For the nth time... There can be no primary challenge to Dennis Kucinich....

[WCGreen]

The filing deadline has passed and no one took out petitions.

God, it's disheartening to see all these good intentioned people here continuing to wish for something that will not happen.

Here is the link that shows who made it to the ballot.


http://boe.cuyahogacounty.us/pdf_boe/en-US/May_4_Primary_Candidates_List.pdf

Three republicans, one democrat and one libertarian.

Unless there is a write in challenge, which works about .000001% of the time, Dennis is going to still be my congressperson come January 2011.

[sharesunited]

1. And unless Dennis resigns, disappears, goes to prison or dies.

[elocs]

2. Shame on you! Stop confusing us with the facts. That's no fun.

:bounce:

[FiveGoodMen]

3. And why in the FUCK would we want to primary Dennis?

Truly, if DU has become a bunch of Kucinch-haters -- one of the only people in Congress with any principles -- then this is just a front for FreeRepublic.

Is DU just a front for FreeRepublic?

[WCGreen]

4. Read all the posts....

It's silly to keep talking about something that will never be...

I think DK is a fine congressperson, he's my congressperson and is also an acquaintance. I like him and respect him for what he does for our district.

[flvegan]

13. Several idiots on this site are masturbating over the idea.

Kind of funny, really.

[laughingliberal]

17. Here's one of them

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7881880

Well worth the read. Some of the best comedy I've read in years.

He didn't mean it to be funny? Oh.... well, it's funny, anyway.

[Sebastian Doyle]

5. good intentioned people?

Did you leave out the :sarcasm: by accident?

[inna]

6. +1

I had the same question/reaction when I saw that.

[AnOhioan]

10. Same reaction here

[WCGreen]

8. People are passionate about the issues Dennis is talking about and

I respect their passion. I think it is good to feel so committed to an issue or an ideal.

However, I am hoping to direct that somewhere else by pointing out the reality of life here in Ohio-10.

BTW, this district may be changed enough to make it more difficult for DK to win in 2012. Highly unlikely, but possible.

[Individualist]

12. +1

[donco6]

15. Good question. n/t

[WCGreen]

19. Just because you don't agree with someone doesn't mean their

intentions are questionable.

It's one thing I learned from being involved with politics and that is, well, at least in the old days when I was up close in the process, people on the other side of an issue aren't necessarily bad or evil. That is why you use to see people from opposite sides of the asle being good friends.

Most of the people I see that are upset enough with DK to call for his defeat are genuinely dismayed over his stand on Health Care. I think they feel betrayed and are lashing out in the only way they know how.

I just can't find fault with someone for being passionate about an issue. I do, however, feel it is necessary to point out the ballot situation so that the urge to purge DK can be directed toward more fruitful political action.

[bigwillq]

7. K and R.

I just learned that the deadline has passed.
Thanks for pointing that out again.
:thumbsup:

[Mike 03]

9. WCGreen, more important, is what do you think of him? He is helping or hurting us?

Isn't that the bottom line?

What say you?

[WCGreen]

11. Now I don't think it really matters because he is still going to be my

rep come January 2011.

Having said that, I don't agree with his stand on HCR. Practical concerns, at least to me, trump philosophical beliefs. Especially in this instance.

I wish he wasn't always marching to the beat of a different drummer.

If his vote ends up stopping HCR, I will defiantly re-evaluate my support for him in 2012.

Back when he was pro-life, he talked to a couple of monsignors in large parishes in parts of his district which over lapped the state senate district I was running in. Because he put in a good word for me, I was able to campaign at Catholic events. I feel that he stuck his neck out for me and I at least owe him the benefit of the doubt.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. Well said.

However, there are none so blind as those who refuse to see...

[laughingliberal]

16. Oh, no! And all those DUers who were pledging money to support a primary opponent!

Maybe they could use it for a liberal trying to unseat an asshat, I mean Blue Dog.

[doc03]

18. Old Dennis has sure done wonders for

Cuyahoga County and Cleveland. Cleveland has more poverty than any other big city in the USA. I hear they have to give you a police escort from the parking lot to the Cleveland Clinic.

[WCGreen]

20. I was at the Clinic yesterday and today and that is simply not true...

The social and economic ills troubling Cleveland and Cuyahoga County go far beyond the powers of one Congressperson to cure.

[hayu_lol]

21. Cleveland has long been known as...

..."that mistake on the lake."

Actually, people don't really hate Dennis. They hate the fact that all he works is his lower jaw, preferably with a camera and mic close by, and no other part of his anatomy. He has been in the congress for about 15 years now and has only gotten ONE bill passed. He simply is not cost efficient.

He never follows up on his brave speeches with the sort of activity that gets things done. His overloyal following is in reality, very small. So far, most are in denial about what Dennis actually does.

He flip flops a lot. Pro-life to pro-choice, divorced to married, but with a trophy wife half his age who happens to be a limey hippie chick. Doesn't sound like a combination set up to please many American women who see this trophy thing somewhat overused.

Dennis does nothing. That is what is wrong with Dennis. Frankly, we'd see more action on the congressional floor from a stump.

[WCGreen]

23. As I have said many times before...

Dennis is the best City Council man in congress...

He is a master at constituent service, helping people get passports, medicare and or Medicaid, stuff that people rally need.

He understands that the job is really a fifty fifty split between serving people who need help navigating their way through governmental null shit and acting as a legislator.

Also, to really measure a legislator, you must take into account his votes on the floor and in Committee, not just his what he may have put in the bill hopper. You really need to look at his amendments in committee. That's were the crux of the legislative work is done, far away from the bright lights of CSpan.

To the economically distressed constituents who live in OH-10, I think they are more concerned with projects he brings home and the help they receive from the four outreach offices of Dennis!.

Yes my birth city is often called the mistake on the lake and frankly, we are not at all phased by what people from the outside think. Sure most of us would rather live in a place that has not so quite extremes to the weather. But golly gee, with the southwest and southeast and the great plains all facing potentially extreme water shortages in the near future, I think I will take comfort that I live right smack on the shore of one of the great lakes...

We got that going for us now don't you agree...

[MineralMan]

22. Kucinich is the choice of his constituents. That's all that matters.

He has his seat in Congress. That's all that counts. Whether or not any of us who don't live in his district approve of him, it is not our call.

Philosophically, I agree with him 90% of the time. Practically, he's off the edge of what can happen. But, I live in Minnesota, not in his district. My opinion is irrelevant.