I can see why Dennis Kucinich praised Ronald Reagan.

[LoZoccolo]

I remember when I was a kid there was some sort of summit between Ronald Reagan and whoever the Soviet premiere was at the time...I can't remember because there was that period where they went through two of them in a short time and all. Anyways, what I remember is that they didn't achieve much, but one of the things that they could agree on was that if some other planet attacked Earth, that the United States and Soviet Union would band together to fight the invaders from outer space.

You might think that because I was a kid, I thought that this was cool (I was a huge fan of Star Blazers with its story lines about the Gamelans and the Comet Empire), but I actually thought it was silly and ridiculous at the time. But that is because I didn't know what Dennis knew: we really are not alone. The boy mayor had a close encounter of the third kind, and may have been told that while the beings which contacted him were friendly, that there may have been other, hostile beings in this immense universe of ours. He might have even been the one who told Reagan.

Let's just remember: the government guys sometimes know a lot more than we do, so we can't take their actions at face value. They might be doing some very wise things that we cannot yet comprehend.

With that, let us look at these comments in a new light. With the appreciation that one forward thinker has for another forward thinker.

More than any President in modern times, he understood the essential optimism of the American people. He evoked it and exemplified it. His passing at this troubling hour in our national experience therefore is exceedingly sad and leaves a great void.

[Clarkansas]

1. Kucinich isn't a threat to Clinton, so no one will care about this. eom

[acmavm]

2. Bullshit. I care. Kucinich isn't the great savior some people make

him out to be. Check out his past. He's a very rabid conservative.

[mikelgb]

4. lol

rabid?

do tell....

show me his past

[Renew Deal]

10. He was anti-choice until 2003

Though, I wouldn't say rabid.

[acmavm]

11. Okay, I apologize about the 'rabid' part. But he was against things

like abortion before he was pro-choice for one.

Look it up for yourself.

[mikelgb]

16. *gasp*

Dennis' transformation on this issue is not unlike my own. I have head this before and it is laughable that people still bring this up.

safe legal rare

[no name no slogan]

25. Al Gore voted anti-choice until 1988. Hubert Humphrey was a lifeling anti-choicer

Does that make both of them rabid conservatives also?

[TheWraith]

8. I honestly have no idea how to respond to that...

... other than to tell you that you need some help.

[acmavm]

12. I did apologize about the rabid part but you remark about needing

'help' is bullshit. He was very conservative at one time. That's why I don't trust him now (except on the war.

[stimbox]

17. 1 issue makes him conservative? Seek help and take the culo guy with you. n/t

[acmavm]

21. You have as much class as you candidate has of ever winning the

White House. Meaning zilch, zero, nada, nihil, ZIP.

[stimbox]

24. The only class I care about is the working class. n/t

[mikelgb]

3. Regan is dead.

DU should be made aware of this.

[Radical Activist]

5. Holy Cow Dennis must be a conservative!

He's using right wing talking points and doesn't spit on Reagan's grave!

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

6. "They might be doing some very wise things that we cannot yet comprehend."

That's a true statement, but my experience has been that for every wise thing we cannot comprehend, there are 100 wicked things we are not supposed to know about.

[Bonobo]

7. I knew he was a closet Reaganite. Wait, no he's a panderer!

[redqueen]

9. Another funeral quote?

The stench of desperation is nearly overpowering...

[BarackBucks]

13. Desperation indeed. What difference does that make?

Either he meant it or he didn't. If he didn't mean it then he lied. He could have said nothing, he chose to praise him and went out of his way to do it.

Desperation indeed.

[redqueen]

15. It's a funeral. You expected criticism? ALL high-profile Dems spoke warmly of him at the time...

cause he'd just frickin died!

[BarackBucks]

30. Either he meant it or he lied.. you choose which is right friend

[Desertrose]

18. So if asked to speak at a funeral, you'd shit on the dead guy?

You really are very desperate...the difference is that when you are that desperate, you tend to pull things out of thin air that make no sense.

Man...pathetic.

[BarackBucks]

29. Not at all...I would not go if I didn't have something good to say.

So my point still stands unrefuted by you...either he lied or he told the truth...which is it?

[stimbox]

14. Dooga, dooga, dooga?

[Desertrose]

19. Your desperation has a disctinctive scent to it.

no really, it does.


All you succeed in doing is making DK's name more visible. Thx. :)

[burythehatchet]

20. He's our mascot. We give him a wide berth due to his entertainment value.

[Red Knight]

23. Edwards is the towel boy

He just doesn't know it yet.

[jackson_dem]

22. What do you expect him to say when Reagan died? "Good riddance!"?

[FrenchieCat]

26. Only Hillary and Edwards matter.....

or haven't you heard?

And even if you can find quotes of them saying positive things about Reagan, it doesn't count.

:eyes:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

27. As I said in a response to another thread,

the DLC's policies are killing us, and there is no defense for them. That's why their advocates are desperately resorting to unfunny snark. It's the only weapon they have left.

The mass media may convince the typical unreflective voter that Hillary or Obama will bring "change," but the DLCers are advocates of "yuppie politics (coddling the rich while being liberal on lifestyle issues)," and they know that the kind of change advocated by Kucinich, and to a lesser extent by Edwards, would mean no more contributions from Rupert Murdoch or GE.

Hence the desperation.

[Moochy]

28. Oh So Clever

Almost as good as DOOGA DOOGA!