Have you changed your vote to Dennis Kucinich yet?

I'm not asking all of you (and me) who have recognized from the very beginning that Mr. Kucinich is the only real hope for positive change.

Who here has gone from supporting one of the other status quo candidates to supporting Dennis Kucinich? I want to formally welcome you to the bright side. It's a lot warmer here.

Join us and change the world.

Sorry, that's just the way of things.

Kucinich has always been my ONLY candidate avatar - but like the dream of Al Gore being pres, DK will also not be our nominee. Though both deserve to be president more than any other candidates, IMO.

Second to DK, I'm hoping John Edwards will catch Hillary. I think JE has the best chance nationally.

Dennis deserve to be appointed head to what I hope will be a new Cabinet position - in charge of the Department of Peace!

Just don't want him marrying our daughter.

if i had a daughter, he could marry her..why say dumb stuff like that..who else in washington did anything that you respect this week

The time has come to take a stand.
Either we elect someone who will return
the country to WE, THE PEOPLE, or we don't.

Personally, I have NO use for those who do not
comprehend the severity of our collective situation.

Therefore, as of today- I am putting any DUer who does
not back DK on "ignore..."

BHN

Right now I'm Dodd-Biden-Edwards-Obama-Clinton

"People get the government they deserve."
If corporate owned whores are the governance you desire-
so be it and I pity you for what you will bring upon yourself
and your children.

BHN

damn that was easy.


dp

but go ahead and add me.

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Guess you can take me off now.:pals:

He's a candidate, not a Christ figure. Even in the incredibly unlikely event that he becomes POTUS, he can't just snap his fingers and make our problems disappear, especially considering that the majorty of his own party is well to the right of him, politically. With whom, exactly, do you imagine he'll be able to caucus? Furthermore, the purpose of a discussion board is to exchange ideas, so if you're going to shut yourself off to anyone who doesn't agree with you a priori, why even be here?

Because if you think the Kucinich is the One True Candidate

If you think Kucinich is our Savior

If you think Kucinich is the only one candidate who could possibly have any understanding about how to make this country better

Then you've made him into a religion, and I frankly don't want my posts being read by a religious wacko nutjob. If you insist on trying to turn DU into the left's version of Free Republic, I want nothing of it.

:applause:

(She won't see this - I'm on her ignore list too)

but I'm not voting for him for President.

So ignore away!

:eyes:

but he won't get my vote. who will? i haven't decided yet.

"he won't." Why pray tell?

who have a lot of bad ideas, or someone who doesn't have quite so many good ideas as Dennis.

Lots of good ideas make some people nervous.

he's got some great ideas and i'd like to see him in a cabinet post -- maybe overseeing getting universal health care going.

who rarely utters a word about anything political, my wife, who happened to catch Dennis one night on Bill Maher's show and ever since has been telling me that he is the only only one who has echoed what she has been thinking all along.

I started paying more attention to him after that and learned why she was right about him. Funny thing, me, the political junky, couldn't see it when my soulmate, who avoids political discussion for the most part like the plague, saw it immediately.

I am in NJ and don't really know if Kucinich is on the ballot for our primary or not, but I plan to write in his name if he isn't. To hell with "practical politics". Just this once let me express in a very public way my true feelings. Dennis gives me that opportunity and though he probably has no realistic chance of winning I believe I will be a better person for having stood up to be counted for things in which I truly believe.

If this country is going down, I will make sure that
I tried everything in my power to save it.
DK all the way.
BHN

"Dennis gives me that opportunity and though he probably has no realistic chance of winning ..."

And now imagine if everyone agreed with you and also just voted for him, even though they think he has "no chance of winning".

All of a sudden, he wins.

Democracy: Not completely dead yet. No matter how hard they try to rig it.

Perhaps I am a product of our society in which we accept the so called "wisdom" of pundits who declare what is possible and what it not. In that case I have failed as a thinking person.

I've seen that sentence and every variation of it posted here on DU by dozens of people.

"I'll vote for him, but I don't think he'll win".

It's humorously ironic that as more people believe that, the more incorrect it becomes.

you and your wonderful wife. Dennis might not get elected but it's gonna be a great ride while it lasts.

issue, it was the last straw. These people are being bought or threatened.
I think that there is a real possibility that Dennis has a chance. Don't listen to the corporate media polls. Don't let them make you feel like you're the fringe, that you are radical left wing. We are not. We are middle America and we are much more numerous that any of us would probably believe. And they do not want us to know that. Because if we did then we would realize that we COULD vote in soemone other than those they want in the game.
So yeh, I'm for Dennis Kucinich. I tried to send him money today but the site was either not working or overwhelmed. Everybody I know is sending him money. Whether it's to help him in his campaign or just to help him do what he is doing--stirring up things, people just want him to keep on keeping on.

