Posted: July 17, 2007 7:37 PM
Kucinich Blasts Front-runners for Comments Caught on Tape
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Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D.-Ohio, has been leading an attack on Democratic presidential front-runners Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., after an open microphone caught a private conversation between the two discussing the other candidates at a recent presidential debate at the NAACP forum in Detroit Thursday.
In the recording, Clinton and Edwards agree that their “guys should talk,” presumably about ways to exclude less popular candidates from participating in such debates. “They’re just being trivialized,” says Clinton. “They’re not serious,” adds Edwards.
An enraged Kucinich appeared on Fox News shortly after, accusing Clinton and Edwards of conspiring to “rig the 2008 election.” “Candidates, no matter how important or influential they perceive themselves to be, do not have and should not have the power to determine who is allowed to speak to the American public and who is not,” Kucinich said in a statement.
The other campaign news for Kucinich wasn’t exactly good press either: Forbes.com released a poll which voted Kucinich the country’s most “Kooky-wacky” presidential candidate by a wide margin.
“Some 29 percent of the population polled in the July edition of the Forbes ‘08 Tracker, among the most unconventional polls in this year’s presidential contest, call Kucinich kooky-wacky,” Forbes reported. “This month also marks the first appearance of the Democratic congressman from Ohio on the Tracker since previously fewer than 10 percent of those polled recognized him.”
As if declaration of his kookiness in the press was not bad enough, Kucinich’s campaign plans have been upset by a bout with food poisoning this week. The congressman was being treated Tuesday at a Cleveland hospital
“Kucinich became ill late on Sunday night while traveling from Cleveland to Ft. Lauderdale, FL where he was scheduled to address the International Longshoremen’s Association national convention on Monday morning,” reported Earthtimes.org.
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So the Lakewood Lion, aka the Cuyahoga County Crusher, aka the Distinguished Gentleman from Ohio -- is upset because his opponents are raising more money, getting better exposure, and generally being percieved as less "kooky-wacky?" And yet Kucinich complains because, apparently, no challenge to his presidential bid is ever his fault. The media ignore him, he whines; the other candidates are conspiring against him; and now restaurateurs are trying to poison him. Then again, maybe everyone just ignores him because he's got nothing worthwhile to say. In 2004 Kucinich may've had some semblance of a Ralph Nader-style constituency of irate super-lefties, but these days, he's just wasting everyone's time.
Or perhaps the media covering the debates actually does have an interest in seeing the same ol' corporate sponsored presidents get into office. And personally, I'd rather have a president that's a bit "kooky-wacky" about spreading peace than a megalomaniacal wanna-be dictator.
In an insane world, "kooky-wacky" is code name for "on the money"!
It isn't important for Kucinich to win President, as much as it is for his ideas to win forth.
And if people are truly waking up, this is just a matter of time!