He’s electable and GOP knows it

Again I hear, “Kucinich, of course he’s wonderful. Too bad he’s not electable.” I don’t believe my ears!

He is, was and has been elected 14 times! For 24 continuous years voters sent the message, “Do it again, Dennis.” Each time, beginning at age 22 in the Cleveland City Council, he squashed his Republican opponent.

He also won the Gandhi Peace Award and minds and hearts from Cairo to Iceland. Why do you think the Dalai Lama and the Gandhi family campaign beside him? He has every reason to state, “I can stop this military madness.” Do we want more body bags or schools?

Kucinich’s domestic goals include: WTO and NAFTA, jobs with living wages, a universal non-profit medical plan that shrinks your bill to zero and the nation’s bill by 50 percent. It’s the wish list of 99 percent of the human race!

Suddenly we realize why, in September 2002, the Republican-dominated newspapers agreed not to mention the name Kucinich unless it was connected with something rotten.

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