Kucinich Versus Ron Paul: Who Do You Vote For?





Sean Paul Kelley February 9, 2007 - 5:59pm

Both honorable men.

Jesus wasn't a Christian.

Don February 9, 2007 - 6:17pm
mauberly February 9, 2007 - 7:22pm

Kucinich is the kind of Democrat the Democratic Party doesn't deserve, and Ron Paul is the kind of Republican the Republican party doesn't deserve. If not for our winner-take-all system, these are the sorts of men we could count among our most powerful political leaders.

chalo February 9, 2007 - 7:50pm

Kucinich would win the presidency. He is a good speaker and he has the best ideas. If there had been TV in 1859 Lincoln would not have won. As far that, with today's press, FDR would never have been elected. They would have made fun of his physical handicap.

Bucksouth February 9, 2007 - 6:45pm

re: FDR

"Can a man in a wheelchair truly 'stand up' for our country's interests? What? I'm just asking! This is a real concern. Can he stand up for us? Will he stand up for us if he's elected President?"

Bolo February 9, 2007 - 11:33pm

I just got the clearest auditory picture of him asking that. That's perfect - I can picture those exact words coming out of his mouth.

Escher Sketch February 10, 2007 - 11:05am

the staunchest of Republicans, saw FDR on one of his campaign tours. "He was so drunk", she'd huff, "that they had to carry him off the train!".

Gordon May 5, 2007 - 1:49pm

but I will say this. Pick either of the two, make him president, then make the other the vice president with powers like Cheney now enjoys and you save the United States of America for another generation.

Both have weaknesses complimented by the strengths of the other.

Jesus wasn't a Christian.

Don February 10, 2007 - 10:51am

Install BOTH of them as president. One of them could focus on domestic affairs and the other foreign relations.

Lasthorseman February 10, 2007 - 1:33pm

support paul's efforts more, just to get some of his ideas into the conversation. most of the liberals i was speaking with dismissed that suggestion as unrealistic, mainly on the basis of paul's associations in the past with unsavory libertarian/extremist types. which i thought was too bad, because he seems like a straight shooter to me, even where i disagree with several of his ideas for policy.

chicago dyke February 10, 2007 - 4:18pm

Yes, those unsavory libertarian/extremist types. We all know extremism supporting liberty is a bad thing. Can't have too much of that liberty stuff. people would be going around with long hair, smoking dope and stuff like that, refusing to be chipped and demanding that the feds obey the Constitution. Better stick to the Tweedle party; don't they offer both Dum and Dee?

RockyFrisco February 11, 2007 - 2:20pm

derive not from excessive or insufficient personal liberty, but from far too much liberty and freedom from accountability extended to corporations.

If Libertarians can disentangle themselves from the logical trap that makes them extend liberty for people to free rein for corporations, then they will be onto something. Until then, we all have plenty of observable evidence where that leads. Corporations already live in a rather Libertarian world.

chalo February 11, 2007 - 8:12pm

Libertarians advocate minimal government involvement in business and personal affairs. But the modern corporation is a construct of government. Therefore, a principled Libertarian could never "extend liberty for people to free rein for corporations," because corporations as we know them today would not exist in a society with minimal government. Corporations don't "live in a rather Libertarian world." They live in a world where if you have enough money and connections, you can use the government to manipulate your competitors by force. What you perceive as "too much liberty" for corporations would be better defined as 'government granting special powers and protections to corporations.' There's nothing Libertarian about that, and if someone claiming to be a Libertarian has ever said such a thing to you, then they don't know what a Libertarian is. Stop the government from manipulating the markets and private business, and you put corporations on the same playing field as everyone else.

Ron Paul. Check him out.

postmodern1 May 5, 2007 - 1:12pm

Mr. Kucinich was mayor of Cleveland in the late Seventies, and did for the city what Bush 43 has done for the country.

He's exactly where he should be - in Congress.

update: see below for how my opinion has changed...



"Damn right it's loaded, it makes a lousy club."

Rick February 10, 2007 - 7:44pm

Paul for president, Kucinich to keep him in check as VP.

Jesus wasn't a Christian.

Don February 11, 2007 - 10:11am

Or, even have them switch Offices each year.


"Damn right it's loaded, it makes a lousy club."

Rick February 11, 2007 - 3:14pm

and he says he doesn't want to run again.

I take him at his word.

I did inhale.

Don March 4, 2007 - 7:14am

Kucinich - Cleveland. Good ideas, terrible manager.

