Posted on 12/05/2007 4:47:07 PM PST by LibWhacker
Dennis Kucinich said he was unwilling to encourage Americans to have illegal immigrants arrested. NPR
The Bryant Park Project, December 5, 2007 · On issue after issue, says Richard Wolffe of Newsweek, Dennis Kucinich's views have gone from fringe to mainstream. That pattern became apparent again at NPR's Democratic presidential debate yesterday, Wolffe says.
Kucinich notions that once seemed crazy to the Democratic Party ended up front and center Tuesday, Wolffe says, and NPR's debate format gave the Ohio congressman a chance to shine. Kucinich is generally considered among the darkest of dark horses in the race. Yesterday, he spoke out about his opposition to liberalized trade with China and to the war in Iraq.
"We're borrowing money from China to finance the war in Iraq," Kucinich argued.
Wolffe says the idea of a Kucinich administration makes no sense to him, but he can't help noticing a new vogue for Kucinich's opinions.
"Think what you like about Kucinich and UFOs, but this Democratic field has essentially moved to the Kucinich position on trade, on Iraq, on a whole range of things where people thought he was a real outlier," he says. "They're all pretty much in agreement now, when it comes to some of these big issues like trade, like diplomacy and war. And they are where Dennis Kucinich is."
As long as it was for dog catcher or someone else's country.
Dwarf drift.
Newsweek and NPR think Kucinich is mainstream? Well, that settles it!
If enough people in Michigan cross over and vote for him couldn’t it hurt the Dems. Especially since Hitler is the only viable one on the ballot and the DNC has said it will not seat the delegates at convention? Just thinkin’
Kuchinich IS the democrat party’s ‘soul’.
The cat theory’s is that has to do it to appease his babe of a wife, or she’d leave him for Ron Paul!
Like dead wood.
My wife calls him Koochnik. I like that better than Kucinich. Dennis is a socialist nutcase, but he has more integrity than all the other Dem losers (candidates) combined.
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