Surprise! Kucinich is in!
Is it really news, if they’re telling us what we already know?
- Democrat Dennis Kucinich, the liberal four-term congressman who has been steadfast in his opposition to the Iraq war, formally launched his long-shot bid for the White House Monday.
“Miracles occur when our faith meets our vision, when believing is seeing,” said Kucinich, who recalled years ago watching the flames from the stacks at an Ohio steel factory and imagining running for president.
Kucinich, who has been campaigning for months, made the announcement in his hometown of Cleveland, the first stop of a 12-state tour that will include Michigan, New Hampshire, Wisconsin and Iowa.
“I’m running for president of the United States to enable the armies of peace,” Kucinich told some 300 supporters in the chambers of the Cleveland city council, largely quiet on the Columbus Day holiday.
No, this isn’t another one of my “Kucinich is a weenie” posts. All the candidates seem to do this “announce that you’re running when you’ve already been running” thing. I guess it’s a cheap way to get free publicity. Since he doesn’t really have a chance to win, I hope he runs for his House seat as well.
That reminds me, next week, I’ll be sending out an email to officially announce my intentions to become a political blogger. Although I’ve been doing this site for about seven months, I think now is the time to officially “kick off” my campaign.
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he has maintained he will simultainiously seek reelection for his house seat (that he won with 74% in 2002, a year memorable by democrats for the ass-handing they recieved in the house).
Comment by josh — October 13, 2003 @ 1:21 pm
Cool. I kinda figured he would, but since the article only said he’s “likely” to run for both, I wasn’t sure.
Comment by greg — October 13, 2003 @ 1:27 pm
i wish he had a chance… not only do i agree more with him, than any other candidate, i found out today that he’s VEGAN! what a great day it would be if a vegan could get in the white house.
unfortunately, that will only open up the floodgates of meat-eaters who will boast that a Vegan isn’t strong enough to run this country because he doesn’t eat enough protein. oh well… they’ll all die of cancer someday anyway.
Comment by tom — October 13, 2003 @ 2:05 pm
Did you post equally moronic sarcasm when the other candidates announced?
Just curious if your limited intellect is consistent, or if the bashing is only pointed at candidates who REALLY SEEM TO WANT TO HELP PEOPLE.
Jackass.
Comment by you suck — October 15, 2003 @ 10:14 am