Kucinich: This is NOT acceptable, Mr. Liddy. I'm not going to let you get away with it!

[SLSmith]

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May 13, 2009
Edward Liddy AIG
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

[Rageneau]

1. If only we had a whole Congress full of DKs...

If only we had a majority of REAL Democrats in the Democratic Party.

[HowHasItComeToThis]

42. THE WHITE-COLLARS ARE ALL GANGSTERS

[dotymed]

61. IMAGINE

Please, just take one minute, and imagine what a great country
we would have, if ALL politicians were like Dennis Kucinich.
He represents his constituents and does not sell himself to
corporate interests. We would really be THE GREATEST NATION ON
EARTH if all of our politicians were like this.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

72. Done

Worth remembering this exercise :)

[suzie]

70. Good, with a Congress full of DKs, we'd have no legislation

passed whatsoever!

But, how would the Kucinich Klaque figure out which of the DK clones to blame for absolutely nothing getting done?

It's so easy now--Dennis talks and everyone else in Congress gets the blame for their lack of being Dennis Kucinich.

[KansDem]

2. Sen. Baucus tells single-payer supporters protesting the "expert witnesses..."

...of his hearings, all who came from the health insurance/pharma corps., that he'll meet with them in is office afterwards. Then we have this scum saying he'll meet with Kucinich after the hearings.

I getting sick and tired of this "meet with me at another time and place, preferably behind closed doors, and I'll hear your concerns" horseshit.

Address the question(s) NOW, and in a PUBLIC FORUM!!!

[valerief]

11. They always turn up with bad memories and no prep work. How do they sleep at night? nt

[RufusTFirefly]

47. I have the same thought. It makes my head explode.

How in heaven's name can these crooks live with themselves?

Dennis (as always) did a brilliant job of personalizing this thievery.

[Enthusiast]

26. Me too. We need French Revolution

style repercussions, complete with guillotine.

[fascisthunter]

3. This is what REPRESENTATION Should Look Like

[Seldona]

29. +1

Not much more to say other than, AMAZING!

[HopeHoops]

4. IN YOUR FACE - Pig Boy!

That was one of the most pathetic responses I've ever heard. Liddy said he would do "whatever it takes" almost 2 months ago and "isn't familiar" with the situation now. WTF do they PAY him for???

[Lucky Luciano]

60. not sure - but he gets paid $1 per year and gets no bonuses.

There is some motivation behind it though for sure.

[dotymed]

62. WE PAY HIM

 His stock options are huge. It may look like he gets no
compensation, but his portfolio shows different. 

[pberq]

5. Great job as usual, Dennis

This guy is so consistent in standing up for the little guy. Mr. Liddy, on the other hand, should go to jail.

[old guy]

6. This is what a representative of the people acts like.

Would that there were many more like him.

[flamin lib]

7. $96 mil? Just pay it out of his annual compensaton. nt

[pleah]

8. K&R Kucinich, "You're not going to roll this member!", that was

my favorite part.

[valerief]

9. Wow! Can we clone Kucinich? We need Congress full of them to fight Wall St. nt

[HelenWheels]

10. To quote Michelle Bachmann

You be the man, Denis, you be the man.

[dbonds]

12. I love DK

[JDPriestly]

13. Thank you, Representative Kucinich.

[stopbush]

14. Must-See TV!

[truedelphi]

15. When will Obama take a page from DK ?

Hopefully before people are without homes and food and before we are all rioting out in the streets.

[Butch350]

25. DK is a wind bag - if he was in office - we wouldn't be as far in policy as we are now.

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[Lorien]

66. Funny thing is; I know three repugs in DK's district who have always voted

for him. They say that they don't agree with his ideology, but since he always "does right by the people" they give him their vote. Funny how even conservatives who actually KNOW DK support him, but kneejerk DLCers don't!