The corporate owned media want us to believe that
their corporate owned candidates are all we have to choose from.
BHN

also have an automatic payment to his campaign each month (since July) through the links at bottom of the front page. I send energy to his winning every day.

I still like the man, but I believe America can do better. And "better" is this guy:

I'll second that.
BHN

i was leaning towards obama but dennis is clearly the man whose beliefs are close to mine. yes i too have seen a ufo.

BHN

actually I've been a long time lurker, who's finally 'coming out' .. I first discovered DU
in the wake of the '04 election fraud revelations.. but have been more active on Craigslist
world politics forum since then.

I heart DU.

have to

proud too

I like Kooch, I'm glad he's there, but I'm not voting for him.

Sorry.

also a wonderful man, the peace candidate in the Vietnam era, who only managed to win a single state in the general election -- Massachusetts.

The reason Dems don't nominate candidates from the far left end of the party is that they tend to lose -- and lose badly -- in the general.

want to run someone like him again either, since he was way to liberal to ever get elected...

Plus, as the Attorney General, he was seen as a hard-nosed prosecutor. Kucinich is much more like McGovern, in terms of strengths and weaknesses, than like RFK.

And I say this having loved McGovern.

gets. Just as trying to fit him into a Bobby Kennedy box is simplistic. Both analogies are completely off the mark.

And that was my point. And you understood my point because you went out of your way to make a distinction.

Kucinich has the survived the Mafia, survived the banks and the private power company, survived the Ohio Republican district, survived the combined power of Steney Hoyer and Nancy Pelosi, plus the Repos, Blue dogs, the New Democrats, and the corporate media thing.

Kucinich, through the force of his will and the love in his heart has already beaten The Republican congress, the Democratic congress, Wolfe Blitzer, Tim Russert, Al Gore (in the DFA Poll) and his own lower class background.

He married his soul-mate, who puts Hillary to shame, physically, mentally and spiritually. He did it without a connected uncle, selling out to the bushies, or selling out his soul and his values.

Dennis is a special guy. Even if you haven't quite caught on yet. He might be more like Napoleon or or like Hannibal, or like Gandhi, or Lincoln, than like McGovern, if you get what I'm saying.

Dennis has the rare combination of ambition, soul, spirit, intelligence and empathy that comes along only very rarely in human existence.

So prepare to be amazed. And get on board or get out of the way.

Dennis is the little engine who could.

Wow. Of all of the arguments for DK, and there are some good ones, why in heavens name would you make this one. First of all, what does it say about DKs other marriages? Second, drawing physical comparisons between a 30 year old woman and a 60 year old woman may be shallowest thing I've seen on DU, which is saying a lot.

Look, as I said, there are good arguments for DK (as well as some good ones against, depending on what your focus is), but comparing his marriage record to Hillary's or the appearance of his wife to that of HRC is not the way to get your message across.

there weren't enough Kucinich supporters here to be wary of, so the attacks against him were relatively inane. The times have changed. Granted there are those that will never let go the shop rag in the teeth of the junkyard dog attitude and will fight against a Kucinich Presidency to their last breath. And 21% still support the *moron, and 9% is the Dick's favorability ratings. Go figure.


But let me propose this to those that say Dennis is 'unelectable'. Are you a felon? Foreign born? Because otherwise, as long as you put the check beside the man's name, he's electable.

I could just as easily say Hillary, or Obama, or Edwards is unelectable. And not vote for them. And prove my point. But you have one vote, it's your vote. You mark your ballot with your full power of citizenship in this country's rules in the election process. You can write in Bozo the Clown, and you just made him electable, for otherwise, he's not even in the consideration. Of course, he may only receive that one vote, but that was your right. Exercise your power. It makes you/it stronger.

