Have you ever shaken Dennis Kucinich's hand or spoken with him?

[The Sushi Bandit]

... my early presidential pick!

[InvisibleTouch]

1. Yes.

Almost exactly a year ago. :)

[sellitman]

2. I liked Dennis

But I thought Dean would appeal to more of the party. Either would have been a better choice than Kerry in my opinion......and Kerry was a Way better choice than the lying sack of dirt we have in there now.

[derby378]

3. Nah - but I shook Howard Dean's hand

My better half, however, got to see Kucinich speak at the Texas Democratic Party convention last year in Houston.

[nickgutierrez]

4. I have.

I think he's a great guy, amazingly energetic. He got my vote in the last primary.

[Ladyhawk]

7. Mine, too...though I would have voted for Dean had he stayed in it. n/t

[dweller]

5. yes, shook his hand

when he visited last spring. He ended up carrying our county in the primary.

still a vote i am happy with.

dp

[flyarm]

6. yes!

i was a delegate to the democratic national convention and i went to a forum with joe wilson dennis kusinich , gary hart and a few others i cant think of at present...

i got to meet dennis and joe wilson, i must say..i was much more impressed with joe wilson, and yes girls ..he isssss handsome! wow!!

dennis gave a speech that afternoon that he repeated that night on the floor verbatum..( and i had to pay $$ for the forum!) and i cant say i was impressed. i was not.
but i was very impressed with joe wilson and gary hart! very impressed! they were riveting.

fly

[serryjw]

14. Funny story about Gary Hart......

I live in Denver and was on our 16 mall which is a closed(to traffic) street/mall in D/T Denver. I was drinking a Starbucks outside one beautiful day and turned to my left and there was Gary Hart with some other man I didn't recognize. It was right after he decided NOT to run and I introduced myself.shook his hand and ask WHY he decided NOT to run...and he said that after being gone so long he didn't realize HOW UGLY it had become. I said I understood and went back to my seat. When I walked away they were still sitting there, when I looked back.....and Gary Hart was wearing (legs crossed) ONE NAVY SOCK & ONE BLACK ONE! See the greats still put there socks on one at a time!

[Dr.Phool]

8. Yes, I got to spend about an hour with him

I was running for Congress last year, and was in Washington trying to drum up suport for my campaign. I was running in Florida, but I'm originally from Cleveland, and Dennis was my congressman when I lived there.

After we talked for about an hour, he graciously offered to come down and campaign for me, if I got through the primaries. (I didn't)

But 2 weeks ago, my wife's brother died, a Cleveland Policeman, at 53 years old, from a heart attack. My wife called to tell me that Dennis showed up at the wake, early, when nobody else was there, said a quick, private prayer, and left.

I'll be sending a thank you letter for a lot of things this week.

[flyarm]

13. ahhh thats wonderful...sad but wonderful...

sad about your brotherin law..my condolences sincerely!!

and wonderful that dennis came to show his respects!!

i send my heart felt sympathies to your wife and her family!!

...and a prayer for one of gods new angels!

fly:cry: :hug:

[The Sushi Bandit]

20. Very Touching.... thats Dennis

[Lady President]

9. Yes, a couple times

I've been lucky enough to meet DK a couple times. I met him at the Ohio Holiday Party when I was volunteering for Kerry. He was a perfect gentleman who came over to our table, shook my hand, and wished me luck.

I was an Ohio delegate to the Dem. Convention and spoke to him a few minutes. That was one of the great things about the Convention-- the nobody delegates sat in the same little sections with people like DK, John Glenn, and the other famous delegates.

[zapp]

10. I have a photo of John Edwards and myself

hanging in my office....

Watta guy!

[rndmprsn]

11. yes...he was my old congressman

in cleveland, before i moved to baltimore.

[Goldeneye]

12. nope, but I saw him speak in my high school auditorium.

First rally I ever went to.

[wheresthemind]

15. yes

[briang5000]

16. yes - he's the rare politician who actually says what he believes

Dennis is my congressman in Ohio.
I volunteered in his campaign. He has helped with my union. He's been to my place of employment. He was one of the few who voted against the war in Iraq. He said all along not to go it alone and that the inspectors needed more time. He knew all along the WMD was a bunch of Bullsh*t.

I've shaken his hand and spoken to him on a couple of occasions. I've also had an opportunity to see him give a speech in person 3 times. He's a great public speaker.

One of the most interesting things I did was walk a parade route with Dennis here in my town. It was amazing to see how he could instantly connect with so many people. Each person he greeted was treated with kindness and sincerity. It was a hot july day. Dennis could have rode in a car with A/C, but chose to take off his jacket & dress shirt and walk the route shaking hands with as many people as he could.

I wish more politicians had the courage to really say what they feel.

[blm]

17. First time when I was a little girl and he was at a children's home

that was being run by my aunt/nun at the time.

Over a decade later, when I was in high school, I volunteered in his first primary campaign for congress.

Dennis Kucinich has been my political role model for most of my adult life. Except, for a while there, I was way more liberal than he was. It took him some time to catch up....heh.

[yinkaafrica]

18. YES! I even got a photo giving him a big hug

He spoke with us for a good ten minutes.
My hero.

[Crunchy Frog]

19. Didn't actually shake his hand

but I did get a chance to see him up close a few times when he was in Colorado campaigning. I was very impressed with him.

Since I didn't have the opportunity to vote for Clark in our caucuses, I was glad that I had the chance to vote for Kucinich.

I did get to shake Clark's hand when he was in Colorado rallying for the Kerry/Edwards ticket.

[enigmatic]

21. When he was Mayor of Cleveland...

I waited on him in the restuarant I worked at; the Merle Pollis show was done in the same place, and he did the show right afterwards..

[Quetzal]

22. Yes, when he came to Maui, Hawaii

in November during the 2004 election. During the primary, he ended up winning Maui county.

[eridani]

23. Yes, on several of his visits to Seattle

Got him to autograph a copy of that 1979 Playboy interview.