Posted on 06/19/2003 4:17:17 AM PDT by Chairman_December_19th_Society
Kucinich ruined Cleveland when he was mayor. That is when he got the nickname of "Dennis the Menace." He served as Mayor from 1977 to 1979. He made a total mess of the city. It went bankrupt under Dennis's bold leadership.
George Voinovich ran against Dennis in 1979 and defeated Kucinich easily. Cleveland was a financial and social mess after Dennis served one term, He was literally driving industry out of Cleveland. Voinovich did a good job of cleaning up the mess. The feeling was anyone who could clean up the Kucincich mess, could work other miracles too.
Dennis had such a terrible reputation as a screw up he was out of politics until he ran for the State office in 1995 and then for House of Representatives in 1997.
I attended a few Dennis the Menace Press Conferences back in the late 70's. At that time the Ohio press corp's opinion of Dennis was that while Dennis may not be dumber than a sack of rocks, he would be wise not to bet his lunch money on it. Dennis is really very stupid. He is the poster child for the term "useful idiot".... with emphasis on the word IDIOT.
Yep, but the city is taking it's appeal to a higher court...one that you can't reach up to! :-)
It is also genetic. The problem is my oldest daugher chose to marry a man... with the problem. They had 3 babies in less than 5 years.
I have one grandson and at least one granddaughter diagnosed with the problem.
But they are bright. When the oldest grandaughter was 5 and in kindergarden she taught her three year old sister to read.
Actually, yes I can. I have a step-ladder. :-)
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