Dennis Kucinich

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On December 11, 2006 in a speech delivered at Cleveland City Hall, Kucinich announced he would seek the nomination of the Democratic Party for President in 2008. His platform for 2008 includes:

Kucinich, with her husband. Note goats.
Kucinich, with her husband. Note goats.


  • Creating a single-payer system of universal health care that provides full coverage for all Americans by passage of the United States National Health Insurance Act.
  • The immediate, phased withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Iraq; replacing them with an international security force.
  • Guaranteed quality education for all; including free pre-kindergarten and college for all who want it.
  • Immediate withdrawal from the World Trade Organization (WTO) and North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
  • Repealing the USA PATRIOT Act.
  • Fostering a world of international cooperation.
  • Abolishing the death penalty.
  • Environmental renewal and clean energy.
  • Preventing the privatization of social security.
  • Providing full social security benefits at age 65.
  • Creating a cabinet-level "Department of Peace"
  • Ratifying the ABM Treaty and the Kyoto Protocol.
  • Introducing reforms to bring about instant-runoff voting.
  • Protecting a woman's right to choose while decreasing the number of abortions performed in the U.S through indirect measures which will make abortions less of a necessity.
  • Ending the War on Drugs.
  • Legalizing same-sex marriage.
  • Creating a balance between workers and corporations.
  • Ending the H1-B and L-1 visa Programs
  • Restoring rural communities and family farms.
  • Strengthening gun control.
  • Having a babe for a wife. Totally.

However, he dropped out of the race on January 24.

[edit] Let's impeach the president for lying

On June 9 2008, Kucinich gave notice of his intention to introduce 35 articles of impeachment against President George W. Bush on the floor of the House of Representatives.[1][2] He officially offered his resolution the next day and the Clerk spent just under four hours reading the resolution into the House record. After the Clerk had finished reading the resolution, Kucinich moved to refer the resolution to the House Judiciary Committee.

Calling it "a sworn duty" of Congress to act, Robert Wexler co-sponsored, and signed on June 10 2008, Kucinich's Articles of impeachment for President Bush, and stated: "President Bush deliberately created a massive propaganda campaign to sell the war in Iraq to the American people and the charges detailed in this impeachment resolution indicate an unprecedented abuse of executive power."[3] Democratic leaders Steny Hoyer and Nancy Pelosi opposed it and she announced that “she would not support a resolution calling for Bush's impeachment, saying such a move was unlikely to succeed and would be divisive.”[4]

Of course, the bill went nowhere, and Big Corporate Media ignored it.

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ↑ Rep. Kucinich introduces Bush impeachment resolution accessed 2008-06-10, AP/MSNBC
  2. ↑ http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iE21FOVAfMfEbAE5LDwiYm8fGh4QD916SHJ01
  3. ↑ sun-sentinel.com, U.S. Rep. Wexler calling for impeachment of President Bush
  4. ↑ cnn.com, Kucinich introduces Bush impeachment resolution


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