NY Times: Peace, and Kucinich, Gets a Chance

[La_Serpiente]

Peace, and Kucinich, Gets a Chance

FAIRFIELD, Iowa
In this little pocket of Iowa, houses are built to face the rising sun, something called yogic flying is a popular pastime and Dennis J. Kucinich is a leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Even as much of the country still struggles to pronounce his name (it's koo-SIN-itch), Mr. Kucinich has become a phenomenon in Fairfield, population 9,500. His proposals to promote world peace, universal health care and environmental sustainability arguably resonate here as in no other place in America.

Mr. Kucinich, a congressman for his native Ohio, is polling in the low single digits nationwide, and is not expected to do much better in tomorrow's Iowa caucuses. But you wouldn't know that here, where he draws hundreds to every public appearance, and where red, white and blue "Kucinich for President" paraphernalia seems to be part of the town's permanent aesthetic. In local stores, Mr. Kucinich's smiling photo is posted among advertisements for white crane tai chi, Himalayan quartz and houses with eastward-facing entrances. "This is a Kucinich town, most definitely," said Gordon Shackelford, a Fairfield resident and Vietnam veteran who counts himself as a Wesley K. Clark supporter. "He's got this really quirky appeal, and there's plenty of quirky people here."

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Peace, and Kucinich, Gets a Chance

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[burrowowl]

1. All we are saying is give peace a chance!

But, there is no peace without social justice and DK is for social justice as well! Go DK!

[cryofan]

2. yet another tour de force media PR move by the Kucinich campaign!

I expect that this high profile article in the prestigious NY Times will boost Dennis's Iowa poll numbers by several points. That DK campaign really knows how to work the media!

Go Dennis!

[SahaleArm]

6. Yep he needs to drop the extras and run as a straight populist.

He's got the fire and plan to run on a populist-labor platform but he's spending too much time on stuff that won't win him significant votes. If he wants to make a run at the Senate, he'll need a more no-nonsense approach. BTW does anyone know if his past congressional platform was the same as his presidential platform?

[LWolf]

7. I don't know about his platform,

but you can browse his site and record at the house; I spent hours there when I first "met" him.

http://www.house.gov/kucinich/welcome.shtml

[Dover]

3. They're trying to paint him as a "flower child" because of his peace

initiative. And they are trying to make his supporters seem like a "little pocket" of some fringy minority.

Pretty fed up with this bs from the NYT......

[Mike Niendorff]

4. So remember, NYT Readers:

If you're into "yogic flying", feng shui, tai chi and new-age crystals, then Dennis Kucinich is the candidate for you!

That's right, Mr. and Mrs. NYT Reader. The next time you hear Dennis Kucinich speak, don't even think about whether his ideas actually make sense. Just remember the association : yogic flying, feng shui, tai chi, new-age crystals ... and Dennis Kucinich.

:eyes:


MDN

edit : and, to add insult to injury, it's in the god damned fashion section! Yes, folks: apparantly, supporting Dennis Kucinich is also a fashion statement, rather than a political one. :grr:

[snoochie]

9. Again?

I swear this is at least the second Kucinich article to be buried in the Style or Fashion sections.

whatever

[goodhue]

5. breaking news

"not all those who support Mr. Kucinich practice Transcendental Meditation."

[diamondsoul]

8. you've just joined the ranks of my favorite Kucinich supporters!

ROTFL I needed that!

[corporatewhore]

10. i met a couple of veterans today who are DK supporters

and a old unioner a few libertarians a hotel maid and someone who looked like he stepped off of a country western music video as well while tabling today hardly the steroetypical tm people that the media would tell you supports him

[morgan2]

11. veterans who wear tie die and have shaggy hair i bet!

The NYT would never paint a not-so-accurate picture of who a candidate apeals too.