Ron Paul - Heck, just read his principles:
* Rights belong to individuals, not groups.
* Property should be owned by people, not government.
* All voluntary associations should be permissible -- economic and social.
* The government's monetary role is to maintain the integrity of the monetary unit, not participate in fraud.
* Government exists to protect liberty, not to redistribute wealth or to grant special privileges.
* The lives and actions of people are their own responsibility, not the government's.

Gold standard, no parks, no Dept of Education, no taxes, no Coast Guard, no regulation...

Gordon May 5, 2007 - 1:57pm

Ron Paul supports limiting the rights of minorities (such as gays) under the guise of religious freedom and States' rights. The fight for individual liberty and individual rights has already taken many American lives, and in my opinion anybody who supports Paul's position doesn't deserve to live in the land of the free. They can go be honorable on some desert island somewhere so nobody gets hurt and so keep their honor, instead of throwing it away by being so shallow or dishonest that they don't look one onion skin below the surface of this segregationist candidate wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross.

Dennis Kucinich is the first choice of more people on the issues than ALL other candidates combined. Here's the proof:

http://www.dehp.net/candidate/stats.php

ONLY kucinich has the potential support to take back America from the corporations. Ron Paul's storm troopers can flood these obscure polls all they want, but they just don't have the numbers to impact the big survey linked above that has over 150,000 respondents and so truly shows where people stand on the issues. They've done their best and they have 7% to Kucinich' 56%. So anybody who truly cares about changing America's course has only one choice: Dennis Kucinich.

Those are the facts - if you want to argue, go ahead, but I'm busy working for change. bye.

kparcell September 24, 2007 - 11:22am

I guess I don't get to live in the US anymore. damm.....I better buy a better sunscreen, oh wait a burka will come in handy...

Tina September 24, 2007 - 11:43am

My friends and I have passed the various "which is your candidate?" tests back and forth. I would describe each of us as Leaning Liberal, at least. Each one of us (males all) scores near 100% with Kucinich.

It demonstrates to me (a) how far to the right the Democratic Party in general has moved, and (b) Kucinich's consistency; while he has also moved a bit rightward, he has focused his message on Less Military and More Health Care.

It's no wonder that he's only raised a couple million dollars in his campaign. But I no longer view him as a kook, even though I have lived in the Cleveland area my entire life and well remember his tempestuous term as mayor.....



Turn back to the Constitution - and
READ it.

Rick September 24, 2007 - 5:11pm

Just not for his views, but for trying to take on the juggernaut. In that way, he's actually my kind of kook.


"The best-informed man is not necessarily the wisest. Indeed there is a danger that precisely in the multiplicity of his knowledge he will lose sight of what is essential."

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Escher Sketch September 24, 2007 - 5:31pm

...tell ya of the time Cleveland was attacked by fire-breathing windmills?

Gordon September 26, 2007 - 5:15pm

Sabrina Eaton | Washington | Sept. 24

PD - In Hawaii, Cleveland Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich promotes his long-shot bid for the White House by calling himself "the aloha candidate." In California, he promises "a tremendous economic boom" under his proposed renewable-energy program.

And in the early primary state of New Hampshire, his visits as a presidential candidate are so frequent that he jokes about buying a summer home there.

But Kucinich's campaign jet-setting is no laughing matter to constituents like George Stragisher of Lakewood. Stragisher, a retired professor, worries his congressman is ignoring the people who elected him while he tries to build a national following.

"Who is minding the store and doing my business in Washington while he is flittering around the world?" Stragisher asks.

The question raised by the former professor comes up frequently in Northeast Ohio as the congressman, once known for protesting local hospital closings and spending weekends at area ethnic festivals, spends more time jetting from the Middle East to Florida to North Dakota to California and Hawaii, to cite some of his travels this month.

Kucinich still has plenty of defenders, including local officials who say the congressman has accomplished plenty for the district. They say his staffers ably handle constituent problems, like passport and Social Security glitches.

"He is very present in the community and like any strong advocate, he has a good staff that follows through," says Cleveland City Councilman Jay Westbrook.

But a number of officeholders, like Brook Park's Democratic mayor, Mark J. Elliott, say Kucinich's presidential ambition hurts his district because it has made Kucinich stop devoting personal attention to local issues, such as efforts to stop the closing of an area Ford plant.

"There are times when we need him personally, and that is what we've lacked," says Elliott.

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Rick September 24, 2007 - 5:17pm

I think I have a better chance of becoming President than Dennis Kucinich, and I'm not even 35 years old yet.

Nominay September 24, 2007 - 5:34pm

Dennis and Ron together on the same ticket as Pres & VP... that's what this country needs. Tell me that you wouldn't vote for that combination.

Stay active, stand firm, support the sovereignty of the U.S.A.

silencedogood October 19, 2007 - 1:18pm

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