Dennis Kucinich: The Truth from Washington

Dennis Kucinich: The Truth from Washington April 12th 2007

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This is a great video I found made by a Dennis Kucinich Supporter. In my opinion it is one of the best political videos I have ever seen.

DENNIS KUCINICH: MoveOn Virtual Town Hall

Dennis Kucinich speaks during MoveOn.org Political Action's unprecedented Virtual Town Hall meeting on Iraq -- where seven presidential candidates answered questions from MoveOn's 3.2 million members.

Dennis Kucinich Reports from Washington - 4/10/07

Dennis Kucinich Reports from Washington - 4/10/07 IRAQ

Dennis Kucinich talks to young Americans

Dennis Kucinich talks to young Americans about getting involved, registering to vote, running for office, making a difference, and changing the world.

First 100 days of 2007 in Iraq

Today was the 100th day of the year of 2007 and the Iraq War is continuing with no end in site. During these first 100 days the 4th anniversary of the start of Iraqi Freedom has come and gone, so has the 4th anniversary of our capture of Baghdad. The most alarming happening in Iraq in the first 100 days is the loss of 289 American lives. That is above comprehension, at the pace we are on we will lose 1,055 brave young men and women this year alone. That would make for the deadliest year in Iraq during the entire war, with the previous deadliest being in 2004 with 849 casualties.

Mr. President what the hell are we doing? I thought the troops surge that is going into its 3rd month was going to curb the violence. It looks to be doing the exact opposite as what you said, the casualties are mounting at the highest rate in the entire 4 year occupation. We the people of this fine land have had enough and demand action now. The only solution is a immediate withdrawal, anything less is going to continue the spiral downward. The plan that seems to make the most sence is already drafted and can be found embodied in H.R. 1234

H.R. 1234 is a bill sponsored by Congressman and Democratic Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich (D-OH). The key components of the bill would bring our troops home now with the help of the U.N. Security Council who would replace our troops with NATO peace keeping troops. Along with bringing our troops home it would help us rebuild relations with a world who have had it with our thuggish ways. It is a great workable plan take a few minutes and look into it yourself.

H.R. 1234

Obama: Kucinich has a devil-may-care attitude

Last night (April 9, 2007) Barack Obama appeared on the Late Night with David Letterman Show. The following exchange took place during the interview.

Letterman: “Yes, a high profile of powerful, well-respected individuals. Yourself and Hilary Clinton are two that come to mind. Is having those well known, those highly qualified desirable candidates running for the nomination, is that healthy for the party?”

Obama: “I think it is good. We’ve got terrific candidates, not just myself and Hillary. You’ve got John Edwards, who’s run a terrific campaign so far; Bill Richardson, a terrific governor; I’ve got a couple of colleagues, Chris Dodd and Joe Biden and Dennis Kucinich from Congress, and so we’ve got a great collection of candidates.”

Letterman: (laughs) “Now, you’re kidding about Kucinich, right?” (audience laughs)

Obama:: “ No, no, you know, he, uh, he spices things up, you know. He has that devil-may-care-attitude that I think is healthy for a presidential race.”

Devil-may-care-attitude?

Sounds like Senator Obama thinks it is ok to take cheap shots at other candidates. It appears that Obama thinks Kucinich is nothing more than a happy, reckless individual in other words the jester, the guy to poke fun of on the campaign trail.

I think this is very unappropriate behavior coming from Senator Obama. If Senator Biden can't call him articulate or FOX news make a joke about GW Bush with Obama's name in it then he has no grounds to take cheap shots at other candidates. It seems like Obama is protected under some media classification of "Choosen One" when it comes to what can and can not be said.

Social Networking in the Democratic Party Week 1: Obama is early trend setter on both YouTube and MySpace

Social networking looks like it is going to be a efficient way for the candidates to get there name and views out to the masses this election cycle. So I have decided to pick up on it and will be doing weekly analyzing of the Democrats. For the time being I will only focus my attention on the 2 networking sites who have actually made specific pages for the candidates, namely YouTube "You Choose" and MySpace Imapct.

