March 9, 2002
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In case any of you haven’t heard of this, here’s an article about Dennis Kucinich’s ‘Prayer For America’ speech.
“But Kucinich’s speech was a clarion call. “For most people, Kucinich’s speech represents the clearest Congressional criticism they have heard about the conduct of the war, and of the Administration’s plans to expand it. That’s enormously significant,” said Midge Miller, who helped launch Senator Eugene McCarthy’s antiwar challenge to President Lyndon Johnson in 1967. “Citizens look for Congressional opposition to organize around–they look for leaders to say something. When I read Kucinich’s speech, I thought, This could be a turning point.”"
The interesting thing about this speech is that there is no chorus of agreement from other elected officials. All my friends who read it say, ‘right on!’ and ‘about time someone said something!’ but no one, not even Democrats in Congress, seems to care that we’ve started a war no one in power seems eager to end.
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Perhaps you over estimate the number of people who actually agree with Mr. Kucinich’s position? All of your friends may agree, and all your friend’s friends may agree, and even the people in the social circles you travel may agree. But since alot of people travel in social circles of similar minded people, that can make it seem like more people share the same views than really do.
Interesting thing i gleaned from that article … i hadn’t realized that there was one person who had voted against the President’s reponse to September 11th, so i tracked her down. Kudos to Senator Barbara Lee for having the nutz to face a nation united in opposition to her and stand up for her convictions.
Sejanus: It’s not that I expect the world to have my views (though things would be so much better that way, don’t you think?
), as much as that there’s NO dissent in the federal government! Mostly because anyone who dares to speak out against this non-war is branded as a traitor.
Essentially, no one in DC thinks an ill-conceived war is a greater tragedy than losing an election, except Lee and Kucinich.
The cynicism is DEEP.
I guess we get our views of the goings on in Washington from different places. Seems like from what I have seen and read there is in dissent against expanded Presidential powers and some parts of the conduct of the war. Daschel has made it known he won’t be a rubber stamp for the President. Maybe they don’t see it as an ill-conceived war? Me? I don’t want the world to have my views. I am nowhere near wise enough. That would just be scary.
Don’t ask me, Mizz Scarlet…I don’t know nothin’ bout birthin’ no babies.
Kucinich has been a political joke from the beginning. He nearly bankrupted Cleveland as their mayor. No one’s said anything because no one wants to be associated with this loser.
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