Goodbye Dennis Kucinich

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ichy

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It looks like this buffoon is finally going to be leaving Congress. I'm sure that the fringe far-left will be sad that their leading champion of creating a "Department of Peace" and other hippyish nonsense is out of office. This is a good thing for the Democratic party though, they need more centrists and fewer extremists, especially since the Republicans seem intent on turning themselves into the party of right-wing evangelical nutcases.


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At least he has a hot wife to retire with.

I'll miss Dennis, he's a goofball but for some reason I like him.
 
Don Vito Corleone

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Remember, though, that saying goodbye to Kucinich also means saying farewell to his surprisingly-hot wife, who could, at least theoretically, have been our first tongue-pierced First Lady.

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He was like the only Democrat who was at least half-way honest and who wasn't too easy to control. Bernie Sanders is 100% honest, but he's an Independent who is 100% independent.

Barney Frank wasn't terrible as far as MA politicians go. He's better than Scott Brown's neoconservative ass. Don't people realize that all of the moderate northeastern Republicans are the ones who support the Security state? There's scott brown, John McAnus (not northeastern, but he almost had to get out of the Republican Party), Snowe, Christie Todd Whitmann, Nelson Rockefeller (he's dead, but he still counts and he supported the war on drugs), the list goes on I guess.

The midwestern Republicans used to mostly be members of the Old Right, but that's gone.
 
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Ausm

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Don Vito Corleone said:
Remember, though, that saying goodbye to Kucinich also means saying farewell to his surprisingly-hot wife, who could, at least theoretically, have been our first tongue-pierced First Lady.

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Looks like he would need a step ladder to make out with her.
 
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NeoV

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I've seen the two of them at the airport here several times, she is very attractive - good riddance though, the guy was more concerned with making himself a national figure than he was doing anything for the people around here
 
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Don Vito Corleone said:
Remember, though, that saying goodbye to Kucinich also means saying farewell to his surprisingly-hot wife, who could, at least theoretically, have been our first tongue-pierced First Lady.

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lol it looks like a mother taking her son to a school play.

On a serious note though, his hot wife will probably leave him now taht he's unemployed and lacks any social status that came with being a member of Congress. I'll give her up to 6 months to leave him. Watch, it'll happen.
 
QuantumPion

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What are you guys talking about? Now that he's out of congress he can make 10x more money as a lobbyist / power-broker. Just look at Tom Daschle. Or, even better, you could just simply steal $1.2 billion dollars of investor money and get off scott free like Jon Corzine. It's good to be a Democrat.
 
Lemon law

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Kucinich got beat by being Gerrymandered into another district and facing another popular democratic incumbent.

If he runs again in a GOP district, he could win instead.
 
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Congress is poorer for the loss of Kucinich. I may have disagreed with him on some big points but he was a great House member.
 
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Genx87

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I didnt agree with him but at least it seemed like he was consistent with his views. Which is very refreshing from an elected official. He earned my respect for that and think he will be missed.
 
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Jaskalas

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ichy said:
It looks like this buffoon is finally going to be leaving Congress. I'm sure that the fringe far-left will be sad that their leading champion of creating a "Department of Peace" and other hippyish nonsense is out of office. This is a good thing for the Democratic party though, they need more centrists and fewer extremists, especially since the Republicans seem intent on turning themselves into the party of right-wing evangelical nutcases.
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You happy with Obama then? Seems pretty similar in policy to GWB.

If I recall, there were some positive policies to Dennis Kucinich. The ones in Congress you have to lookout for are the ones reaching across the aisle to screw over the American people. Bending us over is purely a centrist trait, as it takes two to tango.

First google search result:
Kucinich is one of the only Democrats to have voted against the war with Iraq
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In terms of both politics and personality, Dennis Kucinich is essentially the Democratic Party’s version of Ron Paul: a peace-lover who fights for personal freedoms and tries to keep the United States out of other people’s business.
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The United States needs more men like Dennis Kucinich. Fewer men like Obama and Bush. You call for the opposite, what's the matter, you want more Iraq wars, fewer freedoms, more government?

If you love the Patriot Act, you'll love American 'centrists'.
 
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Genx87 said:
I didnt agree with him but at least it seemed like he was consistent with his views. Which is very refreshing from an elected official. He earned my respect for that and think he will be missed.
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Yep, even though he was on the other side of the American political spectrum atleast he seemed to be consistent.
 
BoberFett

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Kucinich was the Democrat version of Ron Paul. From what I understand the two of them are friends despite their differences.
 
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senseamp

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He's going to have more time to go on talk shows, where he feels more comfortable anyways.
 
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Assuming Obama wins in 2012, I would not be surprised to see Denis get named to head some policy making organization and become more effective than he was as a minority congressman.

Many of the ideas Kucinich got through were initially unpopular, but they worked so well they were not repealed.
 
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Genx87 said:
I didnt agree with him but at least it seemed like he was consistent with his views. Which is very refreshing from an elected official. He earned my respect for that and think he will be missed.
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This is an interesting point. People often say this about Ron Paul as well. It seems that the ideologue gets points for consistency and "believing in something" whereas the moderate is seen as mendacious and untrustworthy. Do we value compromise and pragmatism or ideological consistency more?
 
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I didn't agree him often, but I liked him. I thought he added something to the debate. At least he was interesting.

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