MySpace

	Friends	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	93803	-	-
#2 John Edwards	17586	-	-
#3 Hillary Clinton	8631	-	-
#4 Bill Richardson	2216	-	-
#5 Dennis Kucinich	1905	-	-
#6 Joe Biden	1494	-	-
#7 Chris Dodd	642	-	-

Barack Obama is far and away the trend setter in Week 1 on MySpace. But the true strength of his MySpace page will be seen over the coming weeks as he has a gigantic lead due in part to his carry over of his page from before to MySpace Impact. Obama and Edwards were the only Democratic candidates that did not start a new MySpace page when MySpace initiated the Impact program. John Edwards has a considerable lead over 3rd place Hillary Clinton but like I said before time will test the strength of the Edwards page.

Second tier candidates are a considerible distance behind the top tier candidates. But they are bunched together so who pokes ahead of the rest may become a viable candidate. Bill Richardson leads in the second tier pack, with Dennis Kucinich and Joe Biden in reasonable range. Chris Dodd is the bottom feeder on MySpace with only a fraction of friends of even the second tier candidates and it appears they aren't using social networking to the extent of the other campaigns.

YouTube

	Subscribers	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	4086	-	-
#2 John Edwards	1477	-	-
#3 Hillary Clinton	1297	-	-
#4 Dennis Kucinich	620	-	-
#5 Bill Richardson	396	-	-
#6 Joe Biden	385	-	-
#7 Chris Dodd	138	-	-

Barack Obama is far and away the trend setter in week 1 on YouTube. Obama is handily ahead of the other top tier candidates John Edwards and Hillary Clinton who have very similar numbers to each other so far. On the other end of the spectrum Chris Dodd must not be putting much effort so far into the social networking as he is not getting much support at all. He is barely registering a 1/3 the support of his nearest rivals Joe Biden and Bill Richardson. And all to his lonesome stuck out in the middle is Dennis Kucinich whom over the next few weeks his pace will decide if he can make a move towards the top or will he fall to the trenches.

Kucinich: Release of British Personnel Proves the Value of Diplomacy

Ohio Democratic congressman Dennis Kucinich's congressional website http://kucinich.house.gov/ posted the following press release.

Kucinich: Release of British Personnel Proves the Value of Diplomacy

Washington, Apr 4 - WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 4) — Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) commended Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for resolving the issue of the 15 British sailors and marines detained by Iran and announcing their release today.

“President Ahmadinejad’s announcement proves the value of diplomacy,” Kucinich said. “The United States should be using diplomacy with Iran instead of rattling the sabers and ramping up for another war.

“I’m glad to see the Iranian President utilized the instrument of diplomacy to extend amnesty to the 15 British citizens.

“Time and time again, Iran has offered to enter into dialogue with the United States, including an offer to resolve tension with the state of Israel. But this Administration has shut the door to dialogue and put the United States on a track toward a military conflict with Iran.

“Instead of sending a second aircraft carrier toward the Persian Gulf, the United States should be focused on promoting diplomatic talks. The news of the Iranian release of British captives proves that we can talk to Iran to solve our differences, and we should.”

Barack Obama tops the Democratic Primary Poll for 3rd straight month.

Barack Obama topped the Democratic Primary Poll 2008 put on by Put Peace in the Whitehouse in 2008 for the 3rd consecutive month according to the March Democratic Primary Poll 2008 of announced and expected Democratic candidates. In the monthly online poll, random online voters are asked who will they vote for in the 2008 Democratic Primary, and a total of 2271 votes were cast in the month of March. Obama received 42% (964 votes) of the total. Hillary Clinton came in at 2nd place with 22% (490 votes.) Dennis Kucinich came in a strong and surprising 3rd with 11% (260 votes) followed by John Edwards 8% (171 votes), Al Gore 6% (137 votes), and Bill Richardson 5% (114 votes).

Here is a total rundown of the results.

Barack Obama	964 votes	42%
Hillary Clinton	490 votes	22%
Dennis Kucinich	260 votes	11%
John Edwards	171 votes	8%
Al Gore	137 votes	6%
Bill Richardson	114 votes	5%
Wes Clark	98 votes	4%
Chris Dodd	18 votes	1%
Joe Biden	15 votes	1%
Mike Gravel	4 votes	0%

March winners and losers.

Winners
Barack Obama +15%
Hillary Clinton +15%

Losers
Dennis Kucinich -12%
John Edwards -7%
Tom Vilsack -5%
Chris Dodd -2%
Al Gore -1%
Bill Richardson -1%
Wes Clark -1%
Joe Biden -1%

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