Posted on 07/30/2003 12:09:50 PM PDT by Gopher Broke
DENNIS KUCINICH | THURSDAY JULY 31 Democratic Presidential Candidate; U.S. Congressman, Ohio
THE COMING TRANSFORMATION
Dennis Kucinich first came to national prominence when elected mayor of Cleveland in 1977 at age 31, making him the youngest person ever elected to lead a major American city. As a four-term U.S. congressman and now a declared Democratic presidential candidate, Kucinich has been called "the purer anti-Pentagon alternative to Howard Dean." He wants to cut the Pentagon budget by $60 billion, cancel NAFTA and the WTO, and replace private sector insurance and pharmaceutical firms with government-run entities. He has received endorsements from such notables as Ben Cohen (of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream), actors Ed Norton, Jeff Bridges and Ben Affleck, and Willie Nelson. Can he attract a broad enough base of voters to win? Here's a chance to hear a major candidate early on in the process.
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http://www.commonwealthclub.org/featured.html#kucinich
Impressive.
FMCDH
This event is taking place right across the street from my office, and there are already Kook-cinich posters going up all over the place. Might be a good opportunity for a little solo Freeping...
FMCDH
Amongst the dwarves they have a welfare cheat, a plagiarist, a certified race-baiter with blood on his hands, a man so inept that he bankrupted an entire city, a stereotypical ambulance-chasing lawyer, a man who literally looks like Kermit the Frog, and a Vietnam vet who served his country in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The only one I'm missing is a man who'll go down as the first man in history to call his opponent a "c***sucker" during a Presidential debate. It's no wonder they're trying to draft Al Gore.
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