Kucinich is a funnyman on Letterman, tonight 11:30

[slipslidingaway]

http://www.cleveland.com/living/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/living-0/1183106362269070.xml&coll=2

"U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, the Cleveland Democrat running for president, frequently is described as a long shot. You'd also give long odds on Kucinich getting as many laughs as his famously quick-witted host during an appearance on "The Late Show with David Letterman."

Funny thing, though: Kucinich equals Letterman in the laughter and applause department during a taped appearance on tonight's edition of the CBS show. It airs at 11:35 p.m. on WOIO Channel 19...

He gets the laugh, setting up a genial conversation about the candidate's beliefs and backgrounds. When Letterman asks him if he has thought as far ahead as a possible running mate, Kucinich says, "Have to be somebody who would stand for health care for all and for peace."

[RufusTFirefly]

1. He was great on "Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me" also

Kucinich is quick-witted and wonderfully self-deprecating. He is definitely passionate about his policies and beliefs but that doesn't mean he is humorless. On the contrary.

ON EDIT: Here's a link to his "Wait, Wait" appearance
http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=35&prgDate=05-26-2007&view=storyview

[slipslidingaway]

4. Thank you! n/t

[Gabi Hayes]

2. thanks! he's the man

Gore can run for veep again

har

[slipslidingaway]

5. :) n/t

[LWolf]

3. I wish I could be up for it.

I've been forcing myself to stay up until 10:00, which is a struggle. I'd never make it until 11:30. :yoiks:

I'm a morning person, obviously. ;)

Somebody post how it goes, please.

[slipslidingaway]

6. I'll try and post a video, there should be one available.

I'm just the opposite, night and day :)

[slipslidingaway]

22. Here's the video

http://onegoodmove.org/1gm/1gmarchive/2007/06/dennis_kucinich_4.html

:)

[LWolf]

27. Thank you!

That was great. He was gracious, humorous, and kept the conversation focused ;) .

I thought he did a wonderful job presenting himself, the man behind the politician.

The audience seemed to appreciate him, as well.

[slipslidingaway]

31. YW, I just posted the youtube version in the videos section.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x37631

:hi:

[Warren DeMontague]

7. Too bad we're not allowed to vote for him.

You know, he's not a "real" candidate. He "can't win", blah blah blah blah.

Anyway, thanks for the heads up. Might just have to tune in.

[slipslidingaway]

8. Yes, too bad & YW. n/t

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. Yeah. Darn fake vote splitting lefty.

Love ya, Dennis!

[dweller]

9. Letterman has been relentless poking Kucinich

in his monologues/sketches/bits.

I think DK shows chutzpah showing up for Dave's show, and thus providing future material for Letterman.
I admire anyone that find humor in themselves, laugh at themselves, and Dennis seems to be able to do just that.

will Letterman relent in his future jabs at DK?

i hope not.
dp

[slipslidingaway]

10. Thanks, I have not been watching the late night programs.

Hopefully it will be good exposure to Letterman's fans, we'll see :)

[dweller]

11. it's all good n/t

dp

[dweller]

12. Letterman starting now ,

he's intro'd DK as lineup for the evening.

dp

[Bryn]

14. Help!!

I was captivated by Dennis on Letterman then all of a sudden Close Captioning got stopped and now I cannot understand what he is saying! This rarely rarely happened before! Must be a republican turning off CC for hearing impaired people.

[Bryn]

15. I missed most of it

When close captioning got cut off. Link to Video will not help me since I am deaf so can someone post words exchanged between Dennis and David? Did DK say anything about impreach? :hi:

[slipslidingaway]

17. His site may have a transcript tomorrow and you bring up a point

about the videos that I had not thought about :( He did not mention impeachment tonight but it was a good interview IMO.

http://kucinich.us/

:hi:

[Bryn]

20. Got it!

Can't wait to read transcript :hi:

[Bryn]

21. CC came back on, but interview ended

I did see Letterman showing pix of Dennis' gorgeous wife. CC is working just fine now. Must be a repug cutting it off at some station on purpose to cut down # of viewers so they wouldn't know what Dennis is. My elder Aunt lost her hearing and depends on CC on TV now. Also I just met a guy that told me he woke up one morning with hearing loss in his 50's and now is almost completely deaf so there are many hearing impaired people out there. Thank goodness for transcripts so we won't miss out. Perhaps DUers should remember that there are hearing impaired DUers whenever they leave a link for Video so that they can leave a link for a transcript as well.

:hi:

[dweller]

16. you could check here tomorrow ..link..

http://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/

to see if there is a transcript.

Letterman was nice to him, asked some questions about his early life/childhood. Some questions about his political beginnings.

Dennis did fine, nothing really indepth of specific issues. But he did lay out his message: Peace, positive positions, positive purpose. Life responds.

Dave agreed to give him his vote due to his kismet meeting/marrying Elizabeth.

there was much more than that, just my take. .. edit: no mention of impeachment, but then no politics in detail to begin with.
peace
dp

[slipslidingaway]

18. Thanks :)) n/t

[Bryn]

19. Thank you so much!

I will check it out tomorrow. :hi:

[Pastiche423]

23. When Dennis walked out

Paul and the band played Sixteen Tons. (Occasionally Dave shows a clip of Dennis singing the song in a room w/other lawmakers. I'm not sure what that is all about.)

Dennis looked better than I have ever seen him. His body language showed a little nervousness, but his smile shone through.

He wouldn't say anything bad about the other candidates, but when asked who he might choose for VP, he said it would have to be someone that believed in peace and health care.

As they were going to commercial, they showed Elizabeth in the green room. She was stunning, as always.

[slipslidingaway]

24. Yes, it was a good interview and he looked comfortable. Here

is the full video where he sings for a few seconds, the crowd loved it :)

Out of Iraq and Back to the American City

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqyRK_j_EsI

[slipslidingaway]

25. Here is the transcript for Out of Iraq and Back to the American City

http://kucinich.us/node/1935

[Pastiche423]

26. WOW!

That was magnificent!

Thank you so much for the transcript. (Can't watch videos. I'm on dial up and it takes toooo long to down load.)

[slipslidingaway]

29. YW, there are many transcripts on the Kucinich site. You can use

the search feature and just type transcript :)

[lonestarnot]

28. Experiences in life make us what we are to a large extent.

The pants story was painful to hear. He is delightful.

[slipslidingaway]

30. Yes, a good friend was mocked at school for always wearing

the same clothes. One can either come away from the experience with hate or compassion, fortunately Dennis came away with compassion and understanding :)