Hot potato Kucinich continually dropped

I suppose Dennis Kucinich must be some sort of "hot potato" since he is being "dropped" left and right.

He was excluded from the Des Moines Register-sponsored Presidential debate (article).

Just a week or so ago, I posted how ABC ousted Kucinich from a televised debate (article).

After an initial invitation, followed by an exclusion, a lawsuit and an appeal, MSNBC successfully barred Dennis Kucinich from the Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas (video).

Kucinich is also leading the fight for a recount in New Hampshire because as we've seen in the past, the electronic voting machines are showing different results than hand counted votes.

Regardless of your position on Kucinich, we must join him in:

• fighting corporate and governmental influence of our public airwaves
• ensuring that every vote is counted

Gay Marriage Advocates Kucinich, Gravel Barred From NH Debate

Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich filed a complaint with the FCC after ABC News excluded him, fellow Democrat Mike Gravel and Republican Duncan Hunter from its prime-time debates on Saturday.

Kucinich argued that ABC is violating equal-time provisions by keeping him out of the debate and noted that ABC's parent Walt Disney Co. had contributed to campaigns involving the four Democrats who were invited.

"ABC should not be the first primary," the Ohio congressman said in papers filed at the Federal Communications Commission.

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HOPE: Kucinich

by Bilerico contributor Storm Bear

Most folks I know have a preferred candidate - Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Edwards or Al Gore. But the crazy thing is, they will turn right around and say, “You know who I really want to vote for? Kucinich.”

One thing I finally noticed about Kucinich during the AFL-CIO debate was how Kucinich always made more points during his alloted time than other candidates. I have been thinking about this and found the answer when I was reading the transcript. Kucinich doesn’t equivocate.

Going back and watching Kucinich in earlier debates via YouTube, one thing I noticed was how he usually said thank you for the question and was always very polite but firm and stern in his beliefs.

Dennis Kucinich started out as the mayor of Cleveland in 1977 - the youngest mayor of a large city in America.

One of his campaign promises was not to sell Cleveland’s public electricity utility, Cleveland Public Power to Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company - a corrupt company with a stack of federal violations of anti-trust laws held against it. When Kucinich got in office, the mafia figured out that this young Mayor was actually going to keep his word and not sell Cleveland Public Power to Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company so the mafia put a hit out for the murder of Kucinich.

Twenty-seven years later, our economic base, the middle class, has been pushed off a cliff and we are tumbling toward a very nasty end. Our open border policies need to be clamped shut and not over the span of three decades. We need to exit NAFTA, CAFTA, GATT and the WTO today, now, 10 minutes ago. Which candidate has this as a policy? Take a guess. Kucinich.

If you look at Kucinich’s voting record and his anthology of submitted legislation over the past 10 years, they read as if written by someone with prescient abilities. I am not saying he is a soothsayer or a prophet from Ohio, I am saying he is one smart guy and we need more of people like him in Congress, not less.

Our nation is in serious trouble and we have long since passed the point where half-measures would make any difference.

If we, as progressives, keep voting for the person we think can win, we are abject and total failures as citizens. We are betraying everything Paine, Jefferson and Henry stood for - honesty, equality and freedom.

Most of the candidates only have plans on repairing barely half of the damage Bush has done… with the exception of Kucinich. His record, plans and policies all reflect quantum leaps in government, bringing us to a position of being able to manufacture goods in this nation again. Allowing us to feed our families, educate our kids and stay healthy.

He supports real civil marriage equality (as does Gravel), real universal healthcare, real peace, real justice, real...starting to get the picture?

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