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Why Is Kucinich So Weird?

Via John Cole, here’s Glenn Greenwald’s defense of Dennis Kucinich: Both the Prospect and Post recite the trite case demonstrating Kucinich’s supposed weirdness. He’s friends with Shirley McLaine, who believes in reincarnation, and he once (according to McLaine) claimed to … Continue reading

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Marcy Kaptur and Redistricting Beat Kucinich

Goodbye to Dennis Kucinich — until 2016 when he’ll probably run for president again. Redistricting eliminated Kucinich’s district, so he was forced to run in a primary against fellow Democrat Marcy Kaptur. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) survived a tough primary … Continue reading

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Super Stupid

Dennis Kucinich will never be taken seriously. He has some great ideas on policy, and I like his juggernaut style. But he says and does a lot of stupid things that reinforce his caricature as an unserious joker. On Saturday, … Continue reading

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Oy. Oy. Oy.

Jane Hamsher on Kucinich’s announcement that he will vote for healthcare reform: A thousand people have donated over $16,000 to Dennis since yesterday to thank him for standing up for what he believes in. We’ll be asking him to return … Continue reading

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'Single-Payer Language in the Bill'

Interesting recap from today’s meeting at the White House between the president and House progressives: But, said one attendee, Obama pointed Kucinich toward single-payer language that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was able to get into the bill. Kucinich fought for … Continue reading

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The Democratic No Votes

Jason Altmire PA John Adler NJ Rick Boucher VA Allen Boyd FL Brian Baird WA John Barrow GA Dan Boren OK John Boccieri OH Bobby Bright OH Ben Chandler KY Travis Childers MS Lincoln Davis TN Artur Davis AL Chet … Continue reading

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Moran Timebomb

Posted by Redmond While the leftnutbaggers devour Barack Obama for not firing an organic utopia of free marijuana and health care out of his armpits on Day 1, they should be aware that the moron bullet the nation dodged in … Continue reading

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Go Congressman Kucinich

I’ve been having this exact same conversation with wingnuts all week long: The general response anymore is, “Duuuuuhhhhhhhh. We hate taxes! You a lib!”

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