Anyone can sell their soul to
buy a presidency or a dictatorship. It takes real power and
courage to
stand up to the forces that control most members of government. It
takes true greatness to stand with the people against power-buyers.
In 2006, Americans elected a Congress they believed would impeach
and
prosecute George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, Condoleeza Rice,
Donald Rumsfeld and others viewed as responsible for an illegal war in
Iraq that resulted in the deaths of millions of innocent civilians and
thousands of American servicemen. The people, in so voting,
believed they had given power to Congress to cut the purse strings for
war and to bring the troops home. They thought that Congress would
support the people over corporations. Soon, they learned that, to
most elected members of Congress, campaign promises were a dime a
dozen. The 2006 Congress had no intention of doing what the
people wanted. Recently, Congress took tax dollars that should
have gone to health care and education. These tax dollars were
given to corporate executives who had stolen billions
from their own corporations and kicked people out of their homes into
the streets. The corporate executives used the money to give
themselves big bonuses and other personal benefits. The American
people were left in shock about the
disconnect.
Out of the Congress, one voice for the people echoed the public's
sentiments loud and strong and clear. That voice belongs to the
most successful man in American Government, Dennis Kucinich, a six term
Congressman from Cleveland, Ohio. Watching fellow crusaders for
the people sell out one by one in exchange for corporate contributions
and publicity in their attempts to reach higher office, Kucinich
decided to do his elections the honest way and to be true to the
people. For this reason, as a Congressman, Kucinich
is greater and more
successful than anyone who has attained higher office in
remembered history. While sell-out Democrats and Republican war
machines spend millions
every two years to try to defeat Kucinich, he always wins re-election
by a
landslide. The people of Cleveland have proven that they
are more powerful than war profiteers and corporate vampires when it
comes to picking their leader.
From his youth, Kucinich's greatness was evident. He
was the oldest of seven children in a family of limited means. He
lived in 21 places, including a couple of cars, by the time he was
17. This gave him a sense of compassion, humility and strength
to change things for his family and for his fellow Americans. In the
last
year, Americans have come to know other members of the Kucinich family
and have seen how close his relationships continue to be with his
siblings.
Kucinich's strength of commitment to the people was
evident, even back when he first entered politics. He became the
youngest mayor of a major American
City. The people of Cleveland elected Kucinich because they saw
his integrity and believed he would stop the private take-over of the
city-owned power company, Muny Light. Despite bribes and threats
from those trying to take over the power company, Kucinich held firm
and saved the people of Cleveland hundreds of millions of
dollars. Back then, he could have taken bribes
and been propelled into the Presidency at close to the minimum
age. Instead,
he stood by the
people. The result is that the private power brokers have tried
to pretend he does not exist and to silence him ever since. Though his
good
deeds are more monumental than those of any other Democratic or
Republican candidate who
has run for the Presidency in the 21st Century, the American people are
denied ready access to the information about the great hero they have
in Kucinich.
Other leaders get into Congress and become complacent, forgetting
about
the people who put them in office. Bucking the sell-out
trend, Kucinich reads each and every bill that comes before
Congress. He listens to what the people want before he votes on
legislation. When he has been unfamiliar with a topic, he had
instantly said so and then proceeded to thoroughly research that
subject. Newspapers and
TV stations, owned by monopolies, have tried silence him and belittle
him for backing the people over the mega-corporations. He has
proven that he is above concerns about his own safety or career. He
always puts the people first.
One thing the corporations did not count on was that voters would
actually look at voting records and bills. Voters have gone
through Kucinich's voting record in an attempt to locate a flaw, the
kind that
every other politician has. The searches for any questionable
votes in Kucinich's
record
always prove disappointing. Kucinich doesn't cast bad votes.
Kucinich has sound reasons and
motives for every vote he makes. These reasons, always, are
rooted in the
needs and interests of those he represents. He
looks at the universal benefits and potential harm of everything that
comes
before Congress. He is the best source of information for anyone
wanting to know what is going on in government.
Kucinich has been there for those could could not vote, as well.
He has worked to protect youth rights. He supports lowering the
voting age. He has fought to end human rights discrimination and
abuses against young
people. He also supports lowering the drinking age so that
Americans who fight for their country have the right to drink. He
has stood up against attempts to limit youth access to information. As
a champion for youth rights, Kucinich has the support of a large
segment of the approximately 73 millions Americans who are not allowed
to vote because of age discrimination.
