Dennis Kucinich is unelectable, three weeks ago that was my opinion. I agreed with his politics on every major issue, I found him to be sincere and honest, someone who really stood up for what he believed in. But, I was sucked in to the myth of unelectability. I saw his slight stature, although not entirely consciously, as a downfall. The jokes were abundant about the fact that he was more woodland fairy than presidential candidate.
I wrote a story here about my quandary. I wanted to support Kucinich I was just too afraid that even if he won the nomination he would not win the presidency. I felt as though he was too left to win a popular vote and that the danger that posed, i.e. another Republican president, was too great to risk.
I received some scathing emails, some comments that I had let my idealism die and I was a sell out. At the time, just 3 weeks ago, I felt entirely justified with my position, there was just too much at stake to support a candidate who could not win the White House.
Now I realize that I was wrong. In fact, I was the embodiment of a self fulfilling prophecy. I’ve been struggling to come to terms with my evolving opinion and have decided to pull my support from the local Clinton campaign and turn it to Kucinich. I saw a video on You Tube today that sealed the deal for me. It was Dennis Kucinich’s “hot wife” talking about the issue of unelectability and what it really means. I would encourage you to watch this video.
Dennis Kucinich has shown us what it means to be a leader and stand up for what is right. He had the courage and the character to push for impeachment of Cheney. He knows the value of diplomacy and promotes “Strength Through Peace.” Please go and check out his stand on the issues HERE. If, like me, you did not support Dennis Kucinch because he was “unelectable” please evaluate your feelings on the issues alone, compare them and then vote for whichever candidate best fits your views and and this country’s needs. Let this be a true democracy and don’t settle for less than the best. I am sorry that I ever did.
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*The views expressed in this article, namely Summer’s endorsement of Kucinich for president are not necessarily those of WWJV4.com. WWJV4.com does not have an official endorsement at this time.
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.
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
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?
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.
Palin is a racist idiot. First of all, terrorists come cloaked in all kinds of religion . Timothy McVey was a CHRISTIAN. 62 Muslims died on 911, they had families and places of worship that loved them too. The hate mongering C should also remember that Jesus, her Lord and Savior came from the same place as all those “terrorists” who have the nerve to build a place to observe their religion in a country built on the backs of foreigners.