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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat happened to Kucinich?
Either he's gone off the deep end or his Facebook page has been hacked.
https://www.facebook.com/denniskucinich/
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)I am not happy that were so right about so many of these guys.
Cha
(297,799 posts)meadowlark5
(2,795 posts)csziggy
(34,139 posts)hells
(141 posts)I think he mistakenly watched Obama's inauguration speech
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)on the other hand, let's not forget DK took money from both Fox and Russia today.
It might be one thing if I saw a moderate Democrat warming up the Trump, but DK you were supposed to be left of the left. Even if you he Hillary's foreign policy, are you going to expect people to warm up to a guy that hates gays, endorses violence on Blacks, and as we speak is doing his best to cut funding to prevent violence against women.
If this is DK generally writing this, then may I say I am very very glad that he did not amount to much. I would love to see him say crap like this in the middle of his beloved Cleveland, a.k.a. a very clear blue spot in Ohio. As someone who is seen Cleveland Browns fans scare that hell out of many teams, I believe the scene would be a true example of what Trump called "American carnage."
grantcart
(53,061 posts)Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)mrgorth
(3,431 posts)democratisphere
(17,235 posts)coco22
(1,258 posts)I saw him on Fox for a few years he's getting paid well you could tell by his attire and hair cut he is happy as hell to trash Dems.
napi21
(45,806 posts)I posted a note on his Facebook wall describing how disappointed I am in him.
Here is the addy of his Facebook if you're interested.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/denniskucinich/posts/?ref=page_internal
Generator
(7,770 posts)Also Jesse Ventura (I know many will mock him and his shit) but he used to speak truth to power. Now it's all Putin love and nary a peep about Trump being a danger. Oh and weed being the answer to everything. Did aliens come in and do something when I wasn't looking? Dennis responded to my letters back when Bush was in power and I don't even live in Ohio.
JI7
(89,279 posts)I mean Clinton went to his wedding too.... so I want links of activity. Ventura was so outspoken against war and torture that I am fearing aliens or I am in another time line. Who the fuck are these people and what fucking nightmare world is this?
JI7
(89,279 posts)Generator
(7,770 posts)where he called him a friend but didn't agree with him and was voting for Gary Johnson. It makes me think of some comedian calling Cosby a friend-if you still do that's a problem. But he's on Putin's team so he's a traitor now in my eyes. Black and white for me.
JI7
(89,279 posts)Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)onenote
(42,782 posts)And he's bitter that he lost the primary to Kaptur.
NYC Liberal
(20,138 posts)JI7
(89,279 posts)there is a certain type that always does that.
Cha
(297,799 posts)shit is shocking.. freaking Orwell.
So many gaslighters so little time
kcr
(15,320 posts)Who still has a few staunch supporters straggling around. I don't get why these faux progressives are such a draw for some. They're like bad middle school fads, and their cliques defend them the same way. It's annoying.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)The Trump Inaugural Address. A Progressive Review:
There was much to object to in the Trump campaign statements, yet the 45th President, in his Inaugural Address, indicated an awareness of economic and policy concerns which needed to be said, and must be addressed.
As I reserve the right to disagree with the new President, and I will, so too do I reserve the right to agree with him.
None of the forgoing from the Trump Inaugural Address has been parsed in search of something, anything, upon which to agree for agreements sake. Whether or not we believe he will deliver, the following excerpts from his Inaugural echo things I worked for, continue to work for, or stated as a Mayor, Congressman, and a presidential candidate, through the decades:
1. "Rebuild our country"
We have over $3 trillion dollars of infrastructure needs unmet. This is limiting Americas ability to grow the economy.
2. "Transferring power from Washington, D.C. and giving it back to you, the American People."
Washington has aggregated tremendous power through the shift of national tax resources away from states and cities and to Washington. This is what enables the redistribution of wealth upwards.
3. "What truly matters is not which party controls our government, but whether our government is controlled by the people. Political parties have failed America."
Indisputable.
4. "Americans want great schools for their children, safe neighborhoods for their families, and good jobs for themselves."
Education, safe neighborhoods and good jobs are practical aspirations of all Americans.
5. "Mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities; rusted-out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation
"
Inner cities are generally ignored in federal policy. Closed factories are the direct result of trade policies which ignored the interests of US workers.
6. "Crime and gangs and drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential."
