Matthew Rothschild: Kucinich Sings of the Centrality of Peace

[babylonsister]

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/22/2033/

Kucinich Sings of the Centrality of Peace
by Matthew Rothschild

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He said he would repeal the Patriot Act as being unconstitutional and repeal the Military Commissions Act “that is not worthy of America.”

He implored Bush to “stop government spying and get the government out of our bedrooms.”

And he came out for “true marriage equality for gays, lesbians, transgender, and bisexual Americans.”

He finessed the abortion issue by saying “we can make abortions less necessary by providing prenatal care and post-natal care.”

And then he rose to the issue of impeachment, saying that Bush had violated the “sacred text” that is the Constitution and that binds us a people.

“The Constitution is at risk,” he said.

He said we should “make the Vice President finally accountable, and when we do that, we will make our President accountable.”

If he were President, he said he would have the United States join the International Criminal Court. He would sign Kyoto, and move beyond it, he said. He would sign the Chemical Weapons Treaty, and the Small Arms Treaty, and the Land Mines Treaty.

At the end, he returned to his theme of challenging the very idea of war and called for the elimination of all nuclear weapons.

“The world is ready to fall in love with America again,” he said as the concluded on a crescendo. “I see a new America out there. I see a new world out there. I can see it. It is just waiting to be called forward. . . . Let’s call it forward.”

[Greeby]

1. Err Dennis, speak, don't sing

It never works out well ;)

[martymar64]

2. What's so nutty about those positions?

The "moderates" like to portray DK as some sort of nut, but all those ideas are absolutely what this country needs. Under a Hillary admin, none of these ideas would see the light of day. It would piss off her paymasters.

[nealmhughes]

3. That is the most tired manufacutred meme of all time, that anything about DK is "odd."

Frankly, he speaks to millions of people who find nothing at all "unusual", "weird," or "odd" about him or his positions.
Who find him so? People who have entrenched interests of the pocket book. We know the majority of the Congress ride the sine wave of focus groups and polls and are dedicated to nothing but more status quo and their own 2 or 6 year regular reelections.
Like my 20 year old nephew who will eat nothing green, afraid of change and yet they have never even considered a pickle or a shred of lettuce.