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[salguine]

31. Yeah? I wish HE were president.

[dotymed]

63. I'M HEARING A LOT OF WIND FROM THIS POST

 I voted the lesser of two evils and voted for Obama. I
donated to Kucinich and wanted to "throw my vote away on
him." Sadly, all that I have seen from Obama is a
continuation of Bush policies. If Kucinich were there, we
would see prosecutions, peace and no bailouts for the wealthy
but probably a lot of "trickle up" economics. Which
would have improved our economy and country 100%. Sorry you
have no common sense Butch, Maybe with age?

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[bahrbearian]

16. Dk is pissed because he didn't get a share of the Campaign Donations

that the rest of Congress got. Do I really have to post the Sarcasm Smilie?

[proud progressive]

17. what is it about our primary process that prevents a politician like dk from WINNING....EASILY?

are we really that stupid and manipulatable?

[Postman]

21. Because he seen a UFO?

Remember that ridiculous non-sequitor question asked of him by that asshat Tim Russert during the Primary debates?

Corporate America would shit their pants if DK were in charge, thus they will do anything to prevent that....

[bertman]

37. And the space aliens "took care of" Russert not long after he said that shit.

May he rest in space.

[dotymed]

64. LEMMINGS

Lemmings are so easily manipulated by the corporate media. If
we had THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE reinstated I believe we would see
a vast improvement in citizen awareness and definitely a
better informed public. As it is now, the truth was sold to
the highest bidder (free market theory is B.S. unless you're
wealthy and without a conscious). Also, we have one of the
most corrupt electoral systems in the world. The international
committee on  elections has said that, over and over. A
candidate who really wants to represent the people, unless he
is super wealthy, doesn't stand a chance. Even our
constitution was written to "maintain the status
quo." The first sentence in the preamble...

[bc3000]

18. Kucinich 2012

We need to get behind this guy in the next presidential primary. He may not have much of a chance, but the left needs to send a message to the moderates in the democratic party who are too willing to bend over for these bailout packages that do nothing to help average Americans.

[ooglymoogly]

22. CorpAmerica and its propagandist can disappear an aspirant in the blink of an

eye as they did with Dennis in the primary by just blacking him out of corpmedia; Or destroy him with a gotcha like they did with Howard Dean by honing the mike in on the Dean jubilance and dampening all else making dean look like man gone wild then playing it on a loop 24/7.

[RufusTFirefly]

48. Amen. We've come a long way since 1963. Character assassination usually does the trick

The Dean Scream (sic) was shown an estimated 633 times by cable and broadcast news networks in just four days following the incident.

[dflprincess]

74. For me, the more I saw the tape of the "Dean scream" the less impact it had

As I watched it for the 200th time I realized it was pretty much just what Wellstone used to do. Jump all over the stage, get a little loud and get the rabble all "roused" up. Dean's behavior, while maybe a bit out of character for hime, began to look normal to me.

[SlingBlade]

19. WOW ! lol :)

[Revolution9]

20. GET EM!

i wish dennis was not seen as a kook by the other members. But i think he is seen that way because in topsy-turvey DC the guy that makes the most sense is the craziest.

[armyowalgreens]

56. Except for Ron Paul

He really is just crazy.

DK is a badass motherfucker and I fully plan on supporting him next election if Obama lets us down.

[Mithreal]

23. Kick for Kucinich & R. nt

[edc]

24. The Only One

Kucinich is the only member of Congress worth a shit.

[wildbilln864]

30. k&r! nt

[RoccoR5955]

32. K&R Dennis is THE MAN!!!

This should be kicked into the next galaxy!
Kucinich always does his job for WE THE PEOPLE, not them, the corporations.
We need about 584 more congress critters like him! Well maybe not 584, because I know of several like him, but you get my drift.

Give them hell Dennis, they deserve it. So much for these bovine fecal matter merchants being too big to fail. They are a massive failure.

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[NM Independent]

34. Rock on little man! n/t

[StarryNite]

35. A true representative

That is what a true representative of the people sounds like. The rest seem to be in it only for their own greed and power trips.

