The Raw Story | Kucinich: DLC agenda ‘indistinguishable’ from Neoconservative agenda:
“You have to keep in mind that the center has shifted in our politics,” Kucinich responded, smiling. “I’m really at the center, and all the other candidates are to the right of me. And they’re to the right of the American people.”
“The Democratic Leadership Council’s agenda is indistinguishable from the Republican Neoconservative agenda,” he went on. “They want to continue to stay in Iraq. They reject the idea of a not-for-profit health care system. … These analysts are … trying to keep a politics that really helps support a privileged few at the expense of the many. So I’m the candidate of the people.”
Well, it’s true. If Washington represented the actual views of America, Kucinich would be a huge force-to-be-reckoned with, I believe.
I still don’t get it.
All of the talk is that Kucinich is unelectable, at least in part because he’s “ugly.” Are Fred Thompson or Rudy Giuliani, two popular candidates with no substance, any better looking than Kucinich? Or do we simply never hear about Kucinich, at least in part because he does have the backing of corporate America? I was thinking of going elsewhere with my primary vote, but I think I’m going to have to vote for him again. And then in the general election I’ll have to hold my nose and vote for someone else.