My First Vote

MY FIRST OFFICIAL VOTE AND I MADE IT COUNT BY VOTING FOR DENNIS KUCINICH
By Alex H

January 31, 2008
I wanted to make my first official vote be a vote that would matter. I wanted to make it a vote I could be proud of for my whole life. So I voted my Democratic primary ballot for the people's candidate, Dennis Kucinich. Dennis Kucinich has always been there for the people, even those under 18. He has been a proponent of universal, single-payer health care, free college, lowering the voting age, civil rights, civil liberties, voting rights, equality for all, freedom for all, peace, abolition of the death penalty, abolition of nuclear weapons, a living wage, bringing jobs back to America and other legislation that benefits all. Dennis Kucinich cares about us, all of us.

I could have voted for one of the corporate candidates, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, but why? Clinton voted for the Patriot Act and to get us into the war. Barack Obama voted more than five times to renew the Patriot Act. Obama has voted for war or continued war over two dozen times. Not only has Obama voted against getting out of Iraq and into Iran but he has voted to fund the war machine instead of ending homelessness and instead of ending poverty in America. Obama pushed legislation that would have put immigrants into slave labor concentration camps.   After Katrina, he voted to displace New Orleans workers with low cost foreign workers who could be required to perform in violation of labor laws. That's pretty bad. Hillary Clinton is the General Electric candidate and Barack Obama is the General Dynamics candidate. That's not a metaphor. Follow the money. Both General Dynamics and General Electric are war profiteers who depend on continued war. Continued war could mean death for me and you. Is a vote for the General Electric candidate or the General Dynamics candidate worth your life or the lives of everyone in your family?

On energy policy, only Kucinich plans it safe. Obama is the coal king, pushing coal into liquid fuel legislation. Both Clinton and Obama have voted to fund the putting of nuclear waster where it could flow into California's food and water supply. They don't care if Californians die of radiation poisoning. Obama voted for drilling in the Alaskan Wild Life Refuge, a plan that would exterminate the poler bear. Did anyone here see Star Trek IV? Kucinich supports safe energy (which doesn't include coal or nuclear). Kucinich has proposed legislation aimed at ending global warming. Why would a first time voter use his vote to sell out the environment? I am proud that I voted for safe, renewable energy and an end to global warming by voting for Kucinich.

More than anyone, Kucinich is the candidate who represents my generation. He tried to give me the vote long ago because he believes in me and in the youth of America. Kucinich is the only candidate with a plan for giving us through college for free. Clinton and Obama went to the colleges of the rich and have no interest in helping other economic groups get into college. Clinton and Obama think its OK to send an 18 year old to die but that an 18 year old is too young to drink.   That is cruel and insulting. Kucinich supports lowering the drinking age. If a person is old enough to die for his country, he should be old enough to drink. If a person has been maimed for his country, he should be able to use his remaining body parts to take that first drink. I have no interest in drinking. It's the principle that is important. Clinton and Obama have no respect for the youth of America and they don't deserve our vote. Kucinich does have that respect and he deserves all our votes.

When you look at your ballot and you see the box with Kucinich's name next to it, that's the box to mark. The General Dynamics candidate and the General Electric candidate can't force you to vote for them. You have the freedom to send delegates for you to the Democratic Convention to put your issues on the platform, and you can do this by voting for Dennis Kucinich. While General Dynamics and General Electric are fighting it out on the convention floor, those delegates could make the difference by asking for a reasoned vote for Dennis Kucinich as the Democratic nominee.

It's up to you. General Electric's Clinton, General Dynamics's Obama or your candidate, Dennis Kucinich. I voted for the candidate who always stands up for me and you, Dennis Kucinich. You can do the same.

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