2004

[catscradle]

I've signed up to volunteer for Dennis Kucinich for the 2004 election. Over the past 5 months I've been studying this guy and I'm very impressed with him. He's got a long track record for standing up for what he believes in - I'm sold on him as the only viable choice for the democratic party. And when all is said and done, how the hell can he do worse than George II?

I recommend at least looking over his website:

DENNIS KUCINICH: THE PROGRESSIVE CHOICE: http://www.kucinich.net/

As a candidate for President, I offer a different vision for America, one which separates me from the other candidates. I am the only candidate for President who will take this country away from fear and war and tax giveaways, and use America's peace dividend for guaranteed health care for all, ending health care for profit. I am the only candidate who will stop the privatization of social security and bring the retirement age back to 65.

As President, I will cancel NAFTA and the WTO, restore our manufacturing jobs, save our family farms, create full employment programs, create new jobs by rebuilding our cities and schools. As President, I will repeal the Patriot Act to regain for all Americans the sacred right of privacy in our homes, our libraries, our schools.

This is a grassroots campaign to take back America. Join me from your cities, your towns, your farms and your campuses. (Presidential Debate, ABC News, 5/3/03) 6/10/2003

Comments

[thebratqueen.livejournal.com]

Dude, he had me at "repeal patroit act".

Although admittedly I'm sad Hillary's not running. Not because I'd be that gung-ho for her as a concept, but because she was the only one I could picture actually galvanizing enough people to get off their asses and VOTE in the 2004 elections.

OTOH now that I think about it, who's to say that the horror of having a woman in the White House wouldn't galvanize the jackasses who voted for Dubya in the first place, so maybe I should be glad.

[catscradle.livejournal.com]

Hillary lost me completely when she supported the war with Iraq. And there are a few other things that irked me in the past few years about her. . . I think she could have been a lot more if she set herself apart from the old democratic regime more.

Getting people off their asses to vote? I think it can be done if the people see that there is a real *choice*. Gore's down fall - even though he actually won, lets face it, the margin was pretty flimsy - was that he agreed on more points with Bush than disagreed. There was virtually no freaken difference. People literally flipped a coin if they went out to vote at all.

Kucinich is a choice - if he could win the democratic primary, then there's a good chance people will see they have a choice and go out to vote.

The problem with Kucinich is that he's very much grass roots. That translates to - no money. He refuses to take big corporate money, so he relies a lot on his eloquent speaking ability (which is rather phenomenal if you've ever heard him) and volunteers - he just need to make it to the primary to get enough money from the Dem party to run an effective campaign against Bush.