Kucinich for President

After much soul searching, research, and thinking about what has happened to this country over the past six years, I have to support Dennis Kucinich for President in the 2008 Elections, here is why:

First and foremost - he is an advocate for PEACE. Dennis Kucinich has advocated the creation of a cabinet-level Department of Peace, to make non-violence an organizing principle within our society. He believes that peace, not war, is inevitable, if we are willing to work for peace. He sees the world as being interconnected and interdependent. This vision always strives to find the commonalities, the points where unity can be formed. He believes the United States can best lead the way through full support of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty, the Kyoto Climate Change Treaty, the Chemical Weapons Convention, the Biological Weapons Convention; joining the International Criminal Court, signing the Landmine Treaty and the Small Arms Treaty. He believes that as we rejoin the world in full support of principles of international law, we help build the cause of human unity.

Second, Kucinich has been a leader for the following policies:

(1) Universal Single Payer - Not for Profit - Health Care

(2) A full employment economy

(3) Fully-paid tuition at public colleges and universities

(4) Repeal of the Patriot Act

(5) Development of bio-fuels as alternative energy and sustainable development

(6) Restoration of America’s basic manufacturing and infrastructure

(7) He is currently leading an effort to support the role of NASA in the development of basic research for civil aeronautics.

( He is an outspoken advocate for global Human Rights

He is in favor of withdrawal from NAFTA and WTO, which will stop the bleeding of jobs overseas. As for corporate reform, he states, “We cannot stand by idly while powerful economic engines — virtually unregulated corporations — violate workers’ rights, human rights, and the environment, sweeping aside antitrust laws, eliminating competition.” He wants to restore government of the people, by the people and for the people; reversing what we have seen over the past six years and more, government of the profit, by the profit and for the profit. (Read more about this subject here.)

He is in favor of a fair and equitable tax policy, taxing the 1 percent of the wealthiest Americans and corporations at the same rate they were taxed during the Clinton Administration. By rolling back the lopsided tax breaks given by G.W. (Global Warming) Bush, we can solidify Social Security and ease the deficit in short order.

He is in favor of abolishing mandatory minimum sentences, giving jurists the ability to judge each defendant and case on its own merits. Mandatory minimum came from pandering politicians, not scientific or judicial facts. They have destroyed far too many lives and have led to wide scale prosecutorial misconduct, as evidenced by the Duke Lacrosse Team rape allegations. Unless we change the way our judicial system is working (which today, it is NOT WORKING see my posts under Criminal Justice) we will add 200,000 new prisoners by 2011. We must move toward a Restorative Justice model, or else we will become a nation of have – have not’s – and have nothing.

He supported the Pension Protection Act of 2005, and has worked tirelessly to ensure American workers have their pension plans protected from the greedy robber-barons in the Board of Directors offices. He is in favor of increasing the minimum wage to a livable level.

I can go on and on here, but I will cut this missive short with the Top Ten Reasons to Vote for Dennis Kucinich (these can be found on the Kucinich for President web site)

1. Bring the troops home immediately!

2. Fully-paid universal healthcare for all Americans!

3. Fully-paid college tuition for all Americans!

4. Cancel NAFTA/WTO and end the exportation of U.S. jobs!

5. Corporate and government accountability. Unlike the other candidates, Dennis is NOT a shill for Corporate America and special interest groups on Capitol Hill! Corporate America does NOT want Dennis Kucinich to become President!

6. Dennis is for repealing The Patriot Act

7. Marijuana decriminalization - try to get Barak H. Obama or Hillary to support that! Good luck!!

8. Reassess and cut the bloated Pentagon budget!!! There’s billions MISSING at the Pentagon!!!

9. Dennis Kucinich is the most reliable and steadfast of ALL the candidates - Republican or Democrat!

10. By voting for Dennis, you’re supporting your interests - not some foreign special interest group or corporate lobbyist! A vote for Dennis is a vote for You!

By the way, in case you have forgotten, we are embroiled in a civil war in Iraq, started by Bush for no reason. Based on lies and deceit, he talked us into a war against a country, or better said a regime that was restrained, for more than a decade, from aggressive action by a very successful No Fly Zone. In place of perusing Osama bin Laden and the terrorist who had been attacking our interest abroad and at home, we were duped into this quagmire of another Viet Nam. Join Dennis Kucinich in calling for the IMPEACHMENT of President Bush, Vice-President Cheney and holding them accountable for crimes against humanity. By doing this, we preserve our Democracy, we send a message to the next thug who will want to be President and we secure the foundation of our way of life for our children and grandchildren.

Join me in supporting Dennis Kucinich for President in 2008. Let’s take back our government, let’s return to a government of the people, by the people and for the people.

For more information call 877-41-DENNIS (877-413-3664) or visit his web site KUCINICH 2008

 

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