Wonderful KUCINICH toon - "...I'd swear he's getting taller!" HE TELLS THE TRUTH!

[Nothing Without Hope]

Toon posted with permission at Crooks & Liars:
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/09/04/open-thread-576/



Unlike too many prominent Dems, Kucinich consistently tells the truth and has not been bought by the corporations and other special interests who have been running this country into hell.

And never forget: Kucinich revealed has revealed the secret DEMOCRATIC war funding plan that includes wording to promote privatization (read: "stealing") of Iraq's oil and deleted wording that would have explicitly required Bush to get Congressional permission before invading Iraq. Who do you think they represent? And why do you think they tried to keep it secret from the public?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1657357

Finally, for those who missed it the first time and as a reminder to everyone else, I'd like to repost the fine post by ProudDad that so clearly shows why Dennis Kucinich is America's best hope:

"Why I'm voting for Dennis Kucinich"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3472988

I'm against ALL wars, not just Iraq.

I'm for Universal Health Care and removing the health insurance mafia from the equation and reigning in big pharma -- HR 676 is a great start.

I'm for severely cutting the war budget and using the money to make life better for the People of the U.S. and the Peoples of the Earth.

I'm for ending the bullshit, phony "war on terror". I'm for treating other Peoples and Nations as we would wish to be treated.

I'm for curbing the power of corporations and taxing them.

I'm for Public Financing of elections along with taking back OUR AIRWAVES for substantive candidate information dissemination and real debates.

I'm for complete Civil Rights for LGBT persons and all marginalized minorities including "ex-felons".

I'm for the repeal of the misnamed patriot act and all oppressive, police state bullshit legislation.

I'm for complete separation of church and state, that includes banning the "religious concept" and word "marriage" from ALL public laws and discourse -- substitute "domestic partnerships" and make them available to all.

I'm pro-choice. This is a separation of church and State issue! Absolute separation!

I'm for repealing ALL laws that are based on the myths of the desert religions...or any religion.

I'm for ending mandatory minimums, ending the phony "war on drugs", ending the torture chamber philosophy of the criminal-injustice system and replacing it with a humane system of temporary separation from society and rehabilitation for our brothers and sisters who harm others.

I'm unalterably, utterly, completely, absolutely opposed to the death penalty and the egregious life without parole. Both refuse to recognize the human capacity for redemption.

I'm for free public education for all persons from Pre-K through Graduate School.

I'm strongly for renewable energy and an END to the subsidies to the oil/coal/gas/nuclear mafia in favor of subsidies for decentralized solar.

I'm for repealing NAFTA and withdrawing from GATT and the WTO. If any "free trade" agreements are to be made they should include worker rights and environmental protections AT LEAST AS STRONG as "investment" and protections for multi-national corporations.

I'm for repealing the egregious, anti-worker Taft-Hartley Act and support Worker's rights to join together to counter the evil power of the corporations.

I'm for a government crash program on the level of the WPA for Green Jobs...put the millions of unemployed and underemployed to work at creating a sustainable economy and rebuilding manufacturing in the U.S.

I'm for strong subsidies for local economies -- food distribution, small manufacturing and mom and pop businesses to rebuild Main Street U.S.A. I'm for high taxes on multi-national corps. No hiding places for corporations -- no offshore tax havens. You wanna' do business here, you pay stiff taxes here to support the infrastructure We the People supply them.

That's why I'm voting for Kucinich...He's the only candidate who's congruent with my believes and values...

http://www.dennis4president.com/go/issues

In my opinion, simply repeating "he's not electable" is not the way to make changes. I believe the public will respond to the truths he tells, his obvious integrity and ideas for the future, if they can be TOLD about him. No wonder the corporate media have been actively minimizing his exposure and doing what they can to keep his message silenced. We must get the word out OURSELVES!!! Don't give up before we even start by saying "he's unelectable."

[redqueen]

1. Heh.

We'll see...

[lazyriver]

2. Love that toon. nt

[TechBear_Seattle]

3. Which is why, very sadly, he probably is unelectable

The corporations and other special interest who actually run the country would NEVER allow the election of a figurehead they could not control.