[Sherman A1]

36. Excellent!

Go DK

[G_j]

38. watch it!

[bluesmail]

39. Standing ovation for a real politician, so sad he's been smeared from the gate.

:thumbsup:

[scentopine]

40. Wow - a real fighter for his voters! Unlike the president.

Nice change from Obama's cold and uninspiring defense of tortures and wall street and wire tapping and health care corporations.

[Liberal_Christian]

41. FUCK! every time I see Kucinich on C-SPAN, I regret not voting for him.

[mbperrin]

43. I DID vote for him.

Need lots more!

[Liberal_Christian]

77. Do you know if he's running in 2012?

Should've been him or Nader.

[rooboy]

44. Kucinich should be Attorney General. n/t

[benny05]

53. Well

Dennis doesn't have a law degree, so I think he's not that qualified in that regard. But I agree, more justice department stuff needs to happen.

[L0oniX]

45. Kucinich 2012

[farmboxer]

46. America is like France "before" the Revolution. Kucinich should be

President!!!!!!! He would stand up for "We The People" not for "They" the corporations! I am tired of our plutocrat politicians. We were shafted on health care also. Look at Europe? Where is Michael Moore? We need him now to support and expose the damned politicians.

[20score]

49. Best congressman ever!

[LatteLibertine]

50. Great on Kucinich's part

and the sad reality is nothing will likely get done. These goons own most all in politics regardless of affiliation.

Here's some more of the great representation we are currently getting.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/13/senate-rejects-limit-on-credit-card-interest-rates/?partner=rss&emc=rss

[onestepforward]

51. DK is awesome! k&r!

[pam4water]

52. Go Kucinich

[happygoluckytoyou]

54. "EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE?"... anyone in OHIO who controls such funds should drop AIG forever!!!!!!!!!!

[radiclib]

55. Dennis' chest-thumping there at the end was a little unnecessary

Not that he isn't entitled, because he shames everyone in the room with his fearlessness, but it may be a little off-putting to the other members. He embarrasses his colleagues every time he opens his mouth, it seems.:toast: Go, DK!

[NikolaC]

57. K&R

Dennis, awesome as always. I hope he keeps harassing AIG until they give those people their money back.

[NorthCarolina]

58. It's sad to recall how Kucinich was belittled by so many here on DU during his primary run

he truly is a principled man of the people.

[suzie]

76. He's the biggest fraud on the Democratic side of the aisle.

Dennis "yes, I was totally against women's reproductive rights until I wanted to run for President" Kucinich.

[jeff30997]

59. Fantastic !

Give them Hell Mr Kucinich !

[MrsBrady]

65. "I'm not familiar with the specifics"

"Well, let me help you!", says Dennis

way to go!!!!

[derby378]

67. The nine most beautiful words in the English language today

I wish either Obama or Holder or somebody would look into the camera and address Bush, Cheney, Bybee, Yoo, etc. with "I'm not going to let you get away with it." Hell, that should be one of our political war cries.

[Lena inRI]

68. Having to vote for Obama instead of Kucinich is like. . .

. . .entering an arranged marriage while all along the true heart is pining for another.

Obama has shown to be the "Great Equivocator". . .will he prosecute torturers. . .will he privatize social security. . .will he end the wars. . .will he include single-payers at the table. . .keeps us people guessing while he decides what's best for HIM.

Kucinich is the "Real Change" we should have voted into the White House. . . prosecute. . .no privatize. . .no wars. . .of course single-payer. . .never keeps us guessing while he decides what's best for THE PEOPLE.

When all the Obama equivocating fails, THIS TIME I'll march right behind the Kucinichs as we vote with our feet . . .

Loving you more than ever, Dennis and Elizabeth. . .

:loveya: :grouphug: :loveya: :grouphug: :loveya:

[NorthCarolina]

75. I agree n/t

[kevinds13]

69. Wish there were hundreds more Representatives like him.

eom.

[PhillyQuaker]

71. Dennis Rocks!

A politician with heart!