Why can't all politicians act like Kucinich

[lame54]

http://joshingpolitics.blogspot.com/2007/11/why-cant-all-democrats-act-like.html

Joshing Politics

Thursday, November 08, 2007
Why Can't All Democrats Act Like Kucinich
Watching the debate last week between the Democrats, the thought of switching Kucinich's brain with another candidate crossed my mind a couple times. Seeing "Young Frankenstein" on Broadway three days ago brought the idea up again. If only that machine was more than a mere prop and my name was really Frederic Frankenstein.

I know he isn't electable, the UFO question during the debate was the media's way of trying to make him look crazy and the anti-choice positions he neatly turned off before running last time is a little irksome. Despite all that, this man is standing up for something that I hold very near and dear. It is called our Constitution....and it has been degraded by Republicans like Cheney, Bush and Rumsfeld, with no restorative help from the Democratic Congress.

Very few Democrats stand with Kucinich's fight for impeaching Dick Cheney (22 co-sponsors to be exact). It is a sad sight when a man with an 11 percent approval rating can hold the majority in such fear.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qGwvSwOP7Ow

[LWolf]

1. They would, if those were the ones getting the votes.

The electorate bears the ultimate responsibility for the conduct of those in office, and in party leadership.

[99th_Monkey]

5. What "votes" are you talking about?

Have we already had Primaries and I missed it?

OH, .. you must mesn the MSM "polls". since when are those "votes"?

[Basileus Basileon]

6. Well, we had some of those in 2006. And in 2004, and in 2002, and in 2000 (sorta).

[LWolf]

8. I'm talking about every vote, in every election,

that helps to elect a Democrat that doesn't "act like Kucinich," to quote the OP, by standing up, by courageously voicing support for, and fighting for, democratic principles. For electing democrats that don't "act like Democrats."

That's the way I interpret the OP's question. Not to act like DK the man, but to be the kind of Democrat he is.

[Flabbergasted]

2. You mean totally unyielding in there own personal opinions?

We need a lot more people like Dennis. But 500 political evangelists would be a recipe for never getting anything done.

[Basileus Basileon]

3. Because then, we would never, ever get anything passed through Congress.

Unless, by some fluke, they all happened to have the exact same unyielding positions.

[Rex]

4. Because there is no money to be made with Kucinich's ideology.

[99th_Monkey]

7. Not unless you think clean energy, sustainable industry & such

are the economy of the future, if we have a future that is.

[Rex]

9. That is the problem, I'm not so sure we have a future.

Just a little doom and gloom today, ignore me. I get this way.

[Basileus Basileon]

11. The shareholders want instant results.

Unfortunately, there isn't money to be made in investing in the tech of the future. Suppose GM were to come up with an ingeniously simple quick-charge electric car with small, hot-swappable, extremely cheap rechargeable batteries. All auto companies could follow suit and produce such a vehicle. However, only GM would have to pay for its research and development. For everyone in energy or transportation, it's more efficient to simply sit back and wait for someone else to come up with solutions.

[Kucinich4America]

10. Because their corporatist masters wouldn't like that?

All politicians, or at the very least, all Democrats, SHOULD act like Kucinich.

And I absolutely reject the premise in the original post that Dennis is "unelectable". Not a single vote has been cast. Hillary's alleged status as "frontrunner" is vaporware driven by the corporate media. It does not exist in reality.

Send a message to the rest of the planet. They believe that this country actually elected Chimp, at least in 2004. We can do better.

We MUST do better.