That will not change my support of Mr. Kucinich, though. :hi:

[0007]

7. How true! It is Dennis Kucinich for me and only Kucinich.

I won't vote for no WAR FUCKING Hawk. I'm tired of watching all this political bullshit, Hillary said this, Obama said this, Edwards is doing this,
Richardson has experience, Kucinich is unelectable.

[BigDDem]

24. Poor poor Dennis....

always the martyr. The "corporations and special interest" are trying
to keep the guy at 2% down.

They will NEVER allow the guy at 2% to "run the country."

What a joke.

[Demeter]

4. Truth is a Very Undervalued Commodity

You can pick up truths for a song these days, but nobody wants them. Oh, some scientists might be interested, if their funding hasn't been cut.

[Atman]

5. The cartoonist made him far too handsome.

Hehe. Sorry...I had too.

I voted for DK in the 04 primary, and I'll continue to vote for him every chance I get. No one has swayed me from "Ultra K's" straight forward, hit-the-nail-on-the-head vision for fixing the fuck-up which has been the last 15 years of Corporate Absurdist Government in the United States.

.

[Nothing Without Hope]

6. Yeah, too tall, too!

;-)

He isn't blow-dried, Marlborough-Man glamourous. He's SUBSTANCE, not just empty, bought-and-paid-for STYLE.

He's TRUTH.

And if we give up on him now, without even trying hard to get his message to the pubic, we are doing our country a great disservice. There should be a big penalty buzzer that goes off every time one of us says "he's unelectable." I disagree with the statement, and besides, his MESSAGE is vitally important and has been buried far too long. We need to do everything we can to promote his candidacy and get his message to the public.

[slipslidingaway]

8. Thanks K&R. I thought you meant this toon...

Vote for the Smart Dude
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMiiOF6clrY


FWIW just searched for the artist mentioned in the beginning of the song and here's what I found.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=83274319

"About Meredith MacDonald
Quickly emerging from the musically fertile stomping ground that is the Atlanta music scene, comes fresh-voiced Meredith MacDonald. Since arriving on the music scene in 1998, Meredith has established herself as an extremely gifted songwriter along with co-writer Susan Jolly."

[Nothing Without Hope]

10. Great!!! And there are links to other Kucinich videos at the Youtube site

Vote for the smart dude!

[slipslidingaway]

12. Kick and Vote for the smart dude! n/t

[hootinholler]

9. I'm skipping happy hour this friday and sending the $50 to Dennis. n/t

[Nothing Without Hope]

11. ***MORE KUCINICH CARTOONS and ESSAYS by the same artist*** links:

This is the page with the essay accompanied by the cartoon I've put in the opening post:
http://www.towncalleddobson.com/?p=820

"I no longer fear the Kucinich Revolution." part I

http://www.towncalleddobson.com/?p=830

"I no longer fear the Kucinich Revolution," part II

Parts III and IV are here:

http://www.towncalleddobson.com/?p=840

http://www.towncalleddobson.com/?p=850

[Nothing Without Hope]

13. Kucinich statements on the war from June 06 - still worth reading and shouting

Originally posted in June 06 by DUer lonestarnot:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1425829#1426032


Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH), who has led opposition within the Congress to the war from the beginning, issued the following statement on the war Supplemental funding bill on the House floor Monday evening:

"Mass death on the installment plan. That's what this supplemental vote to keep our troops in Iraq is all about.

"Today Iraqi civilian casualties number well over 100,000. Iraqi civilian injuries could be over one million, but who is keeping track? Some act as though the Iraqis are not real people, with real families, real hopes and real dreams and loves of their own.

"We have lost nearly 2,500 of our own brave soldiers. Up to 48,000 troops have suffered physical or emotional injuries that could scar them and their loved ones for life.

"Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Steiglitz says the war could cost $2 trillion dollars. Two trillion dollars for war while the American people are told we don't have enough money for job creation, education, health care and social security.

"The Administration went into Iraq without an exit strategy not because they are incompetent, but because they have no intention of leaving.