The executives of media conglomerates have the power to prevent
candidates from getting
publicity in national elections. They have the power to cut
national candidates out of debates. They can make it look as if
candidates aren't even running for offices in order to favor their
favorite candidates. The media regularly broadcasts spin instead of
facts and leaves the most significant events unmentioned. But
they cannot stop Kucinich
when it comes to standing up for Americans in Congress.
In the last couple of years, Kucinich has been the Chairman of
the
Domestic Policy Subcommittee of the Oversight and Government Reform
Committee. He has used this committee to look into corporate
greed, gas prices, threats to the food supply and other important
issues. The predators seem powerless to stop his investigations.
Across America, cries for the impeachment of George W. Bush and
Dick
Cheney have been loud, clear and massive. Every member of
Congress has been
besieged by calls, letters and petitions demanding that impeachment
proceedings be launched. Kucinich has had the courage to
file
Articles of Impeachment against Bush and Cheney and to use
Congressional procedures to bring these Articles to the floor of the
House for
discussion and a vote. He did this despite threats
reportedly made by Nancy
Pelosi to members of Congress that Representatives could lose their
committee chairmanships if they backed impeachment. Most
Congressional leaders cowered in fear that
Bush or Cheney might not like being impeached, that Bush's supporters
might not contribute to the campaigns of Congressional
Democrats, or that Pelosi might retaliate against them for supporting
their constituents. Most other members of Congress couldn't
understand how it was and
is that Kucinich dares to care more about helping people than about
receiving
contributions. Most members of Congress cannot even imagine
turning down corporate contributions as
Kucinich has always done.
Kucinich's opposition to the bailout is a sign of courage. Other
members of Congress sent emails to their supporters saying they were
blackmailed or threatened with closures of public facilities and
services or with martial law as an
excuse for their votes. Those emails did not explain why those
making the threats were not arrested and prosecuted. Even the
current
Democratic
nominee for President led the charge for Wall Street and worked to
convince Democrats to back the sell-out to Wall Street.
Calling the bailout the dumbest thing he had ever seen, Kucinich
expressed concern for homeowners. He made sure America knew about
Addie Polk ,a 90 year old woman who shot herself as she was about to be
evicted from a house she had owned for decades. Imagine the
sadness her family must have felt to know that other leaders gave
billions to those who caused this woman to shoot hereself.
Now, Kucinich is working to stop the billion dollar bonuses those
who
caused the crisis are giving themselves. Watch these videos and see
what real courage and success is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAGzLfmV4Ks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b1k_hF_yI0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y61I0hp9RWw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Feyu2Db2QuU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9UGlrBlEJs&feature=related
http://kucinich.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2579&Itemid=1
Kucinich continues to stay on top of foreign policy, speaking out
against
recent pre-election attacks on Middle Eastern Countries that never
attacked us. He, especially, questioned the timing of a recent
attack on Syria.
The millions the Republicans have put behind Kucinich's current
Republican
opponent mean nothing compared with the good will Kucinich has built up
with the American people. The voters of his district are too
smart for the Republican attack machine.
In his personal life, Kucinich picked a great humanitarian,
Elizabeth,
for his wife. Elizabeth Kucinich worked with Mother Theresa's
organization in assisting the sick and others in need. After
Elizabeth
finished college, she worked for a monetary think tank. Like her
husband, she is an expert on knowing what needs to be done to save the
economy. She accompanies Kucinich virtually
everywhere and the two of them have one of the most perfect marriages
in Washington D.C.
Kucinich supporters are also winners. Supporters of all other
2008
Presidential candidates have been coming to Kucinich supporters and
saying, "You were right. Dennis was the only one."
Across America, those who didn't get to know much about him earlier
this year are praising him for being their man in Congress, even though
he isn't the representative for their districts. No
matter what happens in the upcoming elections with other offices,
Americans are watching Dennis Kucinich and trusting him to protect
them and their freedoms.
History books will remember that Kucinich was the one who got it
correct. Future historians will see that Kucinich was the voice
of
America after most other voices in America's leadership were bought out
by Wall Street
executives. While Americans have spent months fighting over which
major
candidate is the "lesser of the evils" in the 2008 Presidential race,
Kucinich is the leader all, who have studied the issues, agree is a
force
for good. The people of Cleveland are lucky to have Kucinich as
their Congressman. Voters, elsewhere wish he were their
Representative. Now
that's true success and true greatness.
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