By Owen Paine on Wednesday December 13, 2006 01:44 PM
Bill Kaufman writes:
Dennis Kucinich has once again announced a doomed antiwar campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Unless he vows not to support any prowar nominee of the party (and of course he will not), the whole business will amount to another charade--designed, it seems, expressly to siphon off energy from the independent progressive movement until such time as Kucinich throws in the towel and once again dutifully lines up behind the prowar nominee. Perhaps he will even earn a minor cabinet appointment in the Hillary War Machine as a reward for doing his part toward sabotaging the emergence of an independent left.Nice job, Dennis!
Comments (11)
In 2003/2004 I spent many hours (and dollars) supporting Dennis. I was deeply embittered when he threw in with Kerry. So I have been wondering about his new run in 2008. Any chance he’ll bolt the Dems? Probably not. If he does, I’ll give my heart and feet to him again. If not, forget it.
As for a cabinet appointment—absolutely no way. Not a chance in hell that a Dem elected President would even consider such a thing.
Posted by MN guy | December 13, 2006 4:24 PM
Posted on December 13, 2006 16:24
my take
dennis bolt first
pledge to run all the way
as
a peace now independent
in the general election
otherwise go jack off
staring at a picture
of
that pompous reactionary plow head
bill fulbright
see if you find
barney bernie and feingold
right there in the dark with u
Posted by js paine | December 13, 2006 4:54 PM
Posted on December 13, 2006 16:54
You've pretty much got the Senator from Hobbiton nailed, JS. The dem leadership keep characters like Dennis around to help head off a real antiwar split-off. Pwoggie bloggies and their chicken-liver pundit friends will be slobbering over Denny until he throws in with Hillary at trails' end, by which time it'll be too late for anything but the "rah-rah team" crap we see every two years.
As the song goes: "Same as it ever was."
Posted by AlanSmithee | December 13, 2006 6:29 PM
Posted on December 13, 2006 18:29
as
i can take no credit for nailing poor dennis
the sacred father just botched his
by line prolly because my own prior post made
him groggy
Posted by js paine | December 13, 2006 8:02 PM
Posted on December 13, 2006 20:02
"Chicken-liver." [snerk] The best undeservedly archaic swipes always escape me until it's too late.
I hate to spend hours second-guessing the motivations of everybody in the universe. Still, I gotta' wonder, did Kucinich get any prizes from the now-we-governiks for his last performance ? And if not, does that explain in any way why he's opting to do it again ?
Posted by ms_xeno | December 13, 2006 8:36 PM
Posted on December 13, 2006 20:36
No doubt Denny comforts himself with the old: "I can do more good one the inside than on the outside" rationalization that most chicken-livers like himself use to do justify their cowardice. It's a democratic tradition going waaaay way back.
Posted by AlanSmithee | December 13, 2006 9:34 PM
Posted on December 13, 2006 21:34
Smithee, your presence is hereby requested. I can't hope to compete with the body count at the horror movie fest, but I'm making the best of it on my limited budget...
I know I'm a coward for not baiting the beast in its own lair like Mr. Paine does, but I just don't have the heart any more...
Posted by ms_xeno | December 14, 2006 3:24 PM
Posted on December 14, 2006 15:24
my lord lady xeno
save the praise
me enter....THE LAIR???
BAIT THE BEAST ???
why i quake in my FUZZY slippers
at the mere suggestion
Posted by js paine | December 14, 2006 5:36 PM
Posted on December 14, 2006 17:36
So you didn't make it over to Kos yesterday ? Smithee now has a positive rogue's gallery of all the up-and-comers to the orange throne, should you prefer to start from the middle and work your way up...
Posted by ms_xeno | December 14, 2006 10:44 PM
Posted on December 14, 2006 22:44
flash
daniel schorr will not be joining the stop me team
he announced on npr this morning
he's been hired to head up
a move on dot com
holocaust
confirmation committee
Posted by royal paine | December 17, 2006 7:13 PM
Posted on December 17, 2006 19:13
Daniel Schorr? Damn, is he still alive?
What is he now, like, a hundred and twelve or something? The DW adores him.
But, aaaa-aanyway...
I've just realized...I can tell just how profoundly fucked up things are when Hillary Klinton announces her candidacy for Glorious Leader and it puts a smile on my face, and then Dennis The Menace announces and I'm cringing and screaming, "Dear fucking Lord, nooooooooooo!
(See also http://www.sinkers.org/posters/decision2004/torturedvoter.jpg )
Posted by Mike Flugennock | December 17, 2006 7:32 PM
Posted on December 17, 2006 19:32