And while i'm at it, and on my roll, let me propose one more test. If you think your vote doesn't count? then test it this way.
Vote Dennis Kucinich in the primary, where ever you are even if you have to write him in. Then watch when the results come in and the MSM candidate's choices talking points start aligning to your ideals.

send them the message. Watch how fast they respond.
dp

align to our ideals? What good are talking points if the chances are that they will do what they damn well please once they are elected? If there is anything we have learned is that they change once they get to D.C. or someone or something changes them. I wish I had a clue as to what is going on with the Dems.
Dennis Kucinich, I believe, is not subject to all that can corrupt in D.C. But then again how are we really to know?

http://democracyforamerica.com/pulsepoll/results

For some reason my links don't show up as active so could someone repost?

And that's a fact.

Sorry, but I see Kuch as a HardLeft version of Chimpy. He knows of nothing of getting legislation passed and is stubborn like a mule. I'm not even sure if he knows what planet he thinks he's on.

You deserve what you get.

In 2008, I'm voting for Dennis...because he's fighting for the America I really want to live in.

And since 1997 (his freshman year, Pelosi's 5th term) Dennis has enacted into law exactly as many of his bills as Pelosi has her bills.

&R!!!

I'm not allowed to vote (I'm British) and if I were, I would have been voting for Kooch ever since I first became aware of what he was standing for.

It's interesting. If you rely on the MSM, you'd think Dennis was the funny little guy with the kooky beliefs and a talent for one-liners. Having bothered to read his policy statements, I agree with him on most things, the stuff I disagree on is fairly minor. Weird thing is: Here, he'd be a fairly mainstream member of the Liberal party. In teh States, he's extreme left. Go figure.

he's kinda like Dennis but without the LSD.

Because he's SO responsible. Like for 100,000's of needless deaths.

Actually, I like Dodd. But your false remark about LSD pissed me of.

The remark was uncalled for, and Dennis would truly make a great president. I just don't see how he could possibly get elected, and that's a shame.

has a good track record.

While it's true he doesn't have corporate America on his side, and conventional wisdom would say that without that, he's toast, I kind of find that attractive.

What he does have is a platform that is as mainstream as it gets. Check out the Pew Research website and then compare it to Dennis' platform. He's mainstream America.

on a Diebold DRE, you can thank Chris Dodd for that.

Dennis Kucinich: Voted for him in '04. Will vote for him in '08.

I was very much for Joe Biden, but Kucinich was always my second or third, and he seems to be breaking through, gathering steam. So I figure that it makes more sense to vote for him in the primary than any other candidate. He may be the "Rocky" who turns out to be the champ.

In the primaries and the GE, even if I have to write him in.

but not after that welcome.

I hope he stays in the race a while longer, though. And I hope they ask him substantive questions, and quit with the UFO shit.

..because he's the only Dem candidate who has the balls to stand up to the cooperate lobbies that corrupt the leaderships of both major parties.

NASCAR metaphor - Kucinich is un-sponsored.

It's for this very reason that Dennis is invaluable to the debate & the outcome of this race. He's the only one who draws an uncompromising bright line between what's right & wrong.

Screw the front-runners (on both sides of the aisle) who want to limit debate to themselves. Every representative voice of the people needs to be heard; it's the American way.

Kucinich has his good points, but I'm not interested in him being our nominee.

Edwards and Dodd are still my top 2 candidates.

And here is my thread with lots of info on why:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3703277

Edwards is still my #2 guy, though. :)

His Department of Peace is a stupid, naive proposal that shows that he's not ready for the presidency.

:shrug:

Edwards lost me with his disingenuous "I'm still struggling with same sex marriage, but my wife Elizabeth is all for it! So if you vote for me, you're kinda, sorta voting for same sex marriage!" patronizing political bullshit. Dennis is one of only two candidates willing to say that I have the right to be married, same as anyone else.

And for those who would disparage me for basing my choice on one issue, I humbly reply that if it were YOUR freedom, YOUR rights, YOUR equality on the line, that one issue would probably be enough for you, too.

Thankfully, I happen to agree with Dennis on damn near everything else he stands for. He'd bring something to the White House we haven't seen in my lifetime: integrity. No other candidate can do that.

My candidate isn't a candidate so I'm going to have to make up my mind soon. I like Kucinich and Edwards.

I was going to vote for him already.

supporting him. I think he's a great guy, I like his positions, and if he's our nominee, I'll certainly support him whole-heartedly.

But I really think Edwards is our best shot for the general, so that's who I'm supporting.

Sorry.

and have been since 2004.

They'll have to rip my Kucinich vote out of my cold dead fingers.

I'm saddened at all the political "strategists" who have missed their calling. I f folks would vote their hearts and consciences, they wouldn't have gotten America into this sordid mess we're in.