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On Wednesday night, the House GOP leadership effectively conceded that they no longer have the votes in the House to sustain the current war policy in Afghanistan.
According to the way the House operates, the authorization bill is the most open opportunity to challenge current policy. When the House considers the appropriations bill, amendments can be offered to cut money for specific programs.
Who will pick up the mantle of this unabashed progressive voice in the House? Who will stand in Dennis Kucinich's place and demand that our government do the right thing by the People and the other nations of the world?
They don't wear funny hats any more, but there still sure are a lot of Puritans in this country these days. It wouldn't surprise me if you told me some red state is going to force every woman who gets birth control to wear a scarlet letter.
He has been a national symbol of resistance to excessive government power and waste. He has been a champion of social justice. His has been a rare voice, and one way or another it must continue to be heard. When it came to the struggle for peace over war, Dennis was the conscience of the Congress.
By creating "one of the top five ugliest districts" in the United States, Speaker Boehner reduced the count of Democrats in the House by one. He also -- and this is what's really important -- deprived us of Dennis Kucinich, our great Warrior for Peace.
More importantly, how incredibly anti-immigrant can you be with your tone? Qué sabor of Democrat are you anyway: Old Southern?
So take a second and think back -- wouldn't you have missed Dennis Kucinich if he had not been there standing up for us these last 10 years? And won't you miss him if he's not there to fight for us in Congress next year?
This is not an election we can lose. If we want any future of a progressive, compassionate America, we must re-elect Dennis Kucinich.
I offer these brief remarks today as a prayer for our country, as a celebration of our country. With love of democracy. With love of our country. With hope for our country. With a belief that the light of freedom cannot be extinguished as long as it is inside of us.
We ought to be strengthening the rights of American workers, not weakening them with slickly produced, misleading ads.
The media coverage on Iran is mirroring the coverage in the lead-up to the Iraq war: grand claims about a smoking gun that doesn't exist.
At a time when almost every public figure in America was hoodwinked and bamboozled by Bush Administration propaganda, Dennis Kucinich was not.
At this time of year, Congress, who once again didn't get their chores done, might take a cue from children who aren't messing up because they know it's better to be good and nice than to risk getting on Santa's naughty list.
America simply isn't a country that will tolerate the sort of mean-spirited policies the right has been trying to sell us lo these 30 years. They could put them over when everybody thought they were getting rich, but now, not so much.
People interested in UFOs are typically stereotyped as young nerdy Star Trek fans, but the truth is altogether different.
