Kucinich Too Boring? Steve Jobs Presents iPeachment 08!
When he introduced articles of impeachment against President George W. Bush last night on the floor of House of Representatives, Dennis Kucinich may have been many things -- brave, idealistic, and thorough -- but he was also wicked boring.
I'm talking to you, D-Man. Yes, you pointed out all the ways that the Bush administration has trampled on the constitution but where's the sizzle, Dennis? Where's the catch phrase? (Suggestion: "Impeach THIS!") Where were the Abu Ghraib Dancers? Couldn't you at least get your wife on camera in the background pretending to listen to you while sitting next to a shirtless Matthew McConaughey? (And really -- is there any other kind of Matthew McConaughey?)
Nope. We get five hours of Dennis Kucinich on C-SPAN turning pages and drinking water late at night. It was the dullest representation of America's slow slide in fascism since that Upton Sinclair Lewis book that the hip teacher who listened to the Beatles and smelled like stale weed tried to make us read in high school.
Contrast that to another speech the same day that acted like Nerd Viagra -- Steve Job's announcement of the new 3G iPhone. Across the Geekasphere, sites like Twitter and TechCrunch and Engadget blew their fuses as each new feature was announced. That's what you needed, Dennis. Here's my advice.
Have Steve Jobs introduce iPeachment 08.
You and Jobs have stuff in common. Like you, Jobs is on some suspicious vegan diet and on stage yesterday he looked thinner than the new iPhone. Unlike you, Jobs knows how to work a crowd. Visuals. Pacing. It's marketing, Dennis.
You had thirty-five articles of impeachment. Way too many. Reduce it to ten impeachable offenses and make one of them compatibility with iTunes. Give each article a colorful icon.
Reduce the cost of iPeachement 08. Previously, Bush would have been kicked out of office for his numerous offenses against the nation. Now, we'll make him go back on Deal Or No Deal. No, wait -- that's an NBC show so it's not on iTunes. We need a Disney show. Maybe put him on Wife Swap and make him shack up with Michelle Obama for a week. There will be fist bumping a'plenty after a bleary eyed W calls Michelle "Condi" over the breakfast table!
And be sure to have Jobs point out that just like the unconstitutional wiretapping of Americans, iPeachment 08 is also brought to you in partnership with AT&T.
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This story sounds like right wing blather...
A sad comment on today's culture that the most riveting, relevant, important and concise (despite its five hours!) monolog of modern times could be confused by some people with the word, "boring".
Just what Bush and his criminal band want to hear.
Kucinich speaks clearly, fluently, articulately, eloquently and with the sincerest passion.
Not everybody can do that for five hours, I can tell you.
The only boring thing about his speech was that he had to dig into the cesspool of appalling subject matter, this being:
1. The question of whether one of the most despised Americans ever to live should be slung in jail for crimes and misdemeanors constituting treason and gross neglect of duty.
2. Whether the entire population of the United States should be slung in jail for letting him get away with it.
can Mr. Jobs unveil the iProsecution model soon please?
The REAL problem here is that this is getting ZERO news coverage. I wouldn't expect any from MSNBC since it has nothing to do with Obama, but even NPR has dropped the ball on this.
THIS is news, people!
Kucinich was not boring during the debates, which is why they would not let him have any time.
As far as I know this is the *only* story about Kucinich's impeachment resolution on Huffpo. The NYT is not covering it. Only Op Ed News is making any sort of deal about it at all. To this day, it's treated as fringe far-left nut job stuff.
Mr. Stranahan,
Although I don't find the humor in your story, due to men and women losing there lives, I do however find your point well taken. It begs the question, do we give a dam?
God Bless Dennis! He is one of the only Democrats on the hill with guts to do this. The Bush administration used a propaganda machine (Much like Hitler) to get us into this war. We were told blatant lies. Now with over 4 thousand of our kids dead, 20 thousand maimed and thousand of Iraqi citizens dead and billions of dollars spent or even missing, we let bygones be bygones? We say in January, Bush will be out anyway, so why bother? With all the apathy in our country, I can see why this happened. There should be outrage. It should be a huge story. Look at the press coverage back during Watergate. Nixon is a choirboy compared to the criminals in the Bush administration. They are so arrogant. They believe they are above the laws of our land. They are not. I want them criminally held accountable. Impeachment is not enough. These are war criminals and should be prosecuted.
this congressional apathy is almost as criminal as what this bush administration has done.
Impeach Pelosi for undermining Congresses Constitutions responsibilities.
The last eight years of lack of oversight by Congress has done more damage to the country than Bush and Cheney.
Too bad we can't find a bumpersticker big enough to include all 35 articles.
Then those Fox News types could digest the information.
God love Kuchinich, the bravest man in Congress and surprisingly, he is a Dem, a strong one, not weak ones who have given in to Bush. Read Bulosi's new book on the Prosecution of George W. Bush for murder!
Let me tell all who think beyond today, Bush will excercise the Presidential Directive 51 he drafted and signed in the summer of 2007. He will find and/or manufacture a cause to put this nation under martial law, national elections will be canceled, and Bush/Cheney will remain in power and solely in charge of all government. And those interment camps built and still being built across America will be put to their planned use.
Is this why Bush dances? Is this why Cheney shrugs off the distrust of over 70 percent of the American people.? Do they see a tomorrow paranoids only think about? They certainly are giving no impression that they think their days in power are nearing the end.
Representative Kucinich is dead serious in his acusations toward President Bush.
He's lacks pizazz so the MSM ignores him.
Damn, we live in a twisted country.
The vote on the resolution to impeach could be tomorrow.
Too boring?? I hope you're joking Lee. But it's headlines and phony debates like these that prove over and over and over just how stupid Americans have become. We would rather see someone on our TVscreens telling lies (hey, as soon as they look good and they're theatrical or shouting) than observing true patriots trying to save what's left of our country, our government, and our constitution that our forefathers fought and bled for!
And shame on Huffington Post for not covering this historical event or putting this story on the front page with a respectful banner.
The man with the elfin looks don't get no respect. That, plus the entire notion of impeaching Bush is so, so three years ago!
Look to the future, not the past.
War Criminals want us to forget the past.
All criminals want us to forget their past.
Not this time.
Spoken like a true republiCON.
Using propaganda, lies, and spin to get us into a war that killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people. Oh that was so yesterday.
Our little dictator king has moved onto treason, lying, corruption, incompetence, spying on Americans, shredding the constitution, signing statements, suspending the writ of habeas corpus and the Geneva conventions. He’s a busy busy criminal.
But hey, let’s forget the past and just look to the future because that is the only place/time that king george jr hasn’t committed a crime…yet.
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