Kucinich has hearts of anti-war citizens but not votes

[Algorem]

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1179649994169080.xml&coll=2

Doubts raised about his ability to win the race
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Sabrina Eaton
Plain Dealer Bureau

Washington - As Dennis Kucinich bustled past a Capitol Hill metal detector on the way to cast a series of congressional votes last week, cheers of "Go Dennis!" erupted from an all-female cluster of anti-war protesters.

Rosalie Yelen of Huntington Station, N.Y., wore a pink "Impeach Bush and Cheney" T-shirt as she greeted the Cleveland Democratic congressman. Kucinich, who recently introduced a congressional resolution to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney, gave her group a smile and quick wave before disappearing down a corridor in the U.S. Capitol.

Although Yelen, a co-founder of the Long Island, N.Y., chapter of the anti-war group CodePink, fervently believes that President Bush should be removed from the Oval Office, she says she's not convinced that presidential candidate Kucinich should replace him.

"Dennis is saying all the right things, but I just worry that he isn't getting the exposure that he needs and that he is not being taken seriously," said Yelen. She hasn't settled on a candidate to support but says she likes former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards' stance on poverty...

[sellitman]

1. He has my *vote.

*Until Al Gore throws his hat in the ring.

[Breeze54]

2. BS!

"but I just worry that he isn't getting the exposure that he needs and
that he is not being taken seriously," said Yelen"

Yelen isn't saying she won't vote for him.

The "Doubts raised about his ability to win the race " is the same mantra from 2004!
And it's just another attempt, imho, to slam him.

Must remind voters that we said this before!! What a crock! :eyes:

[underseasurveyor]

3. I just don't get it.

They like him, like what he says, like what he stands for.

Then fucking VOTE FOR HIM. I mean DUH:wtf:

If every single person that says, 'he's not electable' voted for him Dennis WOULD BE our next president. Damn it's so frustrating x(

[anotherCTliberal]

5. Completely agree

We'd be so lucky to have Dennis as our President and he is just what we need for this country.

[underseasurveyor]

6. Big welcome to DU

:toast:

That's so true, we'd be so lucky to have Dennis K. as this nations president. I don't understand why people have this idea that they can't have this wonderful man. Imagine the good he could accomplish not only for us in the USA but for the earth. All they need do is VOTE for him and the dream will come true.

:hi: welcome again, nice to have ya around.

[Briar]

4. This is actually part of the spin

designed to marginalise genuinely radical candidates. Insinuate that they don't have the ability to pose a real threat to the establishment so that they lose the ability to threaten the establishment. It happens here too. We have genuine radicals - but a simple phrase like "the usual suspects" can drain them of credibility in the media and so taint them in the eyes of the electorate (those who bother to vote). It's subtle and cumulative, but it works. "I just worry that he isn't getting the exposure that he needs and that he is not being taken seriously" is a carefully nurtured self fulfilling prophecy which really has to be resisted.