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Uncle Joe

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15. I agree, Dennis should have voted for the Amber Alert system, having said he was on the right side

Reply to surfdog (Reply #10)

Thu Mar 15, 2012, 02:11 PM

Mar 2012

of many critical issues when other Democrats were either too timid or compromised to follow suit.

No politician is on the correct side of every issue, not even Obama and when they're on the wrong side, it can most definitely cost lives, careers and/or create great suffering.

In the great scheme of things, thus far I believe Kucinich had a most honorable career in the Congress.

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Giving Dennis Kucinich His Due [View all] G_j Mar 2012 OP

Yes I would like to thank him ... surfdog Mar 2012 #1

no comment on the content of the actual post? nt G_j Mar 2012 #2

ok rightie fascisthunter Mar 2012 #3

ain't that a kick in the pants... dionysus Mar 2012 #4

"ain't that a kick in the pants" surfdog Mar 2012 #6

more of a kick in the pant to dennis... dionysus Mar 2012 #7

Wtf ? surfdog Mar 2012 #8

cool your jets, buddy, i agree with your posts in this thread... dionysus Mar 2012 #9

Sorry my bad surfdog Mar 2012 #10

lol, yeah it did... for now... dionysus Mar 2012 #11

I agree, Dennis should have voted for the Amber Alert system, having said he was on the right side Uncle Joe Mar 2012 #15

BTW: a provision from PATRIOT II was inserted into the Amber Alert bill nt G_j Mar 2012 #26

Kucinich supporters only focus on the good surfdog Mar 2012 #5

What do you think about all the children who died in Afghanistan and Iraq and all sabrina 1 Mar 2012 #12

You are asking if... surfdog Mar 2012 #14

A foreign and dead child is the result of so many Representatives voting for illegal wars sabrina 1 Mar 2012 #20

I don't agree with those war votes surfdog Mar 2012 #21

He certainly gets credit for trying to save all those lives. sabrina 1 Mar 2012 #22

You seem a bit confused surfdog Mar 2012 #25

There was so much good in his voting record, and so little bad which could be why sabrina 1 Mar 2012 #13

Please never mention that before he had a battlefield conversion, Dennis got a 0% from Ikonoklast Mar 2012 #16

Please also don't mention, that unlike so many of our other Representatives, when he sabrina 1 Mar 2012 #23

He was an opportunist that would never have changed his mind about a great many things Ikonoklast Mar 2012 #24

Kucinich was the victim of Diebold. naughty nina Mar 2012 #17

Total nonsense. In Ohio, outside his district, Dennis is just not that popular. Ikonoklast Mar 2012 #19

That is a lie surfdog Mar 2012 #27

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Mar 2012 #18