Those who live in the inner cities, in rural areas and in some suburbs have been inundated with drugs and crime.
7. "For many decades, weve enriched foreign industry at the expense of American industry"
NAFTA, GATT, China Trade and other agreements have moved millions of good paying jobs out of America, weakened unions, reduced wages, cut benefits and shifted Americas wealth out of the country.
8. "Subsidized the armies of other countries
."
Our foreign military aid sends billions abroad. America subsidizes NATO, another layer of military which includes 28 member nations, then NATO keeps seeking conflict to justify its existence.
9. "And spent trillions of dollars overseas while Americas infrastructure has fallen into disrepair and decay."
The long term cost of the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and other countries will cost America at least $6 trillion, adding to the deficit and depriving our country of resources needed to rebuild America
10 "
Factories shuttered and left our shores, with not even a thought about the millions upon millions of American workers left behind."
There has been no serious discussion in the Whtie House for years concerning trade policies which left millions unemployed, and have seriously damaged our economy, in particular, the Midwest.
11. "The wealth of our middle class has been ripped from their homes and then redistributed across the entire world."
The middle class standard of life was linked to American predominance in steel, automotive, aerospace, shipping, machine shops, specialty metals, and hi-tech and as that has declined, so has the middle class.
12. "Every decision on trade, on taxes, on immigration, on foreign affairs, will be made to benefit American workers and American families."
If this measure is integrated into our decisions on international commerce, taxation and foreign affairs, it will benefit our country.
13. "We will build new roads, and highways, and bridges, and airports, and tunnels, and railways all across our wonderful nation."
This is key to rebuilding our economy, full employment, commerce, energy efficiency and our future.
14. "We will follow two simple rules: Buy American and Hire American."
American workers are trained to produce top quality products and they ought to be supported.
15.
it is the right of all nations to put their own interests first."
This affirms the national sovereignty of all countries, which is critical if we are to avoid more wars.
16. "We do not seek to impose our way of life on anyone, but rather to let it shine as an example for everyone to follow."
American interventionism is about using military force to impose our way, and it has come at an extraordinary cost to our nation, to people in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen and other places.
If we use our nations resources to build America, not destroy other countries, we will indeed be an example to the world.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)...is believing that fucking liar.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Things like:
Seems to be on Team Russia these days.
JI7
(89,279 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)I had pretty much forgotten about him, but, yes, he has been a Russia fanboy for a while.
Jose Garcia
(2,607 posts)joshcryer
(62,277 posts)We are screwed as a party if anyone believes anything Trump says and is blind to the overt racism, nationalism, xenophobia, and hatred that Trump's speech really means.
joshcryer
(62,277 posts)Good on him for being honest with himself.
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)kcr
(15,320 posts)All you need to do is look at Russia Today.
joshcryer
(62,277 posts)Above all else. Social, environmental, cultural, all else is irrelevant.
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)that Kucinich would believe that shit.
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Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)nolabels
(13,133 posts)A woman that wants her man to succeed no matter the cost will often nudge him that way.
That other one was something about Hubris
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)He was always bouncing all over the place with his ideology. Honestly, I could never figure out WHAT that man believed. Still can't.
Cha
(297,799 posts)still_one
(92,454 posts)happened to some people
dalton99a
(81,636 posts)BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)trust him. Now I hope those naysayers see that he's been a faux-Liberal all this time. Lots of (loud) talk, nothing to show for it, and wasn't pro-abortion until he decided to run for prez in '04.
I can't stand that poser.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)Buy I never went after fellow progressives who countered him.
At least that I can remember.
Yeah, he's a piece of work isn't he?
LisaM
(27,843 posts)but now it's all rushing back.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)SharonClark
(10,014 posts)and are convinced they can do no wrong. Leftist talk is cheap, it is getting things done that matters.
George II
(67,782 posts)SHRED
(28,136 posts)dalton99a
(81,636 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)MFM008
(19,823 posts)at all. Ever.
MineralMan
(146,338 posts)The left fringe supporting the right fringe. The circle is complete. Uff da!
herding cats
(19,568 posts)There's was a lesson to be learned with Kucinich, but for the most part Democrats didn't learn it.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)I'm sorry that I ever supported him for any political office ever, and I regret all those times I defended him here on DU...
This is beyond betrayal...