virtually mandating that every American buy into it) Kucinich knows first hand that the only morally and economically satisfying version of health care is the one beginning with the words: not-for-profit.

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[AlertLurker]

1. I think he has a spread in this month's Esquire, too...

[demnan]

2. Esquire did a remarkable article on Kucinich.

Yes this has been reported on here earlier.

Welcome to DU, AlertLurker! :hi:

[Rhiannon12866]

3. Excellent post. K&R.

Dennis Kucinich has been my candidate since 2003, when he was very vocal coming out against the proposed Iraq war and was called "unpatriotic" for his efforts. I wish that we could clone him, the candidate with insight to see reality of the situation in this country, the courage to tell the truth about it, and the persistence not to back down or give up. We need more like Dennis...:patriot:

[snot]

4. K&R'd

Unless we start demanding what we really want, we'll never get it.