Want some FB fun? Whenever Kucinich comes out with something like this, liberal maniacs go insane on his post. Personally, I think that Dennis and Elizabeth should have posts in the Trump administration. Elizabeth is very knowledgeable about the human toll of the horrific Eastern Europe and Mideast war-mongering. Dennis is second-generation Eastern European, and would be a terrific ambassador to one of those countries.
“Kucinich speaks truth to power.”
I agree. He’s one of the few Dems/libs that DH and I will listen to. Instead of toeing the party line on every issue, he makes his opinions on a case-by-case basis and isn’t afraid to speak up, even if it pisses off his fellow Dems. We actually like him.
I agree. Trump would be well served to bring honest Democrats (what few there are) into the fold. Kucinich and his wife I think would qualify.
I don’t particular like Democrats but occasionally there are some old-school honest democrats (like Zell Miller) who have their heart and loyalities in the right place. Those people should be recognized and rewarded.
A concept called the Overton window represents the range of ideas the public will accept. By bringing honest Democrats and reasonable people into the Trump administration, and promoting their skills and talents, Trump has the advantage of possibly resetting that the Overton window.
This could have an effect of Trump philosophically taking the holding the battleground of ideas — while turning the public toward his positions, while freezing out the radical leftists and showing them as far outside mainstream thinking.
The left has done this for years — calling reasonable positions that Republicans propose “extreme” to force the public to see their side as “reasonable”. It’s time to turn the tables and force the left far into the “extreme” zone.
“I think that Dennis and Elizabeth should have posts in the Trump administration.”
Even though Kucinich has always been a kooky liberal (though maybe he was pro-life Catholic very early on?), I’ve always kind of admired that he seemed to stick to his principles. He’s not really a statist progressive at all from my reading; for example I don’t get that he would be the guy who would order someone beaten up or killed because they supported traditional marriage, unlike these screaming Berkeley rent-a-mob types. I would never vote for him, but I think you have a point about a man like this being deserving of a role in Trump’s administration.
The neocons would never go for it though - they have more in common with the Berkeley rent-a-mobs.