Dennis Kucinich identifies next U.S. target for Democracy building. Brilliant Speech.

Dennis Kucinich identifies next U.S. target for Democracy building.

Dennis Kucinich highlights the cost of the various wars we are fighting in the middle east "Expanding wars expands the Pentagon costing more than 700 billion dollars this year. That's 50% discretionary spending. The United States funds 25% of NATO's military expenses. All these wars cost trillions". Kucinich also expands on the amount of money we have spent so far on each of these nations individually: "As of today, we would have spent $ 805 billion to bring democracy to Iraq, $ 433 billion to bring democracy to Afghanistan. Perhaps, a billion dollars already to bring democracy to Libya. I have an idea: Let's bring democracy to America".

Complete speech HERE

Time for Constitutional Republic to come back to America!

Get rid of 528 Corprocrats in the House and Senate!

Yes there are at least 7 that aren't Corprocrats!

Despite your vote on Obama Care, I believe you are one of the good ones, Dennis! I know if it was today you wouldn't have voted for it.

Ron Paul bi*ches...

He will bring the good days back. He is a true american badass. I see it already... He on a harley davidson with a leatherjacket and sunglasses riding into the white house WWE style with a constitution tie.

reply to post by Jepic


Well said. Its no surprise that both of them are good friends.

Dennis did NOT want to vote for the healthcare bill.
He was set against it - he wanted a public option and not this crap we got.

Then there was the airplane ride....the airplane ride with Obama, and suddenly Dennis shut up and sat down and voted for it.

I always wanted to know what was said on that airplane ride.

reply to post by hadriana


This might help

Originally posted by hadriana
Dennis did NOT want to vote for the healthcare bill.
He was set against it - he wanted a public option and not this crap we got.

Then there was the airplane ride....the airplane ride with Obama, and suddenly Dennis shut up and sat down and voted for it.

I always wanted to know what was said on that airplane ride.

Maybe he said, "Hey Dennis, thanks for joining me on the Airforce 1, the safest airplane in the world.

You probably knew Mike Connell, didn't you? He used to ride on this very same airplane with President Bush Jr. and Karl Rove, since he was the IT man that did a lot of election related stuff . He loved airplanes too. Lucky man, he died flying his own plane, crashed on his way to testify in DC about possible vote fraud in Ohio in the 2004 elections, and some other shady stuff. Good thing THIS administration doesn't get up to any hanky panky like THAT kinda stuff, right, my man?

Now you think real hard about changing your mind and voting for my Healthcare bill, OK? It will be a vote for better health for ALL of us, heh, heh."

(Michael Louis Connell (November 30, 1963 – December 19, 2008) was a high-level Republican consultant who was subpoenaed in a case regarding alleged tampering with the 2004 U.S. Presidential election and a case involving thousands of missing emails pertaining to the political firing of U.S. Attorneys. Connell was killed in a plane crash on December 19, 2008.)

When it comes to political machinations, nothing ever really changes, just the name of the party.

Maybe someone in the current administration made DK an "offer he couldn't refuse". LOL

A heck of a lot of political capital was riding on the passing of that bill. It had to look like SOMETHING got accomplished other than a lot of time wasting and hand shaking and back patting and spending the taxpayers' dollars on politicking, and business as usual.

Under certain circumstances, it's ok to change your mind, as long as killing other people isn't involved.

I like DK a lot, and he tries hard to do right, and manages to do so quite a bit compared to most of his former and contemporary colleagues. I do feel like even though some of his views are misguided, he seems to have the good of the people in mind, and he has always been a pretty straight talker.

Since he has garnered a reputation of being a little bit of a *kook*, or *a little bit out there*, over the years (fostered by the media), he has the ability to speak out a bit more.

He's not quite as worried about coming across in the wrong way, as most of his compatriots are.

I'm glad he's speaking out about this. He and Ron Paul are about the only ones who do.

