I want to support Kucinich I really really do. I agree with him on every single issue. I think he is the one candidate on either side that is truly interested in making life for the average American better. He supports labor unions, he supports not for profit universal health care, he wants the Iraq war over NOW. He is my idealistic hero. He is unelectable.
Our nation is perhaps more polarized between red and blue than ever before. Kucinich represents the antithesis of conservative republican values. He is too “left” to win if he was the Democratic nominee. Therefore I have joined the local Clinton campaign and have thrown my support to her camp. Why? Because she is more moderate. I am a far left liberal; however, I think that our next president needs to be somewhere to the left of Republican but not by too much. We need someone that the majority of America can relate to.
With Clinton we may have a large number of troops in Iraq for several years, she may encourage and expand controversial trade deals, and she may invade Iran on shady intelligence and greed. She has lots of money and political power that we’ve too often seen corrupt our leaders. She is not shy about taking money from pretty much anybody, although to her credit it doesn’t seem to have an impact on her voting record.
I know; however, that she will push for better education, universal healthcare, expanded gay and lesbian rights (although not equal marriage rights which I support), and a stronger environmental protection policy. She is an excellent speaker and diplomacy is her forte. (Not to mention Bill’s.) She has devoted much of her professional life to helping children and families and champions women’s issues.
William just wrote on Friday about the harm that expecting failure from our government has brought to this nation. Perhaps that’s what I’m doing by endorsing Hilary Clinton. I expect Kucinich to fail so I don’t even try. I will have to live with that. Perhaps if everyone who felt as I do, and there are plenty, would fully throw support his way, we’d have Dennis Kucinich as our next president. I doubt it.
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2007-10-21 06:02:41
Sell-out.
This is the problem!
If everyone would vote for the exact person they want to see become president, then we would have an honest turn-out. But when everyone sits around figuring out who is the candidate most likely to win, we get in some other schmuck as bad as the last. Hilary is not good presidential material. It’s got nothing to do with her gender. It’s got everything to do with her being a sell-out. She sold out the American people when she voted for the patriot act… she didn’t take the time to read it. Just like every other no good, rotten scoundrel on that hill who voted in the patriot act & sold out their own people out of panic & fear. A level-headed, rational, thinking person, who has the PEOPLE’s best interests in mind, would not take such drastic measures in such a vitaly important time for the American people. She proved herself incapable of making educated, rational decisions in a time of stress. She, just like NEARLY every one of her colleagues, sold us out (there was only one senator who actually read the patriot act & he didn’t sign it because it is completely against our Constitution, our ideals & our people’s freedom… research a little bit & you’ll figure it out) . You can trust Clinton & all the rest of that bunch of greedy scoundrels as far as you can throw a piano.
Think for yourself.
Vote with your head & your gut.
Don’t sell out yourself, your family & your countrymen.
2007-10-21 11:08:33
Lark,
I am approaching it in small steps. I wish that I could vote confidently for Kucinich but I cannot. At this point our nation needs to move away from right wing republican control and I have to vote for the Democratic candidate that can win office and do so. It would be a disaster if Kucinich won the nomination and lost the presidency to Giuliani or Romney or any other Republican.
I believe that the first step is getting a moderate in the White House and then move closer to a Kucinich-like administration from there. Once the American people are able to see that a Democratic president is good for America we can then reasonably hope for something more in the next election.
I agree that Hilary and everyone else who voted for the Patriot Act was wrong; however, it is much easier to see this in hindsight. No one realized then what a lying, deceptive, illegal administration we had. The majority of Americans took what the president was feeding us about Iraq and our national security at face value. We couldn’t comprehend at the time the lengths they were going to.
I believe that a majority of our representatives in government were acting in good faith and had the nation’s best interests at heart. Hilary has solid plans to turn things around and her stances on other issues are such that I can give her my support.
Lastly, I am thinking for myself and what I think is that we need to build back everything we have lost under this administration and reconstruction goes in steps. Once you have a solid foundation to build from you can expand.
Thanks for your comments I really understand your point of view and appreciate your feedback,
Summer
2007-10-22 20:44:05
I firmly believe that the reason politicians like Kucinich are “unelectable” is because people (such as yourself) won’t vote for them, because they’re “unelectable.” It creates a self-fulfilling prophecy that ultimately leads to us getting nowhere. I feel like Kucinich is more electable right now than he’ll ever be, what with widespread anti-conservative backlash thanks to the actions of this administration. The religious right will come out in droves to support their far right-wing, ulta-conservative candidate…why can’t we do the same with OUR candidate?
2007-10-22 21:16:51
I agree with you somewhat. I think that we could probably get Kucinich as our nominee but he would not win the presidency. I believe that it will take steps to get to a place where the nation can have a Kucinich in office without it further dividing us.
We need to heal the rift that this corrupt administration and the uber conservative agenda have created and I feel that the best way to do that is to go with a more moderate candidate and then work our way to a Kucinich. It’s not my ideal system but I think it’s rational and stands a better chance of success.