Kucinich says he's worth it

[redqueen]

HOPKINTON - Dennis Kucinich stepped up the snow-covered wooden steps into a local farm's sawdusty workshop yesterday. Inside, he met Sally Chase.

"You are our hero," said Chase, a self-described 1950s-style housewife. (...)

"I must admit, I'm on the (Howard) Dean bandwagon," Chase said before Kucinich arrived in Hopkinton. "All of the people I know say Kucinich is saying all the right things, but they're supporting Dean. I guess I'm looking at the really big picture." (...)

"If you don't vote your heart," Kucinich said, "your heart never wins."

http://www.cmonitor.com/stories/news/local2003/121003_kucinich_2003.shtml

Do you believe in your ideas enough to VOTE for them?

And to anyone misconstruing this... if you just don't agree with Kucinich THIS IS NOT DIRECTED AT YOU.

[redqueen]

1. dang duplicate thread

OOPS!

[JohnKleeb]

2. That does concern me when people do that

They agree Kucinich is saying all the right stuff but wont support him. Sigh guys, I cant stress this enough, vote your heart in the primaries, go for the party in GE, I will, I support my heart in the primaries right now, now should he not get it I will support him should he not be the nominee. Please people, I really think if you truly believe what he says, and believe its right, hes worthly of support.

[Pax Hayden]

3. My father's sailboat.

I love Kucinich and I guess I'll vote for him in the primary.

Kucinich reminds me of my father's sailboat. I was raised in South Florida right next to the Atlantic Ocean. Most people in my neighborhood had motorboats, not sailboats.

I remember being so jealous of my friends zipping around in their fathers motorboats sking and racing around while my Dad's sailboat crept along the surface of the ocean at a snails pace compared to the noisy water-machines.

"Dad, don't you want a motorboat?" I asked him once when I was fourteen, hopeing he would purchase one.

"Why would I want to do that?" he replied, as if I had asked him if he wanted to wear a meat-helmet.

"Because then we could go faster to the places we want to go!"

"Where on the ocean do you need to get to quickly?"

I didn't have an answer to that question; At that instant, I understood why my father would never get gass-guzzleing boat. In every other aspect of his life he was under pressure to rush or compromise...except in his sailboat. Why should be get something that wouldn't bring him joy just because his son was impatient to get someplace quickly on a trackless body of water?

Kucinich is like my father's sailboat. He won't come in first, but his journey has taught us more about the true nature of our Democracy than all the other candidates combined.

[Nadienne]

4. Withstanding pressures is always admirable.

Thank you for sharing, and welcome to DU!

[redqueen]

5. Thanks for sharing that.

A bit of inspiration on a downer of a day.

Glad to hear you'll be voting for him in the primaries. :)

And welcome to DU! :hi:

[Mairead]

6. What a lovely Zennish anecdote!

And what's even nicer is that if enough of us choose to declare Dennis the winner in this 'race', it'll come true!

[goodhue]

7. kick n/t

[redqueen]

8. Thanks for the kick, goodhue!

This is timely because since his strong, superlative showing at the debate last Tuesdday has inspired many more people to defect to the true progressive leader in the race. :)

Come on, all you closet Dennis lovers... join the movement!

[goodhue]

11. no problem

Imagine what would happen if everyone who agreed with Dennis actually voted for him. The shock to the system would great big some mo'.

[LWolf]

9. Great quote:

"If you don't vote your heart," Kucinich said, "your heart never wins."

Exactly. Pretty simple, when you get right down to it.

[hippywife]

10. This is the first time

I've had the opportunity to vote my heart and true convictions. It may be the last chance any of us has if we let this go by.

Go Dennis!!

[redqueen]

12. Excellent point

If not now, when?

[jmaier]

13. You've

got to admire the heart that Kucinich displays. He's not a vanity candidate but conscience candidate. That's a big difference.

[cyclezealot]

14. What is the conflict.

In presidential primaries in the Democratic party, the delegate vote is split up by plurality..Not winner take all. What is the conflict...You elect liberal Democratic delegates to Boston, they will stay in the progressive spectrum no matter what candidates are left at any stage of the contest. Closest we come to democracy in America. Whatever candidates might drop out, those delegates will then in effect sort of have IRV.. Or a second chance at second best.

[goodhue]

15. yes!

This is a very important point. Assuming one shares the progressive vision, there is no way a vote for Kucinich is a wasted vote. The key is to get progressives to the national convention. If Dennis is still in the race (as I hope he will be) then that is great. But if not, progressives will still be able to rally around remaining candidate of their choice. Unfortunately, I think a lot of primary voters may not be this in tune to the process. Rather than voting their hearts, many seem to thing that the goal is to pick the winner and if not the vote is somehow wasted. But it is a false conflict.

[dpbrown]

16. A kick for public financing!

https://www.kucinich.us/contribute.php

The BFEE is the problem - Kucinich is the answer.

Dan Brown
Saint Paul, Minnesota

[Zomby Woof]

17. ZombyKick

[goodhue]

18. kick because he's worth it!