Mmm, yep, lovin' it! All may not be lost!
Reminds me of Farage's speeches to Parliament...




gives me goosebumps

Originally posted by Pha3drus
Time for Constitutional Republic to come back to America!
Get rid of 528 Corprocrats in the House and Senate!
Yes there are at least 7 that aren't Corprocrats!
Despite your vote on Obama Care, I believe you are one of the good ones, Dennis! I know if it was today you wouldn't have voted for it.

are u kidding me ???
Cuz of Dennis' vote we are in the chit
we are in now. He is just as guilty as
Obama. He voted yes for that trash
even when three public polls were against it.
Kucunich is no different than the rest.
he got bought off too. he needs to be
canned like the rest of them.

reply to post by boondock-saint


I understand your reasoning. It's just that very few politicians speak out against wars, and he is one of them - even if he doesn't really mean what he says.

I live in Dennis' district. He is a man of many words and little action that is usually to late. You can agree with what he says sometimes but his actions and his votes often speak louder than words. Around here, he is known for cradling the ever dwindling union vote and forgetting about everyone else. He likes to showboat to boost is short man ego.

He's just climbing on the bandwagon right now. He's right but how will he actually act on the matter. His Obamacare performance/vote and others like it speak volumes. He and Joe Leiberman are very similar in that regards.

I'm conservative,so I definitely would never vote for the man. Interestingly, he is even deemed to be the least valuable Democrat on the hill. He actually has a record of voting against his own party's key agenda items more than half the time. The man has his own agenda.

Originally posted by Pha3drus
reply to post by boondock-saint

 

I understand your reasoning. It's just that very few politicians speak out against wars, and he is one of them - even if he doesn't really mean what he says.

Dont we need to look at ALL the issues and not just one single issue?

This is typical of ALL politicians. They all sooner or later take one issue and side with the general population, on other issues they do not. Come re-election, the people are dumb enough to focus on what the candidate did that they liked, and forget what was done that they did not like. This is why we have a Congress full of people who care not for the Republic, care not for the will of the people, care not for the Constitution, and do care for the Corporations, Big Government, and the kick backs they can receive. This is why the game keeps being played, because it works well, idiot voters refuse to look at the big pictures. Instead they focus on one small frame and say, "Well he speaks out against the wars!"

Originally posted by MrWendal

Originally posted by Pha3drus
reply to post by boondock-saint

 

I understand your reasoning. It's just that very few politicians speak out against wars, and he is one of them - even if he doesn't really mean what he says.

Dont we need to look at ALL the issues and not just one single issue?

This is typical of ALL politicians. They all sooner or later take one issue and side with the general population, on other issues they do not. Come re-election, the people are dumb enough to focus on what the candidate did that they liked, and forget what was done that they did not like. This is why we have a Congress full of people who care not for the Republic, care not for the will of the people, care not for the Constitution, and do care for the Corporations, Big Government, and the kick backs they can receive. This is why the game keeps being played, because it works well, idiot voters refuse to look at the big pictures. Instead they focus on one small frame and say, "Well he speaks out against the wars!"

Damn! Did you just call me an idiot? Very rude of you

the true integrity of a man is shown
the most when TSHTF.

When the most important vote in the
recent history of congress happened,
Dennis' knees buckled like a lil girl.
He caved !!!

That says all I need to know about Kucinich.

reply to post by jibeho


Honestly we need more politicians that vote against their own party. These leaders should not be conformists, otherwise we should only vote a party into office and not a person. I look forward to the day where our leaders use their own noggin and arrive at conclusions on their own accord, not on that of political party lines.

Originally posted by ExPostFacto
reply to post by jibeho

 

Honestly we need more politicians that vote against their own party. These leaders should not be conformists, otherwise we should only vote a party into office and not a person. I look forward to the day where our leaders use their own noggin and arrive at conclusions on their own accord, not on that of political party lines.

I understand what you are saying however, if every politician acted on their own personal agenda, like Dennis, the gridlock in DC would be far greater than it is now. Granted, their are occasions that warrant that behavior but most of the time you have to work to establish an outcome that is best for the entire nation.

Lately, it would seem that the voice of the people has been ignored in favor of "The Agenda". The current administration is all over the map and on the eve of a Govt. shutdown Harry Reid has not offered a plan to counter Boehner's and President Obama is slated to head out of town to hit the campaign trail. He'll miss the vote entirely. He's due to hang out with Al Sharpton instead!!