"We are spending hundreds of millions building permanent bases in Iraq. The Administration recently announced deployment of no less than 50,000 troops in Iraq far into the future. We are looking at the permanent occupation of Iraq.

"And so the long cadence of lies has led to Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo and Haditha, soon to be replaced by more lies and more tragedies.
"What can you say when you are watching your nation descend, sleep walking, into something like the lower circles of hell in Dante's Inferno?

"You can say stop it ! You can say enough blood is enough blood !

"You can stop it ! Bring our troops home !

"You can say no to any more funds for this war ! And then we can begin a period of truth and reconciliation about 9/11 and Iraq. Begin the healing of the soul of America.
The Bible says, 'He who troubleth his own house shall inherent the wind.' Our house has been troubled by this war based on lies. What will our inheritance be?"

Team Kucinich
http://www.kucinich.us

Think on what the OTHER presidential candidates have said about this. And what they have NOT said.

[Prince Paul]

14. Kucinich is the only choice

why can't people wake up and see that the other democrats are all neocons ?

[Nothing Without Hope]

15. Welcome to DU, Prince Paul!

:hi:

Yes, his views are so different from the others', clearly expressed and sensible. Not dancing around inconvenient questions. When he says that the DLC agenda is indistiinguishable from that of the neocons, I have to agree:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3449668

The voting public needs to be made aware of the secret Democratic war funding bill wording that PERMITS privatization (read "stealing") of Iraq's oil and OMITS any wording requiring Bush to seek Congressional approval before making war on Iran.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1657357

And see what happens to Hillary and the others when asked about specifics of a national health care system. What about the uninsured? They dance around. And so it goes on the important issues. Kucinich is different. He isn't owned by the corporations and special interests.

[Prince Paul]

16. Thank you for the welcome

Kucinich is a great man.

[Ladyhawk]

18. Because people don't like scary things.

It's "safer" to believe we actually have a choice. I've only recently come to the conclusion we don't have a real choice.

I've likened politics to a shell game with a pick-pocket waiting in the wings. We concentrate on the shell game (Democratic and Republican politics). We're so afraid of getting fooled that we concentrate really hard on the shell game. We can't afford to lose! But the truth is it doesn't matter whether or not we lose. What most of us haven't figured out is the shell game means nothing. It's window dressing, a dog and pony show. It's nothing more than a distraction so the pick-pocket can move in and steal everything we own.

All this fixation on the right candidate, on getting voters registered, on writing Congress, on stopping voting fraud and voter suppression--all of this means nothing because the parties are both controlled by corporations. There isn't anyone to stick up for the little guy.

[Ladyhawk]

17. At this point, I won't vote for anyone else, even in the national election.

I'm tired of voting for the perceived "lesser of two evils." My assessment of the situation is that, for the most part, the Democratic Party are a bunch of sell-outs. Most of them are "in on it" with the Republicans. The only difference is you pretty much know the Republicans will screw you over. People haven't quite caught on that the Dems will do it, too, while spouting platitudes and promises they don't intend to keep.

I honestly don't think there will be much substantive difference between any of the other Dems and the Republicans. The difference is surface-deep. That's all.

So, I'm leaning toward doing what I thought I'd never do. If I can't vote for someone who will seek real change, I'm not voting for anybody.

I don't want to play this game anymore. I didn't set it up, so I don't see why I should play.

[burrowowl]

19. K&R!

[LWolf]

20. He's electable.

I'm happy to work to do that.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Nothing Without Hope]

21. I agree. And even if he were NOT electable, having his statements out there

will challenge the other candidates and show them up when they do their usual dances around issues like health care coverage and the war.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

22. This is like Truman in '48.

My parents said everybody was standing in line in the polls, in November of 1948, and they were all saying "I know Harry Truman can't win, but I'm votin' for him anyway!".

[LWolf]

23. Heh. It can happen,

and it should, for the good of the nation.

[Vidar]

25. K&R.

[Nothing Without Hope]

26. Another Kucinich thread, this one on his 6-day trip to the Middle East:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3500260

[Desertrose]

27. Anything on the news about it??

I swear, that Dennis is ALWAYS working!

DR